Analysis Of Life As We Knew It By Susan Pfeffer

In Jeanne Fahnestock’s (1998) article “Accommodating Science: the rhetorical life of scientific facts”, she observes the distortions that occur when attempting to accommodate scientific discourse for a popular audience. Fahnestock cautions that although accommodating has its place in conveying scientific discoveries to the public, it is vital to evaluate how accommodating methods affect the accuracy of interpreting such discoveries. Through assessing the shift in genre, the shift in information and classical stasis theory, Fahnestock examines how scientific writings are altered through the process of accommodating.

In the book The Future of Life, author Edward O. Wilson highlights the ineffective nature of the debates between the two side of environmentalism. He achieves this by pointing out parallels and similarities of the language between two sides in the satirical piece.

In class we read the book, Life As We Knew It, by Susan B. Pfeffer. It is about a girl named Miranda who lives in New York with her mom, and brother Matt who is coming home from college. They see on the news that an asteroid is going to collide with the moon, so Miranda, Laura and Johnny throw a party. When the asteroid hits the moon, the moon becomes a lot closer to the Earth. Many world catastrophes start to occur around the world like massive tsunamis, tornadoes and lightning storms. What I will be talking about is my favorite scenes from the story.

I agree with the position expressed by Francis Schaeffer in “How should we then live?”, asserting Rome fell because of their inward base. Matthew 12:25 teaches us that a kingdom or house divided cannot stand and will be brought to desolation. Unlike the Greek’s unifying passion to search for truth and understanding, Roman society settled for a set of common laws but remain divided in their philological and spiritual wellbeing.

At home Mauricio had the TV going though he was staring intently outside the window. He studied every crevice and crater of the round and shining moon this evening. Regardless how many imperfections he could count with his naked eye, the moon was beautiful to him and none of its imperfections mattered. He held the phone ready to answer in his hand. He remained wide-eyed keeping

Stephen Jay Gould in his article "The Evolution Of Life On Earth" aims to clarify the misconception of natural selection as the sole reason for evolution. Yet, he emphasizes on the presence of other causes and the complex unforeseeable nature of the universe that can not be explained in one theory. Even though the article is concerned with a deep scientific subject and factual information, we see the usage of description in every sentence. Description has an intrinsic role in this article where the uniqueness and the beauty of the language relies on the strong descriptive construction. It employs the power of the language and the readers senses to bring life to the subject. It also simplifies it by liking the described setting or object to something else that the readers are easily able to visualize and associate in their minds. In addition, using specific descriptive words make a statement more dynamic and effectual to the readers convincing them and inviting them to see the situation from the author perspective.( to help convince the reader and strengthen the argument of the author). It could exaggerate the details to effect the readers in a more emotional way and capture their attention. This won 't only engage the targeted audience, but it will allure other readers as well.

“What would I do, if I were Pat? How would I feel?” I kept asking myself while reading In Search of New Life chapter. I can only imagine how shocked, terrified and guilty she must have felt when Mohamed disappeared. Others were consumed with anger and embarrassment wondering whether they should support Mohamed’s decision to stay in the U.S. illegally or report him. How did Mohamed feel? Some threads in the chapter indicate that he had been planning to escape – making such a serious decision must have caused incredible anxiety and fear, but the discomfort he felt when he thought about coming back to his country was probably even greater. He was strong and courageous to make such a decision – the life in Sierra Leone didn’t spoil him, he had

“The Obligation to endure gives us the right to know.” If we are all humans occupying the same environment, breathing the same air, how are we so oblivious of all the dangerous chemicals the environment and the public is being exposed to. Rachel Carson makes a valid argument because if the public must endure these poisonous chemicals and pollution that are altering the environment, then they have the right to know the great dangers that come along with it.

“Always play from the heart.” These genuine words spoken by Manolo in the much loved movie, The Book of Life carries an important meaning. The book of life is about a Mexican town of San Angel, Manolo, Maria, and Joaquin have been friends ever since childhood. Although their lives have taken different paths Maria was sent to Europe, Joaquin joined the military, and Manolo studied to become a bullfighter. one thing remains the same that Manolo and Joaquin both want to marry Maria. Manolo tries his best to impress maria with his guitar playing but when he has to bullfight his family wants him to kill the bull but him and Maria thinks that is wrong. Manolo is a very brave and kind man.

Generally, I consider myself to be a more sophic person. As a prospective accounting major, I tend to lean on fact and reason when making decisions. When given time alone, I ponder. When faced with a decision between two or more options (such as my recent purchase of a new phone), I heavily research and weigh facts. High blood pressure and anxiety are very present in my family and I feel like that contributes to my not being entirely in touch with my emotions—often what I feel is irrational or made up by my mental and physical struggles. However, in decisions that will determine my atmosphere (such as what school to attend) I tend to look inward with a more mantic approach. My first prospective college apartment was decided through my usual weighing of facts and reasons, but when I went to visit where I could potentially be living it did not feel right. All the facts made sense to me but I focused instead on what I felt. Still, my life in general is conducted in a more sophic manner.

There is no one universally accepted paradigm for the origin of life. Rather, there are two competing schools of thought that debate the question: Was the origin of life terrestrial or extraterrestrial? Both of these theories recognize that life must have been synthesized under natural conditions, that molecules organized themselves into the first molecular system, that atmospheric oxygen and ozone were rare, and that electrical activity may have produced monomers. The scientific and technological advancements that have emerged as a result of investigations into the origin of life have profoundly impacted our society and our knowledge of life, space, and cosmochemistry.

The Origin of Life When considering the many theories involving “How life began” You must not consider a few main theories but a few main theory groups. Because there are literally hundreds of theories on this subject which can be grouped in to three main categories and then in to various sub categories. 1) Creation science This consists of about twelve theories that are based on the book Genesis all slightly varying in their interpretation. These can be split into two main groups, New and Old earth creationists.

The biological theory Kate Millet point out that male supremacy dos not reside in physical strength but in the acceptance of a value system which is not biological; “ superior physical strength is not a factor in political relations- vide those of race and class”.(Millet, 27). Kate Millet points out in ancient society at some point took a turn toward patriarchy, displacing female function in procreation and attributing the power of life to phallus alone. The temperamental distinction created in patriarchy (‘masculine’ and feminine’ personal traits does not appear to originate in human nature, but popular attitude, patriarchal religion tends to assume these psycho- social distinctions to rest upon biological differences between the sexes. The reference of “Sweat” can be drawn here, Delia’s husband, Sykes and his presence and representation with the symbol of ‘snake’ ensures Delia’s position as subject to society and male culture. Quation. --- suggests Delia’s subordinate position in her life. The mastership Sykes attempts to convey through the object he hold the ‘big bull whip”. As Sykes commands his horse, so he commands his wife with force. The whip becomes Sykes attempt to manipulation of his world and Delia. It must be understood that many of the generally understood distinctions between the sexes is in fact essentially cultural rather than biological. Millet cites Stoller from Sex and Gender to define the cultural difference between these two terms: “… the word

The Holocaust happened during World War II; it was the mass murder of hundreds of European Jews by the Nazis. There was group called the Nazis that tortured many of the Jews. The Nazis became very powerful over the Jews in 1933. The Jewish population was over nine million in 1933. Jews lived in countries that the Nazis controlled during World War II. The Germans killed almost two out of three European Jews due to the “Final Solution”. The National Socialist government established concentration camps to watch the Jews and later deport them out of the country. Between 1941 and 1944, the Germans deported millions of the Jews from Germany to killing centers also called “extermination camps”, where they were killed in the gassing chambers. Many survivors of the Holocaust wrote a book about how life during this time period was for them , and what type of experiences they had.The book Maus was wrote by Art Spiegelman to inform many readers of how life was for his father during the Holocaust. There were many issues in politics throughout this book.

Life is a crazy journey filled with excitement, horror, and love. This only defines life in general, how are we supposed to live it? Partying may be one way for most college kids, while travelling is another way for a business man. So what exactly is "living"? Zadie Smith author of “Speaking in Tongues” says she travels and always has had to adapt to her surroundings. Like in her college years where she had to change her tongue to fit in, that’s her form of adapting, or living. While Jeanette Winterson author of “The World and Other Places” notes that the narrator of her text lives by flying and getting away from everyone. How could he enjoy himself, by only being alone without friends. Doing things alone