In a crowd of 70,000 people cheering for Brock Lesnar, he is the favored fighter. Here comes the music you can feel while sitting in your chair. They announce his name, “Brock Lesnar!” The 1st round bell rings and people are shouting, right away the referee stopped the fight while Brock Lesnar is pounding his fists into his opponent’s face. Brock Lesnar has changed the Ultimate Fighting Championship by showing a new breed of fighter between a mix of speed and large size. Brock Edward Lesnar was born July 12, 1977, in Webster, South Dakota.
3 Way Analyses: Three items have been published about the recent ACC report on drugs in sport. The first is a letter to The Age written by Sue Leong, she has a realistic understanding tone with the contention that it’s not the athletes fault, that it’s the enormous pressures that we (the public) put on them. The next piece is an opinion piece written by Craig Fry in the age, published on the 12/02/13. He has a frustrated, common sense tone with the contention that the government and drug commission are wasting their time trying to expose athletes and catch them out and punish them. The last item is a cartoon drawn by Spooner and is showing that they waste court time and PED’s are easily obtainable, the tone is sarcastic.
At the beginning of the play, Lewis wants to put on a play by Bertolt Brecht, something he thinks has values which are important in “These days, you know, the Vietnam War.” (Lewis, Act I Sc (i), p 9). Lewis initially sees the Italian opera Cosi Fan Tutte trivial, as “Love is not so important nowadays.” (Lewis, Act I Sc (i), p 10). Further into the play, Julie asks “What would you do if that happened to you, Lewis? If your friend Nick fell for your girlfriend?” (Julie, Act II Sc (i,) p 67), to which Lewis responds “And she fell for him? Feel Betrayed, I guess.” (Lewis, Act II Sc (i) p 67).
Journal 03: America Tony Hoagland’s poem “America” uses specific nouns and metaphors to tell readers that America is too obsessed with material objects and self-satisfaction. Hoagland uses these nouns and metaphors to hide truth from the naked eye, specific diction is also used in combination with these metaphors to expose corruption in American society. In the opening lines, Hoagland writes, “Then one of the students with blue hair and a tongue stud / Says that America is for him a maximum-security prison / Whose walls are made of Radio Shacks, Burger Kings, and MTV episodes.” Hoagland almost lists the details of American trends by mentioning hair color and piercings, and by describing businesses like Radio Shack which sell 70-inch flat screen televisions, which are completely unnecessary, and fast food restaurants like McDonald’s that give super-sized food portions. These allow readers to immediately see the ridiculous
The writer of this article talks about how the basement isn’t just a hiding place for a Jew or a refuge to learn but it is a place to rebel against authority when Max transforms it into a setting for creative/political activity by painting over Hitler’s Mein Kampf erasing Hitler’s authority and becoming his own authority. Maslin, Janet. “Stealing to Settle a Score with Life.” New York Times, Published by Janet Maslin, Monday 27 March 2006. Wednesday 30 April 2014. This article is a review on the book itself; however the article also talks about important points involving the main character Liesel Meminger “the book thief” and how they dealt with life during the war.
Improve An example of Homer contrasting Achilles' selfishness and Hector's nobility is when they have their discussion about their reasons for fighting in the war. Hector reveals his reasoning for fighting when he talks with his wife Andromache and states, "Wife, I too have thought upon all this, but with what face should I look upon the Trojans, men or women, if I shirked battle like a coward? I cannot do so: I know nothing save to fight bravely in the forefront of the Trojan host and win renown alike for my father and myself." This quote shows that Hector is fighting for respect for his family name, his city, and to protect his family from harm. This contrasts with Achilles who fights for fame and abundant wealth.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, is a failed attempt to write a purely “Gonzo” style novel. The “Gonzo” style of journalism is supposed to be live- action journalism, one in which the author gets involved with the story. The author is there, living and breathing, not just commenting on the situation. Hunter S. Thompson, may have failed to write a Gonzo style novel, but this failure was overcome by his having penned a work that helped to define a lost generation. Hunter S. Thompson’s disestablishmentarian views on the government, the negative nature of human interaction, and his effect on society shaped him into an icon for disenfranchised youths, and a legend for many people around the world.
Popular Torture Viewer discretion is advised. In Anne-Marie Cusacs article “Watching Torture in Prime Time” she discloses the truth behind Fox Channel’s hit show “24” and it’s use of torture as method of entertainment. The media has become a huge part of our lives for a source of learning, entertainment and communication. Popular media needs to be limited to the context, since much of the information it is unreliable. Exposing violence in the media teaches bad morals and is not supported by the greater good of society.
In “deep play:notes on balinese cockfighting” Geertz explains how he became fluent in the language and gained trust with the people once he ran away from the cops when they came to end a fight. IN this article he explains the idea of Jeremy Bentham of deep play- which is the idea that cockfighting is a game with stakes so high that no rational person would engage in it. He believes that although this may be true the people involved do gain something out of it more than money and that when the stakes are higher this dramatically influences the people involved as well. He uses the idea of semiotics to show how the “cock” codes for a set of messages. The “cock” is a symbol
Mass media influences people to take their aggression out with physical violence. The violence in society usually starts with some tiny action such as a person shoving another person. Then the other person who got shoved lives up to King Hammurabi‘s code - an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The mass media shows violence because violence sells better than some monk meditating in a temple. By setting an example of violence, the media has taught children to resort to physical violence when feeling angry.