...audiences have habitually been entertained by the “woman-hungry geezer” character of popular culture. This product of 21st century Britain, characterised by stand alone augmented biceps, dressed usually in some form of vest top with ‘Hype.’ or ‘Ibiza’ scrawled across its front, with a haircut suspiciously similar to my own, these dubious alpha-males frequent most urban centres of the UK. But lads will be lads. Compared to similar figures of the past, there’s a moment in the opening credits of Happy Days where the Fonz approaches a mirror to perfect his quiff, then realises he is, in fact, already staring at the vision of perfection. Though such actions of the Fonz are ridiculous and ego-driven, they are loveable and above all – harmless. However, his perception that the opposite sex were mainly non-thinking vessels put on earth as future conquests does truly belong in 1950s Wisconsin, but at least writers kept him the right side of “potential date-rapist”. However, decades later, we have Dapper Laughs. He’s ITV2’s short-lived lad star. Dapper made the jump from Vine Internet sensation to host of his own dating show, poetically titled ‘On the pull’. Wanna get some? Dapper enquires, “Don’t treat them like a mate then!”. This...
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...What is Australian Identity? Around the world, it is usually a big stereotype. The novel ‘Josh’ by Ivan Southall provides an Australian Identity. The novel also helps portray how Josh transits from an Aussie Lad to an Aussie Man. The novel is about how Josh goes to Ryan Creek for a week but uprising conflicts throughout the novel result in him trying to run away back to where he belonged. The book was set in the Great Depression which meant that most people were in poverty. Throughout the novel ‘Josh’, Ivan Southall effectively displays how Josh transitions from an Aussie Lad to an Aussie Man by developing his character, using the setting and theme. Ivan Southall expresses how Josh transitions from an ‘Aussie Lad’ to an ‘Aussie Man’ throughout the novel by developing his character. The novel as stated before was set in the Great Depression, “There’s been a very serious depression and you were lucky. It didn’t hit the Plowmans as it hit many people,” indicating why Josh didn’t understand what it was like to be affected during a depression, as his family were not affected by it. Josh later in...
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...Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young" A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young," also known as Lyric XIX in A Shropshire Lad, holds as its main theme the premature death of a young athlete as told from the point of view of a friend serving as pall bearer. The poem reveals the concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are really quite lucky. The first few readings of "To an Athlete Dying Young" provides the reader with an understanding of Housman's view of death. Additional readings reveal Housman's attempt to convey the classical idea that youth, beauty, and glory can be preserved only in death. A line-by-line analysis helps to determine the purpose of the poem. The first stanza of the poem tells of the athlete's triumph and his glory filled parade through the town in which the crowd loves and cheers for him. As Bobby Joe Leggett defines at this point, the athlete is "carried of the shoulders of his friends after a winning race" (54). In Housman's words: The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. (Housman 967). Stanza two describes a much more somber procession. The athlete is being carried to his grave. In Leggett's opinion, "The parallels between this procession and the former triumph are carefully drawn" (54). The reader should see that Housman makes another reference to "shoulders" as an allusion to connect...
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...pulled from his outward appearance, his actual talents, and how his father differs from him. The squire, to begin, is a young lad who follows his father on this journey to learn how to be a knight. He has not yet faced a major battle, and he doesn't appear to possess the outward appearance of a knight. “A lover and cadet, a lad of fire with locks as curly as if they had been pressed. He was some twenty years of age, I guessed” (lines 82-84). Chaucer used this chance to describe the squire as being young, aware of his appearance, and a lover rather than a fighter. He uses the phrase, “a lad of fire” to describe the boy as possessing a passion, though that passion is not to be in a war. He also uses imagery when describing the squire’s hair by saying the locks are pressed. The squire has beautiful hair that leads the reader to picture him as a handsome young man who is well kept and conscious of his appearance. These are not the typical qualities of a knight. Furthermore, “He was as fresh as is the month of May” (line 94). Fresh is a word to describe youth and isn’t a positive reflection on his intelligence. He also says May, a month in spring. Spring is a time of youth and it is another parallel drawn to his age. Finally, “Short was his gown, his sleeves were long and wide; he knew the way to sit a horse and ride” (95-96). He is too small to fit in his gown, furthermore accentuating his age and size but also his ability to handle the role as squire or even knight. His interests...
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...table. That young man was Thomas Gillies, a longtime friend of Jack’s. They both poled trade boats up and down the river. “Ye seen the recruiting table in the commons?” Jack replied he had. “Well I signed up this morning. This is the King’s Land, Royal Law abides, and someone has to put down the rebellion.” Just then Molly returned with two tankards of ale. “I see ye friend, thought he might be a wee bit thirsty, too? She set the brew on the table. Both men thanked her. “Molly, Tom here has joined the 84th Regiment, I’m thinking of doing the same.” Hawk stated. “No!” Molly shirked. “You’ll go get ye-self kilt, then what will become of me?” “Ain’t no Yankee musket ball going to kill this river-man’s son! Besides, there’s many a lad will gladly step in and take my place.” Hawk...
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...they were from. This meant that there was far more equal opportunities in education of those that wanted to achieve would have to work hard to do so. Paul Willis studied a group of 12 working-class boys in their last year and a half in school and their first few months at work. He wanted to find out why ‘working class kids get working class jobs'. He identified two groups of pupils known as the ‘lads’ and the ‘ear ‘oles’. The ‘lads’ were a group of working class boys who showed a negative attitude to academic work and also had strong racist and sexist attitudes. The ear’oles were the complete opposite of the ‘lads’ when it came to academic progress. The Ear ‘oles were looked down on by the ‘lads’ as they were the children who followed the school rules, respected their teachers, and were committed to their education. He concluded from his study that the ‘lads’ rejected school and mentally prepared themselves for a place in the workplace in a manual job. They learned to put up with boredom and had a laugh and to accept the labour of low-skill and low-pay jobs. He also found from his unstructured interviews that the working...
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...a herdsman in the days of feudalism]. His wife bore three children, but unfortunately they all died. No further children were born to the couple and they lived a solitary and wretched life. Then unexpectedly one winter's day the Alad's wife gave birth to a boy. The couple were overjoyed, but, they began to wonder how they were going to raise their child. Except for a cow and two mountain goats they had nothing of any value. What were they to do? Though distressed they nevertheless went outside their tent to milk the cow for the baby. The child grew not by the day but by the hour. Before evening he had grown taller and sturdier than a man. Husband and wife were both astonished and delighted. They named their boy Ku-nan, which means Ancient South. On the very first day Ku-nan ate up a whole goat. On the next day he ate up the other one. The old couple were filled with dismay. One more day, they thought, and even the cow will be done for! And then what will we have to live on? On the third day Ku-nan said to his mother, "Ah-Ma, we are so poor and we have only a cow left. Let me go and find some work to do. I'm afraid I'll fall ill if I stay at home any longer." She looked at her son's tall and robust figure and, taking his big hand in her, said in a tearful voice, "My son, what work can you do? Hai! You may perhaps go to the Khan. He may have some work for you." Ku-nan pondered for a while, then agreed. After taking leave of his parents, he fared forth on an empty stomach...
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...In The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck there are many complex and delicate relationships, one of them being between Wang Lung, the protagonist, and his youngest son. Throughout the course of the novel, Wang Lung has a difficulty recognizing his son’s true identity. Wang Lung decides that it will be his youngest son that will learn how to work on the land, but he does not take his son’s opinions into account. Wang Lung has a flawed perception of who his son is; he believes that his youngest boy is simply a quiet lad that does not need much attention. This lack of attention is problematic because it causes Wang lung to grow more unaware of his son’s nature. He never bothers to learn who is son truly is. Wang Lung simply accepts the fact that he...
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...handful into her palm, and she slapped it down onto the table and pushed it to the bartender. Aria removed her hand and the bartender grinned. "Ah you got me friend." The bartender replied and looked to Aria. "He is an officer from France. Him and his crew are taking a prince over to Spain to make some ties I heard..." The bartender stopped and Aria raised a brow and he shrugged. Aria pursed her lips and she poured him some more gold on the table and he held a bigger grin. "The prince's father just recently died from certain causes...I'm not really for sure myself. Word from other countries don't spread that much...but that officer is transporting the Prince to Spain. To make an alliance. It's going to be a long trip and that officer more than once had his crew turn against him. So to make them happy he has brought lots of supplies. They are leaving in a few hours, they are going to go by the Crystal Coast first to pick up the lad and go right past the Dagger Pass, and drop him off at Glass Port." "Lots of supplies worth stealing." Aria nodded at him, grinning and the bartender in turn nodded with a grin of his own. "Aye lad...here is some more coin to keep your mouth shut...aye?" "Aye." The man smiled back to Aria which she now noticed his teeth were yellowed badly and two were missing. Aria pushed the rest of the gold to him and she turned to Tibet who was sitting at a table with Aalia. "Tibet." Aria replied walking over. "Aye?" "I got us a new lead...and it's a big one. Round...
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...Hush... Tune your ears to the pen striking parchment, the calligraphic embodiment for whose sake the beholder’s star Shall combust in an ambivalent land far away. A lad in his prime, modestly recanting the cost the isolated vassal mound of Uncle Sam, bound only by Poseidon’s flowing chlamys, had to pay to Gaea. The melodious key of the hummingbird birds from Fort Christiansvaern resonates my clerk’s day away, Aura’s gentle embrace and Helios’ golden touch amidst the century trees and the waterfront; Such are summer days in winter; Ay, the salty air and the vibrant, crystal-clear colors of Neptune’s garments are quite entrancing, On yonder hill, a mongoose chaseth slithering longitudinal demons Methinks the color of the senepol cattle...
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...Case Study: Coronary Disease Laura Kwan Past Medical History: - tonsils removed as a child - no regular medication - takes reloads occasionally Family Medical History: - father died of myocardial infarction at age 52 - mother is 73 and in good health Social History: - moderately heavy social drinker - 2-3 beers after work - 5-6 beers per day on weekends - smokes a pack of cigarettes a day - married with two children - finances are stable History of Present Illness: - woke up at 4am with pressure in his chest, described as “worst indigestion I ever had” - sweaty and slightly short of breath - achy, heavy feeling in his right arm - ate pizza before bed (unhealthy) - took four Rolaids initially - didn't bring any relief - sitting made the pressure settle down - he was clammy - pressure on his chest persistently for approximately two hours - put on oxygen mask - nurses concerned about his EKG - EKG showed 1 cm ST elevation on leads V2,3,4,5 with slight ST depression on leads 2,3 and AVF Physical Examination: - heart rate was 110 (high heart rate) - respiratory rate was 22 (high respiratory rate. Should be 16-20) - blood pressure was 160/100 (high bp) - sweaty, pale, and had no obvious jugular venous distention - chest was clear on auscultation - abdomen was unremarkable - skin was slightly sweaty - chest x-ray was normal with normal heart size - lab work was normal Research: Heart Problems - closely linked to diet and lifestyle choices ...
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...Rae Antoinette Obelidhon Eco1/8:00-9:30/BA206 Sienna Abug Prof. Mark Anthony Baral Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program under the Corazon Aquino Administration Aside from restoring democracy in the Philippines in 1986, the administration of the late President Corazon Cojuanco-Aquino was noted in history for instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) that aims to give land to the landless. But 28 years later, the Cojuanco-Aquino’s own 5,000-hectare sugarcane plantation in Tarlac is yet to be actually distributed to the beneficiaries of her own social reform program. The Cojuanco-Aquino’s Hacienda Luisita is one of the many vast parcels of agricultural lands that are under the mandatory coverage of CARP under Republic Act 6657. Each of the Hacienda’s 6,212 tenant-farmers is expecting to own at least 6,600 square meters of land from the 4,099-hectare distributable area of Hacienda Luisita. Despite government’s initial payment of at least P471 million as just compensation to Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI), the Department of Agrarian Reform is still struggling to install the beneficiaries in their CARP-awarded lands. In September, DAR Secretary Virgilo Delos Reyes said copies of Certificate of Land Ownership Awards are currently being distributed to the farmer-beneficiaries. But almost three years after the Supreme Court ordered the actual land distribution to Hacienda Luisita farmers in 2011, DAR is still in the process of surveying the boundaries...
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...learning the language is almost entirely provided by innate ability. Therefore, this essay aims to compare and contrast these two theories for their values and problems. Skinner applied to the development of the language his theory of operant conditioning, and according to his view, verbal behavior, like any other, arises as a consequence of operant learning. He argues that adults play an important role in language acquisition, by reinforcing and speaking to children grammatical way they control their expressions and utterances. Due to the reinforcement children establish the relationship between stimulus and response. However, problematic with this theory is that children often ignore the corrections. In addition, parents generally imitate the child's speech, and do not correct them. They are more interested in what child want to say, but not in sentences structure which he used. On the other hand, Chomsky (1959), who was a nativist, argued that children are born with a language acquisition device (LAD) and suggest The Innateness Hypothesis. According to his hypothesis, children have genetically determined system of grammar rules of their native language from birth, which allows children construct phrases in correct structure. He states that this happens via the LAD. Evidence for this hypothesis comes from studies of children’s errors types, generalizations, patterns of concurrent acquisition...
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...more in touch with himself and learns to channel his feelings into artwork. He is not a typical rebel in the sense that he does not want to rebel. He is simply drawn very strongly to produce art. As he gets older, he outgrows his teacher and becomes more reflective. * Aryeh Lev- Asher’s father. A well respected, highly intelligent man. He is incredibly driven to work hard for the cause in which he believes. He has a strong sense of morality and is deeply committed to his religion. His son's misbehavior deeply disturbs and hurts him. Though he works with high-ranking government officials, he has a hard time relating to those, like Asher, whose value systems are different from his own. * Rivkeh Lev - Asher’s mother. She is kind and supportive. Deeply disturbed by the death of her brother, she worries a lot and is, in some ways, a stereotypical "Jewish mother." She is intelligent, loving, and caring; she cares deeply for the two men in her life—Asher and Aryeh—and is troubled by their inability to get along. * Jacob Kahn - An old and famous artist. When younger, he abandoned the religion with which he grew up, in order to pursue his artwork. He is fully and completely an artist. He is temperamental, and he feels no moral attachments to anything but art and sees a great purpose in producing art and artists. He is blunt, though generally for a didactic purpose. * Uncle Yitzchok - Asher’s uncle with whom he lives while his parents are in Europe. A wealthy, kind man, who...
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...Like Scott, Goffman chose to highlight the effectiveness of more covert forms of resistance. On his account, acts of resistance can be quite small, in the sense that they consist of subtle and rapid, micro-level communicative behaviours (Branaman, 2003). Thus, according to him : 'Extreme situations provide instruction for us, not so much in regard to the grander forms of loyalty and treachery as in regard to the small acts of living' (Goffman, 1961, p. 181). In Asylums, (1961) Goffman insisted that selves can never be completely defined by social situations. On his view, people can actively resist identification with the devalued selves that others would attribute to them. Goffman illustrated how mental patients responded to various assaults upon their dignity, including the expectation that they would take part earnestly in prescribed activities related to their treatment and the organization of the institution (Branaman, 2003). Thus institutions, he argued, typically fail to capture the inmate's sense of self. He observed that inmates would resist capture through...
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