In the article "Don’t blame the eater" written by Zinczenko, he argues that fast food is the main reason why so many teenagers are suffering from obesity in United States. He explains that many companies will use advertisements to deceive customers. For example, a company’s website offers a chicken salad with less than four hundred calories per serving; however, they don’t label everything that the salad has In the first label. They will use separate labels in the products that the salad has on it, so the costumer gets confused and thinks that he is actually eating a four hundred calories salad that is "healthy". However, he is actually eating a seven or more hundred calories meal.
The novel Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick is a story about a typical family in a present day town. Steven, the oldest kid in the family goes through a tough time in his life when his little brother Jeffrey gets leukemia, a type of cancer. Steven’s parents are also affected. The dad starts to not talk to Steven, and his co workers. The mom has to stop working and drive Jeffrey to the hospital often for treatments.
"Don't Blame The Eater" article written in 2003 by David Zinczenko. A former chief editor of Men Health magazine. Discusses the controversial issue of fast food consumerism across the United States. Focusing mainly on the impact that it has on the youth in the US. Being the increase of both obesity and diabetes case to rose drastically in the last 10 years.
Summary James Bradley’s, Flyboys, relays the incredible story of nine young Americans in their endeavors as members of United States Navy during World War II. This tragic retelling of the hardships of American war heroes informs the reader about the inhumane treatment of the enemies of Japan by the Japanese military. Bradley explores the barbaric nature of the Japanese in their endeavors to break down the morale of American soldiers throughout the brutal war. This descriptive and fascinating true story encapsulates the deep roots of the conflict between the United States and Japan. As told through the emotional and dismal story of the loss of nine American lives.
“Don't judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins” (Creech 45) Sal's mother goes through many places on her journey and keeps connection with many others. In the novel “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech, The protagonist ,Sal, resists, understands, and accepts the situation at one point or another in the story. In the beginning,Sals memories ly in Bybanks, Kentucky, the last moments of her family all together and happy. First sal states, “ I have lived most of my thirteen years in Bybanks, Kentucky.”
The Spirit Catches You The Spirit Catches you and You fall down centers on Lia Lee, an epileptic Hmong Child who is caught in-between care of her loving parents and the responsibility of her caring doctors. Her parents are traditional Hmong’s who are hesitant towards American medicinal methods compared to Hmong traditional methods. While on the other side stands her American doctors, who were educated in American Universities and are for the most part are very much against treating Lia with anything besides the practice they’ve been educated on. This paper will first provide a short summary of the book which will mainly include the Hmong involvement in the Vietnam War. Followed by two anthropological concepts.
The Power Behind “Just Walk on By” In Brent Staples article “Just Walk on By”, Staples shares his thoughts on the way marginalized groups interact. He uses his own experiences as a young African American man to shed light on how people can have implied biases that affect the way they treat other people. Staples does this to demonstrate how society develops preconceived notions in the minds of individuals about marginalized groups, primarily African American men, which are often a flawed representation of the people within these groups. The rhetoric he uses is key to developing an understanding persona and an emotional appeal that exposes the implied biases of people without alienating or offending the audience, to whom-- among others-- he attributes these biases.
The book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is not a completely accurate depiction of what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The book is an example of propaganda aimed at influencing the reader into viewing the government and police in America as ineffective and ignorant. In Zeitoun, Eggers characterizes all the police and National Guard members in New Orleans after Katrina as very abusive and ignorant. When Zeitoun is arrested the police take his and his friends belongings to examine them.
The arrival of European explorers and colonizers had a profound impact on the indigenous peoples of North America east of the Mississippi. The dramatic social changes that Native Americans faced after European contact created a world that was entirely new to them. Colin Calloway's book, "The World Turned Upside Down," provides insight into the complex processes of cultural, social, economic, and political change that Native Americans experienced during this period. In this essay, I will examine the ways in which Native Americans participated and coped with these developments, the various roles they played in this process, and how they attempted to preserve their culture.
After learning to play their instruments, The Monkees began releasing songs for use in their show as well as for general public listening. Fortunately for them, quite a few of these tracks grew popular, some of them even managing to make top charts. The Monkees started off strong with, “”Last Train to Clarksville,” their first single, [which] was a top ten hit” (Pendergast and Pendergast 854). As previously stated, this was likely due to the audience they had already built with the show. Other songs such as, “”Daydream Believer,” “Valerie,” “Girl,” and “I’m a Believer”” were also popular with fans (Pendergast and Pendergast 854).
Amit Majmudar’s poem “Dothead” demonstrates the stigma that the speaker experienced—as well as what many foreigners still undergo—while living as a child in a different culture by utilizing figurative language and a shift in tone from descriptive to agitated. This poem begins with a discussion format to portray an expressive tone in which he tells both his grammar school peers and the reader what his mother’s “dot” truly is (1). Though the speaker sees this colorful mark as something beautiful, the speaker’s fellow classmates see the red dot as a figurative “Chernobyl baby” because it is so strange and unfamiliar to them (5). While this dot—more properly named a bindi—has a significant meaning that the speaker understands, the other schoolchildren are unaware of this knowledge and begin to laugh at the sight of such an absurd-looking object (11-12).
Third, the actions of the police historically have been a topic of concern for punk bands. Bands have a different way of expressing their beliefs, but the Subhumans have never been shy about their views. In their song “No” they state, “No, I don’t believe in the police force, police brutality isn’t a dream.” These lyrics were key on the 1980’s as punk shows were always broken up by the police which would result in arrests and members of the punk community in the hospital. This brutality by the police is more present today than ever.
In “Find Your Beach”, a narrative essay written by Zadie Smith, the writer expresses her belief that is one is adamant enough, one can arrive at their beach - a paradise-like environment that people dream of, but is believed to be very hard to obtain. The idea of a person’s “beach” being hard to discover can be observed through Smith’s personal background, as it is almost mythical for this English writer living in Soho, Manhattan to come by a beach. What I took away from Smith’s text is the idea that when you finally arrive at your beach, “sooner or later you will be sitting on that beach wondering what comes next”. Overall, I interpreted one’s beach being defined as a person’s happiness. It is something we all have the potential to posses
I) Introduction: Hello everyone today I will speak to you about an English rock band who most of you have heard off, “The Beatles”. They were one of the biggest musical icons in history. The band consisted of 4 legends: John Lennon (guitar), George Harrison (guitar), Paul McCartney (bass) and Ringo Starr (drums).
The book Into Thin Air is a book that outlines the Mount Everest disaster, as factually correct it can. However, there is a person that is too blame for this disaster to happen. The main person responsible for the deaths of the Mount Everest disaster was Robert Hall. However, that does not mean Robert Hall was the only one at fault. Ultimately the blame falls on Ang Dorje, Robert Hall, and Ian Woodall, each for their own reasons, and ultimately Hall, and Fisher were responsible for the others.
