Bertram Cates
24 years old, teacher, defendant, quiet, shy, well-mannered, believer in evolutionism
Matthew Harrison Brady
Politician from Nebraska (ran 3 times to be President), leads the prosecution, strong Christian beliefs, talented orator
Henry Drummond
infamous and vilified defense attorney, humouristic, low-key, believes in freedom of thought
E. K. Hornbeck
cynical, wisecracking journalist, critic, despises Brady's religious fundamentalism
Reverend Jeremiah Brown
representative of fundamentalist Christian beliefs
Rachel Brown
22 years old daugther of Reverend Brown, grade two teacher, very close to Cates, feels conflicted
The Judge
as impartial as his deep belief in the Bible will allow him to be
The Townspeople
colourful bunch of people, represent a rural small town life of conventions and religious beliefs while showing the way in which the world is moving forward and modernizing.
Branding
FOOD
- Score's
- Coca-Cola (700 products in 200 countries)
TECHNOLOGY
- Sony
- Intel (key partnership with Nokia)
CARS
- Mitsubishi
- Toyota (the Toyota Prius Hybrid is the best-selling car)
ENTERTAINMENT
- Pixar
- Disney (innovative new formats)
COMPUTERS
- Apple Computers
- IBM (received the most U.S. patents)
FINANCIAL
- Bank of America
- American Express (extensive investments - iconic status)
CLOTHES
- Bikkembergs
- Louis Vuitton (425 stores)
ELECTRONICS
- Apple
- Nokia (fast developping market - targeting younger audience)
HOUSEHOLD
- Johnson & Johnson (A family company)
- GE (touch consumers on an emotional level)
SOFTWARES
- Apple
- Microsoft (game console - Bing)
- Score's
- Coca-Cola (700 products in 200 countries)
TECHNOLOGY
- Sony
- Intel (key partnership with Nokia)
CARS
- Mitsubishi
- Toyota (the Toyota Prius Hybrid is the best-selling car)
ENTERTAINMENT
- Pixar
- Disney (innovative new formats)
COMPUTERS
- Apple Computers
- IBM (received the most U.S. patents)
FINANCIAL
- Bank of America
- American Express (extensive investments - iconic status)
CLOTHES
- Bikkembergs
- Louis Vuitton (425 stores)
ELECTRONICS
- Apple
- Nokia (fast developping market - targeting younger audience)
HOUSEHOLD
- Johnson & Johnson (A family company)
- GE (touch consumers on an emotional level)
SOFTWARES
- Apple
- Microsoft (game console - Bing)
Mid-term Writing Test
Photography is etymologically the composition of light and writing. It is, thus, the art of imprinting on paper an image, to capture a moment and fix it on film. Altough it is a form of art pretty recent, it seems to have taken the world by storm, as almost everyone now owns at least one camera. The advent of digital technologies furthered the user-friendliness that made the photography such a big success when manual settings were replaced, in entry-level cameras, by automatic ones. But, those innovations had a price; photography became less and less an art, and morphed into a hobby. That is, at least, the thesis of the research conducted by Andrée-Anne Lorrain and myself. Indeed, we think that, nowadays, people use their cameras strictly for recreationnal purposes and that the art of photography is pretty much left in the dark, even more so by the younger generation.
To validate those theses, we decided to ask a group of people 30 years old and up a bunch of questions that we also asked to a group of younger subjects. Those questions were related to the use of their camera, the type of camera they use, the technics behind photography and the general knowledge of the art form. Both groups were constituted by 20 people or so, and the survey we asked them to fill contained 10 questions, most of them being matrices and questions with multiple-choice.
We found out that, without any distinction of age, people tend to buy digital compacts more than any other types of cameras. Of course, due to their age, older people may also possess older models, such as analogue compacts using a 35 mm film. Most of our respondents use their cameras for recreational purposes and souvenirs, which we foretold. In corollary, the most popular subjects are landscapes and portraits and, to a lesser degree and only in the older group, architecture and structures. As we expected, facebook is the most used image-sharing website, taking almost 50% of the market-share, which also explain why people tend to only keep their pictures on their computer, instead of printing them. As for the technical side, we weren’t surprise to see that almost no one could name one professionnal photographer. But, we didn’t expect people to pay so much attention to composure and to be so knowledgeable when it comes to technical terms, and surprisingly enough, a great deal of younger people use image-editing softwares.
To conclude, we speculated that newer technologies may rebuff older people, but the ease of use of digital cameras is undeniable and attracts everyone. But digital technologies also change our habits regarding photography. Also, as we imagined, photography, as a form of art, is sadly pretty much unknown.
457 words
To validate those theses, we decided to ask a group of people 30 years old and up a bunch of questions that we also asked to a group of younger subjects. Those questions were related to the use of their camera, the type of camera they use, the technics behind photography and the general knowledge of the art form. Both groups were constituted by 20 people or so, and the survey we asked them to fill contained 10 questions, most of them being matrices and questions with multiple-choice.
We found out that, without any distinction of age, people tend to buy digital compacts more than any other types of cameras. Of course, due to their age, older people may also possess older models, such as analogue compacts using a 35 mm film. Most of our respondents use their cameras for recreational purposes and souvenirs, which we foretold. In corollary, the most popular subjects are landscapes and portraits and, to a lesser degree and only in the older group, architecture and structures. As we expected, facebook is the most used image-sharing website, taking almost 50% of the market-share, which also explain why people tend to only keep their pictures on their computer, instead of printing them. As for the technical side, we weren’t surprise to see that almost no one could name one professionnal photographer. But, we didn’t expect people to pay so much attention to composure and to be so knowledgeable when it comes to technical terms, and surprisingly enough, a great deal of younger people use image-editing softwares.
To conclude, we speculated that newer technologies may rebuff older people, but the ease of use of digital cameras is undeniable and attracts everyone. But digital technologies also change our habits regarding photography. Also, as we imagined, photography, as a form of art, is sadly pretty much unknown.
457 words
Course 1: Synonyms & Antonyms #1
1. Interest Level
I think this exercice will prove itself quite useful in the future. Even though I had no problem with the synonyms, the antonyms were a tad harder to guess and I sometimes had to rely on my common sense to deduce a meaning for some of the words that were shown to me. There were a couple of words that I would'nt have understood if it wasn't for the choice that were given to me, which mean that I would've never used them in a conversation. Now, I can use those words and, therfore, enrich my vocabulary.
2. Difficulty
The first part of the exercice, focused on synonyms, was pretty easy. But the second part, on antonyms, was a bit more difficult. Indeed, some variations in the meaning of certain words made it hard to decide which answer was the most opposite to the word that was given to me.
3. What I learned (3)
I certainly learned quite a few vocabulary words that I'll try to force into my every-day thesaurus.
4. My score
80/100
5. Course rating
I think the course was pretty well done. I would, though, make the first part a bit more difficult as it was too easy compared to the second part.
Course 2: Word Analogy #3
1. Interest Level
I think this exercice was very different than anything I've ever done before. The idea of going bewond antonyms and synonyms to search words that relate to each other is pretty interesting.
2. Difficulty
I think this exercice was, overall, pretty though. Some analogy were really easy and evident, but most of them were not so easy and you had to think about it a couple of seconds before you could answer.
3. What I learned (3)
I learned to really take my time to chose a word wisely. It also forced me to approach a problem in a logical fashion. Of course, I also learned new vocabulary words.
4. My score
85/100
5. Course rating
I think this course was well-balance overall and the difficulty level was just right for a potential student to actually learn and test his knowledge at the same time. I would probably reorder certain questions in order to make them more and more difficult instead of having different difficulty level all over the place.
1. Interest Level
I think this exercice will prove itself quite useful in the future. Even though I had no problem with the synonyms, the antonyms were a tad harder to guess and I sometimes had to rely on my common sense to deduce a meaning for some of the words that were shown to me. There were a couple of words that I would'nt have understood if it wasn't for the choice that were given to me, which mean that I would've never used them in a conversation. Now, I can use those words and, therfore, enrich my vocabulary.
2. Difficulty
The first part of the exercice, focused on synonyms, was pretty easy. But the second part, on antonyms, was a bit more difficult. Indeed, some variations in the meaning of certain words made it hard to decide which answer was the most opposite to the word that was given to me.
3. What I learned (3)
I certainly learned quite a few vocabulary words that I'll try to force into my every-day thesaurus.
4. My score
80/100
5. Course rating
I think the course was pretty well done. I would, though, make the first part a bit more difficult as it was too easy compared to the second part.
Course 2: Word Analogy #3
1. Interest Level
I think this exercice was very different than anything I've ever done before. The idea of going bewond antonyms and synonyms to search words that relate to each other is pretty interesting.
2. Difficulty
I think this exercice was, overall, pretty though. Some analogy were really easy and evident, but most of them were not so easy and you had to think about it a couple of seconds before you could answer.
3. What I learned (3)
I learned to really take my time to chose a word wisely. It also forced me to approach a problem in a logical fashion. Of course, I also learned new vocabulary words.
4. My score
85/100
5. Course rating
I think this course was well-balance overall and the difficulty level was just right for a potential student to actually learn and test his knowledge at the same time. I would probably reorder certain questions in order to make them more and more difficult instead of having different difficulty level all over the place.