Norman Bates

In the public service announcement “Adopt US Kids” a mother is seen with her daughter trying to figure out what is wrong with a sweater. We can gather from the basket of yarn next to the cat on the floor, that the mother has knitted the sweater herself, but there seems to be a problem, the sweater has four sleeves instead of one. The house they are in seems to be a middle class house, which is very relatable to most Americans. Also at the bottom of the PSA is a text that states “You Don’t have…

Figure (1) Fairclough’s three diamenttional analytical frame work (Adopted from Norman Fairclough’s (1995) “Discourse and Social Change” book) 1) Text: The first level of discourse analysis is based on written or spoken text (Fairclough 1995). In this level the researcher identify actually about what the text represent. In this stage the analysis is descriptive, in many ways, the text is described as a form of linguistic analysis, in which usually searching for vocabularies (metaphore, lexical…

On Ruby’s first day, there were mobs of chaos and parents there to remove their children, but Ruby was brave through it all. Because of Ruby’s courage, books have been written and paintings were painted such as “The Problem We All Live Within” by Norman Rockwell. Ruby Bridges has inspired so many people because of her acts of bravery. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi to Abon and Lucille Bridges. The year she was born was the same year of the Brown…

Marsha Norman Marsha Norman’s work shows a raw clarity that exhibits pain in all its various forms, a true to life depiction of the life that goes on around us. Through my research into her work, I have discovered that she is a playwright I truly love, I just hadn’t known it yet. Her talents span different styles of theatre and she creates a resounding truth in her works that reach out and grab the audience by the heart. It is through her skillfully constructed text and heart wrenching…

Oklahoma has a minimum wage law based on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Oklahoma’s law does not specify a dollar amount, but is tied to the federal minimum. Oklahoma’s minimum wage law affects business with at least 10 full-time workers and businesses with annual sales total of $100,000 or more. Certain people are exempt from Oklahoma’s minimum wage law, these include workers that receive tips, high school and college students, and some disabled workers. In 2000, the minimum wage in…

Methodology The research method chosen for the present project is discourse analysis. Such methodological approach to the subject of this dissertation, FCKH8.com’s viral activity, would allow me to view the processes that allow the company to construct the identity of an activist-minded ethical consumer amongst their audience. The unity of commercially driven strategy and strife for “good cause” is observed to be a relatively new phenomenon in consumer culture, and the analysed material, being…

supposed to have golden sun-kissed skin, long perfect hair, slim toned bodies, and well defined jaw lines. Media play a large role in many self-esteem problems that many teenagers face around the world. Norman Rockwell, an artist from the early 1900s, focused on social issues the country was facing. In Norman Rockwell’s artwork The Outsider, he expresses that the young girl lacks confidence in herself, but looks up to the model in the magazine for her beauty because of her transitioning from…

My favorite exhibit was in the BYU Museum, “To magnify the Lord: Six Centuries of Art and Devotion”. This exhibit was full of paintings, and artwork representing the life of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The religious artwork in this exhibit displays beautiful narratives of Christ’s life, and his ministry. All of the paintings in this exhibit relate back to the Savior, and they really emphasize the greatness, and the mercy of the Lord, and many of them portray events that occurred during his life.…

I would imagine the term hero or heroism would mean many different things to many different people. To a child, a hero may be Superman, to an anti-American, Osama bin Laden may be a hero, to an aspiring astronaut, perhaps Neil Armstrong comes to mind. From my perspective a hero is simply one who selflessly stands out from the crowd in a way that positively impacts another. An example may be an individual that witnesses a tragic event that takes time to offer assistance in any way they can.…

It was the middle of the hottest summer I’ve ever experienced, that’s when it happened. We had just moved into a new house, and I guess you could say I was not so thrilled. I had created my life back in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Then all the sudden one day I was told I had to leave it all behind. Moving was not too catastrophic, there were a few moments here and there, but overall we made it. I have now been in the house for six weeks, and I have never felt more terrified, I can’t sleep, I…