Opposites Attract

“ I hate you Mom!! “ exclaims John as he furiously closes his bedroom door shut. Is John expressing his hatred toward his mother or is it just build of anger over time that has finally exploded itself? Anger according to APA (American Psychological Association) “Anger is an emotion characterized by antagonism toward someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong.” Anger is something we have all gone through in our life would it be when we have gotten a bad grade or for not…

MULAN; FROM CHINA TO AMERICA. As a little girl, I loved Mulan; I admired and looked up to her because she was brave, independent, and strong. I always imagined myself being just like her when I grew up. However, now that I am older, I once again watched Mulan and realized that it should not have been a movie I watched as a child. It certainly is a lot darker than most animated Disney movies; the entire film is about war. It takes place in China when the Huns invade and every man must be drafted…

Spinosaurus: Then and Now The Spinosaurus is a dinosaur first discovered in the early 20th century. It was named by Ernst Stromer, the man who first discovered it and its name translates to “Spine reptile”. It is estimated to have lived during the Cretaceous period and more specifically between 112-93.5 million years ago. (10) The Spinosaurus belongs to the Phylum of Chordata, meaning it has a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain, the Class of Archosauria, meaning it is a diapsid amniote, the…

applied to Vladimir Propp's (1975, in Turner, G.) theories of the different roles of characters in a story. We have got "the villain" in the strongest and most elegant replicant, Roy Batty. He is the arch-replicant, or head of the evil force. On the opposite side we have got Deckard, which is "the hero" of the story. He fights the villain and his associates. The "helper" in the story is the other blade runner is Gaff, even though he doesn't appear too often. He is still on Deckards side, and he…

Have you ever wondered how or why the United States entered World War II? It all started when Japan attacked the U.S Navy base at Pearl Harbor, on December 7th, 1941. While some government officials thought the United States would enter the war, most American citizens wanted no part in it. Pearl Harbor was made when moving the base from San Francisco, to help islands like the Philippines. Pearl Harbor was a horrible but important event that changed America forever. This paper will briefly state…

because they feel guilty not making a purchase. For the customers that are shopping at your competitors, sending them an email or mailer by post outlining why you beat the competitor in deals and service (in addition to a money saving coupon) may attract them to your…

Kanye West is an artist whose works can never be replicated. If you start with his first studio album, The College Dropout, West brings an entire new style of rap to the genre of hip hop. This album focused on topics such as consumerism, religion, and family instead of ordinary rap subjects like drugs or crimes. In his song “All Falls Down,” West scrutinizes the problems with college using lyrics like this: “She has no idea what she doin' in college/That major that she majored in don't make no…

The Cadillac's ELR Coupe 2014 Commercial embodies the perfect American dream. It starts off with an American man gazing out over his pool right before delivering a thesis on the American Dream. He is playing the role of a self-made man who walks around his two- story modern house and displays his wealth while promoting his version of the American work ethic that made all his wealth possible. In the beginning of the video, the gentleman is dressed in a polo shirt and khaki shorts, but later…

Natives, Digital Immigrants’, the author, Marc Prensky, defines two terms which are the same as the title of this article. People who were born into an environment filled of digital products are called Digital Native. Digital Immigrants are just the opposite to Digital Natives, which includes the rest of people who were not born into the digital world but have access to digital products at some point later in lives. Though these two terms are quite interesting, it seems like these two terms are…

Figure 4, an advertisement in The New Yorker for the play Hand to God, employs inverted cliché and religious diction to allude to the content of the play and to interest the reader (Hand to God). Large white text announces, “Broadway’s Going to Hell in a Hand Puppet.” The advertisement is a play on the phrase ‘going to hell in a hand basket,’ which describes a rapidly deteriorating situation. Though this inverted cliché, the ad introduces the reader with something familiar with a unique twist…