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Question 5, chapter 4 conversation

The professor seems to understand what the secret service is all about while Ossipon has been displayed as an agent who is not well informed. Being the inventor of the bombs that are responsible for a number of deaths, he is a scary character. The conversation that he engages in reveals the fact that he cares less about human life, as long as he accomplishes his purpose. He describes an incidence that involved death and is not feeling guilty of how it could have killed one of his associates. Ossipon on the other hand seems not to take any of the ...

Some aspects are depicted from the letter. First, it is clear that Franny's writing and reading skills in English are not well developed. The letter she wrote to Lane had many grammatical problems; probably maybe English was not her first language. Secondly, the letter shows that Franny loves her boyfriend Lane. The book reflects about students who keep themselves busy during the weekend to the extent of forgetting some of the assignments. This is evident when Ray Sorenson asks Lane whether he understands about Rilke. When the train arrived, the boys kept standby to receive their friends, the book ...

Hitler’s Table Talk is written in a way to make you feel as if you are having a direct conversation with Hitler over the dining room table. Or maybe it is more like being lectured by him because the talk offered in the book are monologues. The date and time of day is noted as well as who is with him during his talk. His conversations in the book explain the beliefs he holds dear such as the superiority of the Aryan race and who he considers to be a part of that race. He discusses his feelings on breeding pure ...

Management

Listening is an art and the power of listening has been a point of discussion among experts in the field of communication and decision-making. Ferrari (2012), in ‘Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All,’ says that “If you’re like I was, you’ve probably never thought very carefully about listening before; but I’ve realized that listening is a skill that demands conscious attention and constant practice, because only through good listening can any of us gather the information we need to do our jobs well.” This is a fact as in many business dealings, a lot of business ...

Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

Navarro, Joe, and Karlins, Marvin. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s
Guide to Speed Reading People. New York: HarperCollins, 2008, 250 pages.

Joe Navarro was a counterintelligence special agent with the FBI for 25 years. Now, he consults with the FBI, the U.S. State Department and other intelligence institutions. He also appears regularly as an expert on such programs as the CBS Early Show. He also wrote Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap, and he is a popular lecturer for Fortune 500 companies as well. His co-writer, Marvin Karlins, has a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton, and ...

Book Review:

Baron, Naomi. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World. New York: Oxford
“Language in an Online and Mobile World” by Naomi Baron is a thought-provoking book on the way that language changes in the online and mobile world. It also tells us the ways in which the new technologies affect and influence our speaking and writing. She tells us that there many ways this could happen, but that it is not what we would expect. There is more to language and the online and mobile world than what we think and Naomi Baron writes about this well.
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Summary

Petersen, J. (2007). Why don't we listen better?: Communicating & connecting in relationships. Tigard, OR: Petersen Publications.
The text by Petersen was published in 2007, describing relationships and how one can relate in those relationships. Petersen strives to demonstrated effective communication by saying that one should not allow their emotions to rule what is being communicated. He also mentions incidents that made him come up with the theory ‘the flat –brain theory of emotions’. The literature provides a line graphic drawing of an individual, illustrating and differentiating emotional reaction in people. Petersen clarifies that the origin of reactions originates from ...

Introduction

This is a case of a Chris’ family. Chris has a wife named Ann and a son named Alan. They are an independent family living in New York. They live inside a two-story house. Each has their own separate rooms and they are able to communicate and talk with each other at least two to three times per day. Chris is currently 40 years old, Ann is 38 y/o and Alan is 12 y/o. This paper aims to examine the communication patterns present in Chris’ family and check their use of body language, other communication skills, if they are using negative communication styles and ...

Analysis of Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel”

When reading about human history, there are patterns surrounding certain parts of the world, while other places don’t fit into these patterns; hunters and gatherers became farmers, spoken words became written language, villages became cities, etc. Most history books published in past decades contain a perspective that focuses on Europe when talking about the development of human societies. In the very same history books, it becomes obvious that the people of Europe and Asia were some of the first in the development of technology and their economy, but sometimes they were invaders and attacked others. This makes a person question ...

Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants" follows two conflicted and ambiguous characters - Jig and the American. Though their primary struggle and conflict is never explicitly mentioned, it is heavily implied that these two characters were or are in a relationship, Jig is pregnant, and the American wishes for her to have an abortion. The silent treatment Jig gives the American and the passive but pleading requests made by the American are indicative of their personalities, as well as other context clues strewn throughout the short story.The short story itself is a treatise on the importance of communication in a ...

Book Review: Catch-22

This book, written by Joseph Heller and published in 1961, is perhaps best known for its title alone, which has become a familiar expression in the English language, meaning any “no-win” situation, originally derived from a specific set of circumstances occurring in the novel. Heller set his novel in 1943 in World War II, much of the action located on a small island called Pianosa, near to Elba on the Italian Tuscan coast in the Mediterranean Sea. (The island is real, but much smaller than this work of fiction purported it to be). The main character is Captain John Yossarian, a B-25 bombardier ...

Introduction

Research shows that the concerns of sexual stereotypes ends up associated with class and racial differentials in America. There is a need to consider the influences of race and the social status of families on the level of communication about sexuality between teenagers and their parents. The research by Elliot reported in the book entitled “Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of their Teenagers” cuts across different races under varying social status. Elliot reveals how different classes of individual from varying races perceive sexuality and works towards passing the underlying stereotypes to their children. Statistics shows ...

Relating Literature to Experience: Literary Masterpieces that Speak.

Literature has existed in our lives since the invention of formal standardized writing. Writers have used literature to express their thoughts and opinions on various subjects relating to human life. Fundamentally, literature has always been about relating to the human life and experiences. Literature employs elements of writing such a plot, point of view and dialogue to express the ideas of the author. In most cases, authors approach a subject by writing about experiences and using humor to pass the point across rather than approaching the subject head on. Literature has been used over time to record experiences and ...

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Introduction. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, is a book that has really stood the test of time. Initially written in the year 1936, the revised edition that is under review here is from 1981, copyrighted by Donna Carnegie (Mrs. Dale Carnegie). The book belongs to the genre of Self Improvement and talks about the basic principles that need to be followed to understand people that we deal with in our daily lives and excel in winning them. It is a book that educates people on becoming ...

The Edward Bellamy’s book, looking forward reflects the optimism of 19th century in different ways. The book displays how America expected a favorable conditions in the modern America. The novel explains the state of the nation in 19th century and the expectation of the new millennium. They are made possible through the conversation of different characters in the story. The social problems that were experienced during that time are unveiled in the novel. The ills of mid-to-late 19th century are as well displayed in the novel. Through the conversations between Julian West and Dr. Leetee, the expectation of ...

35 Dumb Things Well-intended People Say: Surprising Things We Say that Widen the Diversity Gap by Maura Cullen (2008) provides valuable insight on the choice of words in communicating with people during the course of our daily life. Words have different meanings in different contexts and cultures. So we should know which words are acceptable and which words are offensive, and also the contexts and cultures where they are applicable. Those who want to maintain good personal relationships with people in their social and business circles should take special ...

The play Anna in the tropics is written by Cuban – American writer Nilo Cruz. The action in the play revolves around an ageing cigar factory owned by Santiago a man in his late fifties of Cuban origin. The workers in the factory are majorly relatives of Santiago with Cheche, the supervisor being Santiago’s half brother. The lives of the characters in the play are intertwined with the action in the story Anna Karelina and most characters find their mirror in the story. The plot kicks off with the arrival of a new lector in the factory welcomed by Ofelia, Santiago’ ...

Book review

Abstract
The rise of the use of information systems has been an issue of concern and has attracted much attention by many business entities. The development of competitive advantage has been enhanced and developed with the use of information systems. Many organizations have adopted the use of information systems and enhanced the undertaking of business processes. In this paper, a review of information systems in the business context will be looked and assessed. The paper will focus on the content that the authors have focused and done research about. It will help to bring the issues that are of ...

Cold blood is one of the best classical non-fiction books and was written by Truman Capote in the year 1966.This author is one of the best in screen writing. Many of his short stories, plays and nonfiction have for years been recognized like novella breakfast at Tiffany’s. In that era the American justice and legal system was heavily biased and only few writers were ready to criticize these acts. In this book, Capote goes into details about the murder of Hubert clutter who was a farmer from Holcomb and also how his two of the four children and wife ...

Book review – Men are from Mars, women are from Venus

Introduction
“Men are from mars, women are from Venus” is a user’s guide for married couples to understand each other better, and transform their differences to complement each other to enjoy their long journey together as man and wife. John Gray, renowned relationship counselor and the author of the book, views men and women as having inherently dissimilar values and views about life. In marriage people often expect the opposite sex to be more like themselves. Each desires the other to want the same thing and feel the same way. For example, the husband takes for granted that ...

In the Name of Jesus is a story that provides information regarding Christianity and leadership. The objective of the author is to provide information on the manner in which leaders should behave. The content in this book is basically dedicated to the clergy but is also an informative book as regards those Christians who are in leadership positions. In the book, Nouwen examines three temptations that Jesus faced before the beginning of his ministry and compares those temptations with the temptations that leaders face in contemporary societies. Nouwen then looks at the challenge that Jesus provided to Peter after the ...

“The Prince” is a book by Niccolo Machiavelli that features an honesty leader who is only ideal to the real world of politics. Machiavelli is trying to say that he can be that faultless leader. He at times said much truth about him beyond what the people did not want to hear nor accept. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote the book following his failure in the field of politics and of what his honesty in the politics. The author brings out an honesty position regarding the way he puts his ideas all through his book.
Looking into the background surrounding Machiavelli ...

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris France in 1905 and was brought up in his mother’s family. He was educated by his mother who maintained a library of books necessary for his studies. He studied philosophy and taught at Le Havre. He took keen interest in anything that took place around him and this is what inspired him to write the book. He keeps a dairy and records details of what takes place daily even though such details may not mean anything to him. For example, he observes his bottle of ink cardboard and states that it is rectangular I ...

Literature

Introduction
Audiences should remember that as human beings, people should not take advantage of each other through putting others in derogatory situations. In the novel “Never Let Me Go” written by Kazuo Ishiguro, readers get to learn that human beings can be cloned to be benefitted by other people (Ishiguro, 2005). Furthermore, readers get to learn that human beings can treat others bad and not treat others as they want to be treated. This situation is demonstrated when Ruth destroys the relationship of Kathy and Tommy in the novel (Ishiguro, 2005). Numerous moral lessons would be learned by ...

Classic English Literature

Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee is a gripping tale of apartheid and in South Africa. The story mainly deals by subtly hinting the various thoughts and opinions of the main protagonist, David Lurie, in the beginning of the novel and certain gripping incidences which finally bring about a transformation in David Lurie. He is a professor in a university in Cape Town. Twice divorced, Lurie is well aware that he does not get along with women and yet he craves to be in intimate relationship with women.
The story begins by David meeting Soraya, a prostitute in a restaurant and follows with his torrid affair ...

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque explores the psychological and physical conditions of German soldiers fighting in the World War I, instead of focussing on heroism and military accomplishments. That is the primary distinction between the novel and its contemporaries. The novel tracks the life of Paul Baumer, as he joins the army together with his friends (Muller, Kropp and Kemmerick) at the urging of their school teacher Kantorek.
While at the base, they meet Kat, an older soldier and a former shoe cobbler with whom they form a deep friendship and he ...

Summary : Managing business ethicsLinda K. Trevino & Katherine A. Nelson. Wiley; 5th edition

Chapter 4 – Addressing individuals’ common ethical problems

Ethical issue when people work together (privacy, discrimination, sexual harassment or simply how people get along. Key is fairness meaning equity, reciprocity, impartiality
- Equitable is when something is divided between 2 people according to the worth & inputs of the 2 individuals. Most people think it’s unfair when 2 people have performed the same duty but receive a different share of the reward
- Reciprocity: “if you do this for me I’ll do this for you”. Most ppl think it’s unfair if ...

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Literary Background 6
Core Points of Review 7
Factual Presentation from the Book 9
Example of Religious Paradox in the Book 9
Special Message of the Book 11
Conclusion 11
Personal Suggestion 11

References 13

What the Buddha Never Taught by Tim Ward
Introduction
Religion forms the core of human existence and our lives, principles, values, ethics are highly influenced by the religions we follow; however, man has been questioning the essence of religion ever since he came into being. No matter whether you follow Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Jainism, one never ...

Erich Maria Remarque fought in World War I where he was badly wounded. A decade after the war he wrote a book detailing how ordinary German soldiers fared during the war and this book of his was translated into All Quiet on the Western Front. At the time he wrote his book, war books had a romantic feel about them in their dealings with honor, glory and adventure and in 1895 Stephen Crane changed that with his book titled The Red Badge of Courage which revealed the brutality and violence that is all too common with wars. Remarque followed a similar mold ...

Franklin, B. (2005). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”. New York City: Dover Publications; New edition edition.

Book Review: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Introduction
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin is considered to be one of the most well-liked works of American literature; this delightful self-description has been interpreted into approximately every language. It is a book that covers Franklin's life all the way up to his pre-war visit in London as the agent of the Pennsylvania Gathering, as well as his year as a boy, work as a printer, experimentations with political career, electricity, and many other things that made Benjamin the remarkable man that ...

Meursault is the main character of the novel “The Stranger,” in which Camus wanted to emphasize the problem of belief in contemporary society. According to Camus, the most serious issue is the inability to believe in reality, observe what happens in the moment, and the inability to live life as it is rather than being concerned with nihilism and contemplating the absurd (Francev, 2010).
The novel shows three stages of development, through which Meursault eventually learns to deal with the lack of meaning in life. In the first part of the book, Meursault is an isolated being who ...

Introduction

The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British is a book that takes us through the life of a journalist who travelled to Britain for love. She was not prepared for the new cultural setting and thought there would no much difference. Being her first time in Britain, and probably, with the information that Britain was a developed country, she thought there would be mo much difference with what she has been accustomed to in United States. She had many expectations of which she ended up being frustrated (Lyall 29). From the accent, which was quite different, to the food, to ...

Background

Jennifer Boylan is a successful book author, writer, and pianist. She has written several books and almost all of them were successful in terms of sales and popularity. Jennifer Boylan has so far published a total of eleven books. Two books were memoirs, three were novels, five were adult books and the rest could be classified with a pseudonym that Jennifer Boylan herself fabricated. One of the interesting characteristics of Jennifer Boylan was her habit of giving almost every interesting thing that catches her attention a pseudonym. She even calls her wife by her pseudonym sometimes and even in public places. Majority of ...

The story “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” is housed together with the story “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” in one book volume. In this case, I shall consider the first story only.

The story “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” was originally published in mid 1860s. It is the story of a young Alice after her dream when she fell asleep. After waking up, Alice relates the story to her sister. The story is about the series of events which take place in Alice’s dream when she fell asleep in the course of her lessons. In the dream, the ...

Chapter 1

The main idea of “The Matthew Effect” is that people frequently attribute success to individual characteristics that they consider to be rare, such as genius or talent. However, oftentimes the real explanation for that success has to do with advantages that are not accessible to the public. The analogy that he provides has to do with the factors that create the tallest tree in a particular forest. It is true that the tree came from a quality seed, but that seed (and sapling) did not have any other trees blocking its sunlight, and the seed was planted in fertile ...

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

The first edition of the book, which was published in 2002, drew rave reviews for the ground-breaking research on leadership. Their focus had been on balancing and maximizing the strengths as opposed to just correcting the errors. The second edition is completely revised with more global outlook and new chapters regarding the core topic of strengths.
Figure 1: The Leadership Tent Floor

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The book starts by listing the sixteen variables that form the significant unknowns upon which the leadership depends on. In order to demystify the leadership, they undertook an empirical research. Their empirical ...

Introduction

Marlene LeGates is the author of a book called “Making Waves: A History of Feminism in Western Society.” The book was written in the year 1996 and was published by the Copp Clark Press. LeGates has written two other books as well. In 1970, she wrote “The Knights and the State in Sixteenth-Century Germany.” In the year 2012, she wrote the book, “In Their Time: A History of Feminism in Western Society.” LeGates has spent her life pursuing her teaching career. However, a majority of her career was spent teaching history and women’s studies at Capilano College, which ...

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Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward. All The President's Men. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Print.

Book review

Introduction
“All the president’s men” is a detective book written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who are at the same time its main characters. The story covers the period from 1972 to 1974, and depicts the way The Watergate Scandal was developed, investigated, and resolved. Bernstein and Woodward were working for The Washington Post as reporters, and were directly involved in the Watergate issue investigation. Thus, apart from the fact that the book is a detective, it is ...

It is known that there is not a lot told about World War I. People used to concentrate on World War II because of the amount of deaths that it brought and the cruelty that it was followed by. Also, we talk a lot about World War II because it’s a relatively recent war, and some of the people that took part in that are actually still alive today. That is why we do have a lot more evidence about World War II – there is still an opportunity to talk to the eyewitnesses. World War II shocks us ...

The book Whale down which is also known for its whale philosophy is written by Dr. Ken Blanchard. He tells a story of a poor man who has difficulties in managing his complex relationships with humans. After watching a whale show and afterwards applying the whale trainer’s training skills to his family and work, he greatly improves the relationships in his family and performs a more productive work.
The book introduces the power of the positive relationships which is of high importance for creating high performance in any type of relationships. The author indicates that the positive behavior ...

“The Tale of the Heike” is an account that was written in Japan in the 13th century. It mainly tells about the struggle for power between the two clans. The stories of the book also comment on Japanese religion (Buddhism) and describe ethics and values of people of that time. But the most important point of the book is its portrayal of the Japanese culture as a culture of war. In this paper, I’m going to prove that Japan viewed itself as a war culture and that its main purpose was developing such character traits as loyalty and ...

Written by Carr Nudge, ‘the shallows’ is a book that questions the capacity of our minds to grasp and store information for future use. The power to concentrate on a specific idea or something has been lost due to the frequent use of the Internet. Carr’s book tries to answer the effects of the use of the Internet on the human mind.

In his book, Carr states that he comes to realize that his brain had lost its concentration power, as info on anything he required was a click away on the Internet. He acknowledges that most of his life ...

1. How does the public see the nursing profession and nurses?

In the public's eye, it seems as though nurses are invisible, seeing the job as a supplementary and unskilled profession that does more wrong than right. The authors detail a 'problem narrative' that takes place in the media, one wherein the problems of nurse shortage, staff rations and problems with patients are the norm rather than the exception when it comes to learning about nurses. "This 'problem' narrative is not balanced in the media by a 'practice' narrative that would help the public understand what it ...

The commentary takes us through a historical and literal perspective of the bible. It gives us more than just the scriptures. The author takes us through specific passages of the scriptures and gives an overview basing on historical facts. This commentary is essential in helping people understand the bible better. There is a lot of information that has not been included in the scriptures. Most bible readers find the scriptures sophisticated and not making sense because of some information that was considered irrelevant and was not included in the scripture. The author therefore, pick on such scriptures and expound on them ...

“I wasn’t strong like this when I started out: True stories of becoming a nurse”

It is a book which is based on true stories relating the nursing experience of different people. There is a girl who is telling a story about her mother that how she spend her time being as a nurse, the girl told that her mother was an old fashioned nurse she did not have any kind of degree which is required to become a nurse but except from all this her name was written in golden words on ivory vellum. She further added that her mother told her that before the time of neonatal intensive care units, it was the golden period of the ...

Jonathan Glover is an English philosopher and ethicist. He went to college at Tonbridge School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. For thirty years, he was a professor of philosophy at New College, Oxford, and currently teaches ethics at London’s Kings College. Glover is also a research fellow at the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution in the United States.
Born in 1941, Glover writes books and teacher. His “working life consists of thinking, reading, writing and talking about philosophy. Talking includes teaching, which involves listening as well. I write mainly books, with only a few articles” (Glover). In 1989 ...

Dale Carnegie’s Suggestions Related to Marketing

Dale Carnegie, through his famous book on building relationships, advises marketers to deal in an effective way with customers to win their minds. He puts forward certain simple principles that marketers often fail to use in their day to day interpersonal relationships with customers and fellow team members. The fundamental technique of handling customers, according to Carnegie, is avoiding criticism. Since the resentment caused by criticism disheartens others, a marketer should desist criticizing a customer or a competitor. For example, if a company openly criticizes or condemns a competitor, its action cannot harm the competitor in anyway. Instead, it compromises its own image and ...

The minds of assassins generally teem with oddities. For example, Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, was so devoted to his anarchist principles that he refused to talk to anyone whom he perceived to be an authority figure in the aftermath of the assassination. This included his court-appointed attorneys and the judge at his trial, which led to his attorneys attempting to secure a finding of insanity but ended up exasperating the jury, which only required an hour of deliberations to find him guilty of first-degree murder and sentence him to the electric chair. When he finally said ...

It was the best time for both the authors to express their views concerning the challenges that was experienced by the African American who lived in the United States. In the introductory part of the book “The Dreams of My Father.” The author uses composite character, pseudonyms and events that resulted from chronological order, most of which is about his family (Obama, Barack, 13).
He tries to explain the black American feelings and emotions that were experienced because of racial segregation, religion, and politics. On the other hand, Jack explains about the challenges of rare, religion and the ...

Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture is a book written by Peggy Orenstein in the year 2011. This book explores the princess culture trend and predominantly how this culture is promoted to young growing girls. The Cinderella Ate My Daughter book is stemmed from an article in The New York Times Magazine wrote in 2006 by Orenstein entitled What’s Wrong with Cinderella? In the article, Orenstein explains how the Disney Princesses originated and how the princess-themed merchandise and advertising has increased. Orenstein’s book Cinderella Ate my Daughter explores beyond the ...

Introduction

The ability to convey information through exchange of messages or thoughts is enhanced by a good understanding of English grammar. Writing as a medium of communication is complement to the spoken language or speech. Writing is basically a powerful tool for studying since it plays critical role in education. Among the benefits of writing include generating new ideas, helping us to both absorb and master fresh information, and discover what we know. A number of English textbooks have in one way or another improved the use of English grammar in both writing and speaking among many students. One of these books is “ ...

Up from Slavery is an autobiography by Booker T. Washington that details the struggles that Booker T. Washington had to go through in his bid to get an education. As depicted in the book, the fact that Washington’s family was poor was one of the leading frustrative factors that hindered him from getting an education. His hope to achieve an education would also be thwarted by the fact that he was born of slave parents (which essentially rendered him a slave); at the time, in was illegal for slaves to receive education.
Convinced that his local school had ...

Introduction

Ozzie Zehner in contrary to others makes it clear that the globe is not on an energy crisis but rather on an energy consumption crisis. The key issue as with Ozzie is on the weight that the environmentalism is given to this problem. It is more of what every individual in the use and concern of environment things about this issue and not just, how we publish and talk about it without a standing order to address this issue. Since the problem of environment has existed and seamed to advancing since then despite the various talks that appear to be ...

Abstract

This paper is a review of the book “Things Fall Apart”, which are two overlapping stories surrounding Onkonkwo a strong man of Ibo village in Nigeria. In the first story the novel features Onkonkwo as a man who has fallen from the grace of his tribal world where he was brought up. This gives the reader an overview of the extent of conflict between an individual and the society. In the second fable, explores destruction of Onkonkwo’s culture through encroachment by the European colonies. The story illuminates the true nature of African society and how different remote villages responded to this.

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Introduction

“The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book for general nonfiction by American author Lawrence Wright. The book was published in the year 2006, five years after the disastrous 9/11 attacks of 2001. Amongst all of Wright’s publications, this book has been the most captivating and the quick seller of its time. It provides a historical and a detailed insight into the back ground of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, founded by Osama Bin Laden and his companions. What was the background of these people, how they have spent their childhood and more importantly how ...

Epistemology is the study of the justifiability of claims in an effort to know more (O'Hanlon & Wilk, 1987). The relationship between epistemology and clinical work is anchored on the language and actions between clients and therapists. The words people use to describe their own actions as well as those of others, their perceptions and experiences are the primary means that therapists use to restore the physical, emotional and the mental health of their clients (O'Hanlon & Wilk, 1987). Therapists use these means to discern and challenge assumptions made when clients seek answers to problems, personalities, symptoms, causes, symptom substitution and ...

Summary of The Vagina Monologues

The play, The Vagina Monologues, was written by Eve Ensler in 1996. Rather than following a traditional story line, Ensler uses interviews that she conducted with hundreds of women to create a handful of monologues that create the play. All of the monologues focus on women’s sexuality, particularly how women feel about their own vaginas.
Some of the monologues are quite funny. Ensler asks questions like, “What do you think your vagina would wear?” and “If it could talk, what would your vagina say?” The answers to these questions range from a silk teddy to a comfortable hoodie. Another piece in ...

Dalma Heyn's book Marriage Shock tries to explain why many women are not satisfied in their marriages and why most divorce cases are initiated by women. As the name suggests, the book tries to show the shock that people, women especially get when they get into the institution of marriage. According to Dalma, many women's frustrations in marriage result from the cultural view of what marriage is supposed to be like and what is expected of an ideal wife. After people get married there are unwritten rules in the society that govern marriage and dictate the way in which ...

The Alienist by Caleb Carr is one of the most imperative works, not only of the author, but also in American History. It portrays the initial rough days of America. The novel basically presents the take of the author on the violence and grotesqueness which was then a common part of New York streets. A series of murders take place in the novel, description of which is heart wrenching. Moore along with Roosevelt and other young police officers try to find the serial killer without involving other government officials because they are aware of their lack of interest.
It ...

Steve Jobs - What a biography of the iGenius says

Academic brilliance matters in life. So does dedication and hard work. But something which differentiates the great men from the good ones is a resilient and perceptive vision. When we talk of vision or insight, one name emerges without delay- Steve Jobs. The man did not invent the techniques pertaining to integrated circuitry, flash memory or touchscreen but employed those very technologies and much more from his own expertise to build something exceptionally expedient and fascinating. The man who always stimulated others to follow their dreams and not the clichéd paths is one of the most inspirational personalities ever. ...