Essays on Acquaintance

What does Swift say is the problem facing the nation in the 2nd paragraph of the essay?

Swift is alive to the fact there is a large number of children along the streets asking for money and other favors from people passing despite the fact the Kingdom is in a poor state. In effect, it poses a significant challenge to the nation. He, therefore, proposes that whoever could devise a way of making the children productive would help the nation a great deal.

Swift uses the word “dam” in paragraph 4. What does it traditionally mean? What attitude towards poor women does this suggest?

The word “dam” as used by Swift has a traditional implication or meaning. It denotes grave due to its correlation with a word in Greek, taphos. It implies the womb of women that ...

Freud and his followers came up with an unconscious mind account. This serves a significant part in explaining psychoanalysis. There was the division of the mind by Freud into a conscious mind, also known as the ego as well as the unconscious mind. Later, it was demarcated into the id (Instincts and ego) and conscience (superego).According to the theory of Freud, unconscious refers to the processes in the mind whereby individuals create an image of themselves being unaware. Freud came up with a proposal of the hierarchical and vertical architecture of the human consciousness, the preconscious, conscious and ...

The perceptions and attitudes of others towards rape perpetrators and victims are vital in the treatment and recovery of casualties. More than half of the rape victims talk about the assault after some time; and they incline to seek support from the close social network, like family and friends other than formal institutions. Emotional supports have been intensely linked to better recovery outcomes. However, negative social reactions, for instance, blaming the victim for the rape incident, minimizing the rape assault incident and excusing the rape perpetrator of his or her actions, have been associated with increased psychological trauma and ...

Nelson Mandela was the first president of the Republic of South Africa elected in fully democratic elections. He served as president from 1994 to 1999. Before his presidency he was an outstanding fighter against apartheid and African National Congress (ANC). He was convicted and imprisoned for participating in an underground armed struggle. Mandela was a supporter of peaceful way of solving problems, although in the beginning of his political struggle armed resistance was the only effective type of fighting the regime.

How much powerful is the leader? What makes him powerful?

Nelson Mandela is a prominent leader. He decided to serve his term in prison rather than submit himself ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

The Cask of Amontillado was one of famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories. It involves the story of the narrator named Montresor and his arch enemy, at least based on his perceptions, named Fortunato. In the beginning of the story, Montresor was wailing about how he has been irreparably insulted by his acquaintance—referring to Fortunato. An almost clear picture of what type of character Montresor has can be obtained as early as the first few paragraphs of the short story. The main and sub-conflicts in the story were mainly the result of Montresor’s hunger ...

‘American Psycho’ and ‘The Killer Inside Me’ are often described as psychological dramas. People tend to like the suspense and the unsettlement that these movies cause. However, these movies also contain tons of blood, very visual violence against women and sexual abuse. Do these films appeal to our vicious side that we are not allowed to express because of the social and cultural norms? Are we still animals with the need for blood? Why do we get excited about something as disgusting and cruel as these films? It would have been expected to cause moral outrage but the films ...

Deign project

ABSTRACT What I the rowing machine? Rowing machine is training software that are used by profession and amateur rowers. This project leads to develop training system for sportsmen and provide it in a graphical form. Speaking more detailed, this training utility is shown as a river with included moving boats. It can be used by every rower. For this project were chosen an incremental model, because it provides great suitability for selling it to client. This goal is achieved due to discrete functional levels. This strategy give the availability for client to change some details if it is needed. ...

When a crime occurs officers are required to investigate and find out what had occurred. Police have ethical rules to follow when maintaining the law. Investigators are also required to follow ethical rules when working on a case. Ethical issues can be a problem when it concerns taking statements from people, and properly completing the job. One case that is an example of ethical issues during investigation is a case that occurred in 2008. A business owner named Troy had his business in Minnesota. An individual named Jeremy had a construction business, and was the Deputy Sherriff of the ...

Section

Friendship

Academic Honesty Statement

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Mind map

The below mid map gives a highlight of what my proposal will focus on while showing some of the existing connections and aspects covered by my research topic.

Introduction

Human beings are purely social creatures. They cannot live alone or ...

What does Sacks tell us directly or by implications about the relationship of the brain to time (past, present, future), to identity, and to living a life? Consider: Greg’s history, his neurological disorder, his symptoms suggesting the disorder, what he was like before and after the discovery of his problems, the affected area of his brain, loss and gain, adaptation, the importance of music in his life, the role his parents played, the significance of the historical context in which he lived, the effects on memory, what the disorder implies about identity, how Sacks feels about Greg.

The ...

1. There were six victims killed – two females and four males (Bovsun, 2010).

One of the female victims was pregnant. Her door was unlocked and the perpetrator entered the house just as she was about to bring the garbage out. She was alone. The other female was babysitting an infant and had her son with her when all three of them were killed (Ramsland, 2012). The son was supposed to go to a friend’s house around the time of the killings. A male friend was in the house and also died. Both the female victims were sexually assaulted.

There are four crime scenes. One home was entered into by the perpetrator and ...

Part one

‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift is about how to solve the issue of hunger. Jonathan begins by describing people who are living in the streets. The streets are filled with starving beggars. Jonathan Swift uses ethos, pathos and logos to make a strong case for his suggestion of using babies as a source of food. He does establish his credibility, and he shows the readers his logic throughout his proposal. He does back up all the points raised in the proposal with hard evidence and facts. He does show how the consumption of infants would support everyone.

Pathos refers to ...

Russell begins his analysis of reality by asking the question whether there truly exists knowledge that is in itself so certain that no man could doubt it. This question seems rather simple at first but upon further analysis of the question especially through Russell’s eyes the depth of the question manifests. Russell argues against the concept of direct realism. He argues that everything we see and then perceive is subject to our conceptualization process which is in turn subject to our experiences and point of view. This then begs the question as to whether what we see truly ...

Rape is obviously considered a gendered crime. This is considered true because of our concept of rape and how it plays out in the real world– both the idea and act of rape are used to perpetuate a patriarchal gender hierarchy. In her powerful theory of violence, Eesha Pandit made clear that violence, in general, is considered gendered and functionalized. It is always deliberated that sexual violence is more often enacted by men against women. But we do not have any clue about how strong the gender disparity is mostly because of how gendered our notion of rape is. Taking the FBI, ...

Introduction

Networks have, in a lot of ways, affected a lot of aspects of human life. Since the boom of the internet era, for example, many people have started to exhibit shifting preferences and habits when it comes to making social interactions. As more and more social media platforms got invented, the number of people using such tools to interact and be a part of a larger network has demonstrated a steady and continuous increase. The thing with networks is that they tend to have vague and ambiguous definitions. Some people may perceive them as a mere system of connections that relates one entity to another. ...

A memoir written by the author himself, Olaudah Equiano reminiscence the vivid incidents that transpired in his life. Right at the beginning of the book, when he writes that, “when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen (he is no more an African), I regard myself as a particular favourite of heaven,” (p.8), there is a ting of sadness in his tone, nit because he is lucky enough to escape the hardship he faced in his native country, but because they were the lucky ones to escape hardship and settle in a country that accepted them the way ...

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” -Elie Wiesel, author of ‘Night’. I have this very beautiful passage from Goodreads about the definition of friendship. Contrary to romantic relationships, friendship is sharing all what you have. It is where you care for people genuinely without asking anything in return whilst love needs to be reciprocated for it to grow. Many people often confuse ‘friendship’ and ‘relationship’ as the same thing, these two worlds cannot merge as one. By definition according to Webster’s Dictionary of ...

Over the past few decades, social inequalities such as class, gender and race have been the leading cause in our world's societal problems. What leads one to believing that an individual is inferior to him based on his or her possessions or appearance? Emma by Jane Austen reflects upon the norms of nineteenth century’s England. Austen has always tried to address the social issues in her works such as Pride & Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. In order to have a clearer understanding of the social conflicts criticized in Emma, one has to look closely at the social structure ...

Description and Analysis of Specific Public Health Problem

HIV/AIDS used to be a disease that was rendered incurable due to the fact that there was no treatment back then. In fact, it is notable that the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS ultimately served as a “death sentence” (Lopez, 2011), mainly because of the fact that the patient is left without any options to prolong his life. However, the development of HIV/AIDS treatment has now lead to the transition of HIV/AIDS from being an acute cureless disease to a chronic one that can be countered with specific medications. Such, of course, served as a welcome development to HIV/AIDS patients, who have also long suffered ...

In the history of one’s adolescence, there is probably no more complicated and demanding question than the one about one’s choice of profession and career plans. Parents ask their children from an early age, what they would like to do and whom they would to be when they grow up. Usually, parents are trying to prepare children for what they think would be the best for them. It does not mean that parents do not want their children to follow their dreams; they just try to adjust children’s dreams to the limitations of reality – competitive nature ...

Definition of Rape

According to the conventional common-law, rape can be defined as “the act of having unlawful carnal knowledge by a man of a woman, forcibly and against her will” (Pollock & Klotter, 2009). Considering the stated definition, sexual assault is regarded as rape when the male culprit forcibly penetrates his penis into the female vagina, however slight. Therefore, the sexual relationship between a husband and wife cannot be considered as rape or sexual assault.

Dynamics of Rape

The researchers have identified several dynamics of rape that helps in understanding the occurrence of such incidents efficiently. First, rapists are mostly non-strangers as compared to strangers. Second, the use ...

Introduction

After the World War II, the US became one of the most powerful nations in the world in par with the United Kingdom. The span of American power is not determined by its highly trained military units and rich wealth distribution; the American power primarily lies on the cultural aspects especially most writers, both foreign and native Americans discuss the premise of the American Dream, a philosophical ideology which became an integral part in forming the nation’s identity. As early as 1931, the famous American historian named James Truslow Adams envisioned an ideal land which follows the utopian ideals in ...

Feathers Fashion

Part I. Environmental Assessment Introduction Economy of the United Arab Emirates, a key player in the international market and responsible supplier of energy resources, is built in such a way as to act effectively on the regional economic arena, meeting the basic needs of citizens to help them achieve a decent standard of living. Despite the fact that the federation has existed for just over 40 years, the basis of the current socio-economic stability is laid deep in the centuries and is the result of historical traditions and customs of the state of trade. The basis of credibility, which features ...

Strategy for attracting clients for commercial properties should follow well planned and outlined sequences of operating and managing these properties, like in other business operations. Estate management organizations and properties owners on a daily basis carry out operational plans which are identified in every of their activities. Mostly, operations plans are made by the organization’s low-level managers and frontline operator staff. In organizations routine functions are embarked on daily basis and low level or middle level managers need to plan on how their departments or units can effectively carry out such routine tasks. According to Hartzell, operational plan ...

A relationship of someone I knew very well was that which was developed from friendship to romantic love. Initially, a friend of mine joined a spiritual awareness group which aimed to enhance spirituality and faith through attending annual retreats, joining in volunteer programs, as well as promoting the Catholic faith. My friend, who we could call, Mildred, established a traditional friendship with all members, including Tito. What started as acquaintance slowly evolved and developed into a strong bond of friendship through frequent communication and interpersonal relationship that is expected from the activities of the members. Since both were single, they eventually started casual dating. ...

Welsh, J. Dramaturgical Analysis and Societal Critique Piscataway, New Jersey. Transaction Publishers. 1990. The original inspiration for dramaturgical sociology, the subject of this chapter, derives from the greatest playwright in the English language:William Shakespeare. It was Shakespeare who adorned London’s famous Globe Theater with the Latin motto Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem(All the World is a Theater) and who wrote the following lines for Jacques in As You Like It:“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. For Erving Goffman (1922–1982), arguably the most original American theorist of the second half ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with an analysis and detailed description of Daisy Miller’s character. Who is Daisy Miller? She is a young girl, holding the leading character in the short story ‘Daisy Miller’ written by Henry James. Henry James, though born in America, has been considered more of an English rather than an American writer who has gained wide credibility within the borders of the literary community. He is a writer prominent for his writing style which depicts details of his era, criticizes indirectly the faults of the society and social structure of his time ...

Physical appearance has long been linked to happiness - as social creatures, we communicate to each other nonverbally, and so we often give off the impression of happiness if we present ourselves in a way that is visually appealing to others. Likewise, that feeling is often reciprocated by these others, allowing us to feel good about ourselves because we look good. You can tell a lot about a person merely by what their appearance is telling you; these ‘channels’ of the body are what express the mind’s emotional state, and help to judge someone’s personality, and whether something is affecting ...

Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel which tells the story of the narrator Werther, through a series of dated letters his “best of friends” Wilhelm. The letters develop the character’s narrative, the ongoing of his inner life, by narrating his own sentiments and reflections on his interior state of mind. This at times moves over time from elation to despair across a few weeks, and moves eventually towards a more dramatic shift between those two emotions, sometimes within a single sentences. The exclusion of other points of views, other than dislodging interjections of the narrator, further contributes ...

Introduction

Soft skills are such skills in a person that can win others’ heart and mind emotionally and psychologically. It personifies a person’s abilities, qualities, habits and dealings which lead to his personality development and conceptual approach. There is a very common saying that common sense is not that common. Soft skills are exhibited by a person’s EQ level that is Emotional Intelligence Quotient which is embedded in his personal dealing, conflict resolving, friendliness etc. While it leads to hard skills which are related to person’s IQ level that is Intelligence Quotient, it becomes an integral part of mind by exercising ...

The story of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is about a man who shares the same name as the title of the short story. It is set during two different times, before and after the American Revolution. The tale is in the beautiful land of the Catskill Mountains in New York where a Dutch colony had settled. Rip Van Winkle had contrasting traits, which makes him very real and grounded. It is said that he is “a kind neighbor and an obedient, henpecked husband” (6). He had a wife who constantly nagged him for his idleness and carelessness. However, he was always ...

Science word instigates from “scientia” which is a Latin name with the meaning of acquaintance. Science therefore is the acquaintance gained in the course of the progression of learning and applying what has been learned. The structures of attaining the knowledge are by the application of examination, explanation for demonstrations and enlightenment on the natural occurrences. From that, philosophy of science deals with the assumptions and methods of science as per the worth of science. It gets it support form a common quote that says that philosophy of science is useful for scientists as ornithology is to birds. This paper will ...

You can tell a lot about a person merely by what their appearance is telling you; these ‘channels’ of the body are what express the mind’s emotional state, and help to judge someone’s personality, and whether something is affecting their state of mind. Nonverbal behavior is an important component to forming impressions about people's personality, sociability, and mood, among other things (Ambady and Rosenthal, p. 439). When someone typically tries to figure out what someone’s emotional state may be, three determinants are used; the emotional state of the observer, the emotional state of the observed, and the information ...

Almost God-Like

Although for various generations dramatic forms of tragedy and comedy were universally comprehensible and their subsequent embodiment in various literary and expressive art works were clear, contemporary world perception had changed to the extent that reality became so complicatedly tragicomic that narrative art had to review the very essence of tragedy and comedy and pay more attention to their mixture. Various cinema critics might argue that classical Hollywood perception of tragedy and comedy remains the same and does not violate the rules of those dramatic forms. However, contemporary cinematograph witnesses the phenomenon of Roberto Benigni’s comedy and subsequent ...

Abstract

Contemporary philosophy draws from both the reality or the physical world and the perspective of knowledge. Different philosophers have shown the difference between the two, with those biased to consciousness claiming that knowledge makes physicality obsolete. This paper seeks to dissect this claim through the available evidence in an attempt to establish its validity.

Knowledge and Reality

There exists a heated debate between physicality and consciousness, with the latter branding the former as unreal. To bring a greater understanding to the matter, philosophers have come up with theories to determine the relationship between the two. Some claim that physicality and consciousness are related while ...

The article Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: College Women’s Risk Perception and Behavioral Choices (2008) was published in the 57th volume of Journal of American College Health in Miami, Florida. Written by Miami University professors Zachary Birchmeier, Emily Crawford, and Margaret O’Dougherty, the paper discusses the study they made on drug-facilitated sexual assault of female college students.

This article was chosen for this review because date rape is one of the topics discussed in class. Also, statistics show that 1 out of 5 college women are raped in their college years (Birchmeier, Crawford, and O’Dougherty, 2008). However, most ...

Abstract

The main core of this work keenly and thoroughly addresses the issue of E-recruitment, which currently has replaced the physical recruitment. Top level management despite its act of embracing change and its prevailing aspects has really faced great challenge, thereby becoming to some bothersome due to managing complexities. Apart from the efficient operations made easier through E-recruitment and minimization of costs contrary to the past, where colossal sums of money went into maintaining and sustaining recruitment exercise, the problems affecting it have to be well handled if the business world is at any cost to benefit from it. The ...

My fascination with childhood development has grown out of my on-going studies in the area of psychology. Due to be graduating from the University of Athens this summer, having completed my studies in Psychology from the department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, I am keen to continue my studies by undertaking a MSc in Developmental Psychology. To me, it seems like a natural choice as I enjoy working with children and find my experiences with them to have been amongst the most rewarding of my life. I have also successfully completed a number of courses at The Institute of Behaviour Research and ...