Lens Essay

Social lenses are the preconceptions and prejudices that we bring to our observation of the world. Different people can look at the same social situation and understand it in different ways. This is because they see it through different social lenses.Our social lenses are built through our socialization. As we grow up, we are being taught (implicitly or explicitly) what sorts of things "people like us" believe in and what sorts of attitudes we have. These will influence how we see the world around

The Consequences A lie that covers up the truth hurts more than the truth itself. When my parents had gotten a divorce I had left with my mother. She told me many times that my dad and her were just not compatible anymore. But as time passed I gradually started to understand that my dad had cheated on my mother. I was horrified and sad. From a young age I thought my dad was magical. He always knew exactly what I wanted for christmas, knew how to balance out his workload with family time, and knew

The presentation on Using a Trauma Lens with The Pyramid Model was very informative and eye opening. During this presentation I was able to learn that building a relationship with a parent is just as important as building a relationship with the child. I also learned that we all have stress. When something stressful happens we go through different stages such as: Fight of flight, our body getting ready, and our boy releasing hormones. I also learned that balanced stress systems is developed by relationships

From the class evaluation I found that my work has been produced to a high standard and that most of the work produced my peers were very different. I found that most of the class did something on the basis of fine art photograph and the majority of us shot in portraiture. I found that through my own work I have been very decisive with my idea and concept for the final photograph. When we were doing our final evaluation and feedback to our peers I felt that at times my work was too simple as

Love Filter When viewed through the Mythological Lens, the author Gregg Chamberlain, makes more than one connection to other stories, movies, novels etc... This story has so many connections, For example the Disney Movie “Aladdin”with the magic lamp, and the Movie “Tangled”the magic hair of Rapunzel. This story is about an Elderly Woman walking her Cat, Corif on the caravan trails, when both character humbled on a Jug and, after she checked the contents, once she opened the bottle, a green cloud

Feminist lens: In The Fiat 500 Abarth vehicle 2013 advertisement, it depicts a man walking by a woman fixing her shoe on the side of the street. The woman in the commercial, by modern day standards, is attractive as well as dressed sexually, therefore capturing the male’s gaze. When she noticed that she was being subjected by a male’s gaze, she proceeds to flirt with him for much of the commercial. However, at the end of the advertisement, the man realizes that this girl was simply a daydream, and

Plastic Makes Perfect Self-esteem Through the Lens of Gender Expectations The “girlchild” was given dolls that represented outer and superficial beauty and did things that society views as standards, like being pretty, thin, and wearing makeup all the time, and cooking in the kitchen. Therefore, she wasn’t taught how to be emotionally strong, and how to protect herself from all the harsh reality. The author referred to the new baby as the “girlchild” in order to show the readers how hard it is to

Lend Me Your Ear “Let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about; so shall you hear of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts . . . casual slaughters, of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause (5.2.351-5)” Hamlet is a play written by the great playwright, William Shakespeare. This tragic play tells of the loss of a father, inner turmoil and grief, and the desire for revenge. A key element throughout the play is the ear. It stays a central part to the story line and as the story

IN order to understand our world today, it is essential for us to recognise the contextual factors that influence the individual’s who occupy it, as well as the concerns of composers from the past. Through the comparison of the film 'Amelie' by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' (TCR) by JD Salinger it is proposed that contextual factors such as childhood experiences and the nature of relationships have the ability to shape who we are THROUGH what we value. Both texts explore

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe should be taught in schools because it gives students a different perspective on life and teaches them about customs other than their own. The book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe has many core ideas that are important for high school students to fully comprehend to have a better understanding of different cultures. “Because I know how easily treatable malaria is, I was surprised to learn that thousands of people die from it each year” (Adichie, Our African Lenses)