Essays on Marriage

“Trifles” is a play written by Susan Glaspell who was inspired by a murder she had reported for a newspaper. This one-act work depicts two farmwives who hide evidence that could convict another woman abused by her husband, John Wright. The play was performed in 1916, and cause resonance by its unusual plot and daring female characters. In general, it is a detective drama with some unexpected twists that captivate the reader and creates tension. However, there are no policemen, ghosts or mystery; it is a narration about how two housewives challenge the male domination without rights to do ...

Talking about Middle Age culture, it is necessary to underline the role of religion. The morality play Everyman is based on its principles and gives moral lessons to reader. This is a story about how an ordinary person is afraid of death and how he searches companions (fellowship, family) for his trip in kingdom come. Such notions as “Deeds” and “Goods” appear in the context in order to show reader the difference between them. Goods contribute to luxury life, but they cannot share with Everyman his trip to God. As for Deeds, they are insufficient as opposed to Sins ...

Wuthering Heights, the story of Emily Brontë, is one of the most mysterious phenomena in world literature. Mostly overlooked by Brontë's contemporaries, the novel greatly amazed the opponents of academism in literature, and later became one of the best novels in the world. Furthermore, Wuthering Heights reflects the complicated philosophical beliefs of Emily Brontë. The story is peculiar for its image of creation which is a common characteristic of the author's art. What is more, the story is free from orthodox religious orientation. The main characters, Heathcliff and Earnshaw, deny the power of church and the common concepts ...

Section 1 - The Use of Conflict Resolution Styles

This section is aimed at using five forms of conflict resolution styles. These include accommodating, avoiding, collaborative, competing and compromising. To manage conflict among four team members of a group, five different paragraphs are produced highlighting a specific conflict resolution style used for negotiation during discussion . This is done in the following manner:

Use of Accommodating Style

Based on this conflict resolution style, all the group members should be convinced to cooperate with each other instead of following an assertive approach. They must be convinced to preserve relationship with one another since they are academically required to work together, as a team, for ...

Introduction

It is conventional that at some point in life one has to look for a partner and get married, the marital status is affected by many factors. Some of the factors may include age, culture, and educational level and so on. The analysis in this section will tend to explore if the marital status of an individual has some relationship with the gender of the said individual. It will explore this relationship by the use of the contingency table to show the distribution after which a chi-square test will be performed to prove whether or not a relationship exists ...

Being one of the most recognized luxury brands in the world requires a constant wobbly balance to be kept. The customer should be always understood and heard, while the external factors should be adapted to within the shortest time. From the day of its foundation in 1941 Coach’s product itself did not change much. It used to be all about being simple in style and resistant to wear and tear; the difference is concealed in additional value added to the customer.

Question 1

For Coach the competition in the luxury goods industry is estimated as fairly strong, due to the ...

Tax reform proposal analysis – Hillary Clinton

Each candidate in this year’s presidential election has a big vision for the United States regarding revenue which would lead to the growth of the American economy. One of the issues at hand that each of them is tackling is the tax issue. Hillary Clinton is one of the most vibrant candidates in the presidential election. According to Hillary, her tax proposal is set to grow America economically. First on her proposal is the increase in tax on home and business income due to some policies that are set to be enacted, the plan aims at enacting what ...

Military and Family Life Counselling (MFLC) program:

This scheme was introduced for the military peoples and their families by the Department of Defense (DOD) to support their families affected by the extension and repetition of deployments because of Iran and Afghanistan dispute. The military and family life counseling program proved to be most effective program, provided to the service members and their families; as the service members have to perform their duty leaving their loved ones throughout the whole cycle of deployment (Cnic.navy.mil, 2016). So this MFLC program includes short term issues like non-medical counseling support, relationships, and crisis involvement, stress management, sadness, occupational issues and ...

Though often forgotten by the nursing community and the medical community in general, major depressive disorder is important to address for several reasons. Firstly, it is the most common mental disorder among older adults residing in the United States, as well as worldwide. It is also associated with a handful of other debilitating impairments related to physical and psychiatric health that may be considered more serious. These side effects often force major depressive disorder to take a backseat when a patient is being diagnosed; a doctor may not notice the symptoms. If nurses are trained to notice the signs, ...

I, Rolihlahla Mandela, was born on July 18, 1918, in the Mvezo village, Transkei. I was born in the family of the chief counselor to Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the Acting King of the Thembu people. In the age of 12, in 1930, I became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni as my father died. On hearing the stories of my ancestors, I dreamed of contributing to the struggle for freedom of my people in South Africa. The school I attended was located in Qunu. I was bestowed with my name Nelson by my teacher in the ...

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is an insightful work of art that possesses a great literary significance. The short story depicts one hour from the life of Louise Mallard, but touches upon several serious themes that are still important in modern society. Louise Mallard is a young married woman, who gets informed that her husband has tragically died. In one hour she evolves from the grief and sorrow to realization of her joy of finally becoming free to be in charge of her own life. However, her happiness does not last long, as her husband appears ...

In his works, Chekhov paid great attention to the world of complicated, and often unpredictable actions of the human soul, especially to the feeling of love. Indeed, love is the greatest, lightest, and most beautiful feeling, but the 19th century imposed restrictions on it, thus making this form of passion legislated by only one marriage that took place in people's lives once and for all. As a result, love appeared to be just of the elements of a daily life. In Chekhov's times, it would be considered normal to have a marriage of convenience, however, a person that lives ...

Introduction

Determining the factors that contribute to the domestic violence and child abuse can be a start in reducing the high rates of domestic violence around the country. The factors will be examined based on the psychosocial assessment. The mother has a history of domestic abuse and this history will probably continue on with the children. She came to the agency for the financial assistance. The family stayed in the abusive partnership for around 10 years have severe effects on the two children that have problems in school and also left the consequences to the mother the victim. Since she ...

Selected Approach: B

Question: Does this representation create, reinforce or challenge stereotypes? Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Shonda Rhymes’ “Scandal” Throughout the history of television, women have been presented as passive and submissive, and have been constructed as sexual objects. However, more recently, groundbreaking television series have begun to break the gender stereotype by presenting female characters in strong, authoritative roles which were usually reserved to men. Shonda Rhymes’s “Scandal” fits in this trend, centering upon Olivia Pope, a unique character who challenges the stereotypes by presenting an empowered African American woman. However, Olivia is only one of a series of masculine ...

Despite the fact that most modern societies are moving towards tolerance and inclusiveness, there are still categories of people who experience discrimination in one or several spheres of their lives. Homosexuals is a social group which is discriminated most fiercely. It seems that homosexuality has become a label which, once put on a person, means that this person is inferior to others in all possible respects, as if a mere presence of sexual attraction to people of the same sex somehow influences a person's moral or professional value. Nature gives choices, it is society that limits them. I regret ...

Personal Status

Kelsey Mendez is a 41 year-old, heterosexual, Christian, white female with long history of sexual and physical abuse. Kelsey was born in Waltham, MA. She one of the two siblings born to a Lebanese Tom Jackson and a French Lillian Pierre. She has a brother. She got married in 2008 and now has field a divorce. Kelsey has two kids from different fathers, a daughter- Alison Capriccio (b. 1992) and son Joshua (b.2007). She takes care of her daughter and granddaughter by babysitting the kid, buying them food and doing cleaning. Kelsey has just lost her job, but gets ...

Something unusual or extraordinary that you have done (personal story)

Perhaps the most significant accomplishment any person can achieve in this world is the ability to empathize with those who suffer and in turn, scrape up enough energy to care and do something to make a change. How can anybody offer needed and necessary help without understanding the nature and degree of problems through which another person suffers? At a personal level, I was always sympathizing with cancer patients and donating money towards one research or another. However, I later realized that was not enough. One Saturday afternoon, my high school held a donation drive for the terminally ill ...

Introduction

Juanita Perez is an 84-year old Filipino woman who lives in Los Angeles, California, and who has recently lost her husband of 60 years. She came to the agency, seeking help on how she can deal with the grief and loss, as she has been having a difficult time coping with it. In the sixty years that they were married, they have never been apart. Juanita is a practicing Catholic whose primary language is Filipino and manages to speak a little English. She and her husband came to the United Striates as a result of the petition for immigration ...

“Trifles” is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell who depicts the casual things in the casual environment but everything is not as trivial as it seems on the surface. The drama talks about a murder committed by a woman and the gender conflict that stands behind it. Glaspell focuses on the differences between man’s and woman’s point of view and different perception of the same things. In the play, men are described as rude and authoritarian and place women in the secondary position. Indeed, in the nineteenth century, women were subservient to men and had to take ...

Moral Issues

The case raises the question of whether the companies’ policies on pregnancy and marriage amount to disparate treatment or intentional discrimination of some employees based on pregnancy, marriage, childbirth, and related medical/social impairments. Given that women in many societies bear the primary responsibility for child rearing, and are disproportionately more impaired by pregnancy, the requirement that they leave if they get pregnant may amount to sex-based discrimination. Ultimately, the policy may have a negative impact on the women’s labor force participation (even though this does not appear to be the case for these airlines). Lastly, the case raises ...

My research covers on the topic about overpopulation in sub-Saharan Africa. Overpopulation is a condition whereby the number of the existing human population supersedes the carrying capacity of the planet. This condition is usually undesirable in nature. All over human history, birth rates have always equaled death rates maintaining a sustainable growth rate. My intention to research on overpopulation is based on how serious this issue is especially on the African continent. Overall, overpopulation poses a big problem in different fronts. It is a major cause of poverty, malnutrition and underdevelopment (Logan, 1991). This is especially so in Sub-Saharan ...

Reflection

Psychology is an integral component of human life. It is an academic or applied discipline, which entails the scientific analysis, study of various mental processes, as well as human behaviors. It also involves the direct or indirect application of such experience or learned knowledge to other spheres of life and human activities. For instance, relating to people, diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders, management, and control of other societal delinquencies. It explains various mental processes and individual behaviors. It gives clear view of thoughts, self-mind, and other subconscious neurological foundation of human behavior (This paper is a reflection on ...

Nelson Mandela is one of the most recognizable symbols of the human rights movement in the XX century - a man whose devotion to the cause of freedom of his nation inspires human rights defenders around the world. Future ardent fighter for freedom was born in a small village on 18 July 1918. At birth, the boy was given the name Rolihlahla, which in translation from Xhosa language means, "ripping off tree branches," or simply "mischievous". Rolihlahla Mandela became the first in the family, who went to school. His first teacher gave him English name – Nelson. He received primary ...

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 ...

Nowadays the divorce rate in the US is quite high. Speaking about cohabitation, there are the same problems, especially if a couple has children. I choose cohabiting long term but I think that the likelihood of my family’s disruption would be less than 50%. I would estimate it at 30%, paying attention to different risk factors which can cause separation. These factors should be considered when we speak about relationships, cohabitation, marriage and divorce. One of the risk factors is young marriage. I am sure that I will be grown-up and independent enough when I decide to cohabit ...

Same Sex Marriage

In 2015, the United States Constitution ruled that nationwide, states could not ban same-sex marriage (Same-Sex). This highly contested ruling thereby states that all states must issue marriage licenses to all couples, opposite or same sex. While many people see this is a negative, a vast majority of people see this ruling as what it is: a set in stone (for the time being) rule that all people, regardless of sexual orientation, are equal and do not deserve discrimination in the form of being denied rights and being denied the benefits that a marriage can bring. In Florida in ...

In a Clinical Substance Abuse Setting

In a Clinical Substance Abuse Setting Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development sought to explain the way personality develops. Like Freud, Erikson was certain childhood events shape adult personality. Unlike Freud, however, Erikson argued that development continues throughout the lifespan (Miller, 1983). Working on the foundation laid by Freud, Erikson developed the stage theory wherein the lifespan was divided into eight stages beginning at birth and continuing through late adulthood. Erikson theorized that each stage was defined by a “psychosocial crisis” (Weiten, 2005, p. 302). The first five stages occur through the lifespan through puberty. Each stage must ...

In the first book: Mr. Gradgrind is a man who is all about propriety and facts, He scolds Sissy, whose father works with the horses in the traveling circus for using the informal version of her name and not being able to define horse. Two of Gradgrind’s children, Thomas and Louisa go to see the circus after school, but they run into Gradgrind who tells them to return home. Gradgrind’s close friend is Josiah Bounderby, who is a wealthy factory owner. Josiah likes to lie about abuses in his childhood. Bounderby and Gradgrind kick Sissy out of ...

Analysis of the Sophocles’ Oedipus the King

THESIS: In this paper, I am going to analyze the impact of fate and human behavior and actions in the development of action in the tragedy. I assume that, in spite of the fact that in the classical ancient Greek tragedy, everything must obey the will of the gods and the evil rock, in the tragedy of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, it can be observed a big role of free human will, which leads to a tragic end. The human factor influences to the unfolding of the plot of this tragedy and all the vicissitudes of fate are not ...

Civil Liberties and Social Responsibility

In 2002, as reported by The New York Times, the Bush administration approved a presidential bill giving the National Security Agency (NSA) the power to track, listen to, and intercept without a warrant the local and international communications (e.g. emails, phone calls) of a vast number of American citizens. Sooner or later, the scheme expanded to involve a certain extent of 'internal controls' (ACLU, 2015, para 2), yet there was no mention of mandating warrants specified under the foreign intelligence surveillance laws. This surveillance program has penetrated and invaded almost all of the communications technologies and networks that the ...

Doug Baldwin’s article, A Study in Social Control: The Life of the Silver Miner in Northern Ontario, presents a complete sociological examination of the relationship between capitalist enterprises and the social hierarchy that it serves. Baldwin’s work, although overly historical in the preface of the article, thoroughly explains the causal dependencies in regard to the development of a micro-culture. The article demonstrates that similar mechanisms also propel larger groups to societies and that there are analogous instances that can be seen through each stage of development. Baldwin is an academic writer who does express the intended ideas ...

Review the article, "Does Marriage and Relationship Education Work? A Meta-Analytic Study," and provide a brief summary of the issues related to disadvantaged and ethnically diverse populations. The overall results of the study are promising, however, the issues mentioned in the article require further research with the involvement of a wide range of participants. The results of the study revealed that the Marriage and relationship education (MRE) has a positive impact on the overall relationship within white middle class people. (Baldwin, Blanchard, Fawcett &Hawkins, 2008) The research has been conducted using psychoeducational intervention only, in order to receive a ...

A Debate on Gay Marriage portrays the opinions and explications of Andrew Sullivan regarding the matter of gay marriage. In the contextual essay, Andrew Sullivan goes on to opine that it is truly unfair to stigmatize gay marriage. He delves into the traditional notion of marriage and shows logically why it is wrong to have an opinion against gay marriage. The essay explicates that emotions and trust are the basic ingredients of the marital bond. It should not be constricted by sexual identity of the two people. Also, if a gay couple raises a child, the child would have ...

Introduction

Netzly (2000) defines special effects as the process of turning the imaginary events of a film look so real. This can be achieved mechanically through makeup and visual manipulations of images. In the early years of film production, special effects were manually done but in the current generation, both visual effects and makeup can be achieved through the use of computer generated imagery (CGI) (Netzly, 2000). Use of specialized materials like silicone to creatively transform a film cast into what the director envisages and in accordance with the theme of the film is the work of the makeup and ...

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David W. Response:

I do believe that marriage should always involve love. It makes sense that the people getting married wanted to choose their own partners. Though families wanted to preserve their bloodlines, I don’t think it should have been at the expense of their loved ones. I can understand why the people were miserable in arranged marriages, because they were with someone that they did not love. Marriage should not be a matter of convenience. However, I do understand that culture is culture, and that’s just the way things are traditionally. It would make me question the ...

FIONA’S DILEMMA

Fiona’s dilemma is not very complicated. She has a clear choice, to have the evaluation mandated by the governor’s commissioners contracted out so that her hands are clean of tough decisions on what programs should be cut, or if she can handle the task she was hired to do under Elinor Ames. Extenuating factors are that nobody is really happy that the governor had made competing campaign promises, both of which, it is assumed, he or she wants to keep with the voters. The governor was probably elected, in part, because of these promises. The programs are ...

Stephanie K:

Divorce rates are rising throughout the world, especially in the West. However, the sad part is that even Asia has fallen into this spiral. Divorce rates are increasing by leaps and bounds in countries where the family system used to be quite strong. While new laws can be partly blamed for this change, it is true that the family system of the past usually left girls with no choice. They were forced to compromise, even in situations where they were subjected to domestic abuse. However, with the increase in education and awareness, couples find it better to separate rather ...

AGEING IN AMERICA

In the year 2013 (the latest year for which data is available), there were 44.7 million aged individuals in the United States (above the age of 65 years). The aged population consisted of 14.1% of the total population of US. In other words, approximately one in every seven citizens of America was aged (Administration for Community Living, 2016). For the purpose of the study about different racial groups in the US undergoing ageing, we will specifically discuss the Asian Americans and African Americans. (The Older Asian Population in America, 2016) As compared to the other ethnic groups of the ...

Lineage, birth and childhood

Muhammad was son of Abdullah who was ultimately a descendant of Adam. While his mother Amina was pregnant she came across a divine message which said that she was bearing God’s messenger and was supposed to name him Muhammad. Muhammad’s father died shortly after his birth and he was brought up under the guidance of his grandfather, Abd-Muttalib who roped in foster mothers for the child. The boy Muhammad was then nurtured via humans who found him deserving enough for the futuristic role (Peters, 45). Muhhamad told about himself that his heart was deprecated of any black ...

Comment on answer of Classmate K

Arranged marriages bring together two families together as against just two individuals in love marriages. Therefore, family members always come to the support of the couple during testing times. In short, individuals united through arranged marriages are always under the surveillance of their parents and other family members. This means the possibilities of arranged marriages breaking away are very less when compared to love marriages. Even though in majority of the arranged marriages both the boy and girl appear to be strangers to each other, their parents are convinced beforehand that they both would make a perfect couple. However, ...

Abstract

Domestic violence, as its name suggests, involves intimate partner and family violence. The law has historically treated domestic violence as only a secondary issue. The treatment reflects the longstanding notion that family and domestic matters are private and should not be subject to law enforcement interference. Compounding this blasé attitude towards domestic violence was the fact that traditionally, women were considered to belong to their husbands. Until very recently, a husband could not be prosecuted for the rape of his wife. What is important to note is that domestic violence affects all types of persons. There is no one, ...

The case is about a widower, Mr. Peter Lewiston, who becomes attracted to a married woman, Mrs. Beverly Gilbury. Mrs Beverly happens to be Mr. Peter's colleague at work (Snell and Bohlander 135-136). Lewiston and Gilbury had worked together at the Pine Circle Unified District School (PCUDS) for six years and their relationship as workmates was unquestionable according to those around them (Snell and Bohlander 135). Lewiston lost his wife a year after Gilbury joined the PCUDS as a teacher where Lewiston worked as a senior maintenance officer (Snell and Bohlander 135). After around six years of relating with ...

The setting of this film is set to give the audience a quick glimpse of what live is for all the characters in this film. It is set on a stage in that it opens up to a scene in the household of Oblonsky that shows a pleasant scene far from what transpires after that. The audience gets to understand and comprehend the dramatic changes that take place in the movie by trying to relate the initial scenes of bliss and the inevitable tragedies that happen. The happy moments in the initial stages blur the tragedies that occur in ...

In 1940, my grandparents were married in Puerto Rico, by a judge in a simple ceremony. By the 1970s, when my naturalized American parents were married, there was a large marriage ceremony and reception, with many family members, friends, and even acquaintances as guests. These two different marriages shed light on the differences as well as similarities between two generations, separated by more than three decades. Whereas love and respect for the institution of marriage were the common bond of both marriages, the differences between the two generations can be primarily attributed to available financial resources. When my grandparents ...

The society creates the various gender roles and as a result, with time, these roles are viewed as the appropriate behavior of a person. Learning and life experiences help develop gender roles. The idea of femininity and masculinity not only prevails in the present times but also in the Victorian era. Although gender construction can be defined by biological factors, a larger convection believes that gender is socially constructed. Therefore, gender is a social construct as the society is responsible for determining what characterizes a particular sex and the subjects act by those characteristics. Feminism refers to the nature ...

Describe the historical, religious, and financial significances of arranged marriage in the three main East Asian countries.

China. Arranged marriage in China used to be conducted on the principles of Confucianism. According to it, one should have married the person with another surname to close the connections between the community couple lived in. In addition, the parents of a bride or groom could arrange the marriage considering the wealth and the social status of the partner. Many unmarried people were not acquainted till the day of the marriage. ‘Three Letters and Six Etiquettes’ was the tradition kept for a long time in order to conduct a marriage. (Groom’s parents went to parents of a bride, ...

Bangladesh, a country in South Asia, is among the densest countries in the world with regards to human population. Millennium Development Goals- Fund or MDG- Fund is currently deploying help in Bangladesh in hope that they may prevent the early marriages of teen women who may still be classified as children that have become a common practice in Bangladesh (below 18 years old). These teens are not to marry until they reach 18 according to the law, but they are made to do because many believe that being married may help reduce the number of households to feed and ...

Information Technology Effects

Abstract The objective of the paper is to analyze the effects of information technology on interpersonal communication. Technology advancement and continued economic development have both positive and negative effects on interpersonal communication. The topic is one of organizational development studies that investigate effects of technology on communications. The paper reviews both positive and negative effects of information technology, its effect on interpersonal communication. With the preamble of a new communication and information age, techniques of social communications continue to change. The project analyzes the effects of information technology in the love or relationship cases, workplace, and for recreational purposes. ...

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[Faith in metaphysics] Both Gabriel Marcel and Sǿren Kierkegaard agreed that faith is not about believing the existence of God but about believing in God, an absolute presence who is accessible to the believer through prayer and worship as well as through “invocation and response” (Negomireanu 56-57). Through faith, human beings can gain access to the mystery of God, not in the sense of understanding the mystery, but in the experience of soaking to that mysterious Presence (58). Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenological approach of this accession to the mystery was described as ...

The short story “Desiree’s Baby” was published in 1893, in “Vogue”. Its first title was “The Father of Desiree’s baby” to focus on Armand’s identity and origin. The story touches important issues that plagued the South of that time such as racism, the position of women, gender inequality. “Desiree’s Baby” is one of only two major stories Chopin set in antebellum Louisiana, portraying woman character whose life is ruined by a cruel and deeply-seated racism, but intellectual readers of the day would have been aware of the complex cultural history in the background of the ...

“In 1969 Travis Hirschi had come up with the theory of social control and social bond theory” . His theories were implemented into criminology studies over the years. Some theorists have argued his theories, and debated on the positivity and worthiness of them. Even though other theorists have tried to discard the theories Hirschi had brought forth into criminology; he is still a leading individual theorist for over 40 years. Hirschi had grew up in Utah and obtained his undergraduate degree in Sociology. He then decided to take his education to San Francisco California to obtain his graduate degree. The ...

Interpersonal physical violence (committed against women and children)

Human trafficking and concomitant criminal sexual exploitation of women and children in the XXI century is becoming the fastest growing and highly lucrative activity for transnational organized crime. Statistical data of different sources irrefutably specify on the tendency of increasing human trafficking in many countries of the world. It is necessary, to mark that this crime is not a problem of one state and an issue that has gained an international dimension. The danger of human trafficking is that the buyer gets as a result of the deed of sale full control over the victim and may dispose of ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] The following list seeks to compile organizations that are specifically related to issues surrounding school violence, aggression, bullying, cyber-bullying, peace and reconciliation, gender and race, and values in conflict resolution.

For each organization, I will give the name of the organization, a link, and a brief description of available information.

Organizations on School Violence U.S. Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html . The U.S. Department of Education offers resources on School Climate and Discipline where they consider how to curb school violence. This references articles by leading scholars in the field and tools for teachers, parents, and students. STRYVE (Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere) http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/stryve/ While this organization concentrates on youth violence in general, a ...

The 20th century was a remarkable period for many women who are fed up with the discrimination they faced based on gender. Females in the previous centuries were confined to the spheres of their homesteads and not allowed to participate in public activities. The patriarchal perceptions dominated the thoughts of most Americans. The work of Kate Chopin, a renowned feminist, motivated woman to evaluate their situations critically so that they could realize the unfair burden society placed on them. One of the pieces she wrote was the Story of an Hour. Succinct analysis indicates that Chopin tackled complicated issues ...

In the U.S. Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex couples were granted the right to marry and to found a family. One of the mist fundamental questions regarding this case is, “Did these jurists (judges) “interpret” or apply the U.S. Constitution, or did they “make” new law?” I strongly believe that granting the right to marry to homosexual couples cannot be regarded as making a new law. It should be taken into consideration that “constitutional law is not a mechanical exercise of just “applying the law” (Stone, "Our Fill-in-the-Blank Constitution"). In this particular case, the judges interpreted the ...

Benjamin Franklin and Pocahontas are two outstanding Americans, who made a significant contribution to the development of the American society and its country, in general. Their actions and the course of their lives are recounted in books, documentaries, feature films, and plays and describe the importance of their deeds. Despite the fact that their actions are so important for the national heritage and the development of history, their lives were also highly influenced by the historical developments and the political processes, which took part during their lifetime. Despite the fact that Pocahontas and Benjamin Franklin lived in different centuries, ...

The only world that can describe Ancient Greek Sculpture is perfection.It concerns not only the appearance of the characters presented but also Greek attitude to life. Art was supposed to imitate life in its ideal way but what was hidden behind this beautiful presentation? And does this phenomenon have something in common with modern pop culture? The history of Greek sculpture was not so even as it may seem. It had it ups and downs. After centuries of searching for interesting presentation of the human body Greeks decided to concentrate on the realism and show the human body as ...

Different characteristics of living in the "fortress" that are discussed Counseling Military Families by Lynn K. Hall

The main characteristics of life of a military couple are frequent separations from relatives, geographical relocations, total dedication to the proposed mission of the county, early retirement, ability of the whole family to adjust to changes rapidly, feeling of detachment from the society and others. (Hall, 2008) While examining the military society, it becomes vivid that this group of people should be characterized as the warrior society, which has own rules and regulations of life. Living in the ‘Fortress’ represents the most frequent issues people face living with a military. The everyday life of a military family requires the ...

Variables in a Research Study and Data Collection

A researcher has to identify variables in the study. There are two variables in a research study; the dependent variable and the independent variable. The dependent variable is what the researcher is interested (Yin, 2013). The aim is to measure the changes that take place with the dependent variable. On the other hand, the independent variable affects the dependent variable. The researcher will manipulate this independent variable with an expectation of change on the dependent variable. Data collection comes in as the process of gathering and then measuring information on the variables identified (Yin, 2013). This is done in ...

“The Luck of the Sea and the Luck of the Mountains” is a mythological story comprised in “Kojiki”, which is considered the oldest surviving Japanese book, dating from 712 A.D. In it, prince Fire-Fade uses the help of gods in order to retrieve his brother’s fishhook and punish him for his bad temper. During his quest to retrieve the fishhook, the prince meets and marries the daughter of the Sea God, but he is forced to leave her after being pushed by curiosity to spy on her during childbirth. Prince Fire-Fade’s adventures in this story highlight role ...