Elitism

Times bestsellers list on the first week of its release. The first chapter opens with Scout’s, nee Jean Louise, arrival to Maycomb from her liberal life in New York. She is now a 26 years old woman who keeps her tomboyish style while adding some elitism to it. Soon after her arrival, she kisses a man named Henry Clinton, a childhood friend who…

Only one person has the power to push the red button while observing the blueprints of Area 51. The President of the United States is considered the most powerful person upon the face of the Earth. His titles being: Commander in Chief, Leader of the Free world, and Defender of Liberties. Over the two-hundred and twenty six years of its existence the office of the presidency as grown tremendously into the modern position we know today. One would think that the election of such an important would…

Thesis: Political liberalization and democracy do not always follow capitalistic reforms. One way to describe China’s political culture is a subject society. Chinese society and politics are shaped by the communist party and elites, and the Chinese people are unable to change this. In the book, the author describes news blackouts which prohibit any covering of the specified topic. In fact, around the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, the covering of any bad news is prohibited, and the government…

Of all of the memories floating around inside of my mind, among all of the silliness and seriousness, one particular scene from my middle school years burns very brightly: a clear, hot, lazy summer day. I approach an old friend who pauses the music video playing on his iPhone to hear me better. "What are you listening to?" I inquire, "The future," he replies, and sinks back into his trance-like state. I knew it was hip-hop that he was listening to, but for a 12-year-old kid who had been…

The field of evaluation has grown and continues to develop into a field of many facets. Several aspects of the field are easily divisible into three categories: Values, Methods and Use. Of the three categories, the valuing branch places great focus on an evaluators ability to place value on their findings while also selecting which outcomes to further examine. Much like the evaluation process, the Urban Options Projects incorporates a level of importance for value. Not only does the program seek…

Jacoby’s essay is more focused on how pornography cannot be censored and that there are different views to pornography. Some may see it as a form of entertainment, some others may see it as a form of elitism or sexism. Due to the vague definition of pornography, on top of the fact that she based on the first amendment that any kind of censorship is violating freedom, Jacoby based herself on a very strong evidence from the action took by the congress itself…

The Third Reich was a period of history where the country of Germany was under the control of the National-Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazi Party. The rise of the Reich followed Germany’s defeat in World War One and the country’s vulnerable state made it susceptible to the eventual takeover of both Nazi ideology and Adolf Hitler. Through excessive propaganda and manipulation, Nazis were able to unconditionally control Germany for 12 years. During this time, The Reich ignited World…

introduced to the reader is wine. Standage expresses how since nearly the beginning, wine has been the drink of the powerful and the sophisticated. From the times of the Greeks to the early years of the United States, wine has symbolized cultural elitism and sophistication. Conflicting views on spirits The next drink presented, or rather group of drinks, are spirits. While the previous drinks mentioned essentially…

your life, like mine. “Now that the individual has hopefully developed a stable identity, she moves into the adult world seeking a partner with whom to share work, sex, friendship, and intimate feelings, failing which, she sinks into exclusivity, elitism, isolation, or other forms of non-intimate social relations.” My whole life, I have been very distinct from people around me. I was bullied as a child so I did not feel the need to have many friends growing up. Growing up, loving friends was…

Personal Education Statement My parents have always pushed for the betterment of my education, and as a result, I have been able to pursue and continue my intellectual development. One of my major influences was actually my second grade teacher, Mrs. Harnois, who saw great potential in my small seven-year-old self and encouraged me to read. She pushed me to the fifth grade reading level and introduced me to the Harry Potter series with which I promptly fell in love. The continuation of my love…