Essays on Joy

Short Answers

In my opinion, Alan Watts (n.d.) means that search of significance for an individual is not just a process but a state of mind, which leads the person further. Alan Watts (n.d.) gives an example of photos of peeling paint on old doors. By providing this example, Alan Watts (n.d.) is trying to say that photographers, who shoot this kind of photos do not follow a purpose to show the viewer the qualities of paint or the door either, what they are trying to show is that this process exists as it is. It is just there in a ...

Interview Response for Marketing Executive at Target Corporation

Interview Response for Marketing Executive at Target Corporation

I have never doubted my passion for serving customers as I love to share and interact with different people. Due to my prowess in languages, and my special ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, I find the advertised marketing executive position in Target Corporation a perfect chance for career growth. My decision to apply for the opening in your organization is also tied to my desire to utilize my interpersonal abilities, which I perfected when I worked as an intern in another organization called Joy’s Ltd. ...

Slavery was a part of the American culture for almost a whole decade (1776-1865), and during that time, many people had to suffer inhumanly for the only solid reason of being a bit different from someone else. There is no way of wiping the past from the memories of those who have struggled, which means that the terror of slavery will always be a part of the human history. As the experience shows, world history is far from being pretty. It has presented its evils so many times that merely counting them would take ages. Every major society, every ...

First Thessalonians is Paul’s first letter to the church at Thessalonica which he himself founded. This letter was written while Paul was ministering to the church at Corinth in the accompaniment of Timothy and Silas (1 Thessalonians 1:1). It is not clear about exactly how long Paul spent with the Thessalonians before leaving, but scholarly parlances place this period at around three weeks or three months, subject to different scholars (BTM). Being that Paul had received a number of offerings from the church at Philippi serves as enough evidence for having spent three months at Thessalonica (Philippians 4:16). ...

After reading the poem by Susan Minot “My Husband’s back” I began to think about love relations and their role in our life. How do they affect us? How much do they influence our lives? The author tries to show her feeling in this short poem, but everything is clear without any other words. The author is ready to travel everywhere to be behind the back of her husband. There is only one person in her life – her husband and it is may be not real love but love dependence. But from that poem it becomes clear that ...

Most of the poem is a speaker's account of a woman who is undressing. The speaker calls and entices the mistress to come into bed. Further, the speaker believes that he will only be in content if he engages in coitus with the mistress. The next lines describe the act of gradually undressing the woman piece by piece. He compares her pieces of attire to different things such as her girdle, which he compares to elements in the heavens. He tells of the woman's beauty and compares his exploration of the woman's body as that of the exploration of ...

In essence, physical and mental health is interlinked since a problem in one area adversely affects the other. Notably, wellness is not only about exercise and nutrition, but it is a full integration of our intellectual, spiritual, social, occupational, and emotional components, which are all as a result of personal effort.

Intellectual-(9)

I am an intellectual who is open minded, dedicated to community development. Furthermore, I enjoy group interactions and is capable of making informed decisions. My only weakness is that I am resistant to new experiences especially if I have no one to relate to or hold my hand ...

INTRODUCTION

The South West (SW) Wedding Awards is the biggest event conducted each year throughout the Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK). The event caters number of wedding photographers, event management firms, wedding beauticians, and every contributor adding the value to an event. Our organization, Bell-Pickle Hospitality, is contracted for providing food and beverage services for the gala event. It is an opportunity for our company to serve the best audience with excellence and establish a goodwill. Our audience in the Plymouth gala event includes the wedding specialists, wedding organizers, and related wedding service providers. Since the purpose of this gala event ...

McDonald’s is the chain of fast-food restaurants. Its target is to make people happy while providing them tasty fast-food in the comfort atmosphere. This assay will discuss how McDonald’s realizes its target and servicescape. It provides the food for everyone: adults, children, men and women. All people are their clients, except the one, who doesn’t like junk food. Even for this kind of people, McDonald’s has many proposals: tasty ice-cream, drinks, salads etc. One more advantage of McDonald’s is that its food is cheap and accessible. And people don’t have to wait for ...

Recruitment and Selection Issues

Human resource planning is an essential but a complex task which encompasses predicting and formulating plans for selection and recruitment process. Planning entails the determination of the right kinds and numbers of personnel required by the organization in a given time. Additionally, planning involves performing a critical analysis of the human resource needs of a firm under the required conditions in a way that the selection and recruitment will benefit the organization (Francis and Joy 2012 p 69). However, due to the complexity of the planning role, there are various selection and recruitment issues that may arise. The selection ...

Rubin is a married woman, a mother of two daughters and living in New York City as a professional writer. Despite having a loving, handsome husband Jamie, good relationship with family members, there are several instances in her life that she feels dejected, insecure and frequently drifting away from old friends. At some point in April, the author says she was in danger of wasting herself. It is important to come to a realization of what is the purpose in life from a personal perspective considering that everyone has unique elements that keep them happy. Rubin's happiness project offers ...

Media Consumption and Materialism/Consumerism

Globally, consumption and materialism have become a fundamental component of the prevailing culture. Humans consume a myriad of products and resources that extend beyond their basic necessities to include technological innovations and luxuries aimed at improving efficiency and quality of life. Throughout history, consumption beyond basic needs has served as a method of boosting human happiness. Hence, excessive consumption does not necessarily pose harm to human life (Shah). Increasingly, however, important issues regarding media consumption and materialism have emerged in recent decades. As such, this study examines the neuroscience of human emotions, the use of recreational substances, and the ...

The article “Why the future doesn’t need us” by Bill Joy raises several thought provoking questions about technology superseding the need for human existence and decision making. While the author offers many relevant points about the advances in technology and the growing intelligence of computers to make decisions, I feel humans will always be in control of technology. The main reason I feel humans will retain control over machines is because machines, computers, and software were created by humans. Technology was developed to help humans perform tasks better and more efficiently; the technology is available because humans need ...

Acts of Kindness

Group I Know My family had never travelled to Europe and they have always craved about taking the whole family to Europe. But, my father spent most of his money on his children’s education and a suitable home for us. After working hard for past few years, I decided to give my family a gift and take them all to Europe. I booked everything myself and gave my family surprise on my parent’s anniversary. I will remember the happiness on my parents face when they learned about my surprise gift. Even better was their happiness when they ...

Love and marriage have always been an inexhaustible topic in the literature of all nation and all times. Depiction of various shades of emotion in this context has offered the reader a great enjoyment as well as some food for thought. The short story The Story of an Hour by an American writer Kate Chopin is one of the examples of Considering the moral conventions of the her time, especially with regard to female rights and behavior, this story was definitely an unusual approach to interpreting the relationship between the sexes: the female protagonist hears about the abrupt death ...

Irvin Yalom is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, one of the founders of the "third wave" in psychotherapy and founders of the school of existential therapy. Psychotherapy Crisis in America, taking place, according to Yalom, because of economic dependence on the US health care system by the interests of private insurers and, as a result, the requirements for the psychotherapy that it was inexpensive, and therefore, a short, superficial, flimsy. Irvin Yalom, a psychotherapist with a great experience, has written many books, scientific and otherwise. However, "The Gift of Therapy" is the text is so structured, interesting ...

The principles of a Healthy Lifestyle are the Basics of Fitness

The principles of a healthy lifestyle lie in the basis of fitness. A proper nutrition, body care and personal hygiene, the regime of the day, giving up smoking and alcohol, positive attitude to the world and the manifestation of activity in everything - this is fitness in the broadest sense of this word. Maintaining a good shape requires a good sleep, balanced nutrition and physical workouts. Life in the style of fitness is impossible without a positive outlook. Without it, it is very difficult to give up lying on a sofa and other destructive habits (BistroMD).

Why Fitness is Important?

The aspiration to ...

“Good Country People”, the 1955 short story written by Flannery O’Connor, delves on the lives of Mrs. Hopewell and her daughter, Joy or Hulga, their maidservant Mrs. Freeman, and the Bible salesman, Manley Pointer. What is especially observable in this story is the use of irony and conflict to convey O’Connor’s thematic appeals, which center on deception, rebellion and sexual manipulation. As such, despite of Hulga’s high educational background she still seems naïve to life’s harsh realities, in that Manley is able to deceive her using his manly charms to eventually steal Hulga’ ...

All for Love

No matter what century and place in the world we are living in, there will always exist some eternal topics that are close to each human being. One of such topics is definitely love. This feeling, indeed, is a very especial and meaningful word to every person. Thanks to its power, people are not just blind creatures in the kingdom of darkness who are looking for the light. Love is that magical feeling capable of healing any heart and directing all lost souls to the right life road, in spite of all the obstacles in front of them. It ...

The Epistle to the Galatians, the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Philippians, the Epistle to the Colossians, the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. The Epistle to the Galatians, the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Philippians, the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament. This book represents a letter from the Apostle Paul to some Christian people of Galatia (Sampley, 2000). Purpose ...

Throughout the centuries, one of the greatest questions humankind has had is how to achieve happiness. There have been many philosophers, yet there is only a handful so influential as Aristotle and Augustine of Hippo in this domain. The former believed that people should develop all of their potential in order to be in tune with what humans were created for, which would include the optimal use of their cognitive functions. Similarly, St. Aquinas thought that one should be in accordance with God, and that only through loving Him would one truly be happy, yet only after death. Even ...

Context

A classical fashion company, J.Crew faces challenges from various directions, demanding it to keep innovate, offering fashionable models, while maintaining its conservative style and reasonable prices (Strickland & Lindsay 200). With a fierce competition, conducted by reputable brands, J.Crew requires a turnaround strategy for enhancing its competitiveness in a time wherein fast fashion and authentic, luxury clothing are in a paradoxical relationship of contradiction and completion (Joy et al. 274).

PESTEL The microenvironment plays an important part in J.Crew’s current business performance. The political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors (PESTEL) define the context that influences the company’ ...

As a person from Saudi Arabia, I never learned English. Recently, however, I graduated from the English Language Program (ELP), which was part of the curriculum at the University of Dammam. Learning the English language was one of my dreams, and I felt so fortunate and grateful for the opportunity to finally learn English. Not only is learning English important for academic achievement, but it fulfilled a personal goal of mine, one that I will never forget. The school arranged an excellent event, and my parents flew to North Florida to attend my graduation ceremony. It filled me with ...

The poem states that the grandmother and the mother start singing in joy, but they end up crying even though none of them stops crying (Lee 50). The scenario shows that the poem has some mixed feelings of both joy and sorrow. This explication attempts to explain the pertinent issues presented in the poem through analyzing its deeper meaning. The explication investigates why the two women start singing in joy and happiness but end up crying. In the first line of the poem states, "she begins, and my grandmother joins her" (Lee 50). The sentence highlights that the mother ...

Inside Out: A Film Review in the Age of the Internet

Many people view watching movies as a form of leisure or pastime. However, there is a whole field of arts and studies dedicated solely in filmmaking. Likewise, many effects, techniques, and visuals are employed by directors and filmmakers not only to heighten the experience of the audience watching the film, but also to add a layer of depth and complexity in the film that is consistent with its overall theme. The end result of these techniques is a film that incorporates a meaningful plot with visually aesthetic features that make the process of movie-making an experience by itself. Because ...

The “Lament for a son” is a book by the well-known scholar Nicholas Wolterstorff, where he has tried to express his deep grief about losing his son. Wolterstorff lost his 25-year-old son Eric in a mountain climbing accident. He found joy in the death of his son by considering death as an inevitable reality of life. Though the topic and subject of the book are highly sensitive and personal but according to Wolterstorff, he believed that after publishing the book others who have been through the same irreplaceable pain would be able to relate to it. The paper highlights ...

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Abstract

The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

The Name of the Class

Cross-Cultural Experiences in the movie “Outsourced” The customs and cultures of India were developed by the country’s traditions that date back almost a few thousands of years. The significance most of these cultural behavior and traditions have in the people of India can be elusive to the average American. For instance, the picture of Kaali (the goddess of destruction), carrying the severed head of a man, hung on the wall of Todd’s (the protagonist) bedroom, is quite a disconcerting picture for the average American. But in India, it is a picture of relief. Similarly, the intermittent animal ( ...

Guetta Villa is a magnificent structure, built by order of American businessman Paul Getty in 1974. This building was built in Malibu, and it became part of the museum, which belonged to Getty. The building is a copy of the Villa of the Papyri, which was destroyed along with Pompeii. The museum presents ancient artifacts from Greco-Roman Empire. The collection includes a variety of statues, antique busts, collection of coins and jewelry and a huge library, where 20,000 volumes of works covering the art of that time presented. Collection is very interesting from the point of view of ...

Introduction

It is not a secret that school curriculum is literally the issue of wide all-national discussion. No wonder, the effectiveness of students’ education is the main prerequisite of human future. However, very frequently one allegedly insignificant detail is not taken into account: in particular, the spectrum of skills, on which the main emphasis is made. No doubt, there would be many people, who would fervently defense the opposite position, insisting on the fact that children do obtain all necessary skills. Nevertheless, this paper is aimed at the proving of simple statement that any curriculum, which considers art education as ...

Do not file suit.

Humans are made up of a body, a mind, and a spirit. The law refers to a set of regulations developed by man, which creates a relationship between the physical bodies and arbitrate conflicts between bodies. Spirituality is unseen, and it unifies the whole of humankind. Spirituality and law are bound up with each other at a primary level. Law and spirituality are interactive and mutually dependent paradigms because the human experience involves both being separated and being united ( Malmin 2013). Contentment and peace are found where spirituality is defended by law, and where the law is instilled with ...

Contemporary Marketing Issues

Executive summary Brand love is about a brand attitude that people hold about a brand. Some most famous theories of brand love include Sternberg’s (1986) theory of triangular love, Consumer-brand relationship theory proposed by Shimp and Madden (1988), Lovemark theory of Robert (2005), and Emotional brand attachment theory proposed by Carroll and Ahuvia (2006). Findings disclosed that emotional approaches to brand love are stronger than rationale benefits. Organizations that transformed from functional to emotional include Coca-Cola and Walt Disney. These organizations are the examples, of emotional theories as they got huge success through deploying interpersonal emotional theories of ...

Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), Buddha, Jesus Christ, and Confucius are enjoying a meal of steamed dumplings and Kung pal chicken at P.F. Chang’s Restaurant. They are discussing the question: “What is the meaning of life?” I happen to be sitting on a table near them and I can overhear their conversation. Buddha begins the conversation by posing the question to the other three.

Buddha: What is the meaning of life?

Mohammed: (Looking up from his meal and putting on a serious face) I believe that life is sacred and a gift entrusted to humans by God. Every human being should live his life with skill and ...

Humans are complex beings. Compared to different species, humans experience conditions well embedded in complex webs of memories, present states and future expectations. If humans have critical rites of passage including most notably birth, marriage and death (each loaded by emotions and ideations defined largely by cultural frameworks in which groups of similar communities interact), a human condition can, accordingly, be defined based on resultant interactions between such critical rites or, more broadly, based on given characteristics, key events and situations composing essentials of one or another human condition. The range of human conditions is, indeed, limitless and can ...

Regional Trade Agreements

Entry into regional trade agreements has become a commonplace and the secret behind regional economic competitiveness and eventual success. A good example of the economic gains derived from such agreements is the case of EU which forms the largest economy in the world. The entry into these agreements pulls in foreign direct investments to the member countries. The foreign investments increase the economic activity and cause the net effect of increasing the GDP in the specific countries. An example is the estimated 0.5% increase in output that would accrue from the creation of an economic agreement between the US ...

Introduction and Summary

This paper analyses the sociological behavior of ‘three minutes to hug’ in the article ‘At one border park, separated immigrant families hug across a steel divide’ written by Yanan Wang. The article is a discussion about how the immigrants living in Mexico and their loved ones in US often interact by embracing each other across the steel divide on the border between Mexico and USA. The immigrants have been separated from their families due to stringent rules that were enacted by the US government to bar illegal immigrants into the country. Due to this, some family members who have ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

In his book “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, Nietzsche does introduce the three remarkable metamorphoses in a philosophical manner. These metamorphoses basically describe the process that we undergo during spiritual transformation, which characterize Nietzsche’s vision of a flourishing life. Perhaps we hardly think or regard Nietzsche as a great “spiritual” philosopher. Nonetheless, has put by Nietzsche, the story of the three metamorphoses is purely as spiritual transformation saga. He symbolically represents the phases of spiritual metamorphosis with the camel, the lion, and the child. A camel, in this case is used to describe and depict the scene that allows for ...

The Washington County Mental Health Services is an agency that champions for the rights of people who are diagnosed with developmental disabilities, more so mental health. The agency champions for these people to be included in the communities. The agency also champions for these people to be given the liberty and right for self-determination as well as the opportunities to enable their recovery. The Washington County Mental Health Services has been in operation for over five decades, a period in which the agency has weathered many challenges included budgetary cuts and layoffs. The agency developed its strategic plan for ...

Abstract

The book The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice was written by the most famous poet of the world, William Shakespeare. This is a story about love, jealousy, and revenge. Othello, the protagonists in the story, is a Moor and a general in the army. His role in the Venetian army makes him a significant figure. Upon his promotion, Othello became the main victim when Iago and Rodrigo connived against him in order to destroy him. The jealousy of Rodrigo powered his hatred towards the man. Othello’s downfall was almost assured because of Iago’s flawless plotting ...

In one of his most influential theological and philosophical works, Blaise Pascal defends Christian religion, referring to its complex nature, human thinking mechanisms and various misunderstandings that surround the issue. In this essay I shall demonstrate that throughout the discourse, Pascal appeals to spiritual agnosticism, when proving his point. This shall be established by analyzing the passage, which says: “We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart, and it is in this last way that we know first principles; and reason, which has no part in it, tries in vain to impugn them” (Pascal ...

Utilitarianism and Kant’s Moral Theory differ in several ways. For example, utilitarianism defines ethical values based on the end results as opposed to the anticipated consequences. On the other hand, Kant's ethical theory determines the rectitude of a deed based on the entire ethical decision with regard to the nature of the deed; the results are totally unimportant. Also, the two theories differ on the fundamental moral principles. For example, utilitarianism emphasizes on creating value for other people while Kant considers procedures to be imperative in determining the morality of an action. This paper explores the similarity, differences, ...

Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s gothic novel also known as Modern Prometheus. She is influenced by ideas and a dream from a summer holiday in Switzerland. During the summer holiday, she and her companions had shared and read German ghost stories, and then one of them, Bryan Lord suggested that they have a competition to see who would come up with the best horror story (Mary 15). One of them had suggested that corpses could also be re-animated, this brought to Shelley’s mind the idea of galvanism. During one of the nights she ...

Brahmacharya is a vow which means that a person is mentally and physically abstaining from all the sensual pleasures. Marriage is supposed to be monogamous and being faithful means respecting the truth. Gandhi understood the true meaning of brahmacharya when he visited South Africa where he was influenced by Raychandbhai. Devotion, which is related to self-control, is the part of being faithful and practicing brahmacharya means taking a vow and denouncing all earthly pleasures which might corrupt a person and their practice. Gandhi thinks about the true meaning of faithfulness and its connection with devotion. He talks about the ...

Introduction

Yi Hwang was a prominent figure among the Korean Neo-Confucian Scholars. He led a modest life, applying what he learned to enrich his life. Hwang was a man of absolute character. He always embraced high moral standards during his time. He worked hard in his studies, securing a government job; however, later in his life, he turned down several job offers to pursue his passion of enriching the society through his works. In this essay, the writer seeks to explore the contributions Yi Hwang to Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thoughts. The author observes that Hwang made profound contribution on Buddhist ...

According to Mills, the happiness achieved by a person varies and can be classified into two; lower ranked pleasure and a higher ranked pleasure. In differential capacity, using the "Utilitarianism” moral theory, higher pleasures are intellectually defined while the lower ranked pleasures can be assumed to be the sensual ones. According to his ethical description in the utilitarianism, those acts which maximizes pleasure are more suited for human acceptance than those which do not. Common things like food, sleep, sex, beverages and talking are less likely to increase pleasure compared to intellectual like reading and good novel, brainstorming to ...

Dysthymia is defined as a persistent state of mild depression in which an individual can find no joy or even mild amusement in life. It is characterized by the feeling that the afflicted individual has been miserable for much if not all of their life, finding nothing to grow excited or even mildly enthusiastic about. Those who suffer through this mild form of depression tend to be withdrawn, moody, and even prone to becoming antisocial. Overall this disorder is akin to being uncomfortable with the act of living. This type of disorder can be persistent for years without going ...

Boundless qualities can be termed as qualities that often connect us as humans to one another as well as the stream of basic goodness. They can also be defined as the basis on a qualitative level for our work in being related with dying (Joan 1). These boundless qualities can either be radiated to oneself, towards anyone one may feel neutral to as well as groups. There are four boundless qualities or abodes that include; lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. This essay focuses entirely on these four boundless qualities (Joan 1). These qualities often live in one’s ...

Dance is a tool that helps you to express all your feelings in an elegant and beautiful form. And if there is a language barrier in the world, the language of dance is universal and understandable for all. When we are over the moon because of happiness it is nothing more like dancing, because if a person does not have enough money to express their emotions, he enlists the aid of gestures and abstract movements. We can assume that in ancient times people expressed themselves in two ways: through the movements of the hands and body, and with the ...

Chinese medicine and Chinese philosophy act as a whole. And the name of this whole - Taoism, the way of the Tao. What I admire in the Taoists to the core of my soul, is the fact that they can find simple and affordable solutions for everyday problems, without losing sight of the whole complexity of life. Next wonderful parable illustrates this approach.

A rich merchant came to the sage and asked him to make a beautiful calligraphic inscription.

- Write to me the secret of happiness - said the merchant, - and I'll put the scroll on the wall of my home. - Come back in a week, - said the sage.

When the merchant returned, sage showed him the scroll. The inscription read:

"Father will ...

Assignment

The United Nations (UN) is an organization that prides itself on the discussion of important topics related to world peace, security, development and others but accomplishes, essentially, nothing. The history of the United Nations as well as the actions of its Secretaries proves its ineffectiveness, and demonstrates that the organization occasionally engages in biased decision-making. This, in return, has made the general public lose their trust in the US. In consideration, I would demand the United Nations Secretary General, currently Ban Ki-moon, to guide the UN in the regaining of peoples’ trust, which I am aware requires time, significant ...

Flannery O’Connor is known for her knack of incorporating Southern values and religious beliefs in all of her stories and novels. Often, the main character goes through a horrific event that extracts views and interpretations of religion from the characters as well as the audience. “Good Country People” is a story about a woman and her daughter, and their reluctance to escape their small world on their country farm. Mrs. Hopewell, who lives with her daughter Hulga, welcomes a bible salesman named Manley Pointer into their house one day under the impression that he is wholesome and innocent. ...

The power of creative solutions in advertising is well known. Unexpected spectacular images and stories are interesting both of advertisers and the public. For an infinite variety of solutions, which we refer to creative advertising, there is a certain mechanism of action - emotion. This article describes a few specific phenomena related to the field of emotions in advertising. Argumentation is the way the argument is put forward in the course of which a certain position as a proven thesis (thesis is a position which is necessary to argue). The truth of an advertising thesis is proven by a ...

The story "The Story of the Hour" written by Kate Chopin presents new and revolutionary view of marriage near the end of the nineteenth century. Through the character of Mrs. Mallard, Kate Chopin presents the position of a married woman trapped into marriage and the possibility of different life when a husband is out of the picture. Symbols of heart and open windows and the use of irony as a powerful literary tool are dominant in this story and they give its readers an unexpected ending. The story is set in Mrs. Mallard's house. The writer explores reflections of ...

The short fiction work of turn-of-the-century author Kate Chopin regularly deals with the recurring themes of womanhood, agency and identity, usually telling stories of women trapped in stifling lives due to the patriarchal expectations placed on them to live a certain way. Through these explorations of gender roles, particularly through marriage and motherhood, Chopin uses these central themes to explore the imbalances found between men and women in terms of power and agency. At all turns, the protagonists of Chopin’s stories must make unconventional, taboo decisions to reject the white, male-dominated judgments and expectations placed on them. Two ...

Scenario

A woman cried for help but not even a single soul came out of their comfort chambers to help her out until when the police siren was heard from afar. Immediately the neighborhood was flooded by people ready to catch and punish the robbers. None stirred when they heard gunshots instead they went ahead and caught the thugs and beat them up until they were half dead. Human beings receptivity to emergency depends on numbers. A number of people will most likely rescue a victim than when a single person is left to witness the emergence.

Observation

People respect the ...

There is a fulfilling excitement that a person gets when they become a parent. The birth of a child completely changes one life and how they define themselves. Women will become mothers and men become fathers, there and then there is change in status and one is referred to with respect or in reference to their child’s name. Children are the birth of the greatest joy as some consider raising children to be the joyous part of their lives. The moment one becomes a parent there is well-being that comes with it which includes life satisfaction and happiness. ...

Philosophy

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

Introduction

In 1796, United States president George Washington delivered a farewell address to the American people. In the letter, Washington advised and cautioned the people of America regarding the fundamental issue of safety and happiness (Washington, 1796). This letter marked a significant moment in America's history when a revolutionist surrendered power and took a break from the busy political life. The action of the president led to the establishment of the Grand Old Party, which consequently resulted in the formation of the Republican government. The president cautioned against the challenges of confronting a young nation (Washington, 1796). He described America ...

Problem Statement

Understanding the impact of culture on student learning is very critical to the provision of good quality education to learners. The global population is made of people with different cultures. In learning institutions, it is common to find a class made up of students and instructors from different communities with different cultural perspectives. Culture defines people’s way of life and comprises beliefs, knowledge, symbols, values, and behaviors. In a learning environment, there is a student’s culture, instructor’s culture, and the culture of people in the surrounding environment. Culture in such a case can be homogenous (where ...