Islam at Yale

1. The external conflict is that globalization is one-sided, and she talks about the head scarf for the most part.
2. Globalization only applies to one side and one part of the world. The head scarf symbolizes the oppression towards Muslims in America. Globalization doesn't include everyone because Western culture is one of the only societies that impacts the rest of the world and 'globalizes' other cultures.
3. One benefit of this type of globalization is the role models from Western culture.
4. The Quran and the Bible are two sources to follow.

Utopia

1. A utopia is the ideal place and the perfect world. It's what people imagine to be the best thing/place they could go, where their life is perfect.
2. My ideal world would probably be this world. I hate trying to come up with what would be perfect. I mean, if I were to say that my utopia were to have a perfect life, it'd come back to bite me in the butt at some point. If my life were perfect, then my life would be boring; everyone writes about how a perfect life is worse than somewhat of a messed up life, because "perfect is boring".
3. Very laid back music would be my type of utopia music. Not really sure how to describe that, but that would be my utopian-type music.

"Chuck Baird"

1. The artist likes people.
2. African-American culture
3. The artist values the culture of African-Americans.

"You Were Right" by Built to Spill

1. Through the lyrics, we can infer that they were written at a time when the writer was depressed or going through a hard time. All the song talks about is how everything sucks for the most part. He says "...after the thrill of living is gone." The inference is that the author is depressed/suicidal.
2. The musical content of the song was created with a drumset in the background and we can infer that because of what we hear from the song.
3. The writer could've made the song a lot calmer, but he chose for the song to be loud and with those instruments to express his feelings. If he's depressed, then you'd think he'd be sad, allowing for a quieter, more flat kind of sound. But it looks like he's saying that it's the end for him, and it's kind of a mess for him. He's frustrated at his feelings and mad at his life, and that's why he made those musical choices for these lyrics.

"Young Life" by Bo Bartlett

1. The man likes to hunt: he has a gun.
2. The man and woman are in love: They're hugging.
3. The boy hates his parents: He's standing away from his parents.

From the painting 'Young Life', we can make several assumptions about the lives of those in the picture. Obviously, the boy and the man and woman don't have a great relationship. The artist portrayed this by placing the boy even further away from his parents. The space between them shows how he wants to be away from them, physically and emotionally. Also, the boy in the painting is holding a stick as if it were a gun. Even though the boy can't and won't shoot his parents, the unconscious thoughts of his holding a 'gun' represent his hatred toward his parents and how defensive he has to feel when he's around them. Bartlett made these choices to show the weak relationship of the son and parents, referring to maybe a bad childhood of his own.

"Shame"

1. The subject is shame and the tone is hopeful.
2. 'Boatloads', 'I swear', 'strutted'
     In the song, it seems like it's just kind of there, it's not really sad, mad, or happy. He's just showing his feelings and putting them in an easy way to understand, and this is why I think he used 'boatloads', 'I swear', and 'strutted'. They're general words that don't really have a positive or negative connotation, and that's how they set the tone.

Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out

SOAPSTone- Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out

Meredith Scroggin

Subject

The subject of Dave Barry’s Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out is the difference between men and women. This difference is illustrated through women always wanting to clean and men always wanting to watch sporting events. Men don’t see dirt like women do and women don’t want to watch sports like men do.

Occasion

Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out was written in 1988. The essay’s time of creation is displayed by the author putting such a great emphasis on the World Series when that’s not usually the sport men care most about. The probable place of the essay’s creation is wherever he wanted it to be created.

The time and place of the essay’s creation influence the essay in no way at all and is irrelevant to his main points.

Audience

Barry’s specific audience for Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out is adults, probably married, with a sense of humor. The audience is identified by dealing with issues that usually only adults would deal with. Anyone could benefit from this essay just because it’s so funny. It’s expressed through his humor.

Purpose

Barry’s purpose in Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out is to entertain the audience. There isn’t any real reason to write such a funny essay except for the fact that it makes people laugh. Part of the humor starts off in the first paragraph when he says “Babies of both sexes have a very low awareness of dirt, others than to think it tastes better than food.” This kind of quote gives it a humorous tone, making the purpose to entertain.

Speaker

Dave Barry, a columnist, believes we should laugh. This value is illustrated through his humor and how he tries to make us laugh while reading his piece.

Dave Barry, a humorist, thinks that men and women are very different. This value is illustrated by how he explains the differences between men and women, shown in the essay.

Tone

Dave Barry exhibits a humorous tone and attitude about the differences between men and women in his essay. These attitudes are expressed by his many jokes throughout the piece.  His tone is humorous, meaning to entertain, and they all link together in this fantastic way.