Mason Jennings

If You Ain’t Got Love by Mason Jennings encompasses the theme of total love, appreciation, and adoration between parent and child. In the song, Jennings recounts a time in his own life where the life of his child was threatened and he expresses his unwavering love and care toward his child. He sings about how when his child was born they had a heart condition, and he sat with his baby all night long. In the lyrics he says, “I 'm never gonna give you up” referring to how he has committed to love his child forever. This is also similar to the theme in Daughters of parental appreciation and care towards their…

includes concerns about the school environment, the quality of academic instruction, the curriculum, and bullying as well as lack of faith in the school 's ability to cater to their child 's special needs. Some parents homeschool in order to have greater control over what and how their children are taught, to better cater for children 's individual aptitudes and abilities adequately, to provide a specific religious or moral instruction, and to take advantage of the efficiency of one-to-one…

Suspense is an element of fiction building on foreshadowing and other aspects of fiction that creates a tense, anxious, or excitement. I chose the film Silence of the Lambs to describe suspense because this film in particular touched me in a suspenseful way. The basis of the movie in itself is suspenseful; police investigations and attempts at stopping a serial killer who is at large creates an exciting atmosphere. Its themes also create some suspenseful aspects to the film that are also…

is trying to remain virtuous and staying true to who you are and your beliefs. Angelou’s Men is centralized around the topic of sex. More importantly the importance of a woman’s virtue, and how it frails in comparison to that of how a man views it. As young women, we’ve all had “the talk,” telling us that ‘patience is a virtue’ and “once it’s [your virtue] gone you’ll never get it back.” This last set of quotations is not only an import piece of advice my mother has given but also lyrics from…

In Gladwell’s book he explains, “One was the study that showed how people who watched Peter Jennings on ABC were more likely to vote Republican than people who watched Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather because, in some unconscious way, Jennings was able to signal his affection for Republican Candidate” (Gladwell 151). Gladwell shows that media and outside sources can subconsciously change a person’s worldview. This relates to Bartlett in the way that they both have outside sources and show how those…

and Mrs. Henry Jennings and their older children. I ought to explain that in 1905 and 1906 my parents summered with me and my sister Elisabeth (5 years older than I) at Woodington on Lake Rosseau. My father, an ardent fisherman, hearing of charms of Blackstone wrote to Mr. John H. Jennings asking Mr. J. to take mother and himself in to board for a few days, and to meet them by horse-drawn vehicle at Port Cockburn at the head of Lake Joseph (the automobile had not yet penetrated to Blackstone,…

on the island around 1913. Nelson who knew the island before the fire likened the idea of the island 's recovering plants as a Phoenix, the mythological bird that cyclicly rises itself from the dead. A significant part of Nelson 's childhood was influenced by associating with children his own age during the Blackstone summers. Either the children of other summer residences or the children of the permanent families. Of particular note are Willie Moore, Jule Woolman, Cecil Rankin, Ethel and Artie…

When people hear the word redneck, what do they think of? Most would say people who drive pickup trucks, love barbeque, and enjoy the taste of cheap beer. The classic redneck prefers the mullet hair style and generally wears an old, dirty t-shirt, mud drenched pants, and a trucker hat. His truck, which is often more expensive than his trailer house, is old, beat up, lifted several inches high and has a gun rack visible in the rear window. That is just one of the many stereotypes that are…

Last year, I had the opportunity to meet and listen to one of The University of Georgia’s greatest running backs in history, Herschel Walker. Being the UGA fan that I am, I was a little star-struck when meeting the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner. He worked with a medical agency touring Department of Defense locations while promoting the ideals of seeking mental health care when needed. Mr. Walker cared so deeply about advocating to apply for treatment, he went as far as self-disclosing with our…

Before meandering about with this speculation it is important to consider the case of Shirley Ardell Mason. Although not the first documented case of dissociative identity disorder, the story of Shirley Mason is irrefutably one of the most influential. Born in Dodge Center, Minnesota in 1923, Shirley Mason was an American commercial artist best known for having her life documented in the 1973 best-selling book, “Sybil.” In her childhood, Mason was subject to continual sexual abuse. She had many…