Afternoon Research Papers Samples For Students

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Writing style – an analysis

Ernest Hemingway's distinctive style caught the attention of critics since he began first writing in the 1920’s. He was often subjected to lavish praise as well as criticism but his was the voice that was not ignored.

The first thing that attracts the eye of the reader is his simple, straight forward style. His prose was modest and without the flowery adjectives to adorn his pieces to the extent possible. Ernest Hemingway’s training as a journalist might be an influence where clarity and succinctness is a virtue that shaped his ideas on writing. But what ...

A Critical Analysis

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” (1965) is one of his best known stories, and it continues to attract critical attention and to attract new readers. Written during the Civil Rights Campaign of the 1960s, Baldwin eschews his habitual preoccupations with homosexuality and inter-racial relationships to write a moving story of two brothers. Clark 934) argues that the story “meticulously interrogates and dismantles the superficial, socially imposed aspects of men’s relationships precisely because the story is so uniquely asexual.” – unique in Baldwin’s work, he means. Famously, Baldwin uses the music of the blues and jazz as a metaphor for ...

Business Executive Summary

The aim of this document is to outline the organization’s plan to introduce a profitable product and or service to the market. The document covers the product development processes, the actual product, marketing processes, and lastly the distribution process. The business being proposed is bistro. This means that it would offer both a line of products and services. Bistro food would be the main product. Services offered would be similar to a typical fine dining restaurant.
One of the major variables that the members of the planning team considered is the location of the store and the theme ...

There are a number of values clarification exercises that help people discover things about themselves—their life, their values, and their work. One of these is the quality of life self-care wheel that gives a clear view of a person’s personal and professional life. The wheel of life is an orienting tool or a compass that is composed of the four basic elements positioned on the north-south, east-west axes. The four elements are values, relationships, work, and self-care, which are said to be “the primary components to a rich, full life” (Crowell, 2016, p.181). The four primary components ...

Abstract

This paper researches the issue of religious discrimination in the workplace – an increasing phenomenon reflecting the increasing diversity of the workforce. The key issues involved are discussed and researched by means of a literature review, taking particular note of the situations as affecting the smaller business organizations. Pertinent legislation and case examples are discussed, and the ways that employers might head off potential strife within their workforce arising due to religious differences. Those ways include making proactive efforts to accommodate the religious needs of individual workers, while at the same time explaining to their employees that the primary objectives must ...

Education, everyone's innate right, is an essential cornerstone for human development and culture. "The whole world's a classroom," says Jon Spayde (Spayde 65), it means that people perceive as well as receive education and knowledge in whatever we do and wherever we are in this world. Considering the highly technologic nature of the current era and its changes, everything has become lofty and faster and meanwhile people begin to adapt to changes in education to be efficient. Therefore, I want discuss new age education which is filled with technology and digital information.
Our education has radically changed from its ...

Introduction

Parents who work often think about what activities they can allow their children to participate in, especially if the activity will occur after school hours. Most of them are looking for programs that can help their children academically, while some parents prefer that their children join these activities to keep them off the streets while they, the parents, are away. Many students from disadvantaged families or environments do not have the opportunities of experiencing activities that would help stimulate their emotional and intellectual development. As a result, these children end up either lacking in knowledge or becoming street-smart kids who ...

Introduction

The United States of America will never be the same again since September 2001, exactly fourteen minutes to nine in the morning. On this day, four coordinated terrorist attacks planned by famous Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda hit America in New York City and Washington, Metropolitan area. These attacks left more than two thousand people dead, and caused damage to property worth more than ten billion US dollars. Four commercial airlines, two from United Airlines and two from American Airlines, were hijacked by the terrorists who intended to crash them on prominent United States buildings. Sadly, these terrorists succeeded in ...

Abstract

Gender stereotypes in children is a common phenomenon that is instigated by the environmental conditions, especially social institutions such as schools, family, and religious institutions. The family is the basic socialization agent. However, all these social institutions categorize children into gender-based categories. Nevertheless, despite the widespread use of such initiatives to categorize individuals on gender basis, there has been little research to establish the causes of gender stereotypes in children.
This research study hypothesized that, based on the cognitive development and environmental learning theory, environmental and cognitive factors interact to determine the gender stereotype and gender roles in children. ...

"Robert Hayden"

The poem Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden tells about a hardworking foster father who does not get any appreciation from anyone. Robert Hayden was brought up in a poor family and he admired a foster father next door. Robert Hayden attended University of Michigan with H. Auden where he got much influence from Auden to continue writing. Robert also appreciated the work of other poets and his became his role models. Since Robert was black, most of his writings concentrated on race and he had lots of concern with racial expression.
This particular poem was about a father who would wake ...

At the end of January each year many in Vietnam, the USA and other parts of the world, think of 1968 when the Tet Offensive was launched by the North Vietnamese against South Vietnam. Although the North had agreed to a truce they did not honor it. Instead they initiated a surprise attack comprised of approximately 70,000 Communist fighters into Saigon and about ninety nine other South Vietnamese cities. The attacks took place in cities on the coast and inland causing a shift from rural fighting to urban fighting. The consequences were staggering and the cruelty to innocent people caught in ...

Juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment

Introduction
Juvenile delinquency is a topic mainly interested in underage crimes. It is often associated with crimes committed by people or offenders under a certain age set by legal terms making the offender to be termed a minor or juvenile. In most societies, it is believed that teen crime which is juvenile delinquency is a normative behavior due to the changes occurring in the person though critically examining the issue, it is not very true (Abbot, 2005).
In the contemporary society, juvenile crime has risen to alarming levels making the justice systems around the world to critically analyze the situation and ...

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” was the author’s first published works. At the time, it was considered unusual as modernism was new. Though the piece seems to centre around the theme of love, the nature of its speaker, and perhaps of modernism itself, leads the reader to an end where the love is never fulfilled. Eliot uses a variety of poetic devices such as symbolism, metaphor and imagery. Furthermore, he uses a concoction of poetic forms within what is, essentially, a dramatic monologue.
"The Love Song of J. ...

Identifying Nutritional Goals and Guidance for Healthful Menu Planning

The pivotal role of nutrition, health & safety in determining the “wellness” of children, calls for proactively planning a wholesomely balanced menu that can be offered to them daily, both at home and at school. This requires prior understanding of their special nutritional needs that are mostly age-specific, but also get impacted by factors like activity levels, genetic imprinting, existing ailments etc. However, in the process, the main goal of promoting wellness amongst them should remain undeterred throughout, and in fact, continue to drive such active healthful menu planning efforts. The entire exercise needs to be handled dexterously, making the eating ...