‘Discoveries can lead us to new worlds and values.’ Discuss this statement in reference to your prescribed text and one related text of your own choosing. Discoveries can lead society to new worlds and values, as it enables us to encounter new experiences and allows us to reform any past sentiments. Series 1 of Go back to where you came from, highlights the importance discovery has in leading us to new worlds and its ability to adjust one’s values and opinions. This text also places further emphasis on the importance of compassion and willingness of oneself to make discoveries. Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘I had been hungry all the years’ identifies the significance discoveries have in enabling one to expose themselves to foreign worlds.
(The part I bolded was the main part I wanted to use from this TCO. A big part of changing my behavior was REVISING the steps I used to take in a situation, to the steps I SHOULD be taking in a situation to strengthen my clarity and reduce uncertainty. TCO 5: Given an oral communication situation in which communication is misinterpreted, demonstrate the power of non-verbal communication by applying strategies to improve clarity through non-verbal means. Another thing one of my models unintentionally pointed out to me was how important non-verbal communication is. I noticed that when I shut down during a disagreement or conversation I would cross my arms and give much less eye contact.
Martha Stewart did not give up easily or admit to guilt willingly. She seemed to be allowing her emotions to take over and rule her decision making and reasoning. She even fabricated lies to cover her illegal activities and actions which further implicated her and eventually led to the discovery of her actions. In all, her wise and educated background seemed to be temporarily drowned out by a combination of greed, bad judgments and unwise decisions. She made decisions that were rash, without considering the consequences of her actions.
Belonging is a process or journey undertaken subconsciously by an individual to find a sense of connectedness and place within the world. Although people have an automatic desire to belong, there are often barriers, both physical and metaphorical, that can prevent one from belonging. This concept is central throughout Melina Marchetta’s, “Looking for Alibrandi,” Tim Winton’s, “Neighbours” and Gurinder Chadha’s, “Bend It like Beckham.” Just like the three texts, this visual representation will eventually demonstrate how the obstacles of belonging can be overcome over a period of time. Marchetta’s novel, Looking for Alibrandi, follows the personal story of a young, teenage, Italian, school girl living in a contemporary Australian society, Josephine.
When over analyzing What Sacajawea Means To Me by Sherman Alexie, its clear that the text has far more meaning when it is broken down into different lens like Deconstructionist, Gender, Marxist, Postcolonial, and even with a Reader's Response. Written intentionally in different contexts the author really does make you question what does Sacajawea mean to oneself. Is she a heroine or a villainess? Did she do what was right or what was wrong, should she be praised or should she be blamed.. We will never exactly know, we can only assume what and why things happened the way the did by processing history through various perspectives. Sacajawea although being recognized as the “mother” of america, everything she is and does is considered a contradiction.
While some differences between Val’s essay and Ric’s speech are the lessons they learned and the language they used to describe the events, the similarities are the attitude that they have for the events. The lessons that Val and Ric learned are different. In Being Preying, Val’s told readers two things that she had learned from the event. First one, as she wrote, “It is a humbling and cautionary tale about our relationship with the earth.”(Plumwood, 2008, p82) She realized that while
Emma vs. Clueless Whilst the context, language and textual form have changed, the messages in Clueless are essentially the messages that Jane Austin communicated to her Audiences. Discuss. Despite the change in context, language and textual form, the messages in Clueless are fundamentally the messages that Jane Austen communicated to her audiences. While the consistency of human nature allows for common issues between texts to be possible, a drastic change of context will inevitably involve a change in social values. In this case those of Regency England and those of Post-modern America.
Or maybe the change in knowledge can affect the change in personality. Reading Dweck's argument, I felt like it was responding to my wonders right way as I kept reading on the points argued. For example, I was not convinced of the twins experiment provided in the paper and that there must have been more areas to be explored to give a legit argument
The town’s people at first recognize her as a stranger or outcast, but as time wears on people get over it and realize she is just as normal as any other human. “Individuals in private life, meanwhile, had quite forgiven Hester Prynne for her frailty; nay, more, they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin, for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since”(Hawthorne et al. 139). The townsfolk have an unparalleled amount of jealousy for her having an affair, and being able to wear what the folks say is an attractive looking letter. The townsfolk develop a mysterious wonderment as to why Hester seems relatively unfazed wearing the letter day in day out.
"The experience of venturing into new worlds both limits and extends individual freedom" ! Discuss this view with reference to Educating Rita and one other related text of your own choosing. ! Individuals develop and transform their identities and experiences through transitioning into new phases of life resulting in shifting of attitudes, beliefs and deeper understanding of one’s self. Whilst challenges and obstacles present themselves in life, individual freedom is tested and requires individuals to take risks as they let go of the of the familiar and respond to the foreign and unknown.