02.28.13 Animated Sitcoms 1.Paper -The Simpsons=American Culture ?- The Simpsons is an animated sitcom created in 1989 by Matt Groening for FOX. The Simpsons can be described as a series which is about a middle-class family of five and their daily life. I want to give a short information about this family. Homer Simpson is the father of the family‚ works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and we can say that he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Marge Simpson is the mother of the family
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Essay: “The Story of An Eyewitness” and “Leaving Desire” - Introduction This essay is based on “The Story of an Eyewitness” by Jack London and “Leaving Desire” by Jon Lee Anderson. “The Story of an Eyewitness” talks about how the San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the city in 1906. “Leaving Desire” talks about a victim of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. London and Anderson’s coverage of these disasters are different in several ways. Some examples of their differences
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goal that was not always reached in the lifespan of an artist or songwriter‚ however MTV (Music Television) created a whole new generation that would change American culture forever in just a day. The debut of the first ever music video‚ ironically titled “Video Killed the Radio Star”‚ only vaguely foreshadowed the volume of impact that this TV show would have on the world. “It turns out‚ video now makes the radio star.” With 24 hours of straight music aired worldwide every day‚ MTV became a medium to
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How does Shakespeare present relationship between Men and Women and how might a modern day audience respond? During the time of Shakespeare women lived in a male dominated society. Women In this period had virtually no legal power and lost all right to own all personal property when they married. Men were expected to be the heads of the households. Once a boy turned eight he no longer was required to obey his mother. The ideal woman was believed to be a virgin and a faithful wife. Female honour
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culture?” Americans are exposed to an estimated total of 4‚000 to 10‚000 advertisements each day‚ therefore; the media play a significant role in our lives on a daily basis (Marshall 2015). The social construction of gender in American culture is predominantly molded through the media. Gender stereotyping has been a major part of society for a long time. Boys and girls are taught from a young age to act and even a dress a certain way solely based on their gender. Women are expected to be feminine
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation‚ national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas‚ such as art‚ sport‚ journalism‚ fashion‚ education and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse
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As an outlet for depression‚ many Native Americans have turned to alcohol. In fact‚ “Native Americans have the highest weekly alcohol consumption of any ethnic group” (Chartier). Alcohol has wreaked havoc on countless Indian communities. For example‚ in The Diary of a Part Time Indian‚ during a short period of time‚ Junior loses his grandmother‚ Eugene‚ and his sister. In Junior’s tribe‚ “about 90 percent of the deaths have been because of alcohol” (Alexie 200). Junior’s grandmother perished when
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Amish According to Verne Troyer‚ “The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle‚ the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to‚ like‚ ’Little House on the Prairie’ days or something.” This quotation illustrates lifestyle and religious belief of the Amish community who fled from ecclesiastical persecution and settled down in the United States and Canada. Amish people endeavor to preserve the ordinary agricultural life‚ so they remain away
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Hitchcock’s amazingly directed film‚ Psycho is known as the “mother” of all modern horror suspense film. This film makes as there were not much progression of the horror movies since 1960s‚ when Psycho was produced. Before when Psycho was produced‚ horror movies generally produced with fictional creatures such as Dracula and Godzilla. Hitchcock was also well known for breaking the conservative way of producing the horror film and he produced new subgenre of horror film called ‘Slashers Movie’ which
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As I begin this essay comparing two separate cultures I feel it is necessary to first describe what exactly culture is. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." It includes codes of manners‚ dress‚ language‚ religion‚ rituals‚ norms of behavior such as law and morality‚ and systems of belief. Various definitions of culture reflect differing theories for understanding or criteria for evaluating human activity. Edward Burnett Tylor writing from the perspective of social
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