The Look

white Americans that the treatment that slaves received was wrong. One of the major themes in the book was the idea that slavery was an immoral practice and that Christians should not support it. A quote that clearly demonstrated this theme was “I looks like gwine to heaven…an’t thar where white folks is gwine? S’pose they’d have me thar? I’d rather go to torment, and get away from Mas’r and Missis.” (18.216) Prue, a…

Margaret Atwood, author of Voice, suggests that the appeal of ‘getting famous’ is the “invitations to perform”, at “all the best places,” and having “only the best,” of everything fame can offer. Susan L. Smalley, author of Look at Me: Living in a society of attention-seekers, suggests that the appeal of being famous isn’t what it seems, for “who would want to be famous?” She suggests that if people were a “bit more content,” with their lives, they would find themselves to be “happy and kind,”…

If the story “We So Seldom Look on Love” was about a different topic the story had the potential to be quite beautiful. The way the narrator talks about death as being “energy given off when a thing turns into its opposite . . . There are always sparks at extreme points. But life turning into death is the most extreme of extreme points. So just after you die, the sparks are really stupendous. Really magical and explosive" (145) is a beautiful description. The way she talks about death has the…

We should know that looks are not everything in life, despite this assertion; we know that looks are of great importance for a number of people now a day. On October 2012, Cameron Russell gave a talk in TEDxMidAtlantic. She presented compelling material related to the topic of her talk, which was “Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model". Miss Russell, who is tall, beautiful, and white, worked for ten years as a supermodel. In her presentation, she mentioned personal feelings and an…

Video and print media are two sources at complete opposite ends of the spectrum. Persuasion in video relies upon visual and audio features to persuade its audience whereas print relies almost completely upon textual persuasion. “Look Up” by Gary Turk is a visual representation of rhetoric being manipulated to allow the designated audience to change their opinion of social media through computers, smartphones, and tablets. Turk relies on audio techniques to improve sound and visual examples to…

All organisms derive from one common ancestor; however, the reason why organisms do not all look alike is because of evolution. When it comes to survival of the fittest it is all about who can adapt the quickest and evolve in order to keep the species alive. Two main factors come into play in evolution: abiotic and biotic factors. Organisms are constantly fighting abiotic forces such as weather. Weather or change of weather is one of the biggest reasons for organisms evolving. When the climate…

Communication is used everywhere, every day, in everyone’s lives. Because it has such an important role within cultures across the board, it is vital to understand the act of communication to better understand those around you. Authors of A First Look at Communication Theory Griffin, Ledbetter and Sparks explain communication by breaking it into separate theories throughout the book. I have chosen just a few that were personally impactful and are the most relatable of all the communication…

⌂ Home Melanie ⚙ Help Press ? for keyboard shortcuts. What does the pest look like? Caterpillars are the larval stage of butterflies and moths. They have soft, segmented bodies with a head, thorax and abdomen. The thorax contains three pairs of jointed legs that have hooks and the abdomen has five pairs of stumpy legs. Caterpillars are often the same color as the leaves so they are hard to spot. Cutworms: the adults are gray to dark brown moths with wingspans of 1.25 to 1.75 inch(3 to…

prison does also come to an end for some the friendships and plans that are made, are forever lasting. Between the two films Cool Hand Look and The Shawshank Redemption, there are a number of similarities and differences expressed through each of the given reviews such as with symbols, plot, and the theme of each film. Summary: A summarization of Cool Hand Look can easily begin with a man who has a drinking problem sent to a prison camp, known as the “chain gang”, because…

A few years ago, I stumbled upon the poem Look Up. The Author Gary Turk explains that with social media “We edit and exaggerate, crave adulation. We pretend not to notice the social isolation. We put our words into order and turn our lives a-glistening. We don’t even know if anyone is listening!” This poem illuminates many of the challenges that the authors of this week’s readings highlight. Like much that we have studied this course, social media and the internet has both benefits and…