Cliffsnotes College Essays Samples For Students

The Day of the Locust is Nathanael West’s forth novel written in 1939. Like all West’s previous works, this novel makes a vivid emphasis on social issues, such as spiritual and material degradation of the American society at the time of the Great Depression. It is a story about a frustrated American Dream, about life in which the perception of the reality does not correspond to the reality itself. Researchers say that the idea of the corrupt American Dream introduced by Nathanael West in his stories resulted in the coinage of “the term "West's disease" to refer ...

The Meaning of Anomie

The term anomie is a concept developed in the field of sociology to apply to a condition where there is a breakdown of social norms and regulation in society. Anomie, or the absence of norms as expounded by the sociologist Emile Durkheim, prevails when individuals are left without moral guidance and society has little influence to compel individuals to follow rules and norms (Education Portal). There is then a disconnect between individuals and the collective society. Anomie theory is therefore seen as explaining deviance in society. The rise of crime can then be considered in this light. Anomie theory has influenced sociological thought ...

Equal Opportunity in Education

As racial discrimination has long been an issue to the government, so is the issue of equality on education opportunities. Predominantly, it is perceived that the Whites had the opportunity to have access to the right education while the Blacks or the Hispanic Americans have limited access to education. Several incidents have been recorded on the fight for equal opportunities in education long before and until now, in the attempt to gain equal access to education. As a result of this, national and international laws have been written on the hope of solving this dilemma.
Following the numerous cries ...

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Sociological Perspectives

Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic Interactionist Theory

Sociology is home to a wide range of perspectives which all agree and disagree on a number of social issues and phenomena. The three perspectives which are, arguably, more central to sociological discussion are functionalist theory, conflict theory and symbolic interactionist theory. The first of these, functionalism, refers to the idea of different aspects of society work together in order to procure social order and stability or social disorder and instability (Ferrante, 2010, p28). A primary force in functionalist theory is the work of Émile Durkheim whose attention was devoted to understanding ...

On the Criminal Justice System of any country lies great responsibilities for the general well-being of the country itself and for the citizens. Without a well-organized Criminal Justice System, the world would be in criminal chaos.

Definition of Crime

The study of Criminal Justice System has certainly to begin with the definition of crime. Criminal lawyers have been disputing over it for years and still there is no consensus as to the only, profound and unified definition of crime. Surely, crime is an offence, with which criminal law deals. One more certainty is that criminal courts operate the notions of crime (Farmer, ...

In my research paper, I decided to open the concept of judicial protection of the juvenile justice system. However, to understand more the problem and all aspects, firstly, I need to explain what the criminal law is and when it was formed.
The Criminal Law of the United States was formed and developed under the influence of English law of the precedents. The USA is federal country, which has federal criminal laws and criminal laws of individual states. These two systems are parallel. The federal criminal laws set only responsible for the crimes that infringe on the security of ...

Communication

Communication is a process through which information, ideas, thoughts, feelings and emotions are exchanged from one party to the other . Communication is an important part of human life that facilitates interaction and give a sense of understanding To be effective in communication, the communicating parties must be aware of the various forms of communication like the words, vocal tones, and body language, how to use them effectively, and overcome the barriers to the communications process . However, while most people are born with the physical ability to talk, not everyone can communicate well unless they make extra efforts to develop and refine ...

In this paperwork, I will totally put in plain words the origin and development of the Functionalist perspective- talking about the ideas of Durkheim and Merton as they specifically contribute to the concept. I will, also, discuss the social control mechanisms indicated by the Functionalist Perspective. It is important to note that functionalist perspective, well-known as functionalism, acknowledges that all features of the social order are mutually dependent and contributes to the social orders working as a whole. According to a literature review, it is depicted that functionalism perspective is recognized as one of the key hypothetical perspectives in the meadow ...

1877 Compromise and Disenfranchising the African American Workers

In South, Blacks got freedom but they never gained equality. Despite radical attempts of Republicans during Reconstruction, southern blacks struggled with unemployment, illiteracy and poverty. With waning reconstruction efforts condition of free men further worsened. With closing of Freedmen’s Bureau, restriction on voting like literacy tests and poll taxes further proliferated and racist violence further spread. In 1880, Discrimination in southern states intensified after passing of Jim Crow Laws. This law started to segregate public accommodations like steamboats, trains, schools and streetcars, and Blacks were forbidden or restricted to access ...

Learning to Find Happiness by Eating Cake

Cake for Happiness: Learning to Find Happiness by Eating Cake

Cake has always been associated with celebrations. A birthday party or a wedding does not seem to be complete without cake or some form of it as the centerpiece of the table. Even celebrations like promotions, winning a contest or game, and graduation merits a cake. Nowadays, the bigger the celebration and the cause for it, the bigger and more elaborate the cake.
Cake has come to signify that a certain gathering is a gathering meant for happiness. Gatherings that are not for joyful purposes seem ...

A colony is a territory settled by a group of people with similar interest or ethnic routes controlling the land and people of another nation mostly by force to acquire wealth e.g. the colonies of Chesapeake and New England.

Chesapeake was formed as cooperate colony granted by royal charter when there was great demand for gold later transforming into colonies of plantation agriculture. Had self - perpetuating courts with no popular elections but colonial assemblies sharing power with the governor. New England was formed to be purely religious cities upon hills by puritans’ Leiden group seeking religious freedom after braking away ...

1. Expansion of Federal Government Since the Late 1800’s
Expansion of federal government powers accelerated after the American Civil War, which – according to an article by Holcombe (1997) – established the federal government’s supremacy over the individual states. The picture below illustrates the tragedy of war and in particular the “American versus American” aspect of the war, which resulted in massive casualties to Americans on both sides in the conflict. The war cost millions of lives as well as breakdowns in previous relationships. Former friends and even family members became divided by allegiance to their chosen cause, ...

Abstract

Andrew’s Hair Styling is a hair salon offering only haircuts. This paper evaluates the company’s contribution margin, break-even point, and operating income under two distinct compensation structures. In the first case, barbers are paid only a fixed hourly wage. In the other case, barbers are paid a lower fixed hourly wage together with an incentive payment for each haircut. The business owner is interested in the effects of the revised compensation method on the aforementioned performance indicators.
The calculations indicate that, although the revised compensation structure will reduce annual fixed costs by 49%, it will also reduce net operating ...

Change Agents,

Bureaucracy, Communications,
Job Analysis

a) Successful change agent
One of the most important attribute of a leader is being a change agent – improve process or improve products or design or inspire people.

The skills of a successful change agent according to Insight Outsight, 2007 include:

Ability to identify key issues
An understanding of the product and process
Problem solving abilities and ability for out of the box thinking
Challenging existing paradigms
Ability to exercise influence even in areas where there is little or no formal authority
Remain effective even then things are difficult
The most ...