Shey's Quote Analysis

The way the world is surrounded by technology, not being able to understand technology is difficult but not “death in life”. Today, almost anything on paper is easily accessed on a laptop or smartphone. However, if you're technologically illiterate, you still have access to everything on paper, you just may have to look harder for it. In the text, Carole says “Now I can read, I can read books, anything. I can write. In English and French.” When I read that quote, I think of Carole's troubles when learning to read on paper, now she has to learn all over again on a laptop. Personally, I find it very hard to read off of a smartboard or laptop and I can only think of the struggles coming Carole's way in the 21st century. Some challenges could be,

In Margaret Atwood’s speech, “Attitude”, she keeps repeating the phrase “You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality”. This statement made by Atwood and other statements made about life's challenges are hard to disagree with. Atwood uses many examples to back up her statements and makes the flow of her speech very smooth. One of her examples that stood out was about having control over ourselves when it comes to killing and how we can change that, but we can’t change when a volcano will erupt. That it would be a failure of human will.

Yet, if all the people are shaped by their environment, everyone would end up the same and not have distinct uniquenesses that differ from other people. In order to still keep one’s individuality and remain separate from his or her peers and relations, a person should not allow what other people think of him influence how he thinks of himself. One example is Sonia

To change the world is an impossible goal, but to change the world around you is something anyone can do, ultimately leading to a ripple and changing the world further. My involvements in my community, family and job have taught me how to be an asset to society, making a difference in other’s lives.

When weeding a garden in the community, she concludes “I was...thinking about the way plants seed themselves, windborne, animalborne, waterborne...They have no ability at all to travel great distances under their own power, and yet, they do travel...I am Earthseed...Someday, I think there will be a lot of us.” (69). Lauren reiterates her values as a ritual to ensure that her beliefs are true, and by doing this she integrates religious symbols into her everyday life. Plants seed themselves by means of wind, water, or animals. They are dispersed through an external force, despite the conditions they are raised in they mature. Lauren calls herself an “Earthseed”; like the seeds, she wishes to mature. Reflecting on her values, she believes that change is possible. Humans are able to shape their world, regardless of its state. The comparison of seeds to her values is a set of symbols that holds an underlying social meaning to the environment. She relates to seeds, as it “travels great distances”; she too will make sure her seed is planted in the Earth. She compares seeds to her values because they too have to sprout and grow. She dreams of like-minded individuals that share the same values. Lauren defines her theories, as an actual philosophy that may bring a

Change is a process of alteration it can be instantaneous or it could be a gradual change, change may be physical, psychological or environmental all change that occurs is either positive or negative, in relation to the prescribed text “ The Dreamers” a play by Jack Davis, a related text of Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech and a cartoon by R.Cobb use a variety of visual and literary techniques to show that a large amount of change that occurs around the world results in negative change rather than positive change.

How big is the world? Some might ponder and the answer is, not as big as it seems. The world isn’t a scary, huge and untouchable place, as it is perceived to be. In reality, the universe is just a blank canvas filled with unique and mesmerizing people. That shapes our world into what it has become. The world would never be what it is without the people living on it. In the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell explains the theory of the world and how it seems to be and control everything. Although, it’s the people in the world that make a difference. However people don’t believe they can change and make a difference in the world, but they can. Everyone has the power to change the world and shape their lives and others. Therefore it's up to them to decide if it will be for good or evil. In The Tipping point, Malcolm Gladwell uses the motif of how little things can make a big difference, for example, hush puppies. This motif signifies how the slightest movement in just the right place can change the world completely. We all have the power, but it can just take one to change the world.

One man, or woman, alone cannot cause change. They need a group to stand with them and help them win their battle. There is a very good chance that there is at least one person, if not more, with something to lose. So it isn’t one person with nothing to lose that will cripple society, but a group of people standing up against what’s wrong in their world, united for their cause, that is the most dangerous thing to any

Positive change in the world starts in the individual and builds its way up until that certain individual’s

It only takes one person to change the world. It only takes one voice to stand up against violence and rally people around the idea of

The ability to think can truly alter one’s life and their experience, without even realizing. As individuals, the decisions we make in life determine our outcomes and fate. Essentially, we can bring change not just for ourselves, but to those around us. In the novel Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and the commencement speech “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace, the resolution one makes can be illustrated through three concepts which affects the individual as well as the community around them. These concepts are choice, love and freedom/liberation. Through these traits, the authors put forth the notion that individuals have the power to refine their life as well as others for the better or for the worse.

The “Pay It Forward” concept developed by Trevor required that a person assist someone with a major favor. In return, the person will ask for the recipient of the favor to “pay it forward”. To pay the action forward, the person must assist three more people with a large favor. The theory is that this will cause the movement to grow exponentially and to eventually change the world. This theory is reliant on the fact that everyone who is asked to pay it forward actually

The quote that I feel best represents the entire book is from when Lauren is talking to Eloise about her son moving away to college to which Eloise tells Lauren, “You can’t hold on to them forever. Everything can’t stay the same” (Pg. 212). The reason I believe this quote provides a good representation of this book is because I believe that this is a very good quote to have in the book and it does good job of representing the entire book. Especially where Eloise says, “Everything can’t stay the same.” This is entirely true throughout the entire book. Things were constantly changing with the people whom Lauren was taking care of. There constantly seemed to be someone who was passing away or someone who was moving in to replace that person's

I found out that actions have consequences, and not everything is under my control. Until I found out that I couldn't change the world at all, but a seemingly extra-ordinary movie, and a twelve-year-old boy could change the world completely — for the better, and forever—working with nothing but his own altruism, one good idea, and a couple of years, and a big sacrifice.

Albert Einstein said it best, “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them” - Albert Einstein(58 Quotes). Social change is an opportunity for positive growth in today’s world, however it may sometimes take a tragedy to get there. Many big events in history such as The French Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement have caused social change, but our world is stronger because of those events. It takes leadership and a desire for growth to make a positive change in today’s society. Many philosophers have theorized social change through functionalism, conflict theory, and punctuated equilibrium.