Essays on Bad Things

A pioneer of radio broadcasting, Mary Somerville was once quoted as saying how television won’t last, more specifically saying that it was a “flash in the pan” ("Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions - Listverse", 2007). However, that was back in 1948, which was a lengthy sixty-seven years ago. Contrary to Somerville’s prediction, the art of television has proven to be able to stand the test of time, achieving this by spawning channels, networks, movies, and actors. This extremely brief list does not even begin to scratch the surface of the prolific world that television has created since ...

Many times, people are almost certainly motivated to act or not to take action by various factors. Hamlet is a play that focuses on the betrayals and the uncertainties that are involved as power shifts from one person to the next. From the outset, it is important to note that the play is set within a monarch but following the death of the beloved King Hamlet, the power does not devolve to his son but in a twist of fate, his brother, Claudius, takes over as the king. Ultimately, the play dramatizes the concept of revenge, justice, and moral ...

In his theory of moral disengagement, Albert Bandura (1986) suggests that most people develop a mechanism of self-sanction in order to prevent them from conducting immoral actions that could adversely affect a person’s self-worth and cause a person’s self-perception become negative (p. 161). However, since moral standards are not constantly active, but are actually activated in specific situations, such as during decision-making, even a person, who holds firm moral beliefs, can turn to mechanisms of moral disengagement, when “conducive social conditions”, rather than “monstrous people,” are required (“How people do bad things,” 1991, p. 1). According to ...

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Pain

In this essay, I am going draw upon Harold Kushner’s discussion of how various people respond to pain. In doing so, I am going to contrast two different responses to pain that I have personally experienced. Harold Kushner, a Jewish Rabbi, made waves when he authored his book, “When Bad things Happen to Good People.” Ultimately, it was Kushner’s goal to consider why bad things happened to seemingly good people, and to question why that happened (Butt, 2015). Kushner was responding to the death of his son, Aaron Zev Kushner, who ...

In the most unlikely places are literary themes that are eerily similar. Such is the case for “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” In Cold Blood, and “The Crucible,” a poem by Oscar Wilde, a novel by Truman Capote, and a play by Arthur Miller, respectively. Although each of these pieces of literature deal with different time periods and different experiences, each discusses the darkness inside the human soul, the piercing reality of very banal, human evil that burns inside most people. While Capote’s characters chase the ghost of a murderer around a complex, interwoven plot, Miller’s characters fight against a corrupt, hysterical system ...

Describe the Topic Chosen and Explain why it was Chosen

Communication is an important factor that can spell the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful organization . It is important for as many members of an organization possible to have a stable and clear line of communication so that they can work more productively, efficiently, and effectively. In various books and empirical studies about organizational leadership, it has been proven time and again that not only maintaining open lines of communication between any two or more parties in an organization helps maintain the status quo in terms of operations and work output but also in terms of reaching milestones in various ...

There are many instances in my life wherein I ask myself the question “How did I live?” I cannot remember my childhood too much. All I can remember is that I suddenly became a conscious being—able to see, hear, feel, and basically observe everything in my surrounding. I grew up as a toddler, then a few years later, as a child. Of course I had a lot of realizations when I was a child. Childhood, for me, is the age of enlightenment. I do not know what childhood is for others or how they see or treasure it, but I am pretty ...

Sigmund Freud uses the societal function of shaping the behaviors of individuals in the society to conform to the codes of conduct and behavior. He indicates that the society in which we live seeks to restrain our aggressive impulses. While confirming that the society installs a self-control mechanism in the individuals, which he calls the superego, Freud indicate that this internal watchdog masters the desire for aggression. Sigmund Freud also indicates that individuals in the society subdue and redirect their aggression towards their own ego once they are forbidden from expressing their desire for aggression externally. In the theory of ...

Experience is always an experience. It is through experiences that we learn and grow and expand ourselves. It does not matter whether it is good or bad one. This is exactly what I was told when I was little, this is what I was taught and in my love it has been shown to be true. Much time has passed since that time, and many bad things happened to me. Some of them were disappointing, another were disturbing, and, of course, there were frightening ones. Lots of such situations have happened and I know there will be thousands more. ...

Experience is always an experience. It does not matter whether it is good or bad one. This is exactly what I was told when I was little, this is what I was taught. Much time has passed since that time, and many bad things happened to me. Some of them were disappointing, another were disturbing, and, of course, there were frightening ones. Lots of such situations have happened and I know there will be thousands more. But I do not see them as problems; I do not consider them as serious obstacles. People are meant to overcome the issues ...

The family is the smallest unit of group in the society. It has functions to fulfill whether within or outside this group. However, there are now questions that plague society regarding the roles of a family. Are these roles still the same as before or do they change or vanish over time? David Popenoe defined the family in various ways. He stated that “the term has become a sponge concept, with multiple meanings that can include two friends who live together, the people who work in an office, a local unit of a Mafia, or a family of a man” (Popenoe 1). Another definition ...

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Angels of Despair: A Researched Paper on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” In today's society it is often the case that we exclude the people and the things that do not make sense to us, or more often than not, do not fit in the rules and regulations of good "society." This is especially true in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." The story takes place in early times, as a baby lies dying from an unknown disease. In a twist of events, a dirty angel falls from the sky ...

An Objection to Augustine’s Response to the Problem of Evil in On the Free Choice of the Will

A contemporary Catholic apologist sums up the problem of evil nicely: “If God is so good, why is his world so bad?” (Kreeft 54). In this paper, Augustine’s response to the problem of evil will be analyzed and found to be lacking as an adequate resolution to the problem. The paper that follows is a reflection based on the readings from From Plato to Derrida, paying special attention to Augustine’s texts on evil. Augustine tries to attack what we mean when we say “evil,” but his argument insufficiently glosses over the larger issue of human suffering, and what ...

Nowadays, people tend to care too much what other people may think about them, sometimes making sacrifices beyond their possibilities, for the sake of appearances. The story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant teaches us a very good life lesson regarding this issue and in another order of ideas, we can call it the deceptiveness of appearances. The main character of the story, Mathilde, never felt that the normal life she had fits her, and she always dreamed on being wealthy and making part of the social class. She had her change to bright for a couple of hours at a social ...

English: Term Paper

Being happy is essential for living an average standard of life. One can find happiness in small things and in many forms. It can be inside our homes by having better living facilities and better eating arrangements, or it can be found in the people you are associated with. In this world, there are two major things that provide you happiness, the material things like a better house, a better living and the people, the family, the friends. The friends and family are more important part of your life and bring more happiness to your life as compared to a better house ...

Religion in China and Japan

China and Japan have often been hailed as Asia’s pioneer nations when it comes to their overall development, contribution to history and rich tradition and culture, which not only transcended to nations they made contact with, but also featured the unique ideologies that shaped their respective nations. While both nations today are at odds in several key issues on politics, territory and even in ideology, their religious movements remained the same despite the changing world that challenges these beliefs. For the uninitiated, they would claim Chinese and Japanese religion is one at the same considering they share several ...

Moral character and virtue were requirements of a good life according to the philosophy of Aristotle as well as his mentor Plato and as expressed by Socrates. The idea has a firm grounding in ancient wisdom and philosophy. The most important virtues and elements of a sound moral character in Aristotle’s opinion were justice, courage, and temperance. All of these virtues can be acquired by regular men without training in metaphysics. The idea that regular men could practice habits that constitute a high moral character and are virtuous was of great importance to Aristotle in making his philosophies accessible and relevant (Stanford ...

Introduction

The society receives the magnitude of various types of illnesses with equal different perceptions (Fink et al., 2003). For instance, somebody suffering from certain chronic disease that the society considers it as ‘severe’ with intolerable effects will be treated courteously. This is opposed to one suffers another type of chronic disease but tolerable in the eyes of the society. The case of Marty and Sally justifies this claim. It is evident that Marty’s mental illness is associated with certain violent behaviors that could emerge any time. This would mean that Marty could be violent to anybody around him ...

Religious reflections tend to distinguish the major human problem as sin. This is so even from the very definition where sin is regarded as ignoring the powers of the divinity and therefore centering life and its value on the individual self, the world and what one has. This makes it impossible to recognize the fact that there is a power that is behind everything that exists (Livingston 113). One may want to consider this as ignorance yet but this does not substantially explain why the center may not be anything else but the individual self and the world and that ...

The Boston Marathon 2013

The Boston Marathon is an annual event and is celebrated by thousands of people from the city and across the nation. This is hosted by cities within the greater Boston area and is always held during Patriot’s Day on the third week of April. This started in the year 1897 which was inspired by the first modern-day marathon in the summer Olympics. During this particular race on April 15, 2013, three people were killed and an estimated two hundred and sixty four victims were injured during two pressure cooker bomb blasts exploded. These were done thirteen seconds ...

How to have a good dialogue:

Roommates Jc and David decide to put a movie on as they relax in their dorm room. The popcorn is popping in the microwave and the soda is ice cold. The room is pretty messy; the clothes are all over the floor, but who cares. The movie is starting and it brings up the subject about marijuana. They start discussing the good and bad things about marijuana.

David: Wow I think smoking marijuana is very bad for people.

Jc: Why do you think smoking marijuana is bad for people? David: Because it’s illegal as it is a drug and can also lead to people trying other drugs (with meanness in ...

Religious studies

What is the problem of evil? Theodicy (the problem of evil) continues to raise jitters among individuals. This is because it tries to proof and support the presence, love and the reality that lies in evil without ant contradiction. The irony is that for one to believe in the problem of evil, he must sacrifice either the presence or the love of God. This leads to a dilemma that cannot be solved. If an individual sacrifices God’s omnipotence or love, this will mean that the Supreme Being will not prevent or overcome evil by any deeds. Theodicy will ...

The Mbuti, commonly known as the Bambuti people is one of the many pygmy groups of people living in the Ituri rain forest in Congo region of central Africa. This group of indigenous people is one of the native communities in Congo region who have preserved their cultural and social practices for a long time. They are known for their active foraging lifestyle that is characterized by hunting and gathering wild fruits, roots and vegetables as their main source of food as well as their inhabitant which is the tropical rain forest where they live in small villages known as ...

Has anyone ever noticed a lot of people around that don’t really register on the radar? They aren’t invisible, not exactly. But on the other hand they are more like ghosts than the real people in the city. When real people are rushing around to work sometimes there are flickers in and out of the crowds on the sidewalk. Or grayish shadows moving along the edges of the building even on a sunny day. Since there is no such thing as ghosts they must be people. Right? Probably people who are like that can do a lot of things real ...

David’s life, as told by the author in the “Book of Lost Things”, reminds me of something similar which happened to my best friend. My friend used to live with his grandmother, and the two were quite close. Every morning, the grandmother would wake up early, prepare breakfast, and see off her grandchild to school. The grandmother loved fairytales, and she would tell them to her grandchild at every opportunity. One of the stories that remained in my friend’s memory was that of a school girl who, apparently, grew taller after getting rained on for three days in a ...

The Mbuti, commonly known as the Bambuti people is one of the many pygmy groups of people living in the Ituri rain forest in Congo region of central Africa. This group of indigenous people is one of the native communities in Congo region who have preserved their cultural and social practices for a long time. The group has distinct cultural values in terms of language and cultural practices that define their indigenous lives as well as differentiate them from their neighboring communities. This paper discusses in details the cultural existence of the Mbuti people in relation to their social organization, ...

A homepage refers to the main page of a website whereby when users login to a website it is the opening page, that is, it is the first one to be displayed. In visual impression and organization analysis, the homepage evaluation is based on its organization in terms of content, context and graphics. Therefore its clearness, simplicity and user friendly issues are the main issues for consideration. In doing so, Nokia homepage evaluation is done in terms of good and bad things about it.

Good things

The appearance is attractive and professional. The use of blue color is consistent which has a meaning of ...

MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE

Education: Management of Change Preparing very young children for school has been shown to be a prediction of future success as the child continues their education through elementary and secondary schools. Countries prioritize the need for early age or preschool education by creating programs to meet the needs of the young children. A framework for U.K. children up to five years old called Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) was established in 2007 by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The core curriculum initiative I used was to include observations of how the children reacted to change in ...

Kick for kids

The paper will address my experience as a social worker at Kick for Kids. I spent two hours at Mutual Ground in Aurora IL. The kids at the center were mostly abused and I couched them to play soccer. The paper will show the importance of a social worker, and the personal experience of helping people in a society. Bruce (2009) argues that the work of a social worker has changed in many ways. People expect social workers to solve all social problems. The children at Kick for Kids centre looked very troubled. At first they did not like me and some ...

Dante’s inferno is a story in the 14th century that was developed to show the experiences that are found in hell as well as in heaven. This story has been narrated by Dante himself, who had experienced problems in hell. This story has been very influential to many audiences in the world. It has also been narrated as a poem. In addition to this, there are games that reflect the happenings in this story. It forms the initial part of the poem of Divine Comedy. This poem was also written by Dante to express his experience both in the real ...

The internet has brought about the possibility of networking easily. Everywhere and literary everything that a person does calls for some private information to be released. This therefore calls for concern on whether the information can be accessed by any interested party after one has released it. It is possible for a person, company or organization to access real time information from anywhere around the world all thanks to the internet. It is for this reason that many people have embraced it, more so the social media. But there is one dark cloud that has ever seems to be hanging on ...

King Lear follows the story of the titular character Lear, an elderly king who wishes to give up his power, and attempts to divide his lands among his three daughters. However, a series of unfortunate and capricious events, brought on primarily by Lear's own vanity and anger, lead him to slowly descend into madness, pushing away his three daughters. The show turns into a bloodbath, with all three daughters and Lear dead at the end of it, with many deaths stemming from jealousy, capriciousness and futile competition among military leaders. The play, however, demonstrates Lear's journey as the end result of ...

1. Think about two positive messages you have been told throughout your life or when you were a kid or two positive things you believe about yourself. Now indicate below how these messages have manifest themselves in your life. One of the messages I’ve been given is that young people should respect elder ones. Throughout my life, I have always respected my elders as they are wiser and have more experience than me. I believe that this has helped me in fostering a good relationship with them. I also believe that what goes around comes around, so by giving ...