Essays on Indifferent

According to Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco and Hanson (2014), family dynamics refer to the patterns of interactions or relations between family members. Kaakinen et al. (2014) revealed that each family system often has unique dynamics. Nonetheless, this aspect usually affects the manner in which the members of a particular family views medical care. Such a claim has been confirmed across different media. A good example is The Fighter. Produced in 2010 by David O. Russell, the movie follows the lives of two characters; a professional boxer called Micky Ward and his elder half-brother. It is right to inform that ...

The book "The Last Days of Hitler" by Hugh Trevor-Roper was first published in 1947. The historical book was written within a year following the mysterious disappearance of Hitler in 1945. After four months without any news of his whereabouts, Trevor-Roper was hired to investigate the matter. Having spent many years investigating the Nazi Regime, he had come to be known as the expert of the Nazi Regime . The book describes leadership during the Nazi Regime and continues to demonstrate the downfall of this regime, which ended in mass suicide for Hitler and most of his confidants. Trevor-Roper manages ...

The article “Sinai explodes into violence after years of chronic poverty and opted to vent their alienation” by Harriet Sherwood in the Guardian reveals the dangers that can arise in cases of inequality in poverty levels (Sherwood, 2012). This is article is critical as it reflected various aspects of alienation and highlighted a scenario that was on significantly on the news globally. In essence, the article depicts the extensive levels of alienation and its prevalence. In the article, alienation is witnessed various ways and at various levels with both the poor and the wealthy or middles class feeling indifferent ...

Abstract

Market structure refers to the interaction between various buyers and sellers. Different market structures have different characteristics. The characteristics of the market structure determine the realized outcomes. There are three main market structure: perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Perfect competition has many sellers. Therefore, they do not have any market power. They cannot influence market outcomes. An oligopoly has few firms with some market power. They can influence the outcomes. Monopoly comprises of only one firm with absolute market power. Therefore, it can influence the realized outcomes. This paper highlights the characteristics of the various market structures. It then ...

Once Albert Einstein said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity” (Moffett et al. 175). Nowadays, his statement is more challenging than ever. We live in the age of technological progress that works both ways. On the one hand, it significantly eases our life and improves its level. On the other hand, almost uncontrolled development of technology makes people dependent and results in loosing humanity. Comparing with previous days, we have become less attentive and more indifferent to everything around us. The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact technology has on ...

In his essay called “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”, Wendell Berry accuses Christian church of the insulting indifference that it expresses towards the whole world. While the church claims to be merciful and forgiving, it chooses to ignore all of the issues that are relevant for the modern society. Things like war, rape and murder the Church explains with the fact that God sends people obstacles that they are able to overcome. Instead of engaging into the fight with crime, the church hides behind the doctrine of acceptance. Berry is also outraged with the fact that Christians tried ...

Part A: Multiple Choice Questions:

The seller must have market power, that is the seller must have some control over price The seller must be able to identify different customer groups with different demand elasticities The seller must be able to prevent arbitrage between the two groups All of the above You’ve just decided to add a new line to your manufacturing plant. Compute the expected loss/profit from the line addition if you estimate the following:

There is a 70% chance that profits will increase by $100,000.

There is a 20% chance that profits will remain the same. There is a 10% chance that profits will decrease by $15,000. Loss of $15,000 ...

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 ( ...

Literature Review

The influence of the family on children's behavior is widely documented in the literature, and numerous studies support the idea that involved parental style and authoritative parental approach significantly affect children's academic achievement, regardless of ethnic/racial background, gender, and age. Baumrind, in her study entitled Effects of Authoritative Parental Control on Child Behavior (1966), argued that theory-based categorization of parental style that led to specific parental control would bring forth diverse behaviors and attitudes in children. Baumrind's theory-based categorization of parental style led to the earliest parental style paradigm, namely, permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative, all of which having emotional ...

Answers to Questions One: Gang Intervention/ Prevention Program

An example of a gang intervention/prevention program: Mass Campaign against Gang Membership and Activities Gangs in the United States have become a big problem in society. They engage in criminal activities and disturb the peace with every opportunity that they get. It is, therefore, important that these gangs be prevented from recruiting members and committing a crime. It is the duty of both the government and every citizen of the United States to participate in gang prevention and intervention activities. Christian Outreach Planning Associates Incorporated or simply COPA is an organization that conducts sensitization campaigns against gang activity. There ...

The autobiography of Malcolm X provides insight into the life of a man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential civil rights activists in the United States. In his autobiography, it is apparent that Malcolm undergoes three keys states: the first stage reflects his early life, troubled youth, and struggle for identity; the second stage reflects his struggle to find God; and the third stage is his political work. In the course of the three life stages, Malcolm X held different convictions ranging from racial separatism to indifference in the later stages of his ...

Joeux Noel is a war drama shot in 2005 by Christian Carion. Being based on the real events during the World War I in 1914, the film reflects on how each side of the war participants has its own motives and vision of truth. The film got a critical acclaim and numerous nominations and awards in the cinematographic world. The opening series of scenes lets the audience get the idea of what is going on to happen on the screen throughout the film. The three schoolboys reciting patriotic verses demonstrate the audience that they are from different countries and ...

Proposal for Original Business Research

1.0. Introduction Human resource management has always been integrally attached to the business and its activities, as the degree of success or failure of a business largely relies on the effectiveness of HRM practices in an organization. One of the core areas to be pondered by human resource managers is performance appraisal when it comes to people management (Tooksoon, 2011). 1.1. Problem Statement High employee turnover is one of the most critical side-effects of growing dynamism of modern business climate. Employees are switching from company to company basing their decision of quitting for many good reasons. However, it is ...

Altruism is the quality of a person. This quality is diametrically opposite to selfishness. Altruist is not indifferent and ready to help even when he/she does not have any reward in return, and when he/she does not expect any gratitude (Hewstone, Stroebe& Stephenson, 1996).. There are different theories which explain prosocial altruistic behavior, reasons and motives of this behavior, etc. For example, altruism can be explained by the fact that a person who helps other people has some external or internal reward. A businessman can improve the image of his company by doing money donation. In this case, ...

The novel "The Stranger" by Albert Camus is one of the most important and popular of his works. It has a direct connection with the philosophy of existentialism and the absurd like most of the works of the author. The writer once again demonstrates the human and social relationships, as well as the internal conflict of the man himself by the example of the protagonist's life and feelings. The problem of the story touches upon many issues, but one of the main problems is the existence of God. The life of the protagonist Meursault is the way to truth ...