Sam Norton's When Push Comes To Shove

In The Perils of Obedience, Stanley Milgram introduces us to his experimental studies on the conflict between one’s own conscience and obedience to authority. From these experiments, Milgram discovered that a lot of people will obey a figure in authority; irrespective of the task given - even if it goes against their own moral belief and values. Milgram’s decision to conduct these experiments was to investigate the role of Adolf Eichmann (who played a major part in the Holocaust) and ascertain if his actions were based on the fact that he was just following orders; as most Germans accused of being guilty for war crimes commonly explained that they were only being obedient to persons in higher authority.

or this project we viewed the original 1957 version of Twelve Angry Men, an American Drama, adapted from the teleplay written by Reginald Rose with the same name starring Henry Fonda as the lead role.

COLLAPSE by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question, “What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?”

An issue that has been circulating is whether or not to conform. Rob Siltanen says, “... The ones who see things differently. They 're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can 't do is ignore them. Because they change thing.[...]” ( cited) What he says is agreeable because the one that does not conform, will be the one that changes themselves,their society and even their future. This matter is an open topic of debate because one may agree that an individual does not need to conform to society 's ideals in order to find their happiness or be successful in life.

In the novel Hatchet by gary paulsen,A boy named Brian gets stranded in a forest and having, no food he reacts to some things a little different it states in the text “But when he brought a cupped hand to his mouth and felt the cold water trickle past his cracked lips and over his tongue he could not stop. He had never not even on his long bike trips in the hot summer, been this thirsty. It was as if the water was more than water, as if the water had become all life, and he could not stop. He stooped and put his mouth to the lake drank and drank, pulling it deep and swallowing great gulps of it. He drank until his stomach was swollen, until he nearly fell of the log with it, then he rose and stagger-tripped his way back to the bank.” This

In his book Collapse, Jared Diamond gives you an in depth look at societies you may or may not be familiar with and shows you the secrets to their success or failure using his personal 5-point framework. I enjoyed this book and thought he made a lot of good points and had convincing evidence to back it up. While reading you could really tell he knew a lot about the areas he discussed because of the depth he went into with details and descriptions. One complaint I would have about the book is the length he went to in the detailed descriptions, at some points I felt he went too far and got a little wordy and with as much as he gave you are left with almost no questions or curiosity. There were a few terms he uses in the book like

had other traits that might had excited the audience like for one thing, his humorous

Is it right to be nice to a person that was mean to you in the past? Many people will say no you should do what they did to you, and make them see how you felt in the past. In the story The Bully by Roger Dean Kiser, it’s the opposite, you should be nice to a person that was mean to you. The story The Bully is about the protagonist Roger; back in middle school he uses to get bullied by Tony. As time passed the have met again in their late age in life at a restaurant, but Tony is in a wheel chair and Roger is nice to Tony. Despite their unstable past. Roger is a kind person and will not keep a grudge even towards other people that have bullied him in the past.

I bring activeness, as well I would keep chat clean from arguments, spamming, and advertisers. As well I would bring a calm, freindly environment to the board and answer questions for new or even veteran players. I don't keep grudges against one person because it could lead to terrible things in the future. I know personally becoming a Trial helper will be a big responsibility because of the amount of players that join and play on Arkham daily. I would like this role as Trial aswell because it could teach me new things, and help me with growing responsibility even more.

The literary element setting includes the time when the story happens and location where the story takes place. Some stories use variety of settings to initiate an interesting beginning. However, the 12 Angry Man has only one fixed setting – the jury room, which is not commonly used in a novel. The author, Reginald Rose, overcomes the limitation in setting by describing changes in weather, initiating different types of character and imitating the events of the murder.

While twenty-nine years has passed since its release, Spike Lee’s 1989 film Do The Right Thing remains a tragically relevant tale of race relations, heated confrontations, and police violence. As the sweltering summer heat rises in the black Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, racial tensions escalate between the locals and the Italian-Americans. Characters sweat and scream, fight and fend, dance and die. On screen, Spike Lee depicts a 1989 Brooklyn that acts as a magnified view of what was happening politically and socially outside the theater. Coupled with Public Enemy’s 1989 hit “Fight the Power,” Do The Right Thing acts as a artistic acknowledgment of the various forces that oppressed minority groups in the 1980’s. Spike Lee uses “Fight the Power” as a musical leitmotif to bring attention a theme of racial tension and power imbalances within society. The leitmotif becomes the film’s theme song, intensifying moments of conflict and narrating dialogue-free scenes to explore abuses of power.

What person have you put yourself in the place of? I put myself in the place of the man on the first boat you see. He is on the far left side by the edge. He has a bow and a shield, and he is wearing all gray armor.

Stephen Crane was born on November 1st, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the fourteenth child of a famous writer/ suffragist Mary Helen Peck Crane (Bio.com). Stephen was raised by his older sister Agnes who pushed him to attend a preparatory school at Claverack College. Later in his life, he would spend two years as a college student, studying at Lafayette College and Syracuse University. In 1895, Stephen published a Red Badge of Courage which showed the emotional experiences of a soldier during the civil war (Bio.com).Critiques were shocked at the amount of detail and realism that Crane added to his work, especially since he had never been in battle before, he referred to battles as “skirmishes on the football field”, (Dooley). Since

“I don’t speak. I’m sorry,” (Foer 30) is a phrase frequently written by Thomas Schell Sr., a character in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, after he survives the traumatic Dresden bombing. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer explores a different traumatic experience, the effect of Thomas Jr.’s death in 9/11 on his son Oskar. After his father’s death, Oskar seeks understanding and comfort in his search for the lock to fit the key left to him by his father. Similarly, Bruce Springsteen’s album The Rising examined the many ways people find comfort after a disaster, particularly after the 9/11 attacks. The common theme of seeking comfort after a loss is demonstrated in both Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and The Rising as a literal journey and as a search for physical and emotional human connection, although The Rising emphasizes finding comfort in religion.

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