How Vainly Love Analysis

Many are rich many are poor many have money many don’t. Have you ever had a moment where you did something selfish for desperation of money and karma hit you right back with a right hook?. And felt regret towards yourself. In the short story “Why, You Reckon” the author uses irony and dialogue, to show the audience that money can't buy happiness.

When people are in love it blinds them from consequences that can change their lives for example when daisy hits Myrtle and Gatsby says “Was daisy driving.’

I disagree with Lauren Slater’s theory that throughout a person's life, one will only surround themselves with ideas and people similar to their own because, it is easy to see that people enjoy controversy and over the course of our lives, our beliefs and ideas can change.

In this chapter, the author says that pretending could help us develop the behavior God desires of us. In other words, by pretending to be a decent human being even if he is not, one begins to develop into that reality. To illustrate his point, Dr. Lewis refers to what happens when we say our prayers. He explains that when we kneel down and say our prayers, we say "Our Father." At this juncture, he says that you assume the role of a Son of God and in a sense, you are pretending since you realize you are not a Son of God. Nonetheless, pretending is not always terrible; it can, occasionally, lead us to worthwhile outcomes. Consequently, when we pretend, we seize an opportunity to practice those virtues, and over time, those virtues may become a reality. Also by pretending, Dr. Lewis says,

In the article, “Ferguson mourners urged to take role in changing U.S. race relations” by Kurtis Lee, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, and Tina Susman of the Los Angeles Times, it is asserted using description and dialogue that nobody is going to help them if they do not help themselves. Lee, Hennessy-Fiske, and Susman first develop their claim through description. An example of this is, “Sharpton’s message to the crowd gathered inside the church, in [overflowing] rooms, and outside in the searing heat, was that Brown’s death must mark the beginning of a change, not only in the justice system but in the role African-Americans play in making it happen” (para 8). This quote illustrates how important civil rights is and how many people are

“Hell You Talmbout”, a new protest song from Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland collective, is striking in its simplicity. Monáe (along with fellow Wondaland member Jidenna) made headlines yesterday for marching in Philadelphia against police brutality, and this song sounds like an extension of that march. Drums dominate the scene; they are at once tribal but organized, like a powerfully primal marching band. The lyrics are simple as well, but there’s nothing more to say - “Walter Scott - say his name! Jerame Reid - say his name! Philip White - say his name!” Three men who died at the hands of police, all in the last year; all three are widely considered to have been unfairly killed. These are not the only three, either. Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Sean Bell, Freddie Gray, Aiyana Jones, Sandra Bland, Kimani Grey, John Crawford, Michael Brown, Miriam Carey, Sharonda Singleton, Emmett Till, Tommy Yancy, Jordan Baker, and Amadou Diallo make up the rest of the verses. Their deaths range from days gone by, where racism

Visiting Barnard's Youtube channel and watching the video, 'Brilliantly Imperfect', I saw scrawled across a Muslim woman's graduation cap the statement, "children who carry the heartbeats of their motherland.” I thought about my parents and the journey we made from Egypt. Though they never had the opportunity to attend college, I could fulfill that dream for them. I could be like that Muslim woman.

In my opinion from watching the documentary and videos and what I have read in the book --- The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk is that I am glad that someone took the time and effort to figure out what most of what humans learn from is from the environment more so than genes. Genetic differences do exist and they do matter tremendously. Most of us don’t know what our true genetics are. One common characteristic in all successful adults is that some point in their lives they come to realize how much of the process of improvement is in their own control. People that understand that achieving success has to do with process and skill building are more ambitious and they do better. There is a big difference between what statistics tell you about genes and what biology tells you about genes. For example: Epigenetics introduce the concept of free will into our idea of genetics. Then there is Gene Expression which is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. Another is Gene Environment interaction which is the phenotypic effect of interactions between genes and the environment. As stated in the textbook: “Intelligence,” as they have seen can mean many things. But however we define or measure it; clearly some people think and behave more intelligently than others. What

In the article The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do written by Scott Adams, before society learned to adapted to the electronic technologies and new innovations that were being created every individual was more creative and could process more meaningful thoughts. Since our society is so dependent on distractions like televisions, phones, and computers everyone now lacks the creativity they all once had as a child due to the lack of boredom they all face upon in their everyday lives.

Once a person encounters the feeling of judgement, we as human beings become afraid and tend to avoid the risk of awkwardness, embarrassment, and rupture. However, avoiding feeling humiliated is the least because it all comes down to how you see yourself. There are two main pieces, ‘Disgraced’ by Ayad Akhtar and ‘Aria’ by Richard Rodriguez, present the difficulty of discovering ones true individuality along with all the assumptions, conflicts, and constrains that people influence on your life. However, it is not impossible to accept your culture identity and where you come from and at the same time be part of your society and have power over yourself.

People have different opinions about facts, people and other things. They might have come from different background, but they might have same judgement on somethings. In the article, the author used Bill O’Reilly and bell hooks (She does not her name to be the focus. Instead she wants her work to be noticed.) Bill O’Reilly is a host of Fox News Channel and The O’Reilly Factor. On the other hand bell hooks is known for being a feminist and social activist. Both of them have different point of view on somethings, but they definitely have similar perspective towards Beyoncé. O’Reilly has stated that a lot of teenagers, especially Black teenagers, make Beyoncé their idol. They want to do what she is showing and reviling about

and she did a thing that reminded him of her mom when they meet. He’s an abuser that made him feel like attacking because now he seen his daughter as weak. Pecola not only did she get raped once but twice by her own father. Pecola in the novel asked Claudia “how do you do that? I mean, how do you get somebody to love you?”

Pecola’s ultimate goal is to find someone to love and care for her. This idea is demonstrated in the book when Pauline, who “regarded love as possessive mating, and romance as the goal of the spirit” expresses her values with Pecola (122). She convinces her that she must desire love and introduces her to “probably the most destructive idea in the history of human thought”, physical beauty (122). Feeling as though she cannot fulfill society’s standard of female beauty, Pecola feels hopeless in her search for love. Even the toys she plays with do not resemble her making her feel so much less than adequate or even worthwhile - she clearly believes that valuing the majority culture’s view is best. This is why Pecola becomes infatuated with the adoration the young television star Shirley Temple receives because of her beauty. Unlike Pecola, Claudia rejects the girls adoration for Shirley Temple valuing her own looks and feelings over what she represents. Her self esteem is clearly not as damaged as

In Don’t Act Crazy, Mindy the author takes a look at women characters in television. Character after character, we as readers start to notice an alarming pattern. Most of the women of these shows have some kind of “crazy” in them. We realize that their strengths and abilities in fact go hand in hand with their flaws. One of the characters that the author brings up is Leslie Knope, from Parks and Rec. First off let me begin by saying how much I enjoy that show, not only is a funny but the writing is clever. At first glance, I would say that Leslie is a women who is inspiring to all women. She is extremely hard working, smart, caring and determined to help the parks department (historically a failed part of government in the show). After mentioning

According to Klein, people selflessly give because they not only care about the issue, but believe the solution is the correct one (Klein, 2011). My experiences in giving based on Klein’s statement were definitely the reason I gave in the first place. I have been fortunate to give to many causes. I gave to my church to fund a certain event, I also gave to support those in another country that is less fortunate and destitute, and then there were smaller events like toy drives during the holidays.