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action, meanwhile her two friends are laughing and thinking about how hilarious it is, not expecting it to go viral. The student body is probably having a fun time spectating a video that was supposed to be a small joke transform into a widely known meme that everyone is capable of seeing, leaving leeway for new bullies to come in and start doing their thing. Jill is the one put in the spotlight, so she not only has harassing messages to take care of, but she also has her reputation in the…

We can see today that humans place themselves at the top of the hierarchical chain of moral standing. What I mean is that humans tend to think that they are more deserving of the right to an ethical life, more so than animals. On the other hand, humans are held to certain standards to treat every human as an equal. We clearly exclude non-humans from that sense of equality, or for the purposes of this paper - equal ethical treatment. Even then, we give some “non-humans” higher moral standing than…

A sentence that really stood out to me was, " Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions."(Chapter 7) To me, this shows an entirely new side of Edna, one readers weren't really exposed to before. This paragraph was really well written because it not only gives context (Edna's childhood), but it also exposes a conflict Edna has dealt…

Throughout the entire existence of film and media, there is always the perfect/crazed imaginative mind that generates the ideal monster, such as brain-eating zombies or the slashing Freddy Krueger. From folklore to the big screen, each generation grows up with a nightmare from the haunting characters that allow themselves to wonder their way into the consciousness of children. Unfortunately, for this current generation has a creature so bizarre that the creation has infiltrated into the minds of…

Future Strategy The current social media strategy for Movember Canada, as detailed above, is sufficient in its entirety; however, the organization can benefit greatly by making minor changes to its existing social media pages (i.e. Facebook and Twitter) and developing a national Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest profile. The inconsistent and decreased content posted on Facebook and Twitter translates to a decreased pledge interactivity with the foundations and a loss of opportunity in terms of…

In society people have little to no direct personal experience with crime, therefore the mass media represents crime in a certain way to the public. This is media outlets such as newspapers, television, websites, films, video games and books etc. Usually the portrayal of crime is negative or positive depending on who, what and where the crime is committed. Pearson argues that the media has encouraged a fear and fascination with crime. Media content and crime are studied in different ways. For…

When I began this English course I was not the writer I am today. I wrote with several errors. I always thought I was an okay writer, but I did not realize I was not good enough to get the grades I wanted in college. I feel like I can say my writing has improved because of this class. For one I now know how to correctly do MLA format. I have also learned that the spelling and grammar check is your best friend while writing a paper. Not only have I learned how to improve the content of my papers…

Heroin: Growing Addiction When I saw that I was required to write a paper on a drug of abuse I knew instantly which drug I was going to select. Heroin. This drug has made a large impact on my personal life the past few years. In early 2014 my boyfriends’ uncle passed away due to the withdrawal of heroin, at the young age of twenty-six. He was not able to overcome the mental damage from the lack of heroin in his system and killed himself. After the incident my boyfriends’ younger brother, who…

Blank, dead eyes stared at the blank death like white walls, the pills had done their job. Lucille Chaleau was now like every other person in the glorified purgatory, Marie de Médicis Asylum. Her mind wobbled unsteady in her convulsing body, her vision became blurred, everything went black. It was simply another 6:30 p.m. With the sun’s rise screams pierced the air, jolting Lucille from her medicated coma like slumber. She looked about the whitewashed prison and grimaced. the only colour that…

Last week I was having a drink with a friend; he casually pulled out his phone and showed me a Meme that had gone viral. As I stared at the screen in shock, he matter-of-factly stated “and you thought you had problems”. There is a new violence sweeping across our nation. It is not necessarily new, but it is intensifying. Human cruelty is absolutely nothing new, but it is the spread and reach that has amplified. I am talking about cyber violence, harassment and humiliation. Unless you live under…