Gestures

quickly leaves, and Sammy tells Lengel "I quit". Sammy then gives Lengel his apron. This takes Lengel by surprise, and he says "you don't want to do this to your Mom and Dad." Sammy says "It's true, I don't. But it seems to me that once begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it." This shows that Sammy is taking a stand and that Lengel cannot change his mind about quitting. When Sammy left the store, the girls where long gone. "His face was dark gray and his back stiff, as if…

Rudeness is taking over the nation Rudeness is on the high rise in the nation, everywhere I’ve looked I see rudeness on a daily and it’s really sad to see in a nation that should be so grateful for all the opportunities we have. People no longer smile in public towards one another, no longer thank each other, hold the doors for each other, and when in crowds don’t try to avoid bumping into each other. Others are no longer acknowledging people period. Rudeness is taking over our nation because…

Why is nonverbal “gaydar” historically important to the gay community? In the article “In Defense of Gaydar: Reality Televisions and the Politics of the Glance,” written by Bennett, it looks at all the factors nonverbal communication can bring out when it comes to advancing tolerance and equality when it comes to identifying sexual orientation. Despite the shows expectations, nothing came out positive from them resulting in the cancellation of both the television series. These shows ultimately…

“The idea of inhabiting the world with skillful attention resonates with xianchang (on thespot), an aesthetic and intellectual approach to documentary production embraced by two decades of filmmakers and critics in China to describe the way a filmmaker is situated in relation to time and the specificity of location while engaged in the act of filming” Page[1]. Had a hard time finding the words to begin my response on Laura’s “The Memory Project and Other Ways of Knowing”, so I decide to pick a…

have an explicit one and one that isn’t as offensive to the public. In the less offensive video certain words will be changed or censored and gestures such as swearing and sexual references will be blurred or in the music video for Without Me because it’s a super hero comic styled video there are graphics related to the style of the video covering the gestures. By doing this it allows Eminem to still cover a wide audience for his music without offending anyone as much as his original versions of…

The unreliable narrator is a narrator that the readers cannot trust. The narrator makes mistakes, lies, and has impulsive actions. An unrealized narrator keeps the reader on their feet. They are used as a device to keep readers confused, angry, and sometimes even challenged. In the story “A & P” Sammy’s impulsiveness, and naive ways leads readers to realize his unreliability. In the “Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman creates an unreliable narrator by having readers question weather or not it’s fantasy or…

Infatuation, though short-lived, can make one come to rash and hasty decisions. In the stories “A&P” by John Updike and “Araby” by James Joyce, we see this displayed between the protagonists, Sammy in “A&P” and the unnamed narrator of “Araby.” While each had similar interests and unexpected results with the female characters, Sammy and the unnamed narrator were set in different eras; therefore, had different perceptions of infatuation. The story “A&P” was set in modern time with the character,…

interaction. Nonverbal communication is very important in human social interaction. We can use nonverbal communication to show how we are feeling, as well as, see how others are feeling. Based on facial expressions, body language, eye contact, hand gestures, and placement of limbs, we can usually depict someone’s internal emotions that they may or may not be portraying. When we are speaking, although understanding what they are saying and how they are saying it is important, it is also important…

poem to be about Alice Methfessel which he notes, because of one draft’s specification of blue eyes (514). Regardless, Millier admits this poem is an “elegy for [Bishop’s] whole life” and that “The ‘joking voice,’ the gesture Elizabeth loved…

Introduction: "Respect you elders." This statement may seem familiar to all of us, but is it really being followed these days? Every day as we flip through the television, we witness discrimination against the old and wise. Frequently on television sitcoms, we notice a false portrayal of old people as being boring and in poor health. The audience laughs as a teenager yells words at a grandmother whose hearing is failing or a grandfather having trouble finding his false teeth. I don't know about…