Essays on Disgrace

Introduction

The film, “If these Walls Could Talk,” is a compilation of three generational segments of stories that exonerate the plight of women in the society against the general view of the dominant sex. This film was released in 1996, and it exclusively discusses the controversial issue of abortion, which seeps in three distinct generations. The three segments of the film entail different generations and decades, but the setup for the entire story transpires in the same house. The first story is a widow, whose husband was killed on the battlefield (Stuart, 2008). Demi Moore is the woman in the ...

Introduction

Since the dawn of human civilization annihilation of millions of people has been occurring. After the two World Wars, this annihilation took place through many civil wars fought within the nations all over the world. The Genocide or the mass killing of a particular ethnic group has been a common phenomenon in civil wars. In 1990s, the Kashmiri Hindus were expelled by Muslim terrorists through severe massacre. The question is whether mass massacre is the answer to any problem. There is a universal agreement that genocide is immoral and unethical (Jones, 1999). Still even after the horrified consequences of ...

People often juxtapose their world to the world of nature. More and more often modern people, in contrast to those living in ancient times, express an opinion that they are masters on the earth and, therefore, have a right to exercise dominion over animals, plants, and nature on the whole. However, in most cases, people are just slaves of circumstances and of the environment in which they happen to exist. Disgrace, a Booker-prize winning novel by J.M. Coetzee (1999), is all about that coexistence of the two worlds – the world of nature and the world of people who want ...

Human Dignity and the Organ Trade

Organ donation is a gracious act that adds more years to a sick individual’s life as it allows them to live a longer and healthier life. Those with end-stage heart, eye, or kidney diseases live longer than those who receive other treatment methods such as dialysis or oral medications. The problem is that there is a shortage of organs for transplantation all over the world. The list of patients waiting for donors run in the hundreds of thousands, with about 100,000 of them waiting for kidney donors alone. This has led to questions about the possibility of ...

Introduction

Sexual behavior has a direct impact on the family life experience as sexual activity is an essential part of a healthy relationship. But, sexual activity can also cause disruption and confrontation in family life when one or both partners are indulging in sexual activity outside their relationship. Many couples and families are broken due to the sexual behaviors of partners. The worst case is when partners hide their sexual activity from each other or have secret relationships. Such scenarios have a negative influence on the family life and changes the family dynamic in many cases, as people cannot ignore ...

Race plays a significant role in slavery and has several impacts on the victims. The emergence of races led to inequalities among the people where some individuals felt superior to others. Slavery emerged from the vice of racists and led to great suffering among the Africans, who were forced to provide labor in the European farms. The pain of the Africans being subjected to slavery cannot be replaced and compensated because they suffered for an extended period. The paper covers the role played by race in slavery and the impacts it had, based on the foundational documents and Randal ...

Introduction

Perhaps one of the most influential forms of media proliferating nowadays is the television. Many households nowadays use television as a form of entertainment, due to the extensive range of programs that it can offer. For example, children and the youth can enjoy animations that are geared specifically to them, while older people can either enjoy drama or variety shows depending on their tastes and preferences. All in all, it can be said that television can provide a wide variety of shows from audiences from all over, thus contributing to its popularity among modern society. One of the shows ...

Ethics in Accounting Profession

Facts: In the current scenario, the main issue is the deviant workplace behavior which is caused by the several workplace professional and ethical problems. On the basis of research, professionals are behaving unethical due to the certain routines in the organization. In the past, the demand and supply of the individuals were under control. However, in the current scenario, the professionals of the highest quality are facing workload. Moreover, the accounting professionals are expecting an increase in their salaries, according to the work load.

Ethical Issues:

The ethical problem with accountants in relation to the deviant workplace behavior is that it ...

The ‘pacifism and the war,’ is a literal piece by George Orwell as a response to accusations by other writers among others Woodcock and Mr. Comfort. It is a defensive response to the letters of accusations for his perceived role in the fascism war. He essentially addresses important themes that form the basis of these charges. The thesis of the literature thus focuses on the scope of the accusations advanced in the papers. As such, the audience of the paper includes the delivering agent and the authors of the accusing letters. It is a platform that he not only ...

Abstract

The proposed study will delve into how the contemporary federal security agents can successfully combat the terrorist organizations within the United States penitentiaries. In particular, the study will aim at contributing to the body of knowledge regarding fighting the domestic terrorism, that is, the terrorism originating from the state and federal correctional facilities. The study will also aim at helping the federal agents avert the recruitment and radicalization of the inmates inside the United States prisons. The study will utilize the survey research design due to its cost effectiveness, generalizability, and efficiency. The research participants will include the security ...

Introduction

Akira Kurosawa's Ran is based on the 16th Century play, King Lear, by William Shakespeare. The main plots behind the two works are identical. Besides Ran’s adapted parallel characters like Hidetora, there are theme similarities and differences. In both stories, a leader decides to divide his kingdom among three heirs and a child identifies their father’s undoing in both. The similarities and differences in the plots of the two works underpin major similarities and differences in themes. For example, both works capture the theme of conflict between authority and challenge within the family albeit not exactly in ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s historical speech “I Have a Dream” has been a pivotal moment in history for black America. As a leader of the Civil Rights movement, MLK had a great vision of justice and equality for black men, women, and children that had not been honored by white America. Despite the signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation a hundred years prior to MLK’s speech, black people still lived segregated and in oppression. It was MLK’s brave and courageous stance that empowered black people throughout America to begin the non-violent fight for what should have ...

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 ...

Option I: How is the Spartans mentioned in the New Yorker? How do these references connect to what you have read in class? What do the references suggest about how the authors and their intended readership perceive Classical Literature and or Ancient Greece? The Spartans have always been compared with other Greek city states such as Athens and Rhodes. For the record, Greece, during the ancient times, were never considered (either internally or externally) as a single entity. Instead, they were composed of individual cities that always competed against each other. They were most of the time broken. In ...

Cyberbullying is the act of bullying and harassing a person with the use of electronic technology. These electronic technological devices include the use of the internet, and gadgets like cell phones, computers and laptops and tablets, etc. Over the internet, cyber bullying takes place through social media websites, emails, online chat rooms, text messages and various other websites. Cyberbullying can take place in the form of stalking someone over a period of time, harassing them through text messages and emails, spreading rumors about them and posting inappropriate and personal information about a person on social media websites. The reason ...

Introduction

A sitcom is short for a situational comedy. It is a genre in film that involves a comedy performance where recurring characters in the show play out funny storylines. The main element of a sitcom is that it happens in a common environment such as a home or a school or workplace involving relatable characters. Sitcoms are tailored to depict everyday life situations in a humorous way to entertain the audience. When sitcoms were first introduced they were presented over the radio, but today they are predominantly on television. Most of the sitcoms are recorded in front of a ...

Bold, daring, exotic, and erotic these are the few words that describe the movie The Dirty Pictures, a Bollywood Hindi film produced in 2011 narrates the story of the India’s well-known sexy star named Silk Smitha. Silk Smitha was known for her daring roles which contain soft core pornography; she was active in the 70s and in the 80s before her apparent suicide in the early 1990s. In a way, she may be referred to as the Indian version of Marilyn Monroe since their stories are very much alike yet, the film although drawing inspiration from Silk Smitha, ...

Abstract

Smoking and nicotine addiction is one of the issues that has been widely discussed and blogged globally. There are several divisive issues with regard to the effects smoking and how the problem should be dealt with globally. The public health officials use empirical evidence to prove that smoking causes problems like lung cancer, sexual impairment, and depression. The cigarette manufacturers on the other end oppose the idea that smoking can be directly linked to any of the three mentioned problems. The responses to such issues include various empirical studies trying to prove the health implications of smoking. This paper ...

Introduction

Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913 in Alabama. Parks grew up in Pine Level, Alabama, on her maternal grandfather’s farm. Parks had to experience racial discrimination early in her life, with race divided schools in Alabama. As a child, Rosa suffered from poor health, especially her sore throat. She was also weak for her age and used to be bedridden with her sickness. Rosa grew up in segregated South where she had to live in an environment that rejected African Americans to enter segregated hotels or restaurants (McDonough, 2010, p. 1-12). Her long struggle toughened her ...

Circumstances

Both texts were created by Mahatma Gandhi when India used to be a British colony and Gandhi was leading his country’s march towards independence from colonial rule. Since, India was a British colony; the British Empire ravaged local business and forced them to sell on British made goods. The Dandi March was an effort by Gandhi and fellow Satyagrahis to produce Indian salt as a means to to break the British hegemony over Indian public and Indian industry. The first speech came before the Dandi March in 1930 when Gandhi wanted to make sure that his intentions of ...

Abstract

Destructive leadership, or toxic leadership, is known to have a damaging effect on subordinate members of the armed forces. In the military, toxic leaders are those who engender low levels of confidence, torment, overwork, and micromanage their units, inflict undue stress, and repeatedly violate their soldiers’ trust (Elle, 2012; Reed, 2004). Toxic leadership tends to undermine discipline, morale, and motivation and has a highly divisive effect on unit cohesion. The presence of toxic leadership within the army has recently been confirmed by a survey indicated at least 20 percent of officers and NCOs have worked for a toxic leader ( ...

Introduction

The novel Kindred has written by Octavia Butler in 1979. This is a science fiction novel which contains high literature. The novel has different themes, one of them is ‘obsessive love.' In the novel, obsessive love can be found commonly in various characters. All the characters’ obsessive love is depicted from their acts. The author shows in the novel a direct comparison of Rufus slave owning behavior with his mother who plays an eminent role to spoil him. The ending of the novel is the true depiction that an individual who is on the right path never gets pain ...

An Analysis of Disgrace and The God of Small Things

The novels Disgrace by renowned author John Maxwell Coetzee, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, introduce several important concepts that play a crucial role in encouraging the readers to take a step back and reflect on themselves. Reading these novels go beyond the understanding of different facts of life that may have gone unnoticed or unattended amidst the people’s daily struggles. Through a few key characters that had the stories churning, the novels were able to tackle issues of sexuality, the morals and ethics attached to it, of getting old, of social isolation, of family ...

Antigone is a tragedy written by Greek playwright Sophocles in the year 442 BCE. The play carries on in a series of plays such as Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus as well as Seven Against Thebes, which tell the tale of social classes, family feuds, and civil law in ancient times. The play tells about the reversal of fortunes between people in the high social class who are forced to live very lowly lives and to suffer emotionally and physically due to the operation of the constitution. The play deals with the burial of Antigone’s brother ...

1. By “Moral Panic”, Steven Pinker means that nowadays many people in the world are certain that technological innovations will spoil, or even damage society. They think that, especially technologies such as the World Wide Web, will lead to a society that is interested in achieving nothing, and loses its culture. Those assumptions are often proven by wrong by scientific experiments. 2. Pinker offers some myths about the negative effects of new technologies, and the Web. For example, Pinker argues that many people accused video games of increasing violence among young people. However, during the 1990s, crime declined very ...

Introduction

Sexual harassment and workplace bullying is very common in the workplace and under the current case it is clear that Jim has to deal with a hostile workplace environment where Dan and Jacob are the bullies who are verbally abusing Jim. Sexual harassment is displayed through unwelcome sexual request, advances, and favours and other physical or verbal conduct (Misbehaviour slide 12). Bullying consists of repeated actions directed towards another worker that are unwanted, causes humiliation and can be unconsciously or deliberately (Misbehaviour slide 24). In addition, Jim is transitioning from a male to a female and such bullying can ...

China has always had high immigration numbers. In the past, unskilled men typically left to find jobs abroad and then sent the money home and returned when they made enough to sustain their families (Skeldon). Over the last several decades China has been experiencing financial, governmental and demographic changes. China has the highest number of people of any one country and they are experiencing tremendous levels of migration both in and out of the country. In 2010 China was ranked in fourth place in the area of immigration that took place around the world (Skeldon). In the mid 1960’ ...

Karl Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach is an exclusive note written the document that includes eleven small pieces of notes, which describe the few light setting works of philosophy on the discovery of the new world. The thesis describes the breakthrough in the world of philosophy, from the world of idealism, to the world of Marxism (Jal, p 1). The hypotheses describe the whole process of transition of knowledge through the provision of the truth, by exerting reality, and the power of knowledge in knowledge attribution. The thesis describes the transition that the world undergoes due to changes in ...

“Hotline Bling,” a song co-written and performed by Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, known simply as Drake, rose to popularity in late 2015. While it was well known for its corresponding music video, it has also been critically praised for its emotional depth. Essentially, “Hotline Bling” is an emotional appeal from the narrator, Drake, to a former lover, who remains unnamed in the song. Throughout several stanzas that center around the phrase “ever since I left the city,” Drake uses the rhetorical devices of pathos and ethos in an attempt to compare and contrast his past and current relationship ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a known writer and he focused his work on enlightenment. He mainly depicted the society in its natural view, and he championed the virtue of women and equality of men. According to Rousseau, apart from the factors concerning sex, then a woman is a man. He majorly says that a woman’s authority is derived from the morals she upholds in the society. A woman should recognize her place in the society to avoid dishonor in the family setting. Rousseau’s work has influenced women positively in many ways. He argues that to make the young ...

The rise of social media has had both positive impacts as well as adverse effects in organizations. For instance, it fosters communication in organizations especially when information is conveyed via social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Besides, the transfer of information is fast to the intended audience through the use of the agency’s Facebook page (Quinn, 2016). However, there is a skyrocketing misuse of social media by employees from different organizations. Workers of various agencies around the world often misuse confidential information. Furthermore, there are high chances of misinterpreting of the firms’ views through the use ...

Tokubei and Ohatsu’s story is inspirational in its portrayal of the extent lovers will go to for the accomplishment of their love. However, although inspirational in nature, their actions and motivations are illogical if viewed in a sense of self-preservation. One of the bigger themes, honesty, is expressed in the story through both characters. This honesty, although oftentimes a good virtue, has become their undoing. Love preceded reason in their motivation, leading to them having thought of no other options for salvation aside from death. Tokubei, had to face the choice of loving and marrying a woman of ...

The song “Society’s Child” was composed by Janis Ian and recorded in the year 1965. Janis was living in a community full of black Americans. She started composing the song when she was 13 years and finished it when she was 14. She composed the song following the decision by a white couple to prevent their daughter from dating a black man. The main theme of the song is the issue of interracial romance. It is about a girl who witnesses the humiliation her boyfriend receives from her mother. The girl’s mother does not call the man ...

Hurston uses a lot of folk sayings while writing about black people from the south. Darwin. T. Turner in his book, “ Zora Neale Hurston: The Wandering Minstrel” writes that “Gifted with an ear for dialect, an appreciation of the folktale, a lively imaginationshe interwove these materials in deceptively simple stories which exhibit increasing artistic consciousness (Turner 98-99).” “As she approached Blue Sink she all but turned back. It was a dark night but the lake shimmered and glowed like phosphorous near the shore. It seemed that figures moved about on the quiet surface. She remembered that folks said Blue ...

Introduction

Total institution is the concept of an isolated enclosed social system that controls aspects of the lives of those in the institution. A total institution encompasses the whole being of an individual while undercutting individuality. Individuals are processed through the institution as objects, and the individual is subjected to a regimented pattern of life that does not reflect self. The total institution is typically inescapable and its participants are under control of the institutions bureaucracy. In order to ensure leverage, the institution maintains tension between the institution and the outside world. The purpose of total institutions is to resocialize ...

The events of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which comprise two main events that took place in February and October, were of a bourgeois-democratic character and were connected with the further solution of land and national issues, which had been the reasons for the revolution of 1905-1907. At the same time, the issue regarding the country's government was up in the air. The reasons which caused the revolution were further complicated by World War I that took place in 1914. The events that took place in 1917, however, are one of the most important landmarks of the history of ...

The cycling sport was born in the XIX century. In the XX century, it gained extreme popularity. Now its popularity is not inferior to football and hockey. As a separate direction of this discipline originated in the 19th century, and the first competition took place in the suburbs of Paris. The cycling sport was introduced in the program of the Olympic Games. Today many people enjoy cycling as a hobby. There is the International Cycling Union, which is located in Switzerland. This sports organization was founded by the following countries: England, Belgium, Italy and France. The organization is engaged ...

The aim of this paper is the attempt to analyse individual and society in one of the Miloš Forman’s films Ragtime which is based on the novel of E. L. Doctorow. The beginning of the twentieth century in the USA is very interesting and promising time. But what makes this period so enticing to explore? Obviously, it is the society, the people themselves, their decisions, convictions and passion. Forman, a Czechoslovakian with an unusually keen eye for American society (Ebert 3). Telling the stories of outstanding characters, their love, desires and hatred, Ragtime shows the America and its ...

The issue of whether to legalize same-sex marriages has remained a highly controversial and debatable topic for an extended period. On 26th June 2015, the United States Supreme Court, in its ruling announced that same-sex marriages were legal. The decision complicated the issue even further because there was a section of the population that opposed the move. The proponents of same-sex marriages argue that when these marriages should be protected by the constitution terming it discriminatory if not allowed. Moreover, they also advocate for the enjoyment of equal rights and opposes any tendencies to victimize same-sex couples. On the ...

Is Euthanasia OR Physician-Assisted Suicide Better than leading Unhappy Life as a Burden?

This is an ethical question that invokes a serosae of responses in order to bets handle it. While pain has been in existence since the traditional times, the question whether euthanasia is an ideal ethical method for ending severe pain to a patient remains a subject of discussion. Just like proponents have different theoretical viewpoints to assert the validity of euthanasia; it is the same way that opponents question the credibility of this process in the modern ethical realms. This topic is purely concerned with decisions about the relevance of euthanasia to the social dynamics, and whether it should ...

Ernest Hemingway, the author of the story ‘Hills like White Elephants,’ is a famous 20th-century American writer and author whose published works have created a niche of their own in the literary world. Hemingway is known for his autobiographical element. He revolutionized the idea of the American living in the 20th century. He was a very brief and straightforward in his work. He used short sentences and posed his ideas very vividly. His personal life was storming, and he married multiple times. He would fall in love even after his marriage, and he married four times. He suffered from ...

Most important message

The important message in the episode is the tragic demise of James Crawley and the son Patrick who both happen to the heirs to the Downton Abbey throne. The message is delivered through a telegram that creates an atmosphere of agony. The Downton Abbey episode commences with tragic discovery of the untimely demise of the presumptive heir to Lord Grantham. The aristocrats of Abbey soon get entangled in fiery succession plans as both Crawley and the son are no more (Downton Abbey, 2010). They are all gone to where fate takes men. The news of the sunken Titanic engulfs ...

When the young woman – the mother of this child – stood fully revealed before the crowd, it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom; not so much by an impulse of motherly affection, as that she might thereby conceal a certain token, which was wrought or fastened into her dress. In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm, and with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be ...

“Disgrace” by J.M. Coetzee is among the first if not the only one with the setting of post-Apartheid Africa. From the time it was first published, it has brought about so much controversy that drew both political and emotional responses from readers and critics all over the world. Several individuals have openly condemned the novel and termed it as deceiving and racist while others ironically appreciated its author for painting post-apartheid South Africa as an anxious and comfortless place. But still, many, if not every one have to agree that Coetzee brilliantly incorporated quite a number of themes through ...

InstructorQUANTIFYING THE CONSENSUS ON ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE: A CRITICAL REVIEW

The subject of climate change has been a topic of research among several scholars. Cook et al., (2013) in their article “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature” focus on the subject of Anthropogenic Global Warming by analyzing scientific studies on the subject. The researchers analyze literature from 11,944 abstracts from 1991-201. The abstracts analyzed express both support and dismissal of AGW, but one of the primary consensuses is human population actions are the primary source of global warming. This critical review analyzes various aspects of the articles such as aims, approaches, and arguments ...

Introduction

Enterprises normally have many buyers purchasing their products such that they do not get a chance to know each of them personally. In such a case the business is required to pursue a rigorously tested study concerning consumer behavior. People are definitely different, but at some point their minds tend to react in the same way, and comprehending the aspects can assist the company to formulate strategies that will make customers accept their items or services. The creative measures should be ethical to conform to the universal values of the consumer base. This article articulates a critical review of ...

Ethics is a critical part of any endeavor more so on the business front. It refers to moral principles that determine persons or a group’s behavior and attitude toward something. In the business set up, this moral principle is the primary determinant on whether a person does the right or the wrong thing. The objective of this paper is to analyze the use of falsified resumes to gain an unfair advantage in the workplace and examine whether there are circumstances where one can be excused for using of faked resumes. Before we look at a case of resume ...

Candide by Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire is a satirical work whose main idea is challenging the widely accepted beliefs in the society. The concept of optimism is one which is heavily satirized through the experiences of the characters presented in the book. The basic idea of the novel was to challenge the beliefs and philosophies that scholars during the Enlightenment period held as the truth. According to the thinkers, God was a perfect God, and this meant that the world; his creation would be perfect. The book uses characters such as Pangloss and Candide, who hold on to the optimism ...

What moral issues does the case arise?

Qatar Airlines has been cited over the decades as one of the airlines with the strictest rules by International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and has mentioned that the company is a disgrace to the aviation industry for failing to honor labor rights for its female employees. Some of the controversy issues concerning the airline include its prohibition that the female crew should not get married or pregnant during their first five years of marriage. Furthermore, it is the moral rights of human beings to decide when to marry or get married whatsoever, and an employer should not restrict an ...

Personal Development Plan

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN While my first career step will be finding work as a dental lab technician, that is not where I want my career arc to stay. I plan to open my own business providing dental lab analysis services to dental practices all over the world. Attaining that degree of success will require a great deal of leadership on my part. The purpose of this paper is to show how I plan to develop myself into the sort of business professional who can attain these results.

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, is my source of inspiration when ...

Business Memo in Applying Critical Thinking Model

Business Memo in Applying Critical Thinking Model In the memo by Anil Ravaswami, Leadership Development Programs, October 10, 2014, to Ms. Cynthia Castle, there are a number of issues that need to be analyzed critically. A good analysis of the memo involve asking right questions. To effectively analyze this memo, a multi-step method developed by Browne and Keeley (Browne and Keeley, 2007) will be used.

Issues and Conclusion

In this memo, the main issue is the decision of whether Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa (CHCM) should establish and fund a new leadership development program for their junior insurance executives or not. The ...

Introduction

Prophets are people who are set aside and are only held onto account by God alone. In most instances the prophet was expected to convey the message of God without expecting appraisal from the people. At the same time, there are instances where in the message presented by him or she may receive opposition. This is most often an indication that, his message is of God since, it is po9stulated by Jesus Christ that, Prophet are less often welcomed and rejection for sake of word of God is part and parcel of the divine ministry.

In the co ...

Introduction

Under criminal law, false arrest occurs when one party holds another wrongfully and takes them to custody against their will. This can be committed by both law enforcement agencies and private persons. It is a crime to restrict wrongfully or limit the personal freedom of another person against their consent (Rix, 1995). Anyone doing this commits a crime of false imprisonment. The remedies available to the victim of false imprisonment depend on the harm caused. In most cases, however, the victims have the remedy of damages.

There is no doubt that Dziuma was falsely arrested, and he was never given a chance ...

We have heard the cliché spare the rod, spoil the child perhaps one too many times. This line often associated with the principle of punishment. Many believe that the punishment is an effective way to rectify bad behavior because it imprints the intensity of the punishment within the mindset of the individual. However, critics of the use of punishment argues that it does not address the core of the problem but rather leave a very superficial implication which can eventually fade over time because of the person has grown immune of the punishment. This paper argues that the punishment is ...

The case sits within the domain of evidence as the procedural law in application and of course the substantive law remains criminal law. However, as to the defence of the three, this paper shall give advice within the law of evidence and highlight the evidential issues that should be brought forward in the defence of each of three accused persons. It should be appreciated that the evidential issues shall be substantially guided by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984. However, in nexus to this Act, the evidential issues shall also be guided by the wider body of ...

Many people with disability have observed and experienced substantial change to cultural approaches towards disability in their lifetimes. People with disability experience serious difficulties of misunderstanding and discrimination. Society attitudes towards disability are emphasized by the accepted terminology used to define people with disability. The people view the person with his or her impairment as a person having the impairment. Due to the exposure of the modern world, it has become so complicated to understand different cultural backgrounds. The couple may belong to different social or racial backgrounds, and the diverse cultures may be represented among the kids and parents. ...

Dick Gregory is one of the most well-known black comedians and social rights activist who became popular because of his biting humor in criticizing racial prejudice. He is also a nutrition guru and a health entrepreneur advocating change of diet as a catalyst of better living. “Born into poverty, a circumstance he frequently used as the basis for his humor, Dick Gregory attended Southern Illinois University, where he ran track and was the University’s most outstanding athlete in 1953.” (Clovis 539) Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory began his career in the national comedy scene during the year 1961 in The Playboy Club in ...

The question of the death penalty was relevant in varying degrees throughout the whole history of world governments. However, one should not overestimate its importance in today's global environment, which is characteristic of many politicians, legislators and academics. Aristotle once said: "Only then can we know the essence of things, when you know their origins and development." Therefore, let’s start with a historical perspective. Historically, the death penalty is "evolved" from the ancient custom of blood feud that is existed in pre-state societies and is expressed in the formula "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." ...

Great Expectations is a coming of age story written and set in England during the period of the Industrial Revolution. With the endowment of a secret benefactor, the main character, a country orphan named Phillip “Pip” Pirrip, sets out to attain the necessary accoutrements of Victorian gentility; education, money, and social acceptance. The novel exposes the immorality and hypocrisy of the Victorian Era’s socio-economic class system. When viewed through the author’s depiction of prevalent social issues such as child welfare and development, criminal justice, and social mobility, Great Expectations’ is a poignant indictment of the corruptive influence of money on moral ...

Terrorism is not as much about killing a maximum number of civilians as sending a message about its aims and aspirations. ETA, a Basque separatist, nationalist group has stood for the independence of the Basque province since 1959 deriving encouragement from Marxism, nationalism, and other kinds of ideological influence. To achieve its strategy, the multi-compartmental group with a complex and secret structure of limited interconnections has used a set of tactical approaches like killings, intimidation, and humiliation. While its leadership has been subject to rotations due to it being targeted by the authorities, it has forged multiple ties with similar radical or extremist organizations ...