Evan Huang’s Blog

It's remarkable when you realize that the same materials found on Earth have been transformed by humans into items such as cameras, which capture moments, or technology that enables long-distance communication. But these don't come without repercussions; for these things to be made, the surrounding environment had to undergo mass changes, for example, the excavation for these precious materials. It doesn't just end there; child labor is used to create many objects that we use every day.  History also provides a few examples of this; for example, the discovery of the New World came with multiple benefits, but Native Americans in the thousands died due to the diseases and other variants brought by the Europeans, along with enslavement for labor.  These are the indirect effects of discoveries. However, it can also expand to the individual who made this discovery or creation. An example of this can be seen from the packet we received this week, where the example of Marie Curie ...

" A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children." It's often hard to deal with the truth, but what's even more challenging is to know what the truth is. Audubon's quote is a perfect demonstration of this, his sudden realization that every present choice made is going to affect the very lives of the next generation.  Audubon shows great meaning behind this quote with various strategies, for example, understanding that the world given isn't owned by them or anyone but is something that will be passed on. Furthermore, Audubon also gives the impression that we have the duty to take care of the planet and leave it better than we got it for our kids. This is something that I understand almost too much. To give some simple examples, the neighborhood that surrounds my home is a wooded area filled with trees in people's yards, but lately, many of these trees have disappeared, as if the place the...

Not many people realize that we stereotype before we meet a person, if we see someone with a unique name we might assume what kind of person they are. Or if their name is from a different country, say Iran, then some might make assumptions. That's what happened to Firoozeh where she vividly describes in her essay, The "F" word". During her application for jobs she never got a single interview, even though she, "graduated with honors from UC-Berkeley" but it wasn't only after she began to add her american name "Julie" into the conversation that job interview began flowing in.  This example not only shows that you can be limited solely based on your name, but stereotypes can also be made. Many people assume that I can speak, write, and read chinese, which to a degree I can. However, truly, I can barely read or write. But speaking is the easy part, because at home your always speaking your native language to your family and maybe friends.  As I e...

  The Onion is a news source that instead of focusing on the actual details of the world's events, satirizes it. This specific article goes along and satirizes one of the latest executive orders signed by President Trump and how the latest one shows that apparently political decisions undermine education and critical thinking.  The article achieves this idea by using mainly three strategies, exaggeration, Irony, and juxtaposition. Exaggeration is located in various parts of the short article be can be best seen as follows, "going forward, all government communication must be short and lack any kind of coherent grammatical structure". This exaggeration creates the idea that simplifying language is ridiculous, especially at the highest level of the country, the federal government. Showing how such an approach can make communication worse instead of better by using absurd examples.     The irony is also something that is used to poke at the government for its poor ...

 A period when we saw a change in gender roles was World War II. During this time, men were sent out to fight the war, while many others stayed back and worked at the factories that produced wartime items. For example, factories that built cars transitioned into planes and military vehicles. But at some point, there just weren't enough men to work at factories, at which point women, for once, began being pressured into working in factories. This is an example of how economic and political factors influence gender roles instead of biology.  This isn't the only time in history where women had to take on crucial roles in society. Another example of women taking charge, quite literally was in Ancient Greece. Spartan women had rights like property ownership and physical training (I don't know if this is considered a right...).  A rather weird take on this is that single parent families. Single family whether it be only mom or dad still have a functional family where one pa...

 What is a clique? Cliques refer to certain groups that have shared beliefs, goals, and general ideas. To give you an idea of some, there are the athletic group, the smart people group, and then the group that always hangs out in the bathrooms (I hate them).  There are many ways to identify cliques. For example, athletic teams or clubs like to wear their team gear on game or meet days.  Wearing merch from your team not only shows the viewer the type of activity you do but also shows the stereotype and the activities of that group. For example, to give a real-life example, some people know that I'm on the swim because I wear some swim merch and the Hawaiian shirt during meet days, some have asked, "Are you going to dye your hair for swim???" This anecdote not only shows how cliques can give someone enough information without any words spoken.  Cliques can also destroy a group's reputation or specifically a person's reputation, for example, the average stereotype is...