Essays on Clara

The first time I visited my girlfriend’s mother, I found a hole on my socks when I took off shoes The big day had come, finally my girl friend’s perfect strict mother took some interest in knowing more about me. I was invited to my rich girl friend’s bungalow. In fact palace would be the right word. I was busy rehearsing in my mind on my greeting lines which would impress Clara’s mother straight away. After all it was almost like impressing a queen. I wanted everything to be just perfect. I was telling myself ...

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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 ...

Lonesome Dove is a captivating story based on the West and written by Larry McMurtry as war novel like ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.' The book appears to have revolutionized the Western aspect as done by many other authors in literature. The author uses the Indians and cowboys in the story by making them a significant part of the big league in the genre. The author has also been credited for writing the screenplay for Brokeback Mountains which also deals with Westerns. The story involves a long cattle drive that makes their way to Montana from Lonesome Dove ...

I. Introduction A corporation is a common type of business organization in which its owners have the ability to use it as a separate, and distinct legal entity. One of the primary differences between a corporation and other types of business organizations, such as a sole proprietorship or general partnership, is that a duly formed corporation is, legally a person. Moreover, under the law, a corporation is a legal person who the owners, in essence, can control and direct to carry out a range of activities. To be sure, corporations are deemed to have a personality or personhood, including ...

The franchise business model is based on a successful business model of another firm. The franchisor gets to avoid the liability of building other stores and further investment to continue the distribution of its goods and services to its consumers while the franchisee benefits from the success of the franchisor (Santa Clara University, 2016). The franchisee makes more profits than a direct employer because a franchisee has direct shares in the business venture. KFC is an example of a business that has adopted the franchising business model. The company which is global operates on both company-owned and franchises across ...

Exhibition Critique

The critique at hand presents impressions and critical comments regarding the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.. The analysis was done on the virtual museum tour provided on the YouTube (“A Woman’s Touch: The National Museum of Women in the Arts”). Despite the huge difference between the physical visit and the virtual one, there is still an opportunity to understand and assess the exhibitions that refer to the major subject of the role of women in the arts and history. The most astonishing fact is that many people, even well-educated, are used to the ...

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It can be indisputably averred that human trafficking is on track to become a major social and criminal issue in the United States. Commonly known as slavery, human trafficking is a criminal offense that involves “the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled labor or a commercial sex act.” With the adoption of the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act, various personnel in the criminal justice system, from prosecutors and community leaders, have reported instances of slavery, debt enslavement, and being trafficked into the commercial sex work industry that have affected a wide range of American citizens-men, ...

One effective aspect of the story is the use of conflict between Sonny boy and his community. Examples of the conflict can be seen with the treatment of Grandma Sooky, Old Jason, and Clara. Grandma Sooky is always telling Sonny to stop looking at the moon, Old Jason tries to convince him to pick up a plow, and Clara is in love with him, yet he does not propose to her. These conflict all shape and give meaning to the story. First, Grandma Sooky want him to be conventional and follow religious rules not the moon "Devils". However, Sonny ...

Justice and love for other in many societies around the world have been points of concern, not only to people of old generation but also to those of modern times. This paper is a discussion of the lecture given by Father Pedro Arrupe to the Jesuit community, Valencia in 1971 titled "Men for others”. The two main ideas discussed in this paper are justice and love for one another. According to Father Arrupe, justice is the act of ensuring that people live together in harmony and relation to the expectation of God to us. Similarly, he states that the ...

The number of people on the planet continues to increase and with them, the need for more and more nutritious food grows. For that reason, scientists seek research to genetically change plants and animals to provide medicine, good, and organisms not for consumption. As the public is exposed to information on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), strong opinions are forged concerning the safety of eating them. Questions arise over the risks presented to human beings and the environment, if GMOs are really necessary to supply the world with adequate amounts of food, if there are alternatives, and what surrounding ethical ...

A homeless individual is a person without a regular, satisfactory, and fixed residence for spending a night. The primary residence of such a person is mostly supervised shelter for providing a temporary accommodation. These shelters include emergency shelters and transitional houses that only provide temporary housing. It is a major concern in the US despite being among the most developed countries in the World. Most of the cities in different states in the US are typically faced with the challenge of homelessness. California is among the states that have high levels of street families. Homeless persons usually experience many ...

The due process clause appears in the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. The primary objective of this element of the United States constitutional framework is to protect the people from arbitrariness of the state in administration of its law enforcement functions. Yet, before the due process system took it present form, this concept underwent a series of evolutionary permutations, before the Supreme Court of the United States developed contemporary boundaries thereof. This essay investigates major historical milestones of its development. The first appearance of the due process appeared in Magna Carta, where the lawmakers expressly ...

REFLECTION ABOUT TWO FILMS

Summary: Steve Guibord (Starbuck’s Patrick Huard), who was once a stardom in the hockey team is vetted in as the Member of Parliament. As a hockey player, his career entirely comes to an end due to the phobia he had towards flying. It happens that one of the Members of Parliament (MPs) falls ill, and the only person who was valid for the deciding vote was the former professional hockey player, Steve Guibord. His vetting in was so crucial to Canada since he was the one to make a decision on whether or not his country was to ...

Introduction

An effective and excellent leader has many skills, both recognized and unrecognized. He or she is a problem solver, the person who encourages others to act on decisions that he or she thinks will benefit the whole, instead of just one person. He or she is sensitive to the needs of others, and he or she makes sure that when faced with a difficult decision that he or she is just, fair, and ethical.These decisions are usually very difficult, and sometimes many people or communities rely on a quick, decisive, and right action. Leaders are not always the popular ...

1. The War Room is a movie that tells the story of a family who, apparently, were well-off. The couple, Tony and Elizabeth, both have a successful career, and more than that, they too have a beautiful daughter. However, what happened inside the home, was in contrast to how they appear to other people. Tony, who was a pharmaceutical salesman was a verbally abusive husband, had thoughts of infidelity and do not spend much time for his daughter. On the other hand, Elizabeth is a real estate agent who felt bitter about how her husband has turned out over ...

Introduction

This paper entails a comprehensive response to five main questions that revolve around the responsible management of a business entity from a leadership perspective. In this regard, the responses that will be alluded to in this paper comprise of different aspects of the management of a business entity more so in relation to the leadership and management of the human capital working within an organization. This paper will also evaluate the nature of the relationships between employees within an organization and how the management can mitigate conflicts and leverage on these relationships so as to ensure that they result ...