Final girl

Video games are a notably rising form of experience and pedagogy making headway into the traditional boundaries of classroom curriculums and technical work trainings. Video games open realms to explore where players may engage in experience taking by living vicariously through their avatars; in the process, they learn through their interactions and experiences taken place in the virtual worlds explored. Video games are advantageous to adopt into educational curriculums and work settings, seeing…

leaves as his mother stated "The first week in June, during final exams, Donny vanished. He simply didn't come home one afternoon, and no one at school remembered seeing him.” (8). Donny ,whose only concern is himself, doesn’t think that his disappearance will impact others in any way. The word “vanished” is very key showing that it was as if he disappeared off the face of the earth. As a result, Donny being indifferent,which is the final component of his downfall, shows his inability to care…

was unstoppable with the ball in his hands, Kobe Byrant as well. They were guys who always took shots at the end, had confidence in making the shots, they put their teams on their backs. This June marks the 20 year anniversary of the 1997 NBA Finals where the Micheal Jordan led the Bulls played against the Utah Jazz. The Bulls won the title that season, which turned out to be their fifth in seven years. That team ultimately won six in eight years. What are your thoughts on the legacy of the…

Warriors, more specifically their ‘small ball’ lineup, as it has been coined. This lineup has been historically efficient for the Warriors, and was considered one of the key factors in the Warriors’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals. For the foreseeable future, it will be teams like this that will dominate the NBA…

Dakota Wensley Bus 101 Gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of the value of all the goods and services produced in one year in a country. It can be determined by taking the total sum of how much people have spent over a given period or conversely by taking the sum of how much people have earned, both produce the same amount. The former is a lot more common and it can be determined by taking the sum of total consumption, government spending, investments, and net exports (GDP=C+I+G+(X-M). GDP…

What Are The Effects of Society Slut Shaming or Sexualizing Young Girls? “Girls may not only experience feelings of shame due to being sexualized, but they may also develop eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression” (Sexualization 1). This issue, Body Image, has been even more of an issue to our generation and should be addressed more than it is currently being addressed. Body image is a very serious topic because the way we see each other and criticize each other, has an effect…

physical appearance and self-image. People place more importance on becoming physically perfect, however, this creates a large amount of pressure to achieve this unobtainable goal. In Marge Piercy’s poem, “Barbie Doll”, she focuses on an adolescent girl who was driven to commit suicide as a means to rid herself of the stress of being perfect. The poem brings to light the issue of suicide due to the pressures of self-image because the teenager’s life seemed perfect, excluding two minute physical…

After reading Marge Piercy’s Barbie Doll, the girl in the story had killed herself because she felt that others saw her as ugly. Upon further reading, the poem shows that there is more meaning behind it. The poem is not just about a young woman who takes her life for not being perfect. Piercy uses literary techniques and figurative language that describes a society for women. The writing style in this poem includes long, descriptive lines. Having the long lines with the descriptions helps to…

throughout the house. Color plays a huge role in Beloved. It indicates how characters are feeling about their environment. The two orange squares of the quilt on the bed in which Baby Suggs passed on are mesmerizing to those who notice them. The young girl Beloved stared at them while she was in the room which signified the colors importance and not only her but Paul D as well. The action of noticing the orange squares on the quilt seemed to solve the blurred…

While becoming a lazy bum throughout my summer between third and fourth grade of elementary, my parents decided to sign me up for British soccer camp. Growing up as a tomboy, I played most sports before middle school. I was the girl playing with the boys during recess. I started playing soccer at the age of 5. I partook in YMCA soccer anytime that I could. The first day is always the hardest because Tongue River is such a small school and no one loved soccer as much as I did. Being the only…