Pejorative terms for people

The effect of the positive diction is especially emphasized considering all of the pejorative statements that preceded these remarks. When describing art and its benefits he makes statements such as “making life cheerful and honorable” (line 10), “the gain of good life” (lines 10 and 11), and “priceless” (line 13). In these examples, Morris…

Biblical Literalism in The Scarlet Letter: The Path to God and Social Conformity Biblical literalism is a pejorative that is often used to ridicule the interpretative approaches of fundamentalist Christians, who often hold the ideology that the Bible is God’s work and is authoritative on ethical, spiritual, and moral matters. Similarly, the early Puritan societies in New England advocated for this literal interpretation of the Bible because they also believed that the Bible was written by the…

was practiced in Paris – cat-burning. Davies (as cited by Pinker, 2007) asserted that the spectators of this form of entertainment, including the royalties, laughed hard as they witnessed cats being burned to death. Perhaps during those times, the people were not yet aware that animals do have their rights, too. If this would be practiced at the present time, it would gain a lot of condemnations, since all forms of violence are highly discouraged by everyone nowadays. In August 17, 1938, a…

Immigrant”. When analyzing the article Doug writes, “Undocumented Immigrants”, there were many rhetorical devices used to get the point across effectively. Through the course of the article not only does the author use many effective strategies but the people he quotes also bring great devices to the table. The first thing that is written is “Language is Power”, which will come to play role later on in the paper. Jumping right into the reading right after that though Doug introduces us to a…

study on personal data research and my own reflection on the book. Nevertheless I find it important to bring up various terms and critics according to the topic of political correctness. First of all, I would like to explain what does political correctness (PC) generally means and its importance in the context of education and children’s literature. “The central uses of the term relate to particular issues of race, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual preference, culture and worldviews,…

Gothic cathedrals stand as a tangible expression of the pious aspirations of the medieval people during the late 12th to the first half of the 16th century. The soaring architecture, like its adherents thoughts, ascend towards heaven solidifying the supreme authority of the Church over every aspect of life. Emerging from the Romanesque period of architecture, Gothic cathedrals are renowned for both their constructional elements as well as their ornate decorations. The Gothic cathedral is a…

internalized and external stigma that affects individuals with mental health disorders and the way people see these people.(Psychology Today, 2013) This can lead to lowered likelihood to seek mental health professionals for fear of shaming. According to a study by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, (BRFSS) conducted in 2007, only 25% of adults with mental health symptoms believed that people were caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness. One major contributor to the…

Do you think a plant, animal, or even a human can be cloned? If so, would you be a support or oppose it? Genetic Cloning has many titles; from human cloning, Reproductive cloning, Therapeutic cloning or even Research cloning. They all mean the same thing, which is the process in which a gene of interest is located and copied out of DNA extracted from an organism. Genetic Cloning has been going on for years, ever since 1981. But, that was just plants and animals. Now today, the scientists and…

Pharell Williams. Blurred Lines has been peaked at number one in more than 25 countries. However, critics have appeared in response to the lyrics which are to be argued trivialized sexual content directly and explicitly. Not only the lyrics, many people especially the feminists found…

During the early career, Mendes Correia had been in good terms with the government of the Republic. When the new regime of Estado Novo and the Salazar Dictatorship gradually emerged from the 1920s to 1934, he adjusted himself to such political shift. The physical anthropology’s shift of interest towards the colonies accompanied such political development. His academic career was totally successful; publication of numerous articles and monographs, opening of the colonial exhibition in 1934, and…