Euphemism

Imperialism in Africa The "Scramble for Africa" was the invasion, occupation, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. The Industrial revolution was a sizable factor, but not the only factor of nineteenth century imperialism in Africa. The significant effect of the Industrial revolution was on the economy, however the three biggest causes of imperialism were: economics, cultural, and technological advancements.…

The Face of a Movement Let’s begin with two images. The first is of a mother with her three small children closely surrounding her that is plastered on the front page of Susan G. Komen’s webpage. They delicately kiss her bald head—an apparent mark of her rounds of chemo and an emblem of her battle against breast cancer. Beside the image text reads, “Breast cancer touches us all. It’s a journey we take together” (Susan G. Komen Foundation). The tiny hands and lips that touch the barren surface…

Barriers to communication impede successful communication in the business world. The main language constraints mentioned in the Unit are as follows; Clichés are figurative phrases that have an implied meaning different than just a literal one. Especially for a person who is newly learning a language, the clichés as much as may be used in communication would not make much sense. Clichés do not necessarily have to fit in the situation they are applied and are mostly idiomatic. It is a good…

Set in the Golden Age, The Great Gatsby’s recounts the tale of Jay Gatz’s evolution into the social elite. With Gatsby’s new status of wealth, he hopes to regain the his past love, Daisy. However, is that enough? Author Francis Scott Fitzgerald sets the story in the two vastly different locations of East and West Egg to emphasize the division of society that took place in the summer of 1922. Through the geographical and social separation, Fitzgerald is able to expose to the division of society…

Native Peoples and Empowerment Through Their Writing, the author Jeannette C. Armstrong stresses that her people were "not given choices" (239). The British bourgeoisie colonizers constantly placed false consciousness in the natives mind by using euphemism to persuade the nation that there way is better. The author of the poem I Lost My Talk, Rita Joe can similarly relate. Throughout her poem she uses metaphors to describe what she went through as a native girl at a shubenacadie school. "I lost…

students in general are so discluded from everyone, that the students with special needs don't know any other students unless those students make it a point to reach out to them. The fact that students with disabilities are called “special” creates a euphemism where special means separate. We push the students with disabilities into separate groups, separate classes, separate clubs, and separate communities. Schools segregate the students with disabilities, which then sends the message that if…

1. Write two paragraphs of at least ten sentences on “Legalese” and “Biases.” According to Miller and Whitehead (2015), “some people believe that simple language does not sound professional.” Therefore, these individuals prefer the use of legalese. Legalese is the use of technical language in legal documents often used by lawyers that is difficult for individuals to understand if they do not have background in law. Therefore, legalese is not used when writing criminal justice reports. When an…

very serious situation. In the other hand, the speaker in stanza two, the Mexican woman, is independent and has a triumphant tone because she is confident that she will succeed. The entire poem serves as a metaphor as the game they play, this is a euphemism for the actuality of the situation. The poem lacks hyperbole, but the style of writing sounds like a nursery rhyme in the simplistic sense of “I’ll do this” and “you will do that”. Overall, the poem represents the issue of how border patrol…

Whenever I think of the phrase "perfectly content,” I view it not as the state of being completely satisfied or not having the need for anything else, but rather a rare blissful moment in which even the troubles of society vanish and you just see the imagination and passion of humanity. Accompanied with this rare blissful moment is a serene feeling that simply is not replicable by any other means. Though it can be experienced anywhere at any time, I personally have my moments of “perfect…

Newspeak from 1984 is a simpler, more compact form of english. They use words like doublethink and blackwhite instead of writing out or explaining what it actually means. In The Giver, the language is not changed but the words are. Everything is a euphemism, or a less offensive, more indirect way of saying somethings. For example, “old" is “elderly", “die" is "pass away”, and “kill” is “release”. Also, some words for objects or animals are switched around. In the movie, it uses an elephant as an…