Due to the semantic field of fear and terror running throughout the discourses of Bush and Blair their choice of lexis is crucial in conveying their political ideologies. The introduction of Bush’s speech was of dire importance. Antithesis is being used within the first sentence; Bush begins his discourse “… Our fellow citizens, our way of life…”, and then ends with “deadly terrorist acts”. Due to the contrasting image portrayed listeners feel their “way of life”, they, as individuals and citizens of America are at threat, of “deadly and deliberate terrorist attacks”. This further promotes the global normalisation of terrorism and the “War on terror”.
US. History What it means to be a good leader? Being a good leader is being honest, brave, courageous and wanting to do great things for your country, looking out for the poor and the rich, looking out for others besides yourself. Always being honest to citizens of America, and making choices that would make the country better and stronger. Standing up for what is right and fighting to achieve your goals.
I have concluded that substance abuse is a huge contributor to crimes being committed. The lack or decrease in moral intuition and character can cause a person to make bad decisions. This would cause people not to understand the benefits of to abiding to common social values. A person demographics can also play a role in determining whether or not an individual will turn to a life of crime. Government officials, politicians, and courts employees have concluded that individuals commit crimes for private alternatives and they should be punished and held responsible for their actions and conduct.
Using sarcasm, irony, and wit to bring change in society, satirical artists began using politics as a target for their criticisms. During this time in history, the political environment was strict and unforgiving. Criticizing the government in almost anyway could very well result heavy punishment or even banished from society (Lamm 175). So why would artists continue to use satire? Is it entirely necessary or even relevant?
General Strain Theory was formulated by Robert Agnew, and first published in 1992. According to General Strain Theory individuals engage in crime because of strains or stressors which produce anger and anxiety (Agnew, 1992). Crimes become the outlet that the individual uses to cope with or remedy the strains or stressors. Agnew states that there are three different types of deviance producing strains. They are failure to achieve positively valued goals, removal of positively valued stimuli, and confrontation with negative stimuli (Agnew, 1992).
Why I Am Optimistic About America’s Future Americans today have a propensity to be pessimistic toward the future of the nation. They look at America’s untenable level of spending, the radically increasing lawless welfare state, the morally bankrupt entertainment industry, and the reelection of a man who may have had the single worst performance as President of anyone else in the nation’s history. From this perspective, Americans quite naturally fear for the future of our country. Yet, I am still optimistic about the future of this great nation. First, technology and resource acquisition may advance faster than anticipated, and the United States can become the Saudi Arabia of oil.
Julie Pense English 101, sec DE 08/25/14 Rough draft V’s Prolixity In reading “V for Vendetta “by Alan Moore, I have come to an understanding that some of society see V as a terrorist and not for the good but in my opinion he is very mad and angry at society, the way it’s going with all the wrong and how the government is are treating its people. Which brings me to ask the question is “V” a terrorist or an anti- super hero to the people? The novel “V for Vendetta” has many different arguable points. One of “V” points would be, freedom or dictatorship. "V" has many complex and interesting sides to his character or shall we say archetype.
He uses examples, and quotes to demonstrate the irony of foreigners lack of condolence towards America. In conclusion Hilton petitions for those who judge America incessantly, to stop projecting, and take the time to except their responsibility, and work on themselves. Amongst many countries in the Middle East and Europe, symbols of American patriotism are looked at as modern day criminals. It has become popularized to carry hatred towards the United States, seen in many trendy TV shows and popular literature. Hilton uses an example of how his friend was treated in Europe.
George Washington expressed a good point when he said “This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its roots in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed.” Washington is saying that as a human being in any government or in any argument, there are going to be several different good ideas, however there not all going to work. He believed that the division of the American people and government would cause foreign influence and corruption.
This angered the German public as they thought that the government’s plan would just make living harder if they did increase the taxes. Taking advantage of this, Hitler told the public that the reparations and the Treaty of Versailles was to blame for Germany’s hardship. When America recalled all the loans that they gave Germany, Germany was left in immense debts. This proved Hitler’s point that the reparations and the Treaty of Versailles were wrong. After that the people of Germany began to vote for Hitler because the Weimar government had proved itself useless and Hitler was the only one offering a way out.