Shunning

what kind of name is that. Stargirl is the new kid in Mica High School and she is a little bit different. Stargirl would sing happy birthday at lunch with her ukulele and a pet rat on her shoulder. Other people started to like her then started the shunning and the mean girl Hillary Kimble started it, but Stargirl does not care, but her boyfriend dose. Many of the characters struggled to realize that everybody is different in their own way. Difference is what Stargirl is throughout the novel…

According to the Module 7 lecture, norms are implied through social influences and interactions. Norms can be explicit, that is, general rules that are known to everyone that's part of a group, such as not speaking during class when the instructor is giving a lecture. Norms can also be implicit, where the rules are not so obvious, such as taking a bite of your food before a prayer at the dinner table is said. By observing the way that others behave in a particular group setting, we learn what we…

How far is too far? This is the question that many of us do not ask ourselves when we engage in aggressive behavior. According to Aronson (2013) “ aggression is intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm or psychological pain to another person”(p.330). For example, hockey fans of the opposing teams fighting after a lost championship. Aggression does not discriminate, regardless of your ethnic background, gender or religion, all humans are born with the capacity for aggressive…

abhorred. “Heterosexual men fear that homosexuals sexual identity and behavior will bring down the entire system of male dominance” (Pharr, 1997). That fear drives the shunning and abuse of queer individuals. False generalizations that denounce queers status and power are encouraged, like “being gay is an illness” (Mohr, 1988). The shunning of the queer community is showcased in the documentary Paris is Burning (1990) when they discussed their definition of “realness”. They used realness to…

Most-most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks. Most jokes target-I don’t know. I didn’t make up the joke, I don’t know. I can’t-I don’t know.” After a transcript of this deposition was released to the public, society quickly responded by shunning Deen for her racist comments and behavior. As a response to her ignorant and unprofessional conduct, Food Network, which…

The question of when a person's actions will result in shunning is not easily answered. That line is different for each person. It seems to depend on many unjust factors such as gender and the person's position in society rather than the level to which they have sinned and the morality of their previous actions…

experience and only choose to accept what they have experienced, people who have knowledge have a responsibility to share it and that ignorance is bliss. The men trapped in the cave demonstrate how people will only believe what they have experienced by shunning the man who tries to tell them of the outside world. They aren't willing to accept that there is more to life than the wall and shadows in front of them. Plato believes that even the world we live in may just be another wall that is…

Victor is monstrous in his unnatural obsession to create life as well as the unnatural relationships he shares with others. Victor is unnatural in his quest to become Godlike. He believes he can improve upon God’s creation, and in the process he finds the answer to immortality; “Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world” (51). He believes his discovery will allow him to create a superhuman that will be the…

Before analyzing the book, we can take a look into the author herself. Mary Shelly. Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft Shelly was an English writer who specialized in short stories. She was born August 30th, 1797 and passes away February 1st, 1851 at the age of 53. ( ). She is famously known for one of her Gothic Novels named Frankenstein, with the sub title being The Modern Prometheus. Shelly is also known for assisting her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. A famous Romantic poet and philosopher. Though…

this novel one of the main themes of the story is the injustice done to this creature who was to horrendous to be accepted into society. In my opinion society in this novel played a huge role turning the creature into a malicious monster due to them shunning this creature and doing injustice by not allowing him to be part the human society or having the companion everyone needs. In the development of the novel, the monster is continuously attempting to become a part of humanity, but all he gets…