Shunning

Question 1 In this semester we read many interesting articles, but the reading which I find easiest to apply to real life was The Actor as Object of Desire, by Don Shewey. In passage one, the author details meeting their idol and getting the opportunity to become more connected or intimate with them, but turn the opportunity down instead because “intimacy pulls the plug” on the idealization of another human being. This is a very true statement in my mind. Actors, whether on stage or in film,…

The Power of Fear Mary Shelley's Frankenstein relates one of the most chilling, thought-provoking novels narratives of all time. Two centuries of enamored readers have pored over her deliciously-twisted story. Shelley's novel highlights a myriad of themes exploring ambition, revenge, moral obligation, and familial bonds. We, as readers, are introduced to Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant scientist who unearths the secret to innervating dead matter. He assembles a massive creature from…

Mary Crow Dog gives insight into her dynamic life as a half white, half Lakota, woman in her novel, Lakota Woman. Being of mixed race, I found that Mary Crow Dog and I shared similar feelings rooted within our ethnicity. In Mary’s life, mainly her childhood and young adulthood, she found herself caught in between her white and Native American sides. She was constantly being urged to assimilate into white culture by her “full-blooded” family, even though she gravitated towards the Lakota culture…

Tattoos and piercing have the own level of primary deviance, small norms violations that elicit frowns or glares as punishment, and secondary deviance, harsh sanctions shunning or avoidance of a person (Lemert, 1951). Primary deviance occur when a person a tattoo that is visible that obscene, such as nudity, or on a body part like the head and face or if covers an entire arm or leg. Secondary deviance for tattoos occurs…

Crucible,” Miller examines the theme of the rights of the individual and the crowd's urge to suppress their expression” (Harris). Miller depicts a scene where the characters suppressed the truth, that no one accused was truly a witch, in fear of shunning or worse death. Just as it happened in real life many were condemned guilty and in doing so they were forced to live out their lives without freedom to express their beliefs without facing…

Ralph Ellison promotes the actions of the tyrannical society through the use of violent or insulting events— the battle royal, the kicking out of the college for Negroes, the assault at Liberty Paints, Rallies during the Dark Brotherhood era, and the riots in Harlem— Ellison creates a dark atmosphere for the white community in the novel. This follows with the Invisible Man 's discovering himself in Identity and nature as he views his role in society versus the roles of the whites, focusing on…

Gran Torino made its way onto the big screen in 2009. The main character, Walt, is a racist man who is not in favor of his neighborhood being replaced with people of other races. Being a veteran of the Korean War it bothers him having a lot of Asians moving into his neighborhood. His views of the other race begin to slowly change as he develops an unlikely friendship with the teens next door. This friendship is what turned him from an old grumpy racist into the neighborhood hero. This movie was…

its story of God and Adam, and the relation between Victor and Adam, albeit one that becomes almost opposite to the original story though still intrinsically tied to it. The original creation of the monster contrasted by God’s creation of Adam, the shunning of the monster and his request for a creature similar to him as contrasted by Adam and the creation of Eve, and the recognition of the monster being not just Adam but also Lucifer and thus definitively spinning the story in Genesis on its…

I had never understood just how capable a parent could be of worrying or how understanding a stranger could be towards another stranger. When you 're hurt or afraid it becomes hard to see that everyone around you is also suffering in their own way. The greatest spiritual awakening I 've ever experienced was the moment I realized that other people are just as fragile and emotionally incapable of being alone as I am. I grew up Catholic. My father and mother were Catholic; they raised me to know…

initially, however when he admits to patricide the reaction of the pub is quite unexpected and the murder of one’s own kin appears to be somewhat acceptable. Christy’s tale of murder and patricide is not met with the atypical appalled reaction, shunning or hanging. Instead his “heroic” tale is met with reverence and awe. His violent and murderous act is then rewarded with a cadre of new admirers, garments and the respect of his peers for being able to act in such a manner. You can see why this…