HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Hermeneutical circle comes from the Western Theological tradition, meaning it is history that has sculpted our society from the past to the present and aiming towards our future. The argument Reuther is applying in this book is; the theory that western thought is working toward gender equality whereas religion has always dominated that by patriarchy. The three dynamics she talks about are “The hermeneutical circle of past and present experiences," “Crisis of tradition," and “The critical…

Movies such as the Back to the Future trilogy contain many life twisting themes within the story. Throughout the three films BTTF I, BTTF II, and BTTF III; there are dozens of possible themes that could be drawn from the story-line. All three films inter connect with one another and have some of their own themes and themes that were created amongst all three films. Back to the Future themes tend to be generally about average life things and what people wish they could do. Themes that are most…

Talent Alignment Could Alleviate Succession Challenges. When growing up in the rural areas, I used to hear of this very wealthy family, which had made fortunes through running a highly successful motor garage. I only got to visit this business upon the demise of the founder, who was also the head of the family. Thereafter, the garage business was up for grabs by the various siblings, who could not agree on the modalities of letting the then huge business to continue operating as a going concern…

especially black female identity, through the use of elements such as history, magic and the transformation of the self under the encompassing idea of motherhood in the context of slavery. The novel incorporates supernatural events as a manner of contradicting reality with the unnatural, and maintains this supernatural element in an often too close for comfort, realistic world. However, eventually the recollections of the past and the pain and suffering that goes with it becomes gruesome to such…

The California Department of Education requires high school students to take one course of U.S. history in order to graduate and move onto college (California Department of Education). These classes often explore the histories of the living or, more famously put, the winners. However, many American history courses fail to mention the effects of settler colonialism on racialized groups, specifically the Native Americans, resulting in the deletion of their existence and stories. Through her memoir…

very controversial. This book has been a major debate because of the choice of words Mark Twain depicted on. Some believe that Mark Twain’s choice of the N word were racial texts, and racist towards blacks. Others believe that Mark Twain chose the word because of the time period in history. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain is trying to simply depict in this period in American History and is not a commentary on racial prejudice. First, in American History there has been many…

During the book The Tale of Two Cities , Charles Dickens presented us with many themes throughout the novel. I decided to incorporate the central themes Fate, History and Sacrifice, because those select themes stood out the most to me during this novel. I chose sacrifice as a theme due to the fact that Dickens presented it to us as a necessity to achieve happiness. During the novel the revolutionaries prove that a new french republic can come about with only a heavy and terrible cost and emotion…

Introduction One of the first quotes that IB students learn from their TOK books is “Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge” (Khalil Gibran). This quote, better than anything, explains that gaining knowledge begins with disagreement. Multiple people may see the same thing differently having different thoughts and ideas about it. Some of these people’s ideas will turn out to be true depending on the evidence that they get, others seeing that their theories have no backing will agree that what…

I: 11/21/2008. The patient is a 57-year old female case manager who sustained a work-related injury when she tripped but did not fall over a box filled with books. As per OMNI entry, the patient has been diagnosed with left knee inflammation. She is status post left knee arthroscopic meniscectomy. She is Permanent and Stationary as of 12/04/2009 with 14% whole person impairment and her future medical care includes weight reduction; her obesity contributes to the symptoms. Per the medical report…

Two books that have very different genres- and are pretty much different in every other way- are,"Fever 1793," by Laurie Halse Anderson, and,"Tiger's Curse," by Colleen Houck. These two books have almost no similarities and that makes it easy to pick a favorite genre- whether it's historical fiction or sci/fi fantasy. To really know the differences between these two genres it's important to pay close attention to the conflict, culture, and the setting. One difference between these two…