Imitation

Social Networking” (August 5, 2014) in Digital Trends, social networking started with the BBS and the real beginning of social networking is the launch of Friendster. Friendster as the first social networking site steps in the edge of the social networking. As we can see, leader of a field is not innovator as more competitors enter the market, but one of those imitators will stand out. Because of that most people cannot like Thomas Edison who owned 1093 patents, a successful business often imitate other companies’ advantages. As imitators in business, people can find their starting point easily than innovator, and they will take less risk by imitating competitor’s advantages, and they can reduce cost in innovation. The first reason why imitation is better than innovation in business is that innovation is hard for most people and organizations. According to Edward D. Hess (2014), innovative…

This paragraph shows that imitation creates a better platform for children’s communication in early age. Babies have a very clear mind and can imitate their parents or caregivers (Hulit, Fahey, & Howard, 2014). Hearing and memory help people to communicate well and make clear decisions. At an early age of six years old, a child can easily copy what other people do though they cannot communicate verbally and show everything by actions. At the age of 14 months, children can imitate and produce…

In Susan Blackmore’s “Strange Creatures” she describes the concept of the “memes eye view”. She claims the “memes eye view” is what makes humans different from animals, meaning humans can imitate therefore must be different from animals. As a reader dwells more on the thought of the “memes eye view” they can relate it to life experiences and other works of literature. For example, the “memes eye view” can be seen very clearly in “Bumping into Mr.Ravioli” by Adam Gopnik. In Gopnik’s work he…

“Imitation” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie focuses on the relationship between man and woman. Specifically, Adichie explores stereotypical women’s roles within their family and in their romantic relationships. Nkem sacrifices herself in order to favor her husband, Obiora. In the process of pleasing Obiora, she looses sight of her own identity and sense of purpose in life. Adichie stresses the fact that Nkem thinks more and says less to her husband on various issues. For example, when Nkem sheds…

“In 1952, (Alan) Turing was found guilty on three counts of ‘gross indecency contrary to Section II of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885’” (Irving). He chose hormonal therapy over going to jail. Shortly after that on June 7th, 1954 he allegedly committed suicide after biting out of an apple dipped in cyanide. Approximately half a century later, Alan Turing was given a royal pardon by the queen in 2013. Such was the life of Alan Turing. The downward spiral began in Alan’s life because being…

Declaration of Imitation Essay I declare independence from my family. They have gone too far with all of these rules and restrictions that they have established in my life. I feel like I should be able to make my own choices and decisions, and decide what I want to do, and when I am going to do them. They have embarrassed me in front of my family, friends, and strangers to try and keep me in line and in place. They have grounded me for no reason, just simply for their pleasures and…

Imitation and Transformation On a regular weekday, I was in class listening to a group of women presenting on some topic I couldn’t recall. After their presentation, the instructor, also a woman, told the presenters to stop “uptalking” in the future because their speech pattern can make them sound high-pitched, unconfident, and unprofessional. The class, including myself, silently accepted the instructor’s advice; however, I thought the instructor was trying to tell presenters that they need to…

Movie: The Imitation Game Internet The imitation game is a movie about Alan Turing and the Enigma-code. He is a mathematical. The movie takes place in the WO2. The Germans had decrypted all their massages so that the American and the British army can’t understand and read the massages. Alan Turing should cracking the code. Under time pressure, he makes a machine who can crack the codes. After two years it finely worked. Now it was possible to read every massages. The Germans…

Prejudice & Gender Discrimination against Women and Minorities in the film: Imitation of Life by John Stahn, 1934 & Douglas Sirk, 1959 The film Imitation of Life is anything but a domestic melodrama or romantic story that is portrayed in the article of Imitation of Life (John Stahl, 1934. Douglas Sirk, 1959: Style and the Domestic Melodrama, by Jeremy B. Butler. To begin, the film is a prime example of sexism and racial prejudice that ignited a political and social war between the sexes during…

Girard believes that Imitation is the basic mechanism of learning and contends that reproducing someone else’s behaviors can have a positive outcome. However, he also posits that when we imitate another’s desire for a given object; conflicts and rivalries may occur. He distinguishes this type of imitation as “mimesis.” He further classifies this potential conflict as “internal mediation.” Sheehan and Jordon place Girard’s theory of mimesis in a choral rehearsal context where the subject…