...Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover Don’t judge a book by its cover is a metaphorical phrase used which means don’t pre-judge someone or something by their outside view. Society as a whole tends to make an initial impression simply by the way someone looks, dresses or even talks. “Mother’s Tongue” by Amy Tan was about an English scholar whose mother was judged due to her broken English. This reading is just one mean of how someone is judged for her communication barrier. Everyone comes from a variety of backgrounds, cultural differences, and influenced lifestyles that create differences in which a person appears and identifies to someone else. There are many different characteristics that create the makeup of each person. Cultural language varieties are one type of characteristic of how someone can by perceived by another person from a different culture. Different forms of the language can be introduced daily through music, television, forms of media, and people that surround you. Cultures are another means that create the makeup of how people from different societies appear to each other. This can be seen through clothing styles and personality makeup. Language is the main form of communication which creates a universal difference among people. It is easy to create a personal bias opinion towards a different language. An example of this bias would be if you are an English Native American and walk past two Hispanic decent people carrying on a conversation in a foreign language...
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...Sages have been chattering all the time about the danger and devastation of judging a book by its cover. Admittedly, there is some truth in their effort, as it would be unsophisticated and misleading to calculate one’s moral character and dignity solely by his “cover”, be it his look, stature or even the quality of clothing.（如果字数多了，这个蓝色部分可以删掉） A closer study of the issue, aided by an acute sense of customs and convictions, （如果字数多了，这个蓝色部分可以删掉） however, reveals quite indisputably that one can learn, more or less, about people by the clothes they dress. The most significant information thus gathered is personal identity and cultural inclinations. Coming first to indicate the affinity between the people and their clothing is the identity issue, which serves as a solid, identifiable evidence to my argument. （如果字数多了，这个蓝色部分可以删掉） With different styles of dressing, one intends to articulate his own identity, thus conveying some cultural subtleties, say, his likes and dislikes, his convictions and taboos. The example of Hippies and Yuppies comes readily to one’s mind. Their unconventional, rebellious dressing code, in a non-verbal manner, remained their counter-cultural manifesto. It is also true in the case of politicians and business people, whose clothing undoubtedly helps to differentiate them from those with different pursuits and occupations. With one’s dress, a sensitive, well-informed mind could also gather crucial information about the customs, beliefs and other cultural...
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...and others judged her mother's intelligence by how she spoke English. Tan introduces us to the concept of "Englishes", i.e. the English used in her household; the English she was taught in school; the English she writes in. Tan writes about the possibility that students, particularly Asian Americans, may be steered away from careers in Literature or creative writing because of the "broken or limited"(Tan, 2006) English used in their homes. I continue to feel that Tan's main goal of the article is to get us to think about the ways we view people who speak "limited or broken" English. As a continuation of the author's goal she writes about how really listening to her own talk as she spoke to various groups about her writing life and her book "The Joy Luck Club” caused her to realize the "whole talk sounded wrong." What she was hearing and learning, perhaps for the first time, was that she was not using one of the "Englishes" that she "did not use at home with my mother." I did identify some new key points and these are how Tan writes about how she thinks "about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth." One way the reading supports this is when she writes about the possibility that there are so few Asian Americans involved in creative writing because of the limitations of the English spoken in their homes. In other words, I believe Tan is demonstrating the effects that "broken or limited English" (Tan, 2006)...
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...Grabiela Juarez Mr. Draney An expression that is widely known is not to judge a book by its cover. In relation to that, people judge and criticize the appearance and behavior of a person without knowing that person’s side of the story. Different people have been socially constructed to believe what is acceptable and what is not pertaining on how they grew up. People are judged by what they wear, and focus on what is appealing to them as an individual, as well as society. A generalization of a person, who would be considered taboo, is all black clothing, black hair, and black lipstick. A person like this would be considered: emotional, demonic, anti-social. This is the quote on quote “judging a book by its cover”. Fact could be the person is the sweetest. What prevents us from getting to know people? Why do we often automatically go for the stereotype, instead of learning something about the people we meet? What could be viewed in one culture as normal, could not be viewed in another the same, and could even be discriminated against. For example, other parts of the country wearing rings around their neck to elongate it, would show beauty. In the United States it would be considered taboo. There are many things society has considered taboo just for the fact that it is queer to them. The biggie socially constructionism would be religion. It affects the views of so many people. If a religious person, says they do not like tattoos, because god brought us onto this earth, without...
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...ENGL 1020 Never Judge a Book by its Cover: For many years the public would say that when asked to visualize a person with tattoos their first thoughts would be of criminals, sailors, bikers, or gangsters. Not anymore! Tattoos have become culturally acceptable in today’s society. They have a rich history that dates back to 2000 B.C. before any kind of negative stigma was formed. Because of that stigma, however, tattoos and people with tattoos have developed a bad reputation. Many concerns such as the procedure, health risks and career complications are what have caused some of the negativity towards tattoos. In today’s society these are no longer the case and thus, the art has become mainstream. The act of tattooing started in early civilizations and was most evident in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians’ wall writing showed evidence of the body being used as a canvas around 2000 B.C. (“All About the”). Throughout many different cultures tattoos are used as a part of their religious practices. A tattoo can represent ones authority or a particular responsibility within the practice. However, during biblical times, tattoos were considered an act of mythological worship. Some experts believe that Moses viewed tattoos a little differently, viewing them as a way to commemorate devotion rather than paganism worship. Years later, during the Roman Empire, slaves and criminals began to bare tattoos causing them to develop a negative connotation. They were also used negatively to brand...
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...Problems with judging people, is that you don’t know who you are talking to. There are millionaires and billionaires that walk around Naples in flowered shirts and drive beat-up cars and trucks. They aren’t prone to show who and what they are because they just want to talk as a regular person. Judging people will and can cause serious problems in the workplace. People who see others in a certain light may be prone to exclude a person who may have valuable in-sight to help the task at hand. Dimensions of thought that go through many different people can cause a single dimension to expand and come to conclusions that were never considered. People generally have a lot to offer if asked and nurtured to think in a rational state of consciousness. Only after you have taken the time to learn about an individual can you make a sound judgment on what that person means in your life. However, people can always change and a judgment can be wrong. Time has showed even after you have known someone for several years, they can be what you originally thought them to be if you had judged them before. You never truly know someone’s inner-thoughts. You only know what they show and you have to trust your own intuition to get by. For some this is a difficult task, and others see this as ability. In the end it is up to your own dimension of...
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...While researching the different amount of book covers, one distinctively stood out. On this book cover, a man can be seen who appeared to have a good amount of unexplainable tattoos placed on his body. This book cover allows an individual’s curiosity to spark at first sight. At a glance, one may say that the tattoos seem very mysterious and colorful. Which causes one wanting to know more. For instance, a viewer of the cover may say to themselves “why would a man have such a variety of unusual tattoos on him?” With this in mind, any person who may have viewed the cover will only feel a sensation of wanting to know more. For this reason, any individual who actually likes a good story would open up “The Illustrated Man” and proceed to find out the details of the man’s baffling tattoos by reading the book in order to subdue their curiosity....
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...Book Writing Template Dan Poynter Write "by-the-Numbers" Just Fill-in the Blanks Para Publishing, Santa Barbara Book Writing Template Remove the staples from this Template and insert the pages into a 3-ring binder. Separate the chapters, front matter and back matter with dividers. For details, see pages 77-78 in Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books. Build your book by filling in this template. You do not have to begin writing at the beginning. Start by filling in any information you have at this time. Once you have filled several pages, transfer the information to your computer. Then print out the pages, 3-hole punch them and replace the old pages in the binder. This guide may be used for fiction but it is specifically designed for nonfiction books. Also see Writing Your Book. Thinking/planning, writing and deciding on publishing: Get an agent, find a publisher or publish yourself. http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=resource/writing.html The New Book Model, Text. http://parapub.com/getpage.cfm?file=newbook.html The New Book Model, Audio. http://www.jackstreet.com/jackstreet/RR.Newbookmodel.cfm (Wait for the sound to load) Does this system work? Thousands of published authors say YES! See the Success Stories at http://parapub.com/successstories.cfm? © Copyright 2005, Dan Poynter Para Publishing, Dan Poynter, PO Box 8206, Santa Barbara, CA 93118-8206, USA. Tel: (805) 968-7277, Fax: (805) 968-1379, http://ParaPublishing.com (Front Cover) For a list...
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...Almagest was one of the most influential scientific texts of all time. It contains 13 books, each containing different astronomical information. Book I contains an outline of Aristotle's cosmology, his belief of the origin and development of the universe. Book II covers his daily observation of the sky. Book III covers the length of the year and the position of the sun. Book IV and V cover the Moon and the distance and sizes of the sun moon and earth. Book VI covers lunar and solar eclipses. Book VII and VIII cover the motion of stars, the constellations, and a star brightness scale. Book IX addresses the issues with creating models for the five closest planets. Book X covers the motion of Venus and Mars. Book XI covers the motion of Jupiter and Saturn. Book XII covers the planets retrograde motion. Book XIII covers motion on...
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...Dr. Abraham Jobe’s medical report is a book of stories and encounters he had while practicing medicine and living on the Cherokee reserve. This record book is composed of a pressboard cover made from fiber, a charcoal colored cloth shellacked to the board, three hundred pages of linen paper that have since yellowed, and is held together with Coptic binding. He wrote this memoir with a dip pen from 1840 using alizarine ink. Although the book its self would’ve been mass produced as a blank ledger it is classified as an original item and has many unique pieces making up its content. The first step to making a ledger such as Dr. Jobe’s is the paper. In the mid-1800th century paper was made in a mill and was constructed out of recycled linen...
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...Collateral Book: Exam Questions 1. A. Fred Rosen is a former columnist for the Arts and Leisure Section of The New York Times. He is the son of a Polish immigrant-clothing buyer. Rosen is originally from Brooklyn and is Jewish. Rosen is a known true crime author in the United States. His wife and daughter (who is seven) now currently reside with him in New York, New York. B. Rosen teaches criminal justice and film at Ulster County Community college. Mr. Rosen author attended the University of Southern California film school. He then moved back to New York and found work as a technical writer, specializing in photography where he met his wife. He edited Studio Photography magazine and wrote a photography column for the New York Times. This led to an eight-year job as a journalism professor at Hofstra University. C. Fred Rosen is the winner of Library Journal’s Best Reference Source 2005 award for The Historical Atlas of American Crime. His published works in the genre include the true crime classic, Lobster Boy. In that case it was Mr. Rosen’s detective work that led to the conviction of the killer. This proves Rosen’s competence to write a book about historical murders as his evidence helped solve the case. Rosen has a lot of experience writing about true crime having published over twelve books on the subject of true crime. 2. A. Fred Rosen has published thirteen or fourteen books related to criminal justice some include: There But For the Grace: Survivors of the...
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...Basic Book Design | What goes on the cover?Cover imageTitleAuthorPublishing info (Company or logo) | | Cover Image:This is probably the most important image choice you will make.Captivating & strongTrue to the content of the bookInclude space to comfortably incorporate text (title, author) | The book SPINE should carry the same information as the cover. | | Back coverYour choice!Often a big full-bleed imagePerhaps some type such as reviews, descriptions, etc.Perhaps just a blank color that blends well with your front cover. | Presentation of interior images | Thick Margin: * Classic, traditional presentation * “Quiet” * Top & side margins are equal. * Bottom margin slightly larger | | Thin Margin * More contemporary * Bolder | | Full Bleed * “Bleed” means that the images flows off the page on all side. * Very bold, “loud,” dynamic * Notice the magenta trim line (picture extends beyond the trim line) | | Gutter Bleed (full)This image bleeds across the gutterThe gutter centers the bleed | | Gutter Bleed (equal margin)This image bleeds across the gutter | | Interior image presentation, continued | | | Gutter Bleed (offset)This image bleeds across the gutter | | Gutter Bleed (multiple image)This image bleeds across the gutter | General Layout Tips & Tricks | | The image above shows: Front/ back cover dust jacket, spine, and inside front/ back flaps of the dust jacket. This view is called a “full...
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...Domes of Fire Author: David Eddings, personally I have never heard of this author before nor have I read any other book. Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, children's Literature, and Speculative fiction. A Lot of Fantasy video game players who play games relative to the Skyrim series would enjoy this book. I do not read these kinds of books, I also have never read a book similar to this. Title: This book seemed very interesting to me just based off of the title. It fits with the book very well and plays along with the story. Pictures/Book Jacket/Cover/Printing: The Book cover itself has the author's name with the title and pictures of a wizard, Knights, and a Dragon. However in the book itself there are no pictures, but the cover still interested...
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...Orlene Parks Draft Author White’s writings also serve as a Biblical interpretative aide in the 21st Century Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Those of her books most taken advantage of for biblical interpretations are the Seventh Day Adventist Bible Commentary, Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, Acts of the Apostles, The Desire of Ages, the Great Controversy and Steps to Christ. While the Bible is of it's self, self-interpretive, Author White’s writing is only or should only be used as an aide. Her writing should not be used to substitute the need for the illumination of the Holy Spirit, or to eliminate individual exegesis of the scripture under consideration. Author White’s writings are use by various categories of people for various reasons. Pastors and scholars used her writings for additional enlightenment; church members use them because they provide good readings for Christian growth, and even her critics read her writings in order to discredit her. Lastly, there are those who use it just to prove a point. For example in 2001when the USA experienced the 911 terrorist attack, a lot of non Seventh-day Adventist started to purchase her writings hoping to find the reason and interpretation of the madness that had just transpired. The reasons these book are considered beneficial for biblical interpretation is because her writings have proved to be inline with the Bible, her predictions come to past and her ethos/character complements her work and ministry...
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...Summary of the books of the Old Testament Exodus The book of Exodus is of the narrative genre initially and then switches to law. This book covers the development of Israel into a real nation, and falls into seven distinct sections. First there is the birth and education of Moses who was born an Israelite, but raised as an Egyptian. During the suffering of Israel, God used a burning bush to show Moses that he was the one to deliver the Israelites out of bondage. Second was Moses confronting the Pharaoh with the ten plagues, which included the observance of the first Passover. Next we read of the parting of the Red Sea and narrative of the journey of Moses guiding the people to Sinai. The fourth section covers the delivery of the Ten Commandments or laws by God on Mt. Sinai. Then we have the section on the building of the tabernacle. The six section covers the renewing of the covenant with God after the sinful actions of the Israelites in worshiping the golden calf. The last section covers the building and dedication of the Tabernacle. Deuteronomy This book’s genre is law, which is actually taken from the Greek word for “the second law.” Before being delivered to the promised land of the Canaan, Moses spoke to the people with forceful presentations of the essential parts of God’s revelation including emphasis on the spiritual principles of the law and its fulfillment. He also sought to teach application of the law to circumstances the Israelites would face in their new...
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