Reading Synthesis Essay for September 23rd In this week’s readings we focused on gender roles and feminism. This is a topic I knew little about going into the readings but I have since learned a great deal about the struggle of women in our culture. Pop culture is not a female friendly business and it shows throughout the modern culture. In most blockbuster movies men play the main leads and the heroes are almost always a man or a woman who acts masculine in nature. Television shows are the
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Michael Leek Period 3 Cultural Synthesis Essay “They come in and they profile me and say that I’m not who I am‚” said Deshawn Currie‚ a black teen‚ after being accused of theft and being pepper sprayed by a bunch of cops in his white foster parent’s home. This incident shows that our culture and race still affects the way that we view others. Black people are still being accused of crime when they are really innocent‚ and they are still being racially profiled by white people. There is
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Catcher in the Rye Synthesis Essay Holden confronts many issues throughout Catcher in the Rye that still pose a problem to teenagers: such as the need to succeed‚ the desire for friendship‚ and the need to mature. These issues are generally forced upon a teenager by a more authoritative figure with higher expectations in comparison to themselves. Although some may regard these as a eustress‚ they cause distress to many teenagers‚ and society still upholds such standards. The need to succeed was
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Synthesis Essay Freedom of speech is one of the cornerstones of American Democracy and the U.S. political environment. It is a right given to our citizens protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to speak freely is essential in our political process and ensures the protection of minority populations and opinions without it many people in America would not have a platform on which they can go to be heard. Our society should continue to place fewer restrictions
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Synthesis Essay “Sixteen-point nine percent of children and teens are obese” (Huffington Post). Childhood obesity is becoming a greater problem in today’s society because of the readily availability of foods‚ appealing commercials‚ and the children themselves. I think that food industries are out to make money without offering healthier alternatives or taking an interest on how it affects the children. With more sugary foods being developed‚ kids are more prone to wanting to have that food in their
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Colonial Synthesis In-Class Essay The literature of the Colonial Period has left a positive mark upon American culture. The connotations of the literature are sometimes hypocritical‚ and are often contradictory to other works at the time. As a result‚ the messages conveyed through writing have not been overlooked. Source A’s narrative of an enslaved African American arriving in America would just be one of many that would take place over the course of 200 years. I remember in the vessel in which
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American Dream Synthesis Essay The American Dream is elusive‚ its definition changes from person to person and though it is often spoken of it is rarely achieved. Because of the rarity of the successful “American Dream” it leads to the question of how accessible that dream is to everyone. America is full of hard workers and yet we all don’t have trophy wives‚ a mansion‚ or a Rolls Royce. I am by no means saying the American dream is dead‚ I’m saying you shouldn’t expect to ever achieve it. What
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Kant’s Threefold Synthesis and Transcendental Unity of Apperception A large portion of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason concerns itself with explaining how humans are able to attain knowledge‚ especially empirical knowledge of the world. Addressing this question‚ Kant wrote: “We must enquire what are the a priori conditions on which the possibility of existence rests” (A95-96). After problematically deducing that all cognition of objects is limited by the objects’ physical appearances (A95)
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Intertextual Synthesis Essay Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ centers around the theme of discovering oneself. The book shows readers the world of Edna Pontellier and gives them a window into her numerous insecurities and hesitations. Throughout the book‚ Edna attempts to become the opposite of the stereotypical women of her time. She chooses to be herself instead of the socially acceptable role she is expected to be. Additionally‚ Natasha Tretheway’s poem “Domestic Work” and Bobby Coles’ poem
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Synthesis Essay: Arthurian Legends Arthurian legends‚ which began in the Middle Ages‚ have been written in many different perspectives as times have changed. Guinevere was one of the most prominently known legends‚ and was written about in several different centuries. Chrétien De Troyes wrote about Guinevere in the Middle Ages throughout Arthurian Romances where she is punished for comitting adultrous treason. She was also written about by Norma Lorre Goodrich in modern times throughout King
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