Essays on About Myself

Liberalism can be defined as the political philosophy that emphasize ons the importance of equality. The paper elaborates the objective and main argument of the author, Heda Kovlay in her book, “Under a cruel star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968”. The book is an autobiography, which has elaborated the struggles that Heda and other Jewish families faced in leading a normal life. The author has explained the flawed liberalism deeply rooted in the mindsets of society. The author has presented the historical analysis in an influential way that makes the core concept of liberalism crystal clear and understandable. She ...

1. Summary The article “The perception of ethics in business: analysis of research results” written by Włodzimierz Srokaa and Marketa Lőrinczy represents a report based on a research conducted in the field of business ethics in Poland and the Czech Republic (Srokaa & Lőrinczy, 2015). The scholars state that business ethics is of utmost importance for modern companies that want to position themselves as serious and successful enterprises in the growing business environment. Therefore, they conclude that sustainable development of a contemporary company is not conceivable without taking into account basic elements of business ethics (Srokaa & Lő ...

Emotional intelligence is essential for being successful. Multiple factors are involved in emotional intelligence, all of which are important to improve our individual abilities. First, self-awareness is one of these factors. Self-awareness is recognizing my mood and understanding what it gives to other people. When someone points out a fault or a personality of people who don’t have enough self-awareness, they accept it as a personal attack and begin unnecessary self-justification. On the other hand, people who have enough self-awareness can talk about their weakness and their past failures easily. The second factor of emotional intelligence would be ...

History of Psychology in Autobiography by Robert Yerkes, was an interesting read filled with insight. Personally, I found much of the overall writing style to be dry and lacking in narrative quality. It was stale and difficult to get through. However, this was not the general point of the reading and, if one kept this in mind and focused on the material, it made the reading more enjoyable. I must say I agree that the author’s father sounds like a bad influence, but I cannot understand why an individual who chose psychobiology as a career and studied it ...

Discussion and Journal Questions

Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s tale and her prologue are deemed by many to be some of the best parts of The Canterbury Tales. The story vividly describes the role of a woman in the Middle Ages through the character of Alison. However, her position does not seem to be very typical for that period of time, as she believed her experience in marriage matters could dominate the male authority. This idea is constantly expressed with the help of the notion of woman’s “sovereignty” over her husband. In The Wife of Bath’s tale, the ...

Mary Shelley’s famous work, "Frankenstein," marked the beginning of the whole new genre of literature, science fiction. Studying the critique of this work of Walter Scott and Sherry Ginn, the reader comes to the same conclusion with the critics: this book is extraordinary in nature and it is unlikely that before "Frankenstein" there was something like the work of Shelley. Although both of the above critics write about different aspects of "Frankenstein", though, Scott and Ginn agree on the fact that Shelley has created something truly new, what does not fit into neither autobiographical work, nor fiction, nor ...

A Closer Glimpse on the Key Terms

As previously observed, it is possible to draw parallels between the following essays and movies and play “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” by Paulo Freire and Dead Poets Society, “The Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriguez and Six Degrees of Separation, and “Ways of Seeing” by John Berger and The Matrix. All three works raise a number of important issues, manifestations of which may be found on the example of the characters of these films and plays. Thus, there are such key terms notions as critical thinking, education, class conflict, racial divide, and power of perspective, which can be ...

1. The real purpose of my portfolio is not only establishing the objectives for myself but also demonstrating them for others. I have decided that my actual aim in my life is to become a successful and respectful person in the society. 2. First, this portfolio is created for me in order to help me to evaluate my own knowledge and plan my further study and intentions in the life. Second, this portfolio will be helpful and useful for other students just like me since this portfolio includes not only dry academic information and plans but also a part ...

The Type Focus Assessment is an assessment which provides the recipient with answers and reference about their personality, interests, values, career goals, and education plans. This assessment is valuable for the recipient because it helps them to understand what is important to them in their lives and what makes them happy and interested. Also, the assessment provides an evaluation of a person’s strengths and talents which can help increase satisfaction in many areas of life. This information and knowledge is helpful when making important life decisions and career choices. My Type Focus result is ESTJ, which means I ...

Acts of Kindness

Group I Know My family had never travelled to Europe and they have always craved about taking the whole family to Europe. But, my father spent most of his money on his children’s education and a suitable home for us. After working hard for past few years, I decided to give my family a gift and take them all to Europe. I booked everything myself and gave my family surprise on my parent’s anniversary. I will remember the happiness on my parents face when they learned about my surprise gift. Even better was their happiness when they ...

While writing this sociology autobiography paper let me introduce myself. I was born and raised in Europe and came into the United States 18 years ago. During the first few months after moving to a new place I was feeling as if I was an alien, because in most cases I did not understand what interlocutors said. In real-life situations the Americans do not make allowances for the fact that you are a foreigner, if you for sure not ask them about it. In my Motherland there were no diversity people, with only white dwellers and the few black ...

This I Believe

Becoming a leader entails a deeper and honest understanding of one’s self. It is well noted that for a leader’s success, the weight of the journey does not heavily depend on the followers; rather, a leader’s success is dependent on the fact that the leader must convince and inspire his followers that he deserves to be followed. This motion is supported by the definition of leadership as established by Sharma & Jain (2013) wherein they define leadership as the system by which a person bears the capacity to inspire and motivate others in accomplishing a common goal. ...

I agree with you from your first statement when you said that Sedaris’ Santa Land is a memoir and not personal essay as most of the students thought in the beginning. Ricardo, you justify your point by saying that Sedaris’ essay talks about a single topic but in different occasions. However, I don’t believe that this is the only reason you could have provided to substantiate the point that the essay is a memoir and not a personal essay. I agree with the example you gave on humor and the funny part of the essay. No one will ...

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Slavery was always a very defined and argumentative topic in the old days. African-Americans were noticeably mistreated due to racism. Slavery was what these people were bound to. Many blacks stood up for themselves, formed groups and different movements such as the Abolitionists Movement. One thing is true, African-Americans always looked up to a brighter future, they saw themselves as equal and free people. Harriet Jacobs, born February 11, 1813, to two slaves, Elijah and Delilah Jacobs lived in North Carolina. When Harriet was just 11 years old, ...

Suzanne observes that; for decades, Hemingway scholars have used the term remate to describe the uniqueness in Hemingway's approach to autobiography and memoir. She also notes that Mary Hemingway's definition and use of the word remate is wrong. This wrong definition necessitates her to argue that reconsidering how we define and use the term remate would change our understanding about A Moveable Feast. She does manage to convince us through her well-dissected arguments, why Mary's definition and use of the term remate as well as that of other scholars is wrong, and that reconsidering the definition of the word ...

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History Paper “Choices made regarding Ani’s preservation cannot escape political implications, and contests over the site’s meaning should be acknowledged rather than ignored and engaged in rather than silenced. It is possible that once admitted, the difficult issues at Ani can become opportunities for creative solutions.” Heghnar Watenpaugh speaks these words about the Turkish-Armenian archeological site of Ani. She believes that Ani’s preservation bodes well for dialogue, reflection, and maybe even reconciliation. Her work relates to physical conservation, but still underlines the importance of preserving memories. This sort of preservation in the Arab world may also ...

I think that the interactions between Cellini and his patrons are based on his skills where his competitive skill to support the works presented by the patrons has attained credible support among the people. However, the patrons found it tough to pull through with him in respect to his relationships with other people. There were various disputes that he had with the patrons included the immoralities and murder among fellow people (Cellini et al. 26). However, the patrons eventually sought his services as the new succeeding patrons arose. In the case where Cellini thought that he has been chosen ...

The evaluation of you is a challenging process that requires profound preparation for. It is an important stage in the life of every person, whether he or she wants to find a new job or improve the existing career. Self-evaluation is always subjective as it is mostly you who make any commentaries about your personality. However, self-evaluation is not only a necessary step in the improvement of one’s career prospects, it is a vital process for understanding who you are and what are your aspirations in life. Self-evaluation process is rather effective as a part of the studying ...

The Autobiography of my Mother and Fresa y Chocolate are masterpiece works that comprehensively develops the idea of rebellion. Authors of the articles explore this subject from unique and diverse perspectives. Characters in these works present attitudes and undertaking that seem to be very rebellious. Examining this rebellion is of high significance as it attracts serious conflicts in the society in different ways. The Autobiography of My Mother focuses on a young woman who is brought up in a loveless household. The girl’s mother died while she was giving birth. Fresa y chocolate (which is a Spanish phrase ...

The concept of the American dream has been widely interpreted by many people to mean the national values that guide America towards attaining prosperity (Adams, 23). One such literature work that has tried interpreting the American dream is Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’. In this play, the author puts his focus on the concept of the American dream. In one way or the other, the play exposed the weak points and the failures of blindly having faith in the American dream, as it leads to a tragedy. Although there is no doubt that the American national values ...

What I learned about myself

After undergoing the self-assessments exercises, I discovered a lot about myself. I am a much-focused person with the desire to exceed in everything I participate in. From the assessments, I demonstrated a sustained passion for achieving success. I could go to an extent of making personal sacrifices, if it would mean that triumph, whenever faced with significant challenges, I composed myself and instilled hope and confidence to members who were afraid of such situations. Throughout my life, I have always been an advocate of setting high standards and opposed move that expected us to settle for less. My team ...

Salvation: The Power of Personal Essay to Explore Disillusion

Good story telling is an art. The story teller has to relate to the reader, and build a relationship with him/her in order to create a great essay that makes a good point and touches the reader emotionally. In The Art of the Personal Essay, Phillip Lopate gives instruction on ways that a writer can create a good essay, which does those things. He specifically gives examples of, or introduces strategies like: relating to the reader, entering into dialogue between characters, and being honest, among others. These can all be seen in “Salvation,” by Langston Hughes. Hughes’s short ...

Communication

Arabs and Arab- Americans for a long time now have faced stereotyping in Western films as a result of the negative way in which their cultures socialization and beliefs are depicted. This uncouth prejudice of Arabs has been as a result of being affiliated to terrorist and criminal acts. Stereotyping involves having false thoughts and ideas about certain people concerning their way of life, values and virtues. This misrepresentation of Arabs and Arab- Americans in films has led to a lot of negativity in the society surrounding these groups of people. As a result of the characteristics of Arabs ...

The autobiography of Malcolm X provides insight into the life of a man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential civil rights activists in the United States. In his autobiography, it is apparent that Malcolm undergoes three keys states: the first stage reflects his early life, troubled youth, and struggle for identity; the second stage reflects his struggle to find God; and the third stage is his political work. In the course of the three life stages, Malcolm X held different convictions ranging from racial separatism to indifference in the later stages of his ...

The Assata autobiography depicts and portrays the life Chesimard now going by the name Assata Shakur and the plight she has undergone throughout her life. Assata is a black revolutionary who has found residence in Cuba after she escaped to seek political asylum. The autobiography enlightens on disturbing stories that are at the same time inspiring from the time Assata faces arrest to the time she flees to Cuba. The Cuban government gives her a stipend, Internet access, a home, food, and gas (Wood) The Assata autobiography captures intriguing themes, but the theme that vividly occurs from the beginning ...

Helen Keller’s The Story of My life

They Story of My Life is an autobiography written by Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor’s degree in arts. Her educational achievement is even more notorious considering that at the beginning of the twentieth century women had limited educational and work opportunities. At 22 and while still a student at Radcliffe College she published her autobiography, The Story of My Life, which had appeared the year before in installment form in the Ladies Home Journal magazine.1 Helen Keller opened the doors to education and opportunity to many blind and disabled people not only in ...

Benjamin Franklin and Democratic Citizenship

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706, Boston, Massachusetts. He was the tenth born son of a candle maker and soap. In his early years, Benjamin went through a formal education. However, he was among people who were self-taught and principles at that time. He worked for both his father and his brother as a printer. In the year 1721, he established the New England Courant, which became the fourth paper in the colonies. His first writings were 14 essays which he published in this newspaper. Due to his unconventional beliefs on religion coupled with his disagreements with Bostonians, he ...

Angela Davis is a cultural figure and a prominent professor who has successfully engaged in human rights advocacy. She is a controversial writer, but highly acknowledged for her work in fighting racial discrimination and sexism. In particular, her advocacy towards the plights of the African Americans and the LGBT community are of high historical relevance. Davis’ background and experience in her childhood where she was subjected to extreme degrees of racism motivated. She has been an influential member of prominent black rights organizations and was once enrolled in the Communist Party. Academically, she is a professor and was once ...

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This is of great importance for colonized people. The books about different life paths of colonized people and their culture, no matter if they are historical or fictional, act upon other people’s beliefs about themselves. They make a lot of others never give up in spite of any adversities, see flowers in every hardship and motivate them to pursue their dreams notwithstanding the cruel reality around. Also, the books proved that the world did not belong to colonizers but to colonized people who could not only survive in the savage conditions but furthermore achieve their end and change ...

Firefighters have what is considered to be as one the best jobs in the world. They are recognized as heroes, the community loves them, they save the precious lives of people, use powerful tools, and of course, they efficiently put out raging fires. Even their salaries are something to talk about. Also, firefighters normally receive pension, paid vacations, and medical insurance (“Benefits”). Indeed the benefits and perks of being a firefighter is a big selling point for the job. For these reasons, some eight years ago I had wanted to join this awesome group of men and women that ...

Introduction

“Choices made regarding Ani’s preservation cannot escape political implications, and contests over the site’s meaning should be acknowledged rather than ignored and engaged in rather than silenced. It is possible that once admitted, the difficult issues at Ani can become opportunities for creative solutions.” Heghnar Watenpaugh speaks these words about the Turkish-Armenian archeological site of Ani. She believes that Ani’s preservation bodes well for dialogue, reflection and maybe even reconciliation. Her work relates to physical conservation, but still underlines the importance of preserving memories. This sort of preservation in the Arab world may also be likened ...

My generation rarely likes classical music. More specifically, my friends most often do not like classical music. Today, it is extremely rare to meet a person who is in his 25 keen on classical music. Mostly, people do not know how to interpret it on their own. No one said them how to do that when they were kids. When they get more adult, they start believing that classical music is real boredom. Having no musical training, we pay attention to only the first impression of the music, and for spoiled with popular culture, classical music seems very boring. ...

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X was published after Malcolm X’s death in 1965. It is said that this posthumous publication managed to change the public’s opinion of Malcolm X as of a violent activist. The Autobiography shows Malcolm X from the other perspective, viz. as a person capable of self-criticism as well as the one who had a long hard way to self-improvement and spiritual growth. In general, Malcolm X’s route to being an educated person was a complicated one with many obstacles on the way. He did go to school, but quit it when he ...

There are so many factors and fronts from which an autobiography can be criticized. Ake: The Years of Childhood is an autobiography written and based on the childhood encounters of Wole Soyinka. It highlights the enchanting accounts of the author’s childhood experience in a small town of Abeokuta located in Western Nigeria. While most childhood experience exhibits various similarities, the region of child development highly affects one’s childhood experience. This autobiography presents the childhood experiences exhibited across the region of West Africa. While these encounters may not represent Africa as a whole, there are certain childhood encounters ...

Human beings are social animals; they need to interact with other people in order to feel whole or enhance their self-image. One aspect of socialization is the ability to recognize one’s own emotions and those of others. The capacity to correctly identify and perceive one’s own or other’s emotions, as well as act upon them in a consistent manner, is referred to as the emotional intelligence (EI) of a person (Cerniss). People with a high level of emotional intelligence display a sense of emotional maturity, and thus make them better socially since they can take emotions ...

Zora, the author of Dust Trucks on a Road, was born in 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama and died in 1960. She was regarded as one of the best and contemporary American novelists, anthropologists, and folklorists of the Harlem Renaissance (Meisenhelder, n.p). While she was three, her family moved to Eatonville Florida, one of the first all-black towns to be established in the United States. This was a place where the blacks existed independently and as they desired. Due to this, Zora often referred to it as her birthplace. The death of her mother was the beginning of her misery ...

A Case Study

Jonathan, a married 32-year-old Asian-American male, with an income of $70,000 annually reported symptoms of pathological gambling. As stated by his wife, Marigold, Jonathan has an uncontrollable urge to visit casinos and bet on slot machines. If he could not go out, he uses his credit cards to bet online. He rarely communicates with Marigold and their two children and prefers to lock himself in the room. According to Marigold, Jonathan started betting on casino slot machines with his workmates. They persuaded him by telling him that it was a lucrative activity with negligible losses. He began betting ...

In James Weldon Johnson’s

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man For the novice reader, James Weldon Johnson’s fictional odyssey of a biracial individual is difficult to classify. It neither is an autobiography on race relations nor is it a celebration of racial identity. Rather, it is a compelling narrative on an individual’s perception of race. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man also provides awareness of how racial identity influences the connection to community identity or dampens the bond. The author’s narrative provides a stark portrait of a young man’s coming of age in a world that he cannot fully ...

I learned how to read before going to school because I was interested in reading books. Before I learned how to read, I looked at the alphabet and memorized the letters. Later on, I got so interested in reading that I practiced it whenever possible. My grandmother was the person who helped me with pronunciation and with understanding the words. She also helped me to learn how to write and this all happened in pre-school. I was a curious child who wanted to be capable to be amused at all times and reading seemed like fun. It was like ...

Introduction

The book “Country of My Skull” has been written by Antjie Krog, who strives to include her own as well as other individuals’ stories about the creation, development, and conclusion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The truth and reconciliation commission was in charge of uncovering past wrongdoings in Africa and was established to bring the perpetrators and criminals to justice. The books have been the center of much debate as the author has not followed any clearly defined chronological order but rather, the fragments of the testimonies of survivors, victims, and criminals have been included. History, personal ...

How were the life experiences of Liu and Ning impacted by the historical events and changes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Liu from ‘A man awakened from dream’ and Ning from ‘A daughter of Han”’ are both the protagonists of works of autobiography by Harrison and Priutt respectively, in an effort to depict the impact of Chinese history on its people during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Since Chinese history was sharpened by communist tones, it becomes challenging to understand the true meaning of waking up from a dream. It is important to ...

The autobiography of Catalina de Erauso is very attractive for scholars, who investigate such aspects as identity, authorship, sexuality and gender; the most important aspect can be considered masculinity of this character. She had desire to become a man for receiving the status in society, which was dominant by males, and the possibility to show her identity. The transformation of Erauso’s conduct into masculine manners, sometimes in violent form, was necessary for persuasion and becoming powerful, successful and accepted at the times of colonial Spain. Her destination, attitude and deeds have made this person exciting and extraordinary in ...

The Fifth Chinese Daughter

“The Fifth Chinese Daughter” is the story of a Chinese-American girl’s journey from childhood to adulthood. The story, told in third person, is actually the author’s autobiography. In the book, Jade Snow grows personally as well as physically, but throughout never loses the lessons taught by her Chinese heritage traditions. As a child, Jade Snow is subjected by random beatings by her father, along with her siblings. It is clear to Jade Snow that she has no value in the eyes of her parents (Wong 108). She is the last among many daughters, and has brothers who ...

There has been an inevitable trend among the youth, of imitating if not following in the actions of their adored celebrities, in regards to their style of talking, living, and the general behavioral aspect. Desmond- Harris’ story that was influenced by Tupac, commonly known as “Tupac and My Non- thug life” is a perfect example of celebrities influence in our lives. She perfectly describes how she adored Tupac’s artistry in music and his way of life by elaborating how much she was affected learning of his death. Her admiration of Tupac was not a hoax as it is ...

Introduction

Learning is a lifelong process evolving through cognitive abilities particular to developmental stages for acquiring knowledge as humans, reach adulthood. Adult development relating to personal experiences underpins the choices adults make in their professional or career and personal life choices. The following academic learning exercise integrates the life learning essay, understanding of adult physical changes learned from course readings, theoretical stages of adult development by Erikson, assessment of the learning style inventory as completed, as well as other specific academic concepts gained during the course experience including the Adult Development and Life Assessment Adult Learning Guide.

Life Learning Essay

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Abstract

The definition of luxury in the fashion industry can be somewhat intricate, but interesting for the same time. Most of people associate luxury with a definite lifestyle, social status, buying habits and purchasing power. This paper examines the word luxury in terms of description, marketing point of view, jewelry world historical background and perception. Besides, the perception of the consumers from low, medium and high classes is analyzed from the luxury point of view and the way they define luxury. In order to understand why luxury goods are so demanded, the advantages and disadvantages of luxury products, counterfeiting, ancestral ...

In the history of fiction, there exist nameless narrators that are infamous for unreliable storylines. The protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground is an example of an unreliable narrator plagued by disillusionment and bitterness that makes him present a story full of untruths and contradictions. The forty year old “Underground Man” tells the story in two parts. The first part is an attempt by the Underground Man to reach deep into his psych and consciousness, and, find justification for his spitefulness. This monologue delves into the human psyche and its desires. It is a mockery of choice and ...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. By Benjamin Franklin. Ed. Frank Woodworth Pine.( Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co. , 1916.) 343 pp. Reviewed by

Benjamin Franklin is one of America’s greatest statesmen and was born in Boston in the year 1706 as the 15th of 17 children, and the youngest of his father’s sons. Franklin was born to Josiah Franklin, a candle, and soap maker who had immigrated to the United States from Northamptonshire in England (2). The young Benjamin disliked his father’s profession highly and did not want to follow his example. Hence, Franklin went to ...

PSTD and Religious Faith

Combat PSTD and Religious Faith According to Dr. Nelson-Pechota (2004), every war has been virtually fought with a religious foundation. Faith in the divine powers has helped soldiers to confidently stride to a battle. Their religious faith has strengthened their courage and convictions. They also believe that they are favored or empowered by God when they meet with success in the battlefield. However, wars also create a moral confusion due to the combatants’ religious influences. As such, they find it conflicting to perform an act of violence which might be a sacred duty in another instance.

For combatants, intrusive thoughts and ...

“I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is the first and probably the most popular volume of Maya Angelou’s autobiography. The whole collection covers the period between 1930s and late 1960s. The first volume was written in 1969 and in 1970, it was nominated for a National Book Award. The book speaks about Maya’s childhood up to the moment she is seventeen. It focuses on her growing and becoming a premature black girl. The main themes of the book are also family, motherhood and self-knowledge. When Maya Angelou was three years old, her parents divorced so Maya was ...

Sigmund Freud was a medical doctor and neurosurgeon from Austrian, whose served at the University of Vienna and laid a solid foundation in the field and area of psychoanalysis.

1.Binswanger, Ludwig. Sigmund Freud; Reminiscences of a Friendship: Reminiscences of a Friendship. Grune & Stratton, 1957. While perusing through the electronic books on the internet, I discovered that there was an informative source that articulated the kind of friendships that Sigmund Freud had in his lifetime. It a beneficial source because it points to the social life and aspect of a person. (Category II since it was put forth by an acquaintance or a protégé)

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Persepolis is a comic autobiographical novel written by Marjane Satrapi. Marjane writes about her life from childhood to adulthood during the Islamic revolution in Iran. The novel is about the protagonist’s life and the challenges she faces into adulthood and how these hardships changed her identity. As the main character in the novel, Marjane is depicted as a tough and intelligent girl who followed in her parents footsteps. She was a young Iranian girl who had to overcome great obstacles in her childhood in order to become a great person in future. Marjane grew up in a difficult and complicated setting in Iran ...

Part I

Weiyuan Feng is an international student, studying on a full-time basis. Due to the time devoted by full-time students in their studies, Weiyuan Feng has not applied for any jobs in UC Davis. Weiyuan hails from China, and he is a traditional Chinese guy. He is fondly called as Daniel. He earned an AA degree from the De Anza College back in 2013. And then he transferred to the University of California in Davis as a junior student, and he is planning to graduate this Fall.

Weiyuan is majoring in Economics in UC Davis. Economics is not only his personal interest, but ...

Persuasion

Rhetorical device is one of the ways to incorporate emotional appeals in a persuasive writing. It helps a persuasive writing grasp and holds the attention of the readers, and it improves the statements in terms of its power. For example, an essay entitled “I Want a Wife,” it demonstrated how men think, act, and feel about women through the persuasive statements of Judy Brady. The essay has a useful creation of images visually; however, it has never been overdo at all. The overall character in the essay has a persuasive appeal, emotional appeal, and logic.

Personal

In general, personal papers are written in a ...

As a prominent orator, author and abolitionist in (1818-95) Frederick Douglass was born a slave. He soon went on to become a world renowned anti-slavery activist at the age of 20 when he managed to escape from slavery. As well as classics of American autobiography, Douglass’s three autobiographies are also seen as important works of the slave narrative tradition. From his attacks on Jim Crow and lynching in the 1890s, and earlier on in the 1840s his abolition activities, Douglass’s work as a reformer had a wide range.

Douglass achieved fame internationally as a writer and a persuasive and inspiring speaker in the 16 ...

While this course posed a lot of challenges, I found that there are a lot of things that I do not know both about sociology and about myself. I found that the information I learned from this class not only taught me about the world around my, but it taught me many things about who I am and how I have been impacted by my family’s cultural backgrounds.

I would say that the most challenging part of this course had to examine myself and my own past. No one likes to have to examine themselves that closely. People do not ...

Introduction

Adam Smith is one of the most revered economists that influenced the development of modern economic thought. Adam Smith is famous for coining the term “the invisible hand of the market” which is the perfect metaphor for market movements driven by supply and demand. However what makes Adam Smith’s thinking unique is how it ties is yet contradicts the teachings of great thinkers ahead of him such Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas on their ideas of wealth accumulation and self-motivation. He also thought similarly but contrasted with his contemporaries such as Bernard Mandeville.

Adam Smith was a Scottish ...

Experiences of Mental Illness and the Journey of Recovery

I have personally not experienced any stigma with mental illness in the past. However, I gained a lot of insight by reading through David et al (1998). I realize that a lot of individuals with mental illnesses are discriminated against by friends, family and colleagues. The reason for this is simple: everything that the person does is attributed to the illness. Even attempts to be genuinely funny or make a joke may not be taken serious because one may be seen as just fooling around. Also, even at times when the individual even seems to be serious and is trying to do ...

In response to your autobiography, I believe that given your cultural and ethnic orientation as a Filipino who came from an Asian country, specifically from the Philippines, it could have been such a culture shock at the onset when you had to transfer to the United States. However, since the migration was revealed to have happened when you were just 10 years old, I am convinced that you had have enough time to assimilate in the American culture.

Likewise, being an only child also contributes to the fact that you were not innately exposed for socialization, supposedly with siblings in the ...