In both stories kids were influenced by adults. Fist Stick Knife Gun was pointed more towards violence. Geoffrey saw fighting all his life and thought that it was normal because his family told him so. “The Wave” by Morton Rhue was more about the power of other people’s say in things. Mr. Ross’ class made The Wave more powerful because everyone joined it and people thought it was the “right” thing to do.
The article, “On teenagers and Tattoos”, written by Dr. Andres Martin, is an expository piece examining the motivation, significance and function of tattoos for teenagers. Dr. Martin explains that by understanding the reasons or motivations behind tattoos, adults and parents can better understand and get to know their children. The audience that Martin is trying to address is not only families that disagree with their teenagers having tattoos, but is also addressing the adults who tend to frown upon the individuals who have tattoos. In this text, Martin addresses the growing fad of tattoos, and why our youth is turning to a more permanent way of expressing themselves. The goal of this article was to inform adults of the many different motivations of teen tattooing in order to reduce the assumptions many adults make.
I read a rather intriguing piece by Andres Martin called On Teenagers and Tattoos. In the piece Martin talks about how he feels adolescents perceive the all too famous form of art: tattoos. He writes that adolescents basically prematurely get tattoos because they’re seeking individuation and a sense of normalcy and control. Nowadays tattoos are everywhere, in a way they can be seen as a fashion statement. “As with any other fashion statement, they can be construed as bodily aids in the inner struggle towards identity consolidation, serving as adjuncts to the defining and sculpting of the self by means of external manipulations” is how Martin puts it(Martin, 2012, p.320).
Reading books change their mind and maybe as well as their lives. The value of literacy does not only play a role on kids but also on adults. After surviving from the holocaust, it is hard and hurt for Wiesel to recall the memory of what he and others had suffered but he chose to write the history down to let it remembered. He said[,] “I was duty-bound to give meaning to my survival, to justify each moment of my life. I knew the story had to be told.
5. I believe McCloud is addressing the younger generation because children often seek, and adore comics because it allows a sense of creativity while still including literary device. It is evident that his audience is the younger generation because he is encouraging them to not go into what is known as real books, because they are without illustrations. He encourages this because he believes that together, words and images are much more powerful. 6.
The word bully would be a better fit for a modern audience, because for years, teenagers and kids have been taught about the definition of a bully and what it means to bully another person. The new line would read as “I would have such a fellow whipped for o’erdoing a bully. It out-Herods Herod“ By making this replacement, it would allow teenagers to relate to what the lines are truing to get across, the same goes for Herod. Hercules was a hero in ancient greek times, known for his strength and courage. This original allusion was described in Act II Scene ii, when Hamlet is talking to Claudius and makes reference to himself as Hercules, he says “My father’s brother, but no more like my father Than
Idato states in the article: ‘when they realise there are no lawmakers and there are no laws, there are no policemen. When there is nothing, no sense of government when anarchy takes hold, it’s ultimately the end.’ This furthermore relates the article to the book, comparing adults to policemen of the school boys; which were non-existent at the time, therefore not being a complete system of laws, and lawmakers. Although they do create a few rules (such as only being able to speak when the conch is held by oneself), they aren’t exactly laws; being easily broken without personal consequences, especially on the island. For example, when the conch is destroyed along with Piggy from Roger’s rolled rock, much of the authority is no longer distributed (only really belonging to Jack), but we don’t see him serving a jail sentence for three years or so. They just move
Then I tried crutches and blindfolded; it wasn’t a big deal being on crutches because you get used to it once you have time with them. The only bad thing was that we don’t have many elevator or ramps in the college. Although being blind was the worst of all, because you can’t see anything on your way, and there’s no signs that shows where things are; in addition the classrooms and the buildings are not marked in braille. After that I tried the 25 pounds weight, and found out that there’s some places were you just can’t pass through because of the tight halls. Finally I came to the conclusion that the college needs more wide places for passing through and more ramps and automatized doors; the college needs an emergency exit in each building and elevators for getting to the second floor of some places like the library or the dorms.
There are many different reasons why people smoke. 2. Two of the main reasons that young people smoke are to look mature, to be like their friends, and to experiment. Since teens see older people all around them smoking, especially their parents and relatives, they smoke to act older. If their friends or peers smoke, they may feel pressured into doing the same to be accepted.
This response is in the form of an expository essay which may appear at a public blog or a moderated conversation forum. I decided to write an expository piece because it allows for the exploration of ideas in a formal form of writing which is understandable to all types of readers. Its intended audience is the general readership, though it refers to teenagers regularly. This is because the sense of belonging affects everyone, but mostly the teenagers. The key Context idea drawn in the essay is that belonging always comes with a cost, whether it’s forfeiting identity, spending money, losing family or friends.