The Coon

Simply forcing Ellison to participate in the fight is reason enough to indicate he is not a member of the superior class. Then to be labeled “nigger”, “Sambo”, and “coon” emphasize Ellison’s disassociation (Ellison 1498). After Ellison is bloodied up, he finally gets to give his speech, yet giving it to a rambunctious crowd who belittles his diction and guffaws at his statements reveal Ellison is a refugee in this…

I like a lot of things about living in the south, but I especially love the weather. It rarely gets any colder than the 20’s, which means I can spend a ton of time outdoors all year. I’ve noticed, though, that my idea of outdoor life differs from others. I find myself someplace in the middle of the weekend campers who don’t really sleep outside and hardcore backpacker who wants a survival show reality in the woods. And although I hunted and fished when I was young, nowadays I prefer take a…

In his controversial novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain the moral and social values of the South and the characters within the novel in order to display the evil nature of racism within American society. He especially exemplifies this through Jim, a former slave who joins Huck on his adventures down the Mississippi. Twain is able to display present Jim in a good light in order to display the inhuman and immoral nature of racism causing the reader to reflect upon their own…

Methods: Materials needed: Bottled water, control (tasteless) strips, PTC testing paper with ~ 0.003mg per strip, 1-inch strips of black licorice. 1. Provide each student with one large medicine cup filled of water. 2. Each student rinse his or her mouth of any residue prior to tasting the PTC paper with water to avoid misreading for data collection. 3. Give each student blindly a tasteless paper strip as a control. 4. Have each student again rinse his or her mouth of any residue then proceed…

“Education is evolving due to the impact of the Internet. We cannot teach our students in the same matter in which we were taught. Change is necessary to engage students, not in the curriculum we are responsible for teaching, but in school” (April Chamberlain). Humans are slowly becoming more and more advanced by the day and so is technology. They first used typewriters to computers. Technology helps students learn better, improve their test scores, and help disabled students. However, some…

cause an emotional reaction. We are humans and we experience pain. Physical or emotional pain comes with a reaction to that feeling of pain. A thanatologist is defined as a specialist who studies Emotional and behavioral reactions to death and dying (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). Elisabeth Kubler- Ross was a well-known thanatologist. She studied and wrote books to help us know and understand the emotional process of death and…

Classical music is more harmonic while rock music is more rhythmic. Rhythmic music makes listeners more passionate, raising adrenaline, while harmonic music makes listeners more contemplative. Studies have shown that exposure to rock music causes learning and memory retention problems because the rhythm acts in the same way a drug do. However, the brain does create a strong association between rock music and what is happening visually when you hear the song. So, regardless of conditions, when…

The 21st century has seen increased concerns addressed to public health since the lives of millions of Americans are affected continuously. Among the agenda is intimate partner violence (IPV). Essentially, IPV involves all forms of sexual and physical violence, psychological aggression, and even stalking by an immediate or former partner with whom one shared intimate relations. According to National Statistics, in the US, 20 people per minute suffer from physical violence inflicted by their…

Falls are one of the most common injury in a health care facility. It is the leading cause of “morbidity and mortality for people older than 65 years” (Touhy & Jet, 2012, p. 207). This age group is common in Windsor Manor Rehabilitation Center in Concord, California. Most of the patients in Windsor are older adults with impaired cognition, gait, visual acuity, and muscle strength, and experiencing chronic pain – putting them in high risk for falling. In fact, their CASPER Report (2016) states…

This essay will discuss how an event in my life influenced the way I grew up, and how it shaped and developed my beliefs, values and attitudes and how they affected the way I played. It will relate to Lev Vygotsky and how his theory relates to my event and the way I grew up. It will also link and discuss how I was brought up relates to Te Whariki and how Vygotsky’s theory suggests adults should support children’s learning and development. Growing up there were several events that happened that…