Dan Neil's Analysis

I think this video is absolutely freaking awesome. Christopher Greene is a true patriot, who believes everybody should know the truth about everything. He acts against lies and media manipulation so all of us could live in a better world. Throughout the video, Christopher Greene the owner of the YouTube channel AMTV (Alternative Media Television) talks so passionately about the lies we are being told regarding the Malaysian flight 370 disappearance.

In “New Axioms for Reading the Landscape: Paying Attention to Political Economy and Social Justice,” Don Mitchell incorporates old ideas from Peirce F. Lewis’s original “Axioms for Reading the Landscape.” At the same time, Mitchell includes new ideas into his axioms. In Axiom 1, he explains that “the landscape is not produced through ‘our unwitting autobiography’ (as Lewis describes it), but as an act of (social, not individual) will” (2007, 34). He also stresses the idea that landscape should be produced as a commodity. In contrast, Neil Smith explains the main causes behind gentrification. Smith explains how gentrification happens through a process which he calls “rent gap” (1979, 545). In gentrification, the landscape is a commodity because it loses and gains monetary value through disinvestment and investment.

In his article "Coming to Terms", Joseph Harris takes the opportunity to share his knowledge with his readers and discuss things to keep in mind when drafting, revising, and editing assignments. In this specific chapter, Harris explains the revision process and suggest possible preliminary steps to take when formulating an essay. He emphasizes revision as a knowledge practice, in which there is a consistent set of questions you can ask yourself at any point while working on a draft (page 99). In addition, Harris refers the term "writer's project" throughout the section.

In the book Into the Wild the main character, Chris Mccandless, made a rational decision to exclude himself from human society because he believed that going beyond what his parents and society wanted he would live a happier life. Chris wanted to leave society and venture into the wilderness to find the true meaning of who he was. Chris Mccandless was neither crazy or ignorant to live off in the wild where there was no people or anything to interact with but nature. Chris wanted to find his inner self and not only was he a role model for kids all across the country but he also followed his dream. Even though it was selfish of him to leave his family, Chris Mccandless is not crazy because he followed his dream, lived his life the way he wanted to, and went into the wild to find who he truly was.

The Cold War holds a special place in the study of international relations and its paradigms and perspectives. In this part of the course, three readings work together to provide a basis of arguments and positions on the origins of the Cold War as they relate to international relations. As George Kennan describes in the article written under the pseudonym ‘Mr. X’ in the early years of the Cold War, the Soviets were widely recognized in the western world as being fundamentally expansionist by nature, and this fundamental attribute would lead to the ultimate quest to spread communist ideology across the globe, eventually leading right up to the United States’ doorstep. Similarly, Douglas J. MacDonald lays out the viewpoints held by policymakers

In Alan T. Nolan’s work, Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History, Nolan reexamines historical sources, including Lee’s official and personal correspondence and many other writings on Lee. Nolan states, without going too far into his own background, that he is “suspicious of saints,” and this suspicion is what led Nolan’s desire to review long held beliefs about Lee. Nolan examines Lee’s views on slavery and points out that Lee believed that slavery benefited the “African,” associating the black race with degradation and believed that the races were best separated. Nolan argues that as a general, Lee, though brutally effective on the battlefield, lacked an understanding of national strategy. Nolan would have readers believe

Andrew Abramson reminds us that patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland. Abramson acknowledges that a group of NFL players had kneeled in front of the flag. Four Miami Dolphin players kneeled in front of the flag and Abramson agrees that it’s easy to say that the players shouldn’t of kneeled in front of the flag at the 9-11 anniversary. Abramson suggests that there's a disconnect and it's going to take a conversation on both sides before we can actually make change.

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, the United States found themselves in a war in the Pacific with Japan. The United States was in a serious situation because many Japanese soldiers were educated in both high schools and colleges in the U.S. These soldiers would intercept and decode American military communications. The United States needed to develop an unbreakable code to communicate plans and orders.

My principal,Aaron Waldrip told me that he spends a lot of time devoted to human resources. He discussed with me that his approach to conflict is to fix the situation. In his opinion he rarely chooses to fight or flight to resolve a problem. I pressed him for a reason he he might choose to use the technique of flight when dealing with the conflict. He instructed me that he would consider flight is it is not his responsibility as an administrator to correct the problem or if the teacher or staff might gain experience or grow from the experience if he walked away from the situation. To begin with, Mr. Waltrip discussed the situation in which two teachers were not getting along. He tried to get the teachers to resolve the problem but it did not

This definition fits because we watch Danny and Reuven mature and learn from their hardships and struggles throughout the novel. Danny matures when he has to face the struggle of telling his father that he doesn’t want to become a rabbi.

Language is the way people communicate. A person’s choice of words, tone, and even body language all make up his or her language. Language is incredibly important, especially during a first encounter. It is said that language limits thought and thought is dependent upon language. When two people first meet, it is their language that helps both people to form their own opinions of each other and can make or break the bond between these two people. There are many works of literature that show the importance of language as a major literary theme. One of these works is Sure Thing by David Ives. This play emphasizes the significance of language in a light-hearted, humorous account of two strangers that meet in a local café and begin to talk to each other in the hopes of obtaining a date. In Sure Thing, Ives uses many literary techniques to portray the value of language as a main theme within his play, including minimalism, symbolism, and repetition.

The Circle by Dave Eggers is full of characters deceiving each other for their personal gain but one person in particular did such a good job at deceiving Mae that she changed all of her opinions to match his beliefs. Eamon Bailey is one of the most dangerous characters because his appearance and tone comes off like a friendly and wise uncle who you can trust with all your secrets. Underneath Bailey’s soft and charismatic exterior is a man that uses deception to make people believe that nothing should be deleted and everything should be recorded so that nobody can have any secrets. Although Bailey’s intentions for recording everything are mostly pure with motives that he wants people to record their experiences for the more unlucky people who may not be able to experience some of the world’s adventures and he wants to fill in the our history to help us learn more, he takes the research too far and loses the concept of privacy.

We are all people. We all have some things in common, and we also have our separate ways. In A Letter Home and Waiting for Dan, there are many similarities and many differences between the two protesters. But the similarities and differences that stand out the most are as follows.

Stuart McLean, the author of Vinyl Café diaries, wrote five stories within the book of Stephanie: “According to Stephanie”, “A night to remember”, “Dorm days”, “Best things:, and “Christmas on the road” Throughout reading Stephanie’s story she reveals different aspects of her life, which others may have thought differently, by letting readers in on her stories, thoughts, and feelings. Stephanie’s first story starts in the first person, which gets me in on her perspective about certain aspects of her life such as how Tommy and herself have been dating for “over two years” (McLean 165).

Stephen dunn was a poet that described his life in poems and persuade readers to take his advice. He was writing poetry in the postmodern period which was in the 1940s. He had a scholarship for basketball, but did not really like it so he left to pursue his dream job as poet and got a writer house for his job. The time that he spent at the basketball scholarship really wasted nebulous for him and he could have done his career for poetry earlier, but at the time he loved basketball and was good at it so he was to busy with that so that would really make more sense for going to a college that you got a scholarship for. While he was at the college and playing basketball for the college he was already thinking about poetry and after the season finished he went straight to poetry.