...Erin Ryan wrote an article featured in Spotlight in First Year Writing, called “Telling it from the Mountain: A Rhetorical Analysis of Fannie Lou Hamer’s Speech before the Democratic National Convention”, analyzing the rhetorical qualities of Mrs. Hammers speech in 1964. My notebook entry will use material covered in the class text “Write about Writing” to highlight what Erin Ryan used in the rhetorical analysis of this emotional speech. In the retelling of Mrs. Hamer’s speech, Erin Ryan uses two forms of Aristotle’s proof (pistis) to elicit a response in the analysis. Reading through the article, I found two methods of appeal: emotion (pathos), and logic (logos). The emotional appeal of the article, describes Mrs. Hammers speech style....
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...After reading and looking into the matter of how the menstrual cycle might effect one's training, I then became more and more curious about the affects of menopause. The more I read into this topic, the more that I realized I needed a little more help from a professional when it comes to perimenopause and how to suggest treatment and training. It was at this point that I decided to do the unthinkable... I turned to the internet! Whenever I have a supplement related question, the first thing I do is type in examine.com on my phone or computer and allow the insanely intelligent minds on the other side of the computer to send me back the examination of the data surrounding whatever supplement I'm interested in. I decided to take this one step further one day and ask Sol Orwell for some advice, outside the scope of supplements, on a good Doctor to talk to about an article on menopause and training. As if it was not cool enough that I was talking with Sol, he then forwarded the message on to Dr. Spencer Nadolsky (just some guy who manages to be the director of examine.com while practicing medicine AND looking WAY better than me with his shirt off) who said he would love to contribute. The following is based on an interview that I was fortunate enough to get from Dr. Spencer Nadolsky: Interview with Nadolsky: Me: What is perimenopause, menopause, and what are some of the symptoms to look for? Nadolsky: Menopause is the time in a woman's life where her ovaries stop producing...
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...destructive path stretched from the state of Florida all the way to the coast of Texas and everywhere in between. Unfortunately the bulk of Katrina’s destruction was seen in the city of New Orleans. Katrina’s category five strength and power left the city completely under water and caused a total of at least 1,577 deaths due to flooding and around 81 billion dollars in property damage. From August 2005 to October 2005 the city of New Orleans was in a state of utter and total chaos. Some would have considered that the state of society in New Orleans was uncivilized and out of control. This chaos and craziness was due to the lack of essential resources for citizens to survive on a day-to-day base. The citizens of New Orleans were experiencing extreme conditions that included lack of shelter, clean water and, essential food to survive. These harsh conditions led to survival instinct taking over the citizens, which led to looting, theft, and in some cases murder. This chaos turned a once civilized city into a wild uncontrollable population. The chaos was too much for the NOPD to handle and caused several cases of questionable actions by the police force during the time of disorder. During this time of disorder and chaos several instances of police officers being shot and killed cause unrest and hatred toward the general population. Which in turn cause several cases of mistreatment and even murder of innocent civilians. The whole issue during this time of chaos was that...
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...shutdown in 17 years. Since the shutdown of Oct. 1, the US stock market had been down almost every day while global stock markets experienced a roller coaster ride. This changed last Thursday when a glimmer of hope started to surface. Over the weekend, American politicians engaged in marathon discussions to solve the US government shutdown and the US debt ceiling problem. Despite the gravity of the situation in the US, some of our readers and investors are still not familiar with it. They have been asking us how this will affect our economy and stock market. Philequity Corner was conceived with a mission of educating the investing public. As part of our educational mandate, we shall discuss in this article the problems that the US is experiencing. Moreover, we shall explain how these might affect the global economy, global stocks and in particular, the local stock market. What is the US government shutdown? A government shutdown takes place when the US Congress fails to allot funds for the incoming fiscal year. This last happened in October 1995 and this current shutdown started in Oct. 1. To date, the US government has been shut down for almost two weeks already. The shutdown closed certain parts of the US government that are deemed non-essential. Some examples of these are national parks and monuments, certain services for veterans and medical research into life-threatening diseases. Because of this shutdown, around 800,000 employees of the federal government were furloughed...
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...He “was wounded 5 times, the last time very severely” throughout the course of the war, and his last injury mimicked that of Kat’s wound, which proved to be fatal (Remarque 297). After he returned home, he wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, which was meant to depict how war conditions soldiers to lose feelings and their morals in order to survive, ultimately leaving them mentally numb. By experiencing modern warfare and their tragedies himself, his background displayed competence of the knowledge of war. As a result, Remarque wrote the greatest war novel ever written, with a background to solidify his position on the topic of...
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... bravery, and eventually reflection, and is shaped by his stressful and horrific life as a Union soldier in the American Civil War, which forces him to progress mentally. In The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming demonstrates an ambitious nature, however, this nature is altered by his experiences on the battlefield, causing him to become a more reflective individual. For example, when describing Fleming’s eighteen year-old, untested thoughts towards the regiment’s first battle, Crane writes, “He had, of course, dreamed of battles all his life-- of vague and bloody conflicts that had thrilled him with their sweep and fire” (Crane 3). Essentially, before experiencing any combat firsthand, Fleming thinks of war as a glorious and heroic situation, and is eager to join the cause. However, later in the novel, after experiencing a few battles, Henry loses this sense of eagerness. When describing his feelings after an especially bloody battle, Crane writes, “He appeared dazed, looking as if he was questioning ever joining the great war” (Crane 56). While Henry begins the novel ambitious and...
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...and was embarrassing to go through in front of the other soldiers. Although for most, one would naturally feel sad or lonely, due to the pressures of war Cross rather neglected feelings for Marta completely. He felt as though he needed to internalize any feelings he was experiencing completely in order to risk not losing more of his masculinity. “ It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside, The things men did or felt they had to do,” O’Brien states after watching Cross let go of Martha perhaps indirectly to define modern American male identity. Jimmy Cross’ Story represents one of the many ways that the pressures of traditional masculinity can have a major emotional impact on someone, although because of the values of masculinity even this burden isn’t always obvious. After experiencing this emotional separation of a woman he had loved for years, Cross almost immediately, without a thought went back to work, most likely pushing down the whirlwind of emotions he had, was, and would experience. The Vietnam War spawned a host of disfigurations, deformations of both body and spirit. Men who shipped over to help stop the Communists, became avid collectors of Vietcong body parts after experiencing psychological transformations that were anything but simple. Those men who collected body parts were doing so, at least in part, to deny the enemy any sense of familiar humanity. They collected trophies from their enemies like they might collect the antlers of an elk. The...
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...The theory of black swan events was developed by Nassim Taleb to explain the unpredictability of very rare high impact events that are normally beyond normal human expectations. The theory of black swan events has become a metaphor for unexpected events that cause shock and awe to victims and/or observers, and that these victims/observers who after experiencing the shock and awe of the unexpected event, tend to rationalize or find explanations that fit the ocurrence of the mishap among normal events. In its true sense as its developer- Nassim Taleb- intends it to mean, the "black swan theory" refers only to unexpected events of very large magnitude and consequence and whose occurrence in nature is so rare as to be considered not just outliers but extreme outliers. This means that Black swan events are so extreme that their probability is not computable using scientific methods. Black Swan events are also so called because they are events that fall within our blind spots, are oblivious not only to the mind but also to thought due to psychological biases that make people individually and collectively blind to uncertainty and unaware of the massive role of the rare event in historical affairs. Black swan events were introduced by Nassim Taleb in his 2004 book, Fooled By Randomness, which concerned financial events. In his 2007 book (revised and completed in 2010), The Black Swan, Taleb extended the metaphor to events outside of financial markets. Taleb regards...
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...defining freedom and liberty, but why? Many people today don’t truly know the power of that simple line, boldly defying the oppression in Berlin that personally affected tens of thousands of people. But why? You may ask, What’s so bad about dividing a city? Well, below are just a few examples of some things that would be faced by normal people during the occupation of Berlin. One of the first things you could have faced was being separated from your family. As unthinkable as it sounds today many people were separated from the rest of their families, sometimes permanently. The wall was put up over night, with no warning, the ban on travel was effective immediately. That meant if you lived on the east side of the wall you wouldn’t be able to cross the wall, even to visit you family. Technically their were ways to get a visa to temporally cross the boarder, however the likelihood of you actually getting one was very slim. I previously mentioned that the Berlin wall was a symbol of tyranny,...
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...Case study By Kevin Whelan Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY 210 Dean Marzofka January 11, 2011 Final Project: Case Study What are the causes of stress in Michael’s or Jennifer’s life? How is stress affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s health? I chose to analyze the second case study, Michael the airline pilot, as I am in the same line of work, (aviation), I hope to be able to relate to the subjects symptoms, behaviors and anxieties and be able to relate positive and practical analysis and possible recommendations for coping with the anxieties of life in the profession of aviation. The primary stressors in Michael’s life are most likely a combination of the following: Chest pain, divorce and all the legal technicalities like paper work and the emotional implications, the end of a long marriage and loss of a close friend due to the commitment termination, (his wife), the difficult custody battle for his two children, ages 10 and 12, a heavy work schedule that keeps him away from his family two weeks a month, work concerns of possible lay offs in the future, the burden of a new town house in uncertain financial times, and finally, (if that all isn’t enough for one to deal with), unknown physical medical condition as a result of the increasing regularity of the chest pains. How are these stressors affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s self-concept and self-esteem? In Michael’s case, self esteem has not been directly reflected in the case study, for instance...
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...The analysis of a poem: Dulce et Decorum Est Question 1 (a) Describe what effects the poem has on you. When reading this poem, I can clearly picture the horrifying scene of battle; it is deeply moving and the imagery is vivid due to Owen’s use of similes, metaphors and alliteration. (b) Say what you think the subject matter is about. The poem is a first-hand account of the terrible reality of trench warfare in the First World War. Owen portrays the soldiers as being tired broken and weak, whereas the authorities in Britain [at the time] were depicting them as brave, glorious and strong young men, honourably fighting for their country. This poem is the antithesis to the war propaganda of the British ‘recruitment drive’ during the Great War. Question 2 (a) Identify and list in note form, three of the techniques used in these lines. Simile: “like old beggars”, “like hags” Alliteration: “Knock-kneed”, “Men marched” Metaphor: “haunting flares”, “Drunk with fatigue” (b) Comment in complete sentences on what the effects of the three techniques you have identified might be. Owen uses similes comparing the soldiers to “old beggars” and “hags”, to convey how the war has reduced them to absolute wrecks. The resulting effect is an image of crumpled, broken, hopeless men at death’s door rather than strong, upright, warrior figures. The use of alliteration alters the rhythm of the poem, thus drawing attention to the words. “Knock-kneed” portrays...
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...our departure. That morning, Mom drove me up to the airport. Along that drive, I argued furiously with her about my looming week and its lack of purpose. This was pointless, though, as she had already paid a considerable sum. As we pulled up, something unthinkable happened - I began to cry. I couldn't recall that last time such an event had occurred, save for when my beloved cat died in the years prior. But, alas, not even my tears could change the outlook of my week. I had spent just over two years of Sundays with this group of seven, and I had yet to even consider any of them a friend. The week ahead of me was sure to be grueling, or at least I thought so. It turns out, I thought completely incorrectly. From the moment I saw my classmates in the airport that day, it was clear that something had changed. I socialized comfortable with them, and even with the rabbi. Once our plane had landed, more of the same continued. The week's events provided plenty of socialization time alongside plenty of educational time. While much of the discussion was still admittedly boring, I found myself actually interested in some of the issues and perspectives regarding my religion. This was the first time I could recall every experiencing such a phenomenon. I was befriending my peers and taking interest in the details of my religion - was I finally finding my way in a place I had long struggled to? I never really connected with Judaism and religion in general because I saw a lack of...
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...occur throughout the story. The reader may find him/her self siding with Montresor since we have all been insulted at one time or another, but that doesn’t constitute revenge to the point of killing a person. Literature containing symbolism can be interpreted or viewed differently by the reader. Poe put much effort and thought into the details of his literature, he painted a descriptive picture for the reader matter how dark and dreary. The name “Fortunato” means fortune/fortunate, which is symbolic because it is the complete opposite for the character in this story since his fate has been decided for him, “derivation from the verb fortunate, blessed by the goddess fortuna, or random fate. Naturally, to embrace fortuna was unthinkable in the Reformed traditions. Fate was not random” (87). Montresor is constantly smiling at Fortunato so he will have no suspicion of his bad intentions. “I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (108). A kind gesture such as a smile can be misleading, it is hard to depict whether an individual is a friend or foe. Fortunato is dressed as a jester during carnival, unaware of the significance of his attire. “He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells” (108). He is dressed as a fool and what a fool he is about to become in the events that are about to transpire. Montresor of course...
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...In Cosmopolitanism, Kwame Anthony Appiah’s argument revolves around the topic of making nations united and turning the world into a cosmopolitan one. Cosmopolitanism means the acceptance of various cultures and societies whether or not one actually believes in them. According to Appiah, conversation is the tool that would make it all possible. Conversation is the element that unites people, whether it is person to person, or nation to nation. Ultimately, all cultures have their own standards that they believe are the norm, whether or not the cultures agree amongst each other. Appiah believes that in order for these cultures to be united, there has to be some form of communication between them. Dialogue may not have the power to completely resolve tensions amongst nations, but it definitely has the ability to simplify minor quarrels and miscommunications. Throughout his work, Appiah uses various examples that explain how his method of conversation has led to a positive social impact when dealing with the issue of division and conflict. Appiah puts into perspective some very important issues: the issue of whether or not beating children is a valid way to raise them and the issue of gender roles and how different cultures have evolved when it comes to how to approach the topic. Ultimately, Appiah values the power of communication as a vital source of worldwide progress. Appiah provides the example of beating children and the positive and negative opinions about the subject. He...
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...When conducting an experiment, there are a number of ways in which it can be carried out. In the movie Awakenings a variety of research methods are displayed. These are used by sociologists, and the majority of the scientific community. It can be seen in the film that certain conflicts erupt when protocol is not maintained. There is a fine line between being a compassionate researcher and becoming too emotionally involved with a test subject; this film demonstrates the problems that may arise when this barrier is broken and whether or not this is the ethical route to take. Sociologists often use the scientific method during a period of analysis. The scientific method is a systematic process used to approach certain problems or questions. It includes identifying the problem, reviewing the known information, formation of a hypothesis, creating a design used in research, collecting data and interpreting it, forming a conclusion, and finally forming new questions for the future. This all must be done objectively and that is critical. Sociological research uses the scientific methods to evaluate certain types of people or groups and their behaviors. As with all kinds of research, there are concerns. Even in sociology, which can be seen as a more mild form of scientific research that draws little concern from the public, there are ethical dilemmas. With humans, there is always the element of privacy and protection. Those individuals participating or under observation of a sociological...
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