Lee Kim Lai

Ethics is the science behind one’s moral principles in which shape how they act, believe and think. This is effected by the inner, personal and physical environment around them. Interactions between the self, peers, others may alter and affect those changes. Ethics in itself is the knowledge of determining what is good and what is bad. Throughout one’s process in growing up, we are taught how to be an ethical and responsible being within society. We are taught that we should be nice and…

Chuck Klosterman incorporates Perez Hilton, Kim Dotcom, and Julian Assange to a book of villains to corroborate the influence technocrats have on technology. Klosterman explains that what parents worried about in the past has changed due to the modification of technology since the Clinton presidency. Technocrats share the beliefs that the future makes the rules, so, we should just move with the changes because it's already happening whether we want it or not. The power that technocrats have it’s…

Please note that while the cover is simplistic, it is intended to be as such. The novel contains a multitude of vintage photographs which are both creepy and shrouded in mystery. This was the theme I tried to capture with this CD cover. Analysis: The first reason as to why I chose this song is that the music/beat is uplifting and almost innocent, in a sense. This is reflective of the fact that all of the main characters in the novel Hollow City by Ransom Riggs are children or teenagers, an…

Have you ever just taken a step back and thought about how much our perception of what being a celebrity entails has changed in the past 20 years? Where will we stand 20 years from now? Take a look at Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian for example; besides the obvious differences in their upbringing and how they both made their way into stardom, they are also very different in how they maintain their celebrity status. As stated in Broadcasting Yourself by Drew Pinsky “the explosion of reality T.V…

Bene Viera’s “An Open Letter to Tyler Perry” was a response to Tyler Perry’s different works as an artist but his personal response, his latest letter to his fans “Kim Kardashian in Marriage Counselor” Her evidently strong beliefs that Tyler Perry only portrays the women in his films in certain ways is the divine influence beneath her motives in writing this letter, which allow her to present her refutes. In this letter, Viera commits numerous divergent fallacies in which they ineffectively…

Kardashian V. Kardashian For many years, the Kardashian’s have been a controversial topic in social media. The Kardashian family consist of Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Rob, and Kris. Khloe is the feisty little sister, Kim is the moneymaker, Kourtney is obsessed with her children, Rob loves to stay at home, and Kris is the mother of them all. They are hated, loved, made fun of, and envied based off there fame from the show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Regardless of their reputation, it is…

Rain Man and A Beautiful Mind are both compelling movies that explore the struggles related to mental disorders. Rain Man is the story of Charlie Babbitt’s discovery of his long-lost brother, Raymond, and their touching and eventful journey together. Charlie Babbitt is a car-dealer in his mid-twenties when he receives a phone call informing him that his estranged father has passed away. Charlie had a poor relationship with his father. He was a rebellious child and following his mother’s death…

One example of this materialism is through Kim Kardashian. Her famous Kim Kardashian game attracted more than 22 millions of players within the few months of the game’s release. By early 2016, she earned more than $100 million from the launch (Rao). This game is essentially a materialistic game because it encourages…

from the moment it first aired. The show is about a large family of five siblings, a mother, and stepfather and how they cope with family situations, their unity, and their views on topics that relate to the American society today, the siblings are, Kim, Khloe, Kendall, Kylie, Kourtney, Rob, the mother named Kris, and the stepfather, Bruce. Their family’s TV show has been going on for years and I decided to choose one episode in particular to discuss their morals, ethics and values. In the…

last show, the night was all about the boys” (Kim Gordon). This is the bold first sentence that Sonic Youth vocalist/bassist Kim Althea Gordon writes in her autobiographical memoir, Girl in a Band. The inspiration behind this liberating title is from “Sacred Trickster,” an ode to the quartet’s early 1990s high-gloss hardcore phase that appears on Sonic Youth’s final album, The Eternal. The entirety of this memoir is told from the altruistic world of Kim Gordon’s mind and tangible experiences.…