The Giving Tree

controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell What do you think of when you think of giving? You probably think of Christmas or someone’s birthday. What would you do if we lived in a world where we are all the same, no color, no differences, everything planned out for us? Would you enjoy it, or want to rebel? Giving is much more than Christmas or a birthday. Sometimes the best gift you can give are memories. We don’t realize how important…

signify the status of a person. A person to demonstrate their high social status might donate money to TCU to construct a building with their name on it. This would indicate their wealth and status in society. This leads to Mauss’s obligations of giving gifts. The giver is obligated to give so they are perceived generous. The receiver is obligated to show respect and potential in the future give back based on your relationship…

When implementing visual effects it makes things seem more real, giving the illusion that you, yourself are personally giving to that person in need. There aren 't really any major improvements I would make besides making the billboards globa. It is only located in Europe specifically in Germany. If they make the billboards in North America, South…

My extended paternal family gathers together at Chinese New Year Eve for a reunion dinner, usually in a restaurant close to the home of the most senior family member, my eldest aunt. My family greets each other with New Year’s greetings and blessings. Then red packets is given out by the married couples to the unmarried relatives, they are often given out by the aunts present; uncles would take over that role in the absence of their wife. Red packets could be given out by unmarried middle aged…

actions we can take…doesn’t take much time…become part of something bigger than us all”, the use of pathos is vivid (Red Cross). Red Cross uses an emotional approach to make consumers feel guilt for not donating blood. The target is set perfectly; giving blood is a selfless act and they use guilt to attract people towards donating blood. Their reason for consumers to donate blood is simple, they want more blood for their company. Getting people to donate blood by targeting them by using guilt is…

gesture, or merely something to say thank you. There is no denying the recipients enjoy great pleasure when receiving the gift. Gift giving is an important part of our lives, we have manifested holidays or specific days designed as excuses to fork out hard earn money for mostly inoperable items such as deep fryers or ties. Scholars believe that as an activity, gift-giving plays as highly important role in the economic surplus and the consumer goods industry of countries around the world and…

Big round eyes devoid of life stare directly at me. The body lays stiff, unanimated by the pounds of stuffing and the absence of senses. It’s brown fur rubs across my hand as I hold it’s existence. With paws facing forward and the tail posterior to the body, my dog plush was displaying it’s anatomical position. A gift given from my grandmother, my plush’s defining feature was it’s oversized black muzzle and the minute tongue that permeated through. Gifts are meant to hold sentimental value,…

volunteering in myself and in my community. Being involved is something that I believe every student and sometimes even every working adult needs to strive towards to better themselves. Although it is not always the most well off financially who are always giving the full extent of themselves to their community, it is usually the most content with their lives and the ones who always keep positivity in all that they do. I wish to have this same outlook on my life and the same contentedness…

you how to deal with situations and by giving you equipment that could potentially help. We all know that things can happen and no matter how prepared you are you could end up dead, or even with injuries that can hospitalize you. Other things that could be a challenge is physically trying to help out but your body is tired and if you’re trapped and you mentally feel like you cannot do it anymore. In the past, I volunteered to help homeless people by giving them coats and feeding them. It wasn’t…

For the past 6 months we were working on setting up a date with the Children Recovery Center. We were thinking as a class to go to the Children Recovery Center around Christmas time and play with the kids. We both agreed on December 2nd to come in. In class we were planning stuff out to make December 2nd as smooth as possible for the kids. We set a goal for ourselves to make $1,200 to donate to the Children Recovery Center. We planned out fundraisers and did a book drive. We made Christmas cards…