Essays on Silence

The main purpose of this paper is to study and outline the behavior of college architectural students. Through this, the relationship that exists between the different forms of architecture and their subcultures will be thoroughly explored (Borden, 16). In essence, the students in the college do a lot of things for various reasons. This motivated me to try to learn and appreciate whatever they do in order to understand it better. It is so difficult to appreciate the endeavors that somebody may engage himself or herself in without having a close examination of the reasons, which lead them to Continue reading...

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a story of a protagonist Janie. In the novel, she looks for a firm sense of her own identity and spiritual fulfillment. It depicts Janie’s quest for finding herself and her secure sense of independence. Janie’s gradual development in the novel can be understood by analyzing her relationship to her own voice and her use of language. In the beginning, she is uncertain of how she wishes to live or who she is. Later, she becomes a strong and proud woman when she comes back to Eatonville. She finds her quest Continue reading...

Virtual City Police Department. Case Study

Nowadays the Virtual City Police Department face several significant problems. The point is that if the problems are not fixed, the Virtual City citizens will suffer because the level of crimes will increase. This report is aimed at outlining four major problems and finding solutions on them.
The main problem of the Virtual City Police Department is unqualified personnel. The point is that until the mid-1990s every person who had graduated from school and got a certificate could become a police officer in the Virtual City Police Department. However, in the 1990s the situation has changed a bit: college Continue reading...

Throughout Clarice Lispector’s novella, The Hour of the Star, colors and sounds are used to convey a feeling or message. The story is a very sad story about a young misfortunate girl from North-east Brazil who is suffering from tuberculosis. The story is told through the perspective of a male writer who is struggling with the young girl’s suffering. Lispector used an array of colors and sounds to entice emotion from the reader. This use of colors and sounds were both well-developed elements in the book, and these elements will be discussed throughout this essay.
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Stravinsky was no stranger to pushing boundaries when he premiered the Rite of Spring in 1913. He had had immense success the previous year with his reimagining of the Russian folk tale of Petrushka. In that piece, as well, Stravinsky took liberties with his writing and the plot of the story. However, the liberties taken in the music for The Rite of Spring were far greater and more surprising than past compositions by him, or any other mainstream composer of the time. Coupled with the unusual choreography by Nijinsky, the event was understandably shocking to an audience unaccustomed to Continue reading...

I. Politics of Nature and Culture
West et al. (251-277) emphasized on the importance of protected areas, in that those serve the interests of environmental conservation efforts, particularly those that are deemed fragile and vulnerable to known threats to the environment. Indeed, protected areas are notable for their supposed isolation, given the purpose of preserving all that thrives within the environments those occupy. In that case, one must take a look at the situation of the people who are living within protected areas, particularly established communities that existed prior to their designation for protection. For West et al. (251-277), Continue reading...

UC Application #2

Irrespective of what the scriptures prescribed, making judgments seems so common to many of us. Would you judge a person based preference to solitude instead of other people’s company? Perhaps you may claim that would not, but that is exactly what happens often in today’s world. Some people cannot comprehend, much less appreciate, that silence, meditation, and reflection can be just as invigorating, if not more, as the party or social gathering of loud screams and voices.
In an age where extroverts are extolled for their vibrancy and affable character, introverts tend to receive the well-known short Continue reading...

The Spiral of Silence and Public Opinion

Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to define the context of Spiral of Silence and to identify the theorist who created the theory. In addition, this paper endeavors to inform the reader about the theory and the theorist professional background without abandoning the fundamental argument about the necessity of expressing opinions. For decades, mass communication scholars battled amongst each other in order to prove the validity of the theory. Vast amounts of research about the occurrence of the so-called spiral phenomena were carried out by dedicated mass media scholars who are very determined to make Spiral of Silence Continue reading...

Introduction

Elisabeth Noelle von Neumann a German political adviser and a media researcher who developed the Spiral of Silence. Upon her death on 2010, her career as a media scholar and social scientist was highly praised not only in her native country, but internationally as well. Aside from being a media scholar, Neumann was also an adept entrepreneur. The Institut fur Demoskopie Allensbach, a German marketing and research firm belongs to her. Despite numerous awards gained, Neumann still studied the communication of the human society. The Spiral of Silence is a theory of Mass Communication. According to Neumann, the theory Continue reading...

We are living in a fast paced world that at times brings a toll into our ability to stay still and find silence. Yes, silence is a powerful tool for artists because it allows them to internalize with their self and their environment. Their creativity is dependent on their ability to visualize amidst the chaotic noises of civilization. Cheryl Hooks works are constant reminders of the endless possibilities provided by serenity. Her works like Megan in Italy and Fish Pond, Marm Family Home shows the gentle flow of colors through her canvas. The colors used in the masterpieces appear Continue reading...

When people attend a concert, they expect to hear music. There are common aspects that people look for when they envisage a musical piece, the basic one being that there must be sound for there to be music. Sound, however, must have certain attributes to it that differentiate it from unintended vibrations causing sound, from organized planned sounds intended to make music. Sounds are differentiated from music in that music has elements such as pitch, rhythm melody, timbre, texture, and dynamics. However, revolutionary ideas such as ones progressed by John Cage have portrayed the music in a different light, Continue reading...

The culture of law enforcement highlights the manner in which the law enforcing officials should safeguard their reputation during their profession. Upholding of ethics during their daily endeavors is a second priority according to the observations made in the law enforcement unit (Ferdico, Fradella, & Totten, 2013). Most of the cultured stipulations in the law enforcement highly regards the integrity of its personnel. Consider the blue wall of silence as a demand for law enforcement fraternity and the adherence to it. Through the analysis of the blue wall of silence stipulations, one understands all the requirements and the meaning to Continue reading...

Many college students listen to music while studying for a test. Some studies have found music to impede studying such that students did poorly on tests and other studies showed just the opposite. Another factor that has been examined in relation to learning is state dependency. For example when you study and are in one mood you do best on the test when you are in the same mood. This study was designed to determine whether listening to music while studying affected test scores and whether state dependency i.e. taking the test while listening to the same music that Continue reading...

- How do artists use silence and solitude to influence their work? Why incorporate silence and periods of solitude? How do they affect your own art making?
Artists use silence and solitude in their work through the various forms of art that represent solitude and silence. Such forms paint a picture of thoughtfulness and being lonely that eventually show a moment of silence and solitude. This happens when an artist intentionally creates some space for silence to be seen in his work. The importance of these two is that they rejuvenate the artist’s creativity and positively influence the Continue reading...

The basic nature of the Psalms rests in the expression of unconditional trust and love in God (Futato and Howard, 2007). It is the need for humanity to express this in order attains wisdom that rests at the heart of this Psalm. From beginning to end, the core lesson is the vital need to let go of the mortal and temporal world and trust in the Lord. This element of purity is exemplified in the Psalm 62 written in the unmistakable tenor of hope and confidence. Argued to be written as a song of praise unto God, the sense Continue reading...

Speak is a novel is about a girl named Melinda. Melinda an extremely timid and shy throughout the story but then again that is only for the reason that she had gotten raped during a party that took place over the summer. She then called the police because of what had taken place. However, for calling the cops everyone hated her and would not talk to her, not even her best friends would speak. A central part or theme of the story has a lot to do with mirrors. Whenever Melinda looks in a mirror it reminds herself about Continue reading...

In Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, Danny is a brilliant young Jewish child whose complex relationship with his Hasidic Jew father causes him to have conflicted views about his upbringing and the Jewish religious world. Meanwhile, he must forge friendships with his peer Reuven while struggling to understand and get along with his father. Silence is a substantial theme in The Chosen, both textually and subtextually. Danny often notes that he lives his live ‘in silence,’ and much of this is due to his upbringing by his father Rabbi Isaac ‘Reb’ Saunders. The lessons that the rabbi teaches him, Continue reading...

WAHID concert review

Wahid is a duo made up of Chris Wabich on frame drums and Dimitris Mahlis on oud. This innovative Middle Eastern/North African music reminds me of duelling guitars where one musician plays a few notes on his oud and the other answers back on his frame drums. The music is very relaxing and takes you to another dimension creating a sense of timeless ness and floating in mid air.
The piece entitled Inside Silence in particular is extremely enticing as it takes you away on a journey of discovery and dreams. The mixture of the Middle East and North Continue reading...

I think Wiesel is writing this essay for the dead. He talks of the great Yiddish and Hebrew poet who lost his family, and being alone, he makes words. Wiesel refers to his reluctant use of words. The Hebrew poet writes to his dead family as do Wiesel. He entered literature through silence having survived death, and he knows it is a mandate to explain his survival and escape from death since it was his role as a witness. The dead cannot give their opinions by word of mouth. The language of the dead is inhuman; it is like Continue reading...

Why should anyone be bothered by the fact that Martin Heidegger, whose political philosophy was very much admired by the French after the post-war period , did neither admitted nor regretted his early political engagement with Nazism especially during his rectorship at the University of Freinberg (Farias, 1989; Steiner, 2000)?
Given the facts that Heidegger is both a philosopher and polemically, an ardent supporter of the Fuhrer, it is just appropriate to admire his intellectual gigantism and then still study his political dispositions during the 1930s up to the 1950s. Although it became evident later on that since Nazism Continue reading...

Arguably, every institution in the world possesses its distinctive and personal organizational culture. Police agency also has a culture in the world which seems to be universal. Police in most cities unite in defending the wrong doers among them, this act and culture is inhumane and totally unacceptable. The Blue Shield Wall of Silence is a rule that is unwritten among officers. The rule advocates defending their colleagues when they do an error, misbehave or commit a crime. In fact, scholars assert that this is one of the highest forms of peer pressure among law enforcing agents. The names Continue reading...

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MEMO: SILENCE Page 1 of 3

Introduction: The article “Is Silence Killing Your Company?” has interesting information about creating healthy communications in a company. The purpose of this memo is to share and discuss the main points in the article because they are helpful to company management. Both of the articles referred to in this memo can be found in the Harvard Business Review which is a peer-reviewed journal.

Silence is Unhealthy: Unfortunately people that speak out are famous as being whistleblowers who lose their jobs. They may even become ostracized from their profession. Speaking out is not thought Continue reading...

Introduction

Although rape and sexual assault are serious offenses, public discourse about these issues fail to clearly address the problems that victims go through even after these atrocious acts were committed against them. In reality, despite public acceptance of rape and sexual abuse as crime and the mandate for the punishment of those that commit these acts, the overall public response to these crimes are underwhelming to the point of bringing about detrimental impact on the life of victims. On one hand, we have a system that fails to prevent rape and sexual abuse and protect people and victims alike Continue reading...

Cage was heavily influenced by his mentor and teacher Arnold Schoenberg, an Austrian composer who eventually immigrated to the United States. My own knowledge of Schoenberg came about through a literature class that required the class to read a novel, Doctor Faustus, by the German author Thomas Mann. In the novel, which uses the traditional Faust myth of a man who sells his soul in order to obtain knowledge, the Faust character is a musical composer who sells his soul to be able to compose unusual music that will bring him critical acclaim. The professor explained that this character Continue reading...

Chapter I

The stereotypes and micro-aggressions suffered by a Black woman in a toxic workplace leads to deleterious effects. The effects reported here include oppression, shame, and isolation. Internalizing these feelings of isolation systematically caused the body, mind, and spirit to suffer physiologically and psychologically. The overall strategy is termed disconnection; this concept is reinforced by the “power over” (Jordan, 2010) by a dominant group who wantonly exercise shame and isolation to discourage mutually empowerment relationships (Jordan, 2010, p. 105).
This Black woman is me. The terms Black and African American are used interchangeably. It is my preference to identify with Continue reading...

Chapter I

The stereotypes and micro-aggressions suffered by a Black woman in a toxic workplace leads to deleterious effects. The effects reported here include oppression, shame, and isolation. Internalizing these feelings of isolation systematically caused the body, mind, and spirit to suffer physiologically and psychologically. The overall strategy is termed disconnection; this concept is reinforced by the “power over” (Jordan, 2010) by a dominant group who wantonly exercise shame and isolation to discourage mutually empowerment relationships (Jordan, 2010, p. 105).
This Black woman is me. The terms Black and African American are used interchangeably. It is my preference to identify with Continue reading...

Sociology refers to the study of people living in groups as well as any other form of social formation that has been organized in a systematic manner. According to the Complete A-Z Sociology handbook, sociology as a study provides a clear picture into the functioning of society. The study focuses on the human social life and the mannerisms of humans in groups. The study also focuses on the rules that govern these social set ups which are factors that bind and separate the humans at both the individual level as well as at a global level (Johnson, p.15, 1966).

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Man is an interesting animal; he can purport to be virtuous, but that often only holds as long as his creature comforts are left intact. Once put out into the wilderness, facing certain death horrifying creatures, man’s inherent goodness can often fall apart. However, it is most interesting when some among these men can hang on to their humanity. In The Terror by Dan Simmons, such a scenario occurs – during a long and arduous expedition, the crews of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus go through what could literally be described as Hell; starvation, harsh conditions, and mysterious Continue reading...

Blue Code of Conduct and the Use of Force

ETHICS 2
Blue Code of Conduct and the Use of Force

Introduction

Ethical conduct is central to effective policing. The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics serves as a compass for the ethical treatment that officers of the law should bestow upon others. All police officers are given proper training and education regarding the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, and additionally, swears to uphold this sacred code among all others. However, the emergences of police sub-cultures have caused police officers to undermine this code of ethics.
- The Blue Code of Silence in Policing
The Blue Code of Silence, for example, Continue reading...

While using the language of the society during the communication in public, a person might find it hard to connect the words in a string that will truly convey the initially intended meaning; at the same time, the very same person might find no obstacles in socializing with close relatives, who belong to a small closed society called «family». For this reason, some people are inevitably forced to have two usually unbalanced identities: one for home and one for the society. As a consequence, one might face the necessity to loosen the family ties and primary identity and develop Continue reading...

Philosophy of Forgiveness

1. Write one page on forgiveness. If you are Simon, do you forgive the Nazi? Do you think he was right to remain silent and let the soldier die in agony without forgiveness? Are there limits to forgiveness? Or is it limitless? What do you suspect Jesus would do? How about Nietzsche?
For Simon Wiesenthal, “When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren’t able to kill millions of people and get away with it” (Wiesenthal.com). Forgiveness is called by many names: benignity, condonation, exculpation, kindness, mercifulness and pardon. It is a willed change of Continue reading...

Alfred Edward Houseman’s elegy resembling poem “To An Athlete Dying Young” possesses an almost cynical perspective of disenchantment with life, where the only true way of capturing glory is to die immediately after one achieves his highest accomplishment and reaches greatness. This way, he will forever remain in the minds of those who will carry them to eternity “shoulder-high” (Houseman 278). This is a highly thought provoking poem, forcing its readers to rethink and reevaluate life and its true meaning, its inner essence. It is a view of death not as a melancholy and cumbersome occasion, but one Continue reading...

The conflict between Tradition and Modernity

The ideas of tradition greatly differs and conflict with the ideas of the people living in the modern world. The people in the traditional world views the world in a different way from the way those in the modern world do. The conflict of traditions and modernity is clearly elaborated by Chaim Potok in this book where the two main characters viewed the world differently due to the aspects of modernity and tradition with respect to the Jewish religion. The book shows the different views the people with respect to the how the children were raised in the Jewish Continue reading...

Abstract

This report intends to present a deeper understanding of the core issues related to the analysis of one of the tales of Apartheid Archive Project. The methodology section is to explain basic concepts which are used in the analysis of the tale and to justify and contextualize the employed approach. The analysis part is intended to identify the key concepts that hold the narrative together, identify its role within the apartheid system and establish any overriding effect which it has on political and social level. The conclusion support the notion that the subjective account of one's experience can be Continue reading...

With modern feminist movements, there has been much speculation as to the role of women throughout history, including that of ancient women. Some feminists would suggest that ancient women had no rights, power, importance, or prospects. While it is true that women had lesser rights and power than men, their role was considered important, and women of some places held more power than others. This is clearly shown through a study of ancient texts, written by both men and women.
Firstly, it is important to realize that women were oppressed and expected to be submissive to men. For example, Continue reading...

Introduction

Postmodernism is a trend in literature believed to have emerged from the World War II. Postmodern literature is marked by the use of narrative techniques that includes Fragmentation, paradox, and finally unreliable narrator. The postmodern writings are viewed as reactions against thinking enlightenment and the approaches from modernist. Social classes emerged where persons that are good financially are in categories of their own. The social class maybe base on the income of an individual hence those with high income are on high social classes. Through class, there are a capitalist economy and social economy. Gender equality resulted from postmodernism Continue reading...

For as long as people have created works of art to represent themselves and their conceptions of the world around them, the symbolism that the moon offers has provided it with a unique place among natural symbols. The moon earned its place thanks to the deep understanding of ancient peoples and their mythological use of the moon to explain natural and moral phenomena. In music, all of those ancient stories concerning the moon and its place in the collective human psyche are layered atop one another to create a dense, mysterious symbol defined best by the pieces composed to Continue reading...

If you ask someone what they think about the Fifth Amendment, most people will likely point out that it provides citizens a right against self-incrimination. However, besides the well-known “plead the Fifth” clause, the Fifth Amendment provides a number of other important privileges and protections including the right to a grand jury for capital offences, the right to due process, the right to fair compensation when the government takes your property and a prohibition against being prosecuted or punished twice for the same crime. The Fifth Amendment was one of the original ten amendments included in the Bill of Continue reading...

Analysis of Psychopathology

Introduction
The process of understanding how the human mind works entails to provide important details that also distinctively create a connection between behavior and thinking; this intends to connect the practical manner by which people intend to become more specific when it comes to mandating their acts in consideration to what they want or to what they perceive is necessary (Atkinson, 2011). In the field of abnormal psychology, it is imposed that there are instances when humans intend to become rather evasive in the lives of others just so to realize the importance of themselves and take note of Continue reading...

Muhammad delivered the speech to approximately 4000 Howard university students. He addressed on behalf of the Black power committee of students, courtesy of Nathan Hare; a sociology professor in the university .The main reason for the speech was for Muhammad Ali to declare his fight against racism. He highlighted one instance when servers at a hotel refused to serve him on the basis of his color. He further commented of his refusal to join the US forces and participate in Vietnam War citing religious beliefs.
During his speech to at Howard university, he uttered ,“ No, I am not going Continue reading...