...Television Is Affecting Children Negatively Larry Hering ENGL 101-B25 June 18, 2012 Gerald Spence Abstract Television and television advertising are effectively altering the way children think, act, and interact. Sedentary lifestyles are thought to be synonymous with watching too much television and childhood obesity has become a major issue in the United States. With all of the data and recommendations showing the negative affect television is causing, parents are in control of the issue right in their own homes. All that is needed is for them to assume responsibility. Television Is Affecting Children Negatively Over the last thirty years obesity has tripled in children ages 5 and up (Eaton, 2010). It is an epidemic that needs to be addressed in order to regain health among the nation’s children. While there is clearly more than one factor, technology has to take a major part of the blame along with parents. Children are spending too much time watching television and using systems such as Play Station and X-box. Computers are another source that takes away from activity Sedentary lifestyles are taking the place of wholesome activity-based play. Notice this child is sitting approximately three feet from the television and still uses a remote (see his left hand). His only activity appears to be eating potato chips and drinking soda. This image could be from any home in the country as sedentary lifestyles have become common. -based fun. Sedentary lifestyles...
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...Writing resources and Requirements NOTE: Please use this as reference for each writing assignment! Your grade may be adversely affected if you do not follow all of these requirements. Email or call your instructor if you have questions. The required literary essays for this course demand careful planning, drafting, revising/editing, and correct documentation. The following resources and requirements provide instruction on writing, research, and avoiding plagiarism. Carefully review them before writing your literary essays. Plagiarism Plagiarism encompasses more than the use of printed sources without giving proper credit. It means handing in writing in the name of one person that another person has composed, revised, edited, or proofread without the instructor's approval. Accordingly, the following guidelines are set down, and you must study and understand them from the outset. The instructor will assume, since this issue is clearly discussed, that you will be responsible for understanding and applying it. Any fact that is not common knowledge, any idea, phrase, or paraphrase that is taken from a printed source, from a lecture, sermon, or radio broadcast must be documented. Any work submitted in English 102 will be understood to be the work of the student submitting it and his work alone. Taking credit for someone else's proofreading ability, suggestions, ideas, or words is plagiarism. An exception to this definition is group work assigned and directed by the instructor...
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...Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline ENGL 102-B06 LUO 201340 Fall 2013 Kevin Prohaska ID# 25391876 Writing style used: MLA Kevin Prohaska Dr. Suzanne Penner 201340 Fall 2013 ENGL 102-B06 LUO 20 August 2013 Comparison of the Lottery and the Destructors: Settings * Compare the settings of each story to each other. * Could the settings have been changed and the punch of the story still be there? * The symbolism of the settings * How does the settings affect the story? The significance of setting is it sets the mental time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. The settings in of each of these stories could not be more different. The exploration of each of these scenarios is worth exploring in likeness to each other. What if the settings were changed? Could the same dynamic be achieved if the settings were different? What if any type of symbolism is deeply rooted in the setting? Is it made to make us think or feel a certain way or is it just there for the stories’ sake? What is achieved by the settings? How do we feel? Does it lead to the shocking end or sad comment at the prologue of the story? The Lottery The setting set forth by Shirley Jackson in the beginning of The Lottery creates a mood of peacefulness and tranquility. This setting also creates an image in the mind of the reader, the image of a typical town on a normal summer day. Furthermore, Shirley Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery...
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...Development of The Mind Nick Klotzle ENGL 102 Why are we so prompt to spring in front of the television? Is it because were a lethargic culture as a whole? Or are we just that frail minded? The rationalization of why we desire television over an intellectual book will be explain in this short essay. Referring back to the lesson two lecture “children from ages five to age eighteen have viewed over 15,000 hours of television.” That does not even comprise the movie attendance or the radio stations that we listen to relentlessly. “This electronic media reaches those hours over 20,000.” This would seem to be a mind over matter issue. As a society we have a tendency to be a tad bit slothful, which is not a bad thing necessarily but too much of one thing can be destructive. In this case were not using the full extent of our brains. “One side of the brain is working while the other is not being worked nearly enough or at all.” I admit that I can get caught up in an episode of SportsCenter but as referred to in Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” When you dial into your television set your mind is just watching the pictures move and not stimulating your brain. Your brain needs to be stimulated constantly to develop as an individual. Reading makes your mind spread out more by making it imagine. When you plunge into a book for instance a book on science fiction or a romance novel, you are placing yourself within the book as...
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...Fiction Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Summer B 2012 MLA WRITING STYLE Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline Thesis: Money, class and values affect the story as well as the reader. Outline: I. Introduction-“The Destructors” by Graham Greene vs. “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. II. Characterization a. Character Qualities/Status 1. Paul vs. T 2. Uncle vs. Blackie 3. Hester vs. Old Misery “Thomas” b. Emotions and Behaviors 1. Paul vs. T 2. Uncle vs. Blackie 3. Hester vs. Old Misery ”Thomas” III. Closing- overall effect on story and reader Character Comparison of “The Destructors” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” In “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence there are many differences and similarities. The reader sees the most emphasis placed on money, class and values. “The Destructors” takes place in Great Britain after World War I and most of the population has been taken from upper class to middle class due to the bombings. Where “The Rocking-Horse Winner” in situated in a suburban area of Baltimore, Maryland and the population is in the upper class, at least most are in appearance The characters have similarities and differences as well, take the protagonists in each story are young boys. Paul in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a young innocent boy that knows in his heart his mother , Hester does not love him or his two sisters but he has an over...
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...Fiction Essay COURSE # and TITLE: ENGL 102: Literature and Composition SEMESTER OF ENROLLMENT: Spring B19 2012 NAME: Nick Barbir ID #_23920518_ WRITING STYLE USED: MLA Nick Barbir Mrs. Horne ENGL 102-B19 6 February 2012 The Most Dangerous Game vs. Young Goodman Brown In two of the most well-known short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Young Goodman Brown”, there are ironic similarities portraying evil between their settings, characterization, and plot. I. There happen to be different settings in both of the short stories but both of the settings adapt well with their plots. a. In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” the setting takes place in the early 1920’s after the First World War on a small tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean, known as Ship-Trap Island by the sailors. b. Whereas, in the short story, “Young Goodman Brown” the story is set in the late seventeenth century in Salem, a small town northeast of Boston in Massachusetts around the time of the Salem witch trials. II. The characters in both of these short stories have close similarities to each other as they both demonstrate good and evil traits, which help the plot flow. a. The main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” are Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan. b. The main characters in the story “Young Goodman Brown” are Goodman Brown, Faith, The Old Man/Devil Figure, The Minister, Goody Cloyse, and Deakon Gookin. III. The...
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...“The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” Fiction: Essay ENGL 102 Composition and Literature Liberty University Professor Rachel Downie 201540 Fall 2015 ENGL 102-D27 OUTLINE I. Introduction: a. Thesis Statement: Through scenery and characterization in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the violence in human nature is put to the test with what is right and what has become tradition. II. The Scenery: a. Scenery of lottery is so serene, peaceful, and beautiful compared to what is going to happen. b. Compare scenery of “Most Dangerous Game” with “The Lottery” c. Discuss how these two set the scene for two events that take place III. Characterization: a. Discuss the attitude of the village in “The Lottery” b. Discuss the attitude of General Zaroff in “The Most Dangerous Game” c. How these two attitudes go together and also go against each other IV. Human Nature: a. Human nature in “The Lottery” b. Human nature in “The Most Dangerous Game” c. Human nature in general V. Conclusion: a. Biblical Perspective of both stories b. Final Thoughts The cold wintery nights in contrast with the character Tiny Tim from “A Christmas Carol,” Nemo’s dad in contrast to the vast ocean and entirely too large of a world in the movie Finding Nemo, Adam and Eve in that radiant garden of Eden. All of these characterizations wildly contrast with...
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...Poetry Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring 2012 Student Name Student# WRITING STYLE USED MLA Student Name Professor English 102 22 April 2012 Analysis of Robert Frost's “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road not Taken” is a lyrical poem that describes the author’s thoughts when he comes to a fork in the road and the difficult decision of which path to take. It is a closed form poem with a rhyming scheme of “ABAAB” with 4 stanzas of 5 lines each. The fork in the road symbolizes decisions individuals make in life. With his used of mood, symbolism, setting, and imagery, Robert Frost describes the dilemma of decision making and how those decisions play a part in one’s future choices. The poem can be used to describe how an individual decides to follow Jesus Christ, the faith that it requires to do so, and the result of giving your life to Him. The poem begins with “Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood”, symbolizing the different choices individuals have in life. The author explains to the reader that the decision is weighed out carefully and not hastily. Even as the author talks of trying to look down the road as far as possible, there is no sure way of seeing what is at the end. This symbolization can also be used to describe the way people try to make difficult decisions. Even though they may try to intelligently predict the outcome, these tough choices rarely have the answer easily found and requires...
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...Fiction Essay ENGL 102-D21: Literature and Composition 201320 Spring 2013 Kenneth Sellers APA April 8, 2013 My Outline: Fiction Essay My Topic: Compare Contrast My Attitude: Analysis the differences and similarities between the two stories My Purpose: To analyze the differences and similarities between the two stories. My Thesis Statement: In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” D.H. Lawrence’s “ the Rocking-Horse Winner the reader can look into the lives of two families that are in different time but share some similarities. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking Horse- Winner have the theme of gambling and through the plot of both stories you will see that the author’s view of winning was very different. “The Lottery” gives you a sense of winning while “The Rocking-Horse Winner” takes you up and down throughout the story. I. Introduction: A. The theme and setting of both stories II. Learning Benefits: To tell the difference between the two writers A. Jackson uses irony B. Lawrence uses emotions to portray everyday life problems III. Social Benefits: A. Able to relate to what’s taking place B. Capture the reader’s attention IV. Spiritual Benefits A. See some good in a bad situation V. Conclusion A. While both Jackson and Lawrence has some similarities in both of their stories. The readers can see how they are very different from each other. Jackson makes the reader believe that there is happiness in the town...
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...Comparative Fiction Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Spring 2014 B64 Kamia Washington L24871035 MLA Kamia Washington Professor Virginia Dow English 102 B64 3 February 2, 2014 Comparative Fiction Essay In many ways the most influential element of a work of literature can prove to be the characters that the author creates. In the instance of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” the characters are built and the story is wrapped around the individual characterizations. In both Jackson’s and Lawrence’s short stories the reader is allowed to assume any of the possible details to fill in the missing parts of the story. It is not until the end that the reader understands that the characters were giving away the ending the throughout the story. Along with the relationships established, the dialogue and simply executed actions of the main characters the story begins to unfold. The family and friends that are closest to the main character tends to make the story. In both cases of “The Lottery” and “ The Rocking Horse Winner” the extras of the short stories help to reveal the main characters real attitude, honest behavior, and their transparent emotions. In “The Lottery” it is evident that the characters closest to the main character can easily fall in line with the rest of society; in “The Rocking Horse Winner” family and friends can do all they can to help and still not be enough. In “The Lottery”, Jackson...
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...Reed Pacheco Professor Zuidema ENGL 102-B16 LUO 3 June 2016 Fiction Essay Comparing the two short stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” By D.H. Lawrence, the two authors utilize symbols and themes to illustrate their stories with the main idea behind them both is that winning will not always result in a positive light. In the story “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, the fictional story is written about a town tradition in which annually they draw one person’s name to be the winner of the lottery. This person is stoned to death by the entire community. There is not a prize of money or anything special except the fact that you are put to death. It gives a different meaning to the term lottery than we use today. The story “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” By D.H. Lawrence is a fictional story about a mothers constant desire for money and her overall disconnection and lack of affection she displays for her children and family. The mother connections Money with luck. In an attempt for her son Paul to earn her affection tries to find luck. Through the story Paul finds his luck in a rocking horse that appears to have magical powers that allow him to know how the horses will place during the derby’s. As time goes on Paul starts to display an addiction to winning and eventually dies at the end of the story. Where the story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is really about love. It started out talking about a beautiful woman who married for love, Paul her...
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...COURSE # AND TITLE: ENGL 102-D11: Literature and Composition SEMESTER OF ENROLLMENT: Spring 2013 NAME: Greg Mohnkern ID: L23191458 WRITING STYLE USED: Essay of poetry (MLA style) Thesis Statement: “Death be not proud” by John Donne personifies death, as its title aptly prescribes. Giving death human traits allows the writer to blast him with colorful images full of sarcasm and a tone of defiance. The ultimate message of the author provokes the human soul to resist the fear of death. Outline: Introduction: Thesis statement Transition: Discuss the writer’s life in relationship to the subject of the poem Body: Discuss the poem’s form based on the 14-line Petrarch sonnet Evaluate the mood and tone as it changes through the thoughts expressed by the writer Review the uses of symbolism and imagery Review the poet’s theme based on mortality and hope Summary: Donne successfully encourages the reader to reevaluate the power of death The Death of the Power of Death “Death be not proud” by John Donne personifies death. The poem is an apostrophe. By giving death human traits it allows Donne to blast his vilified opponent with colorful images full of sarcasm and a strong tone of defiance. The title is drawn from the first line of the poem, as this is the tenth of Donne’s “Holy Sonnets,” according to Louis Untermeyer, in his work Lives of the Poet ( 136). The ultimate message of the author is to provoke the human soul to resist the...
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...Liberty University Compare and Contrast Fictional Essay For 201140 Fall 2011 ENGL 102-C01 LUO Kevin Hartless September, 2011 The short stories The Rocking Horse Winner and The Destructors have some same characteristics that are the same but there are also many differences. The Characters in both stories have their motivations, and a wide range of behaviors and emotions. Some of the qualities of the characters are good, some are not so good, and some are just evil. The characters in The Rocking Horse Winner are Paul, Paul’s mom who is not identified by name till the last sentence of the story, Uncle Oscar Creswell, and Bassett. In The Destructors the characters are Mike, Blackie, T or (Trevor), and Old Misery or (Thomas). One thing that is similar about the characters in the two stories is the number, both have four main characters. Both stories are centered on the actions of young people; The Destructors there is only one adult, and three boys, and in The Rocking Horse Winner there is one boy and three adults. The protagonist of both stories is a boy, Paul is assumed to be about nine or ten, where T is assumed to be about fourteen or fifteen. The outstanding qualities of the main characters from both stories greatly very, both Greene and Lawrence developed these qualities throughout the story’s, in some instances only giving a small glimpse. Lawrence showed that Paul’s mom was a cold and greedy woman. Lawrence shows us the coldness in the opening...
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...FICTION ESSAY Robert Martinez ENGL 102-D14 April 7, 2014 By reading Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Graham Greene’s “The Destructors,” the reader is transported into two different stories where the characters are affected by their surroundings or society in a negative and horrific fashion. The authors paint a clear picture as to how society (the way it was, it is or could be), easily and harshly affects the people that live in it. They are marked, impacted and forever affected by what has taken place around them, and their character and attitude towards everyday life is created by the very circumstances they find themselves. The setting, tone, and overall theme, found in these two short stories expose the reader to these unfortunate transitions of attitudes (or lack thereof) over generations. The setting of Graham’s “The Destructors” takes place in a war torn England at the end of World War II, “on the eve of August Bank Holiday.” A group or “gang” of young boys meet in an impromptu car park. They are known as the Wormsley Common Gang and are led by their new gang leader “T”. Mr. Thomas’ (or Old Misery as the gang calls him) house is the focus of the gang’s disapproval of anything valuable in their society. Their mind can only fathom destruction, ruin and rubble and so to save Mr. Thomas from his “misery” they make plans to destroy anything that is beautiful, starting with his house. Unlike their parents, who perhaps had the opportunity to experience the beauty of...
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...REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 2013-2014 (Fall 2013-Summer 2014) Regent University 1000 Regent University Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9800 800.373.5504 admissions@regent.edu www.regent.edu PREFACE Regional Accreditation Regent University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associates, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Regent University. National and State Accreditation Regent University’s undergraduate school is accredited or certified by the following bodies: Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) (www.chea.org/) The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) The Regent University School of Education's educational leadership and teacher preparation programs and the College of Arts & Sciences interdisciplinary studies program, which are designed to prepare competent, caring, and qualified professional educators are accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council for a period of seven years, from January 9, 2009 to January 9, 2016. This accreditation certifies that the educational leadership, teacher preparation and interdisciplinary studies programs have provided evidence that they adhere to TEAC's quality principles. Teacher Educational Accreditation Council, One Dupont Circle, Suite...
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