Author Archives: lrwhitewalls

“Manipulating Public Opinion: The Why and How ” by Edward L. Bernays is an interesting argument. I agree that “public opinion is subject to a variety of influences that develop and alter its views on nearly every phase of life … Continue reading →

After reading The Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire I have noticed some things that I completely agreed with him upon and some things that I felt were not necessarily true. The chapter “The Banking Concept of Education” was … Continue reading →

In the podcast, “The Foot Solider” by Malcom Gladwell the civil rights act is discussed and Birmingham’s events are mentioned. What was mainly discussed was a sculpture made by Ronald S McDowell. It was called Foot Solider because that was … Continue reading →

 Malcom Gladwell discusses the book written by John Rizzo which is an autobiography. They mainly talked about a terrorist that he discussed which was an asset when Rizzo was part of the CIA. They said that the terrorist was highly … Continue reading →

Like Malcom Gladwell I also hate golf and he has increased my hate of golf. It is the least productive thing rich people can do. What Malcom explained from the amount of money and the number of rounds they play … Continue reading →

While researching different advertisements and visuals I came across an ad that peaked my interest that was about a suicide hotline. I then looked for other ads while listening to music. After listening to the album “A Man on The … Continue reading →

“As A Result”: In this chapter Graff and Birkenstein focus on talking about establishing connections in your writing and being able to have a good flow to your sentences. By flow they talked about someone named Bill who has sentences … Continue reading →

  Ethos: http://www.CVV.org.br is a suicide hotline that  carries out emotional support and suicide prevention. It is completely free of charge and they provide someone to communicate to. It is under full confidentiality by phone, email, chat and voip 24 … Continue reading →

In the reading “Having It His Way” by Carrie Packwood Freeman and Debra Merskin the authors talk about the media and how masculinity is communicated through advertising. They made a point that “meat is a masculine food” and they gave … Continue reading →

After being a kidney failure patient for about all of my life, exactly 16 years. I wondered if there was ever going to be advances in medical research that would benefit me. According to the article, “Could Westworld ever be … Continue reading →