Sharp Dressed Man

“Just Walk on By” by Brent Staples is about a man who struggles daily with stereotypes and misconceptions because he scares people based on his appearance. He gets his message to show by using an array of rhetorical devices throughout his essay to portray that prior knowledge of a group of people does not apply to every individual in said targeted group, or in simpler terms, to “not judge a book by its cover”. Staples uses the rhetorical devices ethos and pathos many places to amplify his…

Women’s roles in professional settings are very controversial. Should they be at home with their family, should they be working, or should they do both? In “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?” by Sheryl Sandberg, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” by Anne-Marie Slaughter, and “Why men still can’t have it all” by Richard Dormant they all show us their differing opinions on whether women can truly “have it all”, whether women are treated equal to men in the work world, and whether…

Study.com states, “A moral dilemma is a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each action.” Moral dilemmas can be quite difficult because not only are they taxing, but whatever choice is made will affect the outcome of the future. Imagine, One Sunday afternoon, you borrow your friend’s handgun to shoot targets at a shooting range. He is reluctant to turn it over because it is a special custom handgun his grandfather used to own that…

Back in the days, women’s social ranks were purposely lowered due to the idea of males being more superior. “My Mother Never Worked” by Bonnie Smith-Yackel, “I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady, and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid all depict the idea of a woman’s work in a male dominant society. In today’s society, a “woman’s work” is more valued because they are seen as hardworking and independent while having the willingness and ability to change stereotypical gender roles. Women are now shown as more…

Women’s representation in our culture is no new problem. As long as society as existed, it has been a topic of debate. The overwhelming pressure on both men and women by the media can sometimes be suffocating. In the article Out-of-Body Image by Caroline Heldman, she writes about how women are influenced by the media to think of themselves as objects. To be viewed by people through how they appear, and how society wants them to appear. At younger and younger ages, women and girls are sexualized…

by ash. The book follows a man and his son as they try to survive with little supply and each other. Throughout the book, the man and the boy are faced with many challenges. A frequent challenge being the people they encounter, which are often the bad guys. The bad guys are people that have lost all ties with the concept of society and are the most gruesome representation of survivors. The Road puts forth a dark and pessimistic view of humanity as shown by the fear the man has and through the…

the dragon which clamped its sharp fangs on his neck. “…gathered his strength and stuck a stabbing knife deep into the dragons flank”. This shows how a typical man should persevere anything not matter how much painful or costly in order to achieve something that will contribute t the betterment of the society. Men have been brought up having the virtue of perseverance instilled in them in the hope of achieving better returns. As opposed to giving up, a man typical man is expected to show high…

The first two in-class movies we watched each depicted a struggle concerning gender and the appropriateness of behavior for each sex. The two movies’ main characters were of similar age but different sexes and lived in very different environments. The first movie tells the story of its title-named main character, “Billy Elliott”. Billy, an eleven-year-old boy is characterized as energetic, caring, and loyal. In the film’s opening, we are shown his love for dancing as a foreshadowing of events…

Sweta Patel Professor White FTVE-210-5204 July 13, 2017 Compare and contrast the underlying themes in a film required for the class with a non required of your choice? The film "Bend it Like Beckham" mirrors the teen classic "She's the Man" by using strong, determined female leads to depict women’s oppression in male dominated sports in a male dominated society. In the comedic-drama “Bend it like Beckham” Jess an English-Indian, tries to balance her life surrounding the conflicting…

The Sport of Hunting You see an older gentleman going down the road and you see a big shinny chrome looking box in the back of his truck. You hear a dog howling in that box and you see him just grinning from ear to ear. Suddenly, a deer runs across the road and three hounds are chasing him. A hunter is a person who attempts to supply for their family or hunts for a buck of a lifetime. Hunters have specific methods to hunting which could be still hunting. A still hunter basically sits and watches…