In this selection from the autobiography of Malcolm X titled “My First Conk”, readers will find out about Malcolm X's first real step towards what he calls “self-degradation”. Although there is no exact thesis stated in the excerpt there are still clear points stated throughout the reading. When Malcolm X wrote this piece the idea was to show the reader how society can make one feel like they must change to be considered better than who and what an individual really is. It is also expressed that one's individuality can be taken away and the negative outcomes one can struggle with after that change. It is described that society can be a truly horrifying thing and the ways men and women try to fit in can be both shameful in the long
This book also tends to create awareness to the public on how things may playout if we continue on this path of destruction. Reading this book reminded me so much about two movies I watched called “the day after tomorrow” and “2012” these movies somehow changed my perspective on nature and the world as a whole. Because watching these movies made me realise the natural anomalies we are experiencing in present times like earth quakes, tornados, tsunamis and so on they all have reasons as to why they have happened and most of the reasons offered by scientists are that we are killing the earth slowly with our industrial and technological advancements which in turn is causing a drastic climate change around the world. Also all these consequences shown in the movie and also depicted in this book has heightened my appreciation for the mother earth and increased my desire to try and abstain from causing more harm to the earth. In terms of the relationship between humans and nature I would say we are a long way away from solving our major problem which is maintaining the earth so it can sustain us.
Collectivization was also set up to help destroy the wealthy farmers, known as Kulaks (Doc4.). Kulaks needed to be eliminated because they only cared about themselves and not for the state. Stalin had a solution for this, simply take away all of their food and starve them to death. This was known as the great purge. While the drive for collectivized agriculture was a wide going trend, kulaks needed to be destroyed.
Critical Lens “A book must be an ax, to break the frozen sea in us” – Kafka Another way of saying the above quote is that a book must be a tool that penetrates your inner feelings. In other words, the book you read must have an impact in your life or change the way you see the world. I agree with this and I will show how the book “The World in 2050” by Laurence Smith deeply affects us because of its copious information which both upset and inspire. The book “The World in 2050” by Laurence Smith is an eye opener that makes us realize the damages we are doing to our planet and the changes we are going to experience through that years. For example, according to Laurence Smith, Shanghai will be under water.
Technology’s Growth The rapid advancement of technology in our society is dangerous and Neil Postman’s book “Technopoly” will explain this when you read it. Neil Postman wrote this book to warn society about the surrender of culture to technology. He starts the book with the legend of king Thamus entertaining the god Theuth who was the inventor of many things. Thamus says that “new technologies change what we mean by ‘knowing’ and ‘truth.’” He then goes to break down society into three different cultures: tool-using, technocracies, and technopolies. He then goes into further detail describing the differences in each one.
In Charles Bowden’s disturbing book, Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields. Bowden writes, “Imagine living in a place where you can kill anyone you wish and nothing happens except that they fall dead” (xiii). Readers should brace themselves as Bowden reports on the unspeakable horror of the violent streets, mass graves and death houses. Feel the pain and fear of the Mexican people. They live in extreme poverty, mixed with corruption, greed and betrayal.
SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Week 2: Assignment In my opinion Lenn Goodman is right based on arguments about things that are simply wrong from relativism and morality in “Some Moral Minima” article (Ex. I learnt something new on Adolf Hitler Genocide story, Racial Prejudice of The Cambodia of the killing fields, Killing of Kurds and Shiites by Saddam Hussein of Iraq, and The China of Mao’s Cultural Revolution). And I believe there should be universal moral requirements to prevent crimes like that happening around the world again by joint effort from all political leaders, religious, leaders, and media awareness throughout the globe. According to the Ethics and Social Responsibility textbook real definition of
Campbell points out that the spiritual hero fights monstrous beasts. These beasts represent some repressed aspect of his own character that the hero must overcome in order to achieve enlightenment. Monkey, the Odyssey, and the Inferno are literally stuffed with examples of this motif. Monkey is particularly unusual in that some of the monsters change into spiritual guides of the type mentioned in point # 6, above. But Gilgamesh has its share of interesting monsters, what with Humbaba, the Bull of Heaven, the Scorpion people, and Ishtar herself.
As I sit and think about it I recall learning more by experience. School for me set the foundation to learn, but I learned the most by making mistakes and seeing things for myself. Life is the biggest factor of learning in my opinion. Some may think school or their career teaches them more. But life lessons are the best and factor into your future lessons.
To be human means that we center our focus on understanding ourselves before other things. Our relationship with the planet is also essential because we keep doing things that we think will help us but that end up harming the earth and if we keep doing that, the environment will be destroyed and we will die from that because there will be nothing left for us to love off of. People are also discovering and creating new chemicals which are harming us. (Christian main lecture 4). There’s a lot more to big history than just substances, there is also our story and how we came to be and we call these modern scientific origin stories.