Neologism

Fae Myenne Ng’s novel Bone analyzes the conflicts the Chinese American Immigrants face upon arriving in America. Her story describes a Chinese American experience filled with cultural and family tension. The story is mainly focused on exactly how the members of the Leong family, Mah, Leon, Nina, the narrator Leila, aim to understand why Ona is convinced to commit suicide. Leila is the oldest sister and tells the story from her point of view.The story takes place in San Francisco Chinatown ,…

General Appearance and behavior: The client’s name was Alan, he appeared calm and open to counseling. At times, the client would lead forward to speak and appeared to be relaxed while discussing his issues. His behavior was normal and consistent as the client explained his problem. The client used hand motions at times to explain his story. Presenting problem: The presenting problem is that the client has an uncontrollable gambling addiction that has caused major problems in his personal and…

Women are now able to be proud of, and admit to, their sexuality. Women do not need to stay naive and pure, scared of masturbation and orgasming because that is the world that men have created. Cixous makes the term “sexts” neologism because she is describing it not only as a connection sex and text, but also as a way for women to no longer feel as though they have to repress their sexuality and not talk about it. “They haven’t changed a thing: they’ve theorized their desire…

Nowadays, education has become one of the most important ways for people to improve themselves and realize their dreams. It not only empowers individuals to work harder, but also motivates women to free themselves from restriction. However, Karen Ho explains how the elite education system blinded students’ eyes on what constituted a good job in the essay “Biographies of Hegemony”. She also mentioned that Wall Street companies hire the majority of their employees from elite universities,…

(INSERT CATCHY THING) Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1962. The novel presented many hippie, counter culture ideas, such as society’s negative toll on an individual’s psyche, and that sanity and madness is more of a matter of who is and isn’t adjusted to society (Shechner, 2002). The novel also explores the deplorable conditions and treatments mental patients are subjected to, from electroshock therapy to lobotomies to physical and mental abuse, all from the perspective of a…

Geoffrey Chaucer’s famous Middle English poem, Troilus and Criseyde, relays a calamitous love story set during the Trojan War. Nearly a century later, Robert Henryson, ‘Scottish Chaucerian’, authored his own poetic continuation of Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde entitled, The Testament of Cresseid. Although the two highly expressive pieces of poetry are inclusive of and are remarking on consistent characters, Chaucer and Henryson could not have composed two more vastly contrasting representations…

it easier for societies to adapt to the new ways of using their language. As subcultures become directed towards Japanese youth, the language will continue to change it’s representation in society through a cultural shift and usage of honorific, neologisms, emoticons, and coded words. While polite and honorific language hasn’t changed that much as time passed, it has adapted to the point where a majority of people will only utilize this type of speech given certain social situations. During…

Multiplicity Utopia: Renouncing of Binary Gender Identities “Les Guérillères” in itself is already a conundrum that spares no time in illuminating one of the major essence of the novel, providing the reader with a glimpse into the fantasized Amazonian world in which “the women” are at war to make room for their future Utopia with the use of language, as seen in the title. Monique Wittig demonstrates a fantasy world of Amazonian women who fight for their freedom from the shackles of the binary…

In Shakespeare tragedies we can learn a lot about ourselves as Human beings. By examining the darkest depths of human nature we can learn what leads people to sometimes take such dire drastic measures and hopefully not go there ourselves. Shakespeare who has written hundreds of books and scripts had a talent for conveying human emotions in words. Although his writings were not in proper modern English, these emotions were still easy to comprehend. Many times Shakespeare ignored the common rules…

Aurora Club - Clinical Log #2 I. Description of the Day Groups and/or Experiences The day began with a tour of the Aurora club and general information about the services the Aurora club provides. I learned that the Aurora club is a social rehabilitation program designed to provide social support, teach life skills, and promote independence, for individuals with mental illness in the surrounding area. It has many services, including a full kitchen, a washer and dryer, exercise equipment, games,…