The Signal Essays

Alexie Sherman in “Smoke Signals” describes the way of living of Native Americans. He uses two characters in the movie as Native Americans Victor and Thomas. Thomas’s parents died in the accidental fire on Independence Day in 1976 in Coeur d’Alene, however, Arnold Joseph, Victor's father, saved Thomas from the fire. When Thomas was just blasted out of the window, Victor’s father miraculously caught Thomas before he landed on the ground. Thomas was a nerd who was smart, and he enjoyed telling stories

Both Sherman Alexie’s short story, “Every Little Hurricane” and Smoke Signals, a motion picture inspired by another Sherman Alexie short story — “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” — illustrate the struggles of the Joseph family and with living on an indian reservation. Victor Joseph’s memories of his family cause him pain, but paradoxically comfort him. The cause of this internal conflict is due to his childhood experiences involving alcoholism and poverty. Victor Joseph’s roots are

The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian and the movie Smoke Signals are similar stories, but very different. Both of the main characters Junior and Victor are Indians that leave the reservation. Death is a huge part of both stories. In Junior’s story Eugene, his grandmother, and his sister all die. In victor’s story his father dies. The themes of the stories are different. In Junior’s story the theme is to never give up. Junior goes to Reardan in the White town to have a chance at

In the short story “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore”, by Sherman Alexie communicates the idea that hope may be found in the darkest of places but nothing changes if you dont try. The main character, Victor, witnesses the rise and fall of basketball stars in the reservation in which he lives. While talking to his friend, Adrian, he notices the latest basketball star, Julius Windmaker getting into trouble yet the two friends just laugh it off and reminisce about

Recognizing that the undergraduate EE curriculum was missing courses in major electrical engineering areas such as communications and digital signal processing (DSP), I proposed and designed BEE 417 Digital Communications and BEE 442 Digital Signal Processing. These courses, which are in line with my research area, not only have they expanded the breadth of the EE curriculum but they have also enabled me to bring my research work to classroom discussions. Both courses have significant lab components;

In the short story “The only traffic signal on the reservation doesn’t flash red anymore”, Sherman Alexie uses the broken traffic signal as a symbol to allude to what life is like for Native Americans on the reservation. If the function of a traffic signal is to create system in an otherwise chaotic society, its brokenness reflects the intrinsic defeat Native Americans face on a daily basis, leads to eventual destruction of potential heroes and suggests that if not fixed, success will never be an

Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a novel that tells the story of a plane full of English schoolboys, evacuating the ongoing war, crashing near an island, leaving them marooned. With there being no adults or supervision the boys are left to fend and survive on their own. A boy by the name of Ralph is picked as their chief and he organizes fire and shelter. Another boy by the name of Jack, who is leader of the choir boys that were on the plane takes that group hunting. Over the during

the civilization amongst the young boys is decaying through the course of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, the conch represents order as it is used for a talking stick in civilized meeting, but once it breaks home of the boys go mad. The signal fire is intentionally for being rescued, however, Jack changes its purpose to kill ralph in the thickets, before they are rescued. When Piggy 's specs are clear, the group of boys are civil, though, as they get scratched up, and eventually go missing

“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” (Disney, “Leadership Quotes”). The defining qualities and principles of a respectable leader vary in the eyes of people, and William Golding’s novel, “Lord of the Flies”, imaginatively exemplifies how such beliefs can bring about a struggle in power between those whose opinions oppose each other. In his novel, two boys named Ralph and Jack emerge as leaders, after the plane carrying their group of boys’ crashes onto a deserted

them to be or a dancing disney princess in the woods. In the movie Smoke signals, it breaks past the stereotypes. The movie was written by Indians and featured indian actors. The movie follows Victor and Thomas as they go on a journey from their reserve to phoenix to pick up the remains of Victor’s father. The movie gives us an insight into the life of Victor through flashbacks while Thomas narrates the story. Smoke Signals guides us through the two boys coming of age and Victors arduous task to

of EEG signals for mood detection in Humans Mani kumar D A, Sahil Goel, Subhkarman Singh Goraya, Gurpreet Singh Students, Electronics and Communications Engineering, BMS College of Engineering. Abstract— This paper presents a detailed analysis on EEG signals to classify the different moods in human beings based on EEG signals acquired from biosensors. The main objective of this paper is to understand the procedure used to detect different moods in human beings using the EEG signals associated

1. “‘But you don’t even know the difference between the way things are and the way they're supposed to be. My God,’ [Bledsoe] gasped, ‘what is the race coming to? Why, boy, you can tell anyone you like- sit down there . . . Sit down, sir, I say!’” Relectanly, I sat, torn between anger and fascination, hating myself for obeying.” (Ellison 142) In this quote, Dr. Bledsoe is yelling at the narrator for the immature way he handled Mr. Norton by taking him to Trueblood’s cabin and the Golden Day. As he

‘DNA’ is a play written in 2008 by Dennis Kelly. The play is basically about a group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up.   An important character named Phil is presented as a powerful, quiet, confident and intelligent person in the first section of the play. Phil has a friend who is always near him called Leah, but seems to ignore and not answer back to her how much ever she talks. Leah always talks continuously and tries to get Phil’s attention but

The United States Army Signal Corps is a cardinal branch of the military that provides communication support to the Army, develops new and efficient communication technologies, and protects communication networks against cyber-attacks. The Signal Corps plays a critical role in military operations, and its importance cannot be stressed enough. One historical figure who served in the Signal Corps and made significant contributions to its development is Major General George Owen Squier. Born on March

conquest of their land, as known as America, by the Europeans, the population and the structure of the native drastically change through time. Nowadays, the Indians who were sovereigns before that the settlers came are not anymore. The movie Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie display the present natives American in United States. We will discuss about how this change occurs through the downfall of the land of native by the Europeans and the present native in United States. Since 1325 C.E, the population

In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, different representations of fire convey Montag’s journey of identity in order to represent the necessity of destruction for growth. Throughout the novel, Montag describes images of destructive, illuminating, knowledgeable, and warming fire. Through these images and symbols, the reader can see the natural journey of life that Montag, and everyone, goes through. The book teaches that one has to go through pain and ruin before they can build themselves back

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us”(89). In the beginning of the novel, a group of boys are stranded on an island without adults. They obey the regulations and rules set by the chief, Ralph. Ralph and Piggy find a conch shell that is used to call the boys to gather around for a meeting, which represents civilized environment created by Ralph. The boys turn into savages when Jack becomes absorbed with the thought of hunting and paints his face to disguise in the jungle. Because Jack is one

In William Golding’s fictional novel, ‘Lord of the Flies’, Golding expertly paints an image of a fire of great multitude, during an early chapter in the novel. Through the use of evocative language, in addition to various types of figurative language and the insertion of Piggy’s bitter commentary, Golding is able to accurately convey to the reader, the strength of the fire. Through the examination of the aforementioned devices, the reader is able to visualize and understand the force of the fire

The film Smoke Signals describes a journey that two Coeur d’ Alene Indians, Victor and Thomas, were going to Phoenix to take the remains of Victor’s father. During journey, Victor’s attitude toward his father was changing from complaint to finally forgiveness. There was heavy Indian culture color using in this film, from the lines spoke n by Indian characters to the scene of Indian’s daily life (such as fly bread and powwow). This implies that after independence, Indians were more aspire to be

There are many purposes for art. To express, communicate, share beauty, values, and much more. The film is an art. In the movie, Smoke Signals, there is many themes that are all interconnected with each other which include loss, grief, love, and transformation. In the beginning of the film, there is a fire. A baby, who is later revealed to be Thomas is thrown out a window and Arnold, Victor’s father, saves the baby. The movie transitions to Victor and Thomas all grown up in modern day America