A five-year-old girl who is unable to swim is drowning in a pool, where the depth is ten feet. She is incapable of communicating for help and continuously gulps copious amounts of water while kicking her legs and flinging her arms frantically. A young boy who is learning how to swim notices her desperate need for a rescue, but is too hesitant to do anything due to his fear of deep water. He then realizes that he does not want a young girl to die just because no one was able to come to her rescue, and builds up the courage to enter the deep end of the pool. He dives in just in time to rescue the drowning soul and conquers his fear of deep water, all because of courage. In Katy Perry’s “Firework” music video from the album Teenage Dream, she …show more content…
There is a scene in the video that reveals a young, female cancer victim sitting on her hospital bed watching television. Since she is receiving chemotherapy for treatment, she is deprived of hair and becomes envious and doleful when she sees a woman in the television screen spinning and flipping her blonde locks of hair. Cancer victims that receive chemotherapy and loose their hair often develop a sense of embarrassment due to their lack of hair, pushing them into being afraid of facing the rest of the world. The girl then spots fireworks, which are bursting from Katy Perry, outside of a window. This encourages her to step outside of the hospital to reveal herself despite the fact that she is bald, opposing to being isolated from the world. Once she is outside of the hospital, fireworks explode from the interior of her, indicating that she has conquered her fear through …show more content…
She sings, “Baby you’re a firework. Come on show them what you’re worth” while everyone is showing their true colors as a firework. The firework itself symbolizes courage, and igniting it symbolizes building up that courage. This illustrates that everyone is congregating together and revealing themselves as a firework along with the idea that they are “even brighter than the moon”, a lyric from the song. No matter what flaws people possess, they are still considered unique, bright, and capable of doing anything they
While speaking to the young adults, Linkin Park’s music video utilizes rhetoric by showing credibility, intense emotional symmetry, and logistical facts to influence escaping the oppressive expectations of society.
James Baldwin is one of the premier essayists of his time. He draws on his experiences in a straightforward, unapologetic manner, which helps achieve his purpose in The Fire Next Time. His style elucidates his arguments for racial harmony and for the understanding of other religions.
Bill Gates, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, states, “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” Instead of only looking at the advancements that his business, Microsoft, has made, Gates evaluates and learns from the mistakes or failures he’s also made, and finds ways to prevent them from happening again. Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is about all the people or events that made a large impact on the world from 1950 to 1989 and how the United States was not the main cause of all the problems going on. A majority, if not all of the topics of this song are things that had negative impacts on the world. Mary Cornish’s poem “Numbers” is about the use and power of numbers. The main idea of the poem is how even though something may be subtracted from one thing, whatever is subtracted is usually added to another thing. The lyrics of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel incorporates
there is always a flaw, such as what you are, what you do and what you
In the documentary Dreamworlds 3, popular music videos are examined. The documentary includes multiple videos portraying women in little clothing, stripping, and dancing on other men or the main singer. There is nothing wrong with a woman controlling her sexuality and expressing herself however she chooses, but these videos create a different narrative. The documentary shows an attack on women in Central Park, NYC in 2000 who were sexually assaulted, dosed in water and stripped of their clothes. This imagery is shocking, but it has been seen time and time again in music videos. It isn’t hard to make a connection between the men’s actions in Central Park and the actions of the people in music videos. Women aren’t respected in the videos so it gives the impression that men don’t need to respect women in real
The video “A walk to beautiful” made a lasting impression on me because of the powerful message conveyed describing the emotional, physical, and mental anguish and pain women experience because of lack of education, support, deep-rooted traditional beliefs, poor socio-economic situations, low self-esteem, and lack of accessible health care.
Domestic violence is a conscious behavior in which acts of violence and aggression are carried out by one person in a relationship to dominate the other. This violence consists of deliberate verbal, sexual, emotional, psychological, and physical abuse, along with social and economic deprivation. Statistics and studies show victims of domestic violence are mostly women and their children, but men are victims as well. Friends, spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, and even family members are capable of demonstrating domestic violence. This widespread practice negatively affects gay, lesbian, bisexual, and straight individuals of all ages, cultures, and social backgrounds.
Domestic violence is a violent act towards a person who is or has previously been an intimate partner. It is more common for males to carry out violent acts against their female spouse and while far less common females have also committed violent acts against their partners as well as issues with same sex partners (Davis 2008). Consequently, this behaviour can often lead to domestic homicide.
Domestic violence is defined as violent or aggressive behavior within a household. This involves the abuser and a victim who is most often the partner or a child. This type of violence can be physical, such as hitting or attacking and sexual abuse. It can also be mental or emotional which involves putdowns and blaming the victim. Domestic violence is not just a problem in Hawaii and the United States; it is a prevalent problem around the world. It is also a difficult problem to solve as these acts of violence occur in private and only the victim themselves can seek out help. However, many do not seek the help required. Whatever it may be, domestic violence is a prevalent problem in our society today and it comes in many different forms.
Domestic and family violence occurs when someone in an intimate or familial relationship attempts to
The title of this TED Talk is "Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection", and it was given in 2016 by Reshma Saujani. This video would be good for counselors to share with parents, educators, and classrooms of children to encourage girls to participate in gifted programs. While she speaks specifically to her work in the STEM field, her message is for girls to dream big regardless of their interests, and to not just play it safe their whole lives. Saujani begins with an anecdote about her leap of faith to run for Congress; she didn't win, in fact, she only received nineteen percent of the votes, but she believes her true failure is that this was the first time in 33 years that she bravely took a chance. She continues to say that girls are raised
Eight girls are standing in line at a movie theater. All smiling in a carefree manner that could be expected of any all American teenage girl. However, statistics say that two of these girls bare scars on their bodies that our society would deem, “self-inflicted”. The truth of the matter is, these two girls are wounded by the immense weight of our cultures requirements for beauty. Requirements that can potentially be explained by science, but neither the way in which our society allows itself to be controlled by such mundane fancies nor the effect on the people it oppresses is by any means justified.
Domestic Violence refers to the use of aggression towards one's significant other (be it in a marriage, in a committed relationship or a casual cohabitation). While the victims are mostly women, it is not unheard of men to be on the receiving end of domestic violence. In the United States, 22.1% of women and 7.4% of men having been victimized at least once in their lifetime by their spouse (current / former) or boyfriend/girlfriend. Statistically, 1 in every 4 women in the United States has been victimized at some point in her life.
Domestic violence is defined as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence
What does it mean to be courageous? The dictionary definition of courage is “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery”. The dictionary says to enable the mind to face a danger, for example, a 21-year old named Tommy had just came out of a burning building and he realizes his 10-year old sister is still inside. Tommy doesn’t wait for firemen to come, he gets the courage himself to save his sister even though he can get hurt or killed. This story talks about an act of courage the character gets and saves his sister’s life by putting himself at risk. To be courageous means to stand up for your friends or to stand up for yourself.