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a journalist for several years. Bauby was a well known French actor, author, and editor of the magazine Elle. He became the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in 1991. One of his most notable works is The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, which was published in French in 1997. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is a story about Jean-Dominique Bauby himself who was in his early forties when he suffered a massive cerebrovascular accident. On December 8, 1995 was the day that he suffered a massive…

techniques used by the Wendy’s commercial were more of a slander attempt in opposition to the Taco Bell commercial which took more of a promotion of self-approach. The way the commercials went about promoting their fast food companies with the content itself was also very varying. In the Wendy’s advertisement, they used more of a focus group setting, which helped them establish more credibility, the Taco Bell advertisement used more of a field test method, which in-turn manufactured more emotion…

Jennifer Bell Schofield was the first person to invent the hair straightener. She invented it in 1872. The reason she invented this was because back then people would wear their hair big, curly, and poofy, but she didn't want to wear her hair like that all the time so she came up with the hair straightener. The hair straightener breaks down those hydrogen bonds that make your hair curly or wavy and when they do they break down your hair becomes straight.(prezi.com:invention of the straightening…

Summary In the article, “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor,” Bell Hooks, discusses the issues of poverty. One of her claims is that America has negative attitudes and stereotypes towards poverty; she believes poverty is not something that should be looked down upon in society. Hooks has also observed the way these ideas have affected people’s views on poverty. She goes on about how poor people are degraded in media, the negative associations with poverty, and how people in poverty…

In her autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar she vividly describes the oppression of women 1950’s America, in doing so she undermines the familial values associated with the American dream. Esther, the book 's protagonist notices a gap between the expectations society held about her experiences…

The Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1836. It was developed and worked on between 1830s and 1840s. The Morse code is a method of sending messages, that consist of sounds by telegraphs and radio operators. These messages are send through a wire or radio. This system is made up of a series of dashes, dots, short signals, long signals and spaces. These different signs all represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other types of symbols. This code was used by the military and…

The Miracle Worker, written by William Gibson, is a nonfiction play written in 1957. The play is based off of the life of Helen Keller, who was diagnosed being blind and deaf at a young age, due to an illness. When Helen was about the age of six, the Kellers higher a teacher named Anne Sullivan, who was hired to teach Helen language by Captain Keller. Having been blind before, Anne had much experience and motivation to teach Helen. After many surgeries, Anne was in fact able to see, just not…

The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's first published novel, released in 1926. The novel displays the effect that the horrors and casualties of World War One had on the character's views on love, justice, religion and morality. The Sun Also Rises follows the characters Brett Ashley, Bill Gorton, and Jake Barnes, two of which greatly exemplify the great affect World War One had on the religious faith of those who it harmed. This shift in their religious and moral views dictates how they cope…

The science of eugenics began in the twentieth century by the Franci Galton who coined the idea that favorable characteristics in humans were hereditary. These desirable traits were seen to be prominent in the superior classes thus, sterilizing women of inferior traits to prevent her from spoiling the chances of the master race. This master race consisted of those with high intelligence, fair skin tones, desirable physical characteristics, and not a descendent of a minority background. This form…

“Guillotine” by Jon Bellion is a song to listen to when feeling hopeless and lost in a world of thought. Despite the chorus being about a guillotine, which represents death by decapitation, Bellion’s reference to a guillotine is about himself losing control, and even though he does sometimes lose his head, the significant other in this song will still love him no matter what. Through the song “Guillotine” by Jon Bellion, Bellion portrays himself to be a trustworthy significant other by embracing…