Although Morrison attempts to provide a more complete understanding of the sexual abuse that female slaves were subjected to, she also uses the trope of silence to indicate the impossibility of fully disclosing and voicing such a traumatic event. In Beloved Ella, a former slave, refers to her sexual abuse at the hands of white males as the ‘lowest yet,’ but does not speak about her experience in great detail when recounting it. It is evident, however, that the memory...
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Dickens explicitly criticizes the issues of poverty in Victorian society in this excerpt. For this, he utilizes the characters of Ignorance and Wants as allegories, depicting them as victims of severe deprivation, emphasizing the challenges faced by the poor and the situations under which they lived. Dickens uses the characters of Indifference and tries to show the viewers' ignorance of society's issues while they are consumed by covetousness. He accomplishes this in the extract of Dickens' intention to shock and...
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Regardless of the different settings and contexts, Ransom and Invictus suggest that there are universal qualities that outline successful leadership. Malouf and Eastwood depict societies on the brink. Moreover, from these societies, emerge leaders who can challenge expectations and demonstrate empathy with those who are on the other side of the spectrum; this is achieved at great personal cost. Both authors suggest leaders should have a strong sense of their own identities before they can effectively lead others. Despite the...
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Was Thomas Jefferson, as far as we know, the man behind the United States' Declaration of Independence? The words 'all people are created equal' often resonate in the mind of everyone who remembers their abilities and skills as a manager. There are no leaders without flaws or some form of weakness, and Thomas Jefferson was quite well known, although he was a man of principle and was known to be kind and quite intellectual, but he still had a weakness...
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Planning might seem like an easy task for normal employees, however, the decision-making process is single-handedly the first ground-breaking kickoff for a company to work because, without planning, the managers wouldn’t be able to assign and control the employees to their best potential. As Mr. Dawn manages the sports club, planning is very critical, the firm’s long-term objective is to make sure that as a manager, he is capable of increasing or stabilizing the number of clients because, within 3...
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Voltaire once said, “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do”. Every decision made in life is followed by a consequence. Guilt is one of the most frequent consequences in the novel, The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini depicts the cataclysmic ability of guilt to consume one’s life through the several relationships between Ali and Baba, Hassan and Amir, and Sohrab and Amir. Guilt can be a driver for people in several ways. In The Kite Runner,...
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At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is portrayed as a hardhearted man and very unsociable. He struggles to connect with others but out of his own choice. Scrooge is shown as selfish and as someone who doesn't care for others at the start of the novel with Marley's funeral. He shows little sympathy and only cares about the money he gained from his business partner's death. In the extract, scrooge is described as a new man who is cheerful...
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In the novella A Christmas Carol, Dickens uses each of the ghosts to guide Scrooge to change his attitudes and behavior differently. Marley instills fear in Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past makes him remorseful, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge the wider consequences of greed and the Ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge the individual and personal consequences. Through this manner, all of the ghosts have individual roles that link Scrooge to redemption and religious ideas as he...
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In his famous novel ‘The Great Gatsby’, F. Scott Fitzgerald used various literary devices to present the main themes of the work and the personalities of his characters. In my essay, I want to find out what the weather and colors in the novel symbolize. First of all, in ‘The Great Gatsby’, Fitzgerald uses colors mainly to represent status and class. Through the motif of colors, it depicts the emotions and relationships that each character has as a result of...
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My friend David has a motorcycle. This one is not very big, but it can reach a very dangerous speed. Just to remind those who like to speed, if you do it on the road, it is dangerous for you and other road users. One night when I was sitting in the back seat of David's motorcycle, I learned this in a very painful lesson. One night, we were on our way home after seeing a movie at a cinema...
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South Africa is a country with 19.6 million children, accounting for approximately 35% of its total population of 56.5 million. Of these 19.6 million children, approximately 98% have attended some type of educational institution. However, these high attendance rates do not mean high-quality education. Poor education and the lack of necessary academic resources is the main factor that leads to poverty, and South Africa is a clear example of this. It is in the example of South Africa that in...
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My childhood wasn’t necessarily the happiest of times. Growing up, my mother suffered a series of heart-related issues; it seemed as though she spent more time at the hospital than at home with her little girl. Being that I was a difficult child to put up with, especially as a single mother, and only made things worse because I refused to stay at home with a babysitter, I often accompanied my mom during her hospital visits. At the time, I...
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Vengeance is a significant problem in societies around the world. According to the US Department of Justice, 20% of the homicides in the United States are seemingly vengeance-related. Cases from schools to workplaces, friends, and families are emerging year after year with the sole motivation of revenge. It is highly challenging to understand the complex structure of vengeance with the precise causes and effects on individuals, groups, and societies. Vengeance may affect people on many levels that range from physical...
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What is Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship can be defined in many ways, but in simple words, it is a process of starting, launching, or running a new business. Entrepreneurship refers to the concept of developing and managing a business to gain profit by taking several risks. Big entrepreneurs can then bring positive emotions among the other entrepreneurs and there is a huge risk factor in becoming an entrepreneur. But when someone becomes an entrepreneur, there comes a question if his or her...
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On April 27th, 2018, Marvel Studios released one of the most anticipated films of the year: Avengers Infinity War. Marvel enthusiasts were shocked and devastated that movie villain, Thanos, obliterated several iconic Avengers along with half of the world population and existing life. With just one snap of his fingers, Thanos was able to make all of it disappear. Although this may be a fictional movie phenomenon, it is very relevant to today’s society and most importantly, sustainability. Overpopulation is...
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The realistic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman is a rich and epic story. It pursues Art’s own parent’s story in Poland and depicts their experience of the Nazi's attack on the Jewish populace during the 1930s. Spiegelman tells his own story in a realistic structure, describing himself as a creature. Maus happens during two distinct periods in time. The present time in Florida outlines the tale of the past. In the present, Art communicates with his dad, Vladek. From these...
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Internet for Kids What is the Internet? The Internet is a communication network that has the function of connecting one electronic media with another electronic media quickly and precisely. In this era, the Internet is very closely related to everyday life. Starting from young people to adults, the majority use the internet as a medium of assistance in carrying out and connecting various human activities effectively, accurately, and efficiently. The Internet has many benefits in everyday life. As for the...
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Have you ever looked at a task and just deflated because of how confusing it sounds? That was my exact initial reaction to finding out we were learning about Shakespeare. I used to get so caught up in the stereotypical view that surrounded Shakespeare claiming that he was boring and “old news”. It made me disinterested in learning about him. However, after finding out about his core values I have now grown a new perspective on the way I view...
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Creating a positive change in people’s lives is what I want to accomplish. Child nursing is a career that fulfils this drive. Coming from a large family and being one of the oldest children, I have grown to love helping others and empathizing with their problems, I feel that nursing is a career that reflects this. Growing up with a deaf brother with learning difficulties, I have seen my mother be his carer, this sparked my interest in working with...
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The graphic novel Maus was written by Art Spiegelman. The novel consists of two novels inside, the first novel My Father Bleeds History, was written in 1986, and the second, And Here My Troubles Began in 1992. The two novels were first combined and published as one novel in 1996. The inspiration behind the novels is to share the story of Vladek Spiegelman, and how he survived the Holocaust in World War 2. The first novel My Father Bleeds History,...
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When looking at the Chinese and American education systems you will notice many differences. Many view Chinese education as very strict and because of that it lays the foundation for success, whereas the American educational system is viewed as a way to stimulate a student’s inner creativity. In Chinese education, they focus on how students use the knowledge they learned in school, and on understanding knowledge systems and structures and how to use that knowledge. Americans are interested more in...
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There have been many issues of discrimination and unequal treatment for hundreds of years. It has only been until recently that those who have been brought down are now getting a chance to have their voices heard. This was all possible through the implementation of civil rights and civil liberties. These rights and liberties are protected by the U.S. government in a variety of ways. I will also be diving into the distinct levels of scrutiny and how they are...
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The amount of shallowness a man can be is sometimes absurd. The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a story about a fictional cast of characters living in a town separated by West Egg and East Egg in Long Island. One of the characters in the novel is Tom Buchana who lives in East Egg. Tom is a friend of the narrator whom he became friends with at Yale University. In this novel, Tom Buchanan is portrayed...
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Angry mobs are nothing new. They’ve existed for hundreds of years, from the Salem witch trials to racist lynchings to a continued manifestation within social media, demanding justice and inflicting their will upon whoever stirred their ire. The destructive actions of mobs throughout history have shown what an enraged group of people is capable of, and over time has caused the masses to develop a general sentiment that angry mobs aren’t justified in what they do and are only a...
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Michel Foucault, author of the book 'Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of Prison' lived from 1926 to 1984 and was a French philosopher, historian, and sociologist. This novel shows how the prison looked and changed, what torture was used, what punishments were used against prisoners, and what a typical day looked like at this place. Foucault undertook a critical reflection on the philosophical tradition associated with rationalism and empiricism. The book begins with a description of the brutal public execution...
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Introduction Leadership is the ability of a personal or a gaggle of people to effect and lead supporters or alternative members of a corporation. Leaders are needed in most areas, such as business, politics, regions, and community organizations. This report will talk about my best leadership experience, an inspirational leader for me, two group activities this semester, values, beliefs, and assumptions about leadership, and my leadership philosophy. Critical reflection Best personal leadership experience When I was in high school, our...
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In his book, on becoming human, Vanier mentions the concept of loneliness. He went to different communities and various psychiatric hospitals to look at different cases that would help him understand the true meaning of loneliness. One of these cases is of a child named Eric. Vanier met him in a mental hospital, which was about forty kilometers away from L’arche communities, in the year 1977. This was a small town named Trosly, in France (with whom Vanier spent numerous...
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Type of Action: The case is an appeal that was decided by a jury. The jury verdicts decided that the defendants must pay $1.8 million. The case was a product liability suit against Sears Roebuck & Co. and Pittway Corporation Facts of the Case: Albin Laaperi bought a smoke detector from Sears. The detector was made by Pittway Corporation. The smoke detector worked through an electrical circuit. Laaperi installed the smoke detector upstairs. The fire began on the 27th of...
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Jeremy, the patient, in this case study suffers from aplastic anemia which causes your body to lack the production of new blood cells. Along with this medical deficiency, he is also a committed Jehovah’s Witness in which he stands for the practice of abstaining from blood. Jeremy even vocalized this concern to his doctor, Derek, when he stated, “He would rather die than act against his faith”. Derek knowing this vocalized concern then proceeds to lie saying no blood will...
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My passion for physiotherapy grew when I experienced Osgood Schlatter and shin splints. Also, understanding the positive outcome that this treatment can deliver. However, I was restricted in taking part in athletics and other sports I enjoyed because I was not able to undergo physiotherapy, so I had recurrent injuries causing my progress to decrease in athletics. This experience has inspired me to pursue a career in physiotherapy for the satisfaction of working with people who are struggling with poor...
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