The Boy Who Cried Wolf

employed outrage culture and sued these companies for allergic reactions. This same scenario happens on a much larger scale with race. In today’s society it is very hard to say anything involving a race without somehow upsetting at least one person who identifies as that race. Whether or not what was said has any true grounding to be offensive differs from case to case, but without a doubt a large percentage of these occurrences are solely examples of outrage culture, and people getting upset…

The myths, folktales, and fairytales shared within a culture tell a lot about the values of that culture. Take for instance the story of Mulan. There are many different variations of the story, yet each have the same general underlying point to the story: a female pretends to be a male in order to fight in the Imperial army, and eventually her true gender is discovered. However, different cultural versions of this fairytale will differ in other aspects of the story. Insights into the culture…

Music is an integral part of modern society. Melodies, tunes, and rhythms bind people in a way that no other form of artwork can. Music also offers the musicians and composers an opportunity to express themselves through their work. Every musician gets his or her own opportunity to share his or her thoughts and feelings. And every listener of music can form their own thoughts and opinions about the songs they listen to. That is because no two songs are alike; or are they? Music has been around…

stories that can affect us dramatically, either in a positive way or negative way. During our childhood we read the Tortoise and the Hare, which is a story that taught us the moral, “slow and steady wins the race”. We also read things such as: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, which taught us essentially not to lie, because if you lie enough, you won’t be believed when you tell the truth. These stories taught us valuable lessons growing up, but not only do these children books teach us lessons. As we get…

lying should not be committed, because there is nothing good coming out of it. But what exactly is lying? Lying is to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive (Merriam-Webster). Everyone has heard the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf as they grew up. Which was about a little boy who jokingly deceived everyone for help, but when he really needed help, no one believed him. As a result, a lesson was taught that lying…

many court dates and accusations of men and women who were “seen” with the devil, which caused many executions out of fear. The event brought on stories such as the well-known play The Crucible by Arthur Miller and novels such as Susannah Morrow by Megan Chance. However, despite the use of real people, events and locations, how much of these stories are true and what was dramatized to appeal to audiences? In 1629, Salem was settled by the English who named Salem after the Hebrew word for…

Philosopher Daniel Dennett coined the term Intuition Pump in referring to a thinking tool that challenges our intuitive ideas or inspires new ones. In his book by the same name he offers up many such thinking tools, claiming that “these handy prosthetic imagination-extenders and focus-holders permit us to think reliably and even gracefully about really hard questions.” Among the thinking tools that Dennett points out are analogies and thought experiments, both of which are the topics here.13…

“ “The Cubs win 1908 World Series!” “Team poised For a Century-Long Dynasty After Second Consecutive World Title.” The headlines read on the morning of Thursday, October 15, 1908. This was the last time Cubs have won the world series. Here is the story of how the curse was broken this year. Two outs, bases loaded,two strikes, it’s all up to little Jimmy Howard. Joe takes a lead off third eyeing the plate. The pitcher winds up then delivers. The ball sailed in the air like it was in slow…

too late. The zombie, a half rotted corpse with bloodshot eyes and missing an arm was standing over me ready to bite. Then it happened, in a blur of motion, and a flash of silver, the zombie no longer had a head. “I asked in a terrified voice “who, who are you” I stuttered. “My name is Tomas he said, but you can call me Tom.” “I ain’t into fancy things like proper names and titles” he said, as he cleaned his katana. He helped me to my feet with a calloused hand. As we talked I asked him…

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. “Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died” (PBS.org). The Cherokee people who have ancestors that survived the death march still live in Oklahoma today. The Cherokees that were able to escape the Trail of Tears hid in the Appalachian Hills or took shelter with sympathetic white neighbors. The descendants of those people…