Essays on Appearances

Introduction

Sleeping Beauty is a 2011 written and directed by Julia Leigh. It is the story of a female college student named Lucy that works various part-time jobs. She was approached to a job that involves serving upper-class gentleman in sexy lingerie, eventually settling for a new role wherein she is sedated and taken advantage of by elderly men on the grounds that there will be no sexual penetration involved. The film climaxes in the protagonist waking up from her sleep finding an old man dead of an overdose beside her. Throughout the course of the film, the issue of ...

Supply chains and the logistics associated with the same are something that all companies have to deal with at some level. This is true, of course, of manufacturing and product-based businesses. However, it is also true when it comes to businesses that supply services. Even if there is a marked difference between the two business types when it comes to supply chains, it is important to note that both supply chain frameworks and types must be taken seriously. The important aspects that exist within both frameworks would include the overall design of the applicable supply chain, how decisions are ...

Francesco Bassano’s "The Adoration of the Magi" presents a 16th century depiction of the birth of Jesus and the presentation of gifts to him by the wise men that is accounted in the Bible. The elegant dress of these individuals is made even more exotic by the the way that their bright colors are contrasted with the otherwise dim and dreary atmosphere. The magi, baby Jesus, and Mary are all the primary focus of the picture and demonstrate the homage that the wise men paid to the young savior. Oil on canvas was used in order to depict ...

Western society (and to a lesser extent near-Eastern society as well) has felt the impact of the Classical world for thousands of years. The philosophy and political processes have all made their mark in one way or another, but it is the impact which Classical mythology has had on the world at large which is most well-known (or is at least more visible). From the use of classical imagery in famous paintings and sculptures, to the slightly less salubrious twisting of Greek fertility Gods into representations of Evil, classical mythology and imagery has saturated our culture from almost the ...

Social media has become an important aspect of the current world with the most popular site being Facebook. I have a Facebook account with 1123 and 276 followers. The number of known friends and those that I know is almost equally as I sometimes accept friend requests from strangers, not to mention that I also request for friendships with people I hardly know online. The purpose of this essay is to compare my appearance online with my real personality. I am an extrovert who uses social media to keep in touch with my social ties and not because am ...

Jubilee, written by Margret Walker, is a semi-fictional novel, based on real historical events and stories of her grandmother, which were passed down through oral tradition. The novel tell the story of Vyry Brown, a mallato slave, from the time she is introduced to slavery, as a toddler, until near the end of her life, after the reconstruction. The book, staged on the precipice of the civil war, and reporting a time of significant change in America, portrays the significant connection between Slavery, Race, and Citizenship in early America. It could certainly be argued that Jubilee is first and ...

Purpose: To Persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that school children do not need to wear uniform Thesis Statement: I want to persuade my audience to abolish school uniforms among school going children because 1) it limits the ability of school children to express themselves in color 2) removing the requirement to wear uniforms enhances children’s esteem and 3) the benefits associated with abolishment of school uniforms are many.

Questions

What are the limitations of having school uniform requirements for kids? Does school uniform play any part in the learning process? What are some of the problems associated with having a ...

Business Negotiation Skills Improvement Conference

Business Negotiation Skills Improvement Conference

Negotiation is a method by which people settle differences. The purpose of negotiation is bringing people to compromise or reaching agreements, and avoiding argument and dispute. It is a professional communication and could be improved by skills.

Purpose of conference (Workshop)

Our team conducting this conference is by the purpose of helping businesses to improve their negotiation skills during negotiation meetings, and allowing businesses to have a win-win situation. Lack of preparation usually lead businesses to have lower benefit than they deserve to have or they expected. Besides preparations, negotiation tactics during the meeting also has sizable effects ...

‘Richard Cory’ by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a simple poem about Cory which conveys the idea that money cannot buy happiness. It also throws light on misleading outward appearances of people which can easily make us draw wrong conclusions about situations. The poem relates the story of Richard Cory, who was a very wealthy man. He lived the life of a king: rich, elegant, and graceful. Whenever Cory passed by pavement dwellers, he appeared to be godly to those poor people who had seen nothing more than misery in their lives. They could not even earn their daily bread ...

The Dutch East Indies, today known as Indonesia, has through the history seen different colonizers that governed the country in different periods of time. There were and still are different perceptions of the different colonizing countries among Indonesians. The Netherlands and Japan are one of the most important countries that impacted the country’s nation building. The paper will answer the research question in what ways were the Japanese different than the Dutch regarding nation-building in the Dutch East Indies. There were some similarities and a lot of differences in governance. The historical context played a vital role in ...

Kim Kardashian in Public Eye

Celebrity has become a staple in households. The big growth in social media platforms, reality shows and mobile applications – all has made celebrity news and gossip more common at home, school and workplace. In sharing entertaining information (aka infotainment) users of social media and viewers of TV reality shows compete in sharing and spreading celebrity news and information. In recent years, Kim Kardashian – and her sisters – has emerged as power on social media platforms and TV among all age segments. This rise is partly justified by reasons related to rise of social media, partly by how Kardashian sells her ...

Snapchat is a particularly new application that has been worked out for the smartphones. This application is based on a short-term storage of photographs-snaps. It is considered to be a kind of the social network of this year for many people as they have an opportunity to exchange the information there, share photos, and make many other interesting things offered by the smart application. The basic idea of this application is very simple (maybe this simplicity made this application so popular). However, it is not so simple as we could suggest at the first glance. Today millions of people ...

Abstract

The debate over the potential benefits of organic foods and conventional ones has been ongoing for quite a long time. Due to numerous reasons, consumers believe that organic foods are healthier, environmentally friendly as well as possess ethical option and they are not far from the truth. A number of scientific evidence indicate that organic foods are better for nature, involves high animal welfare, natural and great tasting foods aspects as well as safer and healthier option than non-organic ones. Studies reveal various reasons why consumers choose organics and interestingly most consumers who go for organics do so because ...

As we know about many Southerners, the social class segregation was intense and those who believed that they were in a more prominent social position in the society treated the minority groups with unhuman nor respect. Flannery O’Connor is one of the numerous writers who have influenced the treatment of the minority groups in her society. In addition, O’Connor brings to life the way people continue to abuse religion as a tool for show the negative treatment of “others” in the society. Mrs. Turpin like many other white privileged persons in the old South, reveal hasher contempt ...

Sarah Anne Johnson’s photography exhibit embodies the tranquil landscapes, beautiful color contrasts, kaleidoscope colors, and unworldly setting. The majority of her prints still retain the realistic aspect of her subjects. For example, photograph titled Adventure created in 2015 consists of polychromatic pigments of light violet, green, and golden yellow but these colors are implied and blurred. The Yellow Dinosaur which is a man-made swimming pool within the forest. The colors in this photo are polychrome which gives it depth and realistic appearance despite being a photograph. Another image from the collection called Pink Forest was a photograph combined ...

Introduction

The contemporary issue of obesity is worldwide causing not just health, but also economic and social problems. It is becoming ever more concerning issue, since the trend of the obesity rate in the recent past has increased. There has been various researches made so far that examined the issue, but the majority was focused on the health effect that can greatly impact individual and future quality of life or economic issues where every year, more is spend in trying to diminish the rates, but they are focusing on curative not so much in the preventive. The obesity can be ...

The issue of ethics and the way in which ethical principles govern our lives is always one of concern in the professional field. Over the centuries, mankind has questioned the principles of ethics and ethical considerations as it affects a person’s moral development and has made numerous attempts to define the term, but the truth is that each person is governed by specific ethical standards based on personal moral convictions. Personally, I believe that ethical behaviors stem from one’s personal moral standard and this moral standards stem from one’s ability to recognize and appreciate the values ...