Illusion

diapers all have in common? They all are products made with corn. Corn and the production of it were the main focus of a class by Professor Joe Braunworth at Grossmont College this week. This product that has infiltrated our shelves had created an illusion of diversity among products. Corn slowly but surely has taken over the agricultural arena. “What factors did you consider when deciding what to eat for lunch?” Professor Braunworth posed at the start of his discussion. Different answers were…

Myrtle, Master of Illusions F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby follows Jay Gatsby, a man trying to reconnect with the love of his life: Daisy Buchanan. The novel also contains a subplot surrounding an affair involving Daisy’s husband, Tom and Myrtle Wilson, the wife of a poor mechanic. In "The Idea of Order at West Egg" author Susan Parr notes that there are three paradoxes that are present in the characters of the book. One of which is that the illusions that the characters succumb to…

reality and illusions. In Willy's imagination, he and his sons have the aptitude to be successful businessmen, when in reality his illusion is what is preventing him from achieving success. In this essay I will argue that the idea of illusions contradicting the reality of Willy Loman is portrayed with the help of three motifs; the stockings, Ben, and the flute. Firstly, the motif of stockings, a representation of Willy's affair and the resultant guilt, creates the theme of reality vs. illusions.…

The Illusion of Love leads to Death Love is a strong world, one that can change the lives of people for good or for bad. But what really love did to Jay Gatsby? Gatsby is a character from F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel. A love story as many called. But for many others is a tragic storying that involved love, power, social difference, and racism. Fitzgerald was a master in how to put many ideas on one little story. His books count with themes than can make many essays on long stories if…

Addiction falsely creates the illusion of love. They can not be labeled as one because love is used to justify one’s attention to something, addiction is also commonly accompanied by negative emotions, and addiction can potentially be stopped while love cannot. Addiction may be perceived…

Dictionary.com defines illusion as something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. Reality is then what it really is. Illusion and reality are therefore correlated and the difference between the two is the correlation that we can also call distortion. How and why can people sometime use false representation to distort the truth? The Great Gatsby is an amazing novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald in which most of the main characters are all “illusionist”. Jay Gatsby, and…

Race: the power of an illusion reflection Various fundamental beliefs held state that there are biological differences encoded between the races. Contrary to popular belief, the differences between races are mere physical features including skin color, rather DNA and genetics. In modern day society, it’s evident that race is just a social concept that generations before us developed, not a scientific one. In order to stop the spread of racism, it’s crucial that we further educate our…

Reflection to Race: Power of an Illusion I can honestly say that growing up, I have not been ignorant to race. However, within a few short weeks of this class and watching supplementary films such as Race: Power of an Illusion, I have gained a further understanding of race: how it came to be and its portrayal throughout societies. Firstly, this basic point is one that was repeated consistently throughout the movie, throughout our textbook, as well as in class: Race is a social construction.…

definition of race was entirely different from what I would define it as now. I thought race was just about your skin color and nothing else. I never would have guessed that it had to do with so much more than that. From the documentary “Race: Power of an Illusion” I learned a few thing about race that I never heard before. One, race is a biological myth, an idea of biology. It is a social construction to promote separation and to categorize…

Reconstruction: Illusion of Equality Following the end of the civil war, slavery came to an end with the passing of three important amendments the 13th which abolished slavery, 14th that gave the right to citizenship to any individual black, tainted or white born in the US and last the 15th allowing African American men to vote. African Americans would finally have been considered equal to rest of the US citizens or so they thought. Even though the new three amendments granted African American…