Each individual has their own personal values and themes in their everyday lives. Societies, families and friends can share the same themes but they can also vary based on personal thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Within this paper I will be taking a look at my life by discussing my family’s origin and their cultural background, the dominant themes found in my family, how these values and themes were made known to me, if there a societal influences that compliment or contradict the values of my…
In Juliana Delgado Lopera’s short novel, Quiéreme, she her autobiography is best described as an untraditional in every sense of the word. Lopera’s quick novel clocks in at about 44 pages but is a colorful twisted versions of noting one’s life. In her series of essays, Lopera uses a wide range of writing tools such as her personal voice, Spanglish language, and narrative, she tells her journey of self-discovery through her life and reveals her unique identity to the reader. One of the way…
The movie “The duff” is about a high school senior named Bianca. Bianca is a straight A student that’s involved in extracurricular activities and she is not popular but she does have friends, everything is actually going just fine for Bianca until she realizes she is a “duff”. At a party her neighbor (Wesley) tells her that she is clearly a duff, which stands for designated ugly fat friend. The rest of the movie is spent with Bianca trying to prove that she…
Buxbaum’s narrative is riddled with references to the political climate in Germany. For instance, he says one “could taste antisemitism everywhere; the air of Germany was permeated by it” (Buxbaum, 303). He goes on to mention how, to the rest of the Germans, the Jews…
autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself, (1845) depicts the life of Frederick Douglass struggling through the brutalities of slavery. Known as a distinct individual who “plead the cause of African-Americans for over fifty years” (1170), former slave and African-American author Frederick Douglass overcame the challenges of slavery and assisted in promoting freedom. Due to his unique expression of experiencing slavery, Douglass’ personal…
opposite personalities of Regina George and Cady Heron, while revealing the cruel world that girls can bring upon students using persuasion and coercion. I will be analyzing the movie through story characteristics in narrative transportation theory and social judgement theory. Narrative transportation theory can be applied to movies to persuade its viewers through identifiable characters, imaginable plot, and verisimilitude. Social judgement theory elaborates on how we are influenced in our…
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a beautifully written book about a man who overcame the horrors of slavery and was able to better himself, despite incredibly limited beginnings. Frederick Douglass is able to crawl out of the hole that slavers put him in through the bits and pieces of kindness that he finds in others, and this is facilitated by his learning to read. Literacy in Narrative is a direct link towards freedom in several ways. The ability to read opens Douglass’ss…
When asked about why she wrote Across a Hundred Mountains, Reyna Grande responded: “I never found a book that dealt with the experiences I went through-- being left behind in another country while my parents worked in the U.S” (Ruf 54). Grande’s work novel and memoir are intimate and personal narratives. In her memoir Grande lets her audience into her personal experiences and her intimate journey to reconcile with her identity, while her fictional novel magnifies her fears and identity conflicts…
falls into the ‘girl’s best friend’ and ‘lifestyle’ gay personas. There is lack of dialogue on his homosexuality on Jin-Ho’s part; whenever Gae-In brings up his homosexuality, Jin-Ho avoids answering, making Gae-In the character that proactively builds the narrative around his sexuality. Jin-Ho’s explicit statement about the issue comes when he is forced to come out by Chang-Ryul. 3.3 COMING OUT Episode seven of the drama, titled Coming Out, is an integral part of the gay narrative. Do-Bin…
Recently in September 2017, they brought back the show for a ninth season. The plot of the show revolves around Will, a gay man and his roommate Grace, a straight woman who live in New York City. For comedic relief, Will’s best friend Jack, who is flamboyant and narcissistic and Grace’s assistant, Karen, who is a wealthy alcoholic, appear throughout the episodes as well. The show consists of the struggles of relationships, friendship jealousy, and other various gay issues. In…