Mary Catherine Bateson

learn to trust again, eventually try to move on from the experience, and enjoy make some new friends that would help brighten our day, like the sun on the rainiest and darkest days. September 11th is one of the most tragic days for the United States of America. On that calamitous day nearly 3000 people from around 93 countries. It seemed that the minivan driver had no way of stopping the inevitable. No matter which way he would’ve changed. His beginning was the point where his mother birthed him in horrible traffic on a highway, and his end was right in front of him. He suddenly remembered his favorite quote as an adventurous teenager, “The Timing of death like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.” by Mary Catherine Bateson. Time was slowly casting its spell allowing him time think of the first time he injured his ankle and had to sit out of his high school games for the rest of the season. He remembered how his stomach had butterflies when he had his first kiss and how he cried when he and his first girlfriend got into an argument and separated. He could finally see what his sister always talked about. He could see the beginning and the end. He could see life’s curves in the letter S.…

of her theories to anthropology, in order to enhance the field and allow the public to be included in the collaboration of anthropological work. Above is a picture of Dr. Mead and her newlywed husband at the time, on the right we have Dr. Bateson conducting fieldwork in New Guinea and on the left, Dr. Mead constructing fieldnotes. In this photo, both anthropologists are seen working together and observing the Papuan culture. Both couples worked on several research projects together and remained…

Robert Flaherty is cited in creating the first documentary, with Nanook of the North, made in 1922, this film was wildly successful and generated obsession around this new genre documenting real people. Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson eventually adapted this filmic practice as a tool for documenting cultures for scientific purposes, founding the field of visual anthropology. Flaherty and Mead’s influence can be tracked to filmmaker John Marshall, who challenged the paradigms of spectacle and…

Family Systems Theory Based off of general systems theory, family systems theory views each family as its own system and family members affect the family system as a whole (Lindstrom et al., 2015). “Families have interrelated elements and structures, interact in patterns, have boundaries and use messages and rules to shape their members” (Morgaine, 2001). As well as interacting within themselves, these family systems interact with many other systems around them. Family systems theory allows…

Strategic family therapy was developed with the contribution of Gregory Bateson, Jay Haley, Don Jackson, and many more. Strategic family therapy engages families and aims to alter their dynamic by engaging them in a creative behavioral task. Focus is put on present behaviors and presenting problems, rather than the past, thus insight is not the goal of this form of therapy. The concepts of strategic family therapy derived from concepts of communication, thus linked to one another. A double…

The reader’s first glimpse of how Heathcliff treats Catherine Linton is when he commands her to get the tea ready in a tone “uttered so savagely that I [Mr. Lockwood] started” (11). At this point in the story, the reader is not aware of Heathcliff’s diabolical nature, but it is made evident that he is a menacing character that will play a role in the theme of the story. When Heathcliff imprisons Catherine and Ellen in Wuthering Heights, Catherine’s bold behavior compels her to snatch the key…

tried to keep Heathcliff at the bottom and a rather detestable human being. Most notably at this was Hindley, who had never really took a liking to the strange gypsy child his father brought home after a long journey. After Mr. Earnshaw died Hindley began to put Heathcliff where he thought he belonged, down on the bottom with the servants. This action drove Heathcliff to be increasingly despondent and all in all a much ruder version of himself. An action that further drove Heathcliff to his rude…

In 1847 Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights; a novel as eccentric as it is unsettling, its themes including the oppositional natures of horror and beauty, dreams and reality, hate and adoration, fused into one strange and dark novel. This essay is a comparative analysis of two film adaptations of Brontë’s novel; the thesis being the 1939 film adaptation, titled Wuthering Heights and directed by William Wyler, presents the story within the romance genre. By comparison the 2011 adaptation…

Jane too reflects gender roles. She is quiet and keeps to herself, whereas Mr. Rochester is social and outgoing. She often comments on how rash and candid she is. This is also noted by other characters in the novel. At all times it is seen as a flaw in her as a woman. Jane is unable to gain a good social and financial standing by herself. Her gender and class severely limit the number of jobs that she can do. She must inherit money from a relative, whereas the men can work and provide for…

in my power, I find the will to lift a slate off either roof has vanished! My old enemies have not beaten me; now would be the precise time to revenge myself on their representatives...But where is the use? I don’t care for striking: I can’t tkae the trouble to raise my hand!” (303). In other words, even though Heathcliff was able to use his influence over Catherine Linton and Hareton Earnshaw to destroy them, he saw no need to do so. Heathcliff was wronged for most of his life by the Lintons…