Friends

this second set of readings, five authors caught my attention for their writing styles, historical relevance, relatability, creativity, and originality. During the first sets of readings after Barlow, Tecumseh and his speech “The White Men Are Not Friends to the Indians" caught my eye. Personally as a minority myself, I felt that I could relate to him to a slight degree and understand his perspective on his uphill battle against the Americans. I also felt that his speech itself was empowering…

which buy happiness. I believe this is only true is someone pleasure happiness and use the money the right way. On the other hand, most people believe money is nothing, but just an incorrect way of trying to gain happiness. In the article “The funds, Friends, and Faith of happy People” the author David G. Myers explains why money can’t buy happiness. Having a bit more money will not make you happier. He said people are happier if they live in wealthier than poor nations. However, when people…

‘With a Little Help from my Friends” by Dumars Firoozeh, is a well written story about life of an iranian immigrant and changes she went through to adapt to our American culture. There was one quote from the story that really stood out to me. “They wanted to know more important things , such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?” (Firoozeh 90). This quote shows how Americans affect immigrants themselves, their families, and their relationship to…

with 86.4 million cats and 78.2 million dogs just in America alone[1], it is no surprise that the dog is considered human 's best friend. However, it might come as a bit of shock to some to know that human is not always considered dog 's best friend. Many people have spent their whole lives fixes and helping the problems that humanity created within their best friends. Dogs that were cast away at birth, left abandoned in the streets to fend for themselves, abused, disposed of at a shelter or…

Can Diamonds be Girls’ Best Friend? What do you think when you think of sororities? For most people outside of the greek system you think of iconic movies such as House Bunny, Legally Blonde or Sydney White. Though these movies are entertaining, they do not accurately depict what it actually means to be in a sorority and all the benefits you can receive. I joined my sorority Alpha Delta Pi here at the University of South Carolina a little over a year ago and I can truly say it has been the best…

In his book, African Friends and Money Matters, anthropologist, David Maranz attempts to describe some of the everyday life differences between the African and Western culture. Maranz has lived and worked among several Africans since 1975. Maranz uses his own experiences of living overseas, but also acknowledges that his observations do not represent Africa as a whole. This book highlights how to utilize different cultural observations from the African culture. Maranz starts with an overview of…

1. “A Timer is a Teacher’s Best Friend” 2. Episode: My first day in my practicum was a very interesting and exciting experience. Due to some trouble with the breakfast cart and its lack of appearance in the classroom, I was left alone to greet about twenty-five kids (maybe it was a little less but it seemed about that many) while Mrs. H went in search of the student’s breakfast. I greeted the students and asked their names. We then began with some conversation about our pets, and anything else…

Society today has brought the internet to a disgusting way of communication with others. Some people don’t understand the effects of hateful things out there through the internet that can ruin people 's lives forever. In the article, “Internet Trolls” by Lisa Selin Davis explains that often be people on the internet are disinhibition effectors, emotion dislocators, and moral crusaders. A disinhibition effect is the person who knows that they are anonymous or know that they that they can say…

In “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, you learn about the story of Hannah Baker. A girl that had recently committed suicide. But before she killed herself she left behind 13 cassettes explaining why she decided to end it all. I decided to narrow the book down and create a timeline of Hannah’s life before she killed herself and all that had happened that pushed her over the edge. (Also I didn’t count this part in my word count - just here as an explanation.) First Hannah moved into a new town. A…

In Elena Ferrante’s novel “My Brilliant Friend,” two young girls named Elena and Lila grow up together in a poor neighborhood where momentous changes occur in their lives. Lila is a unique girl who struggles on her day-to-day life to fit into the standards of others, whereas Elena tried to be more like Lila and sometimes tried to be superior than Lila when most opportunities were handed to her. The ability to gain power over others makes one be successful; Lila’s bravery and humbleness…