Essays on Evacuation

Self-reliance

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something, which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” (Emerson) (Nina et al, 1094)
In this quote, Emerson urges people to remain themselves at all times. He insists on people obeying their natural instincts, trusting in their intrinsic abilities and doing the things that they can do best. He believes that by so doing everyone will be able to rely in him/herself.
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The Iroquois Theatre was located on the Northern side, between the Dearborn Street and State Street in Chicago. The theatre attracted many women who went to Chicago for day trips because they thought the theatre was safe. The safety of the theatre was guaranteed because it was located close to the Loop shopping district that was patrolled by police. Upon opening of the Iroquois Theatre, drama critics lauded the theatre terming it as the most beautiful theatre in Chicago.
The Iroquois Theatre fire occurred at about 3:15 P.M, on 30th December 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. After the fire, 605 Continue reading...

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Before the American Civil War of 1861-1865, tensions were high between the Northern and Southern states. Said tension found basis on the issue of slavery with the Southerners being pro-slavery and Northerners anti-slavery. Consequently, an abolitionist movement rose from the North and led to the development of the “Underground Railroad”. Despite its name, the “Underground Railroad” encompassed hidden houses, paths, and code words that the anti-slavery forces utilized in helping blacks escape to Free states and Canada where there was no slavery. Expectedly, such actions led to the retaliation of the Southerners who Continue reading...

- The film genre expectations are subverted in the manner to which an expected judicial process for the Huntsville convicts at long run does not take place. In a high profile, the genre blends action, adventure, crime and faction types of genres. Action is through the Adventure, with a risky turn. Adventure is through an epic distant journey in escape of crime on the offense being committed by the convicts escaping.
- In comparing and contrasting three cultural types, of criminal, legal and religious, Butch, Phillip and Red are of importance. Butch represents the true criminal culture through his Continue reading...

Though stories vary greatly from one another, good stories have similar literary elements in common which make them a good story. This essay judges James Baldwin’s story Sonny’s Blues based on this criteria of characters, setting, and point of view and conflict.
Baldwin’s story features two protagonists, Sonny and his brother and his older, protective brother. Both are from an economically disadvantaged black neighborhood. Sonny is a musician, and as do many musicians, he used drugs. The reader is introduced to Sonny when he has just gotten out of jail and is no longer using drugs, Continue reading...

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Analysis of Advertisements According to Fowles’s Categories and Their Effectiveness with Bovee et al.
Under Fowles’s list of fifteen emotional appeals, “giving form to people’s deep-lying desires and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for, advertisers have the best chance of arresting attention and affecting communication,” while Bovee et al (1989), suggests “that an effective sales pitch contributes to the advertising’s appeal to customers.” ‘The Time’ magazine, dated January 31, 2011, has quite a few news breakers, but one distinct advertisement that draws the attention of most of its readers is the one Continue reading...

In December 7th, 1941There were attacks on the Pearl Harbor base in Hawai’i by the Japanese. At the time of the attacks, the numbers of soldiers in the base were minimal since some had closed whereas others were on weekend leaves. The incoming Japanese planes that attacked the naval base were detected, but were mistaken to a group of American planes that were expected to arrive in the naval base from the mainland. These attacks were survived and took about two hours, and the reason that made them have a big impact is the fact that it had Continue reading...

The U.S’ government decision to wage war on Vietnam without a good plan of war involving clear-cut strategies and plans was one decision they poorly made. Therefore, it resulted to a prolonged Vietnam War and made the victory indeterminate for them (Yancey, 2001). The war was between the North Vietnam which was a communist state backed by other communist nations such as the Soviets and China, against the U.S, South Vietnam forces together with other anti-communist nations. People fought the war in North Vietnam. This war took place as a way to stop the spread of communism as the Continue reading...

Cocteau makes references to the Oedipus as human. In essence, he represents him to possess human characteristics and traits. He illustrates Oedipus as a virginal youth. On the same note, Cocteau states that, Oedipus arrogance was too overwhelming in the interactions that he engaged in. In his interactions with Sphinx, she enables him escape a deadly situation. However the case, Oedipus does not recognize the fact that assistance had been abetted in his favor. His manifestations of arrogance are hence illustrated along these cones. In this regard, it is according to Cocteau view of what Oedipus was. He goes Continue reading...

In the literary works “The American Dreams” by Genghis Lotus and the “city of refuge” by Rudolph Fisher, both authors seem to express the hope in the American Dream that is not easily fazed. The poem is not set in a specific state in America but focuses on the opportunities that are possible for those in America whether born there or migrated in from another country. The short story “city of refuge” is based on an African American who has moved in to New York from North Carolina to escape mob justice for shooting a white man. In the Continue reading...

Introduction

The Chinese Revolution which took place in the 20th century was as a result of intertwined socio-economic and political factors in China. The Chinese economy was predominantly composed of agriculture and the revenue load imposed on the peasants resulted in their outcry (Lieberthal et al. 12). The status quo was pronounced at that time and the Chinese politics were disorganized. Foreign powers had resulted in the division of china into spheres based on influence. They were only interested in their own agendas and sabotaged the genuine needs of the Chinese people. China’s war with Japan has also seen Continue reading...

Feminist accused the male dominated society of the subjugation of the rights of women. The history of the human race is marred with the oppression of the female gender. The injustice perpetrated by women can be attributed to the ideologies taught in mainstream religions that women are responsible for the fall of the human race and the current evil that has salvaged the society for centuries. Nevertheless, communities and ethnicities that do not subscribe to the mainstream religions undermine women in the society. Towards the late twentieth century, feminist’s movement arose as a result of the skyrocketing of Continue reading...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot by the Irish writer Samuel Becket is a powerful play attesting to the inevitable suffering inherent in human existence. The play depicts this agony even more poignantly by the fact that it is devoid of a well-organized plot and a conventional setting: “A country road. A tree” (Act 1). This is all the setting there is. .Devoid of these familiar elements, the audience or reader has no choice but to face one of the most fundamental elements of the play: an endless wait. As the play opens, the audience or reader meets Estragon, or rather Gogo, Continue reading...

1 .What lessons, if any, can be learned by comparing and contrasting Hoover and Roosevelt’s differing approaches to combating the Great Depression?
The Great Depression is remembered as the worst economic slump that has ever hit the industrialized world. The Great Depression was experienced during the presidency of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt. Their approaches towards the crisis were similar and dissimilar in a number of ways. Both the presidents utilized government resources more than any other previous US presidents in a bid to resurrect the struggling economy. Americans insists that Hoover was less committed to save the Continue reading...

Response Structure

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Incident command structure is an organized system that enhances a central command of all relevant departments in response to an emergency. The idea was mooted in the United States of America at a Phoenix AZ meeting of fire Chiefs. ( Rion,2008).  The main goal of establishing Incident Command system was meant to mitigate wildfires or had engulfed states of California and Arizona. During its subsequent operations, the executive and operations managements realized that Continue reading...

Oedipus Rex is an astounding and great Sophoclean play which portrays a tragic hero in a unique way. The play was composed during the ancient Greece time when Sophocles took advantage of the using character flaws in the drama. He gave Oedipus the role of a tragic hero to ensure that he captured the attention of the audience. Sophocles’ play was outstanding because the play-watchers felt to be part of it and experienced a catharsis of reactions. At the beginning of the play, Sophocles gives Oedipus a decidedly recognized character with a high sense of intelligence. Oedipus is portrayed Continue reading...

Plot and Story

Plot and story appear in different dimensions in narratives. In narrative films, story refers to the account that film narrates. It also refers to events that the audience infers and assumes to have taken place in the film. In narratives, the story appears in chronological order with a duration and frequency. The Story differs from the plot because the plot presents specific events in a narrative. The plot appears as the imaginary construction by the viewer regarding the events in the film. The Plot also involves a chronological order and duration.
The narrative’s plot presents Richard Hannay as Continue reading...

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Swanson (1) avers that the uses of drones have both positive and negative uses for the use of drones in both commercial as well as law enforcement applications. However, Swanson is stating that with the absence of any actions by authorities, on the state and the Federal levels, to enact any policies or legislation to regulate any of the flights conducted by these “unmanned aerial vehicles” in America’s skies as these operators see fit. Federal authorities allowed more than 30,000 drone flights; police departments, for their part, have used drones to a low altitude of 400 Continue reading...

There is a time when advertisers need more than descriptive research to understand consumers current behaviors and attitudes. They sometimes require an understanding of cause and effect, which is obtained through experimental research in which an advertiser alters something in the consumer’s environment, or product in order to see what would happen. The goal of an experiment is usually to determine the effect of changes in one area on one or more other areas. An experiment is used to vary the amount of advertising placed in particular markets to determine how advertising weight affects target audience, advertising awareness Continue reading...

The element of nostalgia in the novel

Great Expectations is a novel that is based on elements of nostalgia. The arch typical nostalgic character is the doomed Miss Havisham, who lives in the past and cannot get over the jilting of her suitor – she leaves her crumbling house just as it was all those years ago. Pip longs for his dead parents since he is treated badly by his sister although he finds comfort in the kindly character of Joe Gargery, his sister’s husband. There is also an autobiographical sense of nostalgia coming from Dickens’ himself, especially with the Kent surroundings forming such an important Continue reading...

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Abstract

This essay defines effective communication and puts forth its importance in everyday life with the help of a few examples. It also explains miscommunication that occurs when a message is not communicated clearly. An example from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is used to show how miscommunication can happen. This paper refers to works of Angeliki Tzanne and Julia T. Wood to get a better insight into effective communication. Learning theories and principles of effective communication can help to make communication in everyday life more effective. Therefore, theories of communication as Continue reading...

U.S. History

The reason why the United States entered the First World War is justifiable. At first, the United States had pledged to be neutral; however, it later changed its stand when German mines destroyed and sunk several American ships that were travelling to Britain. The tension between Germany and the United States arose over Germany’s segregation of the Isles of Britain. Britain was one of the closest trading partners of the United States. In 1915, the Germans declared an unhampered warfare against all vessels and ships, whether neutral or not, that entered the war zones around Britain. Continue reading...

Socrates sentencing had been delayed for a month presenting to Crito a good opportunity to advise Socrates to escape when the ship, that was at Delos arrived. Crito made several attempts to convince Socrates to escape into exile since it was a common practice in Athens. The Athenians would not mind since they wanted Socrates to leave the city. In this paper, Crito’s arguments made to Socrates are analyzed first, followed by Socrates responses and ultimate decision.
Crito held that he would have lost such a dear friend should Socrates be killed. He proceeded to explain that he Continue reading...

Slavomir Rawicz’s “The Long Walk” is set during the Second World War, revolving around seven men who manage to escape a Soviet labor camp, one of them being Rawicz himself. As the leader of the group, Rawicz chose to escape with men who were determined and strong enough to endure the harshness of the treat. Rawicz was a patriotic man, and the Russians had to drug him in order to make him “confess” to crimes he had not committed. Rawicz escapes with the hope and intention of rejoining his troops and reuniting with his wife.
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Introduction

“Animal Farm” was written by George Orwell. It is a satire and political literature. The original title of the novel is “Animal Farm: A Fairy Story” that proves it as a fable written with a purpose. However, the author did a wonderful attempt to present the political crisis and tyrannical government through a story of animals in a farm. It is a dystopian and allegorical novel. Orwell’s intention is to reflect Russian Revolution and reign of Stalin in Soviet Union. The novel is about the life of animals in a farm. They wanted to rebel and save themselves Continue reading...

Hybrid cars are the ideal cars in this generation. They are equipped with an electric motor and an internal combustion engine that provides additional power to the engine. To recover the gas mileage, hybrid cars balance gasoline engine with electric motors. Because of this capability, these cars offer a proficient, affordable, and pioneering option which makes them a convenient choice for the majority of customers. Arguably, the Toyota Prius is the best highbred car. Due to its low fuel consumption, it is designed to reduce the drag that makes it slicker. It goes for $19,890, a very affordable Continue reading...

Casey is a 25-year-old male who has suffered from bouts of sadness and lack of motivation about every three months for 8 years. He claims to have done all he can to stop this, yet is not strong enough to achieve it. He has several close friends who he has confided this too, but they have also been of little help. He claims to hear diffuse voices that tell him to hurt himself sometimes, which he has done a few times, including one suicide attempt.
The situation in his household has always been complicated. His father and his mother Continue reading...

Introduction

Ashford University has been on a notable receiving end by natural disasters. The disasters that have been on the repeated hit on Ashford University include; Tornadoes, floods and storms (Matter 12-24). As a result, many things have been on the subjected to instances of destruction. In this regard, reports dictate that tornadoes have been an almost accepted phenomenon. Whenever heavy rain rains in their appropriate season’s rain, tornadoes have been engulfing the entire of Ashford’s main campus and the surrounding environs. In essence, the resultant effect of tornadoes to Ashford University has been overwhelming commencing from the Continue reading...

Introduction

Family is the most basic and fundamental unit of the society. The strength of the family units determines the overall welfare of the society. Social progress and the stability of the family units are inextricably intertwined. The health of the family determines the general welfare of the society. Rules and regulations have been promulgated in different jurisdictions to protect the family from unqualified medical practice. In relation to this, mental health practice for a long time had been encroached by quacks and untrained medical practitioners. For the last twenty give years, therapy has been confined to individual and family Continue reading...

Introduction

The Samsung 55-inch OLED TV (model KN55S9C) is a new TV technology meant to push LCD/LED and plasmas TVs to the sidelines. It has all the pluses of plasma and LCD/LED technology. It also combines the deep blacks, powerful contrast and unlimited viewing angles of plasma TVs with the image brightness, ultra thin design. It also has an energy efficiency of LCD sets that utilize LED backlights. It is the best all-around TV performance ever seen so far because of its good OLED picture quality. This is so because it has spot-on colors and incredibly deep blacks that make Continue reading...

United States of America was dragged into a war and invasion in Afghanistan in response to the attacks conducted against the World Trade Center (Mepham and Cooper, p. 56). It has been over twelve years now and the war is far from over. There are multiple dimensions to the analysis of the war. These dimensions range from analysis of the success met, to the economic costs incurred, the loss of human life on civilian front, and also the military casualties suffered.
Over fifty thousand troops were originally stationed in Afghanistan and with time they have seen phase wise withdraw. Continue reading...

Rita Dove and Katherine Mansfield were not contemporaries, nor do they write in the same genre. But two works, one from each author, are worth comparing and contrasting since both have a similar underlying theme, which leads the reader to a contrary conclusion.
“DayStar” is a poem by Rita Dove that has to do with the life of a busy mother who is only able to leave her perpetual duties for an hour a day. Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” is about a woman who is an avid people watcher who uses her avid imagination to find meaning in Continue reading...

One of the most fascinating and unique aspects of French films is their essential “Frenchness” – the way in which the plot, characters and storytelling evince particular aspects of French culture. Many times, French films find their appeal in being uniquely ‘French,’ having meanings that are of particular importance to the French people. In spite of this, many important and popular French films carry with them a universality of meaning that spans cultures. In the case of the French films La Grande Vadrouille and La Cage Aux Folles, the setting of the story within French culture and locations allows the Continue reading...

Should Punitive Damages Be Introduced in International Law?

Introduction
Different countries often have different legal policy in both their criminal and civil law systems. These differences often arise from differing social, economic, and political climates that lead to fundamental policy differences. In the area of civil the law differences in legal systems of different countries often reflect the individual countries’ beliefs as to the types of claims that should be recognized. Furthermore, legal systems across the globe often differ about the types of damages they are willing to recognize. One area in which there is a significant difference in the type of damages one can be awarded Continue reading...

“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave” is a memoir of Frederick Douglas. Douglas was an African American who born as a slave and spent his early life in slavery. Douglas, in his memoir, describes his own life, experiences, sufferings and life of other slaves in a very realistic manner. This narrative was published in 1845 and has been revised several times due to its popularity. This paper proposes to discuss Frederick Douglass and analyses his memoir and several other related aspects.
Frederick Douglas talks about his date of birth and about his parents in First Continue reading...

Abnormal psychology deals with unusual patterns of thought and behavior that are considered as a mental disorder. Scholars and prominent academicians have attempted to explain the psychological and biological causes of mental disorders. Abnormal psychology can be classified as normal, abnormal and supernormal. Clinical psychology and psychopathology are some of the branches of medicine that deal with abnormal psychology. It is a complete departure from the traditional and archaic methods of diagnosing and treating mental disorders. A case in point for these treatment methods was the trephining method. Stone Age physicians believed that evil spirits caused mental disorders. They Continue reading...

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a story that features the coercion Fredrick Douglass encountered before his escape to freedom. In his narratives, Douglass offers the readers with fast hand information about the pain, brutality, and humiliation of the slaves. He points out the cruelty of this institution on both the perpetrator, and the victims. As a slave, Fredrick Douglass witnessed the brutalization of the blacks whose only crime was to be born of the wrong color (Cruse 32). He narrates the pain, suffering the slaves went through, and how he fought for his freedom through Continue reading...

According to experts, the storm was as a result of a tropical depression that had formed in the Bahamas early on in August 23, 2005. Although the authorities in metrology were able to warn the authorities earlier, the federal government remains accused of taking its time evacuating people in the Gulf Coast (U.S. House of Representatives, 2006). According to a warning that was passed by the National Weather Service, the Gulf Coast would become inhabitable for months after the hurricane hit. According to statistics, New Orleans has been hit nearly five times before Katrina. However, experts state that Katrina Continue reading...

In every person’s life, marriage is considerably one of the most important highlights of their lives as this signals their commitment to one another and a new life. Many consider marriage to bevery serious business as many couples opt to take a long time to determine whether they can enter such commitment or just stay separated. However, there are a few who would undergo marriage and later on file for divorce due to irreconcilable differences and other reasons that would show the other is unfit for such commitment. For years, divorce remains as a hot topic for many Continue reading...

Introduction

Chubb Corporation (listed as Chubb), a 130 year old entity has been through many suns and shines. This company began operations in marine insurance sector in the US, has evolved today into a Fortune 500 company(Ranked 202, in 2013), listed on the NYSE since 1967 and been there ever since.
Chubb Corporation’s umbrella of subsidiaries spans the latitudinal lengths and longitudinal breadths of four continents, has more than 10,000 employees on its payroll. Further, the organisation is voluntarily supported by around 8500 insurance brokers and independent agents (IA), who make up the entire sales force. These Continue reading...