...Game Journal 6 The school of criticism that made the most sense to me was by far the biographical critique. In my opinion the vast majority of the other critiques read as though the author was simply trying to find examples for that particular type of critique where there was probably very little intentioned meaning behind it. Some of the meaning behind the game that was analyzed seemed as though it was forced. The biographical critique, however, analyzes the author’s intent behind the game using quotes from the author himself. This lends more authority to the critique and prevented it from feeling as though meaningless aspects of the game were being critiqued. In the biographical critique for Katamari Damacy the critic uses the author’s own words to describe how the author intended the game to affect his audience. This is information straight from the source and thus allows for the game to be looked at in a new light. The author intended the game’s peaceful, fun, game that is almost devoid of conflict to brighten the lives of everyone that played it and thus make the world better. The critic in a more thorough analysis could then have described whether the game is successful in doing that, and if so by how much. The biographical critique provided the author’s motivations behind making the game. This is a strong basis on which to critique the game. Analyze the author’s intent behind making the game along with how well the game imparts the author’s message. By doing this...
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...We Can Be Lovers Too In this day and age it seems that there is no romance left in our society. Sex is easily accessible with things like Internet porn and social media chatting, that we (as men) no longer have to try to attract a girl to us. The effort of romanticism is gone. The new generations of young men do not know what it means to show affection, romance or love. There still is some hope for romance and chivalry. Despite all of the social media distractions the young men in our society have to find a way to bring back the gentlemanship of generations past. Most of the time before two and a half years ago, 19 years old, I was one of those guys who I am talking about in this piece. I would go out to wild parties and hook up with girls whom I did not know the names of. My best friends and I would hang out, sit around talking about girls. We gossiped about the girls we had been with. Who ever got with the most girls was always the “coolest”. It was weird; back then, my definition of cool. My use of social media was strictly for finding new girls that I thought were hot and trying to hit on them through that social network. I would go on Facebook and Instagram seeing new and old couples thinking, “Ugh, that doesn’t look like fun, why would anyone want to be locked down like that?” Then go on with my day eating lunch either alone flirting with girls online. I enjoyed that time in my life though. I went through everyday, not giving a care about anything or anyone beside...
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...We love your Bags 2 1. Determine how Southwest Airlines corporate culture differs from other airlines. Wiley (2012) found…that Southwest Airlines corporate culture, started in 1971, It was at dinner two men with a great plan craved out on a dinner napkin. These co-founders are Mr. Herb Kelleher and Rollins King. The originally started to serve three cities in Texas, it was a triangle route from Dallas to San Antonio, and Houston. Wiley found (2012) “Southwest interest in its passengers was reflected when competing airlines started to charge customers for their checked baggage. Southwest refused to charge for the first two bags a passenger checks in. The airline started running commercials based on the theme “We Love Bags” to reflect this stand.” According to Wiley (2012), Southwest is differ from other carriers are the competitive costs. “Southwest Airlines ensures their cost advantage by keeping unit costs 50 percent less.” The corporate culture, the company looks after its people. Wiley ( 2012) found, Southwest Airline will frequently host 2:00 AM barbeques for the night staff, and permit staff to work in pajamas for a day; also provide rocking chair for impromptu meeting. According to Welch (2012), “Southwest Airlines strong culture is an overall Strategy, at Southwest it is more that than frequently employees and passengers refers to Southwest as company...
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...In America there seems to be a major problem. It has hindered this country since America was founded. It has been used against Native Americans, Japanese, and Black Americans. The problem is racism. If this country wants to become truly great racism must be eliminated. Racism is a blot on society that has transgressed mankind over hundreds of years. It is conscience of humans that few things are far superior to others. In his words, Martin Luther King wrote that “we (the citizens of the United States) are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial ‘outside agitator’ idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” Hence, I feel that racism has no place in a united and progressive nation. Racial discrimination only leads to the corrosion of the foundation and structure that make the United States of America great. I find that there is truth in the writer’s statement that “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” I can say that racism is a euphemism for dictatorship. As what history is telling us, persons in authority find it hard to relinquish their position and tend to be corrupted by power itself. This creates a state of dictatorship wherein the freedom of the people is greatly limited. Laws are created in...
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...Shayla Fletcher Mrs. Brewer English 9, Period 2 23 January 2012 Why We Hurt the Ones We Love Most Many people have realized we hurt the ones we love the most, and in the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst, it really make you realize why we do such a thing. There are two brothers in the story trying to make it together, and the older brother pushes it to the edge. The older brother, the narrator, is loving, full of pride, cruel, and hopeful all at the same time, towards his little brother Doodle. With all these emotions going on at the same time, the results turn out to be something you would never imagine. In the story Doodle, William Armstrong, was born as a very special young man. He was so special; nobody thought he was going to live when being born. He didn’t get a name till’ he was three months old and had a casket built for him as a sign. With all this being wrong with him, his older brother gave him the nickname Doodle because he felt it wasn’t a name he had to live up to, or be expected of big things, rather than William Armstrong. Though it seems mean everyone agreed, but that’s okay because he was still a loving older brother towards Doodle. He took Doodle everywhere with him as he grew up. He even took him to his favorite place, The Old Woman Swamp. They would go all the time and have lots of fun like normal brothers would. They made crowns, necklaces, and more together out of honeysuckle. So, with Doodle being a little different then normal little...
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... Communication is Key Communication is when someone gives or receives from another person information about that person's needs, desires, perceptions, knowledge, or affective states. Human beings need to communicate in order to share and makes other understand their sense of self and awareness of who they are. Expressing and listening others self-concept are essential for successful relationships in any area of our lives. Raymond Carver, an American short story writer and poet, was always concerned with the ways in which human beings communicate or fail to communicate with each other and how that affects people’s lives. Carver found the way to express this concern through stories such as “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” and “Cathedral”. He presents situations where the characters of these stories had difficulties communicating their feelings. Caver is known for his distinctive and well...
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...In Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” there was one theme that was consistent throughout the whole story. It is that not one of the four characters of the story could explain what love is. Each character in the story each had their own ideas to what they wanted love to be but not what it actually was. Whether it was suicidal love, abusive love, or just physical love, each person in the story held fast to what they believed love to be, even if they could not explain why. One of the main characters, Mel, attempts time and again to identify the meaning of love, but he never forms any clear conclusion. Each time he is about to say something important he gets sidetrack or forgets for a little while what he was about to say. For example, he tells a story about an old couple who almost die in a car crash, but half way through he gets distracted. When he finally gets to the conclusion of the story—the old man miserable because he could not see his wife—confuses the others. When he tells everyone that he will explain what exactly love is, he instead strays into a jumbled reflection about how it is bizarre that he and the others have been in love repeatedly. His efforts to illuminate the nature of love tapers off into a bitter lecture against his ex-wife. He spends a lot of his time saying what love is not and not saying what it actual is.In the story Mel says “There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more than life itself. But now I hate her guts...
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...Daniel Holland April 13, 2014 Why We Love TV’s Anti-Heroes Is it possible today’s generation gradually evolved into an era in which selfishness and evil overpowers good? Over the past years society perceives the idea of a hero differently than it was perceived in the 21st century, nevertheless impacts our society hugely. It is no surprise why youth of today enjoy T.V. shows that are driven by torture, killing, drugs and drama. In fact these are among the T.V. shows with higher ratings. Hero is characterized as a person of good character who performs beneficial acts towards a community and influence an individual self-concept in a good manner. Today, the new hero is the anti-hero and his morally reprehensible conduct is excused by a good cause turning evil into good and at many times it is praised. In “Why We Love TV’s Anti-Heroes” Stephen Garrett describes this world as one with a strong desire and acceptance for anti-heroes. Garret uses ethos appeal by appealing to society’s moral and values. Garret states, “The moral compass is spinning on his axis” (320). Garret believes the audiences easily sympathize and identify with these despicable TV personalities because they reflect society’s own moral ambiguity. As a result it reflects the actions and behavior in today’s culture. Anti-heroes of today are embraced by society because they are more relatable to today’s cultural morality because being extremely good feels unattainable, therefore this culture opts for the middle...
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...HUMAN SEXUALITY. WHY WE LOVE. ZAINAB BALOGUN DR. DEBRA LAINO In the book why we love, author Helen Fisher attempts to understand the idea behind the human romantic love by studying the mating behavior of animals. Thus, she firmly believes that romantic love is a phenomenon arising from ‘human nature’. Which shows itself in the different forms in the animal kingdom. The book begins by presenting the results of a scientific study in which Fisher scanned the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love. She proves, at last, what researchers had only suspected: that when you fall in love, primordial areas of the brain "light up" with increased blood flow, creating romantic passion. Fisher uses this new research to show exactly what you experience when you fall in love, why you choose one person rather than another, and how romantic love affects your...
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...Curry 10/30/14 EN1320 Unit 2 A 3 MEMOIR This journey We Call Love and life Given the life that I’ve had over the past 25 yrs, I have done a lot, seen a lot & lived enough for any person my age. I haven’t always had the best love life, but I’ve had the most fun trying to have one. I went from that puppy love you have as teenager to a full on love affair with someone that I just can’t shake to save my life. If I would have known the things I know now back then, I would be somewhere else with someone else. This thing called love is very tricky. I started out as a teen with the man everyone on both sides of the family thought I would marry. We fooled everyone with our break up, even us. We were better off friends. Micah has a good heart, a good head on his shoulders & an excellent job, but that’s not what I was looking for or what I wanted. I truly couldn’t say what I wanted back then but I do know that good church boy was not it. So that ended & we both moved on with our lives. A few years later I met who I thought was the man for me. Donta was younger than me & he lived in another city. We went back & forth for a few years but that didn’t last. One very misleading night we decided to break away from the group & well one thing lead to another & I ended up with a very special gift. We ended up with a baby, we are both teenagers & we both didn’t know what to do with a baby. I found out fast just how hard it was to...
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...components that contribute to the theme of the short story “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love” by Raymond Carver are plot and character. The main character of the story plays a big role in creating the theme and the symbols that are prominent also contribute to the theme. This author used these key components to help the readers understand the main point of the story. The main character Mel and the symbols love and gin are all important to identify the theme in this short story. The theme in the story is the complicated meaning of love. The character Mel is a round character in the story. His character is sometimes hard to understand and figure out and also is shown to have more than one side. He is a very confused character...
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...11/10/12 Ashley Golladay Case #17.2 At Southwest Airlines, “We Love Your Bags” 1. Describe the various promotion elements that Southwest Airlines uses in its integrated marketing communications. * To start with one of their largest marketing communications is through television ads. Each of their ads consistently conveys the same message, that they provide low cost air fare and great customer service. These ads also provide comedic value when their competitors tend to be up-tight and too business like. Another integrated communication is through their use of technology, the “Ding” software backs this same message up by playing on the sound the plane makes when it’s time to exit the aircraft, letting the customer know another great low-fare deal is available. All of their communications say they like to have fun. This is their culture that is the heart of their company. I think because of that culture and customer service, every time I get on a flight and their flight attendant or pilot has fun with the instructions or weather announcements, those employees are sending the same marketing message as well, we have fun, we love what we do and we do a great job. All of these marketing efforts integrate seamlessly and it shows in their fiercely loyal customers and their even better low prices (506)! 2. How does the engaging and entertaining performance of Southwest flight crews contribute to promotion activities? * First of all, I swear I did not read this question...
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...Southwest Airlines prides itself in being a company with “heart”. We know this because it is something its employees as well as customers have said about Southwest Airlines. Southwest Airlines began flying in 1971 and they keep going strong. Southwest seems to understand that doing what other airlines are doing simply because it can benefit their profit margin. Standing out from the crowd is what has allowed Southwest Airlines to be known as a company with heart. I have to say that I have flown Southwest Airlines as well as several other airlines. Knowing that the price I see is the final price since I don’t have to pay for my bags is a relief. In a time where people are trying to save money to afford a family vacation, every little bit helps and makes it that much easier to relax during that vacation. Although it may make Southwest Airlines more money to charge for bags, they will also lose their advantage over the other airlines. Southwest Airlines likes creating a fun work environment. This is something I have seen other companies try to do for their employees. I work for Verizon Wireless and there are several activities they do to make it fun to show up for work. Although this may not ensure everyone will thrive in this type of work environment, when dealing in customer service, every little bit helps. Before going this route, I dreaded waking up in the morning to go to work and deal with people who would be screaming at me on the phone. I’m not saying they don’t scream...
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...An Analysis of “Southwest Airlines: We Love Your Bags” I visited the Southwest Airlines website and clicked on the “Our Culture “ tab. On this page, Southwest has culture defined as such: Cul’ture: the development, improvement, and refinement of the originality, individuality, identity, and personality of a given people (“Culture”, 2012). Southwest Airlines has stood out from the rest of the airlines even before I ever read a case study on the company and its business model. Although I have never flown on a Southwest Airline airplane, the difference can be seen just by walking through an airport that they service. The people look more relaxed, happier, and dedicated to their jobs. The company has capitalized by tailoring their culture to fit their customers and their employees versus tailoring their culture to adapt to the market/environment of the airline business. While they may not be the fanciest company in the airport, the friendly service is seen wherever you see their logo. It is an airline designed for the individuals looking for great value and dependability. When you look at the mission statement for Southwest, it is evident that they are committed to its employees. In a Knowledge@Wharton article, Colleen Barrett was quoted as saying ”Our mission statement is posted every three feet, all over every location that we have, so if you are a customer, you’ve seen it”(Knowledge@Wharton, nd, para. 3). The mission statement states, “Above all, Employees will...
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...through our mind when we think about love. Whether it is a person or an object that we adore, we all have different ideas of what love is, but love varies in different relationships. The short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, written by Raymond Carver, entails two couples talking about love and we discover what love is from the main characters, Mel and Terri. This couple has had quite a few road bumps in their past relationships. Mel’s perspective on love is that abusive love is not real love; I agree with his conceptualization. Terri’s concepts of what love is leads her to believe that being in an abusive relationship is acceptable. Carver’s story is believable because people have different...
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