An Eye-Opening Experience One of the most terryfing and eye opening experiences is when I went through a car accident. I was on my way to go to my aunt’s house‚ and then out of nowhere a car came and hit us.Both cars were completely wrecked‚ and people came to see what happened and tried helping us. I fainted and was covered with bruises and blisters all over. I was litreally about to die. When I was hospitilized‚ the fact that I was about to die kept me thinking and askded myself‚’’Am I ready
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Conjunctivitis What would you think if you woke up one morning and noticed your eye lids were stuck together? Sounds pretty disgusting or strange right? Actually its very common 1 out of 50 people a year will have this‚ its conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis‚ also known as “Pink Eye” is swelling (inflammation) or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids. Pink Eye is highly contagious and is most common in children‚ especially children who attend day care or the first few years of school. Not
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" The Bluest Eye Everywhere we go there are going to be stereotypes that can affect us in our daily lives. Even stereotypes from years ago are still sometimes present today. For years Caucasian blue-eyed dolls was considered the best and most perfect gift for every little girl. For this time period it was considered perfect but many girls did not have the features that the doll had. This in some cases would affect minority’s‚ who would come to think that their features such as dark skin‚ and
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The Eye of the Beholder Beauty is all around us. It is in everything we do and see. What one may view as beautiful another may disagree. It all depends on the person and the insight they have and the things around them. Beauty has many different elements and functions. Dictionar.com states “the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind‚ whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape‚ color‚ sound‚ etc.)‚ a meaningful design or pattern
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Widen Your Eyes To the Truth: Asian Blepharoplasty Is Acceptable! The eyes are undoubtedly the most noticeable feature on a person’s face. Generally when two people meet or come into contact with each other‚ it is considered polite to make eye contact as a means of acknowledgement. The eyes can also be an indicator of the attractiveness of an individual‚ since the standard of having “beautiful eyes” is defined as having large and round eyes‚ which just so happens to be a feature that most Caucasian
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Most of us would not readily think that eye contact had anything to do with language‚ or a person’s culture. While researching a topic for this paper I came across an article on cultural differences that contained a section about eye contact. I found it to be very telling‚ as to the reasons for either the lack of‚ or the reasons for eye contact. The article of reference is “Cultural Differences? Or‚ Are we really that different?” ( Gregorio Billikoph). This article discusses the differences in
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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A look at Sexism and Racism Toni Morrison‚ the author of The Bluest Eye‚ centers her novel around two things: beauty and wealth in their relation to race and a brutal rape of a young girl by her father. Morrison explores and exposes these themes in relation to the underlying factors of black society: racism and sexism. Every character has a problem to deal with and it involves racism and/or sexism. Whether the character is the victim or the aggressor‚ they
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loves the head of a dandelion" (Morrison 35). "They are ugly. They are weeds" (Morrison 38). Pecola‚ the main character from the novel The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ compares herself to the dandelions: ugly and unwanted. Pecola is raised with no sense of self-esteem or self-value. She is a black girl with nappy hair and dark eyes. She yearns for blue eyes‚ the mark of beauty in the United States during the 1940s. She lives a life of tumult and ugliness. Pecola portrays happier versions of her life
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the functions of the face‚ eye behavior is unquestionably the most important tool in communication. Eye behavior serves a variety of purposes. It regulates conversations‚ shows interest or involvement‚ and establishes a connection with others. Specifically‚ the eye gaze is one aspect of eye behavior that plays a significant role in the communication process. It can make or break a conversation. In order to further understand the effects of the eye gaze versus the lack of eye contact‚ I participated
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Creative non fiction describes true experiences and is based on true facts and events‚ unlike many other genres. Racism is depicted during multiple occasions in “The Evil Eye” written by Wanda Coleman. The writer tells stories that have impacted her by using creative non-fiction as an attempt to raise our awareness of racism. Coleman is married to a white man‚ and not only are they judged by the people of his race‚ but by her people as well. “… Those who marry across barriers of class‚ colour and
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