In Virginia Heffernan’s essay entitled “The Attention-Span Myth” she argues against the “ineffable quality” associated with the attention span (115). She sets up her numerous allusions to historical opinions on focus by mentioning that “In other eras, distractibility wasn’t considered shameful. It was regularly praised, in fact -- as autonomy, exuberance, and versatility. To be brooding, morbid, obsessive, or easily mesmerized was thought much worse that being distractible” (114). The case against
Essay 21: “The Dog, The Family: A Household Tale” By: August Kleinzahler Classification: Descriptive Proof 1: “Grand was a boxer, purebred, but one of his ears was wrong; it didn’t set up properly. And his right eye dripped. He also had a skin condition, something like mange but untreatable” (Kleinzahler 162). Proof 2: “Father worked and read the paper. Children and child rearing, in his view, belonged to the realm of the female, and in my case the dog” (Kleinzahler 166). Explanation: Kleinzahler
In 1855, Herman Melville published his short novel Benito Cereno. The novel was based in part on true events. Melville referenced the memoir of the real Captain Amasa Delano and his ship, the Perseverance, encounter with the Spanish vessel Tryal in 1805. In his novel, Melville depicts Delano as the protagonist and follows his ships encounter with a Spanish vessel where the slaves have overthrown the Spanish sailors. The protagonist Captain Amasa Delano closely embodies the ideals that not only John
escape liability – in this particular occasion 23 Liberian children filed a case against the Firestone Natural Rubber Company forengaging in child labor. The court stated that they have not been given an adequate basis to impose sanctions on the company There was no direct violation on decision-making level – children were not employed – it was their fathers who, due to the unbearable conditions, found themselves forced to enlist children as helpers in order to meet the tough quotas that were required