Memento

The Things They Carried- Physical and Emotional Weights The Things They Carried is a short story, written by Tim O’Brien that was developed into a novel. It’s a war drama that takes place in the later 1900’s during the Vietnam War. In the story, an unnamed narrator describes, in the third person, the thoughts of Jimmy Cross. Cross is a lieutenant in the war but is distracted by his thoughts of Martha. Martha is a young woman that he dated before he joined the army. He thinks about the letters…

All throughout time people have been “the other.” Pratt refers to the other as being “Someone who is perceived by the dominant culture as not belonging, as they have been culturally constructed as fundamentally different in some way” (320). In Edward Said’s essay, the Palestinians are the other, and he is attempting to “engage the difficulty, to deny the habitually simple, even harmful representations of the Palestinians, and to replace them with something more capable of capturing the complex…

For this assignment, I decided to visit the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) located in the city of Los Angeles next to the Japanese Village Plaza. I choose the JANM because my interviewee is Japanese and the museum may help me understand more about the Japanese’s culture than just researching about their culture online. The JANM is an important landmark to the Japanese community because it serves to educate the population, provide entertainment, and expose about the Japanese culture to…

would be those who are depressed, or people that feel as if there is no reason to live, mental illness, it could be a solitary act expressive of despair and misery, with at most a brief suicide note to be token social consciousness and to serve as a memento of the victim, and various other reasons. The way the Romans viewed suicide was, it was a way to maintain and not lose honor and status, preserving individual and family honor, of representing freedom, and of repairing the stains of shame.…

Beauty Standards: An Examination of Ji Yeo’s Beauty Recovery Room Beauty standards have long been perpetuated starting from Grecian times till now. It creates societal pressure to everyone and encourages them to change their looks to fit in the standard. Due to the societal pressure, both men and women undergoes drastic measure just to be fit in the concept of beauty. Ji Yeo’s Beauty Recovery Room talks about that. Ji Yeo’s photography collection is about the plastic surgery phenomenon in…

I am reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and I am on page 180. Fight Club follows the story of a nameless narrator and his newfound insane friend, Tyler Durden. Our narrator lives a life of regularity and routine. Day in and day out at a desk job, making just enough for basic necessities. Tyler inspires him to break free from this chain and experience cold, true life. Life in the freest sense. They do so by starting an illegal underground boxing organization, or, Fight Club. Where men of all…

“Flavia, your father wants you,” Drusilla, her tutor and maid, says. “He says for you to come to his study immediately.” Flavia nods and the sound of her footsteps linger long after she walks to her father’s study. The paterfamilias is the most important member of the family, the father figure, and he has the last word. Her father, the pater, is Cato Equitus, a successful plebeian merchant of wine. She finally arrived at her father’s study, and she knocks three times on the door. “Come in,”…

Tidying My Life Do you ever wonder how to declutter and organize? The book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is the perfect read for me because I love organizing. Her book teaches readers how to declutter and organize in a process she simply calls tidying. Kondo’s methods and steps in this best seller can help you organize like a pro. By reading this book I became inspired, and I learned many things; moreover, applying these ideas to my life was simple, and I attained…

Serial killers are as fascinating as they are horrifying. As much as we fear them, we are intrigued in learning about them and knowing their story. Today our society is filled with shows like “Dexter” and “Criminal Minds” that gives a glimpse of serial killers. We enjoy watching it on television or reading about it in books or on the internet. Scholars take hours out of their day to studying these murders and crimes. When we watch these shows we are filled with these fantasies of killings and…

have their name mentioned at staff meetings, and create an employee bulletin board that has their name and the remarkable job that they are being recognized for. To facilitate maximum survey participation, I would give out gifts such as gift cards, mementos or certificates for the best or…