Maggie May

Speaking from a nihilistic perspective, if we live in an inherently meaningless world, where do we derive motivation? The answer is that we create the meaning which gives us purpose through sheer force of will. In her essay “Great to Watch,” Maggie Nelson discussing the pervasiveness of violence in media in our society. Additionally, Oliver Sack’s essay “The Minds Eye,” is a famous essay concerning how blind people perceive their world. Lastly Cathy Davidson, author of “Project Classroom…

Although Keurig is the top selling brewing system in the U.S the challenge can be from competitors selling their products in different countries like Senseo’s system. The lack of advertisement being conducted for Keurig is at its minimum and the retailers may develop some concerns about minimum advertised price (MAP) because they can potentially lose out on financial…

To live in a static state of mind is to restrict the joy one may find in life. Oliver Sacks, Maggie Nelson, and Robert Thurman all suggest that one’s perception of the world, as well as the flexibility of their state of mind, directly correlates with how they exist within it. Specifically, Thurman’s work “Wisdom” claims that it is necessary for one to abandon the idea of having a fixed and strict self but rather open up one’s mind to become a flexible thinker, allowing one to create human…

escalate, drug abuse in the United States is spiraling out of control. Many states have passed laws that require recipients of assistance programs such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to be drug tested. While these laws may sound reasonable, they infringe the individual rights of United States citizens that are protected by the constitution. (Appeals Court Upholds Michigan Welfare Drug Testing Program) The Fourth Amendment insures, ?The right of the people to be…

younger waiter represents the change among young people. Young people tend to be so self-involved in their own lives that they forget what life is like for others. On the contrary, the older waiter has grown to have patience and compassion for others. He may not have youth but he does have a kind…

Jean Genet’s Les Bonnes, in english: The Maids, is a timeless piece about servitude, fantasy and murder. A man in and out of jail, Genet wrote his first poem and novel behind bars, eventually escaping a life sentence thanks to a petition to the french president backed by prominent names such as John Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and Jean Paul Sartre[], who wrote an invaluable and insightful introduction to Genet’s plays Les Bonnes and Deathwatch which this essay uses to analyse Les Bonnes. It is not…

Baker spent most of her childhood in rural North Carolina. She was raised on the same land where her grandparents worked as slaves. She was the second of the three surviving children, bracketed by her older brother Blake Curtis, and younger sister Maggie. Her father Blake Baker worked on a steamship line that sailed out of Norfolk, and so was often away. Her mother Georgianna Ross Baker took in boarders to earn extra money. As a child, Baker grew up with little influence. Her grandfather…

getting rid of a couple of their tractors. This could be a potential option for additional tractors or parts. Maggie is working on the getting Pat details on the off load sleds. They don’t have extra sleds to give RSL, but we received their design, if we want to build them. They don’t have any tractors available, because they decided to keep them, but are now having major problems with them. We may be able to get them for parts. Pat will send info once he receives…

Advancements in technology have produced a world in which one is constantly looking at images or watching a video. Whether for enjoyment or to fill a void caused by boredom, many people scroll through their phones aimlessly viewing a multitude of images. Maggie Nelson discusses these notions of spectating in her narrative titled “Great to Watch,” where she presents two different views of what “spectating” really means. She first presents it as an action that provides a false sense of empowerment…

significant role art plays in a community. Throughout her essay, Homo Religiosus, she argues that art, much like religion, has the capability to allow one to temporarily forget and transcend their daily struggles, and rather focus on an ideal future. Maggie Nelson’s essay, Great to Watch, questions how society relates to the world and through what can we do so. Nelson opens her text with a discussion of Sister Helen Prejean, who proposes in her memoir, Dead Man Walking, ignorance was a major…