Reflection on Human Values Essay

Now is the time that face should form another, Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest, Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.”(Shakespeare 3) such introduction and word craftsmanship creates the visual parallel between both narratives and the reader, through the mentioning of a metaphorical mirror as well as the mentioning of self reflection. In The Yellow Wallpaper, the narrator whom through isolation from the outside and physical world, joins in a mental union with the wallpaper, is given the opportunity to free herself as well as manifesting the reflection the future generations of humanity. Bak describes and gives meaning to such setting, as the following “It is a room whose wallpaper reduces an artistic and articulate woman to a beast, stripped entirely of her sanity and humanity and left crawling on all-fours in circuits, or smooches, about the room.” (Bak 1), such wallpaper, revealing to Jane, the narrator the condition of all men and women, “Behind that outside pattern the dim shades get clearer every day. It is always the same shape, only very numerous. And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don’t like it one bit. I wonder- I began to…

For this assignment, I choose to analyze a Kia Niro commercial starring Melissa McCarthy. After my analysis I was able to find at least seven sociological terms that were discussed during class: material culture, subculture, socialization, values and norms, reflection theory, and ideology. The first thing I noticed was material culture, which can be defined as something made by a human even if it can’t be touched. Even though the commercial isn’t a physical thing, is was made by humans. After…

In Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, the role of popular culture as a mode of reflection on society reveals the importance of intellectual complexity being a referent power that motivates individuals to analyze their society and create independent-minded judgments based on these observations to create changes for the overall prosperity and progress. In Everything Bad Is Good For You, one of Steven Johnson’s key points is his theory of the Sleeper…

their teaching practice, in their interactions with students, and in their relationships with their colleagues, departments, and schools. Many times such actions are made due to on the spot decisions rather than carefully arrived at through a thoughtful, informed decision-making process, and likewise are often defended by an on the spot justification. However, when a composition instructor arrives at a professional decision by considering his or her own personal ethical values and how she or he…

want to face it. The second stanza portrays the mirror as a lake. The woman sees herself aging, and does not like what she sees. The overall representation of the poem is that the mirror only gives a reflection, and the person being reflected is the only one who is judging. Women are proven to be more appearance driven because of the harsh judgmental society. Many studies have shown that women are more judgmental of appearances then men. William…

Context is an incredibly prominent aspect in the shaping of a text and is thus relevant in establishing value. Similarly a reader’s context is important in giving individuals value in a text. The composer’s personal vision and experience is seen prominently throughout texts and should be considered throughout their readings. The credibility of a composer and integrity that contributes to a text transcending context, including time and culture. A composer’s vision and experience is essential in…

Holt-Reynolds (1995), student teachers are not aware of their values and beliefs and their impact on teacher’s practice. On reflection, I realized that I myself have evolved within the last one year and my belief about teaching children has changed to working with children. I have discarded my naïve beliefs (Brownlee, et al., 2000), and have developed my early childhood education philosophy on the theories and philosophies I have studied so far. I shall critically examine three aspects of my…

culture refers to mediums of entertainment that are widely accepted and accessed while society’s values refers to the collective ideas and thought processes in one society at one time. Popular culture projects a perfect reflection of society 's values, forging this reflection through a two-fold method. It alters the social values of the society it interacts with and society 's values shape the popular…

One of the goals of Wilhelm Dilthey’s Introduction to the Human Sciences is to answer whether the philosophy of history can provide knowledge of socio-historical reality as a whole. The philosophy of history is a theory that attempts to know the interconnectedness of historical reality through a correspondence with the unity of interconnected propositions (Dilthey, pg. 142). Gaining knowledge of the interconnectedness of the whole of history is his distinctive task, and he comes to the…

The Declaration of Independence, and I am an American. While I do not want to encourage any nationalistic or egocentric dispositions, I also want to hold the American people, myself included, to the high ideals set by our founding government. Americans have the responsibility to uphold the human rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness through historical understanding and empathy as described in Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow as well as self-reflection that inspires personal…