Imaginary Essay

When most kids are younger they have an imaginary friend, I, on the other hand had an imaginary sister, I would pretend to play with her all the time until my mom finally had a girl. I am the oldest of six and for four years I was the only child and I was tired of not having anyone to play with; I wanted a sister so bad I pretended to have one and I named her Suzy. We would do everything together and I would even share my toys with her. My mom later got pregnant with a girl and named her Suzy. I was the first born and I was also the first grandchild on my dad's side, so I was very spoiled. My family lived with my grandparents at the time, so not only did I have unlimited time with my parents but also my grandparents. My mom said I was never on the ground, I was always held. Whenever we would go to the store I would play with the toys and my mom would tell me she would buy me the toy and I would say no and put the toy back. I loved when the kids my mom would watch would come over, I liked interacting with other kids and I also did not mind sharing my toys. I loved being the only child, but it started to get boring and I felt like something was missing. I found out what was missing was a younger sibling, specifically a little sister. I could not wait to play Barbies with her, do her hair, paint her nails, and just having someone I could talk to and play with, because mom and dad were getting boring. Every night and morning I would pray for a baby sister. Every chance I got I

Get more content

Creative Story: Our Journey to Earth

Today we journeyed to a distant planet known as "Earth." The main life form on this planet are humans, an organized group of emotional and vivacious individuals. Our crew traveled to a large building the humans named a "Library." This structure contains lots of information of the human's existence. During our mission we found a large assortment of writings which we could not translate, but we also unearthed pictures of humanoids in many activities they share with one another. The humans appear to be spirited and well–groomed and have established a successful civilization. We encountered a picture of humans with long, white sticks of some sort,...show more content... This small creature is in the middle of a large humanoid gathering, where females are sitting on the laps of males, and everyone seems joyful. Everyone has their forelimbs risen, holding drinks, and there appears to be three females for every male. The location of the gathering is in a large structure on the edge of a very large body of water. As I look through the library, another ad catches my eye with the title of "Olympics". Humans in this picture seem to be having some type of competition. It includes many small pictures of these humans in different events. There is a picture of a humanoid dressed in colorful clothing and throwing some sort of large stick. I'm not too sure if this is some sort of organized army, because another small picture shows a very large male holding device that appears to cause the male to strain. There is also a small picture of many females moving through water. The last small event displays a physically built male tossing a steel ball. There are colorful rings underneath the title which brings some type of symbolic meaning to the picture, that we can't seem to distinguish. Another page in these "magazines" shows a female laying out near a large body of water with a bottle in her hand. The woman looks very seducing to a male alien such as myself. She is showing most of her skin and is rubbing herself with liquid from the container. Her body captures the sunlight and the large bodies of water seem

I was a lonely child. I didn't have any siblings and my parents worked and I'd often be left by myself for hours at a time. It was rather boring until I met Peter. Everyone called Peter my 'imaginary friend' but there was nothing imaginary about him. Looking back I don't know if he could be called a friend either. Because people couldn't see him, they never believed he was real. But he was. For the first few months after Peter's arrival, everything was fine. We'd play all day and he'd tell me stories at night. I used to like Peter's stories. He'd tell me about knights and princesses, and astronauts exploring space. Then he started telling bad stories. I didn't like them very much. He told me about things that'd only appear in your worst nightmares; things you'd see in a snuff film. He told these stories with such passion and detail it was as if he'd lived through these awful events. Later he started telling me to do things. It was very innocent at first. "Play in the mud and get your clothes dirty." "Don't eat your vegetables." "Use the crayons on the wall." I'd say "okay, Peter." But then he started telling me to do things that weren't very nice. "Run with those scissors." "Pull the cat's tail." "Put the candy bar in mom's bag before we leave the shop." I didn't want to be bad but Peter could be very demanding when he wanted to be. If I didn't do what he wanted he'd make me feel bad. "I thought we were friends." "Don't you want to make me happy."

Get more content

1)Imaginary audience and Personal fable. Explain what this is and write some examples. Imaginary audience and personal fable are both part of the adolescents egocentrism. Adolescent egocentrism as proposed by Elkind is a heightened self–consciousness that is reflected in their belief that others are as interested in them as they are themselves and in their sense of unique individuality. The imaginary audience is an adolescence belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are. It is also an attention getting behavior. These behaviors peak around 13 years of age. An example of this would be an adolescent who believes that everyone notices what they wear, for instance someone might notice that they wore the same outfit twice in a week even. Another example of this, the imaginary audience is where the child has a zit feels then everybody notices the zit. A personal fable is the part of an adolescent egocentrism involving a sense of uniqueness and invincibility. This sense of invincibility may lead to dangerous and reckless behaviors. They believe they are immune from dangers and other catastrophes these such as drugs, reckless driving, etc. Because of this, some adolescents engage in extremely risky behaviors like texting while driving, drag racing and unprotected sex. These teenagers believe that STD's are something that other people get not themselves sense they are immune to such risks. A personal fable also involves the sense that the adolescent is Get more content

Imaginary Crime Scene Essay

Imaginary Crime Scene/Mass Disaster

Lawanda Holloman

Kaplan University

Crime Scene Investigation II CJ370

In this paper, I am going to describe each specialized personnel that will be needed at the scene of a crime or mass disaster. I will inform you of what duties each of these specialized individuals will possess. You will be able to know and understand each of these responsibilities. At midnight on January 1 a call comes in of multiple gunshots fired at 123 ABC Blvd. Officer Black responds to the call and is the first on the scene. Upon his arrival Officer Black notices a white male lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshots. He notated that the shell casings were of .38 caliber and 9mm. Officer Black secures the crime...show more content...

The specialized personnel that I would need at the crime scene include a medical examiner, sketch artist, photographer, forensic scientist, fingerprint specialists and investigating officers. The responsibility of the medical examiner is to determine the cause of death, time of death, and take custody of the body (Fisher, 2004). The next specialized personnel that I would utilize would be that of the sketch artist. This individual is very important to the investigation. The sketch artist is responsible for focusing on facial features as they interview informants, asking them to choose from examples of noses, eyes, mouths, foreheads and chins. Sketching is mostly done by hand, but forensic artists specializing in age progression may use computer graphic programs. The photographer that is present at the crime scene is responsible for making one picture worth a thousand words. Photography plays an integral role in the documentation of physical evidence found at crime and accident scenes as well as during forensic autopsies. Forensic Photographers are among the first crime scene technicians to arrive at crime and accident scenes. They walk through a scene to obtain an overview before they begin taking photographs. Forensic Photographers apply their technical skills and their knowledge of anatomy and forensic requirements to take photographs that convey the information that crime scene, criminal, medico legal, or forensic investigators need documented. These

My Imaginary Friends

My imaginary friends don't talk to me and they never have. You probably think I am young since I have imaginary friends but I am twenty. As a child my family hood was awful, we moved all the time and it was hard to make friends. I tried at first but eventually I have up knowing we would just end up moving school districts again. A few months ago, I graduated from community college and I am looking for a job, my family wants me to move back to Blacksburg Virginia with them but I kind of like New York City. As a matter of fact, I won the lottery last week of one hundred thousand dollars so I am doing perfectly fine financially. Ever since I was young I have had imaginary friends Derk and Bentley but they never have been able to talk, we would just play with toys and even draw.

I thought a little more about moving back with my family and I think it's a good idea so I'm moving back tomorrow. Although, I'm not real sure if I want to because I feel like they will judge especially for not doing that much with my life. Besides that, they never liked me just being friend with Derk and Bentley but they can't pick and choose my whole life either so they will just have to deal with it.

After about two weeks I am all settled into a little apartment right outside of Blacksburg. It's small but it is perfect for me since I am by myself. Most importantly, I am not living in my parents house, I was really dreading that terror. I even found a job but it is just temporary, it is at a small Get

Heterosexuality refers to the attraction (romantic or sexual) towards the opposite sex. Adrienne Rich takes a lesbian feminist point of view in her essay and argues that heterosexuality is not natural. She believes that compulsive heterosexuality emerges from the submission of women to men. What Rich refers to as compulsive heterosexuality may also be known as social constructionism. Social constructionism is a theory that argues that what we have come to know as "natural" about ourselves in terms of our bodies is actually socially constructed. Groups and people associate meanings to body parts, feelings, sensations, "make erotic acts into social identities, and create norms distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable sexualities."....show more content...

This is reinforced in institutions by standards of "proper" female behavior. Rich considers pop culture today as a powerful medium to reinforce heterosexuality as the only normal behavior. As she points out, compulsive heterosexuality as an institution capable of profoundly affecting social facts is never called into question. Christine Overall outlines some paradoxes of hetereosexuality such as how we tend to wonder what causes non–heterosexuality and whether or not it "can be spread through a sort of contagion effect", something that we do not wonder about heterosexuality; we also do not wonder whether our offspring will be heterosexual. Valverde equally provides with examples of paradoxes of heterosexuality including the false claim that women attracted to women are simply "going through a phase", something that heterosexuals are never accused of. She argues that the kind of people that make these claims are the same people that will discredit a lesbian relationship if one or more members have been in a heterosexual relationship previously arguing that "you're not a real lesbian because you like men" or that if none have been in any heterosexual relationships then they couldn't "possibly know that you would not enjoy them, so you are not a real lesbian

Get more content

The Social Construction Of Heterosexuality

In The Social Construction of Heterosexuality Pepper Schwartz asserts that heterosexuality is a social construct, we as a society understand it as an identity rather than a set of natural preferences. She makes this argument through the analysis of gender performance, the expectation for applause for upholding heteronormative ideals, as well as the idea of only being aroused by the opposite sex. Schwartz opens the article discussing how even as babies society seeks to encourage the rigid idea of gender stating "Baby boys are held less and cooed at less...not because they are loved less but because they are being handled in a way that preserves their manliness–their heterosexuality"(187) Babies aren't born knowing how to be "masculine" or "feminine" but are rather taught that through societal expectations. This idea of upholding gender roles goes hand in hand with heterosexuality. "Whatever the culture, its norms about masculinity and femininity are supposed to co–vary with heterosexual enactment..."(188) While many celebrities such as Kurt Cobain sought to step outside of these expectations by preforming in a dress "guy liner" , these "antiheroes"(188) have never been the majority. Teen girls idolize ultra–fem singers such as Britney Spears, while teen guys look toward their favorite–jacked action star. Schwartz emphasizes these idolizations don't end after the competition of puberty as she points out the Academy Awards "...one of the central agendas of the

Get more content

Imaginary Story Inspector Dixon could recognize slight scratch on the victim's bracelet. Now he discovered the murderer of Mrs Watson. The only person who could make this scratch was... 'NICKY!' My name is Nicky, a seventeen years old college girl, who wants to be a detective in the future. It was a sunny and cloudless day. The library was very quiet. There were about sixteen people in library and two of them were looking for some books on the shelf beside me. My schoolmate, Sally Looney was looking at me in a dull and bored look. Her eyes were half closed and her ginger hairs were stuck to the end. No one might imagine she was a clever girl, who has achieved 12 A* grades in her GCSEs and 5...show more content...

Can you do it?' Sally was grinning at me and I could not bear any longer. 'SALLY! I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY BOOK! HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY INSPECTOR DIXON AWAY FROM ME? HOW OLD ARE YOU? CAN'T YOU BE SERIOUS? SALLY!' My face became red, half due to anger and half due to shame. Everyone in library was looking at us and the glasses of librarian were flashing. 'But...I can spin three books at one go.' Sally replied in a cheery voice. Now the eyebrow of librarian was twitching. The librarian walked towards us and pointed at a sign, which was saying 'Keep Silence'. 'I expect you can read what it is saying, ladies?' The librarian said in a trembling voice and I could see her long and sharp polished nail. However, Sally still did not realise the seriousness of the situation and carried on spinning the book. 'Out! Right now!' The librarian lost her nerve and shouted in an even louder voice than us. Finally Sally dropped her book and we had to run away, as quiet as possible. The librarian was still shouting in the librarian and Sally began to speak to me when she left the library. 'She is an awful woman, isn't she? Look! She is even noisy than us. She is disturbing more people than us, isn't she?' I did not reply. Oh, Inspector Dixon, who is the murderer? 'I'll make you Sally's Special Pasta, let's go to my home.' Sally looked cheerful and seemed very glad to leave the library. Oh, Inspector Get more content

Theme Of An Imaginary Life

The author suggests that all his writing is an attempt to achieve that state of perfect correspondence, 'against the whole of our cultural history' (Kavanagh 1986 p. 253). Malouf points out in the same interview that Western culture considers a mature point of view as being the point at which a person is most aware of himself/herself in a hard and clear way, separate from the rest of creation, and therefore having power over it. Through an attentive choice of words and use of language devoid of mere communication purposes, Malouf attempts to rehabilitate the primeval magical function of language. He individuates in art, the task of the restorer of the magic correspondence of language. Coming back to the novel, Malouf's character, Ovid, lives on the edge. Malouf has taken the idea of the edge much further than anybody else; it is perhaps not too inappropriate a paradox of language to say that the edge is at the centre of his work. But he would probably never have developed it as such a central theme if he had not been born in Australia. In an interview, to Julie Copeland, he elaborated on the suggestion that An Imaginary Life could only have been written by an Australian by saying that the polarity between the centre and the edge (Rome and the hinterlands, Europe and Australia) 'really only exists for those who are at the edge; the people at the centre just think of the centre'.15 For Ovid–the exiled Augustan poet in Malouf's novel, "the problem of being" is a...show more content...

Even as late as in 1817 this new land was to Reverend Sydney Smith "this remote part of the Earth" (ibid p. 9). Similarly Ovid's idea, in An Imaginary Life18 about his place of exile was again not very encouraging, when referring to it he says that "We are at the end of the earth" (An Imaginary Life, p.

Get more content

Why I believe God is imaginary. I was raised to be Christ–like. Raised by a religiously insane mother who tried to put the fear of god in me. She would always say that god was an angry god, and he will smite his enemies but he loves me. confusing isn't it so throughout my childhood I believed this mess. I spent most my childhood trying to understand how god works. Even tried to close out all influence from other religious people and talk to him on an individual basis and get to know him personally. But I felt like I was a sinner and god didn't want to talk to sinners. so I would always ask for forgiveness before I would try to talk with him. during some conversations with god I would have bad thoughts, then have to stop and ask forgiveness again for having them, so he could talk to me....show more content...

I was also told that there is a remnant a small remnant the reason I believe god is imaginary is when I would talk to other Christians about him they would always respond that their god is something different and I should never question god wait a minute everybody I talk to has a different god. For example I asked another church member how god really judges people. Her answer was well my god judges those that needs to be judged and he is in control of everything just be honest with him and don't try to hid anything and once again don't question god. Countless time I would ask questions that never got answered. I couldn't figure out how god is a just god forgiving and full of mercy and he loves me but he will fucking destroy his enemies which are sinners. And I'm a sinner so I'm fucked right that's how I started to become around ten years old because everybody told me to never question god it made me really want to continue questioning

Get more content

"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined." –Toni Morrison. We, as humans, feel the need to label things. That label might be good or it might be bad. Regardless of whether it is good or bad, can it change? Throughout history, words have changed meanings. This happens when cultures meet or when a culture changes. The meaning of a word can even vary from place to place. What about connotations? Can a word still keep it's meaning if how we perceive that meaning changes? The Merriam–Webster dictionary defines the word monster as, "a strange or horrible imaginary creature." Today's definition of monster fails to really capture how we see monsters. In our society, when one hears the words monster, it fails to invoke the same kind...show more content...

Whatever definition is used, whether today's cartoonish approach or the pagan's lighter view, it remains far from the classic witch. Both are far less dark, and far less terrible, and far more marketable, than that of the past. Witches are not the only ones who have had their reputation tarnished for advertising purposes. In today's culture,the word vampire provokes a very different response than it might have in the past. In Keiley Culbertson's Evolution of the Vampire, she comparesBram Stoker's Dracula to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight,saying that Dracula is described as, "super creepy looking and a foreboding feeling of evil seemed to permeate his being. Count Dracula is purely wicked with not a drop of humanity. He is a monster who destroys families by feeding upon children in order to satisfy his craving for human blood," while the vampires in Twilight, "participate in society and are not frightening to the rest of the world as Dracula had been." This belief is shed by many. The vampires in Twilight were simply lacking in the fear department. They were more humanized than most vampires were in the past. The overwhelmingly positive response that Twilight got inspired both authors and tv producers to take to this new definition of monster. The previous definition of vampires was only sellable to a select few. Twilight was read by most teenage girls and their mothers, along with plenty of

Get more content

The Benefits Of Having Imaginary Friends?

Kids are allowed to be weird, including the random switch in mood and sudden argument in their room while being alone. As a parent, you may have noticed your child talking to a chair, or maybe high–fiving thin air as if someone was actually there. These encounters will take you to their special friends, the imaginary friends.

Imaginary friends are a psychological and social event wherein friendship or interpersonal relationship exists in the imagination, instead of in the physical reality. Your kids may interpret them as if very real but they know that their intangible friends are just part of their imagination. Imaginary friends may also be called invisible friends or pretend friends.

Kids create their imaginary friends through the personification of objects around them. They can form pretend friends out of their huggable bears, dolls, action figures, and even cars. They can also give birth to them from fantasy–based creatures and entities, such as angels, ghosts, monsters, and dragons. Imaginary friends among children are a common and normal occurrence in their lives and usually, help them in many ways than most imagined.

Benefits of Having Imaginary Friends

According to a study in 2004, the researchers from the universities of Oregon and Washington found that about 65 percent of children, by age seven, had an imaginary friend at some point. The most common kids who are likely to form an invisible friend are the eldest and only children in the household.

In a study

How is gender performed in a heterosexual, homosocial female home?

"Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present."

Simone

de Beauvoir – The Second Sex.

2)Introduction 200 – 250 words

Male perspectives write women out of public space and into private space in a very distinct way, evidenced historically in Jean–Jacques Rousseau's Г‰mile, in which biological determinism is used to legitimise the gendered construction of the family. Judith Butler's perspective on the construction of gender through performativity has...show more content...

how then does the performance of gender become visible in the home of two heterosexual women? Argue that in the absence of a male the female identity becomes more fluid and neutral, due to the removal of a binary counterpoint. The main argument of this work can also be seen as a contemporary reworking of the idea that it is suffocating for a woman to be restricted to narrow gender roles, as outlined in A Room of One's own (Woolf) and The Second Sex (de Beauvoir) and that removal from these historically constructed roles can be evidenced in the home. The demonstration of identity is more in tune with individual personality and less related to historical domestic roles of wife and mother.

3)Methodology. 300– 400 words

The evidence for this qualitative research is compiled in part from empirical study, whilst also including auto–ethnographic elements. Existing research around the topic of the home focuses domestic space in terms of gender as either oppressive or a source of liberation through ownership by articulation of the self through material culture and domestic routines. However this work pays attention to heterosexual relationships in terms of the family, with homosexual relationships (family or not) given as a further site of resistance to gender norms. There is an opportunity to address homosocial relationships as a further site of complexity in relation to gender norms – in terms of how identity is performed in the home. To discuss heterosexual Get more content

I am bisexual. Are you paying attention now? Bisexuality holds an interesting position when it comes to sexual minorities. On one hand, it's seen as the ultimate liberation: "They'll do it with anyone...how hot!". But when it comes to seeking mainstream social acceptance, we can be seen as the worst in sexual perversion: "They'll do it with anyone...how shameful!". There are many theories and opinions on bisexuals, some I agree with, others do not fit my definition of being bisexual. The important thing is that bisexuality is real, it's not a "transition period" to being gay, a homosexual in denial, or a person who just can't make up their mind. Being bisexual is a huge part of my identity, something that no one can take away from...show more content...

In the 90's, bisexuals have popped up all over the place, from David Bowie to Angelina Jolie and Ani DiFranco. I think that the gay and lesbian community is among the least tolerant of bisexuality, many homosexuals have gone through a serious identity struggle and they can't accept this "halfway" homosexuality. Are we the queer of the queer? Bisexuals aren't people who can't make up their mind in the same way that people who like both blondes and brunettes aren't called indecisive. Sexual orientation used to be a black and white thing, you were either gay or you were straight. During the 40's, Kinsey came up with a sliding scale of sexuality. Suddenly, you could be somewhere in between, like a percentage. If that wasn't enough, in the 70's Klien made things even more complicated with a multi–dimensional grid. Now your sexuality ends up looking like the Nasdaq graph on a bad day! But even up until the late 70's, there wasn't a single book written on bisexuality. It's come a long way in the last 20 years.

Sexuality has been an important part of me for as long as I can remember. Recently in a class, we were asked to think about the one thing that no one could take away from you, no matter who whey were or what you were offered. This had to be the one thing that defined your identity

Get more content

Not All Conspiracies are Imaginary

Almost as an article of faith, some individuals believe that conspiracies are either kooky fantasies or unimportant aberrations. To be sure, wacko conspiracy theories do exist. There are people who believe that the United States has been invaded by a secret United Nations army equipped with black helicopters, or that the country is secretly controlled by Jews or gays or feminists or black nationalists or communists or extraterrestrial aliens. But it does not logically follow that all conspiracies are imaginary.

Conspiracy is a legitimate concept in law: the collusion of two or more people pursuing illegal means to effect some illegal or immoral end. People go to jail for committing conspiratorial...show more content...

They have repeatedly announced their commitment to seeing that "free–market reforms" are introduced in Eastern Europe. Their economic aid is channeled almost exclusively into the private sector. The same policy holds for the monies intended for other countries. Thus, as of the end of 1995, "more than $4.5 million U.S. aid to Haiti has been put on hold because the Aristide government has failed to make progress on a program to privatize state–owned companies" (New York Times 11/25/95).

Those who suffer from conspiracy phobia are fond of saying: "Do you actually think there's a group of people sitting around in a room plotting things?" For some reason that image is assumed to be so patently absurd as to invite only disclaimers. But where else would people of power get together – on park benches or carousels? Indeed, they meet in rooms: corporate boardrooms, Pentagon command rooms, at the Bohemian Grove, in the choice dining rooms at the best restaurants, resorts, hotels, and estates, in the many conference rooms at the White House, the NSA, the CIA, or wherever. And, yes, they consciously plot– though they call it "planning" and "strategizing" – and they do so in great secrecy, often resisting all efforts at public disclosure. No one confabulates and plans more than political and corporate elites and their hired specialists. To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the

Heterosexual Imaginary Essay

The heterosexual imaginary is immensely ingrained in our everyday experience that most people, including feminist sociologists, has become inclined to conceptualize and theorize based around the heteronormative. The heterosexual imaginary acts as an invisible framework at play that structures our thinking processes and in which constructs our social identity. For instance, the inquiry of a survey taker's marital status in most social science surveys come to show that our recognized and appropriate social identity is formed around heterosexuality. That is, any deviation from this heterosexual norm would be considered abnormal and be marginalized. To a minimal extent, this focus has served the interests of women because of the lack of activism...show more content...

Therefore, feminist sociology is not effective in leading women towards change or an end to dominant heterosexual assumptions that put patriarchy at power. Thus, it is difficult for women to breakthrough the oppression merely on theories and lacking practical action or reforms. When sociologists, such as Smith uses categories to analyze the relationship between women and her male counterpart, she draws on this notion that there is this believed or assumed natural heterogender relationship in society. As Smith proposed, men are able to work in the public materialist world and contribute to the everyday capitalist world is due to the existence of a female figure working within the private sphere to support the workings within the household, and in turn, make a patriarchal and capitalist society possible. Therefore, there is the assumed husband and wife, nuclear family in the household, with each playing their part and indicating that every individual is required to situate themselves as actors in this Get more content

Imaginary Child Project: Problems in Adolescence Introduction of the child

My child is a fourteen–year–old girl, who is currently in ninth grade. She is about 5' 2" and she weighs about 105 pounds. She is healthy and has no known medical issues at the moment. She has a high level of cognitive development compared to others her age. However, she has been having trouble with her academic achievements, her report card showed a drop in grades. She is not confident in her physical abilities and strengths and its not involved in sports. Hence, she has attempted several times to be a part of a clique but was rejected and bullied because she was unable to be fit in. Nonetheless, she is not a social individual and during her free time prefers to be by herself reading a book. She also has a lower socially developed level compare to the other teenagers. She is often picked on because of her clothing she wears and how smart she is. These horrible acts of bullying have made her feel worthless and at times have periodic emotional changes. Being a victim of bullying can make an individual loose all their confidence in themselves. Her trying to be a part of a clique and being excluded for her appearance and behavior can have a huge impact on self worth. Henceforth, when she interacts with her peers, she comes across as socially awkward due to the lack of confidence and low self–esteem. Even her teacher at times criticizes her because she is really smart but prefers not to answer

Get more content

The imagination is a wonderful escapism that allows one to deal with reality in another form. Through the imagination one has the ability to sustain reality, especially in a situation of trauma or abuse. On the other hand, some people believe that the imagination perpetuates and inhibits reality, and can leave oneself with an illusory existence. The imagination can be present in many forms and can aid in the healthy development of oneself in all stages of life.

As a child, the imagination opens up the brain to new experiences and fantasies that most children never experience due to a limited structure. Due to crime and heightened parenting, children are forced into a more limited structure, and many are unable to...show more content...

A positive way that teens engage their imagination to deal with reality isrole–playing games . Role playing games have the ability to let teens stretch their imaginations by exploring different worlds and other personalities. The act of role playing can help a person act out many feelings and emotions that may be within ones deeper self.

As an adult, it is becomes easier to ignore the imagination, especially when confronted with the demands of reality on a daily basis. Adults may not even notice that they use their imaginations on a every day basis. A good example would be the use of imagination through creating a new marketing proposal or reading a science fiction novel. The affects of imagination and the elderly can be understood in the article "Imagination and the elderly linked to memory decline". http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/imagination_in_elderly_linked_to_memory_decline

This scientific article states that as we age it is more difficult for recollect past events or have the ability to make new ones. According to the study, it shows that some older adults cannot form imaginary scenarios, since their memories are linked to their ability to recall detailed memories. Another case for imagination confronting reality in the elderly would be Alzheimer's disease. This disease can often cause a person to have delusions and other

Get more content

Political institutions are supposed to be known for their assistance to others, as well as, standing for human dignity and equality for all. Adrienne Rich argues in her work, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, that heterosexuality is a violence political institution that is oppressing women of their opportunities and experiences. This statement is something that I don't understand and what I believe to be false.

Heterosexuality was something that once oppressed women, but in today's society sexualities are slowly moving away from titles and becoming something that is viewed as a spectrum. Gender is becoming something that is viewed as a spectrum because society in the United States has started accepting and recognizing other