Essays on Contrasting

One of the main advantages of literature lies in its ability to communicate various cultural experiences and provide greater knowledge and deeper understanding of foreign traditions for the reader. In the Western civilization, Eastern religious traditions and cultures informed by them are perceived with interest, fascination and even fear; while lack of understanding can often impair successful interaction and communication. In addressing the issue of religious values, the authors of two books, Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West and Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a ...

Reason Why the Israelites Desired for a King

Samuel grew older and thus, appointed his son to lead the Israelites. However, the sons did not adhere to his leadership skills since they were dishonest as well as accepted bribe in the long run. The depiction of the sons in line with perverted justice scared the Israelites and thus, demanded for an alternative leader. Furthermore, the Israelites pose and demanded for an epitome leader so as to be like the neighboring nations which has kings as well. The people feared that since Samuel was growing older, they risk being attacked by the surrounding nations and thereby, demanded for ...

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“The End of the Day” (1990) Materials used in the painting are oil and canvas. The painting is executed in realistic style. It depicts a quiet scene of family life: the end of the day, as the name suggests. The foreground depicts a women, holding a book, with a child sitting on her knees. This is a mother, who is reading a story for her daughter. Interestingly, there are no any scenes or objects on the background, it is just a brown wall, possibly wooden, as it becomes obvious from the texture. Thus, the painting reminds a close ...

Although the times of oppression related to gender, class, and race seem to have gone by, the issues of discrimination still matter in our country even nowadays when people finally seem to understand that diversity should be celebrated. According to Andersen and Collins, attitudes toward gender, class, and race are the foundation of our society and it is impossible to understand its structure, nor organization without taking into account this triad (Andersen & Collins, 2). This paper focuses on three issues related to how the subject should be dealt with in the modern context: intersection, or overlapping of different ingredients ...

Despite the country’s small size, Japan has depicted quite contrasting economies before and after the Second World War. Up to the moment, the country has had three distinct political and economic periods; the Edo which began in 1603 and went on up to 1868, the Meiji Restoration and the final period which began after the Japan’s defeat in the Second World War in 1945 and runs up to now. Each of the three economic periods was characterized by unique factors which necessitated the government to initiate remedies so as to avoid plunging the country into an economic ...

Invisibility of Women - Literature analyses of “The Women Men Don’t See” by James Tiptree Jr. in compare and contrast to “Invisibility in Academe” by Adrienne Rich

Introduction

The two literary texts analyzed in this essay are centered on the subject of feminine rights, power, and gender equality. James Tiptree expresses disdain for male domination in his story ‘The Women Men Don’t See’. He is concerned with the blatant disregard for feminine rights and identity flaunted by male dominance. On the other hand, Adrienne Rich writes an account of the feminine struggles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States proposal

Introduction According to a recent presentation by The Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength, stamina and is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health related complications (Azevedo Da Silva et al., 2012). Thus implementing a regular physical activity ...

The experiences that people go through in life help shape their characters and actions. The behaviors that people exhibit cannot be looked at exclusively from an idealistic moral perspective. It is therefore important to look at an individual’s past situations before throwing a blanket judgment on them. This is the case with Troy Maxson in the play “Fences” written by August Wilson. An abstract look at his behavior would suggest that he is a selfish and egoistic man, yet a closer look at his life experiences suggests that more often than not, there was an underlying justification for ...

The primary difference between a data warehouse and a database is the that a data warehouse is a repository of data that has been obtained from different sources over time, and that is stored in a unified schema and is typically used for decision support and analysis. On the other hand, a database is a representation of the presented status of particular data that has been stored and is mainly used to handle live quires and online transactions. The similarities between a database and data warehouse are that they are both means of storing large amounts of data. Characterization ...

Introduction

Realism is an art movement which originated in France (Cabello, 2015). Because of this, the spread of realism in the world has been greatly affected not only by the artistic minds, but also by the different aspects of society which will potentially impact a movement or an artwork. These influences were greatly seen in the middle, to the latter nineteenth century where the art movement received various criticisms, especially by the mass media during that period, through the newspapers (Lloyd, 2013). This paper will show the different views of society upon the introduction of the Realist movement in the ...

Introduction

A book written around A.D. 95, according to theological historians, the book Revelations of John is written by the same Apostle John who knew Jesus when He was a man on the earth, serving as one of His disciples and working fervently in His ministry. Understanding that the various apostles such as, Stephen and Paul, Bartholomew and Silas, were martyrs for the sake of the Church of Jesus Christ and the eminency of His ascendency, John lived to become an old man. John declared and proclaimed that he loved Jesus more than any of his brothers of the discipleship. ...

The article “Self Making as Public Spectacle: Bodies, Bodily Training and Reality TV” is written by Bree Hadley, from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. It is published in “Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Media Studies” in Issue 24, October 2012. The article starts with the commentary on how reality TV shows has penetrated the media and its definitions of what real people are like has taken the society by a storm. Reality TV has recently exploded into the mainstream media and has taken over our televisions. It has already been written about extensively how these reality TVs ...

Intricacy and complexity of Arthur Miller`s play Death of a Salesman reflect not only existential along with social anxieties and miseries, but, also, American reality of the post-war period, when the US society seemed to get rid of devastating effect of the Great Depression and aftermath of WWII. In his play Miller depicts an average American who, like the rest of the world, has a dream. However, taking into consideration national and social peculiarities of protagonist this dream is tightly connected with more ideological notion entitled – the American Dream. Thus, through play`s protagonist, Willy Loman, one may ...

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Introduction The novel, ‘City of Thieves’ by David Benioff, presents an opportunity to analyze the concept of masculinity under the circumstances of war. What is significant in this literary work is that manliness emerges under extreme adversity, which is often considered as the very test of being a man. Although Benioff’s ‘City of Thieves’ is fictional, the circumstances are realistic and is based on a historical incident that happened around six decades ago in Leningrad, which is the present day St. Petersburg in Russia. Becoming a man is one of the most confusing rhetoric there is. ...

1. Why Hedda Gabler and not Hedda Tesman? Hedda belongs to the bourgeois class of her society. Using Hedda Gabler instead of Hedda Tesman is meant to show the audience how Ibsen's main protagonist prefers to identify herself. Hedda is the daughter of a general who ends up marrying into a lower class thereby lowering her social status. However, she still wants to identify herself as an aristocrat. People in Hedda's society enjoy privileges according to their social status. Belonging to the bourgeois class means that she does not enjoy as many benefits as she would enjoy under the ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Advantages of Home Schooling The first advantage of homeschooling that emerges from literature is the need for family members to bond. According to Arai (2014), keeping children at home rather than at school helps parents to have a close-knit family. Many parents regard homeschooling as an opportunity for them to learn more about their children and for the children to learn more about them. Arai (2014) notes that parents whose children have undergone homeschooling would make comments such as “we’re much stronger as a family now” or “homeschooling has brought all of us together as a family” (Arai, ...

Abstract

The design of a flyer is normally dependent on the basic rules for flyer design. This includes employing the C.R.A.P principles. These principles include contrast of color, fonts, and elements in the flyer so as to achieve appeal. This principle operates on the notion that our brains are fast to pick out patterns and contrasts. The second principle is Repetition it involves repeating elements in the design this creates uniformity in the work. Alignment of text and images in the flyer design brings uniformity. Proximity of the elements draws the reader to the details in the flyer by appealing ...

Introduction

There are a number of ways by which the media forms communicate with their audience and tend to convey the underlying themes and ideas using them. Specifically, in the case of films, the use of visual content, sound, construction of a shot and it’s editing, performance, recording, etc. It is obvious that an effective use of visuals aided by supporting multimedia always results in a deeper impact on the audience as the visual has a deeper response generation from the brain. This concept, when strategically used in the making of films results in tremendous changes in terms of ...

Introduction

The presence of economic dynamism in the earlier twentieth century enabled the United States of America to establish itself as a great power. The economic powers of the US enabled leaders to pursue important policies that helped transform the country after the World War II. The country was leading in both regional and global politics through strong leadership of President Eisenhower and John Foster. The two figures had a lot of influence on the expansion of the American military power during the post-World War II. U.S has a long history of its military operations expanding their powers in both ...

Gender roles have undergone dramatic changes in modern China during the 20th century, particularly since the rise of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. There are three main ancient philosophies that have substantially influenced and deeply rooted in China for a long time. They are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Among three philosophies, I believe Confucianism has influenced China the most and still have a lot of remains when closely looking at every aspect of the Chinese culture. Confucianism is defined as every human relationship has superiority and inferiority and a superior person should take care of an ...

For the purpose of meeting the goals and objectives of this assignment, we will be choosing two brands of retail stores such that one is strong and the other one is not and then after comparison and contrasting, we would propose a brand plan for the less successful retail store. Brand equity and brand portfolio of both the retail store will be analyzed in much detail. Let us look at the comparison and contrasting of the chosen retail store. We have chosen Walmart as the successful retail store and Safeway, Inc. as the less successful one.

Walmart

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Philosophy

Explain the connections between pleasure, contemplation, and judgment in aesthetic appreciation. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy; it is type of quality hypothesis or axiology, which is the investigation of sensory or sensori-passionate qualities, called judgments of sentiment and taste. Aesthetics is connected with the logic of art. Style is once in a while called "the investigation of magnificence". Judgments of aesthetics esteem depend on our capacity to separate at a tactile level. Aesthetics looks at what makes something wonderful, glorious, appalling, fun, adorable, senseless, enthralling, bombastic, empowering, grating, agreeable, exhausting, comical, or disastrous. Tactile separation is connected to ...

The oil on canvas “Rocks at Belle -Isle” by Claude Monet is currently featured in the online catalog in the Art Institute of Chicago. The Institute keeps on featuring different artists time to time displaying a variety of art forms (Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île 188). Claude Monet, the famous impressionist painter, was born in Paris on November 14 in the year 1840. Monet was the founder of French Impressionist paintings; the term was taken from his painting Titled “Impression, Sunrise”. The paper will discuss and analyze the magnificent and strikingly beautiful artwork “Rocks at Belle –Isle” by him ...

Today, the name James Welling is famous due to his skill in photography. However, it turns out that this finest American photographer did not really have a background on photography. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he was born in 1951 and spent a lot of his childhood near the border of Simsbury. His interest in art was honed in 1963; together with his friend, Julie Post, he pursued to become an artist. By 1965, he enrolled in one of Hartford’s finest arts schools, the Wadsworth Atheneum where he began his first attempt in painting using watercolor pigments as ...

Iwojima Statue by Felix W DeWeldon

Introduction: The Iwo Jima Statue, also known as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial, was unveiled in 1954, almost ten years after the end of WWII. In describing the piece of art, it is evident that there are a variety of elements that are used in order to establish an organic sense of motion. This motion moves form the Earth to the sky as the soldiers raise up the flag. The creation of the piece seems to have been done in order to elicit an emotional response in the viewer. The artist is successful in his attempt to ...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B du Bois

Introduction

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois are two great leaders of the African-American during the late 19th and early 20th century. While both came into prominence in almost the same time frame, and had wanted economic and social progress for the black Americans, Washington and Du Bois differ in their opinion and strategies about achieving such cause. As a son of a slave mother, Washington knew of the difficulties faced by the blacks. He worked his way in uplifting himself by self education and took the opportunity afforded by the Emancipation ...

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Stevens G.A. et.al (2012) in the article National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalence identify the overwhelming rates of obesity all over the globe. The writers aim to present comparable and contrasting trends in obesity and overweight levels in various regions. They provide estimates of 1980 to 2008 amongst the adult population of over 20 years old. A Bayesian Hierarchical Paradigm is utilized to measure the body mass index of the sample to evaluate the variables in the study such as gender, year, country, and age of the adults (Stevens G.A et.al, 2012). The findings ...

Canon Doyle’s version of characterization is entwined with social issues, especially with regards to relationships. The time and the context of Doyle’s stories gives a critical, yet contrasting relationship developed between male and female partners. Thus, the concept of sexually comes in, and Doyle is keen to express this concept through his stories involving Sherlock Holmes and his acquaintances. However, this concept would hold a different social paradigm in the modern society, as Sherlock’s nature would be interpreted otherwise. Asexuality is defined in Sherlock’s stories as lack of taste, mood, or interest in women and ...

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Introduction The evil-God challenge is an offshoot of the unending debate over the existence of God on the basis of the problem of evil. In this current presentation, Law simply improved the discourse by enhancing its sophistication through his theory of reverse theodicy and theory of symmetrical logic. However, the persistence of this discourse without conclusive resolution flows from several flaws that will be discussed in adequate detail in Critique section of this paper. The critique will be grounded upon the accepted definitions of ‘evil’ and ‘God’ from the religious tradition of Catholicism, ...

Family has always been one of the main topics of novels, short stories, poetry. Authors from all over the world discussed different families from different points of view. The families had different problems and habits. Moreover, authors tried to present their personal views on families when writing. Authors used different metaphors to present a family and different families to present a metaphor. Such works are the most interesting to read. It is interesting to follow an author’s mind and observe how a family is developing. Moreover, it is interesting to compare all the readings, all novels one has read and contrast ...

An Examination of Style and Performance

Introduction Joseph Haydn may be the most underrated of all the great composers, especially when it comes to his piano music. Music students in every field, remain taught that Haydn is the “father of the Symphony.” It is this fact that keeps the student from seeking out, discovering, and delighting in his brilliant, often difficult, but worth the challenge of playing Haydn’s late keyboard compositions. Haydn’s major keyboard works are sonatas, generally representing his growth from his early years until 1794 with completion of his final three sonatas. According to Gordon (1996), Haydn often set the ...

Introduction

In the speech, I went beyond the critical and conventional academic research and deployed rhetoric to express my disappointment with the situation of pollution in China. The speech effectively employed pathos, logos and ethos to drive the point home and call for action. I use the tone of disappointment to argue that pollution is immoral, inhumane and driven by corporate that do not have the future generations in mind. Through pathos and the tone of hope, I urge the Chines to rise up speak against until the government comes up with effective laws and policies to handle the situation. ...

Analysis of “One is One” by Marie Ponsot

In the context of human experience, there are few emotions which evoke such a sensation of bitter irony as forbidden love, especially among individuals on opposite sides of the law. In her poem “One is One”, author Marie Ponsot constructs a style of reflective monologue from the perspective of a jailer who is seemingly addressing an inmate with which he or she has had some form of relationship in the past. Ponsot establishes this relationship between the jailer and the inmate to demonstrate the contrasting power balances of dominance and vulnerability which witnessed in the traditional form of power which the ...

Animation is not truthful; in fact it can be summed up as a deceptive way of entertaining people. This is so because it is generally a rapid sequence of purely still images put together in order to give an illusion of movement. It is a human creation that can even be seen as a trick that eyes play on an individual but gets some form of interpretation in the human mind. It is important to understand it from this perspective otherwise comparing and contrasting American animation and Japanese animation also known as anime will not make sense at all. Both of them are ...

Illegal immigration

Informative essay Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Right (ICIRR) Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Right (ICIRR) is dedicated to propelling the benefits of pariahs and outcasts to full and comparable participation in the city, social, social, and political presence of our contrasting society (Newman, 2006). In relationship with our part affiliations, the Coalition shows and deals with pariah and evacuee gatherings to express their rights; propels citizenship and metro bolster; screens, dismembers, and promoters on vagrant related issues; and, teaches the general populace about the responsibilities of pilgrims and evacuees (Karmiol, 2007). During the time ...

Mathews 6:9-13 reveals a considerable Christian belief anchored on the foundation of prayers. This reinforces the grace of prayers as a sufficient framework of guiding the Christian way of life. It from this principle that Mathews 6:9-13 underscores the need for acknowledging the presence of God and the inherent connection and fellowship of Christians through prayers. The petitions envisioned in this passage focuses on the attention of worshipers on God as well as entrusting God with the provision of the needs of Christians. Evidently, prayer is the fundamental experience, practice and ritual in the Christian life. This is the indispensable aspect ...

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Film Response for ‘Do the Right Thing’ The United States of America has a long dark history of racism, discrimination and subsequent terrorism emerging within the different ethnic groups. Several books and movies are written in the past highlighting the racial oppression, loss of human values, and anguish and suffering of victims through vivid, realistic, harsh and dreadful picturization and description. Writer, director and actor Spike Lee’s 1989 film ‘Do the Right Thing’ based on the similar theme recounts the events taking place within a day in the lives of the people belonging to the working class of Brooklyn ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

William Shakespeare was popular for his works in the entertainment industry where he was mainly recognized as a good play writer, poet, and a dramatist. Today there are total number of “38 plays, 154 sonnets, poems and 2 narrative poems as the surviving works of the author (Damrosch 25).” He lived in the late sixteenth and the early seventieth century in England. Regardless of the fact that he died in the early seventieth century, his works have been appreciated across the globe and been translated into many languages. Shakespeare’s literary pieces works have also been used in schools. Shakespeare’s ...

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A description of entrepreneurship in three selected countries, including an analysis comparing and contrasting their states of entrepreneurship An increase in the importance of knowledge as a path way to achieving a competitive advantage in the modern economies is a clear indication that industries are always focused towards more innovations and unrestrained competition in order to achieve high growth rates. The entrepreneurial activity forms the most essential part of any country’s economy in the present global business environment. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEP) conducts a research about the economies of 70 countries worldwide. Out of these countries, this research has selected three ...

Compare and Contrast Business Writing Style of Two Texts

Compare and Contrast Business Writing Style of Two Texts

Introduction

Using comparison and contrasting analysis on Frehse's (2003), "Manage Your Own Career -Reinvent Your Job" and Tyson's (1998) "Working with Groups" and "Managing Conflict," offers the opportunity for examining the characteristics of academic writing with non-academic writing. In the scholarly exercise presented, the evidences include demonstrating correct referencing with in-text quotations, direct quotations, paraphrasing, and a referencing.

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Comparing the three offerings by Frehse and Tyson reveals the information is academic in nature because the three offers referenced direct quoted knowledge by recognized experts on the topics of their discourse. According to ...

V for Vendetta

Introduction

Utopic and anti utopic movies and novels have always interested writers and directors from all over the world. In some sense, it is interesting to create new worlds, with new social and political systems. On the other hand, it is interesting, as well, to look for disadvantages of modern society and try to improve them. People were always striving to create a better world, even with words and images. In the past several years, there have been many movies devoted to the issue of future alternative reality. This essay is devoted to one of the alternative ...

Introduction

In this study, we will be studying an example of direct advertising, which is advertising on the packaging of breakfast cereal, Cheerios. I believe it is very important to assess the impact of direct marketing, via product packaging because it happens so often, and we don’t even realize its impact on us. Unlike television or print advertising, where we few and high budget ads, here we are exposed to a whole lot of them while at nearby store for shopping. We may or may not buy the product, but it mere presence on the shelf has impact on our ...

Abstract

The right to work laws, as provided by the Taftharthartley Act, protects employees from compulsory unionism. The American workers under the legislation have a right of association both financially or membership. The Right to Work law is currently used in twenty states. It is essential to analyze how the law works, for instance the channels of justice used in implementing the formulated regulations. Analyzing whether the law is for or against unionism helps to clear the prevailing misconceptions. The effect of the Right to Work legislation can be helpful in determining its essence in the member states. The proponents ...

Introduction

Marijuana is a drug which its existence has spanned years and years. However, for almost the same number of years, it has remained banned, rendering its possession or use as a criminal offense across most of the U.S. states. Basically, the ban is informed by the fact that marijuana is an addictive drug and has a propensity to get people to become hard drug users. Nevertheless, marijuana is widely considered as a drug which individuals enjoy just like music, TV shows, and movies, without bothering to abandon it. This has raised debate over its illegality, as its experience and effects on other individuals ...

In her book, Harriet Jacobs presents the life of an African American woman in the era of slavery. The scholar describes the situations in two different homes to develop her ideas. One home presents an environment in which a woman is empowered while in the other, a woman has no authority of defining her welfare. In essence, Linda has some rights as a slave while in the other; she must completely comply with her Master’s wish. Through the contrasting experiences witnessed in the two homes, Jacobs creates a clear picture of the life of African American girls under slavery. Jacobs states that ...

Introduction

The story, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, is an autobiography by Frederick Douglas in which he narrates his experiences as a slave in the US. Frederick Douglass narrates how he served as a slave under Captain Anthony, Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Gore among others. He later manages to flee to New Bedford, Massachusetts where he is hired as a lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society. To tell his story, Fredrick Douglass uses several methods of development. Methods of development include narratives, process, classification, comparison and contrast, description among others (Jacobus, 908). The three methods of development used ...

Music is an inseparable part of human life. Nowadays, there are different kinds of music and every person can find something to one’s liking. This essay is aimed at comparing and contrasting two concerts: the pop music concert and Baroque era concert. The first concert I have watched was the concert of Charmaine Clamor. Frankly speaking, I was not impressed much by the concert. However, I should admit that the atmosphere of the concert was interesting and inspiring. Although, it is pop music, it is much alike to jazz. The atmosphere in the club and the manner ...

Poem Analysis (TOPIC A)

There are several causes that led Matthew, the lead character in both The Fountain and The Two April Mornings by William Wordsworth, to wallow in deep sadness, which he seeks to overcome. In the first poem, Matthew is contemplating about the end of his own life. At 72 years old, Matthew is very much aware that he does not have much time left, which is why he is reminding the speaker, both of them aptly described as “[a] pair of friends” (line 3), that “With Nature never do they wage / A foolish strife; they see / A happy youth, ...

Great works of literature are usually attempted to be adapted to the movie screens, as they are a wonderful source for a captivating plot, and the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is not an exception. The novel is widely recognized as one of the best novels not only of its time, but also of the 20th century. No wonder that there are at least 5 known film adaptations of the work, but two of them, namely The Great Gatsby of 1974 shot by Jack Clayton and The Great Gatsby of 2013 by Baz Luhrmann are the ...

Part I

The theory of hegemonic stability is a theoretical modification of the common observation in post-world war II international relations. United States control was the key player in the successful world capitalist economy after 1945. Us in the late 1940s possessed not only prestige and unrivaled power, but also it had a purpose. America in three decades had intervened in two destructive wars after which it decide to remodel the formation of international economic and political relations in such a consistent way with its interest and liberal ideals. GATT-based multilateral trade and Bretton Woods international monetary regimes were the main legacies of the ...

Introduction

Despite efforts of the federal government, schools, and parents in preventing the youth from engaging in vices, the youth still gravitates toward abusing substances such as alcohol, cigarette, and drugs due to the $25 billion worth of advertisements that are shown during the airing of movies and television programs. It seems that advertisers discovered that the media depiction of substance use would be more effective than traditional advertising. This is because in general, media contents are seen as positive; otherwise, they would not be released for public viewing. Moreover, media depictions would not induce criticisms as much as advertising ...

Culture refers to how a person thinks and functions represented by eating, dressing, working and interactions behaviors. Culture creates many impacts towards the operation of global businesses (Aswathappa 2010). Eastern and western cultures differ in cultural elements in both social and business environments. The following paper represents a case of the United Kingdom firm that received a complaint from Chinese clients over a bad product that affects customers. Lane Crawford wishes to close the contract with Alexander Mcqueen because of complaints from customers. In order to resolve the issue Alexander Mcqueen had to send a team of experts to China, but unfortunately they barely ...

Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza on Substance

Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz are the three philosophers that stand out among their contemporaries in the seventeenth century as the greatest rationalists. While constructing their philosophical systems, each of them sought to incorporate philosophical and theological foundations to explain the existence and the essence of substance as regards, mental, physical and moral universe. In discussing their philosophy in relation to substance, the three philosophers are known in their philosophical systems as Leibnizian pluralism, Spinozan monism and Cartesian dualism.

Descartes’ Account on Substance: Cartesian Duality

Descartes’ philosophical system on substance was extremely influential on the subsequent 17 century philosophers who developed their own accounts in reference ...

Literature Review

Introduction A perfect place which is made to have the significance of employees particularly, in which the employees that would get the things in the right manner is known as an Organization (Aswathappa, 2002). Apart from this particular definition, there is yet another important definition related with the organizations, which is that organization is a core place wherein lots of employees work together which are bifurcated into different departments in particular is known as an Organization (Aswathappa, 2009). There are numerous departments that collectively make and transform such strategies from which they can execute the things in the ...

Identification of mystery microbe based on its morphology and biochemical properties

The experiment was conducted to detect the species of a given mystery microbe. The microbe was subjected to a battery of tests in order to identify its physical and biochemical characteristics. Based on the tests, different possible microbe species were eliminated to finally arrive at the right conclusion. The possible microbes included Escherichia coli, Providencia alcalifaciens, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Micrococcus luteus, Serratia marcescens, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Sarcina aurantiaca, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus licheniformis. The first test conducted was to detect the Gram staining properties of the given microbe. This helped in identifying whether the given microbe had a thin ...

Communication Studies

The approaches of media and communications have progressed far in life since the grumbles of the early civilizations; yet, every innovation comes with its own set of problems. Ever since the origins of time, truly since very long ago, people have been communicating with one another. Be it the Stone Age man’s grumbling or writing on the cave walls, man had always had something to say, to any person keen on listening to him. There has not been much change in those days. Then why does the concept of media and communications sound so recent and contemporary? Why ...

Other than the classroom learning, expos provide learners with an opportunity to gain insight into the practical aspects of the classroom content. It is noteworthy that the Connect Hospitality Expo in Vancouver was an opportunity that made learning more practical and meaningful. The Expo highlighted a number or concepts from a practical perspective. As such, this paper seeks to compare and contrast various concepts of the lessons in Leading Edge Hospitality throughout the term with what suppliers and consultants are promoting and selling at the Expo. In a more precise way, the paper focuses on comparing and contrasting aspects of management tools ...

Business

What influences a consumer’s purchasing behavior? A few factors that come to mind are brand awareness, product knowledge, advertisements, and references. To understand the depth of this intrinsic behavior, this paper explores the various factors that contribute to a consumer’s purchasing pattern. A very powerful tool that guides consumer behavior is word-of-mouth advertisement. Barry L. Bayus, writing in a column in Journal of Advertising Research had this to say on the indirect effects of marketing; “The business community is well aware of the power of word-of-mouth on consumers, and they are also equally aware how catastrophic it can be if ...

Essay on Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae

The role of sexuality in our society and in one’s life has been the role of much debate, especially since there are many contrasting views and schools of thoughts on the subject. On the one hand, there exists a tradition that is the product of a largely male driven, hierarchal and patriarchal thought while, on the other hand, one can see feminism as a counter force to the traditional thought process. This essay will examine and discuss a few viewpoints that Paglia puts forth in her essay. We examine one of Paglia’s first viewpoints: “Sex is the natural in man. ...