Privileged motion

Candide is the story about a boy, who falls in love, ends up far from his lover, before finally reuniting with her, after various trials, losses and triumphs. But it’s a little more complicated than that: Candide is the story about a boy who rejects the thought process he’s always stood behind, rejects the opposite of said process, reunites with his family of sorts, and establishes a new school of thought. Voltaire’s Candide is a satirical work, criticizing both the optimistic and pessimistic…

Meeting with the Spectrum group today (an LGBTQ group of students on campus) was the essence of social advocacy that includes actions that would benefit individuals, groups, and the campus society itself. After speaking with Abby & Destinee from CICI, it is clear that separate LGBTQ groups need to work together and learn about each other. Hence, I am trying to be a liaison for the Prism group (LGBTQ faculty and staff), Spectrum, Student government LGBTQ senator, and the chairperson for the…

Moreover, there is an orientalist paradigm each tourist carries and the narrator exposes this through how the tourist feels to be in Antigua, where the tourist feels ‘blessed’ and ‘free’ (Kincaid, 5). The feelings described are tied with an ironic tone that arriving in a place riddled with dilapidation from neglect should evoke these feelings, and these feeling are actually an expression of valorizing poverty and exoticizing the natural environment. The road is described as ‘in much need of…

“And in my first memories/They shot Kennedy/And I went numb when I learned to see.” These are the lyrics to the song Civil War, made in 1991 by Guns ‘N’ Roses. John F Kennedy had such an impact on society since before 1960, when he was elected president that even decades later, there are songs, art, and even movies about him. He was greatly appreciated for his accomplishments during presidency, such as NASA, the Peace Corps, the New Frontier, Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The most…

addition, Gloucester’s demise is caused by his impulsiveness because he acts irrationally with no reason, mental clarity or coherence, these traits allow Edmund to manipulate his father throughout the play. Additionally, Gloucester’s statement sets into motion the theme of poor judgement in King Lear, which is also another attribute leading to Gloucester’s downfall. A second example of Gloucester’s rashness occurs in the first scene of the second act where he and his servants find a bleeding…

cases stemmed from legalism was the Brown vs. Board of Education, that declared segregated schools for Black and White students as unconstitutional. Granting that this was an enormous victory for African Americans, it was not necessarily put into motion right away. For example, very few Southern states enforced the Brown decision until later. The resistance of the new laws, also stunted the African American’s freedom struggle because instead on moving on to the next issue, they had to keep…

Ethnographic Film Reflection Paper – “Born Into Brothels” Children all over the world are the same. They giggle over simple pleasures, tease one another, and have fun together. Photographer Zana Briski and cinematographer Ross Kauffman exposed the life of some extraordinary children in their documentary “Born Into Brothels.” Briski set out to explore the plight of women in the red light district of Kolkata and while there, she discovered the children who live there. The curiosity of the…

Elvis In 1935, a man was born who unknowingly was about to change history. Elvis Presley a man of great dedication, was later on to be known as “The King of Rock and Roll”. He had such an effect on society that he is still very well known today, 41 years after his death. Elvis Presley’s significant effects on Rock and Roll helped to ease racial segregation and created a new youth generation. Elvis Presley first started off his career with pop music, until he moved on to expand Rock and Roll…

The White Rose and the Red Kapos: Controversy and Glorification in Memorializing Resistance Groups After Adolf Hitler’s election as chancellor, infringements on freedom of speech and press in Germany started becoming more and more commonplace, until any dissent become illegal and punishable by death. On the background of this violent, repressive regime, a few distinct types of resistance occurred, defined and limited by the motivations, resources and positions of its members. Resistance in the…

Jacqueline Corley WGSS 365 Professor Kar 11 December 2015 Final Paper The movie I chose to watch was Legally Blonde Elle Woods is an incredibly girly and popular sorority girl fashion major at a university in LA who gets dumped by her boyfriend Warner, so he can “stop dicking around” and date someone “smart” before he goes to law school at Harvard. In order to prove her seriousness and commitment to education, she applies to Harvard and gets in. Everyone believes her to be a misguided dumb…