...achieve totalitarian direction, have to contend with many negating forces. Marcus calls for the replacement of exploitation, with freedom, but domination and repression remains. Marcus presents an ideology where the people enjoy some capitalist society where they are falsely presented with a life that is comfortable. However, Marcuse calls this some form of smooth, comfortable oppression that creeps into the people and successfully exorcizes or represses the very evident contradictions. In the year 1972, Marcuse wrote another essay titled “An Essay on Liberation” in which he asserts that voluntary servitude can only be broken through a political practice that goes to the extent of demolishing the roots of containment and contentment (Holman 632). The idea here is that people still have a long way to go to get liberated from false needs (Marcuse 405). The generation of substantial change requires a qualitatively different totality where social liberation goes beyond the economic sphere to touch human existence” (Winters 161). The only way to attain this kind of life is if people think of “the possibility of emancipated subjectivity” (Holman...
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...Evaluating Credibility and Validity of Sources: We learned that it is important to evaluate the credibility of the source and make a judgement on its relevance to our topic/argument. Credibility can be validated based off on the background of the author, impartiality, style and tone of article and currency. For instance for an argument on animal rights as described in…, the argument can be presented in different ways depending on the specialization of the author. A phychologist, philosopher or economist might present the argument in different style. Also, the author’s personal interest to the subject might affect the an author’s opinion or treatment to the subject. For instance, an author who is vegetarian is likely to argue against using animals for food and may present argument in a way that’s less than impartial. The publication Alongwith the author’s background, it is also important to validate the author’s personal interest associated to the subject ; We also learned that a special interest or preference might affect an author’s opinion or treatment to subject. In the simplest terms, a declared vegetarian is likely to argue against using animals for food and may present those arguments in a way that’s less than impartial. The writing style and tone is another way to form credibility and validity of sources of information. You should determine whether the tone is professional or not. If it is indeed professional and the tone is for the targeted audience...
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...Tanner Schumm Mr. R Lambert English 122 26 April 2013 Learning To Read And Write Enslavement is a word that carries many meanings. Man can be enslaved by force, behind prison walls, by chains, or by one’s very own mind. Liberation is yet another word that brings to mind many meanings. Liberating one’s self can be the act of relieving that force, climbing the prison wall, breaking the chain, or freeing your mind from the very oppressions that hold it down. Fredrick Douglass and Malcolm X both shared the unfortunate common bond of oppression and enslavement and both found salvation and liberation through reading. Though the commonality of liberation was shared, the stories by which their journeys were told couldn’t have differed more. Through the essays of “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X and “Learning to Read and Write” by Fredrick Douglass, we see how their rhetorical techniques differ. After observing both essays we will come to understand why it is that due to his strong, convincing tone Malcolm X conveys a better story and catches our attention with his rhetoric better than Douglass. To fully understand how liberation is achieved and how enslavement of the mind can be completely abolished, we must join both Douglass and X in learning how read. Fredrick Douglass was born a slave and was never given the luxury of education until his master instructed his wife to teach Douglass to read. Taking advantage of being in the situation he was placed in, Douglass did whatever...
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...The women’s rights movement was a huge turning point for women because they had succeeded in the altering of their status as a group and changing their lives of countless men and women. Gender, Ideology, and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement was a great chapter because it explained and analyzed the change and causes of the women’s movement. Elaine Tyler May’s essay, Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism and Women’s Liberation and Sixties Radicalism by Alice Echols both gave important but different opinions and ideas about the women’s movement. Also, the primary sources reflect a number of economic, cultural, political, and demographic influences on the women’s movement. This chapter really explains how the Cold War ideologies, other protests and the free speech movements occurring during this time helped spark the rise or the women’s right’s movements. In Cold War Ideology and the Rise of Feminism by Elaine Tyler May, May examines the impact of political changes on American families, specifically the relationship of a Cold War ideology and the ideal of domesticity in the 1960s. May believed that with security as the common thread, the Cold War ideology and the domestic revival reinforced each other. Personal adaption, rather than political resistance, characterized the era. However, postwar domesticity never fully delivered on its promises because the baby-boom children who grew up in suburban homes abandoned the containment ethos when...
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...Why did the Women’s Liberation Movement Emerge in the late 1960’s? Discuss with reference to Britain and the United States of America. In a decade where the whole world was experiencing revolutions due to social discontent, this increased the desire, of women, in the late 1960’s to ‘confront existing structures of oppression,’ giving the impetus for the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Caine argues the emergence of the movement bought a ‘new tone,’ when discussing women’s oppression. Rather than focusing directly on women’s suffrage, this was a political movement demanding ‘rapid and radical change,’ in an ever increasing ambience of liberalisation. Upon inception, it is vital to highlight one can account different reasons for the emergence of the movement in Britain and America, as different domestic situations led to different reasons for the emergence of a more radical form of feminism. This essay, together with a multiplicity of historians, will consider the importance of World War II and the Civil Rights Movement, and the impact they had on the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Linked to this is the ever apparent discrimination women faced and increasing desires to change this, coupled with developments of new opportunities, demonstrated by the aforementioned world events. Additionally, the impact of literature such as Betty Friedan’s, The Feminine Mystique, needs to be considered. Whilst all the factors play an important role in contributing...
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...Shawn Wiley CRJ 419 American Terrorism Charles Loftus Assignment 4 Part Two June 16, 2013 More Domestic Terrorist Than the Public Realizes With only a few mentioned in part one of this two part essay, there are actually many more domestic terrorist groups that are coming to light. Domestic terrorism has been around for many years and probably for many more. There are going to be groups or even individuals that will have their own beliefs and may even try to push those beliefs onto others. So because of this domestic terrorism is going to be around for a long time. Looking through history I have found a few domestic groups that weren’t mentioned in part ones essay but I feel should be addressed. Ku Klux Klan can never be ignored as one of the most prominent of all domestic terrorist groups in the United States. Another one is Phineas Priesthood, and lastly a group Americans must focus on is Black Liberation Army. These are the three that I think should really be focused on, for they seem to be mentioned by the F.B.I. in a lot of Domestic Terrorism articles. Ku Klux Klan (KKK), just the name sounds of something bad is about to happen. The Klan has been causing havoc since 1865. Is definitely one of the oldest and most infamous for violence than any other domestic group on American. Most believe that blacks are the main subject of the Klan, but that isn’t necessary true anymore. They tend to focus on attacking Jews, immigrants, gays, and lesbians...
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...Womens Liberation Movement Why did the Women’s Liberation Movement Emerge in the late 1960’s? Discuss with reference to Britain and the United States of America. In a decade where the whole world was experiencing revolutions due to social discontent, this increased the desire, of women, in the late 1960’s to ‘confront existing structures of oppression,’ giving the impetus for the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Caine argues the emergence of the movement bought a ‘new tone,’ when discussing women’s oppression. Rather than focusing directly on women’s suffrage, this was a political movement demanding ‘rapid and radical change,’ in an ever increasing ambience of liberalisation. Upon inception, it is vital to highlight one can account different reasons for the emergence of the movement in Britain and America, as different domestic situations led to different reasons for the emergence of a more radical form of feminism. This essay, together with a multiplicity of historians, will consider the importance of World War II and the Civil Rights Movement, and the impact they had on the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Linked to this is the ever apparent discrimination women faced and increasing desires to change this, coupled with developments of new opportunities, demonstrated by the aforementioned world events. Additionally, the impact of literature such as Betty Friedan’s, The Feminine Mystique, needs to be considered. Whilst all the factors play an...
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...The Holocaust ended May 8th, 1945 with the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest camp in Nazi territory and the one where most deaths took place; but for those who were lucky enough to survive, the effects of the war would remain with them for the rest of their lives. Not only were the Jews stripped of all their belongings and identity, but they were also forced to betray their own ethical codes. As survivors tried to assimilate back in to every day life, the memories of the family they had lost and the brutal events they witnessed kept resurfacing, leaving long-term psychological effects such as: anxiety, depression, psychosomatic disorders, survival guilt, isolation, and sleep disturbances. Not only did the survivors themselves experience these effects, but their children and grandchildren would as well. Victor Frankl’s memoir Man Search for Meaning, Lawrence Langer’s memoir Holocaust Testimonies: The...
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..."Turkeys in the Kitchen”, by Dave Barry, offers a humorous perspective of Thanksgiving Day at the expense of other men. The author accepts his tone of voice, as he says “I realize this is awful” (Barry 73) and turns it into a self-aware essay. Barry’s piece through humor shows insight into men’s attention spans and women’s teaching style in the kitchen. The author has had first-hand experience with both of these occurrences as described in the essay. "Turkeys in the Kitchen” makes the reader realize how men are easily distracted and the way women make it hard to learn. Men are met with many challenges thanksgiving day that will test their attention span. First there are the kids. While the women are cooking the men must take care of the kids....
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...many students, nowadays, are confronted with some, “Banking Concept of Education Learning. I believe that the key to success in learning must be obtain thru a moderation of, “Banking Concept Learning and” Liberation.” I think for my first essay I am going to write about two different ways of learning, the Montessori and Traditional learning structure. Montessori is the equivalent of Paulo Freire’s, “Liberating Education.” It offers the student in Montessori the liberation from the oppression of classroom slavery which is the next great social cause and the method is to have the beginning of the end of such slavery. The key is to cultivate a child’s internal motivation and then to “follow the child” rather than to use external motivation to force a child to do things that are not natural to them. Freire describes Liberating education as acts of cognition, not transferals of information. It is a learning situation the cognizable object intermediates the cognitive actors-teacher on one hand and students on the other. The Problem-Posing education as describe by Freire as, “The Practice of Freedom,” is also similar with Montessori. Children work independently and at self-pace by interacting between teacher and student thru dialogue. Montessori is truly committed to liberation by rejecting the, “Banking Concept of Education Learning, in which is perfectly acceptable but some “Banking,” must remain in order to maintain focus and control to defer chaos and undirectional structure...
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...Running head: ESSAY 6.1: THE STORY OF AN HOUR Essay 6.1: The Story of an Hour Jeremy Todd Macy ITT Technical Institute Essay 6.1: The Story of an Hour Freedom!!! Liberation!!! The idea of living your life for yourself, not others; it is something that we all dream of at some point in our lives, but how many of us actually achieve that? Whether we feel trapped in a job that we hate, a bad friendship, or a bad marriage, there is something inside us that yearns to be free. We long for that weight to be taken off of our shoulders. Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour takes us through these emotions, only to find out at the end that these emotions are fleeting, and then reality sets in. What will be discussed in this paper is the plot of the story and those feelings that are experienced, Kate Chopin’s life experiences and how that experience influenced this story, as well as my reaction to the story. The story starts off with Mrs. Mallard( we don’t know her first name) being told some distressing news. Josephine, her sister, is trying to relay this horrible news in the most delicate matter. Mrs. Mallard has severe heart problems, although she is young. Brentley, her husband, was killed in a train accident. She weeps, with “sudden, wild abandonment”, at the news (Woodlief, Study Text). She then sinks into an armchair, and begins to ponder the future. The sky opens up, showing the calming blue. Her horizons seem to broaden, she gets a feeling of starting over, fresh. She is still...
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...Cortney Bramlette AP Language Mrs. Richards 3-21-14 Author Essay #9 The general argument made by Dave Barry in Turkeys in the Kitchen is the men are raised one way, and women are raised another. That does not mean that they are incapable of doing each others stereotyped jobs, it just means that women are born better at cooking and cleaning while men are born better at fixing cars and eating the food women cook. (Okay that might be a little sexist, but slightly true.) Dave believes that men not knowing how to do anything right in a kitchen and women knowing the in’s and out’s of every kitchen utensil dates back to the pre-feminism era and the sexism of it. When asked to cut up a turnip, this is what goes through Dave’s head. “Now to the woman, who had all the sexist Home Economics training back in the pre-feminism era, this is a very simple instruction. It is the absolute simplest thing she can think of. But to the man, who got his training in Shop Class, learning things he would never ever need to know for the rest of his life, such as how to make “dado” joints, this instruction raises many troubling questions.” It seems as though Dave almost finds it unfair that he was never taught the correct way to cut up a turnip. He goes on to say that even once he picked up a zucchini (hoping it would be the turnip he was supposed to be cutting up) his wife “much too patiently” took it from his hands and replied with “That’s all right. I’ll do it.” If he only would be taught...
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...and through a thorough analysis of historical sources. The paper has its starting point in a walkthrough of the historical sources and their purposed in relation to the analysis of the historical period in Danish history. In the analysis of a schedule for a “normal” late 1800s family in Copenhagen the “old” way of thinking, were a man is in control, it becomes obvious that the fight for women’s liberation has its root at the base of the societal hierarchy. Later, with the analysis of a paragraph from the Women’s Liberation Society it is shown that the “old” way of thinking is slowly being outsourced by the new lifestyle of women who liberate themselves. The analysis of historical sources in the paper are later used as a foundation for the modernistic findings in the play “Et dukkehjem”. The Analysis of “Et dukkehjem” has it’s starting point in various theories of social science in relation to cultural changes and the evolution of equality between men and women. These theories are later used in the literary analysis and in the discussion. The analysis is written as an analytical essay in which the main character, Nora, is portrayed as a women living in a very traditional household with a desire to leave and find happiness on her own. The analysis comes in three parts. The main character’s view of herself and her abilities changes throughout the play and she decides that she is the master of her own happiness and her own life. This change in her view of herself is what is also...
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...Consider how the ideas of liberation (in terms of labour and nation) are explored in The Plough and the Stars. Sean O’Casey has long been feted as one of Irelands great literary playwrights. This has not always been the case however, as he endured severe criticism of his works particularly The Plough and the Stars, which sparked a riot when staged in the Abbey theatre in 1926, because of it’s “representation of the 1916 rebels as cowards principally motivated by vanity and self-love” (Pilkington 2001 P101). Within this play, the final in a trilogy of plays, O’Casey explores many areas of interest to the people of Dublin at the time of its setting in around the Easter 1916 rising. Within the play certain themes are explored: poverty, religion, class, sex, morality, as well as the themes of nationhood and social identity. There is a recurring topic of the struggle for liberation, portrayed through the nationalistic Jack and of the labour struggle through the ‘learned’ Covey. This essay hopes to further explore the idea of liberation found within the play with emphasis on the nationalism and socialism themes. O’Casey began life in a Northside Dublin tenement, a last son of a large Protestant lower middle class Unionist family. O’Casey suffered much during his childhood years, particularly with his eyes, which stalled his learning process as he had to spend much time away from school. However he had a thirst for knowledge and taught himself to read by the age of thirteen....
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...Stripped: Exposing the Erotic Allison Seals Springfield College SHS Houston HUSB 138 H1 Professor Tinsley 08/01/2014 Stripped: Exposing the Erotic “Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen” (Breathnach, 2010). In the essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,” Audre Lorde slowly unscrews the proverbial lid that has kept hidden the naked truth of the erotic for so long. Lorde’s essay, equal parts informative and poetic, is a defiant declaration against oppression, and aims to reveal and convince the reader of the truth in relation to the erotic. Using invitational rhetoric, “Uses of the Erotic” communicates themes of feminine liberation and defiance in the face of oppression. Imparting information by way of defiant declaration, the reader is offered a path to illumination. Lorde opens her essay with an introduction, or shall I say, reintroduction to a misunderstood “erotic.” Her interpretation of the erotic differs greatly from society’s, which perceives it as a purely physical sexuality lacking in emotional intimacy. Lorde defines the erotic as “a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling” (Lorde, 1984, p. 53). She conveys the erotic to the reader as a fundamental inner force of connectedness, explaining that it functions not only as a physical experience and expression, but a metaphysical...
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