Fist Stick Knife Gun, an autobiography by Geoffrey Canada and “The Wave”, a nonfiction movie by Morton Rhue deal with the issue of influence. They both suggest that teenagers are easily persuaded into thinking a certain way; When adults tell them it is the right thing to do they catch on. Mr. Ross in “The Wave” taught his students that discipline and community were all you needed to have a strong group of people. Geoffrey Canada from Fist Stick Knife Gun thought that violence was the only answer as a child because that is all he ever knew. In both situations peoples thinking is influenced greatly by others around them.
Finny never failed to forgive Gene for his faults, and he helped Gene develop into a man who was ready for war. These books are different in that their narrators are of different genders. In the reality of adolescence, teenage boys and girls both learn to grow through their mistakes and their experiences. However, how they go about this task differs. In Prep, Lee dealt with sexual curiosity and drama in friendships.
One impressive tool used was clarity, the structured and choreographed explanation between his personal and professional life, left nothing for the reader to ask for, every paragraph was clear and meaningful; by giving examples and using props to make him even more understandable, and reliable for his audience, Pausch led his readers and listeners right what he wanted. For the critics and media the most powerful rhetorical device during the whole book and during the speech given was persuasion, indeed this book was entirely designed by his writer with two big “head-fakes”; firstly, to convey his listeners and readers about what is the real way to “live life well” without wasting their life time and opportunities, according to his experience as human being and a professional; and secondly, yet more emphasized, to leave an important guide and legacy to his children, letting them know who their father was for the world, and how their father wants they live their life in the best possible way, helping others, and chasing all
Imaginary audience arises from the larger concept of adolescent egocentrism. Teens will feel that the imaginary audience is always commenting and judging them, teens at times can get caught up in their imagination and consider themselves “celebrities” but no one is actually watching them. The adolescent get so caught up in their imagination, that they develop a mood for their “audience”. The mood that the “audience” usually has is the attitude that the teen has that day for example if the teen feels self conscious than the “audience” is going to be judgmental. Children in childhood have imaginary friends, and they do believe that “others see what they see, know what they know, hear what they
The adverb choices highlight how he is kind to everyone as he speaks "gently" and "kindly" which gives him power through making others like him and thus he does not suffer from loneliness which drives men "nuts" and makes them "sick". As you can see he has no flaws or weaknesses which is why he is such an unrealistic character which contrast with Curely who has no virtues and virtually no power as no one respects him. In conclusion the are several issues involved with power and weakness here. The dynamics of power and weakness associated to the characters help drive the novel and then events onwards. They help arouse tension and suspense and engage the reader through arousing their feelings towards the characters: this is at times like when Curely is beating Lennie and the reader is involved emotionally as they feel sorry for Lennie and when Candy is powerless to stop his dog getting shot.
Building the character- I decided the character I play to be a young father who takes things seriously when he have to but have a fun side. It was easy for me to portray that because its more similar to my personality. Imagination- It was easy to imagine the scene because I have been on the other end of my character. I have been called to the principal’s office and have my dad yelled at me because of my actions, except he was not as easy going as my character. Emotional memory – I have been called to the principal’s office and have my dad yelled at me because of my actions, except he was not as easy going as my character.
He wants individuals to experiment different ways of living by exploring and developing their own character and personality in order to be original and creative. I agree with what Mill says about individual and social progress, but he over generalizes about the impact of custom on the individual. We actually use customs as foundations in developing and creating new ideas and perspectives. In brief, customs can help us build originality and creativity. Mill believes customs hinder individual liberty.
Individualistic societies such as the Western culture encourage the self to be the central focus of each individual person. Collectivist societies discourage individual expression and encourage group thinking. In collectivist societies, social roles define a person and their importance more so than in Western cultures. According to Hornsey and Jetten (2004), self-definition involves not just memories, unique attitudes, and actions that differentiate ourselves from other individuals (our “personal identities”) but also the combined attitudes, memories, and behaviors pulled
This is my explanation or analysis of Ascher’s thesis taken from “Understanding ‘The Box Man’” without any attribution or sourcing.] The Box Man‘s acceptance of his loneliness and reliance on the solace that comes from looking within and outward through the imagination shows a way of dealing with this estrangement. This “life of the mind” can be achieved by living a simple and creative life. She urges us to simplify our lives and leave “pasture enough for imagination” and also to be free from clutter. [This is one of the best summaries of what the essay is actually about any student ever wrote.]
After reading the essay by Emerson “Self Reliance” one of the passages interested me is the one where he talked about a person’s education and how you should not be jealous or try to copy what someone else has done with their live in the same exact why they did it. It is ok to admire somebody for wanting to better themselves and further their education and for you to want the same goals for yourself, but you should pursue your goals by doing things your own way and when you this you will feel the satisfaction of it all because you did it on your own will your own ideas. This relates to my own life because I have always wanted to do something in the medical field and also in law enforcement and it seemed like everybody I talked to was in the field one way or other. So I decided to go back to school to become a Medical Assist and when I did I received my Associate Applied Science Degree and now I am going further with my education and I am currently working on getting my Bachelor’s Degree in criminal justice so that I may pursue a career as a probation officer or something else in law enforcement. Other reason way I was inspired by this passage is how Emerson used imagery in this passage when he was talking about how “no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till”.