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According to Duvall’s Classic Eight Stages of Family Development, Warren’s family is currently on the launching center stage (Smith & Hamon 2012). Duval describes the launching center stage, stage 6, as when the oldest child leaves home and ends when the last child has left (Smith & Hamon 2012). Warren’s family includes him and his sister, who are currently in college, and his younger brother, who is still in high school and lives with his parents. Warren’s family will be in the launching center…

Charley Haley described Temple Grandin as, “ A woman famous for her revolutionary work in the livestock industry, her activism in the face of autism and the HBO film about her life spoke at the University of Jamestown Thursday, highlighting the importance of hard work and thinking differently” (Haley 1). Temple Grandin is known for her activism in autism through the discoveries in autism, the way she is educating autistic individuals, her treatment ideas and therapies, and her famous squeeze…

For centuriesmany years, gender stereotypes have been used as a targets for comedic purposes, especially in the media. Television, in particular, is a large media source that displays a great amount of gender-focused humor, especially in sitcoms., Televison comedy has kept current with the changing role of the sexes over time; this can be seen by the trend away from portraying male stereotypes as positive and female stereotypes as negative (as was typical in the 1950s and 1960s, for example),…

ideas to come up with his own conclusions about topic rather than blindly accepting the "truths" handed down in the parlor. These themes as well as censorship remain relevant today and this book continues to enjoy widespread popularity (with a new HBO film titled Fahrenheit 451 coming out Spring…

Introduction Timothy David Olyphant is a dynamic American actor who’s left an indelible mark on both stage and screen. He burst onto the theatrical scene in 1995 with his captivating performance in the off-Broadway hit “The Monogamist,” snagging the prestigious Theatre World Award. The following year, he wowed audiences as the original star of David Sedaris’ “The Santaland Diaries.” Transitioning to film, Olyphant carved a niche for himself with his compelling portrayal of villainous characters…

Technology and media, the two main components in 1984’s dystopian society that are used by the government to effectively take control of the masses. Our current socio-political climate has shown strong links between the forewarnings of 1984’s totalitarian society and our own. Revelations from soldiers, like Chelsea Manning, or 3rd party contractors, such as the notorious, Edward Snowden are the tip of what has been going on behind closed doors from the likes of the government. The media’s, fair…

Even though I initially thought that my views on sexuality were formed from my own thoughts and conclusions, my environment actually had a major influence on me. Some of the factors that have shaped my opinions have been my religion, the gender roles in my culture, media, and my relationships with others. Personally, I identify myself as a heterosexual female and that has been how I have identified myself for quite some time. My views on sexuality have changed quite a bit over the years. My…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: As hard as it may be for some of us, I would like all of you to imagine yourself not being able to walk and you are barely able to breath, let alone speak along with not being able to eat, severe weight loss and muscle fatigue. You are in such unbearable pain and you cry out for help but no one seems to listen. You are beginning to feel like a burden on your family acquiring all these medical bills putting them further in debt. You’ve been in the hospital for…

Introduction: On April 23, 2016, the visual album Lemonade was released as an hour long special on HBO. For that hour, the world sat transfixed as they saw a film that was quite unlike anything they had come to expect from the artist, Beyonce. Many people struggled to characterize the fim in modern terms. Some pointed to the iconography in the film such as the many signifiers of the struggles of the black community. While others focused on the archetype of the film. An argument was made for the…

Sources say that women were not allowed to act in theatre productions because they were uneducated compared to men. Playwrights, audiences, and mostly everyone, feared that due to this education gap, women wouldn’t know what to do when they got on stage, which could potentially ruin the entire production. This made women feel significantly less intelligent, and even worthless. Men, especially the wealthy, for lacking basic knowledge and education, often taunted women. Despite the fact that…