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Research Project Final
After many failed attempts of creating this project, here is my final version. The topic has to do with accepting death and how doing so can relieve you to live your life to the fullest. Death can be viewed as a luxury rather than a misery.
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Throughout the years the Incredible Hulk has been a staple in the superhero industry. At first his appearance was rather small in frame, but as he progressed through the years he has become more of an animated and intimidating figure. You can call this a remix because it is the same character being dragged along through time, constantly upgrading and becoming more life like.
The three fifths compromise was one of the many documents that lessened African Americans as humans. This compromise basically legalized counting African American (slaves), as half or little bit more than half, than a person when counting votes for an election. Perhaps this may have seemed right in their eyes at the time this document was created. But, overall no human should be labeled less than a human compared to any other. We let our government and the documents they create oppress us and everything we do; but as a society we should notice this, and prevent history from repeating itself.
Being an African American Male
Throughout my life I was raised in a majority white elementary school, and then I moved to Avondale when I was about twelve years old. I never thought about my race being different then their race and neither did they; but either way we all got along. It wasn’t until I moved to Avondale I experienced life in a whole new way. When I first moved to Avondale, it was the first time I ever went to school with people the same color as me. I didn’t know how I would cope with them, if they would act like me or would act the same way they acted outside of school. Either way, I found myself being with them in a majority of my classes. As time went on, many of them started saying I acted “white”. I didn’t know what this term could mean or if it was bad or ultimately good; so I just went along with it. After about a year, I realized what they meant that whole time. Not acting like them or having the same interest as Caucasians made me one of them. Being proper, showing manners at all times is something I thought all people should do, but makes me white if done at all times. Overall, I see aspects of both races and realized that we’re all the same as children, but grow apart when we get older. No race should be classified by their actions or attitude because in the end, we are all human.
“The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark”
I love this quote by Jamaica Kincaid in “On seeing England for the first time”, because it applies so well to my sports life as well as personal life.Throughout my life of playing sports, I've been told to imagine what i plan to do before I do it. Even though I may have a plan, something ultimately different can happen. That’s why I love sports, something always surprises you when you least expect it. As for my personal life, something always surprises me even when I see it coming. Overall, no matter what plan I make, something completely different can come up and that's what makes life so exciting.
Masks
Masks, masks are used on holidays to cover up who you are inside and be someone that you’re not. For example on Halloween many people put on mask to be someone scarier then who the actually might be. But in my opinion, different masks are put on us everyday throughout our whole lives. As we grow older in life, we grow into so many masks that we forget who we actually are as a person. Another example is, as teenagers we are forced to put on a mask of being polite, respectful, study for test, say every positive thing you possibly can on your college resume just to get into the college you want. Even though we are forced to grow into the masks put on us, we shouldn't lose who we are inside.
Primary Source
- These picture are illustrating the friendship that Lucy Grealy (leaning over) and Ann Patchett (holding Lucy) share. It represents their friendship as a whole, for example, ever since Ann and Lucy met in college, Ann has been supporting her throughout her life. Both of them are outstanding individuals and writers, however Lucy suffers from cancer which causes many parts of her jaw to be missing. A number of times Ann has had to support Lucy to prevent from her from suicide and taught her how to accept her disfigurement for the positive. These positive vibes from Ann encouraged Lucy to be more socially active and make more friends outside of Ann.
I struggled finding quotes that had to do with passion versus responsibility. There are many quotes about one or the other but not of them together and how they connect. I did, however, find many books and stories about my theme. The new movie, American sniper has sparked a lot of controversy and can definitely be worked into my claim. The movie is based on a true story and the characters inner battle that he had to deal with while in the army.
I agree the film is telling the story from his point of view rather than being a love/war type of film.
Sullivan
"Once I found the strength to be myself, I had no need to act myself."
This quote sums up most of our overall generation of teenagers. Most teenagers try so hard to fit in with different cliques and people in high school that they forget who they actually are as a person. Once they find who they actually are as a a person their will be no need to try to fit in. People who possess the same similarities and enjoy the same activities will connect with them easily. You necessarily don't have to act like a completely different person to make friends, when you can just be yourself.
- Secondary Work
Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy are two best-friends who met after being roommates in college. They both dreamed and lived to become famous writers one day and that's all they ever talked about. Lucy was more of a sociable, outgoing individual than Ann which made them completely opposite. Lucy used her jaw disfigurement as a way to make friends and party while Ann was always the one working and trying to make her skills as a writer better. Although these two maybe best-friends this two images just show overall that opposites can attract and the bond they had together grew as they became more successful.
-Secondary Work
This picture is speaking a lot. It is representing the pain that Ann had to endure when trying to support her friend Lucy who was slowly being seduced to heroin. Lucy suffers from a rare condition of cancer which forced her to be born without many parts of her jaw. She fell into a deep depression after realizing her jaw less face can't ever be fixed due to her number of failed surgeries. Ann tried helping, but Lucy couldn't stop and kept trying to hold on to Ann for support. In the end, the heroin eventually consumed her and Ann found her best-friend dead from an heroin overdose.
Being marked and unmarked.
Without me reading any further into the essay I already comprehended that being marked is you basically labeling yourself as something. Giving something that doesn't have any meaning at all, meaning. Being unmarked is you being yourself without proving to anyone what or who you are. It is almost impossible to necessarily be unmarked because everything on you is a symbol or label that has already marked you without you even knowing it.
Men and women are both human beings with two completely different mindsets. Men over the history of time, that humans have been alive, has seen themselves as the dominate sex, which is not entirely true. Women and men are the same in terms of appearance and being human beings. But what's different is that most women are not as mentally strong as men. Men naturally learn how to be dominate from a young age which teaches them to be controlling as they grow older in life. As women over the years has adapted to the fact that they are "below" men. As time goes on that will eventually change as women will rise to power and eventually even themselves out with men.
Espn
The harkness from the boys and the girls were overall pretty interesting. In a way boys and girls have the same view of the topic. The girls focused more on what the picture was trying to say to our society as a whole ; and how they want people to have tht top of body. Which is almost impossible considering the pictures are of professional athletes and they train each and everyday to get to that trophy caliber body. As for the boys, we focused on mainly the same topic but instead we limited ourselves to saying what we wanted to say because of the females surrounding us in the room.
Should fighting be entertainment?
Fighting is in all sports and is actually a sign of pure adrenaline and anger. (Except boxing and UFC) Many sports ban fighting in a game and some players can be severely punished for it. While other sports such as hockey allow it to happen and use it as a strategy against some teams. It may be sad and cruel but many fans get off their seats and cheer when players start fighting no matter what sport it is. I know one of you have seen, and cheered on a fight in a sports game of any kind and let it spark a fire in you. I think fighting should be a form of entertainment in today's age in sports, even if it may be wrong.
Reilly
Rick Reilly uses many tricks and tactics to connect sports to the tragedy of 9/11. He portrays the city as a team and the players as working citizens. He also uses irony by mentioning he pulled his friend out of a pile of bodies just as his friend pulled him out of a pile in football after a fumble has been recovered. Overall he connects work and play in the article very well. The football sections are used as play as the 9/11 sections of picking up dead bodies is looked at as being serious or work.
Picking the work
The book I chose is about the hard friendship between two friends. Where one of them almost died and has to get many surgies just to maintain her life. This book goes along with my topic of accepting death and how I cope with it. Many of my relatives have died and I had time teach myself how to deal with it mentally rather then let it consume my emotions.
