Laura Palmer

Gaze: I am impressive with the article “Gender Roles in Advertising a lot. As another person, I see a lot of magazines, advertisings, banners, but I have not notice about the “gaze” of the models in all of those pictures until I read this visual essay. It is wonderful to recognize the meaning of the “gaze” and how it affects the viewer. In the Gucci ad we ca she that the woman has a power to control the man and her eyes look like talk to the viewer that: “I sexy and I know it”. How smart it…

In 2001, Michael Haneke directed a film called, The Piano Teacher. Haneke’s attitude, as conveyed to the spectator, is not to rail against pornography, per se, but to rail against its impact as generated by a capitalist patriarchy. This stems from a similar modality introduced by Linda Williams1 in which she “...moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does.” (Slade 656). Haneke’s method portrays a patriarchal approach…

society” (Mulvey 14). American society is structured upon a patriarchal system which recognizes the male as the authoritative figure with power over the female and mainstream cinema helps to reinforce these ideas onto the audience (dictionary). Using Laura Mulvey’s Theory of ‘the Gaze’, I will demonstrate how Arthur Penn’s depiction of the characters Bonnie Parker, Blanche Barrow and Clyde Barrow aid in perpetuating hegemonic ideologies of…

presentation, I interviewed my first Chiropractor and preceptor doctor, Dr. Rick Elbert. Dr. Elbert or Dr. Rick to many friends and patients, is known throughout the country as an expert in the Gonstead Chiropractic Technique. He is a graduate from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport and has been a chiropractor for 39 years. Dr. Elbert opened his first office in Ames Iowa in 1978. He then moved to his second clinic in Ogden Iowa in 2002. Dr. Elbert has been active in many civic and…

How A Chiropractor Can Help Your Pain After An Auto Accident An auto accident can leave you with pain in your neck, back, or other parts of your body even if you don't have broken bones or deep cuts. The sudden jarring of your spine and muscles can cause misalignment, swelling, and strain that takes a long time to heal. Getting help from a chiropractor soon after the accident might speed your healing and help you avoid issues with chronic pain. Here are some ways a chiropractor can help you…

I chose to interview three different doctors each from separate specialties. These specialties included a cardiologist, chiropractic physician and an optometric physician. Each doctor answered questions pertaining to preparing for their career, the job market and the positives and negatives to their jobs. I interviewed a cardiologist named Dr. Frank Amico. He answered all of my questions about what it takes to be a cardiologist and also explained to me why he loves his job. He spent a total of…

author of the Little House series, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was a mother, a teacher, a farmer, a journalist, a loyal democrat, and an active political protester extraordinaire. However she is also the mysterious writer with her fans always asking what is true or fake in her books. ⅝ of her “Little House” books won Newbery awards. Laura even has a literacy award named after her called the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award”. She was the first awarded in 1954. l. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born…

The term white collar came about from Edwin Sutherland and has risen in notoriety recently. White collar crime has been more spotlighted in the last decade due to the magnitude of money that was stolen from countless innocent people. When the general public thinks about white collar crimes like Ponzi schemes, most of them bring up Bernie Madoff. Madoff was able to steal $50 billion from a myriad of individuals. Madoff is not the only criminal who preys on people and their trust. Allen…

displays the theme of attraction versus repulsion throughout the novella, but particularly emphasizes these contradicting ideas in the passage on page 44-45. This passage depicts Laura’s sickness as she begins to turn into a vampire. While the idea of Laura becoming a creature that thrives off blood should be repulsive, her intrigue at the thought of death creates a more impactful scene. Within the first few sentences of the passage we hear of Laura’s ill feelings and how she is not opposed to…

Laura Ingalls Wilder, an author renowned for her stories of pioneer life, wrote about her childhood memories of traveling aboard wagons in what would come to be known as The Little House on the Prairie series. Millions of people have read Laura’s books and they still hold relevance to this day. However, perhaps one of the most overlooked factors of her books was the significance of the wagon used by the Ingalls’ family during their travels. For the Ingalls and many others, the wagon represented…