Debra Jo Rupp Essays

The 1970’s was a time for radical change. Within the radical change was feminism, sex and sexuality, and drugs. Although this may not have been part of everyone’s lives, it was there, and it was prevalent. However, in 1970’s television none of this was talked about. Even though the 1970’s was a turning point in censorship in American television, the ideas and values were still moderately the same as the previous decades. But in the 1990’s, a television show, That 70’s Show, debuted and addressed

Triple Entry: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Quote Analysis Synthesis "She’s swelling up, swells till her back’s splitting out the white uniform and she’s let her arms section out long enough to wrap around the three of them five, six times. She looks around her with a swivel of her huge head.... So she really lets herself go and her painted smile twists, stretches to an open snarl, and she blows up bigger and bigger, big as a tractor, so big I can smell the machinery inside the way

Swish, that was the sound of Hayden Hoose, he just made a three point shot and swished it. Hayden Hoose is the youngest male kid to make a half court shot in a basketball game. He was considered a basketball legend; people from China were hearing about Hayden Hoose. Hayden not only plays basketball he also plays baseball. People from China not only heard about his perfection for basketball, they also heard about his perfection for baseball. Hayden played for a basketball team called Michigan

As a junior in high school, I read this poem and thought it was about a man appreciating nature and getting drawn in by its beauty. However, after analyzing and re-reading the poem, I realized how much deeper of a meaning this poem holds. As I read it now, I hear the story of a man who is depressed. The woods help represent this dark place he is at in his life. He also states it’s “The darkest evening of the year.” I take this as him reaching an all-time low of his depression and he has never felt

The death penalty is a controversial topic in the world of sport. It’s referenced as the nickname of the NCAA’s harshest punishment. Typically, universities that receive this penalty are banned from participating in a particular sport for at least a year. This penalty is very rare and has only been implemented five times in the history of collegiate athletics (Death Penalty (NCAA)). This paper is an attempt to take a deeper look and analyze this policy. The NCAA has always had the power to ban

As it seems U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy uses key characteristics on image restoration strategies and stylistic devices to perform a “sorry” speech about the incident with him and a young woman named, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy uses false information to inform readers about what happened that night on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts on July 18, 1969. The incident messed up his run for president, leading him to make a “sorry” speech gives readers his side of the story. As you read through Kennedy’s

We have learned ever since we were introduced to statistics that outliers don’t just fit in. In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, these people gain a new definition: they do fit in. So much, in fact, that people shape their own lives to become an outlier. We idolize them and crave to be as successful as them, while they are really just the same as each one of us. What makes them true outliers is a combination of fate, fortune, and fervor. Gladwell argues that self-made men (or women) do not exist. He