Lens

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend,” is a quote by Robertson Davies. This quote perfectly explains one of the many themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, both in the novel and movie adaptation. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is placed in a setting in which the society only sees what it wants. This causes a few characters, such as Mr.Arthur (Boo) Radley, Mr. Tom Robinson and Jem and Scout Finch, to be put in difficult positions and end up losing part of…

“Death at First Sight” The state of being free has two states, which can be felt in a physical or a mental state. In the olden days, women had a very limited amount of freedom. Whether it would be women given an opportunity to make their own decisions or the freedom as we have in today’s U.S. society. For example, women were not able to have their independence from others. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Louise Mallard, a heart trouble woman feels the freedom she will soon have when…

Everyday women are judged for how they look, act, or say. No matter where a woman goes she must always worry about someone looking at her as nothing more than an object of pleasure. Because of this some women try to escape this reality by watching movies, but cinema itself is judging women. We live in such a male gaze driven society that women are now body shaming themselves because of how self-conscious they have become because they always believe they are being judged on their appearance.…

stakeholders in order to achieve the organization's goals and set objectives. An operational strategy should describe how the firm will implement its resources in the production of a service, good or a product. Lens Crafters’ Operation Strategy makes use of differentiation strategy in its operations. Lens crafters’ is the largest optical chain established in 1983 by E. Dean Butler a manager with Procter and Gambler at the time within the United States.…

After examining Butler’s through the lens of Stryker, it is obvious that Butler’s theories fail to account for the lived experience of gendered individuals. By seeing the gendered individual as purely performed, Butler disregards the gendered body, which Stryker argues is actually very important to appreciating a true analysis of gendered experience. Butler’s distinction between “performed” and “performative” is not fully developed. This can be partially linked to how complicated gender is, yet,…

Kafka wrote this novel, the 19th century women were seen to do simple things, like cleaning the house, looking after children and pleasing the husband. So it is expected for Kafka to have this view as a man living during this time period. The feminist lens can be commonly used to address themes like: role reversal and gender equality in the book as feministic view is a major perspective to look from. “…Then he saw his mother rush to his father’s side, her unfastened skirts slipping one by one…

or iPhone causes more problems than it solves, especially if the bride and groom hired a professional wedding photographer. Couples are now opting for an “unplugged” wedding, or at the very least, an “unplugged” ceremony. This article shares Grand Lens Photography’s reasons why couples should consider having an “unplugged” wedding. 1 - interrupting camera flash Professional photographers seldom use a camera’s pop-up flash. The knowledge of natural lighting and the set up of artificial…

Laura Walk AP Seminar Individual Group Essay 14 January 2015 Human Trafficking: An Economic Lens The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States” . However, even in the 21st century, slavery endures within the “Land of the Free”. Human trafficking is a modern slavery, defined as the act of transporting, buying, or selling people for purposes of exploitation, including prostitution, sexual…

Using the lens of mania, Gruber examined how increased positive emotionality shapes one’s emotional experience and perception of others during a conversation between couples about a distressing topic. Her research revealed that heightened positive emotionality leads individuals to have a more positive emotional experience and perception of other people, inducing a positively biased “rose-colored glasses” perception of the world. In the study, 68 romantic couples were first asked to fill out…

The most telling sign of an individual is how they deal with obstacles. Whether it be a cancer patient giving up on life after the diagnosis or choosing to fight and hoping for the best, our decisions in the face of adversity are what ultimately define us as individuals. In the realm of literature, few characters embody such resilience as vividly as Hamlet from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet” and Oedipus from Sophocles' "Oedipus the King." Each play revolves around incredible adversity and the…