Essays on Reality

Introduction

Plato is perhaps one of the most well-known philosophers in Western history. Even if many people don’t fully understand his ideas, most are aware that he was a very important and influential thinker. How did someone who lived over 2000 years ago have such a tremendous and lasting impact on our culture? By introducing a new way of seeing the world that revolutionized how philosophers defined truth. In The Republic and The Apology, Plato uses the character Socrates (based on, but probably not an accurate representation, of his teacher) to explain his view of truth, his method for ...

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Mystical experience is characterized by the achievement of inner harmony and the connection with the surrounding world, the feeling on the deeper level that everything exists in Oneness. Mystical experiences give a person an opportunity to go beyond the limits of their conscious mind and see the world around them more clearly and deeply. It is generally achieved through special practices, such as prayer, meditation and art, but still different people manage to achieve this state by their own means. It is difficult to define exactly what mystical experience is, as it is so deep and complicated that sometimes ...

Realist Perspective

For realism characterized the approach to international relations as a reality, which has a certain set of 'reality': military power, economic potential, the national interests of a country, etc. The main purpose of Realism is that states are seeking for power due to their means of either security or domination. Disregarding the logic of appropriateness, all the actions taken by the states are driven by the means of power. Theory of security dilemma provides the idea, that current international conditions should allow both Washington and Beijing to protect their vital interests, not presenting a serious threat to each other. ...

Franz Kafka is a famous German-language writer, who is widely admitted as one of the major figures of the twentieth-century world literature. He is famous for his novels and short stories focused on the themes of drama and isolation, opposition of a man and society that could not accept him. During his rather short life, Kafka wrote a number of works, which met with recognition from the public only after his death. One of such works was A Hunger Artist, a story he wrote in his declining years in 1922. The aim of this paper is to analyze symbolism ...

Letter to a Healthcare Organization

I am writing in regard to a family that has devoted their life to the healthcare industry and is now in need of assistance. The mother, Dianna, is a nurse at a long time care facility. As you know, this is a helping profession and, while her devotion to the job is top notch, the pay is not. On top of this, she has roughly $47,000 in outstanding student loan debt. At the same time, Dianna and her husband have been working hard to provide their five children with educational opportunities that they were not afforded early in ...

There are many reasons why one might decide to begin to use drugs. Some people use drugs to deal with personal loss or depression, hoping it might help to provide some type of escape. Others might feel pressured by their peer group and choose to engage in drugs because they want to belong to that group. Regardless of the reason, many people each year use drugs for the first time. Often, once is enough to create an addiction that can lead to a harmful path of drug abuse leading to addiction. Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs ...

One of the movies that explores society, deals with the harsh reality of relationships between men and women, and misunderstandings of the concepts of gender and sex is the movie "Boys Don’t Cry". Even though Brandon Teena is the main character in the movie, other characters are equally important for the understanding of gender and sex stereotypes that exist in our culture. Gender is rarely divided from the sex in our culture, causing identity crisis and tragic endings of individuals, such as Brandon Teena. One of the stereotypes is the assumption that sex and gender is the same ...

Introduction

Technology has been advancing at breakneck pace over the past few decades, and its impact on society has been marked and noticeable. There is almost no segment of society that has not been impacted and changed as a result of new technological innovations that have been introduced to the global community. Even regions of the world that were once left out of the industrial revolution are beginning to embrace new technology and the results on the citizenry have been pronounced. Social change is a reference made to the noticeable movement away from traditional behavior patterns within any given culture ...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is one of the greatest American writers, who entered the history of world literature thanks to his wonderful novels about American life in the 1920s. Fitzgerald brought to literature, not only his talent, but also gave many people a part of himself through his art. He teaches the readers the mistakes of his life, mistakes of his generation, and they carefully heed this lesson. With his works, we can evaluate an entire generation, and through his talent of storytelling we live together with the characters of each story or novel. The main theme of his ...

Introduction

The term market structure is used to encompass a range of tightly interconnected characteristics of a given market, such as the quantity and relative strength of consumers, producers and suppliers, an extent of collusion and its forms, level and dominant forms of competition, ease of entering the market and exiting it, as well as a degree of product differentiation. For the purposes of current assignment market structures and strategies of gaining competitive advantage under different market structures will be studied by the example of Google, Inc. Google, Inc. is a U.S-based multinational enterprise that operates in a range of ...

While it might be more common to think of the police, prison officer or prosecutor as the main actors in the criminal justice; community corrections personnel are as necessary as their colleagues in the effective administration of justice, especially since community corrections officers are the one that supervise offenders that are residing in the community outside of a jail or prison. As with any other party in the criminal justice system, community corrections personnel are as susceptible to misconduct as anyone else. To be sure, in recent years, misconduct in community corrections has become more widespread and a growing ...

Acknowledgement

I would like to give my heartfelt appreciation to the lecturer of the course for the time and commitment that he provided towards making us all round in the hospitality sector. They assisted me throughout my course. In addition, I would like to thank Ms Susan, the assistant manager of Healthy Life Spa in Koh Wood for allowing me to carry out the research at their facility. She helped me with the correct information as well as the motivation to carry out the research. Moreover, I would thank my family for supporting me throughout my research. Their commitment cannot ...

The primary reason why demographic winter would cause concern is the fact that the very essence of the process called “demographic winter” results in a nation’s – as well as well world population’s in general – shrinking. This is pure mathematics: less people are being born, more people are living longer. This ensues several conclusions. First of all, the structure of a society in which demographic winter happens is so that the working groups of people are constantly and incrementally getting smaller. This means a couple of things, including the decline in productivity of a nation (given than less ...

IMPLEMENTING A BEHAVIOR-BASED FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM IN A FOODSERVICE ORGANIZATION: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The goals of the organization are varied, and information was collected from internal sources within Roundy’s, Inc., to better understand the needs and the structures governing the overall state of affairs. The organization is a large food service organization but it has been suffering from some financial problems in recent years, and these financial problems have been associated with expansion. However, the leadership of the company is aware of the need for food safety protocol; the need for food safety protocol transcends the need to make a profit, as lax food safety protocol can be the downfall of ...

Abstract

This paper discusses the foundations of anti-discrimination law with respect to employment in modern American legal jurisprudence. The advent of the 1964 Civil Rights Act's Title IV measure initiated a protective structure based on categories, or protected classes. Affirmative action is generally specific to protected classes carved out in Civil Rights Act of 1964. Affirmative action primarily designed to redress legacy of Jim Crow. Whereas civil rights law for disabilities is all about reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities and making sure that ones physical limitations don't hinder their access to opportunities Protected classes have been extended to include ...

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs Precisely, a human being becomes a personality due to the fact that he or she lives in society and develops capabilities that are inherent in his or her biological nature in interaction with other people. These opportunities cannot be realized outside of society, thus, a human cannot become a full-fledged personality. The process of human adoption of social experience, acquisition of the qualities that allow him or her to be a member of society, is called socialization. Socialization of the individual is one of the most important factors of human existence, as it is ...

Response to reading an article “The people’s panopticon”

Virtual reality is increasingly replacing the physical reality. What seemed to be a subject of sci fiction novels now finds place in our everyday life. Of course, like everything new and unexplored, the growing technological boom is a double-edged weapon. The article in the Economist “The people’s panopticon” describes several urging trends in the field of cameras and photography. It raises ethical, legal, narcissistic and even medical issues. Today one can do a heroic or a life-damaging act, using the latest technologies, so the question is for who it is to decide what it is. Is it doing ...

Sometimes reality is not an effective medium by which to view the world. In such instances the human eye often looks beyond what is seen in order to reveal what is hidden in plain view, behind the known and mundane aspects that the world has to offer. In those moments it becomes obvious that no matter how mundane a thing is, no matter how commonplace it might seem, there is always something to be seen in the breaths between one click of the camera to the next. There is beauty throughout all aspects of the world, all one needs ...

Introduction

Identification of talent in athletes is challenging, but important, because it can lead to the potential for understanding the lifelong development of athletes who compete for prolonged periods of time. In analyzing these conditions it is evident that there is a benefit to understanding the underlying principles associated with lifelong development. This demonstrates the fact that “it takes eight to twelve years of training for a talented athlete to reach elite level” (Balyi 2001, p. 1). Understanding the physical and mental conditions under which athletic talent can thrive is essential in developing a commitment to these priorities and their ...

The movie “Ma vie en rose” raises serious enough issue of modern society. Ticklish story of gender identity of the child is shown through the prism of funny stories, which often raise a smile, but not leave aside seriousness of the problem of lack of society`s understanding of people who are not like others. This movie through a story of a seven-year boy, who did not do anything bad to anyone and wants to be a girl, but faces the cruelty of the world, shows one of the most critical issues of genderization. This film is a stunningly ...

John Locke in his work “An essay concerning human understanding”, among other things, argues that knowledge can and is acquired via sense perception. Vehemently rejecting the notion of subjective idealism that no independent reality is possible outside of human mind, this English philosopher attempts to prove that material objects do exist, even when we are not interacting with them, and that we can obtain information about them using our sense organs. Actually, he claims that while knowledge about ourselves we form by intuition, concepts of various abstract matters we gain by logical reasoning, “Knowledge of other finite beings is ...

Introduction

Background Statement For any organization to ultimately be successful, it depends on the presence of competent and effective leadership. It does not matter they type of the organization, and this truth especially applies to the law enforcement community. This reality also applies to organized sports, where a football team may be able to win a game, but without effective leadership in the form of a team manager, coach, or captain, its chances of ultimately winning a title will remain elusive (Schwarzwald, Koslowsky, & Agassi, 2001). Police service is not different than this analogy. Perhaps the most essential component of police ...

Discuss How E-commerce Has Transformed SMEs and the Way They Do Business

Introduction Laudon and Traver (2013) highlight that for several years, the global economy entered a period of globalization, and this entry brings with it a lot of characteristic changes in the life of mankind. Currently, it is approved by the understanding that the Internet is another business environment that has its own specifics, and very multifaceted, but is subject to general business laws. On the Internet, it is possible to look for partners or customers, create solutions to support business, automate operations with partners and dealers, and create and develop retail online stores. According to Chaffey (2011), e-commerce, the ...

1. Why does Quail want to go to Mars? The unknown world of another planet attracted him very much. Douglass was obsessed with the idea of trudging among its valleys again because he had already visited the planet as a secret Interplan agent. 2. Why does Quali’s wife always try to discourage his interest in Mars? Douglas himself stated that it was a wife’s job to bring him down to Earth. In fact, Kirsten knew about his previous trip to Mars. 3. How does REKAL, INC. provide trips to Mars? They incorporate extra-factual memory implant and provide ...

Organization and Management Analysis

Classical Theory There are various organizational theories emerged by the time. One of the theories is classical theory that provides an insight of the merger of scientific management as well as bureaucratic and administrative theory. In 1917, Fredrick Taylor introduced scientific management theory (Taylorism) with four principles, such as recruiting best human capital to perform tasks, matching worker’s capability with tasks, close supervision of workers and use of rewards and punishment as motivational tool, and management of tasks in terms of planning and controlling (Agarwal, 1982). Max Weber in 1947 prolonged Taylor’s theories and put emphasis on ...

The movie “Race: The power of an illusion” aims to dispel the notion that race is defined by biology, instead arguing that it’s purely social and cultural concept based on nothing more than superficial traits, such as skin color, hair texture and eye shape. While studying facts and beliefs that have emerged around this subject over the past three hundred years the movie presents a number of assumptions people used to make and still lean towards, both reality and value ones, which, as we discovered, often interrelate. For instance, we are told that in the beginning of the ...

It has been close to two years since Malaysian Boeing MH17 being downed over the disputed territory of eastern Ukraine. In the early hours and days of the tragedy, the media of most world countries, whether print, online, or television, seemed to be trying nothing else other than to cover the continuous story. While journalists are not tripping over each other in a bid to publish the sensational materials presently, the interest in the story has not ceased completely, neither has the investigation that is still to name the guilty party. Until it has, media will continue their coverage ...

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Recommendation Regarding Acquisition of MOOG Inc. (MOG-A)

Abstract The purpose of this report was to analyze the company Moog Inc. and recommend on whether or not the Embry Investment Group should acquire it. This business report aims to investigate and evaluate Moog Inc.’s performance and competitiveness in the market. The Embry Investment Group wanted to conduct a background research on Moog Inc. before carrying out the process of acquisition. The business report consists of the executive summary and background information on Moog Inc., which includes their history, a summary of their function, a summary of Moog Inc.’s aims and objectives, and an assessment ...

This is a case of a business named Prime Cell, currently being headed by Sally Gates. In this paper, the author assumes the role of Bill Welch, the manager that has recently been put in charge of solving the company’s latest customer service woes. The main issue in this case is that Prime Cell, under the watch of the previous customer service manager has been faring poorly in terms of customer service. Although the company’s sales and financial volume and profitability performance have been mediocre at best in the past audits, it has been discovered that the ...

Related Literature

Concretion and Its Effect on Economy Christ Rhodes (2015) stated in his research entitled Construction Industry, Statistics and Policy that the construction industry is a major contributor in the United Kingdom’s Gross Domestic Product accounting for 6.5 percent equivalent to GBP 1.3 billion. The construction industry also generated additional 2.1 million jobs in the first quarter of 2015 (Rhodes, 2015). The contribution of the construction industry varied over years depending on the condition of the economy. Rhodes (2015) revealed that the construction industry contributed 6.8 percent of the total UK economic output from 2003-2006, and 6.9 percent in ...

A slave named Django is ‘property’ of a German bounty hunter King Schultz, who jointly capture Brittle Brothers, and as a result, Jamie Foxx is freed by Schultz. This happens two years earlier than Civil War. Their hunt does not stop here and they continue to find the South America’s most notorious criminals. In this regard, they try to undertake Calvin Candie, a notorious plantation owner, who still held Django’s wife as a slave. The movie is a mixture of ironic humor and violence depicting the harsh realities of slavery in American past. Although using humor for ...

Introduction

Through several stages of the development the world faces new challenges. One of them has the form of financial crisis. The cut down taking place in 2008 was not the first crisis that slow down the global economy and welfare of the state, while it was not the last one. This paper considers the situation at the financial sector during the spread of financial crisis in 2008, its main reasons and forthcoming consequences. Simultaneously, the author analyzes in this paper the impact of the crisis over the welfare of such states as the United States of America, the United ...

The Reality of Mass Media is a book written by Niklas Luhmann. The Stanford University Press first published the book in the year 1995. The book comprises of different mass media theories, which are applied in our modern society. In addition, Luhmann talks about the construction of social realities with the use of the mass media. The author argues that the mass media plays a crucial role in the modern society. It is through the mass media the society constructs its illusion of their definition of reality. Therefore, Niklas Luhmann presents a book that explain how the modern mass ...

There is no doubt that reality television shows are watched by many people because of the fact that such shows are marketed as unscripted. Although reality TV shows may not be scripted, they are heavily edited and in that respect, they lose their authenticity. Raw footage is taken to graphic designers and editors, who in turn filter and control what the viewers see (Biltereyst, n.d). Consequently, reality television shows distort reality in the sense that content is not presented honestly and in context. Reality television shows of cops are not very different from fictional shows of cops. In fictional ...

Introduction

The Foucauldian theory of Discourse has been an influential tool used by many organizations in shaping and enhancing the understanding on power. The theory has assisted many organizations to deviate from assessments of power from different actors who perceive the same as a coercion instrument. The Foucauldian theory of discourse additionally drives people away from the discreet operational structures of the actors and tries to make them understand that power is equally distributed, embodied and diffused in discourse, regimes of truth and knowledge. According to Michel Foucault, power operates on other levels and makes up who we are. Foucault's ...

Introduction

The notion of social class, and its function within the various societies throughout the global community, has been well documented throughout time. In fact, this very concept is the very basis of the exhaustive work carried out by Karl Marx throughout his professional endeavors, and continues to be the basis for much conflict throughout society. Many make the effective argument, however, that class is a human construct and, as such, is not necessarily an institution that is endeared to human civilization for all time. Postmodernists, for example, make the content that class is actually dead, giving deference to a ...

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Introduction

It is impossible to avoid those racy headlines or steamy news in the newspapers or television about a person or group of persons or a certain condition or situation that is a threat to societal values. The mass media has always played an important role in shaping the society and its views. The term “moral panic" was coined by Stanley Cohen in 1971 to illustrate responses of the public and media to the disturbances in the society. According to Cohen, those elements that deviated away from the core values of law abiding ...

1. Explain the one-drop rule, the link between slavery and mass incarceration, and how these events lead to a theory of racial domination in the U.S. After the abolition, the US African-American community was subject to several racial regimes. In some degree, each of them partially allowed the blacks to compensate for their racial accessory and, in the due course, civilized the institution of ethnoracial domination. Nonetheless, every new stage entailed significant regression. It can be argued that the contradiction between the institutionalized racial superiority and democracy is rooted in historical and cultural processes The slavery era gave birth ...

Philosophy

Philosophy is any activity that seeks to understand the basic truth about the world, people and the relationships that exist. Philosophers engage in studies of the basic and fundamental nature of existence, values, knowledge, reality, mind, language and reason (Flew, 1989). Philosophy began in Ancient Greek and the term used to refer to the “love of wisdom”. Philosophers are continuously engaged in asking, answering and arguing for their responses regarding the most basic questions in life. The activities of philosophy involve critically examining and assessing the assumptions and conclusions drawn by historians, thinkers, social and natural scientists as well ...

Hegel's philosophy is the culmination of the German philosophy development, which began from Kant. Hegel created a grandiose philosophical system, which covered the whole totality of theoretical knowledge at that time. This philosopher comprehended the state and the right as products of reasonable human activities, which were embodied in real public institutions. Hegel's political doctrine had a tremendous impact on the development of political and legal thought. In his teaching, Hegel considered the idea of the state and law, assuming the task of the science of law and the state not the development of ideas about proper and reasonable ...

Executive Summary

The beverage industry as a whole is changing in rapid fashion. More middle aged adults are becoming increasingly concerned with nutrition, and this includes a considerable portion of the baby boomer population in the United States and elsewhere. Many are becoming aware of the fact that beverage choices today do impact overall lifestyle and possibly life expectancy on the whole. As such, the non-alcoholic beverage sector continues to be impacted by this reality as the public opts for healthier drinks. Coca Cola continues to respond to this need. Rather than live in denial, the company has been actively working ...

SELF-HELP AND SELF-ESTEEM

Part 1. Contemporary time can be easily characterized as the century of Self. Considering it critically, there is no simple answer whether it is right or wrong. Anyway, Human is an issue of top priority of modern times. Centuries, when sacrifice was demanded, or when human life was neglected, are far away. In modern life, everybody’s right to be happy and successful is highly respected, appreciated and widely recognized. Any person is encouraged to live full life, with all its precious joys, in order to comprehensively participate in world affairs and feel as demanded and priceless member of ...

The qualities that humans possess make them special from other living forms or objects. Yet, the studied stories suggest that there is a man – made form of existence that resembles humans in terms of reasoning, cognizing or even feeling human emotions, embodied into robots that possess artificial intelligence. The studied stories, “Tomorrow is Waiting” (Holli Mintzer), “EPICAC” (Kurt Vonnegut), “Robbie” (Isaac Asimov) or “Birth of A Robot” (Abigail Tucker) address the difference between humans and robots only to suggest that the difference is only a human – built concept. The robots presented in these stories show human features, such as ...

Reflective Essay - Professional Issues New Graduate Nurses are faced with in the First 12 Months

Reflective Essay - Professional Issues New Graduate Nurses are faced with in the First 12 Months In the reflective practice, practitioners take part in a continuous cycle of self-evaluation and self-observation with an aim of getting to understand their actions and reactions toward particular situations. Fundamentally, the primary goal is not essentially to deal with a specific question or problem defined at the start, as in the practitioner research, but to make an observation and improve practice in general on a continuous basis (Cunningham 2001). In this reflective essay, I will identify and explore three professional challenges that I ...

1. Write a brief statement of the purpose of the project. This should be a single sentence with no more than 2 or 3 sentences expanding the statement. (Please read Chapter 1, sub title of the Purpose) The purpose of the project is to establish methods to educate those in the BCFC in the best methods for utilizing conflict resolution. This is done due to the supposition that conflict resolution can help to open lines of communication and establish stronger and more lasting relationships with one another. In dealing with any issues that might arise in an efficient and ...

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Abstract

Many people never had the opportunity to travel. Some refuse to travel and prefers to remain ignorant of other cultures and societies. Those who do travel can sometimes still lead very ignorant lives because they refuse to accept the reality of other cultures or societies. However, some travelers can accept the reality of foreign societies and can not only immerse themselves in the foreign culture but also educate others about what they had experience. Through traveling, I was able to learn about the social issues of other countries firsthand. I also learned that many cultures have been ...

Front of the House: A Photo Essay

Introduction While management science and organisational behaviour generally study the worker within the workplace, a critique of educational systems, while certainly related, views the worker at an earlier stage in life. In Pedagogy of the Oppressed Freire famously offers the latter, and that is the focus of this essay, which considers Freire’s claim that social inequalities are perpetuated through “banking” education systems (so-named by him.) This essay also includes some personal observations from this author’s recent summer work experience, revisited now in the context of Freire’s well-known article. Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher, ...

Analysis of Death of a Salesman

‘Death of a Salesman’ is a tragedy based on dreams and ambition plus the realities in life. The play first surfaced as a short story by author Arthur Miller, who offers a mocking critique of the materialistic American society of the nineties. The main character of the storyline is Willy Loman, who is an average guy, striving for success. He is idolized by his family, but a commoner beyond the four walls of his home. The high drama focuses on how a man tries to change himself within to meet the expectations of those in the outer world and ...

‘Call to Arms’ book is excellent collection of short stories, written by Chinese author Lu Xun. The author, through his stories, tries to describe the cruel realities of traditional Chinese society. ‘Call to Arms’ stories were originally written during 1920s by Lu Xun in Chinese language. All stories of ‘Call to Arms’ were translated by Y. Hasien-yi and G. Yang and were published in year 1960 for the first time. The stories introduce readers to social, health care and other problems, existing in the China. The author tries to act as a social critic by depicting social problems of ...

Earth’s quickly changing climate is a hot topic today. Among the young and old, the issue is debated passionately as individuals argue whether it is even happening and why. The Some believe climate change is still up for debate, the history surrounding the issue proves the Earth’s environment is, indeed, changing, and humans may be the only cause to blame. The CO2 emissions and various forms of pollution have been observed for years. While many attempt to correct what we have done to the planet, others speculate it may be too late to repair the damage we ...

Earth’s quickly changing climate is a hot topic today. Among the young and old, the issue is debated passionately as individuals argue whether it is even happening and why. The Some believe climate change is still up for debate, the history surrounding the issue proves the Earth’s environment is, indeed, changing, and humans may be the only cause to blame. The CO2 emissions and various forms of pollution have been observed for years. While many attempt to correct what we have done to the planet, others speculate it may be too late to repair the damage we ...

About Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929)

He was a Jewish theologian and philosopher who lived between 1886 and 1929. Born in Kassel, Germany, Franz Rosenzweig belonged to a minimally observant middle class German Jewish family. At the Universities of Munich, Gottingen and Freiburg, he studied Philosophy and History. Rosenzweig got influenced by his cousins and close friend (Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy) to be converted to Christianity. However, determined to keep his faith as early as Christians did, he resolved to remain Jewish first, before becoming converted into Christianity. One day after he had attended the Yom Kippur services in Berlin, Ronsenzweig underwent some mystical experiences that led ...

On the whole, this play is universal, and it is not only African Americans who can relate to it. Moreover, there are such people in all countries who are discriminated in one way or another. Discrimination is not something that is connected only to African Americans. This play is relevant to the life in the United States today in many ways. African Americans are not the only people who have difficulties in the society. There are many other social groups that also have to deal with prejudice. In fact, it is not only the case in the United States. ...

Interpersonal Relationship

Interpersonal Relationship

Introduction

Interpersonal relationship is a communication pattern between two or more individuals. There is an extensive body of research and theories that have been undertaken in understanding interpersonal relationship. One of the reasons behind increased research and investigation concerning interpersonal relationships is because it is an inevitable yet imperative process in the lives of people. Every day people come across various challenges when it comes to interpersonal relationship. Theory of interpersonal relationship allows us to understand the nature of relationships and the change that is undertaken to manage them. The aim of this paper is to utilize the ...

Water scarcity, especially a scarcity of freshwater, is an increasingly disconcerting international issue, especially in Africa. This problem is caused by both natural and anthropological. Scientists primarily fault humans for the trends that are currently taking place, especially in developing areas on the African continent. Population growth, buttressed by unsustainable anthropological activities such as the pollution of freshwater sources as well as environmental exploitation are often viewed as the primary culprits. Demographic shifts including an exponential population growth demands that people use more water for food, the production of commodities, sanitation, different dietary needs, and other domestic uses within ...

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman shapes the trajectory of understanding the American dream in what is considered as the promise of success in the economic and social spectrum. By using the character that exudes the personally attractive and the well-liked man in business, Miller explores the inherent desire among the middle class Americans to acquire material comfort. This is occasioned by the modern American life, evidenced in "the man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who creates a personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked and you will never want" ( ...

What does it take, do you think, for a person to leave a religion into which they may have been born and to join a different one, especially one that is very different from that of the prevailing culture? Usually the reason for a religious conversion is uncomfortable feelings into an own religious system; moving to a county of another religion; disappointment in faith; converting to a more “popular” or “prestigious” religion; personal relationship with a person of another religion, etc. This is accompanied by a radical reassessment of the faith and values ​​which were its object. For example, ...

A few years after World War II ended, a new genre of music emerged as a result of the coming together of the people from the south, the secular, the sacred, and the rural. People working in the field in the South moved to the North in order to take advantage of what factories during the said time can offer that would somehow bring them a better life. With the various cultures that they brought along with them, and with these cultures coming into contact with the existing music and audience in the urban area, rock and roll music ...

American History X (1998) The movie American History X deals with the important sociological issues that exist among the working class in the USA. The main protagonists of the movie are two borders, Danny and Derek Vinyard. They live in Venice Beach, California. Venice Beach, once a peaceful middle-class settlement, started to change when African-American gangs came to the neighborhood. This led to many racial hostilities and intolerance. Derek, the older brother, killed two African-Americans and was sentenced to jail while his brother Danny continued to worship the ideology of neo-Nazism, blaming African-Americans for everything that was happening in ...

Film Analysis:

Taxi Driver Part One: The Personality Cult In 1976 Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader came together to present a rather disturbing film that showcased the utter alienation that is felt within an urban society, and regrettable fallout that comes with it. Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro as veteran Travis Bickle, is a revealing look into the mind of a man who has become disconnected with the world he feels has forgotten him, a clear message that is sent by Scorsese and Schrader considering the time period in which the film is set, which is after a long, disastrous ...