In the reading there is a quote that talks about identity being derived from history, culture, and language. ... This notion is challenged, and I believe that "structuralist thinkers view the construction of cultural identities as a process of erecting symbolic boundaries and narrating stories to represent the self and the other." ...
Seeing mythology "as nothing more than the group of long-dead stories" is simply ignorance(Campbell, 2008). ... And now just imagine what society would be like, which is brought up by the stories of heroic deeds, self-sacrifice, devotion to moral values and pure love contained in myths and legends. ... To answer to my question "Why it is important to study myths", I can quote Joseph Campbell: "Read myths. ...
Into the mind of the then reading public, fiction inevitably came as a subgenre of (fact-oriented) nonfiction: a story was a true story or no story at all. ... Taken out of its original context and having undergone a patriarchal-type adaptation, the novel adopted the receptional function of "a true story about the wonderful adventures of a foreigner". ... On the other hand, "true" and "wonderful", without curbing the distance, added up a context of intimate sacrality: the story of Jesus was both "true" and "wonderful". ... The first time he was quoted criticising Britain's support for t...
The effect of using "I" and "cool" so many times and right next to each other gives the reader a sense of the reader's tone, mainly an air of deserved superiority that may initially seem pompous of the author but provokes the reader into continuing the story in order to ascertain if these claims can be proven true. ... Other repetition in this essay includes the time and time again use of, "making a dollar out of fifteen cents." (368) The repetition of this quote is important because it gives the reader a physical image of the " inclination to make something out of nothing- (368) in orde...
"This means, in practice, that the mass media are not like any other business or service industry, but can carry out some essential tasks for society, especially in the cultural and political arena" (Quote from McQuail in Schultz, J 1994; 21). ...
In today's society organizational functions are used by businesses in order to perform and provide services to meet their consumers " needs. The way that organizations are conducted shape the customers " expectations and how they behave within the organization. Restaurants and service establishments in particular have a unique combination of characteristics that contribute to their overall atmosphere and culture. Piper's Pub is an example of a local establishment that is a privately owned restaurant and bar establishment located on 33 College Street, Antigonish, NS. Piper's has ...
