Ja Rule

2017 was a year full of new songs that were released by many different artists. One song that captured the attention of the world with its catchy beat and unique style was Despacito by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee. This song and music video was released on January 12, 2017 and topped the charts on the billboard as it began to gain international recognition (“Despacito”). Upon the creation of this popular hit song, the rhetor had to overcome different limitations and constraints to successfully deliver his message to the world. I will address these constraints by using the Traditional criticism method. This will allow me to understand these constraints in depth and the different strategies the rhetor utilized to overcome them. Constraints…

5 Hour Energy versus RedBull With a fast-paced world, many people are struggling to keep up. Some people have trouble getting through the last bit of their day. Remedies to these problems would normally be solved by more sleep, healthier foods, and better exercise. Although all of those activities are important, they are not attainable at any given moment of the day. Energy drinks and shots are becoming more prevalent in pop culture as people are realizing their quick fix. Energy drinks are…

Fenrir, a son of Loki who appears as a monstrous wolf. Although Fenrir is prophesied to swallow Odin during Ragnarok, the gods refuse to kill the wolf in advance and instead bind him with the magical fetter Gleipnir (Deluding of Gylfi 57-69). In this instance, even the gods, arguably the most powerful beings in Norse mythology, give themselves up to the whims of fate. Although it may be somewhat difficult to see in this example, the gods’ decision to spare Fenrir is intrinsically linked to the…

“What the world fails to realise is a villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told” (Colfer.) This quote comes from Chris Colfer and I think it should be in the back of everyone’s mind when reading or watching a villain’s behavior and actions. Just as our hero can turn out to be wicked, our villain could actually be the most heroic character in a story. You can never take what’s happening for face value right away; you have to think outside of what you’re being presented. Perhaps there…

way pulling his students into line and teaching them. Third and in my opinion the most persuasive reason is because it made everyone feel a part of the group, and all the outsiders became the insiders and they felt like they fit in. 2. What part did the creation of “rules” have in creating the expectations and enthusiasm of the class? The rules played a huge part in the experiment because they made the students very enthusiastic to be a part of it. Some of the rules that would have appealed to…

all parents to inform them of the plans. Collected health forms. Leadership and policy: Leadership is about behavior. Policy is about rule making. What is your position on rules? I think rules and guidelines are essential in maintaining order and consistency. Do you utilize rules as absolutes or as guidelines? It depends on the rule. Some rules, such as no alcohol, no smoking, no drugs and no fighting, are absolutes and should be expected of everyone. The breaking of these sorts of…

In the stories, “Oedipus Rex” and “The Joy Luck Club”, the characters of the stories are placed in a society where they are guided by rules, with the people and events in these stories the characters are shaped to go against the standard and rule to shift their identity, but the characters change themselves, but the way they change can be beneficial but can also ruin everything. There are people in these large event, who we interact with and with these interaction we learn and take what we…

“ A chop block is a foul by the offense in which one offensive player (designated as A1 for purposes of this rule) blocks a defensive player in the area of the thigh or lower while another offensive player (A2) occupies that same defensive player in one of the circumstances described in subsections (1) through (10) below”, according to Jordan Heck in the article, "What Is a Chop Block and Why Is the NFL considering Eliminating It?"…

allowing for the people that surround her to develop their knowledge base which would further allow them to make “rational” choices in an environment that seeks to suppress people’s, especially women and children, ability to make those choices by being informed. Although in the western world Malala’s inherent dignity is apparent by the acknowledgment of her ability to make an informed, rational decision; despite the attempted coercion, voluntarily, in her home country The Taliban and the…

The culture industry argument, established by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, is a critique of mass media, which refers to the industrialization of culture, where the masses are not the only source of mass culture; capitalism serves the masses, and treats them like commodities for their own benefit (McAnany & Wilkinson, 1996). Adorno and Horkheimer chose to call it culture industry, rather than mass media, because they believed that in mass media, masses had some influence upon the creation…