...It’s important for society to avoid blind acceptance to “Truths” that are far from reality. In the beginning of the essay Smith describes how her voice changed as she moved in a different environment. At first, she spoke both her new voice and old voice, but later she unintentionally became single-voiced. However, the reader isn’t quite convinced about Smith’s single-voiced nature when she introduces...
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...2/18/15 DATE Social Science/Education DIVISION x REQUIRED COURSE NEW COURSE X ELECTIVE COURSE x REVISION LAKE LAND COLLEGE Course Information Form COURSE NUMBER SOC280 TITLE Introduction to Sociology SEM CR HRS 3 LT HRS 3 LAB HRS SOE HRS ECH COURSE PCS # (Assigned by Administration) PREREQUISITES: None Catalog Description (40 Word Limit): Study of human interaction focusing on social influences shaping personality, structure and dynamics of human society. Topics include: sociological perspective, culture, society, social interaction; social change in global perspective; socialization; families; social class; and social stratification; race and ethnicity; and deviance. | | |CONTENT LECTURE LAB OUTLINE | |HOURS HOURS | Study of Sociology (What is Sociology, Methods) 5 Individual and Society (Culture, Socialization, Social Interaction, Groups, Networks, Organization, Conformity and Deviance) 10 Stratification (Class, Global, Gender, Racial and Ethnic, Aging) 15 Social Institutions...
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...Northeastern University POLITICAL CORRECTNESS And How It Affects People’s Attitude By Maria Sheehan English 1004 July 2013 Political correctness affects the language people use in a society. However, sometimes it fails to change the attitudes behind the language. The term “Political correctness” is very common and widely used among people. The term has undergone many changes throughout its existence. Initially this term signified the language people used to minimize possible offence on the basis of gender, race, or ethnicity. The definition of PC by “The Collins Cobuild English dictionary for advanced learners” reflects true and original meaning of the term. “If you say that someone is politically correct, you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society, for example with their attitudes towards sex, race, or disability.” It also implies the intention and efforts to change discriminatory attitudes. However, It could be argued that politically correct language do not translate to politically correct attitudes. Van Boven, Dutch jurist and professor emeritus, argues that when people perceive the language they speak as having high standards of political correctness, they become more politically correct themselves (Van Boven, 2000). This statement can be supported by the PC ideologies, which were intended to enforce and change people’s views on gender, race and other minorities. One of...
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...opposition. This line is also an enjambment as the first line and its thought continues to the next line. The second and third line describe the “shells” or bombs “And gave us hell, for shell on frantic shell Hammered on top, but never quite burst through” – here owen describes how the shells never penetrated into the place they were, but the shells were close. He also uses a figure of speech, namely personification, to describe the shells as frantic. The words “hell” and shell” in the second line have an internal rhyming. And the repition of the word shell tells the readers that the bombing was one after the other. The next to lines tells the readers how the bad weather adds on to the soldiers misery, how even nature was not on their side now. “waterfall made of slime” is an oxymoron because as a reader we would most...
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...In this paper I will be looking at the movie The Blind Side and analyzing the character of Sean Jr., known in the movie also as S.J. I will be looking at S.J.’s development in Sigmund Freud’s latency period and Erik Erikson’s stage of Industry vs. Inferiority. I will also write about the traditional and alternate paradigms that relate to this character in the movie and the risk and protective factors that affect him. At the end of the paper I will discuss why looking at a person in all of these different aspects is important in the work of a generalist social worker. The Theorists In our class discussion and PowerPoint, we learned that Sigmund Freud believes that a child goes through five different stages before they reach the maturity of...
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...Identity in the Face Of Discrimination The thought of identity is an ever-present theme in society. From the moment of birth till death, humans persistently search to piece together who they are in this world. Humans seek to foster their identities by selecting values, beliefs, and assumptions perceived to define who they are. In extreme cases collective identities can be destructive. Defining one’s self as belonging to a collective group, more often than not, leads other groups to be labeled different, or outsiders. Stereotypes and discrimination, driven by the concept of identity, can cause untold amounts of pain for their victims. However, throughout all stages of life, a defined sense of identity also can be a reassuring coping mechanism. This personal resource we call identity has a tremendous effect on an individual’s psychological state. In uncomfortable or new situations, a healthy and defined sense of self can help individuals navigate society. When the characteristics that define person are those targeted by discrimination identities are questioned. One can either embrace who they are with pride and rise above the ignorance, or they can be invisible. The works “Battle Royal” and “This Morning”, present both sides of the balance between embracing and abandoning one’s identity, together they demonstrate the importance of a clear sense of self in the face of discrimination. In uncomfortable surroundings, such as a new situation, sometimes people find it easier to...
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...Regan and Goneril whom he believes truly love him. King Lear intends to stay with each daughter consecutively, accompanied by one hundred loyal knights. Angry that Cordelia his youngest daughter does not appear to love him as do Goneril and Regan, Lear banishes his youngest daughter Cordelia, and Kent, the servant who attempts to defend her. Cordelia leaves and is taken by the King of France as his Queen. Edmund, the loved but illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester plots to have his elder brother Edgar's reputation ruined. Edmund tricks his father Gloucester into believing that Edgar wanted to kill him. The disrespectful Goneril conspires to have her guest and father, King Lear, driven out of her house. Kent, who has now disguised his identity to serve King Lear, earns King Lear's respect by defending his name. Goneril offends King Lear and dismisses fifty of his knights. Lear starts to realize Cordelia was not so disrespecting. Lear decides to leave for Regan where he is sure to be treated properly. Lear instructs Kent to deliver several letters to Gloucester. The Fool teaches Lear several riddles. Act II. We learn of possible conflict between evil sisters Regan and Goneril. Edmund further manipulates Edgar. Gloucester learns from Edmund of Edgar's plan to kill him and believes it. Kent and Oswald, Goneril's steward fight. Kent is placed in stocks emphasizing just how little Lear's name is now respected by daughters Regan and Goneril. Edgar, now alone and disguised, describes...
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...Invisible Man Essay The narrator says he is invisible from society because society refuses to see him. He receives a scholarship to college, but is expelled for what happened at the Golden Day. He goes to NY and tries to find a Job, works short while at Liberty Paints. Becomes a speaker for the Brotherhood, but has opposing views that result in conflict. Harlem goes into a riot and the narrator disappears by living underground in order to be true to himself without the pressure of society. A symbol is something that can stand for one thing, but mean another. In the Invisible Man we see plenty of symbols. Everything is a symbol, but some are more important than others. Some symbols carry all throughout the book. A contextual symbol can be a setting, character, action, object, name, or anything else in a work that maintains its literal significance while suggesting other meanings and a cultural symbol is different symbols that may have quite different meanings in different cultures. The statue is a very important symbol in the novel. "I see the bronze statue of the college Founder, the cold Father symbol, his hands outstretched in the breathtaking gesture of lifting a veil that flutters in hard, metallic folds above the face of a kneeling slave; and I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly in place; whether I am witnessing a revelation or a more efficient blinding...Why is a bird-soiled statue more...
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...Intelligence There have always been disputes on whether the decision to be homosexual or heterosexual was based on biological or environmental factors. These disputes are known as the Nature vs. Nurture argument. The two sides argue over how gender is chosen within a person. Based on reproductive organs, sex is easily determined at birth: male or female. Gender, however; is the sexual identity an individual takes on. It is possible for sex and gender to be different. For an example of nurture children who were both born with an injured or damaged reproductive organ, males usually can be raised successfully as females. In order to understand which factor is the deciding factor of a person’s gender, both sides of the case must be fully evaluated. DNA studies which appear to prove that gender is a genetic trait. Researchers have analyzed the makeup of the human brain of homosexuals and heterosexuals seeking a connection between gender and the brains physiology. They found when studying the part of the brain directly related to a persons’ sexual drive, that homosexuals had an enlarged hypothalamus, whereas heterosexuals had a normal one indicating a direct correlation between the brain and gender selections (AllPsych). In researching DNA’s role in gender identity, some scientist have identified the gene that determines a person’s sexual preference. Although there are mounting evidence of the existence of a “gay gene, “the opposition denies the existence (AllPsych). |People...
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...unwillingness or inability to understand that which is clear to the audience. His hubris (extreme pride) is his tragic flaw, truly blinding him from the truth. Oedipus eventually blinds himself, and it is then that he can finally “see”. From the very beginning, Oedipus was blinded by pride. Throughout the play, it is the one greatest irony that those with physical sight are blind, yet those who cannot actually see can see the truth. With the city of Thebes dying, Creon, having been sent to do so by Oedipus, comes from Delphi and the Oracle to deliver the message that the "the pollution of this land" (Sophocles 232), the murderer, be killed to bring an end to their strife.. Oedipus shows hubris when he demands Creon talk with him publicly, so convinced is he that he can solve any problem. Oedipus Has already solved the riddle of the Sphinx, that which had thwarted so many before him; "Oedipus knew the famous riddles. He was a mighty king, he was the envy of everyone who say how lucky he'd been. Now he's struck a wave of terrible ruin" (276) The chorus wishes for Oedipus to appeal to the gods to find the killer, Oedipus asserts that "to force the gods to act against their will- no man has the power."(320) Here, at least, he seems to humble himself before at least Apollo. Oedipus calls for Tiresius, the blind prophet. Here, the greatest irony of the play comes in, as Tiresias “sees” what Oedipus does not. Tiresias, who truly sees and predicts the downfall od Oedipus, he becomes the...
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...Chapter 1 Summary The narrator speaks of his grandparents, freed slaves who, after the Civil War, believed that they were separate but equal—that they had achieved equality with whites despite segregation. The narrator’s grandfather lived a meek and quiet life after being freed. On his deathbed, however, he spoke bitterly to the narrator’s father, comparing the lives of black Americans to warfare and noting that he himself felt like a traitor. He counseled the narrator’s father to undermine the whites with “yeses” and “grins” and advised his family to “agree ’em to death and destruction.” Now the narrator too lives meekly; he too receives praise from the white members of his town. His grandfather’s words haunt him, for the old man deemed such meekness to be treachery. The narrator recalls delivering the class speech at his high school graduation. The speech urges humility and submission as key to the advancement of black Americans. It proves such a success that the town arranges to have him deliver it at a gathering of the community’s leading white citizens. The narrator arrives and receives instructions to take part in the “battle royal” that figures as part of the evening’s entertainment. The narrator and some of his classmates (who are black) don boxing gloves and enter the ring. A naked, blonde, white woman with an American flag painted on her stomach parades about; some of the white men demand that the black boys look at her and others threaten them if they don’t...
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...and engaging in sex with her. It is a story entrenched in the idea of immorality. I feel the play is very value-adding, because nowadays people in our society may not be conscious of their own immoral practices. Or if ever they are aware, they don’t realize the extent of its impact. Are people really resigned to such things? Or can they do anything about it? Do we have any shame left in us? Amphitryon also plays on the idea of love. We must ask ourselves, what do we know about it? Is it only an emotion that we act on when we feel connected with someone? Does it have any weight on one’s moral conscience, or is it just blind? I can definitely say that the play changed my views on it. The play has taught me that it is very contextual; we cannot keep giving in to our whims, or the consequences will get the better of us. Lastly, Amphitryon deals with an identity crisis among its characters. We will often ask ourselves: who am I? When I watched the play, especially the confusing experience Mercury was going through, I did keep asking myself this question. (I do not deny that I am as disturbed with myself as the next person.) Though the play cannot answer this for everyone, it does set a platform for everyone to stand on. It gives people a personal way of discovering their other selves, and how to reconcile with them. On this note, I would like to applaud the play’s symbolic use of the “self” idea. This play also grabbed me because it was interesting to watch the flawed, human...
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...Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Review Learning Team B HRM 300 May 18, 2015 Professor E. Hardin Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Review The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in all employment decisions on a basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex, and national origin (DeCenzo, Robbins, Verlhurst, 2013). Not only does it protect in employment decisions but it also ended unequal application of voter registration requirements. When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was put in place it ended segregation in schools as well. If this law would not be in place equality in the workplace would not have been possible and many would not be in the place they are in their careers now. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information (EEOC, 2015). EEOC also makes it illegal for anyone to discriminate against a person who has filed a discrimination complaint or someone that was involved in a discrimination investigation or law suit. With the law in place it gives the EEOC the right to investigate charges discrimination against employers that are covered by the EEOC law. When a person exposes any information or activity that is considered illegal...
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...presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:30-31 NKJV Everywhere Jesus went people were amazed at His miraculous powers. The Apostle John uses Jesus miracles as an organizing principle in his gospel. He calls them semeia, or “signs” indicating that each miracle was a concrete demonstration of Jesus’ divinity and messiah ship. The purpose of the signs were to produce belief as they did for the disciples at the wedding at Cana (John 2:11) and the household of the Nobleman (John 4:53). But these same miracles would incite anger and violence as in the case of healing the man born blind in John 11. (Earl D. Radmacher 1997) The first sign miracle Jesus performed in John’s Gospel was changing water into wine found in John 2:1-12. Jesus and His new disciples arrived at a wedding celebration that had already begun. Mary the mother of Jesus came to Him and told Him that the wine had run out. “Mary was simply informing him of the need, not ordering Him. Her statement is in fact much like a prayer made to Jesus. She knew he could do something.” (Towns 2002) Jesus directed the servants to fill six water pots, which he then turned into wine. “The changing of water into wine is surely meant to bring out the power of Jesus to bring about new beginnings” (Morris 1989) “John specifically mentions that this sign signified Christ’s...
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..."The Tell-Tale Heart" foregrounds different stages of Ego-Evil as the narrator defines himself through the narcissistic eye, the malicious glare, and the enigmatic gaze of the other. In the story, the narrator clearly grounds himself as a powerful Master who can determine all values. As a result, he sees that he is sane, and that his disease is good. His disease has merely "sharpened [his] senses -- not destroyed -- not dulled them" (91). He remains an absolute Master who has an eye for the ultimate Truth, hence he can "calmly tell [the readers] the whole story". This episode foregrounds the way of the eye, which is always on the side of the Subject and its narcissistic fantasy. In the Lacanian context, the eye allows the self to see itself as a unified creature and as a judge, hence the eye is essentially related to the imaginary "identity-building" process. However, as the eye sees what it wants to see, "sight" or "insight" can mean bias. As noted by Ellie Ragland, the eye gives a narcissistic perspective of "unification and fusion" that does not guarantee truth, though it certainly offers a personal "principle of law or judgment" (95). In the story, the eye's bias shows itself when the narrator immediately views the old man's disease in a negative light. The old man's cataract is seen to be the "Evil Eye" (89). If we borrow Martin Buber's concept, we may as well call it the "I-Thou difference." John Cleman believes that the narrator's mental condition is crucial in leading...
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