You ever been peer pressured into something you regret? Let me tell you about the time when I was peer pressured to jump off a bridge. It was my sophomore year summer, the scene around me was spirit-lifting, clouds were latched to the unending sky. So a couple of buddies and I decided to go swimming, we searched far and wide and we wanted to jump rocks. So my friend Ivan suggested we go to Jones Creek. I have only heard of Jones Creek once or twice from people at school, but haven’t actually had the chance to go. So we packed our stuff, threw it in the car and headed towards Jones Creek. My body was ecstatic with joy as I have never been cliff jumping. It was about an hour out from Hillsboro, a little bit pass tillamook.
With the advancement of poverty in the United States it is time to solve the homeless situation. Thousands of Americans are homeless and taking up space on the city’s streets. A simple solution to this problem would be to allow the homeless to reside in landfills. They would be able to sort through the waste to find appropriate cardboard boxes to live in. This could also be used as a form of employment allowing them to sort through recycling to improve the environment. It is also a statistical fact that many Americans throw away food that goes untouched. Not only would they have a permanent residence of their choosing but this also insures that they would have plenty of food to maintain their strength to sort trash.
Social media is addictive. Tweet - #Addicted. Facebook – Like my selfie. Snapchat – Snap me. I found myself on a painful and destructible path that consumed my life, without realising that I too was playing that game of seeking external validation through social media. I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel and realised - We should start living in the real world. We should banish living in virtual reality and become interactive with people again.
Although Alexander Pope's, "The Rape Of The Lock" and Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" are both witty satires, they differ on their style, intention, and mood.
I enjoyed reading your post for this week’s discussion board forum. I may have to say that your thoughts are good thoughts; never think that you’re thinking too deeply. Deep thoughts carry stronger outputs, remember that. First, I would like to say that I didn’t think about poverty, immigrants and human trafficking until you stated this in your feedback. Immigrants and human trafficking is extremely important when it comes to VDPV being seen in the United States. There are so many scenarios when individuals are not able to get the required vaccination to keep them from contracting and spreading diseases. I believe that God wants us all to be protected from the harm of earthly diseases, but what are we to do for those who are in difficult circumstances.
Popular television shows aids to heavily influence American audiences, perpetuating, and problematic ideas about homosexuality. Not all mainstream media adheres to traditional social ideas. South Park uses satire to deconstruct heteronormative views on homosexuality. Therefore, homosexuality is accepted more widespread through use of mainstream media.
Do you like to read sports book, then this is your book, well this book is filled with action, drama and tons of problems and sports events.
Have you ever witnessed something that was so absurd yet convincingly real? If you have, the Onion, a satirical news organization, may help recreate that feeling with some of their videos and articles. Published in 2011 on the Onion’s website and on YouTube, the video “College Basketball Star Heroically Overcomes Tragic Rape He Committed” satirizes how lightly people who commit rape are punished, and their crime even forgotten about. The video, employs the use of clever satire to convince the audience unfamiliar with the Onion that the report is real, while having implicit meanings and messages about rape culture in the United States. While the video still speaks
78 year old comedian, actor, producer and director, Bill Cosby, has recently been accused of molesting and drugging over 50 women. Media has been hearing many stories from potential victims about how Cosby has been sexually assaulting them behind closed doors for the past few decades. People have been hearing the facts and stories from the victims, Cosby and prosecution from each side, how Cosby’s prosecution is trying everything in their will to drop the cases and how they have been treating the potentially victims throughout this whole process. Bill Cosby has been charged of sexual assault over the past two years. At least 50 women have come out to speak of the harmful things Cosby has been doing behind closed doors.
The five foot brown hair sneaks into the home of Kierstyn Jones . A twenty year old blonde who works full time at the slaughter house . Nakita waits in the corner of the hallway in the dark , holding a syringe in her hand , filled with a small dose of Etorphine . This drug mainly used on large animals , Nakita uses to knock her victims out instantly , so there is no cause of struggle for her strength . Kierstyn comes from the kitchen holding a warm glass of milk , Nakita knocks against the wall , making Kierstyn turn towards the sound. “ Hello?” She walks toward the noise , out of the darkness Nakita grabs her by the mouth , sticking the syringe in her neck , knocking her out in seconds . Nakita drags her sleeping body into the bedroom floor , she strips her naked , taping her arms and ankles together and last placing a piece over her mouth. She begins to undress herself in front of the sleeping body awaiting for her to awake.
Child Soldiers, what i’ll write about is children recruited under the age of 18 and fight in war against other countries, and whether they should be Prosecuted or Amnesty.
Humour and satire are two concepts that are both wide ranging and diverse, from dark, to light hearted, with each producing a different effect. Humour in the main, is something that is used to please the audience, its function is to invoke laughter amongst its audience. Satire is used to create a comical critical view of the subject at hand, this can range from a light hearted comical way, to a judgemental way, with each style giving the text a different meaning, however this does not mean that satire cannot be humorous, which can evident in the use of parody and irony within texts. Within literature both concepts play an important role to how the text is viewed, humour can include word play, grammatical jokes, to even inside jokes with the author and reader, and with satire, including that of irony and parody, with each style and type delivering humour in its own unique way. These differing styles of humour can be found in a variety of forms including Jasper Forde’s The Eyre Affair (2001), with its silly atmosphere, word play and grammar jokes, and the use of light hearted satire and parody to brighten up the text, and Julian Barnes A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (1989), where there is a more serious atmosphere, with a more critical, satirical eye on history and characters, as well as using irony to achieve its comical effect, and the position of the world. Each text is humorous and satirical in its own right, and with each author using different techniques to
After watching Word Crimes by Weird Al, I noticed through the use of comedy and modern references that the purpose of the video was to encourage better use of grammar while teaching proper grammar along the way. The target audience is a younger crowd probably in their teens. This audience would understand the modern references made. Some of the modern references are the text message boxes appearing on the bottom of the screen, the entire video paralleling to a modern song by Robin Thicke, and the multiple social media comments such as twitter. A major theme in the piece is that it is a parody to a popular song and through comedy it gets our attention. This piece was written with no intention for this to be seen five years or later because of