Evoked potential

against us or talked of terror.” (Lines 744-747) Beowulf also says, “I can leave this life happy; I can die here, knowing the Lord of all my life has never watched me wash my sword in blood born of my own family.” (Lines 751-755) Beowulf has had the potential of losing his life in every battle fought, but he did not show any regret in them. He sacrificed his own life fighting for the sake of his beloved people, and he would not have it any other…

helps viewers develop feelings and emotions on subject matter. Hence, with Bierstadt’s realistic capture of depth and careful use of atmospheric perspective, he is able to transport people to this realistic scene so that they can contemplate the potential benefits and dangers of expanding and moving to the…

accomplishment, I believe they ultimately merge into a single passage, a toll road meant to test the capacities of passion and faith with which one's mission is pursued. The more fervent the vision of a goal, the more vividly its outcome conquers potential and eradicates doubt in the mind, and the more real it becomes.…

person to explore their inner-self, their emotions, beliefs, and values, and will hopefully encourage and inspire them to express their own opinions and feelings or challenge what they believe to be true. If art is censored, these ideas may not be evoked in a…

The advertisement invokes curiosity and uses sexual innuendos to tempt the viewer into buying the Altoid mints. The words written across the ad,”First time?”, implies two things; firstly that the two people in the ad are both trying Altoids for the first time and a hidden secondary element implying that the couple are attempting their first act of sexual intercourse. The text itself is a deep shade of red, and stands out strongly against the dimmer background of the advertisement, drawing…

For years, I’ve reflected on what qualities enable people to overcome adversity. I believe my journey exemplifies that one answer is a synthesis of initiative and resilience. From foster care, to a broken home, to military service, to two tours of duty in the Middle East, initiative and resilience have steered me to where I am today. I was born into poverty to an immigrant mother. When I was 2, my mother’s drug addiction caused me to be placed into the Los Angeles County foster care system. I…

descriptive in an effort to accurately describe the item for a quick sale, and is completely devoid of fluff. He described each item as a vivid snippet of his own personal life and what role or memories that specific item evoked as he looked at it. Some descriptions he wrote have the potential to be very polarizing depending the reader.…

Marine viruses also have an impact on the diversity observed in the bacterial community and the composition of the species in the ocean as they usually are highly specific for certain hosts. The impact of viruses on ocean biogeochemistry is often evoked purely through the act of host lysis, but very few studies have considered the chemical contributions of the viral particles themselves. Recent studies show that the marine virus particles contain significant amount of macronutrients (Carbon,…

Regarding my first project, “Battle Royale Book Cover”, my goal was to briefly summarize the book in subject matter and tone; I wanted people who saw the cover to be curious enough to want to know the relevance of the imagery, but not to gather all the details of the story because of the imagery. With my second submission, “Run Lola Run Movie Poster”, I wanted to visually explain the excitement and complexity of the movie; I did this by adding many elements to the poster (lot of words, multiple…

Introduction: A discourse is a system of socially constructed knowledge about an aspect of reality (Foucault 1977; Hall 1997; van Leeuwen 2005). The #DontClipTheirWings campaign is concerned with the discourse surrounding gender-differentiated parenting: the act of treating one’s children differently just because of their gender (Raley and Bianchi 2006). Although the dominant discourse has evolved significantly, gender-differentiated parenting remains to be a prevalent issue. The unequal…