...Compare how persona's voices are used by poets to make a significant comment on society Poets such as Duffy and Pugh often use their poetry as a medium to make a significant comment on society. Significant comments on society are explored through the three poems: The Dolphins – through the perspective of dolphins, Shooting Stars – in character of a dead Jewish woman (Duffy), and Camera Man – from literally a camera man(Pugh) – comment from a differing persona's, be it through dramatic monologue or second person, on the thematic issue of the unjustified withdrawal of someone/thing's liberty in society. Throughout Duffy's 'The Dolphins' – Duffy presents through a perhaps unconventional, dramatic monologue of a dolphin, the loss of a dolphins freedom after being captivated by humans for their entertainment. The opening stanza of the poem presents us with this idea immediately 'World is what you swim in, or dance, it is simple. /We are in our element but we are not free' – the two lines offer a contradicting view of the life these dolphins have: one one hand, the first line implies that the dolphins are free. The lexical choices 'dance' and 'swim' both imply connotations of freedom; for humans, dancing is often seen as a method to freely express yourself without limitation, and regarded as a means of pursuing or expressing happiness. For dolphins on the other hand, incapable of 'dancing' as such would use swimming as a means of receiving the same feelings; with dolphins...
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...recently owned the L.A Clippers, an NBA Basketball team, until remarks were released by TMZ and were found to be racist in his conversation with a friend, V. Stiviano. The comments specifically referenced NBA player Magic Johnson in which he said, “He’s got AIDS…I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think he should go in the background”. Also, he essentially told his friend not to associate with black people at his basketball games. Due to these comments NBA commissioner Adam Silver took the ownership of the L.A Clippers away from him, forever banned him from the league and fined him the maximum fine allowed by the NBA constitution 2.5 million. This case applies to section 2b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because Sterling freely expressed his opinion on Stiviano’s association with black people and Magic Johnson’s ability to be a role model. I personally believe Sterling’s freedom of expression should be limited because he was the owner of an NBA team; therefore, his comments represent not only his views but can be seen as reflecting upon the views of the entire franchise. Further, I believe that the fact that these racist comments were not broad and that they specifically were connected to basketball made racist comments have a greater ability to tarnish the name of the...
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...Mean To Be An American? For hundreds of years the United States has been attracting immigrants from a variety of different countries, races, and religions to come live in a land full of freedom and opportunity. These people were looking for more than just rights and privileges. Their real desire was to become something that represents pride and honor, an American. Being an American means much more than living in the United States. Along with the name come a number of different benefits such as, freedom of speech to express your own opinion, freedom of religion, and equality for all, including different sexes, races, religions and status. As an American you have the right to speak your mind. Expressing one’s opinion is a big part of being American. This particular freedom enables us to serve our country, as we stand up for what is both right and just. Being American also means that not only do we have the opportunity to overcome challenges by coming together to find solutions that those from other countries can’t but we also have the freedom to worship as we please. Unlike other countries, American’s are not defined in terms of religion. This question was posted on my Facebook page for some insight. As expected, some of the comments were uneducated dribble. One comment that stood out came from my brother-in-law. He is a Swedish citizen but resides in the United States. He wrote “The question is mind-bogglingly complex. To be American (or from any 1st world...
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...Driving to Freedom The American people and America itself run off freedom. Ever since this country was founded freedom has always played a key role in our society. In fact, most of the United States Constitution is made up of articles to protect our freedom. The birth of the automobile gave new meaning to the word freedom and to this day American citizens relate owning a vehicle to freedom. Automobile Companies have realized this and incorporated the idea of freedom in their advertisements to make their vehicle more appealing. The advertisements for the Honda CR-V and the Toyota Corolla share similarities and differences in their efforts to deliver the societal message that owning a vehicle portrays freedom to Americans. Although not a company from America, Honda is a company that sells many cars to American consumers. Their advertisement for their CR-V model demonstrates the societal message that owning a vehicle gives a driver freedom in many aspects. Visually the advertisement has a collage of various activities that a free spirit would enjoy such as flying a plane, rocking climbing, running a marathon, go sailing, or learning to scuba dive. Or even more abstract activities such as skyaking, a mixture of parachuting with kayaking, marching in a Mardi Gras Parade, or mountain uni-cycling. Each image of the collage is numbered one through ten but in no particular order, this further portrays freedom simply by not applying any rules to the order of the activities. These...
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...Carolina. To provide a better understanding, the Stono Rebellion was an uprising of slaves who were involved in a march towards freedom, before being defeated by the militia. Although the rebellion was documented via first and second hand reports originally written by Caucasians, two differing accounts of the Stono Slave Rebellion took place. One account of the uprising comes from an unidentified white official in the days after the incident, the other is a family account, passed...
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...In their 2015 article “The Coddling of the American Mind,” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt criticize the student-led movement to ban offending words and ideas from college campuses, arguing that doing so encourages harmful mental habits and denies intellectual freedom. Lukianoff and Haidt define emotional reasoning as assuming one’s feelings accurately interprets reality. They explain how emotional reasoning has lowered “the bar for what [is considered] unacceptable speech” by allowing students to judge comments and course material solely on emotions rather than context (Lukianoff and Haidt). Furthermore, they explain that this way of thinking is detrimental to students’ mental health because it encourages them to be hypersensitive to anything...
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...The article “Mike Huckabee: Confederate Flag is No 2016 Issue” on Politico Magazine describes how the Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is defending the Confederate flag as not an issue for the candidates to comment. The column writer Theodoric Meyer explains Huckabee’s comment that came after other contenders who denounced the flying of confederate flag. Huckabee justified his claims saying “Flying the Confederate flag doesn’t make South Carolina a racist State, they’ve more diversity in the people they’ve elected to offices than New York, Connecticut or Massachusetts” (“Mike Huckabee: Confederate”). The whole column of the story makes it clear that the flag is about freedom of Speech and should not be an issue to anyone. I was first surprised to read this article because it came from a man who usually opposes other people's rights to free expression and as a former host of political news analysis at Fox, he has put his fingerprints everywhere. Unless the issue is something he...
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...The United Sates government does not have the right to completely monitor internet content. However, they do have some rights regarding monitoring internet content. These rights include, but are not limited to: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press. Lincoln.edu claims "'Congress shall make no law....abridging (limiting) the freedom of speech, or of the press...' Freedom of speech is the liberty to speak openly without fear of government restraint. It is closely linked to freedom of the press because this freedom includes both the right to speak and the right to be heard. In the United States, both the freedom of speech and freedom of press are commonly called freedom of expression" (lincoln.edu) The government has the right to...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of FormGrading Summary These are the automatically computed results of your exam. Grades for essay questions, and comments from your instructor, are in the "Details" section below. | Date Taken: | 12/11/2014 | Time Spent: | 1 h , 13 min , 15 secs | Points Received: | 10 / 10 (100%) | | Question Type: | # Of Questions: | # Correct: | Multiple Choice | 10 | 10 | | | Grade Details - All Questions | Question 1. | Question : | Who led the American forces in battle during World War I? | | | Student Answer: | x| Pershing | | | | George | | | | MacArthur | | | | Patton | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Chapter Two of A History of the United States Since 1865. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | | | | Question 2. | Question : | While in many ways the end of the war brought welcome relief, in others it created several new and significant problems. Which disease in 1919 killed more people in 24 weeks than did AIDS in a period of 24 years? | | | Student Answer: | | Polio | | | | Malaria | | | | Tuberculosis | | | x| Spanish flu | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Chapter Two of A History of the United States Since 1865. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | | | | Question 3. | Question : | Which future U.S. President served in the First Volunteer Calvary in the Spanish-American...
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...The Journalists' Right to Protect News Sources Jessica L. Graham JRN 410 Journalism Law Michael Angelo May 18, 2014 The Journalists' Right to Protect News Sources The Bill of Rights, written by James Madison, was established because the America people, from the beginning, demanded assurances that their inherent freedoms would be protected. Yet, the American people have consistently disputed the extent to which the First Amendment applies. Does the freedom to report the news also include the freedom to gather it and protect the source of their information? Laws will consistently attempt a compromise to initiate equilibrium but it is absurd to assume any law will give 100 percent protection. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances,” − The First Amendment to the United States Constitution (Bill of Rights Transcript Text, n.d.). The Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics states sources should be identified whenever possible and it is very important his or her motives are clarified before publication of the material. A journalist should also confirm and attribute the information of the source before relying on the information (Society of Professional Journalists, 1996-2010). Confidential sources should only be used as...
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...of the general population. Mr. Korb then proceeded to made comments that were of his personal views, which had gotten him in trouble with the company’s headquarters. Raytheon offered Korb to stay on the payroll, however, he was told to resign and relocate to another state where he can have a less influential position. He sued the company for wrongful termination and in violation of his right with the first amendment. Case Analysis Facts: Lawrence Korb worked as the Vice President of Raytheon Corporation, a major weapons company for military forces, who was in charge of their Washington Operations. After Korb was hired, he was believed to make a positive change within the company. While working with Raytheon, Korb joined the Committee for National Security (CNS). During a lunch hour, CNS scheduled a press conference and Mr. Korb made derogatory remarks that were later seen in a news article that went against the company’s wishes. Once headquarters heard about Korb’s statements, they informed him that his job was at risk and offered him the opportunity to resign and continue on their payroll in a different city. Korb later issued his statements, saying he was disappointed in the company. Issue: Korb felt as if he was wrongfully terminated and used the Article 16 of the Declaration of Independence and Amendment 1 as “freedom of speech” was his excuse. When Raytheon terminated Korb this went against his freedom of speech and...
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...to vagueness". The law also curtails "constitutional rights to due process, speech, expression, free press and academic freedom", it stated. The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 , signed by President Benigno Aquino III on Sep. 12, aims to fight online pornography, hacking, identity theft and spamming following local law enforcement agencies' complaints over the lack of legal tools to combat cybercrime. However, the law came with tougher legal penalties for Internet defamation, compared to traditional media. It also allows authorities to collect data from personal user accounts on social media and listen in on voice and video applications such as Skype, without a warrant. Users who post defamatory comments on Facebook or Twitter, for example, could be sentenced to up 12 years in jail. Hacktivists take aim The other five petitions filed with the Philippine Supreme Court, too, noted the law infringes on freedom of expression, due process, equal protection and privacy of communication, a separate report by GMA News Online on Saturday stated. Senator Teofisto Guingona, the sole opponent when the bill was voted on by the Senate and who filed one of the petitions, told the Supreme Court: "Without a clear definition of the crime of libel and the persons liable, virtually any person can now be charged with a crime--even if you just retweet or comment on an online update or blog post."...
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...Song of Solomon Analysis: Gender Roles and Freedom Racism divides communities, but sexism deserts individuals. American history is ridded with oppression on the basis of race and gender that have left individuals and communities alike subjugated and isolated. Toni Morrison, through her fictional novel Song of Solomon, tackles the desire for belonging that so many faced during the oppressive 1960s. Appeals to equal rights for African Americans were met with hateful discrimination and bloody discourse—ultimately dividing people from within groups. But Morrison pushes her discussion beyond just the confines of racism to the treatment of black women in society; the tyrannical repression they faced. Throughout Song of Solomon, a reoccurring theme of dependence and abandonment of women presides. Toni Morrison exploits women’s belonging to men and yet, also, their burdens for men’s freedom. In order to conquer the quest of the novel, the main character must recognize and overcome such female injustices. Foundational to the their societal repression, black women suffered not only from racial segregation but the social obligations to men, children, and their community. Women were the guardian of the family in the 1960s, and lacked the free-will retained by men. The man they married, the structure he created, defined a woman. Song of Solomon directly touches on the heavy racism circling the times. Milkman and Guitar actively talk about racism and the cruelty of the white “nonhumans...
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...Abdulhakeem Usman Comp II Professor Coomer Argumentative Essay – Choice A January 18, 2015 Freedom of expression; probably the most potent right to have access to. Known as the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, with this tool, ideas and opinions can be expressed in our society – the world in general. Having a useful purpose, it can at the same time, be controversial, as it can be manipulated to attack and demean various communities or sects. Hence, individuals utilize the free speech as a shield to protect themselves from criticism for such actions. Best to put in the words of Stanley Fish, in his article, Free Speech Follies, “The modern American version of crying wolf is crying First Amendment.” The recent fatal attack on the satirical cartoon magazine, Charlie Hebdo, by jihadists in France has...
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...all about having the freedom of speech. A few people think that the first amendment should have some limits. Many schools are suspending students for going too far with first amendment. Some students are even cyberbullying and being rude to people like Blacks and Mexicans. Students are expressing themselves online, wearing the American on their shirt, and wearing a black armband using the first amendment. Students have the right use the first amendment but there should be some limits. Using the First Amendment should be limited in school because students use it to be racist, cyberbullies, and express themselves. Everyone thinks students should have some limits for the use of the First Amendment granted by the Constitution. In 2010, some students at Live Oak High School wore shirts with the American flag to school on Cinco de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held on May 5th). The assistant principal told the student “there might be problems”. A year before, Mexican American students had reacted with foul language and when some white students hung a makeshift American flag and chanted “USA.” To a Mexican American student particularly a confident display of the U.S. flag by a...
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