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Dr. Bordelon's English I On-Campus

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You can use these, or not, as you work through your thinking on a connective thread to explore in essay #1.

Fall 2011

  • Cover ups
  • Deception
  • Your perception of Harmon
  • False image . . . choice …  interpretation, selective imagery, selective perception
  • Misinterpretation of good and evil
  • Reaction of gov’t to the issue “fuzzing it up”
  • Manipulation of organization
  • Power struggle
  • Smiles – different interpretations.
  • Torture – treatment of prisoners
  • Interrogation techniques
  • Doublespeak
  • Power of military
  • Effects of not having a government
  • Abuse of power
  • Cover up
  • Deception
  • Appearance v. reality
  • Pictures
  • Smile
  • Deception
  • Taboo and sensitivies about death
  • Desensitization
  • Initial reaction rules; snap judgment
  • Two sided story: diversions
  • Bystander effect
  • Interpretation based on our morality; subjective interpretation
  • Distraction
  • Social smile/genuine smile: how to conduct yourself in certain situations.
  • Their actions are dictated by their environment
  • Perception
  • Post 9/11 response
  • Cover up
  • Power of government agencies
  • Why Alice and Wonderland
  • Perception of photos – “reveal and conceal”
  • What moral issues are at stake here
  • Release of information
  • Taking the picture – pictures
  • Treatment of prisoners
  • Racism/predjudice
  • Smile?
  • Who was involved/ pointing fingers
  • Homicide v. explicit
  • What does the essay say about the American people