...Assignment 2: Aggression and Violence in the Media Dr. Santiago Strayer University Social Psychology 110 May 30, 2015 1. Briefly describe at least one (1) episode of a television show in which you observed aggression or violence. Sons of Anarchy is a crime drama television series about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club in Charming, CA. In one episode, the mother of the president of the motorcycle club shows her aggression and violence towards her son’s wife. During this episode, Tara wants out of this lifestyle and is threatening to take the couple’s two sons with her. At the same time, the DA is threatening to put Tara in jail if she doesn’t give them information on a recent school shooting that the MC was involved in. Eventually, Gemma goes after Tara and hits her with an iron. Then she proceeds to hold her head under a sink full of water while repeatedly stabbing her in the head with a barbeque fork. Gemma showed aggressive and violent behavior because she was scared to lose her son and her grandchildren. 2. Identify the context in which the character(s) demonstrated aggression or violence. Include the gender, age, and culture of the character(s) involved in the aggressive or violent act(s). In this particular episode, both Jackson and Gemma Teller demonstrated aggression or violence. The main character is Jackson Teller character. He is in his mid-30s, over six foot tall, and has several tattoos of his clubs logo. The episode was based...
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...In this essay I will prove that in the story “White Fantasy-Black Fact” by Jack Davis, people continually judge each other without necessarily meaning to. Often times people like to believe that we live in a world where everyone is equal, but that is not always the case. Even though we have come a long way from the way things were in the past with racism and discrimination, it still exists in the time of this story and it still exists today. In the beginning of the story, a bus driver is driving around thinking about his family, and his new baby, Peggy Sue, it mentions that he dislikes violence, and cruelty to animals. He sends money overseas every year to help the less fortunate. He is happy to live in the country that he does. As it says on page 430 “He was glad he lived in a country that was white, where there was plenty for all, where nobody starved and where everyone was equal.” He seems like a good man, if not a little racist. However, when he approaches an aboriginal family, he doesn’t let them on his bus because he thinks they are disease ridden and dirty. He doesn’t want to bring home their germs to his wife and daughter. He knows nothing about this family but he judges them based on their looks alone, maybe because they aren’t white, because he prides himself on living in a “white” country. The aboriginal family of eight is then left on the side of the road with a problem; they have to get to Perth for the baby’s doctor’s appointment...
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... However, once these characters are established, they need to be nurtured so that they can become stable. For instance, a moral person is kind in very many circumstances during his or her lifetime because that’s how her personality and will simply do her duty without expecting any favors. Virtue ethics shows focuses on how people should live, which the real social are and the family value and also what the best life to live is. The show Sons of anarchy is very interesting because of the way William Shakespeare Hamlet has inspired it. For instance in the play, Jackson has virtue values whereby he is trying to maintain peace with the violent gang. The virtue ethics values have three main categories that include; the care ethics, eudemonism, and the agent-based theories. The human ability to perform the distinctive functions well is equated with human flourishing that is based on eudemonism. Eudemonia means happiness and the well-being of the human. Human will always revenge to get their happiness. For instance in the show Sons of Anarchy, the retaliatory sense becomes a menace to the peace in the society. Jax is called for a talk by the county Attorney Tyne so they can talk about a political order that claims use of violence. According to Aristotle, virtue is not always sufficient but it is very necessary and also the external goods are crucial which the subjects of luck are. However, according to Plato, the recent versions of virtue ethics do not agree about the link...
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...perfect example of this involves my puppy. In August of 2010 my husband and I began searching for a puppy for our daughter. We had left town for a funeral, we actually left the state for a funeral, and were visiting a friend of mine a few days before we left to come home. I had mentioned to my friend that we were looking for a puppy and that I wanted a pit bull. His cousin breeds his male and female and had one puppy left from a litter that was born in January of last year. From the first time I laid eyes on her and was instantly in love, I sent a video of her to my mom so she could show my daughter and it was agreed on almost instantly that we were bringing her home with us. We named her Anarchy (after my favorite TV show Sons of Anarchy) and everything was good for about a month. Out of nowhere Anarchy got sick, we thought at first it was her food because we had switched it to a cheaper brand. She became lethargic, and was vomiting, she had a severe case of diarrhea and refused to eat. She withered away to almost nothing and I was sure that we were going to have to put her down. We found a vet an hour and a half away from us that was willing to work with us on the payment for the treatment. We took her in and the vet examined her, he ran some tests and found out that she had Parvo. That was the longest week and a half of my entire life. I stayed up with her every night before she went to the vet and barely slept during the day. She had to stay at the vet hospital for four days and...
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...1.)Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Nervous Conditions by…and Mine Boyby Peter Abrahams are all novels by African writers whom illustrate various cultural issues and universal issues within the dynamic continent of Africa. However, there was a focus on three major themes that contributed to the relevancy of the novels which are tradition vs. progress, gender inequality, and the “white dream”. Traditions vs. progress or change was one of the most poignant themes throughout all three novels. There have been several universal biases against Africa implying that Africa is a resilient country that opposes change and as a result of their stubborn ways suffer, living an expired life struggling in poverty and disease. As a result, the authors of the novels write in a way that demonstrates how Westerners imposing their industrialization, religion, and cultural views upon the African people have in some ways handicapped the actual African society from revolutionizing themselves. For example in Things Fall Apart Okonkwu constantly resisted change and eventually let his resistance become his demise by committing the moral crime of suicide. However the majority of his Igbo society transitioned to Christianity, denying their own culture and joining the oppressors whom mocked their culture. Nonetheless, this proves that Africa is a society that can change because of the lasting legacy of colonization in Africa. What are the postcolonial themes and concerns of the novels we have...
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...raised in a bad environment and their allowed to see stuff like that that could in fact affect them in the long run. There have been many people I know influenced by movies that become very bad people doing all types of wrongs. Now in today’s generation television shows aren’t as bad as the movies but some if not most still have sex and violence and most of them. Now parents have a little more control now than they did back then due to the parental controls most cable companies provide. Though there are some people who just don’t care about what their children watch. Many shows that I know would affect a child would be the walking dead, sons of anarchy, and the breaking bad. I mean really The breaking bad is about a person who cooks meth, the walking dead is about zombies and for sure would give children nightmares, and the sons of anarchy are a motorcycle crew who do all kinds of wrong. If I ever have a child I will not ever show him/her this kinda stuff at such a young age. Now another influence that cases...
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...war by trying to appease both children. The first theory is that in the last days of his life, Harun had a dream which caused him to change his successor. ln his dream, al Rashid saw Musa ibn Jafar, a close friend, sitting in a chamber, praying and crying, which made al Rashid remember how he struggled to establish his own caliphate. Al Rashid faced the realities of his son’s leadership qualities and reevaluated his decision on two leaders for the greater good of the Abbasids. To a group of his advisors, al Rashid confided, “al-Maʾmūn should be caliph after his death.” One of the advisors, Fadl ibn Rabi' did not abide by Harun's last wishes and persuaded many that Harun's wishes remained unchanged from his initial decision that both sons would be his successors. Subsequently, the other three advisors found holes in Fadl's statements, forcing him to concede that Harun actually named al-Maʾmūn as his primary successor. Fadl tried to justify his betrayal, stating that immediately before his death, the caliph was mentally unstable and thus, unable to make such an important...
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...The story of The Man Who Was Thursday, It is a very symbolic Story. The writer G.K. Chesterton takes you inside a mysterious anarchist group. One of the more symbolic characters of the story is Sunday. Sunday is a very intricate character and Chesterton decodes Sunday in a very spiritual way. He is portrayed in a very interesting way. Chesterton suggests ideas of that of which Sunday represents. In the book The Man Who Was Thursday, takes place in London, in the early 1900's. It stars the main character Syme. Syme is a poet who was recruited to a secret police force. The police force that he is recruited into is looking to stop an anarchy group. He gets into the organization and becomes a top member of the group. He is sworn to not tell the police about the group by a fellow poet named Gregory. The top member Sunday has organized this anarchy group and has named the top members of the group after the days of the week. Thursday or Syme, learns that the other days of the week members are also undercover police officers. By the time he figures this out, the whole town has turned on them as anarchists. Even through everything Thursday never breaks his word and tells the police of the group. In the end he is rewarded for keeping his word and staying true., but who is Sunday? Sunday, portrayed by Chesterton in once sentence can be described as a larger than life man. Not only large in the physical sense but in a spiritual sense. In the book Chesterton writes, " the back of a great...
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...television series about a corrupt motorcycle gang and other well-known shows, motion pictures, and best-selling contemporary novels. Perhaps one of the most interesting Hamlet interpretations is a film for children called Green Eggs and Hamlet. The live-action film, released in 1995 and written by Mike O’Neil, retells the tragic tale in classic Dr. Seuss rhyme. The film follows Prince Hamlet as he seeks to avenge his father’s murder, while his servant, Sam Iamlet, encourages him to sample a new food dish. The Disney classic, The Lion King, is also fully based on Hamlet. Released in 1994, The Lion King contains some direct parallels to the play, including the death of King Mufasa at the hands of his scheming brother, Scar. Mufasa’s young son, Simba, is visited by his dead father’s ghost, and there is even comic relief provided by two supplemental characters – Timon and Pumba. Although there is some debate over whether the references to Hamlet were intentional, this is where the similarities end, as The Lion King has a much happier ending and far fewer deaths. Sesame Street also took on the almighty play. Monsterpiece Theater, a recurring segment on the show, featured Mel Gibson as Hamlet in 1994. Gibson repeated “words, words, words, while Elmo – who cannot read – looks at “pictures, pictures, pictures.” Countless numbers of television series have also paid homage to Hamlet. Family shows such as The Brady Bunch, M.A.S.H., The Simpsons, Star Trek, and even Gilligan’s Island...
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...power during a time of anarchy after the rebellion of the Afghans (1719) had overthrown an unstable Safavid dynasty. Russians and Ottoman's also began to claim territory in northwest Iran. Nader started the re-conquest of Persia by driving the Afghans out of Khorasan by 1729. Current Shah of the time Tamasp II lost lands in Armenia and Georgia battling against the Ottomans. This angered Nader, who was making much progress in recapturing Persia, and led him dispose Tamasp and Shah while promoting his son to power. Not soon after, Nader recaptured lost lands to the Russians and Ottoman's and was named Shah thereafter. Nader decided that he didn't want to return to former Persia and as a result he cut off members of the Safavid dynasty. After invading India and achieving great success, Nader had reached the zenith of his career. Though after this point, he became more much paranoid. While in India, he relegated his son to rule Persia in his absence. Having heard rumors of his father's death, he began to prepare for his own rise to power by murdering family members of Tamasp's family. Nader was furious at his son and required him to marry Genghis Khan's daughter, but he refused. In 1741, Nader was almost killed by an assassin, whom he suspected his son had hired. His son, Reza, proclaimed his innocence, but his father blinded him as punishment. Illnesses and paranoia started to take their toll on Nader, who murdered everyone who witnessed the blinding of his son. Nader became even...
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...International Relations Theory The new edition of International Relations Theory: A critical introduction introduces students to the main theories in international relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind each theory. Key features of this textbook include: • discussion of all of the main theories: realism and (neo)realism, idealism and (neo)idealism, liberalism, constructivism, postmodernism, gender, and globalization two new chapters on the “clash of civilizations” and Hardt and Negri’s Empire innovative use of narratives from films that students will be familiar with: Lord of the Flies, Independence Day, Wag the Dog, Fatal Attraction, The Truman Show, East is East, and Memento an accessible and exciting writing style which is well-illustrated with boxed key concepts and guides to further reading. • • • This breakthrough textbook has been designed to unravel the complexities of international relations theory in a way that allows students a clearer idea of how the theories work and the myths that are associated with them. Cynthia Weber is Professor of International Studies at the University of Lancaster. She is the author of several books and numerous articles in the field of international relations. International Relations Theory A critical introduction Second edition Cynthia Weber First published 2001 by Routledge Second edition published 2005 by Routledge...
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...invaders of China regardless of age or disabilities. When Mulans father gets called even though he already fought before and was injured Mulan tries to plead with the courtier. Being told she dishonors her father for speaking out of turn shows the typical stereotype that women should not voice their opinions and speak without permission. She ends up running away and impersonating a male soldier to protect her father; which if discovered she would be killed by the Army. While training for war with General Shang male stereotypes are then shown teaching little boys what a man is. The song “I’ll make a man out of you,” describes what a man must do or be to be a real man. General Shang first asks the question if he was sent daughters and not sons further implying that the women should be...
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...Motorcycle Gangs: From Outlaws to Any Joe Throughout history any person that rode a motorcycle was considered an outlaw or some sort of bad ass. The beginning days of motorcycle gangs weren’t the everyday Joe that had a nine to five job. These people were in their own class and were feared by anyone that crossed their path, but times have changed. Now anyone can ride a motorcycle without being labeled as a deviant outlaw. From the 1950 to today, the world has changed their perspect on a person that rides a motorcycle. Motorcycle gangs began after the veterans of World War Two returned home. Many of the return veterans started to ride motorcycles to feel the excitement that replaced the emotions from the war. On 4th of July 1946 the American Motorcycle Association held a motorcycle event in the small city of Hollister, California. At that time there were two motorcycle gangs that were know as the Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington and the other gang was known as the Market Street Commandoes (CTGIA). The small city was filled with bikers and the police department consisted of only seven officers. The night got rowdy and the officers arrested one of the P.O.B.O.B. The gang ordered the police to release their fellow member and when they refused, the gang tore the city apart. This one event created history for motorcycle gangs because from that day on their will always be a July 4th run and the one percent image came into play. The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington...
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...Shuai Shao ENGL2000 Text and Contexts Professor Furry 10/10/15 From Anarchy to Law—The Prince’s Motivation in Henry IV Part Two Henry IV Part Two depicts the last preparatory phase before Prince Hal’s ascension to the throne. Through the entire play, Shakespeare illustrates Hal’s journey to self-discovery, a process of maturation that is a prerequisite to becoming a successful ruler. Shakespeare complicates this course of development by giving Prince Hal a complex character. The young prince’s physical journey from the court to the tavern and back to the court again corresponds to his psychological process of self-retrospection. Nevertheless, as the heir to the throne, Prince Hal’s underlying motivation for appearing to transform from a reckless and irresponsible young man to a just and honorable ruler is clear. He is politically inclined and actively looking for opportunities to gain support. Even though Prince Hal is aware of the heavy burdens and responsibilities of a king, he is confident enough that he can effectively manipulate people’s expectations to perform well. Some readers believe that at the beginning of Henry IV Part One, Prince Hal reveals his evil nature and the desire to betray his lowlife friends by delivering the speech, “By so much shall I falsify men’s hopes, and like bright metal on a sullen ground, my reformation, glittering o’er my fault, shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, than that which hath no foil to set it off” (1.2.217-221). However...
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...famously attributed as saying “L’état, c’est moi” (“I am the state”). In addition to Louis’ royal absolutism, he initiated massive public-works projects that glorified him (Sherman 407). His greatest architectural achievement was his new palace in Versailles. There, as many as 35,000 workers toiled for more than forty years to turn marshes and sand into Europe’s most splendid palace and grounds (Mollenauer 149). Versailles was an architecture achievement exhibiting the power of Louis XIV’s government, but it had a greater purpose. Louis defeated feudalism by compelling the noble elite to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles. Louis learned a valuable lesson during the Fronde. He knew the basic factor for the Fronde had been noble anarchy, and Louis was determine to keep the nobility in line. Louis lured the men and women of the nobility away from their local centers of power where they might make trouble and turned them into domesticated court “butterflies” in Versailles (Thompson 173). To finance his lavish expenditures, Louis...
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