...The many facets of Bree in Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives (ABC 2004-2012) embodies many of the characteristics that the Suburban Gothic genre is trying to project. There is anxiety surrounding suburbanisation and the reality behind the nuclear family. This in turn brings up many issues regarding patriarchal society and the gender roles that are performed within this system. As the title suggests, the show centres around housewives, each with a different set of problems but ones that essentially culminate into the major problems of suppression, lack of identity, financial entrapment, sexuality in relation to men and the family, as well as the role of the woman in the home. The show has a serio-comic take on the issues mentioned above which allows the characters to publicly reveal their deepest secrets and have them criticised, satirized and related to by the other characters as well as the audience. This breaks with the normative ideology that is a result of the consistent repetition of (most times negative) images surrounding these gender roles. Instead of promoting the problematic behaviour and psychology that is depicted on the show, Desperate Housewives means to show audiences what is wrong with society through its characters and use of humour contrasted with disturbing elements. The character of Bree in the series is an example of how the postfeminist world is attempting to negotiate the role of women in society. Her psychology gives reason as to why her life...
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...For my attended speech critique, I attended Tearing Hatred from the Sky. On February 23,2017, a speaker by the name of Bree Newsome came to speak at the College of Charleston at Sotille theater. Bree Newsome or Brittany Ann Newsome is an American filmmaker, musician, speaker, and activist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house grounds. The young woman arrested in 2015 for taking down the Statehouse's Confederate battle flag has been invited to speak at the college about activism and social justice, but opposition to the event was the South Carolina Secessionist Party. They emphasized...
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...Electronic Submission Coversheet TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT By electronically submitting this work, I certify that: This assignment is my own work It has not previously been submitted for assessment Where material from other sources has been used it has been acknowledged properly This work meets the requirement of the University’s ethics policy Student Name: Aneta Blawut Student Number : (Put in ALL for a group submission) Q12147800 Faculty: Fci Level of study: 4 Course title: Public Relations and Communication Unit title: Interpersonal Communication Assignment title: Research Report Assignment tutor: Mark Farwell Word count: 2003 Learner request for feedback: I request for a positive feedback and positive mark of my work. :) TO BE COMPLETED BY STAFF Tutor feedback: Areas of Strength: Areas for Improvement: Grade mark: Submitted on time (Y/N): Tutor signature: Date: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION - THE HUMAN PSYCHE AND BODY HIDES MANY SECRETS INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION: Communication with a people is a exchange useful or useless information between them. During conversation we can send or receive our message. In daily life people share knowledge, ideas, information but also feelings by using not only written or spoken words and thoughts but also body language. To be productive consumer you have to understand the...
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...TELEVISION PORTRAYALS OF HOUSEWIVES IN THE 1950s VERSUS TODAY: I Love Lucy vs. Desperate Housewives The 1950s housewife was the epitome of a woman. She had poise and grace and cared for her family more than having a career. She had a smile on her face, dinner on the table, and her child always used please and thank you. At least on TV. Fast forward 50 years and much has changed in our history and the way that women are portrayed on television. With women no longer expected to give up their careers in order to raise a family, working moms are represented more with each passing decade. Two television shows that can be examined to explore the difference in television’s portrayal of housewives are I Love Lucy from the 1950s and Desperate Housewives from the 2000s. While the shows premiered more than a half a century apart, there are many similarities in the shows. And that’s not on accident. After World War II ended, men came home and families started growing and prospering, able to buy things they had to go without during the rough wartimes. With servicemen home and the baby boom well underway, women were expected to reclaim their dominance over the home, while their husband’s reclaimed dominance over them.1 Housewives were to be seen more than heard, all while keeping a smiling on their face. No one talked about their problems, because they didn’t really have any. The white picket fence was always perfect and no one ever raised their voice or drank too much, at least on the...
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...1. Sarah Darer Littman’s Backlash is a realistic novel that is written though the point-of-view of four different characters, the main protagonist, Lara Kelly, her sister, Sydney (Syd) Kelly, her ex-best friend, Bree Connors, and her brother, Liam Connors. 2. The book opens up in a flashback to middle school where Lara Kelly was bullied and called names like Lardo Lara and Larasaurus because of her weight 3. In high school, when Lara recovered from her depression and her ex-best friend, Bree Connors, left her for other people, she decided to try out for cheerleading. 4. Lara makes the cheerleading team and Bree, who also tried out, does not but as Lara laughs with her new friend, Ashley, Bree thought they were laughing at her. 5. In anger,...
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...I am providing a brief update since our conference call on March 15, 2016. I received a phone call from Peggy on March 18th with an allegation that was reported to her by Larry. OHAN was contacted on the same day by both myself and Lasonia. Lasonia went to Avalonia to meet and speak with Larry for additional information. On Tuesday, OHAN returned Lasonia’s call to obtain additional information. I received a call from Preston stating an OHAN investigator (Mr. Williams) was present at Avalonia to speak with Larry and Mr. Williams wanted to know Peggy’s contact information. I received approval from Peggy on March 18, 2016 to share her contact information with the investigator if needed. A meeting was scheduled for 6:30p on March 22, 2016 with...
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...abruptly interrupted with the obnoxious buzzing of the alarm clock, Marcus slowly and painfully starts waking up, suddenly his niece Bree busts in yelling “Come on get up, you have to take me to school!” Marcus groans “Not so loud, I had a few drinks last night.” Bree quickly retorts “a few drinks my ass, you came in the house yelling and screaming about ” Marcus tiredly looks towards Bree and while wiping his eyes interrupting Bree, he says “hey, don’t cuss and what about the car I bought you a couple months ago, you know the one you wouldn’t stop begging me for?” Bree yells with an annoyed in from the other room “I still have that flat tire you keep promising to fix, and don’t you talk to me about not cussing, I hear how you and your friends talk!.” Marcus finally up and brushing his teeth says “Oh come on! How do you not know how to change a tire!?...and like anyone noticed but you.” Bree comes back in the room and yells “No one noticed!?That teacher still holds that against me!” Marcus laughingly says “Well he can shove it up his ass!” Bree sarcastically says “Hey don’t cuss!” Marcus peaks out of the bathroom putting on his shirt saying “fine, just go get the car started” A few minutes later in the car on the road Bree asks “Wait...this is not the way to the way to school.” Marcus replies “very good detective work Sherlock” Bree with a tid bit of attitude goes “but I need to go to school!” Marcus more sternly says “well I need to eat, and my hunger your...
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...In the novel Crank by Ellen Hopkins, the author narrates as her daughter Kristina Georgia Snow. Ellen is describing her daughter’s battle through her addiction to crystal meth. She describes how easy it is to get drugs but how hard it is to get away from them. The setting is placed in Reno, Nevada and in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In Reno Kristina lives with her mom and stepdad, she has a good live she is a straight a student and goes to school every day. When Kristina went to Albuquerque she tried crystal meth for the first time with this guy Adam, she was instantly hooked. Because of her addiction she developed a second personality that she called “Bree”. Bree then begins to control Kristina’s choices and actions. In Reno the setting conveys...
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...drawings all over the wall? 2. What was it that was weird that they found still set up in one of the rooms? 3. When they saw the sign that said up and down witch way did they go? 4. What was the number of the dormitory that Neil went into? Chapter five 1. What was it that scared Neil that was in dormitory 13? 2. What did he mistake the ghost of? 3. What color hair did it have and what was it wearing? 4. What did Neil run into when he got scared? 5. Why did they have to use the camera for light instead of the flashlight? Chapter six 1. Who opened the door for Neil and Bree? 2. What did Neil and Bree do once they got out of the room? 3. What did Neil almost go headfirst down? 4. Why did Eric stay instead of going like the others? Chapter seven 1. What did Neil, Bree, and Wesley hear coming forward to them in the hallway? 2. What did Neil imagine the floor having when he almost fell through it? 3. What secret thing did Neil and Wesley...
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...touching movie that demonstrates us the complicated experiences of a transgender that is waiting anxiously for a surgery to her sex change. The most important aspects in this drama are; Gender identity, adolescent disorientation, and familiar discrimination. Is the story of Bree (Felicity Huffman) an educated and conservative transsexual woman? She is a genetic male name Stanly. Bree looks for her entire transformation with the support of her only friend Elizabeth (Fionnula Flanagan) a psychologist who supports Bree’s surgery. But, before that, Bree should confront her unexpected son and the discrimination of her mother. The gender of Bree is well demonstrated by her physical attributes, her attitude, and her behavior of a woman. Nevertheless it is not sufficient to complete her happiness because she lives with the fear of being discovered and feels the rejection of the people around her. In my opinion, transgender people deal with an emotional conflict that it is not generated by their physiological condition, but for the social discrimination they face the absence of social support, family acceptance, and inadequate access to professionals care. On the other hand, Toby (Kevin Zegers) is the son of Bree. He was in the stage of adolescence, fighting with the hormonal changes, and the feeling of not being understood especially by his parents. Hi is a victim of sexual abuse from his stepfather, and of the incomprehension of his mother with mental disorders. In addition, his...
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...What will happen if I surround myself with the wrong people? Turns out, if you surround yourself with the wrong people, you could later end up in a lot of trouble. Take it from Kristina, the main character in the book Crank, by Ellen Hopkins. Kristina soon discovers the consequences of her actions. There actions soon become responsibilities she doesn't want to have. All this is because Kristina surrounded herself with the wrong people. Her next book, Glass, will take you through a thrilling ride of her feelings, selfish behavior, and merciless decisions. In Crank, Kristina meets Adam, a boy who lives in the same apartment building as her and her dad. Overtime, Kristina finds herself falling for him. She begins to call herself...
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...Hopkins had just thought she was releasing a diary entry of what happened when her daughter “danced with the monster.” In Crank, Hopkins describes how her daughter, Kristina, took a trip to visit her low life father in Arizona for the first time in awhile. She met a few new people who belonged in the wrong crowd and her father wasn't the best protective system she had, so she met the “monster.” She left as Kristina and came back as Bree and also came back a completely different person. Hopkins goes into full detail on her daughter’s struggle with a tough addiction to cocaine. Kristina was no longer Kristina, she was Bree, whoever that was. By the end of Crank, Kristina ends up pregnant and swears she will sober up for her son. In the beginning of Glass, Hopkins second book of the series, Kristina does everything but turn her life around and she's bringing her baby into the mix. She leaves home and starts doing illegal things to keep up her habits. She moves from home to home, with man to man, and drug to even more serious drugs. Kristina, or Bree, finally gets to point where her child is taken away from her. By the end of the book, Kristina is completely out of control and is now pregnant again. Fallout is the third and final book of the Crank series. I had been greatly anticipating this book since I am a huge fan of Hopkins and her fans have been waiting since 2004 to see Kristina's fate. So, when the book finally came out, I couldn't put it down. It wasn't because it was...
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...maybe, I don’t know. I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday” (Camus 3) the reader immediately sees Meursault as the personification of existentialism, the existential hero. Camus uses the death of Meursault’s mother to convey his existentialist philosophy which in this case shows the absurd reactions to death. It seems as though Meursault is more concerned with the time of his mother’s passing rather than the fact that he just lost a loved one. In fact, existentialism is often defined as emphasizing individual existence; however, in Camus’ novel it is just the opposite from Meursault’s point of view. According to an excerpt edited by Germaine Bree, “The stranger he wants to portray is precisely one of those terrible innocents who shock society by not accepting the rules of its game. He lives among outsiders, but to them, too, he is a stranger.... And we ourselves, who, on opening the book are not yet familiar with the feeling of the absurd, vainly try to judge him according to our usual standards. For us, too, he is a stranger....” (Discovering Authors). The perception that Camus gives to his readers is that no human is familiar with the absurd until judgement begins to play a role which is portrayed heavily throughout the novel. While attending his mother’s funeral, Meursault decides to smoke cigarettes, drink a cup of coffee, and he fails to show any emotion. The character is present...
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...Ivan Caicedo Professor field English College Now 21 May 2014 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Vocabulary 1. Unobtrusive - inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent; not noticeable or conspicuous 2. Perilous - involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous 3. Imbibed - to absorb liquid or moisture; to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat 4. Warren - a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters 5. Commodity - an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service; something of use, advantage, or value. 6. Pavilion - a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits 7. Scintillating - animated; vivacious; effervescent; witty; brilliantly clever 8. Phalanx - (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping; a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose. 9. Provender - dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder; food 10. Waistcoat - a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries. 11. Perfunctory - performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic 12. Spasm - a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued...
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...Keep Both Eyes Open The book named The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki was a very good book. This story was about a boy named Neil Cady and his sister named Bree who were sent to his aunts’ house for the summer. They made friends named Eric and Wesley. They went to an abandoned asylum and met trouble. They were followed by a ghost who they thought was Nurse Janet. The ghost was actually murdered. The ghost was named Rebecca and she gave them clues to solving her murder as well as her mom’s. The kids went on an adventure to solve it. They discover the murderer is closer to them then they think. In this book, there were many characters that had unique character traits that varied. Neil was my favorite character because he was curious, did not give up and was very intelligent. He desired knowledge when he went into Graylock Hall-State Hospital when he was warned of the danger. Also, he did not give up when his sister wanted to go home because of the haunting and he convinced her to want to solve the mystery. He broke into someone’s house so they could find a clue to the murder. He did all he could to give...
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