Parallel Play

Emily Klein’s essay, Antiwar Activism and Structures of Trauma in the Plays of Even Ensler and Kathryn Blume, encapsulates the process of social change in response to the theatrical pieces by Ensler and Blume and the development of the shows to reflect the increasing trauma present in society due to the Iraq War. The author discusses the stages of trauma and the feelings the playwrights tried to resonate to the audience like absence, repetition and memory. Klein also debates the changes in the…

confused with a lack of self-esteem who wants above all to please his dad. Ivory felt confused when it came to playing football because he felt like it was his obligation to play and also because it somehow seemed his destiny to do so. He talked to his father about it, and told him that he wasn’t sure if he even wanted to play college ball if he had the chance. One night Ivory had a dream of how he was living life wrong, “emphasizing all the wrong things,” football being one of them. The…

Embracing the idea of movement as more than just dance is an overarching theme in Deidre Sklar’s “Dancing with the Virgin” and Cindy Garcia’s “Salsa Crossings”. Both ethnographies analyze the implication of movement in the establishment of the community. In “Dancing with the Virgin”, members of the community are brought together through collective memories that are embodied in the dance as well as the rest of the fiesta. In the world of “Salsa Crossings”, the intent is to establish identity in…

surprisingly great play in each sport with the fact that he is wearing Nike apparel. The language techniques in this advertisement mainly revolve around the sports jargon term “we’re short a guy” not only does this appeal to a common conundrum faced by people playing in pick up games but it also proposes the idea of “the kid” being a short guy. The short guy now plays an important role because he is needed to complete the team. Creating a sense of irony as the smallest person now plays the most…

Why children should play sports Did you know that the percentage of children who played sports dropped by four percent from 2009 to 2014? (source). The participation of sports for children is an important factor in their development. It helps prevent child obesity, it boosts their confidence and teaches them teamwork, and helps them learn crucial skills such as balance, coordination, flexibility, and many more. Also, team sports don't only teach children the specific skills that are needed for…

How children are affect with Technology Technology has influenced our lifestyles for years now, but children are becoming immune with electronic devices by the age of eight and younger. Parents need to consider that having their children look at a screen for a long time is bad for them. In The future, they will constantly use it for everything, so parents need to control screen time for their children and entertain them more like electronic devices do; so make rules for the electronic devices…

One day I played a game. That game was lacrosse. When I first played I was 7; However I had never heard of lacrosse and chose to try It. After the first few weeks of practice we had our first game. I was excited for the chance to play a game. We got to the field early In the morning. The reddish orange sun was still rising over the horizon. The sun was a lantern that morning. The field was a green carpet with splotches of dark brown mud. As we walk across the field, I take a deep breath and…

The Major Advantages and Disadvantages in the NFL Playoffs Well everyone, it is that time of the year, the Superbowl is almost here and everybody is on edge, including myself. So far these games has left our gaws dropped and our mouths open, teams that we thought would dominate, fell hard with a loss. But what does it take to win games and go all the way to the Superbowl ? What advantages or disadvantages affects a team’s performance ? I feel that the number one…

Correlation to natives Native-colonizer relations Views of civility Notes Works Cited The Tempest: A Tale of the New World William Shakespeare?s The Tempest symbolized exploration in the New World and its colonization by Europeans. Throughout the play there are several events which make clear connections to both European-native relations and encounters by explorers in the New World. When reading The Tempest with…

I was waiting for the match ahead of me to be over. I hear the loud whistle come from the match and I walk over to the head table to check in. Butterflies were flying around my stomach. The people at the table hand me my band and I jog over to my coach, and see my opponent, the state champ. I put my green band on as my coach says “All you have to do is win the match and we win the duel.” That made my nerves go from 100 to 1,000. I walk to the center of the matt, and the ref walks over to us…