viernes, 30 de octubre de 2015
miércoles, 28 de octubre de 2015
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Some of the problems that military veterans face is to battle a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, this makes the people that suffered of a traumatic event more aggressive in some cases, they are on guard almost at every time or they avoid everything that may cause them to remember that traumatic event.
The Last of Us is a video game that tackles the topic, as Joel's daughter dies in the hands of a soldier when an infection attacks the planet making all the infected people zombies. Joel experiments some strong feelings as the game goes on, such as the death of one of his best friends and partner as well as his brother kicking him from where they are hiding with Ellie, a girl that Joel has to take to a hospital controlled by the fireflies, a terrorist organization that wants to repare what they said they did by making a cure in form of a vaccine. Joel starts forming a relation with Ellie, thinking that she can replace his daughter, Ellie starts appreciating Joel but he discovers that the fireflies have to kill Ellie to make the vaccine so he decides to interrupt the procedure, killing all the members of the terrorist organization present and taking Ellie to the forest, lying to her and telling her that they have stopped researching for a cure and that they had more kids like her, Joel decides to protect what he thinks can replace his daughter instead of saving humanity.
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The Last of Us is a video game that tackles the topic, as Joel's daughter dies in the hands of a soldier when an infection attacks the planet making all the infected people zombies. Joel experiments some strong feelings as the game goes on, such as the death of one of his best friends and partner as well as his brother kicking him from where they are hiding with Ellie, a girl that Joel has to take to a hospital controlled by the fireflies, a terrorist organization that wants to repare what they said they did by making a cure in form of a vaccine. Joel starts forming a relation with Ellie, thinking that she can replace his daughter, Ellie starts appreciating Joel but he discovers that the fireflies have to kill Ellie to make the vaccine so he decides to interrupt the procedure, killing all the members of the terrorist organization present and taking Ellie to the forest, lying to her and telling her that they have stopped researching for a cure and that they had more kids like her, Joel decides to protect what he thinks can replace his daughter instead of saving humanity.
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"CCTV Central Control" by Tom Warner (Poetry Explication)
The poem talks about how the work of a man is, how has survived all this time in that job an how his colleagues have been fired or not, how they work and how this poems personae works. The poem makes the reader feel how a CCTV observer feels and how their work is like.
Voice:
The Personae in this poem is a CCTV operator, he is speaking to himself, maybe he is reflecting about his job, the personae's tone is a sad tone, it seams like he does not like anything more than watching the screen all night. He is speaking to himself. He or She wants to make us know how he or she feels about his job.
Imagery:
The Personae makes a description about how he sees de world and how is his or her life and his work, how he likes his work or how he is immersed in his work. The dominant expression in loneliness, as the Personae doesn't have anything else to do or care in his life.
The images presented in this poem precent a cycle in the life of the personae but it maintains a sad mood, as the speaker doesn't have anything else than his work and memories of it.
Sound:
The poem maintains the traditional form, the rhymes are progressive but maintaining the normal stanzas arrangements.
Theme:
The poem points how the life of a workaholic person is, how he or she is obsessed of its work and how he or she start making a routine that they wont be able to escape.
Voice:
The Personae in this poem is a CCTV operator, he is speaking to himself, maybe he is reflecting about his job, the personae's tone is a sad tone, it seams like he does not like anything more than watching the screen all night. He is speaking to himself. He or She wants to make us know how he or she feels about his job.
Imagery:
The Personae makes a description about how he sees de world and how is his or her life and his work, how he likes his work or how he is immersed in his work. The dominant expression in loneliness, as the Personae doesn't have anything else to do or care in his life.
The images presented in this poem precent a cycle in the life of the personae but it maintains a sad mood, as the speaker doesn't have anything else than his work and memories of it.
Sound:
The poem maintains the traditional form, the rhymes are progressive but maintaining the normal stanzas arrangements.
Theme:
The poem points how the life of a workaholic person is, how he or she is obsessed of its work and how he or she start making a routine that they wont be able to escape.
jueves, 22 de octubre de 2015
Debate Task
First text.
1.- The text talks about women taking part in combat and how the pentagon make this possible by banning the law.
3.- That women have the same right as man so they should have the case right to enter to de military.
4.- "Earlier today I called Secretary of Defense Panetta to express my strong support for this decision, which will strengthen our military, enhance our readiness, and be another step toward fulfilling our nation's founding ideals of fairness and equality," Obama said in a prepared statement."
5.- It would be if I had to debate about this, in my case I have to debate about other topic, the information in this page is trustful.
Second Text.
1.- The text talks about women taking part in combat in a way that feminism contradict their ideals.
3.- nope
5.- It would be if I had to debate about this, in my case I have to debate about other topic, the information in this page is trustful.
1.- The text talks about women taking part in combat and how the pentagon make this possible by banning the law.
3.- That women have the same right as man so they should have the case right to enter to de military.
4.- "Earlier today I called Secretary of Defense Panetta to express my strong support for this decision, which will strengthen our military, enhance our readiness, and be another step toward fulfilling our nation's founding ideals of fairness and equality," Obama said in a prepared statement."
5.- It would be if I had to debate about this, in my case I have to debate about other topic, the information in this page is trustful.
Second Text.
1.- The text talks about women taking part in combat in a way that feminism contradict their ideals.
3.- nope
5.- It would be if I had to debate about this, in my case I have to debate about other topic, the information in this page is trustful.
Third Text.
1.- This text talks about how women can't be par of the military because they will affect the bond in between the people in the military.
3.- Women will affect the feelings of the soldiers and the women soldier will be more affected by the death of a soldier which a bond with her.
4.- There are also concerns that women will interfere with group bonding and cohesion – the same arguments that long interfered with the integration of African Americans and gay people into the military.
5.- It would be if I had to debate about this, in my case I have to debate about other topic, the information in this page is trustful.
martes, 6 de octubre de 2015
Definition
Bias:
(prejudice, unfairness)
the political bias of the article
Depiction
(description)
a vivid depiction of life in the early 1900s
Portray
(describe, represent)
he attempted to portray their appalling living conditions
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