Spinal manipulation

I was in an abusive relationship. He never hit me. I’ve never had to cover up bruises or lie to my family about any scars. The closest he ever got to being violent towards me was grazing my cheek on his was to hit the wall behind me. My body was left alone, but my heart and my spirit were broken down until they were nearly unrecognizable. Friends told me I had changed, even my mother told me she didn’t know who I was anymore. I was an empty shell of a girl who didn’t even know herself. If we…

Most American teenagers have a way to access the internet and interact with other teenagers. The websites they access such as Facebook or ask.fm can contain different types of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that can be done on almost any electronic device. Stories of a local child committing suicide because they were being bullied on the internet are all around the united states. Sometimes when certain individuals hear these stories, they choose to blame the website and not…

Physical Bullying “When people hurt you think of them like sandpaper; they may scratch and hurt you a bit but, in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” - Andy Biersack. In other words, bullies will keep being a bully, but at the end of the day they are not better than anyone else. Bullying nowadays isn’t only name calling, but pushing, kicking, hitting and sending mean text messages etc. Bullies are selfish, and they take advantage of others that are weak to take their anger…

Close reading of “The Strange People” passage 1 The passage is a story of the speaker experiencing the results of a toxic relationship, in the form of a hunting metaphor. She is the ‘doe’ being hunted by the man, and as she is attracted to him by the ‘jacklight’, she slowly realizes that this is not a healthy relationship, but that she is the hunters ‘prey’. The passage selected shows telltale signs of an abusive relationship: the alliteration “safely shut” emphasizes how the speaker does not…

the recent discussions of the intentions of lies, an issue has arisen about the selfishness of lies. On one hand, some argue that lies which are created with the feelings of others in mind are never selfish. On the other hand, others argue that all lies are based on selfish needs. They claim that every lie, no matter how small, is created from the selfish nature of people that want to better themselves. In short, the issue is whether lies can ever assist others. My own view is that there is no…

As the average life expectancy of individuals has rapidly increased in the past century, to around 79 years of age in the United States, there has also been an enormous increase in the amount of elder abuse due to health and financial issues. An estimated 4 million elderly Americans are subjected to some sort of physical, psychological, or other form of abuse and neglect. Abuse of the elderly is due to the increased elderly population and has only be exacerbated by the financial turmoil and…

Through human history, fear was used on several occasions to have domination over a group of people. Indeed, according to psychologists, it can be defined as vital response to physical and emotional danger. It is an emotion encountered by every human being. However, people’s reactions to fear may vary. Indeed, they range from the loss of rationality to an increase ability to adapt in extreme conditions. Prominent authors have written books discussing the theme of fear. Indeed, William Golding…

Propaganda at its finest Has there been a day when you haven’t watched an advertisement? Advertisements are everywhere television, magazines, radio, newspaper, billboard, bus stops, and many other places. We are constantly surrounded by advertisements. Most of them are trying to persuade you into buying their products. William Lutz article “With these words I can sell you anything” and Donna Woolfolk Cross article “Propaganda: How not to be bamboozled” helped me understand this advertisement…

help us all survive." -Ender’s Game. Manipulation is a key theme in the book, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Although in this book, it has many themes, Manipulation has a giant role in the life of Ender. The system pits him against the students who highly dislike him for his brilliant intelligence and the teachers just simply make it worse. But with all these thrown at him, Ender is still afraid of Peter and his actions on Earth. All these steps of manipulation make Ender a stronger soldier…

Shirley Jackson’s short story “ The Lottery” uses specific word choice and specific details to convey a threatening tone. One word that Jackson uses to express a threatening tone is “reluctantly”(lines 33). The word reluctantly presents a threatening tone because as used in the story,”the children came reluctantly, have to be called four or five times.” When children go to their own parents reluctantly it usually means that something atrocious will happen. It means this because whenever people…