Genetics: Discourse Community Analysis

A discourse community has yet to have a solid definition; though some have come close. One of the people who have attempted to define discourse community is John Swales. Swales, rather than use a standard definition, chose to create a set list of criteria. With the help of the criteria and my interview of Dane (a member of my chosen discourse community) I will discuss how my chosen group, Communications 101, is a discourse community. Communications 101 (Comm. 101) is a college credit class that helps the students in the class learn the “fundamental principles of verbal, nonverbal, written, and visual communication with an introduction to relational and organizational communication, public communication, and media studies.

Additionally, the book modified my judgments of inheritance. Many research topics can stem out of these inherited defects with beneficial advantages for survival such as taking a part of the G6PD- deficiency gene to cure malaria. Furthermore, studying defects like hemochromatosis, diabetes, or favism may be crucial to taking a leap (and hopefully, landing) in the scientific and medical community. And we end on this quote from Dr. Sharon Moalem himself which very accurately sums up my comprehension of evolution from this book, “If you’ve come this far on our journey across the evolutionary landscape, you’ve probably gathered a good sense of the interconnectedness of — well, just about everything. Out genetic makeup has been adapting in response to where we live and what the weather’s like.

The Eugenics Movement began when Francis Galton wanted to explore if society and culture in a country would excel if the powerful, distinguished genes were to be passed down. Through his theories, he wanted to prove that the human race can be more intelligent and stronger. The overall goal was for those genes to be passed down through generations overtime. Francis Galton was half cousins with Charles

Chapter 1: How and why eugenics became popular before Nazism "Science would provide an even firmer foundation for morality than religion had"-Ernst Haeckel- Uber die heutige Entwickelungslehre im verhaltnisse zur Gesamtwissenschaft Eugenics is one of the oldest practices our world has, from Pre-Galtonian philosophies famously presented by Plato, to the Nazi regime. The book "The Origin of Species" shock the world with it publication in November 1859 with the famous doctrine of evolution- though this theory had been well known long before this point. Darwin’s theory had led the way to a "radical departure from the traditional ways of grounding morality” (Weikart, (2004) P21) and therefore human nature had been called into question. In the Metaphysics of evolution

AES’s works were greatly presented at state and local affairs. ‘Better Babies and Fitter Families’ contests, travelling exhibits entitled “Some People Are Born as a Burden on the Rest”, passage of different immigration restriction acts, convincing legislators to label crimes as of bad human hereditary origin, and even clergymen to transform eugenic theory to eugenic theology were continuously done by the new society. With this intended effort of bringing and solidifying bordered lines between classes, the AES has successfully altered then the human thinking and behavior, and concretely imposed an unquestioned distinction between “high grade people” and people of low origin called

Discourse communities are a way of the world, everything and every person belongs to some sort of discourse community. The many forms of discourse communities are made up of anything from churches, to the part of the world that a person is from. America is a great example of a discourse community and how they work, for example Americans are classified from the view of everyone else in the world as Americans, however American is such a vague and non-descriptive term; It could literally describe almost anybody. In America we have millions of different people, varying religions, languages from all around the world, and many different social and economical classes. To describe America in one word is impossible and almost always incorrect.

Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, is known for the studies he did on garden peas to better understand heredity. Interestingly enough, his work wasn’t discovered until 1900, thirty four years after it was published, around the time that the microscope was upgraded. He discovered that genes are inherited from each parent, they come in pairs, and noticed the patterns from each generation. When choosing an organism to follow, he chose peas due to how fast they reproduce and how easily. The traits he followed were simple appearances like wrinkles, roundness, and color.

By pointing out the consequences of the decline in reading going beyond literature he tried to appeal to the audience emotions. This persuasive element was used to provide strong words and to convey power and better express his ideas. He explained how the decline in literature has a connection to people in their everyday lives. The effects of the issue can cause problems within their businesses and creativity use. As well as, how the use of reading is used everyday no matter what might be going

The coercive implementation of sterilization and euthanasia was not limited to Nazi Germany. Instead it was indicative of a global eugenics movement, occurring in the United States and much of the Western world, during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Essentially eugenics was the,“practical application of genetic science toward the improvement of the genetic health of future generations.” In response to the theorized fear of racial deterioration, eugenists advocated for the cultivation of superior genotypes and the eradication of those that were deemed to be genetically inferior. This pseudoscientific method of identifying hereditary disorders  implied  that the physically and mentally ill were, thereby, unworthy of life.

One of the clearest aspects of the society pictured in Oryx and Crake is its clear structuration: people are all categorized, and separated according to norms that are neither questionable, nor even questioned. This categorization is mainly linked to people’s skills, and their progression at work. In the novel, we stay mainly focused on one side of this society: the biologic domain, the research related to it and the employment of people in that field. People working on genetic modification and scientific improvements, people with mathematic, scientific skills seem to be considered as the top of the social ladder, according to the importance given to scientific developments. The distinction is pushed as far as a clear rejection of the people who do not fit the

Creations, like most things in life, are improvable. Ideas and theories are always evolving into different ideas or more sophisticated ones. Discourse communities is a term that has been debated over the years. Three of those debaters are James Paul Gee, James P. Porter, and John Swales. In this essay I will analyze what each of these writers see as the definition of a discourse community while comparing specific points that each of them have regarding their personal view on the subject.

The novel Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem did a great job of exploring and explaining the history of the evolution of modern genetic diseases. The author research and explain the underlying evolutionary mechanisms of past human genetic history and adaptations that support why modern humans still have these heritable genetic diseases. There are many factors that play the role of how an individual or a population inherited a certain genetic disease. Some of these factors are relatively new and intriguing as scientists and biologists alike are continuing to learn more about the unknowns of the vast field of genetics. Factors that affect the inheritance as well as the prevalence of the mechanisms of the genetic diseases include hazardous chemical environmental factors, gene regulation

Eugenics The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by Francis Galton. He defined it as the study of “the conditions under which men of a high type are produced” and also as “the science which deals with all influences that improve the inborn qualities of a race”. However, it is not just a field of study and, could be taken as a social movement or policy as well. “Eugenics” may refer to the theory that infers hereditable intelligence and fortune which are possessed by the wealthy, successful and intelligent were made as a result of their good selective breeding, and that the lower classes would remain so because they continued to breed with other poor people from lower social classes or casts. Eugenics could be popular amongst people with a vested

Today, genetic selection has become a reality and it is being applied widely as a case for selective abortion. Today,. A majority of parents are insisting on genetic selection to determine the health status of their child, their mental and cognitive capabilities before birth and thus utilize this as a justification for retaining a pregnancy or conducting what is widely being labeled as selective abortion. The case of recombinant DNA is fast gaining pace in animal and plant genetic engineering and the possibility of being applied in humans is rapidly gaining

In Chapter 1 of the novel Our PostHuman Future, Francis Fukuyama biotechnology and the solutions to stop the potential hazards of using biotechnology and genetic engineering. In recent discussions, a controversial issue that has been brought up is whether biotechnology, that in the future, can pose potential threats to society and affect the wellbeing of humanity. On the one hand, some argue that biotechnology and genetic engineering allows for society to prosper because you can genetically make all individuals happy and unique. For instance, in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, society is broken up into caste systems and due to genetic engineering, the administration of soma, a drug that elicits instant happiness, and hypnopedia, members