Essays on Laughter

It is a well-known fact that the linguistic heritage of J. Swift is characterized by vivid satirical orientation. In literary and aesthetic categorization, satire is considered to be an integral part of the more general comic category which is understood as a special form of relations to the reality. In this case, satire is not only a kind of comic, but also the specific means of artistic reproduction of reality revealing it as something distorted, incoherent, internally untenable through the comic, ridiculed, accusatory images. Satire creates an image of high conditionality, and is achieved by means of exaggeration, sharpening, ...

Critical Infrastructure Risks and Vulnerability

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) consists of control systems deployed to monitor and offer surveillance of critical equipment with manufacturing or industrial sites. Such industrial components are the critical infrastructures whose collapse due to interferences is adverse to entire sectors of the economy. Examples of such infrastructures include telecommunications, water, transport, gas and waste control. The SCADA systems collect and interpret instant information for monitoring and control of the systems. The processed data is then continuously reviewed by the administrators SCADA systems in the USA are prone to threats by outsiders from different locations around the globe (Igure, ...

The Future of Food

Every Tuesday morning people would always be seen trekking towards the direction of the sunrise with their bags and some with cartons. To a visitor in the village, he or she would be confused and would think that the usual long line of people was going closer to the sun just to stare at its beauty. In the village, every morning the sun would always be seen up in the sky with beautiful horizon before it turns wild. None would be seen wasting time in the way as every footpath was marked in the same direction. Other paths in ...

A work like Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth is by its very nature orientalist in the Saidian sense Because it was created within the structures of Orientalism as both a genre and as an epistemological category. Buck was born the child of an American missionary in China and spent much of her formative years there. Buck’s early life and experiences as an American and the child of a missionary informed her preconceptions of China, its people, society, and culture. Orientalism in this sense isn’t just a literary genre: an orientalist work is not just, a ...

Introduction

As a documentation of my personal experience, I got moved so much with anecdotes. Still, in the same line with my class work, I got to have a good experience with anecdotes. Therefore, it became my first choice when the teacher asked us to write about our personal experiences. The subject was within the context of the discussion. Furthermore, one can only get to have a feeling of an anecdote using the five senses. That is, the sense of touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste, through all these senses, I was able to in culminating my most interesting anecdote. ...

Introduction

A sitcom is short for a situational comedy. It is a genre in film that involves a comedy performance where recurring characters in the show play out funny storylines. The main element of a sitcom is that it happens in a common environment such as a home or a school or workplace involving relatable characters. Sitcoms are tailored to depict everyday life situations in a humorous way to entertain the audience. When sitcoms were first introduced they were presented over the radio, but today they are predominantly on television. Most of the sitcoms are recorded in front of a ...

Dreams are a profound mystery that largely went unexplained throughout the majority of human history until Sigmund Freud tried tangling with them. One of his assertions was that if a person feels guilt for any reason but then represses that guilt so that he no longer senses it on a conscious level, it will emerge on an unconscious level, such as through insanity or nightmares. It is possible to repress guilt, of course, so that it no longer has much to do with us on a day-to-day level, but it does not leave. It simply lurks in a different ...

Langston Hughes poetry and social activist

Langston Hughes was an American social Jazz Poet, novelist and an activist who used American language, religion, music, slang to educate the globe about the lifestyles of American people at the times of Harlem Renaissance. The main theme that trolled in his poems were the social problems of the blacks who lived in low earning settings (Carl, 2004). Much of critique targeted the prejudices and the divisions that were common in the people of color within the community of the blacks. The poems were activist in nature as they dealt with how to be oneself issues and encouraged the ...

The popular American show The Colbert Report is considered a crucial satire encounter in recent years. Watching the news satire and late-night talk show on Comedy Central triggered extra interest in satire and how it is employed in contemporary American society to communicate current issues of interest. Focusing on Stephen Colbert, its fictional anchorman, the show mainly satirized political programs driven by conservative personalities. Appreciation of this show as a satire and parody encounter is used as a point of departure for this construction, which explores how satire works in a socio-political setting as that presented by the show. ...

Stanley Milgram who was a psychologist from Yale, conducted a well-known experiment about obedience which is relevant for human psychology. This happened in 1963 and the experiment was related to the fact that people were in conflict between their own conscience and obeying authority. Milgram was seeking for explanation of people who committed genocide because they were ordered to do so during WWII and he found out that obedience is a powerful impulse. Milgram was inclined to believe that people tend to obey the authority because it is a tactic for survival. “For many people, obedience is a deeply ...

It was sometime at the beginning of the 21st century when my family experienced a complete downturn financially. I was about to enter my adolescence period, and I just didn’t understand why everything had to change just because we had less money. I was still attending my classes, and I still had my toys and gadgets, so why did everyone had to tell me it was not time to buy new toys and gadgets? For me, the world is still revolving like the way it used to—one that is filled with joy, laughter, adventures, and lots of ...

Textile designer "Toshiko Horiuchi

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Introduction

Toshiko Horiuchi is one of the leading fiber artists of Japan who makes use of knitting and crochet. She is well known for her large, interactive environments made out of crochet and textile (Hosmer, 2012). It is an experience to be in those imaginative and vibrant explorations of color and form that create a thrilling play environments for the children. She studied fine art and weaving in Tokyo at the Tama Art University and later at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan (Hemmings, 2014). If one comes across a very cool ...

The administration of norms in the society is commonly met with a varied degree of acceptance, and certain behaviors might create a jilt among the members of the society. In the view of social norms, folkways are normally easy to violate and does not bear serious sanctions compared to the mores (Helbing, 2012). In the case of the experiment, I opted to violate norms and the test the social behavior of wearing my cloth backward and walking to a wedding.

Wearing cloth backwards and trouser inside-out

The societal reaction to certain folkways is amazing. The social experiments are aimed at providing evidence for the human ...

Summary Feedback

<Institution> 1) Nonverbal behavior & attending behavior

Most of the nonverbal and attending behaviors of the counselor were good. She established and maintained eye-contact with the client. At the same time, her voice was clear, and her facial expressions showed that she was listening to the client. She also did not make any unnecessary or annoying movement during the session. However, her posture seemed to be too relaxed, leaning a bit backwards. A little improvement with her posture may be necessary.

Professionalism

 Did the counselor introduce him/herself and describe the purpose of the session? The counselor introduced herself and provided ...

Summary Feedback

<Institution> 1) Nonverbal behavior & attending behavior

Overall, the nonverbal behavior and attending behavior of the counselor are good. He was able to maintain eye-contact and serious tone. His facial expression also reflected a sense of calmness and attentiveness. In addition, he was just sitting still without unnecessary movement. 2)  Professionalism

 Did the counselor introduce him/herself and describe the purpose of the session?

Yes. The counselor introduced himself at the beginning of the counseling session, and he also explained its purpose.

 Did the counselor display nervous laughter and/or talk over the client?

No. The counselor seemed professional and he did not display nervous laughter and/or talk over the client.

 Did the counselor spontaneously (meaning the client did not use the language first) use

inappropriate or unprofessional language? No. The counselor never used any unprofessional language during ...

Chapter 3

Study Questions Why do we want to look and be consistent in most situations? This is because consistency is considered a good personality trait. It is associated with intellectual and personal strength.

Why do we find even rigid, stubborn consistency desirable in many situations?

This is because it prevents people from having to think or reason on their own, which can be tiring. 3. Which four factors cause a commitment to affect a person's self-image and consequent future action?

These are if the commitment is effortful, public, active, and viewed as internally

motivated.

What makes written commitments so effective?

This because they seem more tangible and permanent. 5. What is the relationship between the compliance tactic of low-balling and the term

"growing its own legs"?

Once a compliance professional is able to get another ...

Dada: From Disgust to Spontaneity

“If all of a sudden your head begins to crackle with laughter, if you find all your ideas useless and ridiculous, know that it is Dada beginning to speak to you” (Hentea 161). We may define this passage to be rather symptomatic: it conveys a state of mind of people (mainly, related to art in a broad sense, and that means someone who reflects) before and during World War I. How could the massacre run up to such an extent? This acute feeling of absurd constituted the dadaist agenda. Switzerland was a neutral country at that time and many ...

Abstract

As we all know, humor is an important part of social interaction in our everyday lives. While we might often think of humor as being something practiced by professional comedians on television or in movies, the truth is that virtually every human being engages in humor to one degree or another on an almost daily basis. And this applies to the workplace as much is anyplace else in our lives. People use humor at work for any number of important reasons, such as relieving tension, encouraging improved performance, establishing a leadership position or simply to make others feel at ...

Abstract

Sages and physicians have for ages recognized the importance of laughter and humor in a person’s life and health. In as much as they lacked the necessary evidence to back up their beliefs and theories, they somehow knew that laughter benefitted human beings through various ways. There is a general feeling of relief that a person feels after experiencing laughter. The mere fact that a person experiences emotional joy and a sense of relief hint at the possibility of humor having a greater benefit to the human body. The enrichment and benefits that arise from a moment of ...

Giancarlo had a couple of hours in the country and he went to visit some of his relatives. His face shone with sweat, his eyes glowed with sadness and fatigue, his long hair covered his ears and his black beard continued to grow. He greeted all with affection, but he didn’t seem excited. Actually, he does not speak much whenever he arrives. As reality was checking in on him, anxiety of an uncertain future and imminent tragedy overtook his ideas and encouragement.

That first night, Giancarlo had to share a room with his carnival-giant-figure of a cousin. It is important ...

Question One: Six Universally Acclaimed Values

While the world is comprised of different people with various customs and practices, there are certain things that cut across all the people of the world irrespective of their political, cultural or religious affiliation. Put differently, such things are termed as being universal as they transcend boundaries, culture and nationality. This section of this article will highlight six values that are almost universal. They are values that have almost attained the status of a norm in most parts of the world. Any departure from these values will most likely be frowned upon by any person, irrespective of the part of ...

Communication Skills (Laughter is the best medicine)

Humor in general is infectious and perhaps this explains why a glance at a laughing person may make one to laugh without asking the reason for the person’s behavior. The jingle of boisterous laughter is far more catching than any sniffle, cough, or sneeze. Upon the sharing of laughter people are bound together, moreover, happiness and intimacy also are also enhanced. Besides the domino effect of amusement and joy, laughter also triggers healthy bodily changes. Laughter and Humor strengthen a person’s immune system, diminish pain, boost one’s energy, and protects from the detrimental effects of stress.

Shared laughter ...

Born during the height of discrimination and slavery, Paul Laurence Dunbar strived to be educated and was able to write poems, short stories and novels from the perspective of his race, the African-Americans. Their desire to be free from the term Africans which has a connotation of being a slave was vividly described in his writings. These writings became the inspiration of the personalities of the Civil rights movement like Maya Angelou. This is specifically to Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

In one of his poems entitled, Lyrics of Lowly Life, he articulated how his race were ...

Introduction

Complementary therapies work alongside other treatment method. They are alternative ways of providing emotional, physical and spiritual support; this improves the quality of life and reduces the side effects of medical treatment (Cancer Council, 1). They are sources of relief and comfort for patients undergoing palliative care.

- Meditation and relaxation Relaxation involves engaging in stress-relieving and enjoyable activities. It involves a series of muscle-loosening exercises. Through slow and deep breathing, a person releases muscle tension. Mediation, on the other hand, is a practice focusing on quietening of the mind and breathing techniques. It focuses on the sitting posture, breathing and ...

Courtship is a major element of many romantic movies. It is the exciting, fun and optimistic period of dating before a couple move on to a more serious commitment like marriage or other form of domestic partnership. It is a time when two people are deciding if they have a future together, and is more formal than casual dating, with an ultimate goal of marriage. (Jackson & Braboy) From a sociological perspective, courtship has been systematically studied since the 1940’s, with noticeable changes in the language, style, rituals and activities that constitute courtship (Sprecher & Regen). New theories about courtship norms developed in the 1980s. Sociologists ...

'Radioactive' is a half-hour mini-series that shows the life of a radio station. The main characters are in their mid-20's, so the targeted audience is not only teenagers but adults too. In each episode we see the background of one of the characters as well as the development of the main plot. The cast should be diversed so that anyone can relate to one character or another on different levels. The main plot is based on the humour-filled situations involving the producer of the station. Some of the characters live together, even though they can not stand each other. Some of ...

Abstract.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) are a subset of Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and they are used to automate the control and monitoring of processes and sets of processes. Such processes include industrial production lines, power grids, rail switching and other critical infrastructure. Traditionally, these systems were isolated and thus secure from cyber-attacks. However, modernization has led to increased complexity, interconnectivity, and digitization. In this regard, today's SCADA systems need to communicate and transfer data from one site to another via communication networks that are at times public e.g. The internet. This development has created security vulnerabilities for ...

Complete Name of the Professor

The Brain-Damaged and the Emergence of Truth The President’s Speech graces with a comical paradox of how truth exists among people with disabilities in speech and understanding. It describes the odd perceptions of aphasiacs and people suffering from agnosia on words and how they create an alternative framework through which they make sense of every word that they hear. It is the acceptance of human’s susceptibility to words that consider brain-damaged people seemingly nearer to truth than normal ones. In the case of the President’s Speech, it is the pure and uninfluenced reception of either physical ...

Anger is Heat

This is something that makes us angry or something that makes our blood boil. If there is something that makes a person angry, it burns him up and angry feeling, which slowly develops into something more powerful, can be described as a slow burn. A person who is angry is described as breathing fire, ablaze, hot under the collar, or frazzled. An angry person can also be described as boiling, heated, steaming ears, steaming mad, or steamed-up.

My hypothesis over this conceptual metaphor is confirmed based on my observations on people’s characteristics, as well.

Life is a Game Relating life to the game is something that tells us that our lives go through different obstacles just like how ...

Introduction of the Books

Men in the Sun Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972) was a Palestinian story writer and was deeply involved in politics, during the Arab-Israeli in 1948 war he and his family were expatriate to the part of Palestine.In 1952 during his education from Damascus, he was again deported to Kuwait because of his association with the Movement of Arab Nationalists.He was leading the Arab Nationalist movement and during his leadership he worked hard for the independence of Palestine. Due to getting exile for so many times he was confronted with many problems because of not certain proof of citizenship. On July 18, ...

Feste is one of Shakespeare’s most intricate and fully sketched comic characters, and perhaps for his sophistication he has been a special favorite of the literary critics. This paper discusses three important aspects of Feste’s character in order to gain literary insight. This study addresses whether Feste is a mere fool - a comic-butt and a parasite or hanger-on in the play with his only function being to elicit laughter by his words and actions, or one whose inclusion in the play signifies something more sublime and subtle (Grief 61). I Shakespeare, in his play Twelfth Night, has given ...

Humor provokes laughter. Most people from all backgrounds have a sense of humor since they can experience laughter. The extent to which one finds something to be humorous mainly depends on their culture, level of maturity, intelligence and educational background. There are other forms of humor that appeal to adults such as satire since they can only be humorous when the audience understands the context. Humor is, therefore, relative from one individual to another. People who do not seem to have self- interest seem to interest people, who see their actions as humorous. People easily relate to humor since ...

Introduction

This essay has the objective of providing an argument that contemporary pop culture is composed of aspects of carnivalesque, which can establish a gap for social and cultural opposition and misdemeanor. Nevertheless, it is important to make a note of how it is limited to modernity. This essay will outline the confines as well as the elements of carnival Middles Ages from Bakhtin’s cultural theory view and the main transformations in society since Renaissance. Authors such as Francois Rabelais and Mary Russo will be used to expound on the theories of carnivalesque, celebration of the lower body, ‘grotesque body’ and ...

Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name, Drugs, alcohol, mental illness, and death are not words people would readily associate with beloved Hollywood actor and comedian Robin Williams. The demise and death of a beloved Hollywood actor is always shocking. Underneath the laughter and movie roles however, Williams was facing private issues that could not be seen on the surface. Williams struggled to maintain his sobriety from drugs and alcohol and suffered privately with mental health issues. Williams ultimately lost his battle with mental illness and committed suicide in August 2014, where he was found hanging ...

Symphony

Their voices are like bells, ringing out through the air in a clarion call of frantic joy. The air is silken and warm around me, caressing me with gentle tendrils of wind, as soft as a child’s hands. The grass is smooth, velvet, the pure green of an emerald held up to the light, and it smells of fresh mornings, and new growing things. The children play, moving in free strides of careless abandon, their small hands wrapping around the monkey bars, the chains of the swings as they push themselves skyward. The sun is bright, and as warm as ...

It’s late in the evening, Michael a scholar, Jayden an old pastor and Jane (Michael’s younger sister) are seated in their hotel facing the beach front. The sun is painting the lobby below them golden. As the evening progresses an interesting conversation comes up. It goes on like this

Jayden: Michael, I understand you are interested in studying people and philosophy?

Michael: Of course, I enjoy especially people beliefs fascinate me. Like now imagine there people, who believe that now the sun has gone down one god is resting.

Jayden: they are entitled, you are not bringing back the monotheism and polytheism debate back?

Jane: you two will not do this here, right? Not without explaining what you mean with such medical terms. They ...

“The Ladies Man” is one of the most famous transgressive comedies produced by filmmaker Jerry Lewis in the year 1961. The movie proved to be a great success for Lewis in both technique and ambition. The Ladies Man is an episodic film, which involves script with a series of gags that include everything from crude comedy to a ballroom dance with George Raft. The greatest fame of the film rests not only in the script but in the inventive set, which occupied two soundstages in the Paramount studio . As a director, Lewis presents noteworthy patience as he exposes the magnificent construction to the ...

Lessons in Laughter: Autobiography of a Deaf Actor tells the story of Bernard Bragg, a deaf person who became a world-renowned performer and artist despite his disability. Growing up in New York City during the Great Depression to deaf, working-class parents, Bragg’s story is told through a series of stories and anecdotes about his life as a child, his experiences at the New York School of the Deaf, and more. After graduating from Gallaudet University, he started entering the world of theater, particularly as a result of working with Marcel Marceau, one of the most famous French mimes of all time. Working his way ...

One of the most popular talks delivered by Ken Robinson was entitled “How schools kill creativity” . The speaker was deemed to be effective in asserting that education should focus on developing both, cognitive or intellectual skills as well as creative skills. Robinson used rhetorical elements that persuaded the audience in seeing the veracity of his contentions. The speaker used emotional, logical, and ethical appeal to convince the audience that contemporary educational system kills creativity through focusing only on developing academic abilities. Robinson used emotional appeal through narrating humorous stories that enticed laughter and applause. In the almost 20 ...

Someone must turn the hourglass over!

For somehow the grains of sand gently slide through the tiny space.

Someone must watch the grains of sand.

And someone must see the gap that remains As the young sand drops and nothingness remains Until the glass is turned over once more; Till life and love begin once more. The old grains of sand, now newly replaced, Can rest in peace, dream and hope That someone is still turning the hourglass. -- Roberta Israeloff. Having walked the earth for roughly seventeen years, I have been able to create a rich palimpsest of experiences. Some recent, and conspicuous ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the comparison and contrast of two specific poems. The poems which will be presented in this essay are ‘Dreamers’ written by Siegfried Sassoon and ‘Before Action’ written by Lieutenant William Noel Hodgson. Both poems are considered to belong to the group of those poems which were written within the socio-historical context, which was created during and after the World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918). The aim of this essay is to present you with the analysis of the thematic core of each poem, the literary ...

Consumer psychology is a study that deals with the activities that are directly involved in consumer buying decisions, such as motivations, thoughts, attitudes, needs, motives, wants, desires, and emotions. Consumer psychology employs theoretical psychological approaches to understand, describe, predict, and influence consumers. Consumer psychologists draw upon psychological domains, such as social, cognitive, and developmental domains to explain consumer responses. Consumer psychology is used to help organizations improve business performance, educate and help consumers make better buying decisions, and influences public policy. It is mostly used by consumer and motivation researchers and advertisers. Yoon and Tinkham (2013) did research on the ...

Roald Dahl in his writings has been very categorical on how he perceives human nature all the way from the earlier centuries. He came up with distinct and unique analogies in regards to this issue. One of his most famous books is ‘Lamb to the slaughter’. (West 3) This is a story that demonstrates Dahl’s exceptional ability to look at aspects of human perversity, hostility and also aggression. His writing and how he brings out the story shows he is detached narrator and also some aspects of black. He also a comical narrator as depicted in his literary writings for ...

Laughter and mediation can be an effective care giving and self-care tool. The mind, the heart and the whole body all benefit from its regular exercise. Gelotology which is the physiological study of laughter depicts that laughing is more than just the movement and voice of a person. Seemingly, laughter requires coordination of various muscles in the body. When all these muscles coordinate, laughter increases heart rate, blood pressure and changes breathing. As a reaction to particular stimuli, laughter serves as an emotional balancing mechanism that enables people clarify their intentions while providing expressive context of conversation. Studies show that laughter ...

In Bakhtin and Adorno

In Bakhtin and Adorno Mikhail Bakhtin’s essay From Rabelais and His World discusses the role of laughter and comedy in past and present culture. “Laughter and its forms represent . . . the least scrutinized sphere of the people’s creation,” Bakhtin writes (2002, p.83). He discusses the development and practices of carnival-type festivities in Roman and medieval times. As opposed to official feasts in which rank and order were of great importance, or “a consecration of inequality” (2002, p. 88), carnival existed as “a suspension of all hierarchical precedence” (p. 87). The introduction to the test suggests that Bakhtin’s examination ...

The venue I have chosen for this assignment is a local Starbucks Coffee shop.

Peace and calmness at Starbucks Peace and calmness characterizes the entire establishment. There is absolutely no kind of disruptive noise. The laughter and chatter sounds of the store’s enthusiastic customers blend in with the blue’s background music that hovers around the shop’s atmosphere. The level of the music volume is moderated to be convenient for everybody. As I walk in, I feel a cold chilling wind blows in from the door closing behind me. I walk across the shop searching for a booth and I notice the exposed brick walls and the custom mural that creates a very ...

Racism has been embedded in the American culture for the longest time possible. People of color and those deemed not to show the white people facial features, have been marginalized in the society. Looking back at the history of America where the government enacted the Chinese Exclusion Act. This Act meant that the Chinese had to be put in reserves so as to keep them away from becoming US citizens (Fisher and Shane 2). This act of segregation illustrates how the white race have oppressed other races for over 200 years. This paper will look at how institutional racism ...

Stress is very much part of life and it seems that there is nothing much I can do about it. There are bills to settle, mounting assignments to finish, part-time jobs to complete, family responsibilities to attend to, and friends to hang out with. Although it seems like there is just simply too much things to do comes the realization that I am more in control of my life. Understanding this fact is the first step to stress management. Dealing with stress is all about taking control of my emotions, my thoughts, and the way I handle my problems. ...

- Do you think you are able to multi-task effectively? Justify why you think you can or cannot multi-task effectively. Provide at least two detailed examples to support your argument. Personally, I do not think I am able to multi-task effectively although I used to think that I did. What looks like an efficient way of doing things is actually proving to be ineffective for me. For instance, I would do my assignments while Facebook and Twitter are on and on the side, I would also chat with friends who are online on Facebook. I do this while ...

The experiment offers a description of the procedures for the overall studies in terms of the destructive obedience within the laboratory. On the other hand, this is fully consistent with the ordering of administration of the increasingly severe punishment to victims in line with a learning experiment. In this case, punishment is issued through shock generators having close to 30 graded switches that range from Slight Shock all the way to Danger (Severe Shock). The victims are confederate of E. in this case; the primary dependent variable includes the maximum shock the subject has willingness to administer prior refusing to continue ...

1.0 Introduction The study of human development remains widely varied and complex, thus giving rise to many debates, controversies and issues. As each developmental theory tries to explain a limited area of development, the end result is a wide range of competing theoretical views leading to a major controversial issue of continuity vs. discontinuity. At the core of the controversy is whether human development is solely and evenly continuous or it consists of age-specific stages. The proponents, for instance the environmental or behavioral theorists, of the continuous model believe that development is a linear increase in abilities and competences that is smooth ...

A URL is sometimes compared to a phone number in modern business, but in reality, a URL is much more important than a phone number for a business. A short, easy-to-remember URL can be an excellent tool for marketing for a business; however, a poorly-thought-out or too-long URL can be devastating for the Internet presence of a business. Although most businesspeople recognize the importance of the Internet and the importance of maintaining a good Internet presence in the business world today, some are still struggling with implementing good business practices in the virtual world. Choosing a good URL for a business’s website is nearly as important as choosing ...

James Mercer Langston Hughes, one of the most influenced writers, thinkers and poets of Harlem Renaissance was born on February, 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. It was that time of twentieth century when America was suffering from great political crisis because of the assassination of President William McKinley. Pathways to prosperity had opened its doors at the turn of twentieth century in America, but Hughes seriously felt that he and his other African-American fellows are excluded from these opportunities. They experienced extreme discrimination in education and employment. Hughes experienced a lonely and bad childhood which had a strong influence on his poetry. ...

If I should die, think only this of me:That there is some corner of a foreign fieldthat is forever England. There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed;A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,A body of England's, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.And think, this heart, all evil shed away,A pulse in the eternal mind, no lessGives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, learnt of friends; and ...

Poe’s theory major statement pertaining his work is considered to be “The Poetic Principle.” He first delivered it in the 1848 in Rhodes Island when he was giving a lecture on it. This presentation was reported to have drawn an audience of two thousand people. It later took two years for the lecture to be printed on paper and where he never saws the prints as he had died the year before. In his theory, he read and briefly summerized or rather discussed a few poems by other writers. It also included several statements where he restated the purpose of ...

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is one of the most famous short stories written in the last century. It is a classic piece of literature, with one of the quintessential elements of an excellent piece-- a truly shocking surprise ending. “The Lottery” explores a number of different thematic ideas, but does a particularly excellent job in presenting the themes of violence and inhumanity, especially as they are expressed against a backdrop of normality. Jackson utilizes a number of rhetorical devices to examine the humanity and inhumanity of the people in the village, and uses the microcosm of the village to represent the state of the ...

Single Topic

Although the atmosphere that reveals from the play is a relaxed one, allowing engaging discussions and enabling funny, romantic or dramatic scenes, shared between the three sisters (Olga, Irina and Masha) and their family or friends, the circularity of Chekov’s mes en scene and the discourse filled with French expressions generates the impression of sadness, of an unfulfilled dream, of giving up hope, while illustrating the Moravians of a changing society.

Solitude and Sorrow over a Lost Ideal

The play succeeds in expressing the solemnity of the solitude of the main characters (the three sisters and their brother) who have been living together for 11 years in a ...

Latasha Ross

American Public University Modern science has proven that there is a significant connection between body and mind. Mind and cognition are very important for our emotional functioning in everyday activities. Also, they represent the base for psychological health. However, when it comes to physical health, some scientists are not convinced that mind and thoughts can be responsible for development of ailments. This field has waked up curiosity in many researchers and became very popular during the last few decades. Psychological wellbeing is very dependent on cognitive style and emotional interpretation of reality. If someone has pessimistic cognitive style, ...

Laughter is the best medicine

Laughter is an aspect of human behavior that is controlled by the brain and assists humans in clarifying their social interaction motives. It also offers an emotional setting to conversations. It is used as an indicator of belonging to a group by showing acceptance as well as positive relationships with other people. Laughter is at times viewed as contagious whereby an individual’s laughter tends to stimulate other individuals as a sign of a positive reaction. Laughter, which is among the commonest expressional behavior of humorous experience, entails a characteristic respiratory-vocal pattern of behavior with characteristic psycho-physiological correlation (Ruch & Ekman, 2001). Cognitively, laughter ...

1) Morris Braverman was a 39-year old social worker with a very serious and repressed demeanor. He gave the impression of being “intelligent and concerned” but with “enormous over control” as he went through the experiment, shocking the ‘learner’ up to the maximum voltage (Milgram 53). As he kept pushing the buttons, he started laughing, very softly at first but increasing in intensity until his laughter became very loud and disruptive. He asked the ‘experimenter’ if he had to continue to follow these instructions and was told that he had no choice, the experiment must be completed, even while the victim ...