ENG 0950 Spring 2014 Essay 3 The Longman Reader Select one of the topics below and respond in an essay of between 650 and 1000 words. Develop your own thesis and supporting ideas/details. Include clear‚ concrete examples so that you can “show” rather than “tell.” Write a 1-3 sentence summary of either the TedTalks Video or The Longman Reader essay in your essay so that your readers understand your references. Also include a quotation from the essay. Acknowledge any source you use in your essay
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When will the big one hit? Or has it hit already? In watching the Nova Special: Meteor Strike and the movie Armageddon we will look for fact or fiction. Did the movie get it right or was it just “bad” science. In Meteor Strike we follow Astrophysicist Peter Brown after a meteor strikes Chelyabinsk‚ Russia on February 15‚ 2013. We will see how Dr. Brown researches the explosion of a fireball over Russia‚ analyzes all the video footage‚ photos and evidence and comes to his conclusion of his initial
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of the “owner”‚ who was the husband and the father. This caused many women to feel left out‚ unimportant and discriminated. Not a single man would want to trade places with a woman. However‚ women began fighting for their rights and won. “Not for Ourselves Alone” is a good documentary film about fight for women rights and the biography of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ two women that were born into the world ruled by men. These two women were very different. Susan grew up wealthy‚ educated
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it is a simple conversation‚ or how well you do on a test. Stereotypes affect almost every aspect of life For instance‚ racial stereotypes can negatively and positively affect different communities. In the “Stereotypes Shape Our Perceptions And Ourselves” author interview‚ in paragraph 13-14‚ Professor Steele talks about an experiment that had people of different races play golf. When the whites were told that it was a task measuring athletic ability‚ they were put under a negative stereotype‚ that
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The name of the article is Our Zombies‚ Ourselves written by James Parker. In this article Parker discusses the historical backdrop of zombies and talks about where it is that they started from. Parker additionally raises exceptionally fascinating point on the notoriety of zombies and a short timeline on zombies. He also talks of different sorts of popular cultures which incorporate zombies and are utilized‚ for example‚ the movies Night of the Living Dead‚ White Zombie‚ the books The Zen of Zombies
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Our Babies‚ Ourselves In Emily Prager’s Our Babies‚ Ourselves‚ published 1991 in Interview Magazine‚ she claims that we are all trapped in Barbie’s world. "Barbie is not an appropriate role model for girls‚ because she is a man’s ideal."She tells us that she recently saw the obituary for Jack Ryan in the newspaper. The obituary said that Ryan helped create Barbie. Prager then says that Barbie being designed by man suddenly makes a lot of since. Barbie looks like she was a Playboy bunny. She said
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in 2011. It wasn’t always like this though. There used to be a time where the only form of public discourse‚ the corporation of conversations vital to a culture’s survival‚ was fostered by Typography. Neil Postman explains in his book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death; Public Discourse in the age of show business‚ the transition from the Age of Typography to the Age of Television. In the beginning of the book he explains that this shift has dramatically changed the context and meaning of public discourse
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In the article “Medicating Ourselves‚” Robyn Sarah describes how anti-depressants are being used and advertised. Sarah states that anti-depressants are being used to relieve stress. In addition‚ Sarah mentions that not only adults are talking anti-depressant pills but also children. Sarah wrote how some children are taking anti-depressants because the teacher of the child recommended to the parent that the child should take the pill. Sarah said that she was no stranger to depression. Sarah mentions
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Nathan Paris Period 5 1/28/15 Our Barbies‚ Ourselves In Emily Prager’s “Our Barbies‚ Ourselves‚” first published in Interview Magazine in 1991‚ the author discusses the extent to which sexism was utilized in the design and production of Barbie dolls‚ poses a question of Barbie being used as a weapon‚ and states that there are millions of women who are subliminally sure that a thirty-nine-inch bust and a twenty-three-inch waist are the epitome of lovability. Prager breaks down the design‚ noting
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The "peek-a-boo" world of television has had a disastrous effect on the culture of the typographic mind. Neil Postman in his book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death explains how the "peek-a-boo" world of television has impacted modern discourse. The typographic mind is that of a print based culture. The people in such a culture tend to speak in paragraph format and use proper grammar; they organize thoughts in a way that resembles a book. This is due to the fact that people were used to reading and
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