...Life in the Web: An Exploration of Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret” There is a web that every person in the world is a part of. This web connects us to every person that has had an influence on us. The people we see every day, our family and friends, are the ones directly connected to us. We meet someone new, another new connection in the web. We are even connected to people we have never met. Friends of friends, and people who we may never meet but have some indirect effect on us, form the outer circle of the web. We are all connected in some way to every other person. Susan Griffin explores this theory of a complex matrix of connections in her essay “Our Secret”. She employs a style of writing that uses several different threads of stories from her own experiences and the life of Heinrich Himmler, Chief of the Nazi SS, as well as references to seemingly unrelated topics such as missile production and cells to weave the fabric of her theory of universal interconnectedness. At first glance, each passage seems unrelated to the next, but after thorough reading a juxtaposition of the threads is evident. Through her entire essay, Griffin uses underlying themes that connect each thread and anecdote to one another. One of the main themes that is interwoven through her essay is child rearing and the effect that different styles of parenting have on the child later in life. One relationship between father and son she explores is Heinrich Himmler and his father Gebhard. Gebhard was...
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...FINANCE Investments and Portfolio Management Team Case Study Analysis Susan Griffin: Formulation of a Long-Term Investment Strategy TEAM X Case Overview Susan Griffin, owner and CEO of Griffin Incorporated, was planning to sell the company. Despite the success of her company, she was 62 years old and wanted to be free of the responsibilities and retire. Working with her bank advisors, indications estimated the sale to be worth about $10 million. She was currently earning good income from the operations of her company. Prior to the sale, most of her wealth was held in company stock; however, with the sale of the company most of her holdings would be converted into liquid assets that need to be invested and managed (See Exhibit 1 for Assets). Now Susan would need to decide how to allocate her investments in a way that would allow her to continue to live comfortably and also cover her family’s financial needs. Therefore, the analysis provided within the case study covers the method and recommendation on how Susan should invest and manage her portfolio and in what proportion the investment should be allocated toward the various options available. Key Assumptions In order to properly evaluate Susan’s scenario and develop her optimal portfolio, several assumptions must be defined. These assumptions are detailed in the list below: 1. Susan’s required annual income equates to $438,143 (before taxes)...
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...Limitless The strongest word we all recognize is Love. Although Susan Griffin in the poem “Love Should Grow Up Like a Wild Iris in the Fields” Griffin explains how the humans put a whole new meaning too this word LOVE. The main concept of this poem is about Love and how we think love should be against reality. The use of multiple literary elements in this poem helps us understand the importance of true love by using imagery, and symbolism which helps the reader understand that love is easier said than done. Susan Griffin uses imagery all throughout the poem too aid the reader actually imagine the situation. Imagery on “the iris” a flower that grows, then “unexpectedly” blooms. The iris has one mission to bloom and take in sunlight (Lines...
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...its highest status with their fan base. Its breakout star, a character named Stewie, has grown into a very clever villain. The show has won various awards; among those is an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy. Seth MacFarlane is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four, an episode named “doesn’t make me over,” the Griffins daughter Meg invites the cutest guy at school on a date. The boy declines her offer because she looks like a boy so she reaches out to her family for help. In an attempt to make her feel better and have more confidence, her mother Lois takes her to a newly constructed mega-store, where Meg receives the greatest makeover of her life. In the meantime, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-store taking most of the local business. Peter, Meg’s father tries save the tavern by creating a band with his family and friends. Meg's new makeover has caught the attention of a record producer who wants to sign the band. The Griffins sign with the record producer and perform in New York on Saturday Night Live. Meg’s personality started to change because of her new look, she starts to get spoiled, but after the guest star of Saturday Night Live took advantage of her, she realized how bad she had been acting and corrected her spoiled behavior. The cultural values and challenges this episode faces are sexism, racism, and the social class...
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...Pop Culture paper Psychology 12/6/14 Confirmation bias in Family Guy There are a lot of psychology principals and theories shown in animated television shows because it is easy to show how true and funny they really are. There is a clip in the television show called, family guy. The clip starts out as Lois and another person are trying to run for government and they are taking questions from undecided voters to see who will be mayor. It then goes to an undecided voter who asks a question to the guy Lois is running against and instead of answering the question the guy just goes up to the undecided voter and shakes his hand and looks him in the eye. The voter replies “Oh I like him he looks me in the eye” and there is a commotion among the crowd and someone says “I am voting for him”. It then goes to Lois who is very confused because she does not get why the people love the other guy when he did not even answer the question. Then Brian who is a different character on the show says “Just say short things that everyone agrees on”. So then it is Lois turn to answer a question from the undecided voters and it did not matter what the question was she kept replying “911 is bad.” The crowd of undecided cheered every time she said that despite the fact that 9-11 had nothing to do with the questions. For example one time she said that 911 is bad someone from the crowd said I agree with that like as if he was going to vote for her just because of that. This fits in psychology class...
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...(2012). Seth is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is now playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four on the episode of “don’t make me over”, when Meg asks the cutest boy at school on a date, and he turns her down because she looks like a boy, she turns to her family for support. In an effort to make her feel better and have more confidence, Lois takes Meg to newly built mega-mall, where Meg gets the ultimate makeover. Meanwhile, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-mall taking most of the local business so Peter tries save the tavern by starting a band with the guys, but it is Meg's new look that has the record producers wanting the band. So the Griffins formed a band and that takes them all the way to New York to perform on "Saturday Night Live." Meg’s personality started to change because of her new look, and she starts to get spoiled, but after the star of “Saturday Night Live” took advantage of her she realized and came back to her sensed. The cultural values and challenges this episode faces are racism, sexism, religious degradation, and social...
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...For years Vic has been able to keep “Vic the Tricky Work Guy” separate from “Vic the Honest Family Guy” but the distinction is eroding. Vic is at a crossroads, for he recognizes that his workplace behaviors, choices and ethics are beginning to influence “Vic the Honest Family Guy.” Worse yet, Vic is becoming satisfied with the person he is at work. This paper will explore the consequences this eroding distinction has on Vic’s professional prospects and in his personal life. It will also examine several of the consequences organizations face as a result of a corporate culture that does not value candor. For over four years, “Vic the Tricky Work Guy” work persona has served Vic very well professionally. Greenline management considers him a high performer with high potential. He has been given a great deal of latitude and his peers and employees generally seem to respect him. While Vic recognizes that he is compromising his personal values at work, he is convinced it is necessary for him to get ahead. He does not recognize or acknowledge the impact that compromising his personal values will have on his professional reputation and career growth over the long term. At work, Vic is beginning to shift focus away from fulfilling his core job responsibilities to making himself look good. As in the case of fabricating an excuse about his daughter to get out of a trip to Houston, Vic is going to rather extreme lengths to shun his responsibilities. Eventually, the excuses...
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...Zhifeng Liu MW 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Morality Issue Over Cartoon Shows TV shows have a tremendous effect on everyday people. Whatever we watch and hear on TV reflect how we act in real life. Television has a major influence on our morality today. In the recent years, a lot of TV shows have been played; they are about love, friendship, science, and all kinds of topics. Sometimes, they are giving out negative images of morality and culture, but some are giving positive as well. For example, South Park and Family Guy, although they are both cartoon sitcoms, they are not as childish as cartoons like Doraemon and Power Ranger. A lot of parents don’t allow their kids to watch these cartoons on TV, because they seem too violence and with too much dirty language in the show, they are not always wholesome, and not even in good taste. As a teenager, what I think is totally opposite to those parents. If we watch these shows carefully and look into all those dirty jokes, violence action, and inappropriate language, actually the show is full of morality and everyday knowledge. Although the jokes seem neither appropriate nor polite, they serve to give education to kids at the end. These shows allow us to look at things at different angles and different aspects, and they also allow us to think more about the differences between moral and immoral. One of my most favorite episodes of South Park is “Manbearpig”. The show is about a lonely and attention-desperate Al Gore goes...
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...If I could become another person for a whole day, I would want to be Stewie Griffin from Family Guy. I chose Stewie Griffin because for one, Family Guy has always been my favorite show, hands down. Nothing can compare to it. Second Family Guy is a series that doesn’t really have a big storyline that progresses with the show. Every episode there’s a different plot and one or two subplots. Meaning that something that happens in an episode will be almost irrelevant to the other episode. So you could watch any episode you want without watching the previous episodes and still have a good time watching it. Stewie Griffin is the baby in the Griffin family, he’s only one year old but, he’s clearly shown that he’s the smartest in the family and probably...
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...Facts for simulation 2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * Today's date: March 31, 2013. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * Peter Griffin called me asking about his tax situation for 2012 & 2013. * He provided the following facts: | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * (1) Peter (born 7/1/45) has been a single parent since 2009 when his wife Mary passed away. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | (2) His son Paul (born 4/4/90) finished college August 2012. In spite of the degree, Paul was unable to get a better job so he kept working at Starbucks where he made about $300/wk. As a result, he's still living at home and will continue to do so in 2013. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * (3) Peter changed jobs on July 1, 2012. * He left BIG4 firm...
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...Leanne Westphal Humanities 70 Contemporary Television 2 April 2016 Offended Much? Sick, twisted and politically incorrect seems to be the special brew for the hit animated series Family Guy. In this essay the author writes about the balance between humorous and offensive and the fine line the writers walk to create humor. I like to think this animated show has found that balance for its viewers. Family Guy has been under fire by many groups of people over the years for its taste and indecency. Groups from the Parents Television Council to the Venezuelan Government have filed complaints with the FCC regarding the content of episodes and also have banned the series completely from airing in their country. This series has many groups of people up in arms for the way it has carried its motto of “The show is an equal-opportunity offender” (Sarah Palin vs. Family Guy: Seth MacFarlane Responds (sort Of).Web. 02 Apr. 2016.). I have watched this show numerous times but I would not call myself a dedicated viewer. I find the show to be humorous and tune in to get a laugh when needed. It’s an animated series that I would never take serious nor would it ever offend me. It’s a TV show plain and simple. There are far more issues in this world to take on that would be far more productive for these groups other than trying to bring down a show that parents can change the channel to. The ability of the writers to bring humor into life situations I feel is amazing. When did we stop...
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...the baby tries to kill his mother in almost every episode. I do understand that it is made for comedy purposes only I believe that sometimes they tend to overstep the boundaries. I do believe that they try to make the family seem like they would do anything for each other. In one of the episodes the mother tries to cover up for her son because they believed he murdered a man but it turns out he did not. To me that shows although he broke the law she was willing to do anything for him to protect him. I do believe that television shows impact our views on life and our views on family values. After watching this show I realized that it impacted my view on family values negatively. I would not want my family to be dysfunctional like the Griffin family. They make fun of the eldest daughter in many episodes, the second son Chris does horribly in school and both children to not respect their parents. The parents Peter and Louis love each other and I can see that in episodes and in all of the episodes I have seen they are monogamous to each other so that does show that they are still trying to put some values in the show. The baby Stewie is always trying to kill his mother and they make it seem like it is an ok thing to do. But I would not raise my own children the way that they did in this show. It is not right in anyway in my mind. Being a mother of two young children it is important to teach them at a young age of what...
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...Family Guy: Often Offensive, but Smart Humor Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the popular comedy show, Family Guy, is well known for his controversial style of humor. His use of offensive jokes makes for a bad reputation with media sources and celebrities. According to Antonia Peacocke, author of “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious,” Before she was such a devotee, she was, “adamantly opposed to the program for its particular brand of humor” (300). Antonia Peacocke explores the controversy of the jokes, and gives examples of how the show has been publicly criticized in past years. Family Guy is one of the only shows to be cancelled on multiple occasions because of off-color jokes. Peacocke informs readers that, “after its premiere in April 1999, the show ran until August 2000, but was besieged by so many complaints, that Fox was forced to suspend the show until July 2001, but the show didn’t come back the same as it was before. Due to censoring and an irregular air-time, the show’s ratings fell drastically and Family Guy was cancelled [again] in 2002” (300). I agree with her completely that Family Guy attempts to pack in more gags per minute about sex, race, incest, celebrities, etc. than any other cartoon show. I don’t see this as a bad strategy though. Making fun of groups of people is not a good thing to do, but it’s all for comedic purposes. I believe that if people and American society can’t accept humor about ourselves then we will be overly...
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...“Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious” is an article that is very relevant on the topic of pop culture intertwining with television shows. The article was written by Antonia Peacocke, a current college student. Peacocke starts off by introducing how she has felt about the show Family Guy over the years. Then moves onto how the show has been lashed out at and actually cancelled, but still managed to get put back on the air. When looked at closely the show satirizes American Culture but taken at face value Peacocke could see the harm in Family Guy’s comedy. Then Family Guy is compared to The Simpsons by how they both have similar comedy and both have faced heavy criticism. Peacocke explains that Seth McFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, then explains his reasoning for all of the criticism received toward his show. Lastly, Peacocke explains that it’s important to remember what is actually unfunny in life even while we can appreciate in fake comedy. After summarizing the article it is clear that Peacocke demonstrates Clarity, Relevance, and is a reliable source on the issue of pop culture and television shows. Peacocke demonstrates very distinct and clear writing in her article. After she introduced the issue of Family Guy being cancelled she went to great lengths to explain how and why the show did indeed get cancelled. Peacocke explained that the show was cancelled August of 2000 because there was an astronomical amount of complaints from viewers (300)...
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...The TV show, Family Guy, has a tendency to make fun of current social situations, but in particular, the episode “I am Peter, Hear me Roar” takes sexism extremely lightheartedly. The episode begins with Peter Griffin, a married white man with a lack of common sense, being offered a boat in exchange for attending a timeshare seminar. At the end of the seminar, Peter choose to take the “mystery box” over the boat, despite disapproval from his wife, Lois. With tickets obtained from the mystery box, Peter, Lois, and their friends go out and drink a lot of beer while at a comedy club Peter, who was highly intoxicated took it upon himself to go on stage and tells unfortunate jokes, however, the audience was not laughing at him because of his jokes,...
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