Essays on Criticizing

Autobiographical Essay

The most interesting and engaging stories in our life do not necessarily have to do with the principal milestones. One gets invaluable experience and life lessons in the course of daily life and sometimes a usual day can leave unforgettable impressions in mind forever. Growing-up and gradual moving into adulthood includes a lot of transformations and changes in our mindset, attitudes and way of thinking. Life lessons are quite bitter and in some situations I have felt really uncomfortable, ashamed, awkward and even miserable, but this is the way wisdom and endurance come into our life. Nobody is excellent ...

Introduction

The performance and behavior of an employee are expected to contribute to the overall achievement of an organization’s goals and objectives. However, unsatisfactory behavior or performance from an employee must be corrected through appropriate actions (Hvidman & Andersen, 2013). Corrective action follows a progressive discipline process when the situation is as a consequence of inappropriate behavior or unsatisfactory performance yet the employee has the capacity to perform and conduct himself or herself at an acceptable level but chooses otherwise (Van den Brink, Fruytier & Thunnissen, 2013). The essence of this paper is to address employees’ conduct at the Acme Company ...

Jane Austen is one of the most prominent English writers of the 19th-century novel. Mainly known for her skills in describing the society around her, Austen is one of the writers of her time who was able to sketch a very apt description of her society and did so with the remarkable genius of the pen. Being a female writer, her themes were strongly feminine, and almost all of her works revolve around women and their place in the society. This included the various roles that a female played in society; as a young woman, a wife, a daughter ...

Does confidence rely on feedback?

Our self-evaluation defines our life. It is critical what we think about ourselves as well as the thoughts and opinions of others about us. Such feedbacks can be either positive or negative. In this essay, we will try to analyze to what extent the comments and critiques affect our confidence. A moderate portion of self-confidence is necessary to succeed in both personal and professional lives. One type of people have a so-called innate feeling of self-confidence, another group obtains such quality in the direct proportion to the growing level of the professional competencies; others only demonstrate their confidence – nobody ...

History of Fashion

Dick Hebdige’s article “Subculture: The Unnatural Break” poses the matter of the role of subculture in a conventional society. The article indicates that media is presenting subcultures such as punk, as threatening to the traditional societal conventions, to the generally accepted sense of morality, lifestyle or fashion. The arguments that the author uses vary from references to the members of subculture as different individuals that create semantic disorders to conversion and the erasure of the “other” to social norms. The article depicts how media techniques are used to highlight a subculture as negative to social standards. Hebdige suggests ...

The Armenians have for a long time had a rich history of written and oral literature. However, the effect of the European interest in oral literature and folklore in the 19th century played a great role in initiating a new movement of writers whose main interests were centered on the collection of stories, myths, songs, and oral epic poems. The period from1843-1848 saw bright Armenian students being sent off to European universities mainly in France to complete their education. Additionally, the genocide in 1915 wiped out a great proportion of the Armenian writers at the time and this was ...

People can be blind to love, truth, or reality in general. The reason can be strong emotions or an intention to escape a traumatizing situation. At the same time, the outcomes of such blindness are usually tragic. Euripides was a master of creating dramatic plays that encapsulated the strongest emotions of a person by engaging them into the traumatizing actions and experiences. Particularly, the topic of blindness is particularly vividly represented in Euripides’s “Medea” (Euripides 17). She is overwhelmed with her frustration and anger on Jason’s betrayal and humiliation. In the swirl of a blind rage Medea ...

Introduction

In the modern age of technological progress, people begin to puzzle about their place in the environment and the relation of a contemporary human being to the nature. It seems like the link between a person and natural environment is lost, yet still despite the progress, humans try to connect to nature. There is a radical difference between the life in a modern city and in wilderness, which sometimes attracts adventurers and those who try to escape the civilization. There are radical examples, like Chris McCandless, who has chosen alienation from the society in order to live in wilderness ( ...

I chose to do a research about children and their well-being which includes the relationship they have with their parents. There are many ways in which children can be tricked and abused and everything has to be done to prevent that. People who are supposed to teach and guide the children might be those who try to abuse them in the first place. There is trust involved and children feel safe with these people because their parents trust them as well. However, the situation is such that children get abused in various forms without even noticing it until it ...

Abstract

In the current health scenario, the old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is outdated ("A New Vision of Wellness", 2011). Health costs are increasing day by day, but diseases have become more prevalent than before. Incidences of impaired mental health are on the rise. Isn’t it high time that we stop and take a look at the current medical scenario? People are suffering from chronic diseases like asthma, depression, diabetes, heart disease, pain, and even attention and learning problems. Moreover, the pharmaceutical companies are always introducing newer and better medicines and expensive ones too, but still, there ...

Part 1: Socrates

Question 1

The story of the oracle tells of a situation that arose in Athens where Socrates was rumored to be the wisest of the men that were alive at the time and in the city of Athens in particular. To him, Socrates thought others to be wiser. He especially considered men in Athens of high regard such as statesmen, poets and artisans to be wiser than he was. Specifically, such men considered themselves wise, and the society accepted this fact for truth since they were policy makers and the creative minds in the society.

The controversy began ...

Employment-at-will doctrine refers to the assumption that employment is for an undefined period and can be ended by either employee or employer for any reason. The policy is also called as terminable at will. Courts usually follows the same strategies to interpret employment relationships. As per tradition, US employers possess the right to fire employees at will for any good or bad reason. This category of employees includes those who are not protected by the express employment contracts. Such contracts state that employees can be fired because of the only good cause. The “at-will” doctrine is not applied ...

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The project deals with the problem of bullying in the workplace. It was established that Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Healthy Workplace Bill regulate interpersonal relationship and prohibit bullying in the workplace. The types of bullies and their activities are the focal points of the research paper. Since workplace assault poses a tremendous threat to physical and psychological well-being of victims, mental, emotional and physical consequences of bullying were given a particular focus in the concluding part of the project. Keywords: bullying, workplace, victim, physical, mental, abuse It so happens that people are split into two ...

The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a fictional novel with the sturdiest statements on imperialism. Though it has other significant themes, the emphasis focusing on imperialism can be easily noticed by the readers. Conrad wrote a letter to William Blackwood, his publisher, stressing how imperialism affected Africans. The narrative is clear and it sheds light on the criminality of incompetence and the high degree of selfishness in Africa civilization claiming its justification. Conrad declares his thoughts in a way that appears simple but in the reality, it is not. The aim of this paper is to discuss Conrad's criticism of ...

Introduction

History pages allow knowing a person from the past. However, there are different ways in which historians treat a subject from the past or a person who influenced the past, present or has the ability to influence the future. Such a person was Betty Friedan and this essay explores how she was perceived by two historians, respectively Daniel Horowitz and Stephanie Coontz, analyzing their account of her personal and activist life.

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First, there will be analyzed the work of Daniel Horowitz (“Rethinking Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique: Labor Union, Radicalism and Feminism in Cold War America”, published in 1996 in American Quarterly, ...

Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games did not become instantly popular. No doubt, the novel has an independent, strong female protagonist, and the elements in it enable readers find a connection between the dystopia created by Collins and the world they are living in at the moment. The reality of war is made evident to the young adult audience of the novel without any hesitance. As readers read The Hunger Games, they should be able to see that Suzanne Collins is indirectly criticizing the modern day society in the United States, especially the role of entertainment in the American society of today. ...

Introduction

As a writer, I have strategic plans in advancing my writing skills, as well as my professional qualifications. Proficient writers earned their success through consistency and hard work; despite all the challenges that they might have faced, they came forth as victors. My writing career means a lot to me and the people around me. This is my career path that I choose to live for, thus; I need to give all the attention needed. Firstly, I intend to extend my writing of articles to writing journals and being a columnist in the daily newspaper. Famous writers are not only known ...

Introduction

Sports and media have always had a direct link between them. In the modern context, it is even argued sports and media cannot exist without one another. Sport can be defined as a “repeatable, regulated physical contest producing a clear winner”. The evolution of the media has had a direct impact on sport. Currently, the media chooses, analyzes, interprets and finally represents sporting events mainly to attract audiences. Sports in the media have increased dramatically, and some media firms have even abandoned other communication roles to focus primarily on sports. The content and style of sports programs are designed to entertain the audience. ...

In his book, Martel is trying to express his views on truth and reason. Through the two different accounts of the survival journey of Pi, Martel tries to explore the nature of truth. In his views truth is greater than reason and sensory capabilities, and sometimes to understand the truth better, one has to go beyond reason and empirical devices. He presents his readers with two stories in order to establish that truth is not all about objective rationality; it is closely linked to how one interprets reality. He unequivocally believes that truth is not always determined by the ...

William Shakespeare was indeed one of the greatest writers ever to live in this planet; he was renowned for being an excellent English poem writer and an actor at the same. His key strength in his work was the use of word and language style. All his plays and poem were difficult to understand even up to date. Shakespeare was also known for criticizing other writers work when in his view it did not deem fit to be produced in the first place. Even though "The Book of the Courtier" was a great book in the 15th century as viewed ...

A modern precept states that information is power. While I support this precept, I consider highly important how people use the information that they possess. How is the information approached, how does the owner of the information use it for attaining his or her goals and what benefits and advantages can an information generate are significant aspects that must be considered for truly being powerful in the nowadays rapidly emerging informative world. There is a visible connection between the use of information as a power weapon and the study of philosophy of economics. Philosophy of economics teaches students to be ...

“Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift is considered one of greatest satirical literary works in the world literature heritage. To the great extent “Candide” ranks Voltaire on the same level of significance as one of the greatest satirists in the world literature. Satire is “a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule”. (Literary Devices) The goal of satire is improving humanity by means of criticizing and mocking its foolishness and weakness. In satire a writer uses fictional characters, which actually hint at real people ...

Judith Sargent Murray is an outstanding female author and one of the first proclaimers of feminist ideas of the United States in the 18th century. With the pen name "Constantia," her essay “On the Equality of the Sexes” saw his auditorium in the highly respected Massachusetts Magazine in 1790. In the essay, she cultivated and shared to wide public enlighten ideas in defense of female political rights, economic independence and improvement of education for women. Using her intellectual strengths and a word sword sharpened by pathos, logos and ethos, the miniature “weak” woman finds strong arguments in witty opposing to social ...

Introduction

The Canadian aboriginals’ rights in terms of education, land use and cultural identity are debated in three current newspaper articles depicted in the Canadian press. The First Nations receive considerable mass media attention in response to the country’s current efforts to promote diversity and to defend human rights. In this context, three articles from the Canadian press refer to the efforts that the Aboriginal communities make to ensure a better life for themselves, while negotiating their identity and rights with the Federal Government. This essay analyzes three articles: “Who Speaks for Canada’s Aboriginal” (Mark Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen), “ ...

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Strength Finder Exercise In life, it is vital to identify and appreciate our personality traits, in particular our skill sets and strengths. Exploring our own strengths and weakness will better equip us to face challenges and come out of them unscathed. The other advantage of evaluating ourselves is that we can find out what our weaknesses are, and try to rectify them. The strengths finder exercise undertook by me listed out the following qualities as my strengths – Positivity, Relator, Responsibility, Adaptability, and Includer. Among these traits, I find the following four traits to be more close to my ...

Introduction

This is a case of colleagues holding the same job position in a multinational company. EUROi is an IT company that was formed as a result of a merger between a British firm, RoyaIPC, and a French firm, Internet du France (IDF). Margaret, who is 50 years old and her 35 year old colleague Georges are supposed to work together each representing their respective companies. Georges works as the marketing manager representing the French company while Margaret was sent from London to France to work in the same position for the British partner. Although both employees have exceptional leadership skills, they are not ready to ...

States governments are through legislations, responsible for various individuals’ rights and freedoms. Over the years, individual liberty has been a topic of discussion among many state governments around the globe. Individual liberty is described as the freedom of citizens of a particular state to conduct various activities without interference from the government. The state government, usually, has less or no power over the individuals’ conduct and behavior. Individuals under democratic governments, usually, have and enjoy varied social, political, and economic liberties in their undertakings. By contrast, some state governments have a complete control over individual liberties. The concept of individual liberty can ...

Article criticism: Employment discrimination in the ethnically diverse workplace

Abstract Ethnic and race discrimination has characterized most organizational contexts in the global arena. Vertical and horizontal segregation based on ethnic and racial affiliation is common. In the midst of high voices calling for equality and non-discriminative employment, promotion, transfer and demotions, everyday actions in organizations imply otherwise. Tanya Kateri Hernandez on her article “Employment discrimination in the ethnically diverse workplace,” which was done in conjunction with Fordham Law School, archive of scholarship and history, offers a brief review of how race and ethnicity has always been used to discriminate in the opportunities that are available in the workplace ...

Lynching is a massacre that took place in the United States without trial against black people. Lynching was usually accompanied by torture, abuse and mockery of the victim, that in most cases resulted in death. According to the most common version, the term "Lynching”, which entered into the use in the 18th century, associated with the name of the American racist Colonel Lynch. During American War of Independence Lynch commanded a battalion of riflemen in Virginia, where the law courts most like didn’t work. Lynch himself created a court, that was dealing mostly with criminals and political opponents using very brutal ...

The way the media approaches Benghazi scandal brought a lot of controversy where different media stations offered different versions of the incident causing conflicts and a clash of information. The different media stations offered different reasons for the attack leading to the failure and lose of track by the news media as a channel of communication. The media there focused more on partisan issues and concerns as well as aspects of entertaining the public forgetting their main role of being a gatekeeper of information. This therefore turned the scandal a political issue of the America leadership by presenting and criticizing the statements of various ...

Introduction

Political communication has been changing drastically as more people in media houses engage politicians in forums that seek to enlighten the public of prevailing political climate in a given region. Politicians are individuals elected or appointed by people or groups of people to rule or represent others in political fronts and forums. This factor has been changing and is controlled by acts of law in a given state or country. Citizens are subjected to political shows that seek to discuss their collective wellbeing and putting in place an endeavoring action to guide the rule of law (Klaehn, 145). Every citizen in a ...

Saudi Arabia is a country in the heart of Middle East. It borders eight other countries and occupies nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula. Just like many of the other Middle East countries, Saudi Arabia is a cash-rich land thanks to the vast oil interests. This has led to the country being a home to sleek, modern cities and technological advances. It is not only in infrastructure that the countries is rich in but also culturally it is rich too. Its culture has been shaped by its Islamic heritage, its Bedouin traditions, as well as its historical role as an ancient trade center. ...

The Patty Hearst Trial presents one of the most controversial cases that have attracted attention of many scholars. Various legal experts and other analysts have presented different views in relation to this case by evaluating circumstance that surrounded the entire trial from diverse perspectives. The case revolves around Patty Hearst, a renowned newspapers heiress who engages in various unlawful activities especially after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Hearst trial presents a rich scenario, which explores various social-economic and political issues in relation to the justice system. The trial highlights the general use of customary psychiatric defenses including the ...

Rousseau and Wollstonecraft conquered the world with their philosophical words and arguments back in the years. Rousseau is one of the most influential thinkers who were re-known in Europe for some of his major arguments. He did philosophical works such as A Disclosure on the Sciences and Arts back in the 1750’s. Rousseau discusses education at a very high level where he argued against traditional views of religion that led to much criticism (Spielvogel). This paper will analyze the views of these two great philosophers by comparing and contrasting their views on some of the issues such women rights ...

Cultural Ideology and Art - Framing a Cultural Ideology Based on Societal Practices

Introduction Cultural ideology and art based on societal practices looks at social production, cultural autonomy, theories, as well as late capitalism. The underpinnings of the academic exploration of this subject take into consideration art and culture as part of a dominant ideology as well as aesthetic autonomy. In this academic exercise answering these and other structured inquiry presented in this discourse, engage further considerations of the course texts of Halley, Halley, Halley, Valdez, and Nava as well as others in this field of cultural studies. In addition, this academic exploration and discourse offers examples from the texts of specific ...

Introduction

This document illustrates in detail on Fela who was born in Nigeria and at the age of 20 years, he was sent to London to study medicine. Instead of doing what he was sent to do, he opted to venture into music whereby he formed a band called Koola Lobitos which played a fusion of jazz and high life. The document illustrates in detail on how Fela performed his music and what impact it had on the people (Manuel, 2007, 56). In addition, it entails that he was a multi-instrumental musician and composer, which made him a pioneer of Afrobeat music, and a human ...

- Summary of Microsoft Co. The company was formed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. It specializes in offering wide range of services and products related to computing. The company has experienced massive growth over the last few decades. This growth is attributed to diversification of its products and acquisition of other cooperates. For example, in 2011 it acquired Skype technologies for 8.5 billion US dollars. Currently the company is dominant in Microsoft office and PC operating system globally. Despite its popularity, the company was heavily criticized in United States and United Kingdom in 1990’s ...

Alternative perspective on management

In management and organizational studies, there is seemingly one way used to analyze aspects of management. However due to the scientific nature of management and organizational studies, there are alternative critical approaches used to analyze various aspect of management. Looking at the definition of management and organization, one can easily say that both concepts are as old as the history of human beings. In the historical period, there were various forms of organizations including armies and states which experienced management and organizational challenges. These challenges highlighted on areas such as human resource management, resource and financial management, branding and ...

Introduction

Lester Bangs was born in 1948 and he grew up in a family where his parents had little time for him with his father being a drunkard who battled with alcoholism his whole life. He had been to jail a number of times and he never interacted with his son that much. Therefore, Lester took an interest in music and writing. This is what kept him busy in the empty family life he led during his childhood and in his early teens. He almost became a vegetable from drug abuse at one point during his adolescence. He however, reformed and decided to go ...

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and it ended in 1975. It was a cold war skirmish that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from first of November 1955 to 30th 1975.The Vietnam War was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The communist allies supported the Northern Vietnam while the United States of America and other anti-communists states supported the government of Southern Vietnam. The Vietnam War and its impact on Martin Luther King, jr are discussed in the book Vietnam and America: A documented history by Gentleman, M. E. (1995). He says that no single event since ...

Hierarchy and social status are two of the major aspects of the Middle Ages, and two of the major themes embodied in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. In fact, what makes The Canterbury Tales is such an outstanding literary work is that Chaucer as depicted an extensive range of characters and occupations from the 14th century. The Canterbury Tales, of course, contains characters of both genders, from the various prominent social classes of the time, from the common to the aristocrat, the poor to the wealthy, the secular to the saintly, etc., and focuses on their interactions and relationships. ...

Introduction

Productivity in an organization or a country at large depends on how much investment is placed on human capital. Globalization and liberalization of markets has led to increased competition in the world. Therefore, there is a significant need to equip human capital with adequate skills and knowledge. Teachers who offer training and required skills have thus been forced to look for ways and means that can employed to ensure proper transmission of knowledge takes place. This is because teachers need to be competent enough since they play a huge role in developing human capital that will enhance economic prosperity. People learn ...

Exceptional students are those students that have trouble in learning, and their performance needs modification in instructions and curriculum (Hardman et al., 2010). These students have trouble in socializing, vocational, learning and other life skills. These students portray contracting characteristics in their learning abilities (Whatley, 2006). Some of the students require a repetitive and a well-structured environment to enable them get the required skills in life while other students learn and use whatever they have learnt in different scenarios (Justice Department, 2013).

This paper describes and explains the effective teaching methods for the exceptional students. This paper gives examples of strategies ...

Get-A-Mac Campaign Analysis

Among the beloved and successful advertisement campaign by the Apple Company was the “Get a Mac” series that featured two prominent personalities being used in a way that personified the PC and the Mac. This campaign was created by Apple’s longtime advertisement agency, it was launched in the year 2006 may 2nd , and ended in the year 2009, the campaign had a total of nineteen advertisements. The all-19 advertisements featured “Mac” (a part that was played by the actor Jusin Long) and the personal computer (PC) played by his partner (John Hogman). In this advertisement campaign, the actors personified the computer ...

Interreligious dialogue involves the exchange of religious ideas between people who professes different religions. Some people argue that dialogues should not be allowed. This is according to the bible that says that Christians should not be yoked with people from other religions who are thought to be non believers. However, interactions between Jesus and non believers show that He supported interreligious dialogue. Dialogues are important in that they help near the non believers so that preaching to them becomes easy. The dialogues help understand the religious beliefs of other people. People get to appreciate and respect the beliefs of ...

Book Report- Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy

Introduction Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy is a book by Professor Michael H. Hunt that describes the history of the American foreign policy and how it has affected the nation. The author has taken us through historical events and facts that led to the implementation of the policy and what the initiators thought would impart on the nation. This is made in relation to the events that followed its implementation, which includes various resistances from people who thought America was being too selfish1. The author looks at both the positive and negative impacts of the US foreign policy to ...

Leadership Traits and Ethics

Leadership trait and ethics is a very broad area of study. While leadership is differently defined by different scholars, most of them seem to accommodate the essentialities of ethical leadership. The center for ethical leadership (2012) defines ethical leadership as the act of knowing one’s core values living them as part of your daily activities for the common good. Leadership therefore entails the acts of being in lead to guide or set an exemplary pace for others to follow; more often on the right part and leading to greater returns other than when there would be no leadership or ...

On two recent occasions, I recall giving unspecific feedback that left the learner with more confusion than clarity. On both occasions, I provided feedback face-to-face to the learners. On one occasion, I criticized an approach that informed the patient about his medical condition. From my perspective, the learner was not sensitive to the patient’s circumstances and failed to deliver the information in an understandable manner. I stated that the approach was too formal, and that talking with patients required more elaboration on conditions with fewer medical terms. On the other occasion, I provided positive feedback after hearing the ...

In Joan Ackermann's short play "Quiet Torrential Sound," two sisters, Claire and Monica, sit down for a lunch while on vacation, after having seen an outdoor performance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Monica talks her sister's ear off while criticizing her, while Claire finally opens up about a sex workshop she took some time ago, in which she began to experience the thrill of orgasm. Throughout the scene, the power relationship between the two sisters changes and shifts, all the while tackling issues of sibling rivalry and sexual liberation.

In the opening conversation, Monica clearly dominates the scene - Claire merely responds ...

Underline the best answer for each the following 40 multiple choice questions.

1. The most intense “laboratory” for conflict resolution is a. the work environment b. family relationships c. romantic relationships d. friendships

2. The textbook asserts that in Western culture conflict is typically viewed as a. challenging b. positive c. negative d. productive

3. The two things that are important in all conflicts are a. communication behaviors b. perceptions of those behaviors c. reactions to those behaviors d. a & b only

4. The “four horseman of the apocalypse” that are present in destructive conflicts are a. anger and criticizing ...