White Picket Fence Society

I will start by looking at the poem called Tree in the City by Thomas Shapcott and what is revealed about suburban life by it. Initially, the poem appears to be depicting a positive outlook on suburban life, and its integration with nature, and having not lost the connection to it that children have had for years. While remaining ambiguous in its ideas, upon closer inspection, there are numerous occasions where the poet is insinuating how nature is fading out as the buildings of urban life take over. As can be seen here (the screen) by the highlighted words, the poem focuses on the restrictions and changes that urban life has made to nature, as well as how important this fading element is. For example, “small span” refers to how the city branches of

For example, ours grew too big. Em’s is too small. And some of them have diseases…” (Condie 252). These trees pose a threat to the Society for they do not conform to their rules and this quote reflects this very notion in many instances throughout the novel. The narrator explains, “You’ve never seen me in anything but brown or black…Brown plainclothes. Black swimwear” (Condie 274). All citizens must comply with the rules and wear the colour clothes that have been assigned to their class. All citizens are only allowed to carry one artifact as well, “Though citizens of the Society are allowed one artifact each, they are hard to come by” (Condie 5). While it seems like an attempt to maintain societal equality, it really isn’t in the best interest of the citizens but rather the authorities in power. It is actually how the Society demeans civilians, stripping them of personal freedoms, rights, and choices. For this reason, the trees in this scenario are different sizes and some have diseases, similar to how the residents are divided by job statuses such as nutrition specialists and Officials, as well as societal classes such as Aberration and Anomalies. Despite these differences, all inhabitants have choices made for them; when and if they will be Matched, what they will eat, and when they will

“Disneyland will never be completed, it will continue to grow as long as there is imagination in the world.”-Walt Disney. Imagineering, imagining and engineering put together.

Racial segregation can lead to unpredictable circumstances and complications in your family. Troy Maxon was the protagonist in the book called Fences . In this book Troy uses baseball to show his way of love and responsibilities of his family. Troy had a amazing baseball career of hitting balls over the fence, but then one day that ended. Cory which is Troy’s son loves football and wants to continue to play it, but Troy is not to happy with it. To show significance of baseball in his life he put fences up around where he lives to protect him and his family from the racism. One major part of the story is family is important to Troy ,but he does not treat them like they are suppose to be treated, and this has a big effect on how he is treated

In “Courage” by Anne Pexton the writer talks about how when a person is bullied they show courage by dealing with it and not letting it get to them. People will bully other people but they can’t let it bother them; “When they called you crybaby/ or poor or fatty or crazy/ and made you into an alien,/ you drank their acid/ and concealed it.” When someone bullies you, you have to ignore it and conceal it which shows courage because if you were to let it bother you and not do

True bravery is when you’re aware that the odds are against you, however, you have the ability to persevere through it. Even though you don’t want to complete the task ahead of you, an inner force brings you the motivation to do it. Sincere courageousness doesn’t always entail violence; in fact, courage comes from the choices made within that affect yourself or those around you. The outcome may not always be to your advantage, but

The sociological issue depicted in the video The New Ghettos of America is deviance. This is any belief, characteristic or action that members of a societal group consider a violation of group norms and that the person who violated these norms will be punished. One example of deviance from the video is the increase in crime in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. There are two cops in the video that talk about having to take twenty-four hour shifts most of the week to at most keep the crime under control because they haven’t even made a dent in solving the problems with drug and gang violence crime. Another example is the woman in Los Angeles who lost her son because gang members came into the house and shot him in his bed while he was unarmed.

“Like circus performers, we smear on makeup to become someone else. Far beyond applying a little lip gloss or hair dye, our mask attempts to cover up who we really are. Our mask attempts to cover up who we really are […] what we’ve been through, what we know to be important, and what we are afraid to share with others”. (O’Leary, 36) John O’Leary focuses heavily on the concept of taking off our masks in his inspirational book, On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life. What O’Leary means by this analogy is that we should all break the barriers which we have erected to protect ourselves from the world, walls that were built after being hurt, experiencing something traumatic, or perhaps after being betrayed. However, such walls oftentimes do not benefit ourselves in the way that we may wish. Instead, more often than not, our masks do the opposite, and they isolate us from what we as humans need most: friendship, companionship, and love.

One of the biggest debates in sports right now is whether or not college athletes should be paid. They spend an extensive amount of time between classes, workouts, practices, and games. As an NCAA Division III athlete, I can relate to having a demanding schedule. Everybody has to go to their classes and practice every day. In addition, we have skill workouts between classes depending on the day, as well as lifting four days per week in the offseason and two days per week during the season. It is important to keep in mind that the schedule of a Division I athlete would be even more strenuous. On top of that, a school’s athletic teams are the face of the school. For many people, the only

If we look at the Native American civilizations they were very advanced in nature sciences, philosophy and we can see sustainable practices in every aspect of life. Unlike theirs we do not let philosophy judge how our society works and only a small few practice sustainable actions. I would not go as far as calling cutting down trees murder but I do think a problem in our society is taking too much and this causes many environmental hazards. Vast amounts of toxic materials are unearthed and left to wreak havoc on the environment they have been left in, entire forests are cut down for whatever reasons and tossed into a cycle that has no return for the ecosystem. The ideas of sustainability and animacy have been around for centuries, so it is only a matter of time before we come to accept and practice them once

Society is not doing enough to be 100% sure that our world will not run out of trees. Trees are harvested everyday and are turned into a number of different goods. These goods consist of paper, flooring, furniture, and many others. These goods are produced in massive numbers, and think about how many trees it takes up. There is no physical way to keep up with the amount of trees being chopped down by planting others because it takes many years for a single tree to even reach the six foot mark in height.

Courage is something that is very hard to have, because it takes very little to break someone’s self confidence and courage but it takes a lot of strength to gain courage after someone has taken or broken yours because of something that they did. In the book “speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson a girl named Melinda loses her trust and confidence because of someone who took advantage of her, this led her to call the police during a party which ended up ruining her reputation at her high school. Throughout the book it takes a lot of courage for Melinda to speak and trust herself again, this story of Melinda shows how even small acts of courage can lead to happiness as they build up. It is important to be courageous because it will make

Several scholars agreed that Fences is about the hardships that Troy Maxson face because of racial discrimination. Fred Mazelis mentions that before the mass civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s, racism and discrimination were a part of the world. Troy came to Pittsburgh during his teenage years along the Great Migration of African-Americans from the South (). Being in prison gave him opportunities to try new things in his spare time. Which resulted in him becoming a professional baseball player among the black community. He had promised being one of the top players in the Negro League, but because of racism, he was not allowed to join the Major Leagues.

The Wilderness Society’s Governing Council states that “No other ecosystem in the world can store as much carbon as do these forests, and it’s a capacity they have not yet begun to reach” (Bert5). Trees are very important to all of the living species. The cutting down of the trees is now nearly 4 billion trees or 35% of the total trees cut around the

I am appealing to you as a conservationist. I believe that the natural resources of the forest can be of great help to us. As we experience this oil and gas crisis in the US, we are forced to import oil from foreign countries. Thus causing the cost of