Essays on Silence

Verbal communication and non-verbal communication are two ways of communication between human beings. Verbal communication is important and has a significant influence on human behavior, meanwhile, non-verbal communication should not be ignored. Silence is one aspect of non-verbal communication. It can also express our ideas and convey information. People from different cultures have different understandings of silence. In order to reach successful intercultural communication, different cultural connotations of silence should be known. In the video, it shows that Japanese people…...

Police culture is often described by terms such as macho, elitist, distrustful, social isolation, authoritarian, cynical, pessimistic, and monolithic (Workman-Stark, 2017). Through socialization, police officers gain a unique perspective of themselves pertaining to what is expected of them by the society as well as how best to deal with constant factors inherent in their job such as the aspect of danger. While police work requires one to be authoritative, many members of the public expect leniency and this set law…...

Introduction This is a study based on the communicating theory “Spiral of Silence '' and the purpose of the study is to look into the theory more into item, to formalize it and to see how it applies to our society, chiefly in the I.T industry. The study outlines the determination that I have researched and complied with the aid of books, information bases, diaries and external beginnings. Based on the theory, Elizabeth Noelle Neumann stated that if persons believed…...

The novel, ‘So Much To Tell You’ by John Marsden explores the concept of growth and change through the character, Marina, and her struggle to become whole. The contrast of Marina’s character from the beginning of the novel to the end portrays her development during her journey to heal. The composer uses techniques to convey Marina’s growth and change throughout the novel. The point of view of this book is first person and is written as an internal monologue and…...

Philip Larkin's Church Going reveals his views on religion and the value of the church through describing a biker's encounter with a church he often passes. Larkin shows the meaning of Christianity and its place in society by contrasting its physical and spiritual aspects. As church-goers attempt to explain life, he questions their sincerity, and the reasoning behind venerating a space, which is merely physical. Although Larkin acknowledges a "gravitating" pull to the Church, he is nonetheless skeptical of its…...

Lawang: the inner space - sleeping space at the back, then eating space, and then cooking space. Sawah: the outer space - space where rice is pounded, space where rice is trampled, Malay (outsiders) cooking space, Malay (outsiders) sleeping space. "During my first two months in Gerai, while living with a household in its longhouse apartment, I was unable to understand why my hostess was constantly engaged in talk with no one. She would give long descriptions of things that…...

In 7th grade, I remember kids fooling around in class and one of them threw a piece of paper across the room. Our teacher, Mr. P, saw it and became upset. 'Who threw that paper?' he asked and a few moments later, a hand shot up. It was one of my classmates—let's call him X— and he said, 'I'm sorry Mr. P, I won't do that again.' The events that had just unfolded fascinated the 11 year old me. I…...

I was lucky to enjoy the concert which performed by the USC Thornton School Christine Marie Ofiesh Honors Quartet in the Leo S. Bing Theater at 18:00 on March 31, 2019. Performers were Roberta Yee and Maggie Zeng (violins), Kevin Hsu (viola), and Stella Cho (cello). They exhibited three pieces, including String Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 33, No. 2, "The Joke" by Josef Haydn, String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Opus 105 by Anton?n Dvo??k, and Carrot Revolution…...

Our voice is the one thing that makes us in the world. It is what we stand for. It is our way of to say something, to stand up for something that is close to our hearts. I was in Grade 10 and I was sitting with my friends at break. I was eating my lunch when one of my friends said something about a girl and the things she said was so mean and awful and I did not…...

Babi Yar ravine was one of the most horrific massacres of the Holocaust. Jews and Gypsies were exterminated in uncountable numbers. Although, this was a major mass murder site, it is barely known today. During the Holocaust, many lives were taken at Babi Yar, and thousands of people's stories were left untold until Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Dmitri Shostakovich chose to express their stories in various forms of art, making awareness for the innocent lives that were lost. It is our…...

This project is an attempt to reduce the toxic content of diesel exhaust, before it is emitted to the atmosphere. This system can be safely used for diesel power packs which could be used in inflammable atmospheres, such as refineries, chemicals processing industries, open cost mines and other confined areas, which demands the need for diesel power packs. WORKING PRINCIPLE The aqua silencer is more effective in the reduction of emission gases from the engine exhaust gas using perforated tube.…...

The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Director - Jonathan Demme Writer - Thomas Harris Cinematographer - Tak Fujimoto Jodie Foster - Clarice Starling Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter AKA Hannibal the Cannibal Scott Glenn -Jack Crawford Ted Levine -Jame Gumb AKA Buffalo Bill Theme can be defined as "a central insight. " According to the authors of The Art of Watching Films, a theme in a literary work or film should be universal and should be one that challenges…...

The killing of Candy's dog in Steinbeck's novel "Of mice and men" is a very important incident. The author makes this scene very tense using different techniques. Everything starts because Slim considers the dog is useless and has a bad smell. "He ain't no good" (p70). And as he just got five puppies he believes Candy could make good use of one of those. Candy, very nervous and doubtful, finally accepts that killing his dog, which has been with him…...

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men" "Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth" said William Faulkner. Being suppressed by an entity powerful then us we lose the courage to use our tongue and that is the thing what makes us a coward. When an individual refrains from voicing his/her…...

For me, the essay that speaks to this time is Susan Sontag’s Aesthetics of Silence, included in her collection of essays, Styles of Radical Will. This essay talks about how art nowadays are leaning towards “silence,” the artist’s expression through his work without the need to communicate to an audience. This has been the trend or a leading motif of modern art, which cuts-off the art and the artist to the audience, instead, their work becomes a zone of meditation…...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs essay A Time to Break Silence was a little however considerable piece of his life and profession as a minister, Nobel Peace Reward winner, hubby, father, civil rights activist, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a crucial historical figure for future generations. In this essay, Dr. King discusses why the Vietnam War is essential to him. He starts with his first reason, is that he felt like the armed force had given a…...

The Silence of the Lambs started out as a novel written by Thomas Harris. It received positive acclaim from critics and fellow authors alike. In 1991 it was adapted into a film which was also quit popular, winning five Academy Awards. Many who read the book or watched the movie will have a difficult time forgetting the main antagonist Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill was the twisted serial killer who killed women for their skin. Many aspects in Bill’s character make…...

A critical analysis of the theme of betrayal in Francis Imbuga's Betrayal in the City, Game of Silence and Man of Kafira This study examines the kind of influence postin dependence realities have had on Imbuga as a playwright. More specifically it is an exploration of some aspects of Imbuga's dramatic transmission of these realities. A critical analysis of the dominant theme of betrayal, in Betrayal in the City, Game of Silence and Man of Kafira helps illuminate the realities.…...

When a brand-new hire joins a police he is bursting with enjoyment and anticipation to satisfy all of the principles and requirements that come with being a law enforcement officer: dedication, loyalty, trust and stability. He has a high set of standards and a set of goals he wants to accomplish as a policeman such as stopping criminal offense, enhancing the ethical of the communities and ending up being a favorable coach to the youth of the neighborhood. He has…...

Hitler had an invincible ally without whom he could have never flourished. His ally was the world that chose to endure silence as Germany kept challenging the boundaries of the universal acceptance for its evil actions. The Holocaust didn't begin with crematoria. Hitler moved gradually, carefully intensifying his anti-Jewish guidelines. In 1935, he approved the Nuremberg Laws, depriving all Jews of German citizenship. Jews were then streaked from the businesses, their stores were rejected, they were singled out for unusual…...

Nacho Duato uses several motifs in Jardi Tancat to establish intent in his work. His work is based on Catalonian folk tales collected and sung by Maria Del Mar Bonet, to express the poor Catalonian people’s communal hardships, struggles and desperation as they cyclically farm the land. Duato has portrayed this intent through many motifs such as, curved lines and gestural action motifs. He has then manipulated these motifs through each section to unify the work as a whole. One…...