Sarah McLachlan

When I think of the 1980s, I think of a decade that produced exceptional music, entertaining television, and some great films that are still praised and relevant in today’s hard-to-impress society. About 35 years ago, films with short cinematic plots and cutting-edge cinematic effects started to gain popularity in the film industry, because they were easily marketable to a broad audience. Many popular films of the ‘80s were also violent, leading to concerns over which films were appropriate for…

Plot summary In the beginning of this section Tina Fey explains her proudest moment as one of the head writers on SNL. Some of the commercials they shot from the film would cost up to $100,000. However, it was a big deal to get your commercial parody made because they were permanent. (page 138-139) Tina Fey described “Choosing commercial parodies and which ones to produce always brought out the worst in everyone.” (page 139) “There was a rule that you never pushed for your own piece, ever”…

Within the first paragraph of Shooting Dad Sarah Vowell establishes her diametric relationship with her father. Vowell says she “never subscribed to Guns & Ammo,” “did not plaster the family vehicle with National Rifle Association stickers,” and always disliked “hunter’s orange,” which implies her father delights in these activities. She reveals her anti-gun stance, and shows the pro-gun stance of her father simultaneously. The historical term “a house divided” and the phrase “Civil War…

Matthew McGee Epistemology Final Paper Q1 Goodman 's “grue” example and Hempel’s Raven Paradox are very similar. The Raven Paradox posits that for any given object x, when we assert that it is neither black, nor a raven, we are confirming the hypothesis that “all non-black things are non-ravens” (pg, 70). From this we can also make the logically equivalent statement that “all ravens are black.” This is an unexpected conclusion according to Goodman. Furthermore, our statement about the…

Impact of Loyalty in The Crucible The deaths of thirty-seven innocent Salem community members in a three-month span resulted from the witch trials of 1692. These deaths resulted from false accusations for selfish reasons supported by an oppressive Puritan based government in the Salem area. These so-called witch trials are so famous that there have been many works of literature as well as movies based off of them. The most notable of these is Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. It is a story based on…

The article “When School Was Scary” and the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” both show very harmful events. The event that happened to the little girl in “The Ballad of Birmingham” is very different and more effective/powerful compared to what happened in “When School Was Scary”. In the article, Elizabeth got verbally and physically abused, but in the poem, the little girl walks into a church and then it gets bombed. Getting blown up is more destructive than getting bullied. In the article “When…

How could isolation be so tempting after the abandonment of a loved one? In Lock and Key, written by Sarah Dessen, Ruby is a seventeen year old left by her mother to fend for herself. After living smartly and quietly for several months, Ruby's plan of solitude was crushed by a landlord. Because she was caught, she is forced to transition into the lifestyle of her wealthy older sister who hadn't been seen in years. As Ruby meets the caring and loyal people in her new, unfamiliar life, it becomes…

traveled with no idea what to expect starting school in a completely new city. Like Sarah, when she answered Jacob`s advertisement and agreed to travel from Maine, I also agreed to move to an unfamiliar…

Since 1991 when The Smurfette Principle was written a lot of things have changed; mostly for the better. Movies, shows, politics, and the workforce have become a lot more female centered. However, there is always room for improvement in any area; I feel we are leaps and bounds ahead of how things used to be. Today I will thoroughly explain how things have changed for the better, for the female sex since Katha Pollitt’s essay was written over twenty years ago. As a mother of a preschool-aged…

On Sepetember 27, 2008, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performed a cold open sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin during the presidential election of 2008. Tina Fey impersonates Sarah Palin, while Katie Couric is portrayed by Amy Poehler. The two comedians mock an actual interview done by the potential vice president and journalist that was performed a few weeks prior. The 7 minute cold open, which is longer than most of their sketches, contains a plethora of communication methods to…