Buzz Westfall Essays

  • Reflection On The Victim Impact Panel

    959 Words  | 2 Pages

    the attendees is that I am surprised by the number of young people and women attending the meeting. Shortly after checking in, the probation officer informed the group that the speaker had to cancel. The Victim Impact Panel took place at the Buzz Westfall Justice

  • Class Struggle in Robert Frost's Poem Out, Out

    1673 Words  | 4 Pages

    by a buzz saw. Frost's underlying message, however, isn't nearly as straightforward. As the poem develops, two clear levels of interpretation seem to surface. While on the basic level the poem would seem to be a simple metaphor for man's struggles with nature, a more careful analysis suggests a level of interpretation far more relevant to humanity as a whole. On the most basic level, Frost's "Out, Out-" begins by establishing the primary character - the dominant voice - in the form of a buzz saw

  • Subliminal Advertising

    1787 Words  | 4 Pages

    technique usually described as using "buzz words" is found more in print than on television or radio. If we are scrolling through a newspaper and we see an exciting flashy word, our eyes tend to draw towards it. Companies are entirely aware of this, so that’s why they flash words on their ads like, "FREE," "NEW," "HURRY." Something about these words makes us want to see what the fuss is all about, and to read the company's ad. Now when you do read the ad, there will be "buzz words" embedded into the ad that

  • Death in Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death, I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died, and I Felt A Funeral In My Brain

    1443 Words  | 3 Pages

    Death in Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," and "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain" Emily Dickinson's poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died", and "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain" all deal with one of life's few certainties, death. Dickinson's intense curiosity towards mortality was present in much of her work, and is her legacy as a poet. "Because I could Not Stop for Death" is one of Emily Dickinson's

  • Death in Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

    962 Words  | 2 Pages

    Death in Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died Emily Dickinson's two poems, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," revolve around one central theme, death. Though the two do centralize around the theme of death they both have slightly different messages or beliefs about what is to come after death. By discussing both of the poems and interpreting their meanings, the reader can gain a fuller understanding of

  • Emily Dickinsons "Because I could not stop for death"

    908 Words  | 2 Pages

    Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death" and " I heard a fly buzz when I died", are remarkable masterpieces that exercises thought between the known and the unknown. Critics call Emily Dickinson"s poems masterpieces with strange " haunting powers". In Dickinson's poems " Because I could not stop for death" and " I heard a fly buzz when I died" are created less than a year apart by the same poet. Both poems talk about death and the impression in the tone and symbols that exudes creativity

  • Appeal of Robert Frosts "Out Out"

    1068 Words  | 3 Pages

    which means that they tell a story. The poem “Out, Out” is a great example of a narrative poem, telling the story of a young boy cutting a tree. Robert Frost captures one’s attention with the opening line “The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard” (Frost, line 1). The sound of a buzz-saw snarling and rattling as it cuts through wood is a sound that everybody knows and can imagine the sound in their head. The opening line is dramatic, as the reader knows the dangers of a chainsaw. The title “Out

  • The Teacher Who Changed My Life

    1082 Words  | 3 Pages

    years from retirement, she filled a vacancy at the best girls' school in town.  The school could do with a teacher of her background.  Discipline, especially of the military kind, can come in handy when dealing with twelve-year-olds. The buzz about this "Drill Sergeant" wasn't the best. Like a case of Chinese Whispers, the grapevine swung into action. "Do you know she smokes?" said one. "Have you heard she's one for detention?" said another.  "I hope I'm not in her class," stated another

  • An Annotation of Emily Dickinson's I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

    1089 Words  | 3 Pages

    An Annotation of Emily Dickinson's I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died Emily Dickinson's poem "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" is centralized on the events of death and is spoken through the voice of the dying person. The poem explores both the meaning of life and death through the speaker and the significant incidents at the time of near death that the speaker notices. Many of Dickinson's poems contain a theme of death that searches to find meaning and the ability to cope with the inevitable. This

  • Fate

    976 Words  | 2 Pages

    FATE Fate. Fate is what controls our lives...or so some people think. Now what is the actual definition of Fate? The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events; the inevitable events predestined by this force. Now look at the word supposed. We don't even know if Fate exsists. If it does, why does it have to be predestined or predetermined? PRE is a prefix that means before. Now Fate happens based on something before? I thought it happened then and there not before. Some people

  • Emily Dickinson - Her Life and Poetry

    629 Words  | 2 Pages

    Emily Dickinson - Her Life and Poetry Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born December 10, 1830, into an influential family in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her father helped found Amherst College, where Emily later attended between 1840 and 1846. She never married and died in the house where she was born on May 15, 1886. Emily Dickinson’s reclusive life was arguably a result of her proposed bi-polar disorder. This life and disorder unduly influenced the themes of her poetry. She chose not to associate

  • Analysis of Dickinson’s I heard a Fly buzz - when I died

    1316 Words  | 3 Pages

    Analysis of Dickinson’s I heard a Fly buzz - when I died Emily Dickinson wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime that dealt with death. She seemed to have an almost morbid fascination with the subject. Her poem "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died" is one of the many poems she wrote about this ghastly topic. The symbols she used make this poem interesting because they can be interpreted on more than one level. The punctuation and capitalization used also give the poem an abstract quality

  • The Pros And Cons Of Haircuts

    1455 Words  | 3 Pages

    On September 14, 2016, my friend and I went to great clips to get a haircut. We went around 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon. When we first walked in, we saw four people working. All of them were around the age of 30. Two of the employees were cutting hair, and the other two were cleaning their areas. As soon as we walked in, one of the ladies dropped what she was doing and came over to the register to help us. She asked us for our information to see if she could find us in the system. Once she found me

  • Analysis of Pinocchio and Toy Story

    737 Words  | 2 Pages

    Analysis of Pinocchio and Toy Story Recently I have been watching two Disney films on completely different sides of the Disney timeline. “Pinocchio” was made in 1940 using cell animation with the story taken from an existing folk tale. “Toy Story” was made in 1995 and it was the first computer generated feature film. This created a whole new genre of computer-animated films such as “Finding Nemo” and the recent “Incredibles”. Both of these films use a toy as the main character and as always

  • My Hair and I

    1195 Words  | 3 Pages

    My Hair and I At some point in a woman's life, she is, if like most women, unhappy with her hair. A woman with straight hair wishes for curly ringlets. A woman with curly hair wants stick-straight locks. Thick and coarse desires to be fine and thinner. Fine and thin begs for thick hair. I was one of those women. My hair has an energy, personality, and life of her own. I refer to my hair as "she" because, although by technical definition my hair is not a separate living being, and although

  • Woody's Hero's Journey

    918 Words  | 2 Pages

    story is a heartwarming tale about a Cowboy Doll, Woody, who is Andy’s favorite toy. It is until Andy’s gets the newest toy Buzz Lightyear that Woody starts getting jealous. Woody takes matters into his own hands by trying to get rid of Buzz. His plan goes downhill, and he ends up falling out of Andy’s car with buzz. To win back his friends, Woody decides to go and save Buzz. Woody shows bravery throughout the movie and proves what toys are really made of. In Toy Story, Woody completes his hero journey

  • Hair Manifesto

    1305 Words  | 3 Pages

    Hair Manifesto Whenever I travel to another part of the US or another country in the world I find myself taking on the vocal and speech patterns of a native speaker. I lose my own way of speaking, and adopt that area's accent. I am an Accent Chameleon. I find it a fun little linguistic/sociological game. And so, this summer while working in a restaurant deep in the heart of Dupont Circle in Washington DC, an area known far and wide for its dense Guppie (gay male + yuppie) population

  • An Everlasting Friendship: Analysis of the Film Toy Story 3

    1226 Words  | 3 Pages

    An Everlasting Friendship This Toy Story 3 film starts off with Andy getting ready to go off to college. He is now seventeen years old. It is now time for Andy to make a decision on what he is going to do with the toys. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. and Mrs. Potatoe head and Jessie are all part of the toy collection that Andy needs to make a decision about. The toys hear Andy’s mom telling him that he needs to make a decision about what he is going to do with the toys. Will Andy give the toys away to

  • Toy Story

    838 Words  | 2 Pages

    released in 1995 was the first Pixar feature length animated film. It was also the first computer-generated imagery feature film. John Lasseter directed and edited Toy Story using the technology of computer graphics. Sheriff Woody and Space Ranger Buzz Light Year are toys that come to life when the humans aren’t around. Their story focused on friendship, admiration, jealousy, collaboration, and conflict. Toy Story, took four years of effort, including production, lighting, and technique. Toy Story

  • Sociology: The Study Of Sociology In Everyday Life

    1100 Words  | 3 Pages

    Before I started taking the course of sociology I wasn’t really expecting to learn anything, it was just supposed to be an easy online class. However, that was not the case. It challenged my mind. I started to see sociology all around me, starting with family, then friends, and how I see things overall in general. The fact that we have an everyday life in which there are patterns in ways of living is what sets a platform for a sociological breakdown and for being a part in what we do. A better way