Opinion

culture are traditions and opinions which are illustrated in “By Any Other Name” and “Two Kinds” written by Santha Rama Rau and Amy Tan respectively. In the novel “By Any Other Name” Santha Rama Rau expresses the idea that culture shapes the way a human views others along with the world through traditions. In her memoir, she includes the traditions: names and food. “Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose…

Colin Kaepernick came back into national attention in the preseason of the 2016 season for the first time since he helped the San Francisco 49ers go to the SuperBowl in 2012 by kneeling during the United States National Anthem to protest racial inequality, police brutality, and then Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s views on minorities especially African Americas and Latinos. The first two weeks of the preseason he went unnoticed while sitting on the bench during the Anthem. Week 3 of the…

for You,” Bisgaard-Fratzen introduces the advantages of telemedicine heath care; economical pricing and convenience. Coinciding with Bisgaard-Fratzen’s ideas, Raymond’s article, “Pros and Cons of Getting a Second Opinion Online,” elaborates on the effects of getting an online second opinion. Though telemedicine offers promising advantages, the modern technology exhibits some downfalls. Bisgaard-Fratzen and Raymond offer a range of appraisals concerning the controversies of telemedicine. In her…

magical and extravagant myths, current readers consider this book as a story. Despite being considered a story rather than a history, Kouyate’s book provides his readers with a better understanding of the society of Ancient Kingdom of Mali due to his opinions, vivid descriptions and ability to express his stories with emotion. Kouyate’s manipulation of his stories in order to sway people’s…

opts for facts on his claims to support his ideas, not personal opinions. Summers, exhibiting facts from American agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, also adds percentage statistics and other data. This tactic manifests an author and an opinion an audience could trust. The facts would back up Summers’ reasoning and the source could confirm accountability. Although, it is not enough to have facts to support Summers' opinion. The argument required more for credibility. Summers…

America the author David S. Reynolds, discusses his strong opinion of the groundbreaking book Uncle Tom's Cabin. The author David S. Reynolds is an influential American literary critic and professor that has won many awards such as the the Bancroft Prize, the Christian Gauss Award, the Ambassador Book Award, the Gustavus Myers Book Award, the John Hope Franklin Prize. The author believes that “no book in American history molded public opinion more powerfully than Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (page loc…

The main theme of the book of Crito is about whether should Socrates break the law and escape from execution or stay and accept his death penalty. At the very end, Socrates pointed out that trying to escape breaks the law, and any act that breaks the law is unjust . Therefore, Socrates refused to escape and decided to accept his death penalty and execution. Socrates responded each of the three arguments Crito brought out. However, are Socrates’ arguments reasonable and is it always right to obey…

socialization as: The process by which individuals come to adopt the attitudes, values, beliefs and opinions of their political culture. Socialization is the term we give for how our environment shapes our beliefs. Studies show that the process of socialization begins as early as pre-school age. When we are young we are very impressionable and all the things around us in our environment help us to form an opinion(s) about our surroundings and help us to form beliefs about certain systems or…

For this critical reaction, I choose to focus on two documents that demonstrate two different perspectives. Both documents express someone's opinion of the culture war that was going on in America. It is clear, despite there are those that doubt a culture war ever existed, the the atmosphere brought forth dramatically different view points. The first document is a shining example of those that felt the strongest that America was in the midst of a culture war. Pat Buchanan speaks of things like…

names. 2 “But to be honest, Jonas,” his father said, “for me there was not the element of suspense that there is with your ceremony. Because I was already fairly sure of what my Assignment was going to be.”(Lowry 34) Actually, this quote supports my opinion by stating that the committee chooses your job for instead of the people choosing their own job. 3 “If everything's the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?”…