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Reality is a perception that organizes how people relate and organize the world. The Paracingulate sulcus is a structure in the brain that is associated with our monitoring of what is reality and what is not. With out this monitoring system people end up with disorders such as schizophrenia. The New York Times interprets the results of a study published by the University of Cambridge and University of Melbourne on the effects of the Paracingulate sulcus on how people monitor what is reality. The

(2000) provides readers with stories of women’s lives who have returned to college through Smith College’s Ada Comstock Scholars Program. These stories intertwine with evidence supporting the implied claim; the typical college student is no longer the 18 to 20 year old. Providing intimate details about the lives of these diverse women, Rimer leaves the reader admiring their triumph over gendered expectations of generations past by going back to college. Rimer hooks the reader immediately in the

it easier for the reader to become involved in his feelings. Chance's simple ideas about everyday living are so childlike that not f eeling sorry for him seems nearly impossible. The movie, however, cannot convey Chance's thoughts to the viewer, therefore making the same situations almost comical. Well along in the book, EE does her best to seduce Chance. He doe s not know at all how to react to this kind of behavior. Chance's childlike qualities shine through as the reader is able to sense

“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins is a reflection on how readers should read poetry. This poem is about how readers should take the time to understand and explore poetry. In addition, Billy Collins, also, states that readers should not torture poems and ignore the significance each stanza represents, but dissect, enjoy, and appreciate the journey they will take while reading poetry. “Introduction to Poetry” is a guide to readers in how to take more time enjoying poetry and learning to understand

Mat Johnsons novel, Pym challenges readers not only to view his work with a new set of eyes but also the work of all American literature with the understanding that the idea of Whiteness still has a very strong power over literature today. It is unfortunate that in today’s society, the pathology of Whiteness still holds a very strong presence in literary world. Literature from American authors versus literature from African American authors still continues to be segregated and handled with two different

adaptation is done willingly, and is the key to survival. In Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, different fictional characters are used to bring the reader into the Indian culture, and show how each individual’s stories affect the others. Through these stories, she presents the reader with the idea that change is what you make of it, and changing while not always a choice is important to the way each person lives their lives. Through characters like Mrs.Sen, and Mr

It moves the reader past merely “what” another thinks about a particular topic, and into higher forms of learning that develop “why” one thinks the way they do. Insight Gained from Reading First, as previously stated, this reviewer’s deficient venture into books of this

The discipline of applied sciences has been around for many thousands of years. Over time, the writings in the discipline have evolved along with the progressive discoveries and advancements. From this, a well-refined template to structure writings off of has been developed. Subsections of this discipline have been able to take this template and run with it, modifying it to fit the specific needs and values of their individual discourse communities. Kinesiology, as one of these subsections in it’s

The poem "Our Son Swears He Has 102 Gallons of Water in His Body" is a poem used to challenge the mind of the reader. It makes the reader look farther into the meaning of things. This challenges not only your intuition, but your symbolism abilities as well. The author, Naomi Shihab Nye, seems to be portraying the average adolescent's thoughts of their parents. The poem is about a young man, his damaged relationship with his parents and the quest to mwnding its impairments. The poem is about an

they had been/attacked repeatedly by a succession /of wild animals,” “never/ ending blasted field of corpses,” and “throats half gone, /eyes bleeding, raw meat heaped/ in piles.” These are the vividly, grotesque images Edward Mayes describes to readers in his poem, “University of Iowa Hospital, 1976.” Before even reading the poem, the title gave me a preconceived idea of what the poem might be about. “University of Iowa Hospital, 1976” describes what an extreme version of what I expected the poem