Reflection Precis 4, The Land of Opportunity and Other Myths (March 6-8, 2018) 108788 Part I: During these two sessions, Dr. Jendian spoke about Faith in Progress. The professor explained that this ideology is when we trust that everything will get better with the time. Therefore, it leads individuals to ignore major problems such as racism and discrimination. Loewen (284) argues that, “…Americans could be persuaded to ignore the injustice of social class if they thought the economic
or does not contain: ‘there are things that people who like a genre are looking for in their fiction: the things that titillate, the things that satisfy’ (Gaiman & Ishiguro, 04/06/15). Though American Gods is suffused with elements of myths and folk tales, and therefore shares many structural similarities with these, the intertextual nature of his work opens up for the possibility of breaking or broadening their rules. In a similar way, Gaiman plays with fantasy readers’ expectations of resolution
Various types or schemes have been applied to classify creation myths found throughout human cultures. Marta Weigle’s Creation and Procreation: Feminist Reflections on Mythologies of Cosmogony and Parturition presents a most precise study and interpretation of these myths. Weigle constructs a 9-part classification: “1) Accretion or conjunction; 2) Secretion; 3) Sacrifice; 4) Division or conjugation; 5) Earth-diver; 6) Emergence; 7) Two creators; 8) Deus faber; and 9) Ex nihilo.” For the purpose
before modern conceptions of philosophy and science, and eventually formulated the basis behind many of the earliest and greatest works of ancient literature. These ancient mediums of passing knowledge down to subsequent generations were known as myths. In terms of origin,
If someone was assigned to compile a video of clips that would make me cringe, they would come up with something similar to The Purity Myth. The clips used were reminders of the oppressive, heteronormative, misogynistic system that I grew up in. The film itself provides ample examples of the ways in which women’s sexualities are policed, the idealization of virginity, the shortcomings of abstinence only sex education, and the arguments against women’s reproductive health. I have never been envious
it would be worth $45.6 billion by 2018 (GIA, 2015). Also, numbers show that more than 90% of women wear perfume in order to keep up with the latest fashion and beauty trends, or present themselves as trendsetters (GIA, 2015). Perfume is like a reflection of a personality (Vasudevan, 2015). It is associated with the pursuit of pleasure, the love of freedom, and other cultural values (Keller & Richie, 2006). In perfume advertisements, which are the latest and the most successful trend in the perfume
what W. Keith Campbell explains in one of the TED-Ed lessons – The Psychology Of Narcissism. To start with, Campbell talks of the myth that the ancient Greeks and Romans once had about someone who is little too obsessed with his own image. He cites mythological Narcissus - a handsome egotistical guy who rejected a nymph named Echo and fell in love with his own reflection – to explain
Conversation” by Sherry Turkle, and “The Myth of Multitasking” by Christine Rosen, which talk about the effect of technology on human life and its consequence. Both essays discuss about different topics, but on a common ground. The essay by Christine Rosen, “The Myth of Multitasking”, talks about the misconception of multitasking- Multitasking helps to accomplish multiple tasks efficiently and effectively. It also provides various studies that challenge this myth. Moreover, it analyses the impact of
In the academic context, ‘reflection’ is defined as; “a generic term for those intellectual and affective activities in which individuals engage to explore their experiences in order to lead to new understandings and appreciations. It may take place in isolation or in association with others. It can be done well or badly, successfully or unsuccessfully.” (Boud, Keogh and Walker, 1985, p 19) Needless to say, engaging in reflection at an academic level is more than merely passively remembering and