In Jeffrey Kluger’s TED talk, The Sibling Bond, he talks about the relationships formed between siblings and all of the dyadic relationships in a family. This relates back to act 1, scene 1 of King Lear, as Lear “disclaim[s] all [his] paternal care” (Shakespeare 1.1.115) of Cordelia. Both Gonerile and Regan do not stand up for Cordelia or even seem to feel sympathy. Instead they both act rudely towards her and don’t act as a fighting “unit” as The Sibling Bond suggests. Another connection between the two pieces that I found intriguing was that Jeffery states, “the most common favorite for a father is the last-born daughter” which holds true for King Lear as his favorite daughter is Cordelia. Kluger goes on to explain that the favoritism originates from the contrast between the rolls of father and daughter. He claims that opposite gender children can never fully resemble their parental counterparts and therefore are given more praise when a slight, temporary resemblance is shown. King Lear’s relationship with Cordelia follows this this theory as King Lear shows joy when he his sharing his rule over the land, his only job, with his daughters, especially Cordelia. Lear also gets frustrated when she does not share his ideologies about how the land should be split
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What is the best fast food joint in existence? Is there any way of knowing? Could it be judged by their profits, number of customers, or by quality of food? Many fast food restaurants run convincing advertisements to try and entice customers and convince them that their food is the best. The companies essentially use propaganda methods to get their message to the consumers. One of the more unconventional examples of propaganda that I found is a mixtape created by the Wendy’s corporation titled “We Beefin? - EP.” The artist credited for the album is “at Wendys,” no doubt a pseudonym and an allusion to the Wendy’s twitter account “@Wendys.” They are most famous for their “savage” tweets. They constantly insult their competitors (such as McDonald’s, Burger King… ect.) as well as responding to hostile tweets with their own. @Wendy’s must have a proficient writing team as most of their tweets go viral and the account has over 2.5 million followers. The mixtape they dropped contains 5 songs: Twitter Fingers, Holding It Down (feat. Wendy Williams), Rest in Grease, Clownin, and 4 for 4$. All of the songs are references to either their own menu items or about their rival companies. I believe that “We Beefin? - EP” is an effective use of propaganda as it is able to successfully connect with the younger generation of their customers. Many other restaurants have tried to incorporate relevant social media accounts, but many fail as they are simply very out of touch (too slow) or are being too safe (afraid of offending someone). They believe as if a hashtag will make them more relevant. The diss track that Wendy’s released had nearly perfect timing. It was released in early 2018, the height of the rise of diss tracks. Sure they were just hopping on the bandwagon, but they hopped on it decently early. Fortunately for Wendy’s, their relevancy and their popularity from their twitter brought them great success. In the end, determining what is the best fast food restaurant boils down to an individual's opinions. The restaurant must have a healthy balance of quality food and good prices. These opinions will vary from person to person, therefore leaving the question unanswered as it is undeterminable.
Link to the lyrics: https://genius.com/albums/At-wendys/We-beefin-ep “Do you want to become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?” is a quote used profusely throughout, Inception (2010). This mainly relates back to the main character, Cobb, as he has already grown old, filled with regret, and is haunted by his late wife. Obviously, Cobbs biggest regret is planting the idea inside of Mal’s head that reality isn’t real. This ultimately driver her to kill herself, and to only be able to haunt Cobb’s dreams. This quote is what I believe drives Cobb. He spends most of the movie trying to overcome his past mistakes and get over his regrets. I believe that in the end he achieves which is proved by not staying with the projection of Mal in Limbo. If he truly was not over her, he would have stayed as it was super realistic. He also does not check to see if the reality is real when he is finally reunited with his children. This means that he has finally let Mal go and just wants to settle down and raise his kids, real or not. This quote also relates back to the short story, The Shining Houses. The main character, Mary, goes to visit the old lady who lives on the street. She finds that she always has interesting stories to tell about which seems to be the case. Despite this, all of the other neighborhood’s adults despise the Mrs. Fullerton, the old lady, as she refuses to sell or renovate her home. This is driving the property value of the rest of the neighborhood houses down. Mary agrees with the other adults but doesn’t want to do that to Mrs. Fullerton. She feels that if she goes along with the petition, although it would benefit her greatly, she would regret her decision and it would forever haunt her. These two pieces clearly have similar themes of dealing with regret. In Inception, Cobb has to deal with the regret and having to get over it. In The Shining Houses Mary has to deal with trying to avoid regret. It is clear to see that both of them properly deal with regret in their respective situations.
The Large Ant In The Large Ant, the main character is startled by what he believes to be a large insect like creature. Acting off of instinct, he reaches for his golf club and swings for the creatures head without hesitation. The author, Howard Fast, comments on how humans are inherently violent. The whole story goes on to talk about how the character only killed the creature because he is human and how there were five other cases of this in the past few days. The creature didn’t show any signs of hostility or pose any danger, but the character struck out of fear. I do not agree with this point as there are many peaceful people in the world. The author is extremely naive if they believe that as everybody is different and would react differently in that situation. Although I do believe that fear would be the natural instinct for most people if a large ant-like creature were standing at the foot of your bed, I believe that it would pass if the creature were non-hostile. The author also comments on how weapons are not a mark of intelligence: “‘If it’s that intelligent, why didn’t it use in of those weapons on me?’ ‘Would that be a mark of intelligence?’ Hopper asked mildly” (Fast 7). The author is saying that since the creatures are so intelligent, they have no need for weapons. A truly intelligent race would not need weapons as they would not have any war or conflict. He is stating that despite the fact that humans have “scientists [and] engineers” (Fast 7), we still are not an intelligent race. I agree with this as there is no need for weapons. War is pointless as conflict can be resolved without the death of any humans.
In the short stories, The Pedestrian and The Fun They Had, both authors try to comment on today’s society. The both appear to fear the development of technology. The Pedestrian is about a man who is out for a walk in the not so far future, hes is approached by a police robot and it is explained that the police force has been cut down to one automated car despite the multi-million person population of the city. What I think the author is trying to convey is that no robot can match human emotions. In the 1950s (when the story was written), there was a big surge in the development of technology. The author probably saw many people losing their jobs to the advancements in technology. The author questions the reliability of machines and is speaking out against their rise. I disagree with this statement as the advancements of technology abolishes insignificant jobs and improves the quality, precision, and speed of jobs that are more difficult. Machines can work reliably alongside of humans. The Fun They Had talks about two children in the future that have found “a real book.” It is explained that all learning is now done online and at home without a real teacher. The point the author is trying to prove is that the school setting does not need to change. I partially agree with this as I do believe that the social aspect of school and the communication you can have with a real teacher is tremendously valuable. Again, when there is a healthy balance between technology and humans, the results can be extremely advantageous. I believe that the current education situation is perfect: In school but with the option of online learning (with a real teacher). Therefore, I believe that the authors make some points, but are extremely naive. Both authors don’t seem to understand the major benefits of technology or how it is to be properly used.
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