Essays on Hulme

Analysis of ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’

Introduction Jean Rhys’ ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’ is a story that gives a detailed account of the events that took place during the last days of the colonial activities of the English people in the Caribbean region. Rhys was born in the region and she experienced some of the issues that she narrates through the story that she tells in ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’ (Ciolkowski 341). In the story, Rhys details the many issues that affected women during the colonial times in her society. It should be understood that the story by Rhys takes a creative narrative but it ...

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Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important issues facing humanity in the near future. Many countries have begun to establish frameworks that will allow them to avoid dangerous climate change within their borders; one of these pieces of legislation is known as the Climate Change Act of 2008. This piece of legislation, passed into law in the United Kingdom in 2008, establishes a number of foundational legal minimums that the United Kingdom needs to meet before the year 2050. Essentially, this is a legal structure that forces individuals and companies in the United Kingdom to work ...

Improving Self-Esteem with Positive Self-Talk, Affirmations, and Journaling

Jane Doe Introduction Too often the phrase “think positive” gets thrown around in most self-help groups and literature involving improving one’s sense of self, but the statement is one that should not be taken lightly. Many problems that are faced by people struggling with various mental illnesses stem from the negative internal dialogue further aggravating the chemical imbalances that may exist or be dormant. Whether the individual be a believer of holistic therapy or empirically proven medical therapies, the proof of positive self-talk, daily affirmations and journaling about one’s experience has been shown to transform one’s ...

The paper is dedicated to the study of ecological balance and possible reasons that could lead to the consequent change of the world climate. In particular, two groups of hypotheses are analyzed. The first group deals with reasons that are conditioned by the changes in the energy received by the Earth from the Sun. The possible changes in the Sun itself and in the dust clouds that can affect the way the energy is taken by the planet are considered. The second group of hypotheses is dedicated to the changes in CO2 level and possible consequences it can lead ...