Suspicious Dreams Noga Sklar The other day, a dear friend told me, sounding very excited, that she had attended a thought-provoking fundraising to support the candidacy of Democrat Bernie Sanders for President of the United States. “You would have loved it,” she wrote me. “If we succeed, we will go to Washington D.C., imagine that.” She was right. As much as I try to deny it, I have seen and understood over the years that I am indeed a political animal. And Sanders, a former hippie and left-wing activist, would be, in theory, one of those subjects who grew up with the ideals that we used to cherish in our days of youth, an extra chance to contradict John Lennon proving that “the dream is not over,” if you know what I mean, a tiny chance similar to the one that, in my opinion, Obama tragically wasted, with his platform of unity and change, which only resulted in a division that seems increasingly fierce. But I could be wrong. The problem is that my friend was also wrong, and I wouldn’t have enjoyed that event at all. Moreover, I am opposed to this whole speech that Bernie Sanders intends to keep alive, even though, deep down at the bottom, I see him as a less harmful alternative to “Hurricane Hillary” — don’t ask me where I got this metaphor from, because I don’t know, all I know is that it came to my mind and I accepted it. I must confess. …show more content…
The only way out of this situation is to limit ourselves to our own ability to dream, to realize our private dreams; and that would not include by any means the global decisions about security, terrorism, economy and the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, something that John Lennon (I checked a few moments back) describes very well in his verses, take a peak: “I just believe in me, Yoko and me, and that’s reality,” the very same reality that took it all away from him a short time later. Likewise, I just believe in me, Alan and me, and that’s
Again, this leads many people, including myself, to assume that this is a great organizing opportunity for those who are engaged in more radical forms of political activism. Moreover, if/when Sanders gets beat by Clinton, it will be in a particularly nasty fashion, hence the opportunity to talk to his supporters about alternative political parties will be ripe.
Brian has a hatchet survival pack and it's getting colder in the forest of Canada. In Brian's winter by Gary Paulsen Brian has to get food stay warm and clothes make a shelter and get water. And in the how he can survive the whole winter.
One assignment I’ve done well on this year is the letter we wrote to Anne Northrup. In the letter we had to use primarily: ethos, pathos, and logos to convince Mrs.Northrup to do something we would like her to do. On this particular assignment, my improvement on using these rhetorical devices was evident. I chose to use this assignment as backing evidence for my improvement on the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, because this it contains the best evidence for me to do so. All the rhetorical devices I used were highly effective such as these: “Aren’t college owners rich enough already?” and “Would free college for all U.S. citizens hurt owners even in the slightest way?”.
The Enlightenment was a period of time during the second half of the 18th century of new concepts and ideas aimed to advance European society by using rational thinking and logic. The ideas presented during this period focused on changing the way we view our world and the people who live in it. The two scholars who formed the foundations of the Enlightenment, Isaac Newton and John Locke, concentrated on two different subjects, but they both greatly influenced our way of thinking. Another leader in the enlightenment who introduced another facet into our way of thinking is Pierre Bayle. Bayle mainly focused on religion and whether religious intolerance is justified. Adam Smith applied another way of thinking to the science of economics. All
Within Twenge’s argument she consistently uses pathos, ethos, and logos. When talking to Athena, a 13-year-old girl who lives in Houston, Texas, about how smartphones have affected her life directly Twenge consistently employs pathos. They discuss her favorite songs, TV shows, and what activities she enjoys with her friends. Relating back to emotion, Twenge remembers from her own days where she would “enjoy a few parents- free hours shopping with her [my] her friends.” Athena admits “ It kind of hurts” when she is with her friends “and they don’t actually look at my [her] face.” Even with no parental supervision, technology still takes away from interactions of friends. Twenge’s research on the iGeneration has shown that this generation is
To add on, O’Brien lacks the knowledge and skill to help others, making him egocentric. It is sensible to state this due to his inability to be selfless and rid his mind of vain thoughts. O’Brien strongly believes that he “was too good for [the] war, he was too smart, too compassionate, too everything” (41). This hyperbole, an exaggeration, exhibits that O’Brien only thinks of himself and does not want to go to war because it does not benefit his future at all. He is unable to understand the nation’s need for his presence in Vietnam due to his uncontrollable anger which blinds him from an opportunity to help those who are hurting and are in need of help from people such as him. Additionally, his anger also resonates from his envious thoughts, which is caused by what he suggests is an unjust government.
New Balance comes at its audience in this new ad on YouTube.com with intent of drawing in multiple groups of patrons to their gear with the simple message “Beta”. Beta is defined on the webpage of the commercial as, “Beta is a state of being. A choice to never stop. Driven by the relentless desire to improve. Beta means constantly innovating. Evolving. And Pushing. Beta means improving upon yesterday. And always being better tomorrow”(). The advertisement that sells the product of New Balance is effective because of its rhetorical appeals: logos, ethos, pathos, and its logical fallacies: bandwagon and weasel words.
In an attempt to bring awareness about distracted driving to viewers, AT&T has decided to show a different perspective about the issue. Drivers who chose to display reckless behavior while driving are often viewed as careless, and irresponsible. However, many times even a responsible, caring person can make a bad decision and become distracted. This moment of bad judgment can lead to a tragic accident that will affect all those involved. The commercial The Unseen by AT&T used in their It Can Wait campaign is effective in getting their message across. Through the use of scare tactics and people’s emotions AT&T’s commercial; The Unseen is effective because it gets drivers to think twice before becoming distracted behind the wheel.
In the Democratic results of the New Hampshire primaries, Bernie Sanders’s win against Hillary Clinton was although well predicted, still a surprising win. Throughout this entire campaign trail, many people believed Hillary was a straight win for the
Significant Quote: “What you have to do, Sanders said, is trust your own story. Get the hell out of the way and let it tell itself.” (106)
As the election creeps increasingly closer nervous liberal onlookers had all their attention on the Democratic National Convention. On Monday, the 25th of July, Bernie Sanders approached the podium in the Philadelphia Convention Center to deliver his much anticipated speech. Although a formal announcement had not been made on the nominee, most individuals knew that the race was all but over for Mr. Sanders. With that being said, the audience which was overflowing with liberals, could not have been more upset with the imminent nomination outcome. The audience 's age gap varied but many of the crowd were in the 20-40 year old bracket. Given these points, my decision on the success of Sanders rhetoric will be given at the end of this paper.
John Nicholas interviewed Bernie Sanders for the Nation, a journal on politics, about his views on a few issues being addressed by the candidates (12-6). During the civil-rights movement, Sanders was a supporter of Martin Luther King Jr’s vision. A non-white person has the right to freedom, like any other person. To this present day, inequality and discrimination are a real issue. Police brutality against African-Americans is not new in this country. However, his main concern is that people know about inequality toward blacks, but does not know that the unemployment rate for the African-American youth is at fifty percent. (Nicholas 14) A percentage that high on unemployment rate is an economic problem for the country. Racism continues to exist in America. Racial equality is a vital issue to
The democratic debate stage almost bursted into flames when one of the hosts questioned Bernie Sanders’ eligibility to be called a democratic representative. He recounted the facts that Sanders had been the “longest serving independent in the United States Congress,” and only joined the Democratic Party recently. Sanders replied with an enumeration of his previous projects with the party during the time. He bravely confirmed those facts, and proved that even though he officially did not work with his current political party for a long amount, he still supported their ideas and projects. To support his claim, Sanders reminded that audience that he “caucused with the House [of Representatives] for 19 years,... caucused with the Senate for 9 years,... and was elected by the democrats to be the chair of the Veterans committee three years ago.” Sanders then mentioned the 50-states party strategy that revived Hillary Clinton’s voice against her rival. She acknowledged that it was former the Vermont Governor's idea, Howard Dean, to have the 50-states party system. Her turn to count the people supporting her presidency followed the small
Before discuss the rights and liabilities of the partners and Lemon International Limited, the issues are that meaning of partnership (s5), whether a partnership is involved even there is no written agreement, and if so who the partners are as it will make differences on the liabilities of partners to third party (s12) and the power of partner to bind the firm (s8) of the Partnership Act 1891 (Qld).
It is believed that certain drugs have an impact on users that make them want to continue to use and try harder drugs. There is said to be an order to which people use drugs because of the gateway drug theory. People think that most adolescents usually start out with alcohol or tobacco which is then a gateway to trying illegal drugs, such as marijuana, that causes them to then try a harsher drug like heroin or cocaine. In the article, it states how many people agree that “in vulnerable individuals, particularly teenagers, some drugs are likely to be a way to future addiction because the drugs play such a role in the adolescent’s development” (Gateway 429). This article shows that people think there is a connection between adolescents using alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana that makes them take the risk of moving onto cocaine and other illegal drugs. This is not true and there is no order in which teenagers begin to use drugs that will automatically compel them to attempt harsher drugs. An individual is highly likely to seek harder drugs because of certain factors in their life, not due to the impact of the drug on them. These factors could include stress in school where the student is pushed to maintain a good GPA. They could also be in a situation of peer pressure among their friends, where everyone around them is trying and using drugs so they feel the need to keep up with the social standard of belonging in the group. Another one could be the living situation of the