G.I. Joe

Family of Origin Analysis Paper It was once said by Mama Joe in the famed 90’s motion picture, “Soul Food,” “One finger won’t make an impact, but you ball all those fingers into a fist, and you can strike a mighty blow.” Mama Joe’s character, the Grandmother figure in the film, and all of her poignant quotes have resonated with me over the years, but I believe this particular quote, from a figurative standpoint, has shaped the foundation for my family. My family is the sum of all its parts. We…

Whenever southern literature authors are brought up, Harry Crews is almost surely mentioned every single time. The many memoirs, short stories, and novels he wrote over a number of years, like A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, and A Feast of Snakes, are often seen as a reflection of his tough childhood, filled with violence, self-damage, and alcohol. Although his “legendary” alcohol consumption almost brought him to his end years before his actual death, these seemingly negative aspects…

According to Joe Feagin unjust enrichment is defined as: “the unjust theft of labor or resources by one group of people from another group of people.” In America alone, this has been happening for centuries. The history of the United States is rooted in the unjust enrichment of many people, most of them being people of color. During the 1600s, it was the Native Americans, the 17 and 1800s it was the Africans, and in the late 1880s, it was the Chinese immigrants. America has made trillions off of…

In the film A Class Apart, a landmark case, Hernandez v. Texas, was discussed. Peter Hernandez was convicted of the murder of Joe Espinosa. His legal team, Gus Garcia and Carlos Cadena, used his case to show that juries were neither impartial nor a jury of his peers. The jury consisted of white males. Hernandez’s legal took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Even there…

"My conscious won 't let me go shoot … some poor, hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger; they never lynched me.” Antagonistic, yet honest words from World Boxing Champion Muhammed Ali at his refusal to be enlisted in the U.S Army in 1967. Unlike the previous World Wars that were unquestioned as to America’s involvement; the Vietnam war, even from its onset is one that has held a contentious point of division among many in America…

The Mexican American war gave citizenship to thousands of individuals who resided in the American southwest prior to the war. Under the new treaty between Mexico and the United States, these new citizens were considered white according to the law. Consequently, these new citizens were never treated equivalent to Caucasians of Northern European ancestry. They were not allowed to occupy the same bathrooms, restaurants, schools, and even in death they had to be prepared and buried in isolated areas…

words throughout Piercy’s poem. He connects certain words with feminism and cruelty towards women. Perrin asks a question that broadens the topics and unexplored meanings throughout the poem. “He asks his students to imagine if the poem was named “G.I. Joe” (Perrin). Would boys be told that they are too feminine or that they are not masculine enough? Would a boy be told that he can only have a certain amount of career choices? It is interesting to think about how society would react if there…

bake, cook, clean, watch the children, and do all those other things women did in the 60 's and 70 's. Who made these rules? And why do we follow them? Gender roles are the roles men and women are born into. For instance, that little boys are given G.I. Joe or trucks to play with and little girls are given Barbie. I believe that all of the gender roles are equally important because they all are society’s expectation of what you are supposed to do and look like. The gender roles that I choose to…

“Cool Japan” fund, is it completely useless or just poorly managed? The “burst” of the bubble economy in Japan at the beginning of 1990s crushed Japanese self confidence. Long recession, harsh Korean competition in steel, auto and electronics industries, with US also having the strongest leadership in “IT revolution” and rapid economic growth in China enhanced the depressive mood of “the Lost Decade”. However rumors of popularity of Japanese cultural products overseas, such as electronics for…

Most of these studies are conducted on the program Sesame Street. It is hard to find out any one that was not raised by watching Sesame Street. It integrates visually stimulating content that appeals to children with excellent educational content embedded into the show that have had an enormous effect on children. These effects are supported by studies. In the early 1980s, a study was conducted to find out if the viewing of Sesame Street led to improved vocabulary scores of children. It was…