Meaning

by a great artist known as Mariah Carey. The song was written and produced with the help of Walter Afanasieff. “All I Want for Christmas is You” is featured on her album Merry Christmas that was released November 1st, 1994. The lyrics have several meanings. For example, “I don’t need to hang my stocking, there upon the fireplace,” references to a tradition where kids put stockings up for Christmas, but Mariah does not want a stocking, she wants a man. Kelly Clarkson, a singer and songwriter, got…

What exactly is the American Dream? To many people in the United States the idea and the meaning behind the American Dream has faded away to an unreachable scheme. To others the American Dream is the ideal of having a nice family with a house surrounded by a white picket fence keeping all of the problems and issues that you face outside the borders. Particularly, to me, the American dream is being able to live a nice and prosperous lifestyle with a beautiful house and children. Many things go…

The True Meaning of a Partisan The characters Ben, me, the 5 soldiers and their dogs, various partisan men, and Ben Kam are taking place in this story. The settings take place mostly in the forest but during the epic throw down is placed in the ghetto. The major conflicts are between the soldiers and the partisan but can also be between the narrator and his understanding of the partisans. The day began as usual, we made sure no guards were near and all our supplies were filled. The wind…

influence and corruption against the youth of Athens. Furthermore, the trial takes place because his belief system went against that of the Athenian society. Socrates failed to recognize the “official” Gods recognized by the Athenian society. The real meaning behind the trial itself is that the fear and sense of belittlement the orderlies felt by Socrates and his extensive knowledge, the fear of being inferior prompted them to hold the trial. Unfortunately, no matter how…

If we look at the meaning of patriarchy it is a system where men have all the power and women are excluded from it. Now you can relate it with sex too. The modern studies on sexuality and gender shows that sex is a biological given factor, while gender is an image created by social and cultural factors. Different cultures have different norms on how a male should behave and it is what makes him a man and how a female should behave and that makes her a female. Now there is an old norm about sex…

someone or something and to show and give them respect. Lev Vygotsky, his work, and theories in cognitive development over the years have become known as social development. Vygotsky said very strongly that community plays a central role in “Making Meaning.” Vygotsky and Piaget argued saying “ learning is a necessary and universal aspect of the process of developing culturally organized , specifically human psychological function.” So he was basically saying social learning tends to come…

to the strength and bravery of Harriet Tubman along with other abolitionists. Robert Hayden, the poet, was African American, which ignited his interest toward the Underground Railroad. The poet, Robert Hayden, related to the underlying ideas and meaning by including allusions in his writing. Hayden included the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman and other abolitionists, allusions, and lack of punctuation in his poem “Runagate Runagate.” As mentioned before, the Underground Railroad was a…

In our project we try to explain the meaning and importance of communication, and what are the important elements of communicative messages. Also, we create a comparison between written, oral and verbal communication, and many of examples of each one, but we choose written communication, because it’s very important in work place. Effective written communication skills have become very important especially in business. Success in business doesn’t always depend on your education, connections and…

SINATRA AT THE SANDS (1966) If you watched the OCEAN’s THIRTEEN (2007) till the end, you must remember Danny Ocean (George Clooney) said to Willy Bank (Al Pacino) “You shook Sinatra's hand, you should know better”. The quote represents the Sinatra reputation as the legend of the Vegas, from the original roll of Danny Ocean in Ocean’s eleven (1960) staring by himself together with his Rat Pat gang (Dean Martin and Sammy Davis JR) , Sinatra was also recognized as the icon of Las Vegas, Las Vegas…

What is Freedom? This surprisingly simple question has been the driving force of humanity ever since large governing bodies have been formed. Is it the ability to do as you please? Say what you please? The right to keep secrets? Or can you truly be free? Only just recently have there been multiple issues that call for the understanding of freedom. Is it okay to kneel or sit down during an anthem? Can you release thousands of confidential articles without punishment? These are just two of many…