Dr. John Dee's Mirror In 'New Science, Old Magic'

Ronald Takaki, in his book, “A Different Mirror,” tackles the traditional narrative of American History. His concern lies in the diversified structure and inclusion of parts of their world, and their relation with daily interaction between people. The problem lies, however, in that the structure of American History, is heavily dependent on a Eurocentric idea of conquering the weak. With Takaki’s narrative experience, from the beginning of Chapter 1, he reveals how through history education, ordinary Americans, generally, are subsequently narrow minded and are ill prepared to adjust to the change in demographics throughout next decades, and thereof.

In chapter 2 of the book, A Different Mirror, written by Ronald Takaki, the culture being represented are the Indians. While in chapter 3 of the book, Takkaki mainly discusses the cultures of the African American and English settlers of early America. Furthermore, in chapter 6 of the book, Takkaki explains the culture of the Irish and their migration to the United States. In a relevant lecture, which includes keywords such as: privilege, marginalization, and minoritization. In chapter 2, the material Takkaki discusses shows examples of how the Indians have shaped America into what it is today. In this chapter, Takkaki discusses how the English forced the Indians off their land and killing them in the process. While doing this, the English learned

He tried to remain calm, but a panic was taking hold of Jim at his very core. Susan and her safety played on his mind, regardless of the danger he was currently facing. Jim shook his head back and forth as a means of clearing away the mental fog. He refused to remain trapped in an “inescapable” room of mirrors.

During Nat’s journey, as stated before, he was met by a lot of whites and he had to fight back with his own weapons with the other fellow slaves. For example, Turner is met by a white man who had a gun pointing straight at him, telling him to go back wherever he came from or else he’s gonna get killed. Nat was very well-prepared and had a knife in his hand making it look like a fight was going to happen and a life or death situation is happening. This proves that Turner isn’t going to let anyone or anything get in his of way, he is going to do whatever it takes to accomplish his plan.

Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended legal Jim Crow, the perpetuation of prejudice, institutional racism, and discrimination towards African Americans continued. The tolling effects of this social paradox on the African American community are manifested within the works of Ann Petry, an African American writer whose short stories reflect her own perspective on the results of discrimination. The short stories, The New Mirror and In Darkness and Confusion conjunctively display the negative psychological consequences linked to racism, such as loss of personal identity, social reflectiveness, insecurity, anxiety/paranoia, weakened family bonds, and violent outbreaks.

With the presence of wigs and fluffy robes, it is obvious that Cleo is tirelessly living and performing on someone else’s notion of the ideal woman, compromising her self worth as her whole being. But I found it interesting that after Cleo visits Dorothy, she breaks her compact mirror directly outside her studio. The broken mirror symbolizes a hopeful image to humanity, something that could possibly signify the shattering of Cleo’s compromised identity. In the film’s final scenes, Cleo finds herself alone in a park confronted by a stranger, and one who is being shipped off to fight a morally dubious war, is obviously facing his own mortality battles as well. The two form a quick sense of trust and understanding as the film wraps up.

Steven Gregory’s book entitled The Devil Behind The Mirror is an ethnographical study of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean, it occupies the Western half of an island, while Haiti makes up the Eastern portion. Gregory attempts to study and analyze the political, social and cultural aspects of this nation by interviewing and observing both the tourists and locals of two towns Boca Chica and Andres. Gregory’s research centers on globalization and the transnational processes which affect the political and socio-economics of the Dominican Republic. He focuses on the social culture, gender roles, economy, individual and nation identity, also authority and power relations. Several of the major relevant issues

Takaki’s book, A Different Mirror, offers the multicultural history of the United States. This book provides the reader with the American experience of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Irish Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Jewish Americans. During this time, America demonstrated manifest destiny and the Master Narrative. They were led by the belief of “white purity,” which these ethnic groups threatened. America exhibited supremacy over all of these ethnic groups. Takaki’s work allows me to become aware of the history and the outcomes of manifest destiny and the Master Narrative.

Lucretius in “The Nature of Things” explains that there are only two entities that make up bodies in the universe: matter and void. Matter is ever-present and does not decay while the void is a nothingness that allows for motion and change. Marcus Aurelius in “Meditations” explains that matter and the soul are the components of the universe, with the soul in some sense filling the void. Lucretius’ “void” has a correlation to Aurelius’ “soul.” Both philosophers explain how the concept of the void is responsible and related to death, because it allows for disturbances to the balance within the being. Lucretius believes that the void is the cause of death, yet questions whether the soul travels with it. Aurelius questions how the soul can remain after death. Death is an abstract concept that Lucretius and Aurelius attempt to answer through matter and voids. Lucretius calls the void a nothingness, which is always empty, and matter a solid that is free of any void. Aurelius has an essence of somethingness to his void, the soul, and calls matter a static body. By adding the soul as a third component to reality, the Stoic Marcus Aurelius rejects the binary universe of Lucretius.

The universe is created for society to cherish all God’s creations; it could be anything to admiring nature to loving all animals. The expectations for the world are difficult to maintain, so unfortunately, society often leads to major destruction. There is unnecessary homicides, animal cruelty, toxic waste in the rivers and many more heart-wrenching actions that deteriorates the world. As a society, we have to turn a negative into a positive, but firstly, we have to change ourselves before we help others. Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”, exposes all of the humanity issues and suggests that we should fix the world by recognizing our flaws first. The theme of the song is about self-improvement and imagery, tone and repetition are the poetic devices that are used in the song.

This paper primarily explores Michael Jackson’s song, "man in the mirror." The song "man in the mirror" is inspirational about making a positive impact and personal redemption in the world. It was released in 1988. This catchy song tries to explain that changing the world is possible (Wallerstein 2). Many sociological concepts are displayed by Michael Jackson in the context of song’s lyrics. The band of the song tries to express their concerns with the actions and views of the world of the present day. Basically, the band reflects upon the world's realism as their question the mentality. This song is surrounded by the

Ronald Takaki was one of the first professors to teach about ethnic studies in the United States, he argues that we must see things in an accurate but educated way just like it is unfolded in his book A Different Mirror. Carlos Fuentes, was one of the most acknowledge writers from Mexico. He dealt with two cultures coming together. In his book, The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, He expresses to the readers that our literature, perspectives, culture, and race is exposed to change among society. The fact, people do not educate themselves. They rely in believing or perhaps accepting what they see or are being told by majority or by inaccurate history; in a way to just cope with the surrounding environment. Race

Man in the Mirror Change is something that every person goes through in their lifetime, whether it be a huge change like a close family member dying or a small change like buying new clothes. In the song, ¨Man in the Mirror¨ by Michael Jackson, he talks about seeing homeless kids in the street with nothing to eat and how he feels bad for them. He has always been looking past these kids and pretending not to see them but one day he did. He wants to make a difference in the world and help these kids, but he realized that he can't change the world if he does not fix himself and his own selfishness. He started looking at ¨the man in the mirror¨ and started to address the bigger problem which was himself.

“Man in the Mirror” is about a man who believes that only by changing himself will he be able to change the world. The main focus of the song is a man’s struggle to improve himself morally after witnessing his inability to impact the lives of those in need. Michael Jackson reflects on how the world around him is suffering while he lives a life of comfort, and the guilt triggers his decision to change himself so that he can eventually help the world. . The song raises up questions such as,“What purpose does an individual serve in a community? How can we bring about positive changes to the world? How can one person make a major impact in the world? “Man in the Mirror” sends a very universal message, basically telling the world to improve themselves individually so that the whole improves as a result. The discussion will focus more on the symbolical lyrics because there is a lot of straightforward vocabulary in each verse.

People are often confronted with difficult choices. Ordinarily, these difficult choices have subtle consequences. Nethertheless, in The Obsidian Mirror, Catherine Fisher writes of Sarah, who has to choose between two choices with severe repercussions. Sarah is a girl from the future, whose universe will be destroyed by a time machine called the Obsidian Mirror. In Sarah’s time, the Obsidian Mirror will collapse into a black hole due to the mirror’s constant abuse from a man named Janus. Rashly, Sarah goes back in time to present day Wintercombe, where the Obsidian Mirror currently is, with the plan to smash the Obsidian Mirror to forestall it from destroying the future. However, she learns that the Obsidian Mirror is being used by Oberon Venn to bring back his dead wife along with Jake Wilde, who is trying to bring back his father, who journeyed to the past and got stuck there. Conflicted, Sarah starts questioning whether she should destroy the Obsidian Mirror, seeing that doing so would ensure that Venn, along with Jake would never have the ability to bring their loved ones back. After factoring this in, Sarah should still destroy the Obsidian Mirror.