Flags of Our Fathers

I found an incredible amount of validity in Lakoff’s moral politics theory because I never understood why there is such a disconnect between liberals and conservatives. We are one nation and I assumed being under the same flag and administration, we could all accept what is happening. If I had to be categorized into only one of two political views, I would be liberal. However, there are some issues I find with liberalism. I believe that people should work to pay their living…

justify the South. It made such claims as slavery didn’t start the war but rather “the vindictive, intemperate anti-slavery movement that was at the bottom of all the troubles”, the South fought “…to repel invasion and for self-government, just as the fathers of the American Revolution had done”, and said that they would not have fought had “Lincoln not sent armies to the South” (Gardiner, Confederate Catechism). To the South the war was entirely started by the North infringing on state’s…

of America is a symbol of what our nation was founded on. There is great meaning and symbolism in the design that I have always wanted to learn more about it. On July 4, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams were charged to form a committee to design the Great Seal for the newly established United States of America. These were after all three founding fathers, surely they would be able to come up with a seal that would capture the essence of our nation. Pierre Eugène Du…

The Iliad in Our World For centuries humankind have fought wars; whether it was for power, justice, or for peace in their country. We know about the wars that have been fought before our existence thanks to the ones who documented them. Although for the Greeks, it was a different story. Around 1200 B.C.E. important cities of Greece were destroyed and burned leaving not much information of the civilization. They recuperated years after getting back on their feet. We are able to know about the…

the finish line just as she had sprinted into the nation’s heart. Our country will not forget that day, when one exemplary individual reflected the attributes that epitomize Australia and its people, all in the span of 49.11 seconds. Intro - On this Australia Day, as we celebrate our great country, as we venerate all those who have shaped our nation, as we commemorate our values of freedom, unity and equality and as we recognize our standpoint within the international community, let us…

In her article “Unconscious” Francoise Meltzer defines the unconscious as “the idea that an individual has within him activities of which he is not aware” (147). In this article Meltzer visits conceptions of the unconscious from the views of many people, one of the being Freud. To Freud the unconscious is understood rhetorically through unintended lapses in memory, slips of the tongue, puns and dreams, analogies, metaphors, anecdotes. Freud breaks down the unconscious into three types: the…

The Metatheoretical maps are a way to organize the ideas of theorists in comparison to one another. The horizontal line serves as a continuous range between the individual and the collective while the vertical line serves as a continuous range between rational and nonrational. (See diagram 1) Rational is defined by people making decisions based on “a strategic attempt to maximize rewards or benefits while minimizing costs.” ((Appelrouth, Edles 2012: 12) Nonrational is defined as people making…

This quote shows that the New Teacher used false logic to cover her main ulterior motive of making the children think that cutting the flag is reasonable by making them think that having a piece of something means it is valuable to you-- it isn’t in this case. In other words, her reasoning is logical but only to cover up her main plan of disrupting the children’s patriotism. Although the…

During my first three years of learning Italian, I unfortunately did not get a chance to use my Italian outside of the classroom. Although both my grandfather and father are Italian, since my grandfather had immigrated to the United States as a child, he only knew bits and pieces - not enough to have a conversation - so although I have Italian blood, I never knew any of the language until I entered high school. This past year, I finally got my chance. I am a competitive figure skater. Unlike…

through the awards he received: Bronze Star Medal, or BSM, awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service; Purple Heart, or PH, awarded to those wounded or killed in service; and KIA, that is killed in action. The offerings of flowers and flags reveal that he is still visited by and remains in the heart of others, reflecting the social relationships that shaped his life, while the outline of the cross expresses his religious affiliation with…