Averageness

We Need Gun Control   Baton Rouge, Lousiana--October 17, 1992--8:30 P.M....A Japanese exchange student, Yoshihiro Hattori, was searching for a party he had been invited to. Thinking he had found the house in which the social would take place, Yoshihiro knocked on the door. Not knowing that they had the wrong house Yoshihiro and his companion startled the proprietor. After having the front door shut in their face the two boys began walking back to Yoshihiro's car. Yoshihiro Hattori and his

Most stories are not just stories written to entertain the reader. Intentional or not, writers are often commentating on the world around them. Social commentary is interwoven in the fabric of novels, and it is often up to the reader to determine what they take away from any given work. Although written for entertainment’s sake, stories usually include the social or political views of the author and serve as a platform for their views to be made known. Aesop’s Fables and Grimm’s Fairytales

Many stories have been told throughout time regarding youth and it’s seemingly infallibility. Most young people feel invincible, but really it is their naivety and inability to understand the harsh concept of reality that enables this behavior. While a common theme in literature, John Updike gives the tale of youth a consumerist spin in “A&P”. Updike tells the story of Sammy the cashier, who see’s himself as superior to those around him and believes he will turn out nothing like the adults he’s surrounded

and intervene to turn it into one or the other possibilities” (165). De Maistre had to intervene in order to make this possible future a reality, he was frustrated that many scenes that are deemed ordinary go unnoticed by the public due to its averageness (62). De Maistre took it upon himself to stop viewing the world as boring and instead decided to admire everything just by looking at what was in front of him. In doing so he viewed the world in alternative ways. Imagining something in another setting

Aristotle and Heidegger Allowing Personal Accountability A disquieting article recently appeared in The New York Times. The article chronicles the story of Larry W. Peterman, resident of Provo, Utah, owner of a successful adult video store, and defendant in a case in which he was charged with selling obscene material. During Peterman’s trial, the following information came to the fore, "As it turned out, people in Utah County, a place that often boasts of being the most conservative area

Running Head: BEYOND WORDS Non-verbal Communication Attractiveness Background Ethological studies on non-linguistic communication suggested that the language of love is, indeed, universal (Givens, 1978). This non-linguistic or non-verbal communication is used in courtship, such as by facial expression, gesture, posture, distance, para-language, and gaze. Persons use these when symbolizing a desire for sexual relationship. This non-verbal form is considered more powerful the verbal form in

mutation. People with attractive faces are preferred because of the benefits of passing on these attractive characteristics to offspring. Little & Hancock propose that humans have evolved to be attracted to symmetrical faces because they indicate “averageness”, which equates to genetic health. Grammar and Thornhill (1994) found that females are attracted to males with masculine characteristics, for example: large jaw and prominent cheekbones. These features arise as a result of testosterone, which is

There is a young girl, right now, staring in a mirror in a New York shopping mall observing her expanding waist. There is a girl, right now, forcing herself to run an extra mile so she can eat her favourite cheesecake tonight. There is a girl, right now, lying helplessly on an operating table about to go under the knife. There is a girl, at this very moment, wishing she was the beautiful Heidi Klum prancing down the runway of a Hollywood fashion show. The saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’

e.e. Cummings: The 20th Century’s Most Idiosyncratic Poet By: Sara Gilmore Poet Research Paper March 9, 2013 Mrs. Evans Although he was also a painter, he was mostly known for being a “painter with words.” Born into one of Boston’s most influential families, Edward Estlin Cummings’ (later known as e.e. Cummings) iconoclastic poetry acquired much attention from 20th century society. Encompassing over a total of 2,900 poems, four plays, essays, and two autobiographical novels, Cummings’ work is

examples of conformers to society. If one person is doing it, then they feel as if everyone else should participate. One reason Americans choose to get plastic surgery is “it appears that certain facial features such as symmetry, youthfulness, and averageness are universally found to be favorable” (Neto and Caponi 6). No one wants to be left out or unwanted, so they participate in the act of changing their features. In Daniel Hamermesh’s book Beauty Pays, he