Essays on Garth

The Three Basic Functions of Leadership

There is no consensus of view on the functions of leadership. This is due to the fact that description of functions depends on the general concept of leadership. Leadership roles are related to goal accomplishment and to the maintenance and reinforcement of a group. Functions in a given category are instrumental in achieving a given goal or goals of the group (Kekomuller, 2012). The three basic functions of leadership, therefore, are: setting goals, organizing and initiating appropriate actions. In setting goals, a leader is supposed to carry out a creative role of coming up with goals and policies to ...

The movie ‘second hand lions’ revolves around the life of a shy young boy, Walter. It is set in the countryside of Texas in the year in the year 1962. It reflects upon the growth and development of the boy as he tries to adapt to changing lifestyles, norms and cultures at different phases of his life. The movie is directed by Tim McCanlies and focusing on this young boy who is brought by his mother to live with his two great uncles Hub and Garth who have recently come back home after a forty year absence. These two old ...

The superhero comic book genre, as it has existed for the past few decades, is rife with a variety of stories, many of which involve virtuous heroes who stand for Truth, Justice and the American Way while saving innocent children from a burning building while non-lethally taking down some robbers. However, as comic book audiences have matured, comic books themselves have matured with them, leading to characters that are far more unscrupulous and ambiguous in their morality. Central to this line of morally-grey antiheroes is Marvel Comics’ the Punisher (aka Frank Castle), a man with no superpowers – just an arsenal of ...

Introduction

According to Jowett & O’Donnell (1), propaganda is a method of communication which tries to elicit a response that propagates the desired intention of the propagandist. The art of propaganda has been studied in an array of multidisciplinary researches in the fields of journalism, sociology, history, political science and psychology. To study the art of propaganda as history means examining propagandist practices as distinct events and the resultant events as likely effects of propaganda. Nazi films were predominantly propagandist in that they aimed at influencing attitudes on life in a given context, and in terms of particular people and events. Perhaps the ...

In John Edgar Wideman’s Article “Our Time,” he gives an exploration of the experiences his brother Robby Wideman went through as well as the circumstances that led to the latter’s imprisonment as he became a recognized writer. Edgar considers how a member of the family can grow up the same way as the other siblings and live a different life. He tries to establish why Robby goes to jail in his mind. He even tried to understand as a person who lives in the same family as you are can lead a completely different kind of lifestyle. He argues that despite the ...

The United States Government should be able to perfect socialized medicine and provide it to all American citizens regardless of financial stature. There are many reasons for socializing medicine in the United States, and they are, but not limited to: the right to health care, decreasing costs and boosting economic productivity, and last, but not least, lowering the percentage of medically related bankruptcies per year. America is one of a few countries that does not guarantee health care to all its citizens. Socialized medicine has been around a long time and it is about time America steps up and perfects it ...

Music has been a big part of my life; I can easily track the stages of my life through the musical tastes and environments that were around me. Looking back at my childhood, my adolescence, and on through my adult life, there have been a variety of artists and songs that have helped define these life experiences. Since music is such an integral part of popular culture, we can link our experiences to the music we were playing at the time to give ourselves common cultural ground. The music I listened to throughout the various stages of my life say important ...

Introduction

People have always been fascinated to read more colorful novels and other literary works than just pure texts. It is believed that the more you stimulate your senses, the higher the chances that you will have fun. We call these books graphic novels because of their not only story-telling quality but also because of their catchy and detailed drawing that would surely help the readers have a good grasp about what really happened or what really is happening at a particular scene. Among the most successful graphic novels published in 2010 was Doug TenNapel’s Ghostopolis.

Ghostopolis Overview

Ghostopolis is a renowned and an ...

This paper takes a position on the historical question: Which International Relations theory, at the system, and state level of analysis, is most helpful in explaining Russia's position in opposing the invasion of Iraq’s politics by the United States in 2003? This paper seeks to prove how the integration of the international system caused Russia to have a preference of global diplomacy over short-term economic gains from the attack of Iraq. First of all, it is important to know that the invasion of Iraq by the United States was triggered by the fact that the United States believed that Iraq, ...

The Principle of Autonomy and the Documents of Credit

Documentary credits are very vital documents in international trade. Basically, they usually operate under two principles; the Principle of Autonomy and the Doctrine of Strict Compliance, (Garth 2007). The main function of the Principle of Autonomy is to offer a legal fortification between fundamental agreement and a documentary Credit between the beneficially and the applicant. According to the Autonomy Principle, documentary credit is independent and separate from the contract on which it is based or precisely from a sale, (Garth 2007). Basically, this is based on the fact that the obligation of the bank to pay occurs when compliance documents are presented ...

Introduction

As observed by the United Nations Convention, most of the international sanctions originate from political situations between two or more countries that share a common trade base or interact in business and commercial activities. Sanctions are thus defined as restrictions that are imposed on countries for political reasons but directly affect the economic situations in the affected country or the well being of the citizens involved. The international law of contract seems to care less about the effect of these sanctions on the citizens, who most of the time have no direct role in the cause of the differences in ...