The Godfather

Throughout the series of Harry Potter it is easy to acknowledge that each character is layered, each has their limitations and motivations. Amongst the many, Sirius Black genuinely exemplifies each of the key virtues; prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. Though he did not have the most upstanding reputation, in the end he was honored once light had shed on his reasoning. From his background, to fall, to redemption, ultimately to being killed by his deranged cousin Bellatrix, Sirius had a…

Spoiler Alert...Obliviate! On September, 1997, the magic was born. J.K Rowling had just published the book ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’. It was an instant success as children, teens, adults, and the elderly loved the magical world of Hogwarts and following Harry Potter on his adventure. Then on November 16th, 2001, the magic was literally brought to life as it came out as a movie. There were so many mixed emotions from people. Some loved seeing it come to life and some wished it…

The first component of the definition of culture is adaptive behaviors, and how it contributes to cultural progress. Second component is the sharing of a group of people and it cannot be your own idea. Third component is reproducing over time that can be spread socially. I understand more why some people are in certain cultural groups than others. In order to be in a group we have to have a sense of belonging such as similar beliefs, race, or gender. Cultural group is something that is a…

his sexuality tarnishing their good family name. His family decides not to talk about the subject of his homosexuality and instead pretend as if his internment didn’t happen. His extended relatives make him the butt of humiliating jokes and his godfather eventually disinherits him because of his sexuality. Later on in his life Pierre took a wife, and they had three children, two sons and a daughter. Pierre grew very distant to his wife because of his confusion about his sexuality as his…

Hip Hop music is a language that references the cultural and technical events prevalent in society. As sited in the lecture, "hip hop music has a diverse and colorful history"with stem in "graffiti",b-boying,djing, and mc 'ing . This essay will explore the four elements of hip hop in depth. Graffiti immerged in the early 1960 's in Phildelphia (lecture notes). To graffiti was to express yourself through art on anything around the city. Next is B-Boying or break dancing, which came along shortly…

Feminism And Gender discrimination In today 's prominence, we still pursue the issues of gender discriminations. By law men and women are to be treated equally and that no judgment dissertation or discrimination is to be made, by that we have laws that protect women of such things. We live in a world where sexism is still being undermined and women issues are still complex. It’s easy to say women can do it all, but do you really believe in women being a wonder women, a top engineer or even…

Paul Bloom, in the article “The Baby In The Well: The Case Against Empathy,” argues that the human emotion, empathy, causes our world more harm than it does good and that humans should use reason in place of it. Bloom supports his claims by contrasting between a counter argument and examples that back up his view on empathy. The author’s purpose is to inform people about how empathy can blow situations out of proportion in order to try and make them believe that reason is much more useful in…

Before the war, his garments was dreamed by the doomed heroines of Remarque's novels, after the war he dressed the richest women of the Old and New Worlds. At the end of May 2017, for the first time in the UK, the London Museum of Victoria and Albert opened a large-scale exhibition - a retrospective of the heritage of the Spanish couturier: “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion.’. The project is timed to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first studio Balenciaga in Spanish San Sebastian and the…

professional sports careers of all time. Barry Lamar Bonds was born on July 24, 1968, to parents Bobby Bonds and Pat Bonds in Riverside, California. His MLB connections didn’t stop at just Bobby as his cousin was hall of famer Reggie Jackson and his godfather was hall of…

try to move faster than the other guys of other races. Perhaps the most common stereotype is that Latinos are all undocumented immigrants. As a result, I found myself making it clear that I was here legally. I would dress as white as possible. My godfather had being detained for deportation and my mother and I went to visit him. I was born here and knew I had nothing to fear walking into that Immigration holding facility. Yet, I felt the urge to make it clear that I was not here illegally. I…