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1. Dyer is literally doing what his title expresses and is attempting to defend disco from those who accuse it as a capitalist form of music. He also lists the positive aspects of disco, not only the music but also the culture surrounding it. Through the ‘debunking’ of capitalism and almost humanizing and describing the characteristics of disco that relate it to other forms of music, including those that oppose the nature of disco, and to human experience, including queer movements, he makes his…

There are some things that people need to be able to thrive in the cruel world we live in today. Will Allen wrote the book, The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, and Communities, and in this book he made some interesting analogies that interesting enough, alluded to these. Will Allen is a former pro basketball player, now he spends his time and money trying to make a difference in his town by trying to urbanize farming in a economically friendly manner. Allen talks a lot about food…

Thesis The four loves by C.S. Lewis is a Christian book which is one of the famous books written by Lewis among his last books. Lewis looks at the topic of love and describes it using the four Greek words; Affection-storge, Friendship-philia, Romantic Love-eros and Charity-agape. The main thesis of the book is that love ceases to become love when it becomes a god and love is due to this can becomes a demon. Love is a lovely gift from God but sometimes people are willing to serve love as the…

Mohsin Hamid and Jamaica Kincade craft their novels Lucy and The Reluctant Fundamentalist with a focus of the main protagonists Lucy and Changaz coming of age in America. They institute the hope of enriching the life’s of Lucy and Changaz, as well as achieving their American Dream. Kinked developed Lucy’s character through using an American mentor; Mariah. Who provided Lucy with a loving family atmosphere she was craving, and became a mother figure for her. Hamid’s lead character, like Lucy…

Greetings. Non-verbal communication is paramount in Brazil as a high context culture. The non-verbal communication aspect of the greeting is the majority of the custom. Men generally shake hands and backslap each other upon meeting while women usually kiss each other starting with the left cheek and switching to the right. (Kwintessential, 2016). The translation of “Hello, is everything fine?” in Portuguese is Ola. Tudo bem? And the translation for “How are you?” is Como vai? (Culturegrams, 2011…

Leadership changes depending on the groups that you are involved in. In traditional military chain of commands, the orders come from top down and that is the way things go because that is the most efficient way to do military business. Colonel Mark Strong writes that “Establishing and maintaining effective leadership and its inherent authority in small units is also one of the most difficult and under-appreciated leadership challenges for both the leader and the led”(Strong 1). However, it is…

Challenge of Command Summaries Chapter 1: Chapter 1 of Nye’s book “The Challenge of Command” begins with an explanation that this is an important book for specialists and junior officers to read so that they may thoroughly understand the challenges that are faced by positions of command. Nye emphasizes the importance of continuation of learning, and laments that with many soldiers learning ceases at a certain point in their career. Nye criticizes the mental process of certain aspects of…

I have a very large extended family as I am the youngest of six children. My father also came from a family with five children and my mother came from a family with 8 children. Most of my extended family is in New Mexico. We are in general closer to my mother’s side of the family. My father’s side was more spread out and my paternal grandmother died when they were little as well as my paternal grandfather died before I was born so there was not that bond of seeing them at grandma’s house. I…

Christmas represents a time for family, cheer, happiness, and of course, presents. Santa Clause represents the most exemplary giver, and a young child’s belief in Santa Clause brings much joy. Children eagerly await to hear the mystical sleigh bells and always leave out cookies and milk for the jolly good fellow. On Christmas morning, these kids hurry down the stairs, excited to see what Santa had left them. Late at night, on Christmas Eve, children sleep and dream of sugar plums. Yet, imagine a…

investigation, there is a flaw pushing all of them to be deceitful, rude, or mocking. Although, in the end, Franzen isn’t just writing a story about jealous neighbors who get themselves mixed up into drama. He is making a point that even in polite and close nit societies; human nature makes it almost inevitable for people to compare themselves to each other, thus leading to an intrusion of privacy as there is a need to rebuild one’s own self esteem. Through analyzing each of the main characters,…