artist, doctors, and civilians have voiced their opinion on the issue including ACHS, newspapers and even the band Metallica. In their song Santarium, Metallica express their perspective on lobotomy inspired from One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest, “feed[ing] my brain with your so called standards” (Williams 116-118). The band views lobotomy and electric shock therapy as an ineffective way to treat mental illness because they do not believe people must fit in with standards of society. Believing that the
For my project I was originally going to write a simple children’s book to raise awareness about racism and differences in ethnicities in young children. This idea did not pan out to my what I wanted so I decided to show a short educational video clip about racism awareness in children to my nieces and nephews. I believe if awareness were taught at a young age, racism would not be such a problem when children are older. In Women’s studies, I’ve learned of many systems of inequalities and privilege
report on body art because I, personally, find the topic very complex and interesting. It is for this reason that I decided to narrow the scope of my field research. I am focusing this report on the trends and evolution in body art as relating to modern women. When I say modern women I am referring to the women from about the 18th century to the current day. I chose to focus on women imparticular because of the strong societal pressure that is specifically place upon them to fulfill a certain role and
Who were the rst Asian immigrants to America? After nding out about this in my Asian American history class, I asked my friends and family if they knew the answer to this question. The responses, as I expected, were no surprise; the most popular answer was a hasty reply, The 49'ers," referring to the Chinese gold-seekers who began to arrive in America during the year 1849 in search of gold. It was, however, the Filipinos, who rst immigrated to America. Many people believe that the Chinese people
“Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words”. Here American poet Paul Engle manages to unveil the crux of poems underneath the stanzas, lines and technicalities- the emotions. The strength of the poem depends on the weaknesses portrayed by the poets’ personas because ultimately the easiest way to control one is to tug a little at their heartstrings. No one has conquered hearts with a gaudy show of strength. Hence, emotive
looking at boys from Cuba and Sierra Leone, we shall assess how they relate to one another despite their cultural diversities during the 90‘s through government, day-to-day life, and development. The PBS Wide Angle documentary “Victory Is Your Duty” depicts Cuban-boy boxers’ lives; as A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah recounts the day-to-day life he and other boys went through in Sierra Leone. Suffering from contrasting limitations such as Cuba containing to themselves and Sierra Leone incapable of encompassing