Essay

Fear has a certain power over people; it can control them and what they do. In the epic, Beowulf, Grendel carried a fear over the people of Herot; the fear that had kept them from their hall because they feared that Grendel would kill them. In today’s society, the fear of terrorism is similar. Many people fear that someday someone will come and take their life and others that they care about. In Beowulf, people stayed isolated from the hall, but now American people cannot just avoid prominent places that have been attacked. American people have to continue their lives and their day-to-day activities. Soldiers, police, and firefighters are like today’s society Beowulf. The King of the Geats came to Herot and gave people a sense of relief that they would not have to worry about Grendel anymore. Beowulf traveled to

Major events have crafted the United States and other nations into what they are today. Going from world wars in the 1940’s, to civil rights movements in the 1960’s, to extravagant national debt today, have all played a part in shaping our nation. Being from rural Mississippi, world news being made here is uncommon. We see all of our major news from televisions or newspapers, and this “news” is all happening elsewhere, far from here. Whether it is a good thing that we do not make the big news or not, the fear of uncertain events still lingers. From shootings in schools to bombings in cities, we are fortunate for being seemingly far from these dangers. Even though no physical effects pertain to me, mental pain and fear stays and leaves doubt

September 11, 2001 is a day that shook the United States to its core. Millions of Americans felt the pain, the loss, and the anger that came with the attack on their nation. It was a day of mourning, and when it comes to days of mourning it is difficult putting one’s pain into words. However, Leonard Pitts Jr. was able to move past the emotion. He put into his words, not only his own feelings, but the feelings of an entire nation. Pitts conveys the emotion felt after the terror attacks in his essay “Sept. 12, 2001: We’ll go forward from this moment” through his mournful, angry, and righteous tone.

List and describe the four force multipliers. How do terrorists us force multipliers? Give examples for each force multipliers.

To tackle the housing affordability, first of all, it is crucial to lift the supply of housing as it will release the pressure on the housing price. Nevertheless, the supply of housing is inelastic as it requires an adequate fund, time, approval from the Government. Besides, the housing system is heavily dependent on the private sector. Thus, the Government should provide initiatives for housing providers to shift the supply of houses in the market. Australia would follow the policies from other countries to tackle the housing affordability. However, it has to fit in the Australian context. These policies might work well in other places but it does not mean that it will be applicable in Australia. The Singapore Government has a public

1. Understand how legislation, frameworks, codes of practice and policies relate to positive behaviour support.

I learned quite a bit about the psychological impact of the Boston Marathon Bombing. After researching the effects, I realized how much trauma these innocent people went through during a moment that was supposed to be joyous. People that were healthy and filled with life were either severely injured or had there life taken away by a senseless act. Some of the injured victims will never be able to walk again, others, never able to see their loved ones again. Martin Richard, an 8-year old boy whose life was taken during the attack, will never get to see his family one more time. The amount of grief the Tsarnev brothers caused can never be taken back and it has left a psychological effect on the viewers and the victims – runners, adults and children.

People’s reaction throughout the U.S. is considered as a major effect. The entire nation, including governmental services, people in the rest of the country, fundraisers, and optimistic survivors made contribution as a thriving force to help victims and to keep Boston strong. Representing U.S. government, President Barack Obama gave public speeches after the attack, stating the bombings as a terror. He claimed that the government held the responsibilities of “get[ting] to the bottom of this” and would “find whoever harmed our citizens and bring them to justice” (“President Obama’s”). On April 20, the nation had half-staff flags throughout the nation as a respect for people traumatized in the bombing. In addition business and service including major stock markets spontaneously held moments of silence for victims in the Boston Marathon Bombings (Lane). People in the rest of country participated enthusiastically into the movement of helping Boston. Portland, Oregon had a Boston Remembrance Run on April 17 (Raymond). It is also known as the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon (Raymond). There was one rule applying to all runners, volunteers, as well as spectators. They were all required to wear red socks, which were Boston’s symbols (Raymond). More than 1,000 runners joined the remembrance run to support (Raymond). The Andrea Miles was proudly to state the success of this run, “As Oklahoman and folks participating in the OKC Memorial Marathon, we have such a deep connection to not only the marathon but the events from the Murrah bombing that have led to this memorial, so now we're not just running to remember the 168 people who were lost in 1995 but also to honor Boston and stand in solidarity with them”

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had a major impact on America. In a matter of moments, what began as a routine Tuesday morning was filled with “scenes of destruction and utter devastation” (Thompson, 2001, para. 1). “The official death toll from the World Trade Center attack currently stands at 2,753 people, including 343 members of the Fire Department” (Dunlap, 2016, para. 10). In the aftermath, life was put on hold. The events that occurred in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon that day affected life across the whole country, including sporting events. Horse racing, golf, soccer, hockey, baseball, football games, and more were all at a standstill, and were either being cancelled or postponed (Litsky, 2001). Hunter Thompson, a columnist for ESPN stated, “Football suddenly seemed irrelevant” (2001, para. 1). That day in United States history left mental, emotional, and physical scars across the nation.

On November 13th, 2013, terrorists attacked the Boston marathon, killing three and wounding more than 250. This attack wasn’t fatal, but it definitely caused some chaos. In a country so strong and running on pride, we wouldn’t let this act of hate scare us like it had twelve years earlier.

People question more hateful satire and ask “if we must use satire, can we not be gentler and more subtle?” (Ward). Religious hate does more than hurt the feelings of those it is directed towards; it also contributes to discrimination. Perhaps satire that is especially vindictive toward religions, particularly minority groups, should face consequences. Imprisonment for producing satire would be unreasonable, but small fines would be appropriate. Discrimination and hate deserve punishment, because free speech has its limits. Charlie Hebdo faced criticism from politicians who attacked what they believed were reckless and irresponsible drawings, although the magazine’s editor, Charbonnier, claimed that he is “not putting lives at risk” (Greenhouse). However, there is irony behind his statement. Just years after Charbonnier defended his illustration, the office of Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists and eight people were murdered, including Charb himself. They say that hindsight is 20/20, but once lives outside of the satirist are put in danger, it is the duty of this artist to do what is safe for

Filkins shows the fear when he says, “No one wanted to stand in a crowd anymore. No one wanted to stand in line anymore.” (174). This shows how not only some people fear the bombings, but that almost all people are scared, and it's stopping them to do normal daily tasks such as waiting to get food or going to a public area for shopping. Everyday bomb squads are outside checking for possible planted bombs and checking bombing that happened before. For Filkins to tell the story of a whole city in this chapter of the book, is remarkable alone. This adds to the message Filkins is trying to send, by giving examples of what happens, he can make us see almost what they saw and feel what they felt. Filkins writing is very effective in reinforcing his idea and gives it that extra punch to reach out to people to try and make them understand what is going on in the war. There are other ways he shows the people fear too. When Filkins writes, “I’d hear that sometimes. A suicide bomber is driving around the neighborhood, looking for a target; look out.” (173). These are only two sentences, but the message in them is

Likewise, when Obama referred to the scripture “God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but the power, love, and self-discipline”. The influence of saying this to the public lets every human have a sense of living in a safe environment, even though this act of terrorism just occurred. Also living with the idea of god giving us the power, compassion, and understanding, it allows Obama to develop the idea of an secure life in the United States. Since when this country is attack upon the people will continue to live a protected life. Along with this conceptional idea Boston “Welcomes people from all around the world to the Hub for friendship and fellowship and healthy competition; represented by all those flags that flew over the finish line”. The symbol of all those flags represents the life Americans are able to live safely, and the important message Obama wanted everyone to hear. This such country will always be safe, and will welcome everyone with friendships, and camaraderie to America. Since America, does not live in fear, America lives in the idea that the government will protect everyone within this country. Thus, through Obama`s remarks he foster democratic values to an important idea,

In order to explore these well-defined frames in the media, we have narrowed down the period to focus on the key events that have caused more recent responses in the media. To explore this, we will be using framing and cultivation theory to examine how individuals feel regarding the hashtags and compare this to how the media is portraying the movement in the media. As mentioned above, the BLM and ALM movement have been in the news off and on for a while. However, we have chosen to focus our study on the news regarding the BLM and ALM movements starting on February 24, 2015 through August 10, 2015. February 24, 2015 was chosen as the starting point as this was the day that the Justice Department announced that they were no longer pursuing a federal hate crime case relating to the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida (Berman &Horwitz 2015). This particular event helped the BLM movement gain momentum in the media and online. This allows us the opportunity to examine the frames during peak points in public interest and to include some more recent deaths that have been connected to the

Charlie Hebdo is a satirical weekly newspaper located Paris France. They consider themselves supporters of laïcité (secularism), far-left-wing, and anti-racist; and tend to make attacks on the far-right-winged politics, religion, and culture. Their extreme comics got them in to trouble on January 7, 2015. Shots were fired and killed twelve people, injured eleven more and struck terror in Paris and around the world. When police arrived at the scene a French National Police officer was also killed by the gunmen. Later the gunmen identified themselves as being a part of the ISIS terrorist group. I agree with specific principles of Charlie Hebdo; I am Charlie Hebdo because I like them support the freedom of expression, separation of church and