Essays on Ralph

Pathophysiology of Rheumatic Fever

Introduction Rheumatic Fever (RF) is the type of inflammatory disease that can develop due to untreated or inadequately treated throat infection (scarlet fever or strep throat) caused by a type of bacteria known as streptococcus (Carapetis, McDonald & Wilson, 2005). This paper is going to cover pathophysiology of the Rheumatic Fever. It will begin with the symptoms associated with RF. A description of mechanisms or processes that take place in a person infected with RF will be described. This will be followed by a discussion of the causes of RF. There is a section dedicated to the pathophysiology of RF ...

Philosophy

Golding, W. (1954). Lord of the Flies. New York, NY: Penguin. (Pp. 1-297)

Summary

William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies in 1957 about the English boys who were stranded in an island after their plane has crashed over the pacific. Ralph is the eldest among the surviving group of young boys who also assumed leadership in the group. On the other hand, Ralph’s leadership was found to be unpopular among the choir group particularly for its charismatic leader Jack Merridew. Ralph and his group maintain a laid-back perspective over their situation by having fun and at the ...

The purpose of this discussion is to look at the reasons why Invisible Man has been banned and is currently banned in certain places around the world. There are very important sociocultural contexts for the banning of books (Callahan 23-27). Ellison’s landmark work has been put on the list of TIME’s 100 best English language novels of the twentieth century multiple times, as well as making it onto numerous lists of books that “everyone should read before [they] die,” although its presence on these lists is not as impressive as its constant inclusion onto lists published by ...

Introduction

I would like to show in this discussion that Maxwell’s Demon does not violate the second law of thermodynamic but violates the first law (Angus, Armstrong, and Reuck).This can be shown by demonstrating that Maxwell’s Demon Process (MDP) can be turned to a step process which is a reversible cycle. According to the Maxwell’s Demon Process, An ideal gas is contained in a very tough or rigid walled container is divided into two halves using a rigid partition with a hole or a trap door on it. The vessel and the trap door should be ...

The book Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison provides a broad perspective over which a number of issues can be understood. The exposition of the story can be drawn from the point of view of the narrator who provides an in-depth analysis of major chronological events. The speaker aids the audience’s understanding of the psychological growth and moral well-being of his personal development. The nameless narrator tells his life story effectively making it easier to establish the appropriate cognitive progress of the individual. In general, the speaker transforms from a naïve African-American young man, growing up in a ...

The 19th century was a time of vast change for the entire world, from the birth of electronics to the publishing of On the Origin of Species to the rapid expansion of the world powers. It is, perhaps, no wonder that it is also at this time of great, and sometimes terrible, human feats that a movement began that defied human imperialism over other humans and over nature itself, thus was the birth of Transcendentalism. This was a movement started in on the east coast of the United States, primarily in Massachusetts, that sought to uplift the individual and ...

v. Ocean City SEACRETS, INCORPORATED; Leighton W. Moore, Jr.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Top Four (4) Facts: Fact1: Ocean City Seacrets had put the necessary precautions to guard against customers’ injuries, especially diving, which is relevant to the case in question; the defendant exercised the duty of care. Reason fact is important: First off, it is clear that Ocean City Seacrets hosted many customers or rather invitees, the Mahons included; therefore, it owed them the duty of care. The necessary measures were taken to prevent guests from diving since the water was not suitable for diving. A total of nine ‘NO DIVING’ signs ...

Certainly I heard about Henry Thoreau long ago, and for some time it was for me only the general popular understanding that he was long time ago the great hero of the American history and the founding father of some special kinds of American and world literature, nothing more. I did not put a lot of efforts towards reading his working or just asking about what he was all about. I remember when I was young; however, I used to go to the public libraries where I saw most of his works shelved. One of my real heroes was ...

Abstract

Media companies utilize the media to provide information for the benefit of users. They also provide platforms for communicating information and sharing ideas. Multinational corporations are able to accomplish this on an international scale to an international audience. Comcast is such a media company. This research paper analyses the use of electronic media and Email in Comcast Media Company. This Media Company has made use of a wiki to streamline its websites to be user-friendly both to users and employees. In fact, the wiki the assimilation of the wiki into their websites has proven efficient. They have also used ...

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Nature of the Organization

Michael Kors is an American brand created by Michael Kors, at the age of nineteen. The story begins with the development of a collection of clothes he sells to the famous boutique Lothar's in New York. He wins the recognition of the press specializing in fashion, which allows him to know and to introduce it in this very closed universe. Encouraged by this initial success, the young man decided to start own label in 1981. That same year, the brand releases its first collection of women's sports clothing, a collection not quite sport, but rather chic ...

The makers of the documentary were not against the establishment of a city. They were against the destruction that was brought about by the unplanned city structures, the overpopulation and the pollution that made the city unsightly and unsafe to live in. They implied that there must be some way to live in the city without having to suffer the congestion and the pollution that generally comes with it. The documentary makers showed a comparison of the picturesque view of New England (02:35) and that of the industrialized but polluted city (07:45). The makers presented the comparison in order ...

Question One

In Invisible Man, it is only when the narrator realizes and embraces his invisibility that he turns alive in his own eyes. Then he sees "the darkness of lightness" (6), sense "the Blackness of Blackness" (9), feel the exhilaration of the blues and experiences the visibility of invisibility. Through recognizing the blackness in blackness, the invisible man evokes and invokes the aesthetic of the blues. By remembering the death of Lighting Hopkins, Mackey appropriately signifies on the foundation of the blues. Ellison's narrative also articulates linguistic musicality, as his narrator signs of the invisibility. In the 60 years span ...

The influx of new cultures during the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution in the middle phase of the 18th century brought radical changes that challenged the rigid social hierarchy, philosophy, and the views of one’s self against the world. According to Macionis et al., one of the most notable impacts created by the Industrial Revolution was the invention of the steam engine. In 1765, the British inventor James Watt pioneered the technology through the use of coal power which resulted to more production compared to the manual labor. Factories spurred and gave way to large scale human employment ...

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Critically Explore Baudrillard's Concept Of ‘The Finest Consumer Object' Concerning Relevant Media And Cultural Examples.

Introduction Jean Baudrillard is the French culturalist theorist who has majorly contributed in the fields of sociology and philosophy. According to Baudrillard, modern consumption concept has been seen in the most of the parts of western societies. Consumption is said to be a global response that justifies world's cultural system. As per Baudrillard's assumption, the word consumption has replaced the concept of satisfaction with product differentiation. Today, consumer market is more actuated to buy those products which have brought uniqueness and differentiation to them. ...

The modern life of ours is largely dependent on what our ancestors did and did not do. The history, which is in the best words the recording of the flow of events, has a considerable impact on the way the society evolved. In fact, society itself is the product of historical dramatic changes. In these terms, since the dawn of our civilization, human beings had got used to documenting all the key episodes of their lives. However, some of the historical archives may consist of fake material, wrong opinions, and fabricated facts. Such a way of disguising the truth ...

Business Strategy Analysis

One characteristic attribute of the fashion industry is its predisposition to change; therefore, an innovative product may become irrelevant and lose market share within a short period. Consequently, this element necessitates for continuous product development coupled with market research to maintain a competitive advantage. In some industries, having a R&D department is a competitive edge, but in the fashion sector, it is a survival tool. These rapid changes in the industry are not limited to products only, as marketing tactics and other business strategies need to be constantly reviewed. The emphasis on customer engagement is increasing in this sector ...

Executive Summary

In this consultancy report, the whole work has been discussed in parts starting with the introduction that explains the topic statement about the video games industry. The report also covers the history and the development of the video games industry with a case example of a British company HMV Retail Ltd. Through carrying out of a PESTLE analysis, the report focuses on the external factors surrounding the video games companies. Also, the report has put forth some of the major areas that any business in this industry should focus on to experience growth and formulate change strategies. The report ...

St. John Crevecoeur was a writer of the French ascent, who came to America, and his experiences in the continent made him to develop an ideology of what a perfect society should be composed of, during times of war and times of peace (St, John 52). According to St. John Crevecoeur, a true American should be in a position to welcome new cultures, integrate the new cultures, in a way to enhance future prosperity (St, John 49). The two images named ‘preparing for market’ are used to illustrate families are going out to sell their produce, and the diversity ...

Introduction

While talking about American Revolution, Montgomery bus boycott is a major revolution that cannot go unmentioned. Montgomery bus boycott was a civil rights movement inclined to a seminal event. The boycott was to push the government of the United States of America to treat people equally, regardless of their race and color of their skin. The primary activities of the campaign took place between December 5, 1955, and December 20, 1956. It was during this time that the black Americans fought segregation policy, and finally, the High Court abolished the law.However, there are previous activities that substantially contributed to ...

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Introduction The philosophy of transcendentalism is based on the belief that there exists a higher form of knowledge or reality that could not be fathomed by human reason, which humans can achieve. As defined by scholars, transcendentalism is the idea that people “have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that ‘transcends’ or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch or feel”. Transcendentalism is not a new concept. Historically, the idea of transcendentalism can be traced to the works of the Greek philosopher, Plato and the doctrines of major religions such as the ancient ...

Psychological development theories divide the development of a child to an adult into stages which carry distinctive characteristics. These theories study all areas of growth in a child till adulthood from the social and biological part to the emotion and cognitive processes (Ezhovkina & Ryabova, 2015). Arguably, it is evident that the story of The Lord of the Flies has many psychological, developmental theories that are applicable in real world context. Notably, the theme of bullying and its causes also comes to play. This paper seeks to discuss Ralph character traits about these psychological development theories. For a fact, the ...

Prejudice and discrimination

Summary of the movie A very rich and powerful man known as Philip Colbert who comes from Chicago and who had plans to construct a factory in a rural southern town called Sparta in Mississippi was found murdered. The regional police boss Chief Bill is under pressurre to investigate the murder of Philip quickly. A well-dressed African-American northerner named Virgil Tibbs, who was waiting for a train in a deserted station, is picked up by a police officer who is a racist. Virgil is found with a lot of money in his pocket. After being arrested, he is brought ...

This was a fantastic week full of excitement. As I sat down looking through the windows, the soft voice of the professor calmed down my curiosity. Looking through the peers' eyes, creativity was the voice that culminated the dull hall with exciting moments. Information planning is the most important aspect of information technologies in the company, as the professor put it. I remember the sweet memories of the week, we looked through the basic principles of the information system. It is the activity that involves the analysis of the customers, enterprises and the competitors situations to develop a strategy ...

Rock music in the 1950s has been flourishing among the Blacks as a form of protest. Through time, it has been gaining popularity not only among the Blacks but across races and across nations. The hardcore fans of folk and country music despised this emerging genre of music. Some radio stations even disagreed to play rock music despite the reality that a lot of people are following this kind of music. Some personalities even declared rock music having messages that are immoral like sex and drugs. However, rock musicians struggled to be accepted with the help of other folk ...

In an effort to create more perfect societies, people have historically relied on conformity and rebellion as tools of human progress. Humans have for centuries been pre-occupied with questions on how to create the best society. The ultimate goal is utopia, a world that grants everybody freedom and happiness. Heroes are often called and expected to emerge when people slide towards a dark path. The reality of the trade offs involved in the creation of better societies are well presented in Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”. ...

Abstract

When Invisible Man, the seminal novel by Ralph Ellison was published in 1953, it quickly established a reputation as one of the most important literary depictions of the struggles of African-Americans in the history of fiction. The central character, the titular ‘invisible man,’ struggles with a metaphorical invisibility that was endemic to the 20th-century attitudes of white hegemony toward African-Americans, and encapsulated the black experience as one of marginalization and oppression. These elements contribute greatly to manifesting a vision of black American life that expressly prevents blacks from achieving the same level of respectability and acceptance as whites, regardless ...

Introduction to the Organization:

L'Oreal is the brand that stands as the second leading beauty and personal care manufacturer in the world, the first place being taken by Procter & Gamble. L'Oreal’s market ranking rises to number one globally, except shaving brands. Additionally, L'Oreal is the world leader for investment in research-and-development in the beauty industry, with 721 million Euros (Bt 27.4 Billions).

Development of Product Line:

The new development line that has been proposed is the body odor business, where it involves the preparation of perfumes and deodorants. The product range may vary from having sophisticated high-end products to middle and low-level individuals.

Stages of Product Line Development:

The product line ...

The Lord of the Flies is a 1963 film that tells the story of young boys from a military academy that is involved in a plane crash and end up in a remote jungle that is uninhabited. In the film, there is a conflict in its social order and its functioning seen through the lifestyles the boys choose to lead. On one end, there is the choice of following rules and on the other not following them.

Also seen in the film is the conflict between savagery and civilization.As they are faced with challenges in the jungle, savagery takes over and the traces of ...

Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway, is considered by most to be a baffling read. This is partly because the novelist, Woolf, experiments with the technique of connecting the character's internal and external dialogues in the text. This is quite obvious in the author's characterization of Mrs. Dalloway or Clarissa, the protagonist of the novel, and Septimus. Many critics contend that both of these characters are a doubles. This idea, of course, comes from the “Introduction to the Random House edition of her novel” which states that, “‘Septimus, who later is intended to be her [that ...

The documentary, The City (1939), examines the various phases which were involved in the development of the city. The poverty and grime of city life had its roots in the pastoral New England where the workers started living. It has been shown how the labor of the industrial city gives rise to the metropolis. The way of escaping from the jammed streets of the metropolitan city, the countryside sees the emergence of highways which deface the landscape and thus mar the beauty of nature and the habitat of the surroundings. The film chooses to “promote the founding of ...

Analyst’s Role

Essential Question 1:

How important is it to pursue our passions?

The Sound of the Shell. "You're no good on a job like this.” Chapter 1, page 22, when Ralph decides that there is a need to risk and explore the island with himself, Jack and Simon then Piggy protests but Ralph disagree that Piggy is weak enough to go with the group. This is Ralph’s impression on Piggy’s personality. Contrary on Ralph’s impression towards Piggy, Piggy is intelligent among the group. He is overweight, that leads the group to call him Piggy.He wears coke-bottle glasses, ...

Question 1.

The strict father model and the nurturant parent models are two paradigms suggested by the political thinker George Lakoff. If one views the government as the parent of the family-nation, then the strict father model is a metaphor for conservative politics.

There are several tenets that undergird the strict father model. One is that children gain knowledge through a system of rewards and punishments, also known as operant conditioning. Another is that strict parents yield children who are more self-disciplined and more self-reliant. The third is that the father’s job is to deliver rewards for “good” behavior and negative ...

Decision making is a goal-directed and powerful tool that uses a systematic process in the aim of choosing between different options. In the practice of healthcare, it is vital to have effective decision making method for effective treatment and delivery of quality choices to all the parties involved. My method of decision making is one that entails effective and useful choices. I use the consensus method to make my decision in healthcare. In any given practice, there are numerous participants and employees. When one tables a decision, it is vital to discuss with the rest of the parties involved whether there are ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay entitled “Self-Reliance” is one that praises the notions of non-conformity, stating that only the brave ones have the power to say no to the hypnotic influence of the masses. When a man believes in himself, knows what he must do and gives his voice enough potency to be heard, he has the power to live a rich and fulfilling life, simultaneously revealing spiritual and philosophical essence of life itself.

As one of the major philosophers of the movement referred to as Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson delves deep into the notion of the human self, the ...

Ralph Ellison's premise in his novel Invisible Man, first published in the early 1950's about a young black man's feelings of being invisible in New York based on his skin color, is that white dominated society renders blacks (and by association, other people of non-white skin colors) "invisible". Do you feel this is as true now as in the 1950's? Why or why not? 

I feel that this is not as true now to some extent as it was in the 1950’s particularly, because the accounts offered by Ellison in his Novel, ‘Invisible ...

Passion is a strong and powerful emotion that drives us to further achievements and gives us a sense in life. Life without passion would probably be just a meaningless existence. Emotions have always been a subject of discussions by different philosophers. Such thinkers as Plato, Descartes and Spinoza analyzed passion in different ways and provided their concepts of passion. Passion has been categorized in six categories. These are hatred, wonder, hatred, sadness, and love (Descartes on the Emotions). When I read a book, I dive into a new, unknown, and undiscovered world. A book makes me worry about the character as if it is my ...

Sociological Paradigms – analysis of the movie ‘Lord of the Flies’

The movie ‘Lord of The Flies’ is based on the novel by William Golding set in the background of evacuation of a group of boys from England because of War. Anyone who has seen the movie can easily recall the plot – desperation and no supervision leading to savagery among a group of deserted boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes. In the end, the boys are rescued by a British Ship Captain but not before the failure of social teachings lead to the murder of Simon and Piggy. Even though the movie might seem to project the normal regimen ...

Jane Doe

n/a n/a William Goulding’s novel, Lord of the Flies has not only been a classic piece of literature that is studied and admired throughout both the literary and academic world. The fascinating story of a group of young boys stranded on an island after their plane crashes was also produced into a film in 1963 by director Peter Brook, and then remade in 1990 by director Harry Hook. After observing the 1990 version of the film I was able to capture numerous core concepts and theories of sociology that were applicable to the events unfolding among the characters of ...

Self-reliance

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something, which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” (Emerson) (Nina et al, 1094) In this quote, Emerson urges people to remain themselves at all times. He insists on people obeying their natural instincts, trusting in their intrinsic abilities and doing the things that they can do best. He believes that by so doing everyone will be able to rely in him/herself. ...

Richard Wright

Introduction: Richard Wright wrote Black Boy in 1944 and published it 1945. Although it follows Native Son in the publishing history, Black Boy is about his life as a child and a young man. At that time, he was still living in the United States. He had been active in the Communist Party but withdrew in 1942. It is clearly autobiographical and used his family names as the character names. It reflects its era by bringing to light how people suffered in the racially intolerant American society of the times. It is important because it clearly shows how these laws ...

Analysis of Company Audit-Risk Using Financial Analysis Tools

Audit risk occurs when an auditor makes an unqualified report of the company’s state of affairs. This results when he or she omits information that is significant in the procedure. An individual could make an error or fraud, thus causing the misstatement (DiGabriele, 2010). These threats are categorized into inherent, detection and control risks. Financial analysis is the process of collecting, selecting, evaluating, and interpreting financial information of a company. This is significant in making investment and financial conclusions (Lanier & Saini, 2008). The analyzed data are used for internal activities of the organization such as appraising employee performance. ...

Introduction

African American literature was born at the end of the 18th century, during the period when the African American people were still going through slavery. Slaves were seen to be less than human and not able to study sciences or arts. White Philosophers during this time viewed slaves as inferior including those that wrote The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Nellie McKay and Henry Louis Gates Jr.) as well as Immanuel Kant and David Hume. The philosophers noted that the African American people, nicknamed as ‘Negroes’ by then were inferior to the white people, and they did not ...

Throughout history, philosophers have often clashed heads in regards to the definition and understanding of the human self. Many have formulated a myriad of theories that attempt to decipher the true meaning and motivations of the human self. Two of the moist prolific philosophers of the exploration of this aspect were Immanuel Kant and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was an American philosopher born and raised in Massachusetts. On the other hand, Kant lived in an earlier era and was German by birth. It was Kant’s original transcendental deductions that later acted as an influence to the New England Transcendentalism ...

The relationship between art and reality is complex. Sir William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel that explores many complex themes about human nature and society. The novel’s allegorical style allows for many interpretations with respect to the construction of a new civilization. Its plot allows for a treatise on what would hypothetically occur if teenagers were left to their own devices, without parents or pre-ordained law enforcement to serve as precedent. Through the analysis of the symbols that the story presents, different conclusions can be reached, including opposing ones. Conservatism is presented as being an ideal that ...

Discovering Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader)

Gender inequality has been a major problem affecting the entire international community. In many societies, including USA, the women are not given equal treatment and opportunities in comparison to their male counterparts. They are usually downtrodden and looked down upon. However, no one is justified to do this. It is only based on certain outdated superstitious beliefs that should not be condoned in the contemporary society any more (Spade, J., 2006). This paper gives a critical and in-depth synthesis of Anna Tomasino’s Discovering Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader). It does this by focusing on chapter two of this book ...

Donald Trump, the father of men and gods, had an incomparable power and influence both beneath the sea and on the surface of the earth. His power made him invincible by any being, alive, dead, buried and unburied. For centuries, the father of men and gods ruled over land and sea and could obtain whatever it is he desired until he met Madonna, the goddess of beauty, compassion, procreation and sweetness. To Donald Trump, Madonna was like the purest diamond of Congo forest and glittered like the purest gold of Thailand. Disappointingly, Madonna did not want anything to do ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gianlorenzo Bernini are among the best known artist who curved the statue of David. Michelangelo’s Statue of David is thought to come its completion at around 1504 (Lieberman, Ralph, 11). This is the most acknowledge works of the high Renaissance Period. On the other hand Benini’s David is thought to come to its completion at around 1623-1624. This is one of the sculpture that was fourth to be commissioned as life sized statue by Cardinal Borghese. It is therefore worth examining the two statues of David brought by the two artists to find out ...

In the landmark novel The Lord of the Flies, author William Golding creates an almost mythic isolated island upon which he plane wrecks his main characters. These characters-- all English schoolboys-- have no adult supervision, and are left to their own devices on the island. At first, things are as one would expect them to be: the children play on the beach and explore the island. However, as survival instincts begin to affect the boys, the dynamic of the island changes. Suddenly, there is a divide between the children, throwing them headlong into a conflict between those who would let their ...

Every person needs passion in their life. It is a driving force that gives life a sense and makes it meaningful. People may have many interests and that means that their intellect is being stimulated by more than one area in life. Voltaire said that a person can change everything, except their passions. What I am passionate about is art, especially film art. In my opinion art and culture are very connected. I like to watch films an make some short films. That is a very personal process and it makes a person grow. The soul makes a selection of what we should consider ...

Classical music, according to Giraldez (31) affects the ability and the brain’s organization through rhythm and melody. Giraldez (31) further notes that the levels of serotonin that are produced by the brain are raised by rhythms. In explanation, he defines serotonin as a neurotransmitter that transmits nerve impulses that aid in maintaining jolly feelings. Giraldez (31) adds that when the brain produces serotonin, so is tension eased. In keeping with, Giraldez (31) depression results from scarce production of serotonin hormone and it are only released when the brain is positively shocked. An example is when one looks at a splendid ...

German Revolution 1918-1919

Abstract The paper seeks to discuss the famous German revolution of 1918 to 1919 that led to the adoption of the system of republicanism by the German government (Haswell, Ralph, 12). There were different schools of thought accrued to the ideas that shaped the aspect of the revolution. Some of the thoughts were documented in a sourcebook that discussed the revolution and subsequent birth of a German republican government. The paper will look at the different schools of thought from the Spartacus manifesto, Heinrich Mann, and Rosa Luxemburg. They had a consensus on the purpose of the revolution, which was centered ...

Schindler’s List is supposed to be one of the most outstanding movies of the 1990s. It won many awards and listed in the best 100 movies of all time. The movie is about a corrupt German businessman who saved about 1000 Jews during the holocaust. The movie is about the heartlessness of the holocaust and how people could make a difference even if they wanted to. As art, the film succeeds in achieving the artist’s or director’s intentions: that of evoking the feelings of the Jews saved by Schindler in a convincing, news-like form. The film accomplishes this in ...

Introduction

Background Established in 1941 as a small family-owned business, Coach morphed into a fashion brand over time, providing superior quality fashion goods of modern and classic style. It started operating its own exclusive retail stores in 1980 (Coach Inc., 2014). The Coach brand was sold to Sarah Lee in 1985, and since then, the company has undergone a rapid expansion. The product portfolio of Coach included luggage, briefcases and other fashion accessories, apart from its original men’s and women’s leather bags. Until 2000, Coach mainly operated its stores in the USA before starting to expand into international markets like ...

Until the recent extensive campaigns advocating exclusive breastfeeding for six months, many people, I included, had not known the value of breastfeeding. People viewed breastfeeding as optional, demanding on a mother and mainly a preserve for the less fortunate families who could not afford substitutes. Some women also hold the opinion that breastfeeding affects their image by interfering with the structure of their busts, and also the exposure of the breasts in public is frowned upon by new mothers. Following the lessons from this course, I have learned that there is no proper substitute for breast-milk (Brooks, 2014). The nutrients ...

Elements or events in a story that represents larger themes function as symbols. Symbols function as images that can stimulate the imagination of the reader in associating the image with numerous elements from lived political, social and personal reality. Study of symbols at once brings out larger significance and more immediacy to the story. Looking from this point of view, everything in Ralph Ellison’s story Royal Battle, which later became the first chapter of the novel Invisible Man, is symbolic. The story evokes some deep feelings of pity and sympathy for the protagonist. But pity and sympathy are perhaps ...

Description

Romantic comedies are a specific film genre that includes productions made in America and elsewhere. They have been a staple in the film industry at least since the introduction of sound, and possibly before. They are consistently popular, usually feature well-liked actors and actresses, and are generally considered formula projects, not art. The topic of romantic comedies is usually characters who have not yet fallen in love and married, who fall in love during the course of the film. These films use humor to make the circumstance of being lonely less painful for the lonesome characters while they journey on their ...

Literature as a Way to Express Immigration and Ethnicity

When exploring the varying attributes of immigration and its connection to ethnicity and national identity, one of the best ways to examine these issues is through literature. While literature does not provide the objectivity of facts and figures, narrative fiction in literature provides endless avenues for subjective, thematic discussion about the broader emotional and human issues surrounding topics like immigration. A number of fantastic works tackling themes of immigration help to reach the core of the issues that immigrants must face in their new country, particularly as they relate to generation gaps and cultural acclimation. Social sciences and ...

The near future tends to hint at the fact that information systems will have to be heterogeneous, open and distributed. The concept of distributed computing has become the norm in almost all organizations ranging from small companies to multinational conglomerates. Numerous individuals have been employed in this sector. The idea to move away from centralized computing resulted from the availability of reliable data communication networks. The desire by various organizations to make efficient and cost effective use of computing resources can also be attributed to the rise of distribution in information systems (Arregoces and Maurizio112). Distributed computing enables organizations ...

. Published in 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Experience” explores the plethora of unanswered questions and ample confusion that occurs when man attempts to walk through nature and understand it. “Experience” is directly related to human subjectivity and how people see the world, citing experience as the fundamental facet by which human experience and life itself is measured. Emerson’s primary argument in “Experience” is that we form and shape our own realities through the subjective nature of experience, even when we do not realize it; by embracing the moment, and becoming self-reliant, we can life the most ideal version ...

Anthropology is the science that circles around the study of humans, from their past and present practices steering from their social way of life and consideration on the biological proofs that can be obtained. According to Golding (1954), it is evident that the young boys who came out from the forest had their own leader named Jack. The young boys then met the other two characters, Ralph and Piggy, who had to choose another chief, whereby, Ralph emerges to be their favorite. The mentioned concept means that they made a chain of command by electing a leader just like in a state ...