Dennis Stockton's Analysis

Hoop Dreams was a documentary made in 1994, directed by Steve James. The film follows two boys named Arthur and William from eight to twelfth grade as they chase their dream of becoming professional basketball players. They both go to Saint Joseph’s High School, the prestige suburban school famous for their basketball team. But when Arthur has to go to a regular public high school because of economic issues, the film becomes a documentation of both the boys, with the help of their families, battling the physical and social obstacles that are blocking their path.

circumstances of his demise were reported in the news and media”, (70). The use of these

Using the example of the case of Damon Thibodaux, he was taken for questioning after a girl who they were last seen with went missing. She was found strangled and naked (Leo, 2008). A homicide officer took over the case, and Thibodaux was interrogated for several hours. Although Thibodaux repeatedly said he knew nothing about the murder, the interrogation kept going, eventually the officer was able to record a statement from Thibodaux pleading guilty of consensual and non-consensual sex with the victim, beating, and assassinating her. Thibodaux was condemned to death, and was to spend fifteen years on death row and sixteen years in jail before DNA examination confirmed that he was not guilty (Kassin, 2013). Thibodauxs exoneration proceeding concluded that fatigue and exhaustion from the overnight search for the girl, the long interrogation, psychological vulnerability, and fear of the death penalty led to the false confession by Thibodaux (Leo, 2008). This case is a great example of

In chapters five “Chasing My Stolen Bicycle” and seven “Duke Lacrosse Players Relieved Case has ‘Closure’”, they share a similar theme. They both involve risk, harm, and seriousness. They both involve the role of a prosecutor, as well as deal with some type of crime.

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

Have you ever wondered what our future will be like when we are old and grey, when we have grandchildren of our own? In Chip Ward’s letter to his grandchildren “We screwed up” (2012), he writes about how wasteful, greedy, and self-centered he and his generation is when they were younger. Ward’s generation did not stop to think once about how incompetent they were about using non-renewable resources such as coal, oil, gasoline, etc. They also forgot to keep in mind how being piggish with these materials would pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink today. Chip Wards generation was the most avaricious, wasteful and egotistical generations of all.

The context of production and the context of consumption are the two dimensions that are relevant to the reason the message is being communicated. The fact that the only information about the writer of the article is a first name at the bottom of the page signifies that who wrote the article is not significant, but who owns it may be. Inquisitr, the media outlet producing the representation, is a news website whose goal is to publish the latest trending news and to ensure that readers “never miss the internet’s hottest stories.” According to the available audience demographics, the most popular section that readers browse is the celebrity and entertainment section and the site’s target audience is women, people with some college education, and people who work from home. Evidently, Inquisitr is built and branded as a site for the every day internet user. As a result, substantial, quality news is not the priority, but rather quick and compelling articles that have the potential to go viral. The story of Harold Henthorn and the death of his wife then is not written as the tragedy that it is, or even as a legal recount of the case, but as a brief, flashy murder mystery story that intrigues and engrosses the reader. Production and consumption of a representation, therefore, are not independent, but tightly linked in a way that creates the general

In Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita, and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros , Both these pieces inspire and tackle a point that is of much concern to many, What makes you an american? In the following paragraph I will be reviewing and comparing both In Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita, and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros.

The new ABC comedy series “The Real O’Neals” has drawn flak from Christian groups for its anti-religon humor and sexually charged and expletive-laden language.

I, along with many of us, went to see Rooted by Tim Miller. Tim Miller is a queer performer, artist and author who travels across the United States performing mostly on gay inequality, immigration and hosts workshops for theatre performance classes at Universities such as our own Kennesaw State. Tim’s performance was a single person act in which he told the audience a series of stories, from his life as early as childhood all the way through his adult life, about the struggles and high points of living as a queer male in America. Tim told the struggles he faced as early as 9 years old when his best friend of the time told him “boys can’t marry boys” and this was confusing to him as he didn’t entirely understand why he would say such a seemingly absurd thing.

Willie McGee was a married African American man from Laurel, Mississippi who was accused of raping a white woman in 1945. His trial, which ended in a sentencing of the death penalty, was the inspiration for Harper Lee’s famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. – Malcom X

Witt Lowry uses several poetic devices to convey the explicit and implicit message to his audience. To start off with, he states that it is important to stay optimistic during hardships, thus developing the implicit message. Symbolism is used in:“I’ve been looking for a light in the darkness of night.” In this case, light symbolizes truth, while night represents suffering and pain.

Each world of nations will ultimately result in the fulfillment of God’s purpose. “history is the rational structure of the truth of the Absolute, unfolding, becoming manifest, being revealed in time to finite spirit. And as this rational structure reveals itself dialectically in time it exhibits God’s plan for the world.” So everything that has happened in history and everything that will happen is all part of God’s goal for humanity. T.Z. Lavine mentions that Hegel must be crazy to think events such as that during the time of Napoleon and the suffering of the German people and other evils are part of God’s plans but Hegel does not deny the evils of history he calls it a slaughter-bench. He says the reason all of the human suffering happens

In May 2008, the media, both electronic and print, were flooded with reports of the murder of thirteen year old Aarushi Talwar in the suburbs of Nodia. It was given its due from the press. Everyone was confused and was searching for numerous mysterious questions that were answered. This is a natural human reaction in such circumstances but in this age of connectivity and the number of news channels, blogs and internet sites the murder transformed into a macabre and voyeuristic interest into every detail and rumor about the case.