...Michael Cabrera Structure Analyses How to Tell a True War Story In “How to Tell a True War Story,” Tim O’Brien varies from a straight forward approach because of the horrifying contents of war. Instead, his approach is one of repetition, where he retells the death of Curt Lemon, but with different versions. He adopts this structure to make it more tolerable to his audience, express that true war stories never seem to have an end, and demonstrate how truths become contradictory. True war stories by nature are so gruesome and devastating, that the author has to compromise its accuracy by inserting nonfactual, yet more palatable details to cause his listener to believe. The author supports this point when he says, “All you can do is tell it one more time, patiently, adding and subtracting, making up a few things to get to the real truth” (296). In another section he says, “Often the crazy stuff is true and the normal stuff isn’t because the normal stuff is necessary to make you believe the truly incredible craziness” (289). Interestingly, O’Brien reinforces this idea again with the example of the story that Mitchell Sanders tells. Sander says to him, “I got a confession to make… last night, man, I had to make up a few things… yeah, but listen, it’s still true…those six guys, they heard wicked sound out there…they heard sound you just plain won’t believe.” In those examples, we clearly observed how the author uses his peculiar structure to reveal the necessity...
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...Introduction to Finite Element Method Mathematic Model Finite Element Method Historical Background Analytical Process of FEM Applications of FEM Computer Programs for FEM 1. Mathematical Model (1) Modeling Physical Problems Mathematica l Model Solution Identify control variables Assumptions (empirical law) (2) Types of solution Sol. Eq. Exact Sol. Approx. Sol. Exact Eq. Approx. Eq. ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ (3) Methods of Solution (3) Method of Solution A. Classical methods They offer a high degree of insight, but the problems are difficult or impossible to solve for anything but simple geometries and loadings. B. Numerical methods (I) Energy: Minimize an expression for the potential energy of the structure over the whole domain. (II) Boundary element: Approximates functions satisfying the governing differential equations not the boundary conditions. (III) Finite difference: Replaces governing differential equations and boundary conditions with algebraic finite difference equations. (IV) Finite element: Approximates the behavior of an irregular, continuous structure under general loadings and constraints with an assembly of discrete elements. 2. Finite Element Method (1) Definition FEM is a numerical method for solving a system of governing equations over the domain of a continuous physical system, which is discretized into simple geometric shapes called finite element. Continuous system Time-independent PDE Time-dependent...
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...heavily on software to perform their design tasks. Unfortunately, most commercial structural analysis packages are closed-source, which means that the operations that the program performs cannot be inspected by the user. Moreover, such software packages are invariably very pricey, and, hence, are generally not affordable for students and smaller engineering firms. The objective of this design project was to design a structural analysis program that would be free of charge and available to all. This computer program was to be open source and well commented, so that its users could comprehend the operations performed in the analysis of a given structure. To accomplish these objectives, the generalized stiffness method of structural analysis was implemented into a computer algorithm. This algorithm, called “TrussT Structural Analysis”, is a collection of visual basic modules embedded in a Microsoft Excel document using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This design report outlines the theory behind TrussT Structural Analysis, as well as the methods by which that theory was implemented into computer algorithms. The first two sections of this report present the theory of the generalized stiffness method of structural analysis and its implementation into a computer algorithm. The following sections present the procedures by which the stiffness method was modified to incorporate the analysis of structure with special characteristics such as member applied loads, member...
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...Structural Analysis III Chapter 3 – Characteristics of Structures Chapter 3 - Characteristics of Structures 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 2 3.1.1 Background .................................................................................................... 2 3.2 Basic Statical Determinacy ................................................................................. 5 3.2.1 Introduction.................................................................................................... 5 3.2.2 Plane Beams and Frames ............................................................................... 6 3.2.3 Plane Trusses ............................................................................................... 15 3.3 Stability ............................................................................................................... 20 3.3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 20 3.3.2 Exceptions to Basic Rule ............................................................................. 21 3.3.3 Examples...................................................................................................... 23 3.4 Further Statical Determinacy .......................................................................... 25 3.4.1 Internal and External Determinacy ...........................................
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...its Effect on Racism 'Racism', in the Oxford English Dictionary, is defined as "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior", and, "The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races". The essence of both definitions seems to be that specific characteristics are used to segregate people into different levels of superiority. While the truth behind this grouping and subsequent segregation is arguable, it is generally accepted that doing this is wrong. The first thing that tends to come to mind at the sound of the word, for most people with a knowledge of basic world history, is the Apartheid in South Africa or the Nazi regime under Hitler. These are institutionalized forms of racism, and unfortunately, racism is prevalent in many other forms. We like to believe racism is something of the past. We like to believe it is now extremely rare, at least among the educated, and that even people with racist tendencies tend to suppress them for the fear of being politically incorrect. Unfortunately, it seems that we have been wrong all along. Racialization is very much a problem of the present and contrary to our belief, the increasingly globalized nature of the world is not helping reduce it. In recent times, there is reporting of racism in a variety...
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...Concepts of inequality and structural violence is advanced by Farmer in his work, Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. The novel shines light on the specific inequalities of women (Farmer 2011 [1996], 2001 [1999]), as well as those with various views and understanding of the disease on an individual and international aid sponsor country scale (Farmer 2006a [1992], 2006b [1994], 2011 [1996], 2001 [1999]). Farmer connects biomedicine and anthropology throughout the book addressing challenges involving the perceived causes of TB in Haiti. Identifying it as rationalized suffering (Farmer 2001 [1999]). Stating that “the anthropologist within me is perfectly satisfied to analyze such explanations, but to a physician it is nothing less...
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...walk the streets along with whites, and any other immigrant races. Where every race receives “equal treatment” and is free to work for their status and income. It is because of these drastic changes that people often have the assumption that racism no longer plagues the nation. It is because of these drastic shifts in era that people assume we overcame racism. It is because of this assumption that government officials are able to push the false narrative that black people, through their many years of suffering, have finally overcome racism and triumphed over oppression. That itself is an example of violence. In the reading, “The New Jim Crow” Michelle Alexander states when speaking on Obama's rise to presidency,“There’s an implicit yet undeniable message embedded in his appearance on the world stage: this...
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...Scholars Derrick Bell and Alan Freeman, have been largely credited as being the originators of critical race theory (CRT) which seeks to analyse, deconstruct and transform societies understanding of the relationships among race, racism and official power (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001). The theory originated out of legal scholarship in the 1970s after the failure of Critical Legal Studies (CLS), to focus sufficiently on racial issues in America (Litowitz, 2009), where a number of lawyers, activists and scholars viewed civil rights as being stalled and negated, thus providing a critical analysis lens of race and racism from a legal point of view based on race and racism in America (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001). Critical race theorists and practitioners identified six tenets in the framework being; (1) Endemic racism, views racism is an ordinary everyday occurrence for people of colour through structural functions in society; (2) Race as a social construction; (3) Differential racialisation, meaning dominant social discourses and people of power can radicalise groups in different ways and times; (4) Interest convergence/materialist determinism, when racism brings material ad psychic advantage to the majority race; (5) Voices of colour, occurs when the dominant group’s recollection of historic events excludes racial and other minority perspectives to justify and legitimise its power; and (6) Anti-essentialism/intersectionality, occurs...
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...whispers to me when one of “us” appears intelligent: “Yes, these authors made us look like we had some sense! Look how analytical they sounded!” But why on earth do I have to feel like that in this marvelous, post racial society? After reading, I noticed that despite the year tacked on to the assigned readings, the content barely changed. From Dubois (1903) to Wingfield and Feagin (2012), we are still acknowledging the same woes that a society assigns particular groups of people. We are still attempting to come up with dire solutions in hopes that everyone will begin to “get along” with one another. But most of all, because of this…People of color are still waiting to exhale. In this essay, there will be two parts: Firstly, a general analysis of the assigned literature for this week. In this compartment of my paper, I will analyze extracted points from the readings thematically as it directly relates to certain points in the “Critical Race: An Introduction” excerpt. Here, I will also be giving a respectful critique of Dubois’ postulations in the “Souls of Black Folk.” Secondly I will critique Allport’s (1954) contact hypothesis that was discussed in Hewstone and Swart (2011). Introduction of Critical Race Theory (CRT) Before I analyze the literature, I think it would be wise to give a brief definition and explanation of Critical Race Theory in general. Delgado and Stefancic (2006) offered a pretty understandable definition and illustration of CRT, highlighting key people...
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...theory is used in the examination of films in order to enable the classification of films. Genres are dependent on many influences, such as story line, what the audience expects and who the director is. Genre theory is how we describe films; it is the method of shortening literary works. Plot and Story The feature-length film I chose was The Help (2013), which is an American Drama film depicting the lives of black maids and their white employers exposing the racism that the black maids faced on a daily basis. The time is 1963 set in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil rights movement. The film that follows the lives of two black maids and a southern society girl (Emma Stone), who returns home from college, eager to launch her dreams of being a writer. Skeeter wants to write a book to explain that racism doesn’t just mean withholding of education and voting rights. It is told from the perspective of the black maids so it is narrated through the movie as the voice of black maids that suffered the racism from their employers. The interviewing of the black maids, who spent their lives taking care...
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...SOC 322 Complete Class Discussions and Assignments Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/soc-322-complete-class/ Discussion Forum 1 Discussion Forum 1: What is your cultural background, and what is it like where you live? In Discussion Forum 1, post your response to the following discussion questions. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the course Calendar. 1. What is your cultural background, and what is it like where you live? 2. Describe how you have encountered the strange in the familiar in your own neighborhood or in some other place and what reference groups do people use in your neighborhood to define what is culturally and socially appropriate habitus? 3. In your neighborhood, are there ways that the people create social distance to separate themselves from others unlike them even to the point of being ethnocentric? CO1, CO7 Discussion Forum 2 Discussion Forum 2: Cultural Experiences In Discussion Forum 2, post your response to the following discussion question. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the course Calendar. Using a blend of your own experiences, supported by your understanding of the course readings and key terms integrate the following questions into your discussion board posting. It should be three strong paragraphs of 4 – 5 sentences in each paragraph. Then respond to at least two colleagues with an antithesis question on their posting. 4. Culture...
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...that they were on the “good side” of history and cannot believe that some people in the south call the Civil War the “War of Northern Aggression.” The north ended slavery first and is more accepting of blacks today than the racist, Confederate flag-waving south — or so one thinks. Coates’ article opens readers’ eyes to the fact that racism still exists throughout the United States (including the north), and that it is experienced and expressed on the individual, cultural, institutional, and structural levels. Coates most effectively does this by juxtaposing the experiences of blacks during the slave and Jim Crow eras to the experiences of blacks today. By doing so, readers understand that while “lives of black Americans are better than they were half a century ago… such progress rests on shaky foundation, and fault lines are everywhere” (p.59). Again, Coates most frequently uses examples of discrimination in the housing industry as a way to show how racism remains ingrained in American society. Many whites question why blacks want to live in ghettos or don’t work hard enough to get out. However, this sectioned-off living is really due to structural discrimination. In combination with the wealth gap between blacks and whites, unfair housing practices oftentimes make it impossible for blacks to own a home in a non-black neighborhood....
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...An analysis of the representations of Afro-Peruvians in national television Introduction Despite the ethnic and cultural diversity that exists in Peru, the establishment of racial ideologies have influenced the ways in which these minorities are located in society and the levels of discrimination and systematic exclusion that they have suffered through time. This discrimination has affected them at a social level, but also at an institutional level, since they have been systematically marginalized and denied of their basic human rights. Although racial and ethnic discrimination might be manifested in multiple ways, the current research proposal will focus on the Afro-Peruvian population , one of the groups that are most vulnerable to experience racism and discrimination, and that has been invisible both to society and to the Peruvian government for decades. Because of it, the proposal will analyze the ways in which this...
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...He discusses poverty – insofar as he suggests that money affords one access and the opportunity to receive more; with more opportunity comes more access and more access provides social capital. This is what explains the lack of fluid social capital among the lower class. While poverty is not necessarily an issue of race issue but more so class, racial inequality & racism still very pervades contemporary American society. Structure & agency are also enabling agents to inequality in America; adequate agency is required to surmount barriers created by certain structural forces designed by society. Macleod comes to the conclusion that individual agency is ostensibly inferior to social institutions and structural constraints. One’s outcome is more dependent on their social milieu, more than anything else; this, he purports, is what accounts for demographic patterns of...
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...The media is the most powerful source of information available to society. News broadcasts influence what society thinks about by perpetually spreading a particular concept or idea to its viewers. As one of the most significant agents of socialization, the media’s coverage and portrayal of crime has significantly marginalized blacks. The media is a structural force, its discourse has a direct impact upon the lives of millions of blacks. Black people’s behaviour in society is affected by the media’s discourse, the aspirations of millions are reduced to a bare minimum because of the media’s racialisation of crime. It is imperative for sociologists to understand the hegemony used by the media, to successfully dismantle prevailing racist beliefs...
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