Grammatical aspect

The short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver is told from the point-of-view of the narrator. Speaking in first person, the narrator describes a particular night in which he meets Robert, a blind friend of the narrator’s wife. Because the story is written in the first person, the reader is able to see what the narrator is thinking as well as speaking. Furthermore, because of the point-of-view and the brutal honesty of the narrator, the reader is given a chance to connect with the narrator and…

In the chapter four of The Willpower Instinct, the author Kelly McGonigal talks about human morals and the consequences we bear as a result of falling into brain traps. In the chapter she uses simple analogies to help us understand our impulses. The chapter talks about how strong morals can cause epic failures and create misunderstandings. The author describes in great details the concept of Moral Licensing and the effects of it. Researchers defined it as a right you giving yourself to make…

Power and the American Dream In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he illustrates the vacancy of love due to the corruption of wealth also known as the American dream. The American dream in the novel expresses achievement to be financially successful, which includes: having a big house, car and love. In “The Great Gatsby”, the story is narrated by Nick. Nick is able to foresee the corruption taking place. Gatsby, one of the main characters, is a very wealthy man. He fits all…

Carmen is in second-grade student, she is currently having challenges reading and is performing at a kindergarten reading level. When starting the assessment with Carmen, based on previous assessments, I knew her reading level was below second-grade reading level. Her reading over assessment has seen improvement and she is able to apply skills she has learned. Carmen was able to read Walk in the Fall and The First Snow. She demonstrated improvement in her reading based on the reading techniques…

M.I.A.’s song “Born Free” has an extremely controversial music video that raises awareness to the fact that oppression and discrimination are still extremely relevant in todays modern society. The director of the music video is Romain Gavras. The way the electronic music duo delivered their message has been criticized for being far fetched because it depicts a government like group geocoding innocent redhead boys. Instead of analyzing the video as being too far fetched, I believe M.I.A. uses…

themselves through the lenses of colonialism and racism. In Cliff’s fictional novel, characters live as individuals within spaces undefined and in between the known and recorded social constructs. Cliff reproduces the experience of the pluralistic aspect behind these characters’ identities through the protagonist Clare Savage and, at times, her main foil: Christopher. Challenging the notion of a singular identity and instead championing the notion of multifaceted, ‘in between’ identities, Cliff…

Gordon 5 destroy to create an adult?’. The depressed person, however, is the inversion of child and adult in that they tread the traceable threads back to childhood, against the forces towing the line towards adulthood. The child garners much glee when they begin to walk: “‘Now we have heard enough of the tight-rope walker; let us see him, too!’”. A ‘tightrope state’ in the ethical imprisonment of the ‘child’ (the ‘self as other’) and ethical administration by the ‘adult’ (the ‘self for other’).…

First, we should understand that there is no magic bullet and no definitive set of metrics for social media. It is extremely important to take the time to delineate the social media metrics that best fit your company, because in doing so you are outlining how it is that you are going to measure success. Once that has been accomplished, the way to best tie your social media objectives to that of your business objectives - is to plan. To start, you set a standard or framework. This will help your…

This semester has been very different from my past years of schooling. This was my initial college semester. I learned a lot from this course, along with my other ones too. I have overcome my first obstacles at writing and have developed my skills even farther. This will continue to improve as I indulge myself into writing more essays and as I gather more knowledge. If I were to compare my first essay to my last essay, I believe that there would be a noticeable improvement. Although I notice my…

gun violence, through the lens of gender. The piece achieves this focus by using direct material and references on the issue, while also conveying an aesthetic atmosphere of conflict and tension. Though the piece is rather free/open in certain aspects of…