Essays on The Man

Introduction

A family is a residential unit in the society. Gender roles are a significant contributor to family dynamics. They establish stability in the family. Since the past, it has been known that the man is the breadwinner of the household and the women are the caregivers. In the recent past, this aspect has drastically changed. Today women have become empowered to attain a status almost equal to that of men. They have dared to live an independent lifestyle and support the men in some cases. Some men on the other do not consider the importance of family in the ...

Advertisement is the key to success in selling goods, if the sellers have researched the audience well enough. Some advertisements are meant to change human behavior fro better. Advertisements for changing human behavior are far more difficult than selling goods. Public relations play the paramount important role in gaining public attention and “manipulating” or encouraging them. After “diagnosis” of the audience, using media of any kind, sellers attract people to their goods by promoting them. If there is a behavior change advertisement, the advertisers usually set a role model from public. In order to be a successful advertiser, one ...

Introduction

The photo ad is a shot of two side by side photos of an adult male enjoying the view of an ocean. On one photo, the adult is alone while the second photo displays a dog by his side seated and as well enjoying the view. The second photo has a company logo and the top right hand corner and a phrase on top of his head reading “A dog makes your life happier, Adopt.” The author has used a creative photo in the advert that captures the relationship and the importance of having a dog. It clearly demonstrates ...

René Magritte's oil on canvas painting The Son of Man (1964) has become a very popular visual text in a short period of time. The symbolism and unusual and enigmatic create a holistic picture of the semantic code that every viewer tries to interpret. Although the canvas contains a fairly small number of different details, as contrasted with Bosch or Rubens' paintings, yet there is a deep consisting of several layers meaning in it. The painting contains a number of visual symbols, which have already become some kind of the archetypes of modern society. The Son of Man (see ...

The animated Commercial of Brawny Paper that incorporates a cover version of "Lean on Me” starts off with a woman shopping and as she approaches the shelves packed with Brawny paper, the animation which resembles a man on the brawny pack starts singing. Some of the words from the song are such as “You can lean on me, when you need something strong”. The rest of the commercial features three women, one making a drink, another washing utensils, while the last one together with her daughter are cleaning some fruits. The commercial also features a man painting while his ...

San Mao is a comical analogy of street brutality as experienced by children in the hands of adults. With the changing times, the author alludes to brutal street life that homeless children encounter in their daily struggles. The visual narrative takes into perspective the coercive and exploitative nature of street life as the protagonist is subject to every manner of brutality. The relentless effort of the dirty kids on the street takes center stage in the pictorial analogy in which the central character engages in every errant job to sustain the cruel life. San Mao is a baldheaded street ...

For many years, men have always been dominant over women in various societies. They are always praised for their accomplishments or any achievements they make. In most cases, we ignore or fail to acknowledge the fact that women also play a huge role in the society and they ought to be appreciated. For the longest period, women in many cultures stay at home and take care of their children and husbands. Therefore, women are the backbone of the home, and they keep the society from falling apart and ultimately keep it functional. It is clear that without women, men ...

Inspired by real-life events of the Lima Crisis, the novel Bel Canto creates an eloquent – and probably rather unexpected – image of the terrorist-hostage situation: Ann Pratchett drives the plot away from political and economic intricacies and moves it into the realm of real human relationships and life experiences. Pratchett places people of different occupations, languages, dispositions and tempers into one presidential mansion where – captured by the terrorists for four months – they find new ways of looking at the world and can finally take a fresher look at their lives, passions and desires. It is pure humanity in the multiplicity ...

If we consider theology as the study of God, or the study of the divine, or the study of the nature of God, then the definition that Mueller puts forth for theology and his justification for taking part in its study make a lot of sense. He breaks down the word into its two Greek roots: theos for “god” and logos for “word” or “understanding” (Mueller 2011, p. 28), and that leaves one with a wide range of possible interpretations. Given that Mueller has an “S.J.” after his name, of course, we must conclude that he will take on ...

The plot can be described as a curve or a triangle with the climax at the top. The rising part starts with the exposition that explains the situation before the start of actions, and consists of events that lead to the climax. The falling part shows events after the climax and ends up with a conclusion or resolution that ties all threads of the work. Conflict is the main part of the plot. It can happen between two people, human and nature, a person and the society or inside character’s mind (the inner conflict). The narrator in The ...

Describe how a nerve impulse is transmitted from one neuron to the next

The transmission from one neuron to another is characterized by exchange of electric charge across the membrane of each neuron (Fields, 2014). An unstimulated neuron would be polarised (McCance 2014). In the polarized state, there is difference in the electric charge across the membrane. However, during exchange, a neuron is said to undergo polarization, wherein there is an excess of Na+ (sodium ions) outside and excess of K+ (potassium ions) on the outside (Fields, 2014). Nerve impulse is transmitted through the process of polarization, repolarization, and hyperpolarization (McCance 2014).

Compare the structure and functions of the CNS and PNS.

The nervous system comprises of the central nervous system (CNS) ...

The first picture appears to be a poster or a picture, which can either be printed or it can be an image on some screen. It appears to be the poster or the picture of a movie or film, which is captured as still life. It can also be the work of photography. There are two languages mentioned on the image; one is Chinese, and the other is English. The words say ‘Mountains May Depart,’ which probably depict the idea behind the creation of the image. Upon looking at the image, there are certain elements which can be clearly ...

It was on a Sunday afternoon when my girlfriend and I went out on a date. We visited campus Marcius Park in Detroit, Michigan. It is located in the center of the central business district of Detroit. It was my first visit to the place since I had heard lots of stories about its serene environment. To my surprise, all the rumors I heard of the place turned to be true. The place looked beautiful with its grassy lawns and gravel walkways. It had casual seats that were comfortable. By then, my life was filled with some stumbling blocks ...

Babe or George Herman Ruth Jr. became one of the brightest persons in the baseball’s history. His life can be treated as an example of an urban fairy tale, where a poor character obtains success with the aid of own traits and a combination of circumstances. Ruth was an owner of several significant records. He showed himself not only in sport; Ruth became the first baseball player who made managers to pay him $125,000 per year. The athlete was one of the first inductees of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He indirectly created a legend of the ...

Organizations serving the public should have a well-defined disaster management plan, which ensures potential disasters are identified and countered before they happen. Structuring the emergency services effectively ensures that the consequences of disasters are duly minimized, and people who would be planning to attack a given facility draws back. According to Kim (2014), organizations such as hospitals should ensure that collaboration of all departments should be highly acknowledged since emergency control department cannot singularly handle disasters in the entire hospital without reinforcement from other departments. It is, therefore, important that every stakeholder or employee in the hospital be taken ...

Policy Brief, Design and Evaluation of A Public Policy: Child Welfare in the Changing Family Unit

Introduction Children need a conducive environment where they can grow in peace and develop in all other areas that relate to their welfare. The conventional family unit consisted of a nuclear set up comprising of a man, woman and the children they sired together. Such formed the foundation through which children could draw strength and some kind of inspiration due to the availability of both gender parents (Conger and Donnellan, 2007, p175). According to Hobson and Fahlén, (2009) it was also an opportunity where the man and woman would bring up their children together and give them love ...

Question 1

The development of the human society depends so much on the interaction of the members of the society. The people living in the same society share most of the characteristics because their forms of interaction are defined by the conditions of the environment in which they live (Tignor et al. 288). Most of the social problems that face members of the same society contribute to the history of the society. Additionally, the development of the human societies faces the effects of their interaction. Consider for example societies whose members have been together for almost their entire life. Such members ...

Part 1 – Assault and Battery

The terms “assault and battery” are often used together although these are two separate crimes. An assault is defined as an action that causes a person to feel the threat of impending violence. An action such as raising a fist or moving menacingly towards the intended victim constitutes an assault, even if no physical contact has occurred. The crime of battery occurs when there is physical contact. Grabbing a person’s arm or punching or striking a person constitutes a case of battery (Baldwin, 2007). Simple assault or battery, where there is limited threat of violence or a minor ...

Living in London which is a cosmopolitan city, one gets to know people from all over the world. People, who are not all coming from different parts of the world, which also means from different cultures, but also from various walks of lives and realities. London is one of the hubs of Europe which has received people from all over the world, who were escaping from a painful reality. Beginning with the World Wars, Communism threatening eastern Europe countries, African struggles, and not necessarily war or conflict areas but also running away from poverty and seeking new opportunities. We ...

The comment I would leave on the video would be one regarding the action needed to be taken against the pharmacies which do not pay attention to the prescriptions and clinics which write these prescriptions for the people in the first place. This is importance because the video reveals how the pharmacists caught the people as their actions and prescriptions were suspicious, however, there is no concern revealed regarding taking any action against the mentioned clinics which have a doubtful operation running in the country. I had observed a critical moment when I happened to be in a pharmacy ...

Throughout the history, there were created many films that involved the elements of sex and sexuality. One of such films is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 movie, Boogie Nights which describes the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this industry viewers have a chance to meet a lot of characters which are passing through different problems. The protagonist of the story is a handsome seventeen year-old nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams, who was introduced to the pornography industry. One night pornographer Jack Horner noticed Eddie and turned him into a porn star Dirk Diggler. ...

Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Strindberg’s Miss Julie

Introduction A Doll’s House is the story of Nora Helmer, a loyal woman, and wife who tires off from the fatalism of a marriage life where she has to submit to her husband, Torvald Helmer. The play builds up around the happiness of Mr. Helmer, and Nora works hard to hide her strengths and abilities (Ibsen 50). The play ends with Nora growing weary with the relationship, and when Dr. Rank declares his love to her, she decides to break up with Torvald and elope with Dr. Rank. On the other hand, the play, Miss Julie, is a ...

Kamal Hussein’s Thartharah fawqa al-Nil (Adrift on the Nile, 1971) is the film adaptation of the 1966 novel by Naguib Mahfouz. The film was released in 1971, four years after the Six-day War and a year after the death of Gamel Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt and the man behind the Revolution of 1952. The movie stars some of the most iconic actors of the time including Emad Hamdy, Ahmed Ramz and Adel Adham. The film focusses primarily on the protagonist Anis, a civil servant, and his experiences with a group of men who have created ...

The new wave of feminism in the pop culture has developed newfound respect and meaning for the feminist pop icons and their music. One prominent feminist celebrity is Meghan Trainor. The musician is a self-proclaimed positive advocate of feminism who specializes in aesthetic and poppy doo-wop lyrics and videos that motivate young women to love themselves and reject the traditional pressures. While in most of her songs, the message seems to be positive, a closer analysis reveals several unsettling truths about the feminist messages. This essay strives to formulate a feminist assessment of the video and lyrics for “Dear ...

“Oedipus Rex”, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, “The Glass Menagerie”

Nowadays, gender issues is a highly relevant topic in modern society which is not only raised in discussions, but also greatly present in the works of art. As one of the purposes of literature is to reflect the greatest concerns and world problems and speak up for them, the works describing the current role of woman in society are of a great importance. Moreover, the way the female characters are presented in the literary works make a great influence on how they are viewed in reality – that is why the depiction of women in literature needs to be thoroughly ...

View of After Life is one of the most important parts of religious beliefs. Every religion, first of all, is based on such categories as nature of God, view of human nature, view of good and evil, view of salvation and, of course, views of the afterlife. In my mind, it is really interesting how the view of afterlife affects the people’s everyday life. It is the basic part of the religion. The most of the other things that connected with religion are proceed from the View of After Life. As an example, we will take Christianity. In ...

David Sinclair, the father of five-month-old Joshua, was sentenced to seven years and three months in jail. Originally the cause of the tot’s death was unidentified. The man stated that the baby simply turned blue and stopped breathing, that’s why he immediately dialed 999. The High Court in Glasgow that took jurisdiction soon discovered information. A team of medical experts found out that the man assaulted his baby son by shaking him and caused the injuries which killed him (Glanfield, 2016). Though Sinclair knew that he shook Joshua approximately five seconds, he disclosed that only after the ...

Reflection

Reflection

While language is specific to humans, because this race is the only one capable of speaking due to its physical construction, communication is common to all other animals, regardless of species (Yule, 1996). Communication does not require words, but body language, signs, behaviors, etc., which transmit information, often unintentionally. On the other hand, language consists of sounds and syllables that shape an intentional information sharing process (Yule, 1996). Language is characterized by: displacement (the capacity of speaking about past, present and future), arbitrariness (the form of human language), productivity (the creativity to utter endless utterances), cultural transmission (passing ...

News Story #1

Road Rage Incident on Gloucester PI, Two Drivers Come to Blows A traffic accident on Gloucester PI resulted in an alarming case of road rage in Brighton on Monday, creating a traffic jam that lasted nearly an hour. According to several fellow drivers surrounding the vehicles in question, at approximately 1:25 PM, a young woman driving a blue car attempted to merge into the left lane, when a man in the left lane rolled down his window and began yelling at her and refused to let her in. After a short verbal confrontation, the woman then drove forward and ...

Fairy tales and folklores are nothing but the reflections of the society. Authors and artists depict the world through their lens to highlight social elements. The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a fairy tale built on the theme of the Little Red Riding Hood. In a very subtle way it depicts the patriarchal structure of the society and what it means to be a liberated woman. In an interesting way she has shown what a feminist means, as it brings harmony and order into an otherwise sexist and chaotic society. Carter’s Company of Wolves might not ...

This paper will look at love, sex and gender within the backdrop of postmodernism, existentialism and orientalism in the novels The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar, Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian and The Lover by Marguerite Duras. In the novels love/ and sex are shown as something that a woman has no control over, something that destroys due to its intensity, and something that forever changes a person, respectively. While gender is seen as being something that disenfranchises women in a male dominant, unequal society and something that can destroy a man if ...

Affiliated University

Families come in different forms in modern times. The conventional definition of a family has evolved from the conventional relation by blood to accommodate diverse relationships. Such relationships include blended families, single parent families, and even same gender families. Some people also consider exchange students and even friends who move in with them as part of the family. All these diverse relationships mean that every family faces a unique set of challenges. However, community nursing provides an advantage to the health worker who faces those diverse challenges. The family in question was a single parent family. The family only ...

Essay #2

Humanities 4501: 9/11 Literature and Film Introduction There are different portrayals of Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who participated in the 9/11 attacks, in the story “The Last Days of Muhammad Atta,” written by Martin Amis, and the film The Hamburg Cell, directed by Antonia Bird. This paper examines both the story and the film and provides a comprehensive comparison of their portrayals of Mohamed Atta. It is clear that there are significant differences and similarities between how the story and the film portray Atta. In particular, this paper compares how the two narratives portray Atta’s feelings ...

John Locke wrote ‘The Letter Concerning Toleration’ among all people. At the time, there were diversities exhibited by people especially in matters regarding religions and faith. The letter called for toleration, bearing that Catholicism was taking root and becoming strong in Europe, especially in England. Due to the fact that there were many religions in the world, and all of them claimed to be the most powerful, and have a majority of followers, Locke saw that the only way to a peaceful coexistence would be through toleration of each other, regardless of which faith a person subscribed. Christianity was ...

A Christian marriage is centered on Christ’s teaching unlike other forms of marriages based on legal and secular aspects. The marriage binds two people to live in the image of Christ. Secular marriages are based on vows of legality and other ethical or social attributes acting as norms to the community. Christ does not play a role in their life during and after marriages. In this regard, the Christian marriages do not only define such aspects as the life after marriage but also make recommendations on controversial issues affecting it like divorce. As Cloutier argues, marriage in Christianity ...

Abstract

Radio has definitely been one of the most significant technological devices for more than a century. From the moment of its invention in the early 1800s till new developments in recent years, radio has performed a lot of important functions. Throughout the history, radios helped to supply communication and provide entertainment to many cultures. More than one hundred years already, radio still remains a powerful force in American life that will also retain its potency for some time to come. This unique form of mass media has the potential to reach any people, even the illiterate ones. No matter ...

“A Rumor of War” is Philip Caputo’s memoir about his experience in the Vietnam War. This book is not merely an act of recording brutal and horrible act during the war, but also the account of how an adolescent comes to terms with his misdeeds taking part in the war in Indochina in 1965. In general, the book is just a story about war and a painful personal experience of a soldier. The author of the book was one of the first Americans to fight in Vietnam and one of the last to be evacuated from this country. ...

The Flanuer

In order to understand what the flanuer culture encompassed one first needs to understand what flanuer is. According to Charles Baudelaire, the flanuer is a man who is so enthralled by the urban society/world that the external overpowers the internal, so fascinated with the on goings of others that he temporarily forgets his own self. The flanuer removes him form the on goings of thaw world as he/she strands astride the worlds hearts. There are two schools of thought with regards to the description of the flanuer culture. The first school of thought associates the flanuer culture with a ...

Emily sat and explored just purchased ancient manuscript with unknown runes. She tried not to miss any symbol and understand its true meaning. For a long time she sat in front of her laptop monitor at her desk, surfing the Internet. After all, she could not hold everything in her head and her memory was not perfect. And it can filter out some information. For Emily it was very important, what she did, after all, she dedicated her life to this. Well, but when she was a child, she could not even imagine it. It was already too late ...

The Beauty of David

Introduction People are always interested in everything that surrounds them, from the colossal facts and innovations to each insignificant phenomenon and datum. The desire to find answers to all mysteries and secrets of the world is, perhaps, laid in humans’ nature. There is nothing more interesting than the exploration of the ancient history and finding out the culture and walks of life of the distant ancestors. Italy as home of the Roman Empire and the main center of the Renaissance, presents the perfect example of the unique culture that has flourished for centuries. It got the status of the ...

This essay is an analysis to Richard Ford’s “Under the Radar”. Ford’s story, despite short, conveys a deep and textured plot and along with perplexing characters. The story revolves around the theme of early marriage, infidelity among professionals and the consequences in the revelation of these actions. There is not a hint of happiness or closure at the end and it leaves the reader free to think up of the ending on their own, with the lingering opinions on mistrust and deception. “Under the Radar” starts off with a young couple, Marjorie Reeves and her husband, Steven ...

Leadership and communication are inseparable concepts because of their importance – a leader has to have highly developed communication skills in order to establish good relations with the staff. The ability to deal with various people easily is very valuable nowadays, as more and more people prefer working with open-minded individualities instead of teaching shy and insecure persons. This way, it is important to learn how to use the principles of effective leadership in order to satisfy the audience. Leadership skills include the ability to create reasonable conditions for subordinates and the management of their actions along with the inspiration ...

There is a controversial question whether it is possible to justify torture. A similar question arises in the debate on whether it is possible to justify the use of torture during interrogations of suspected terrorists. Arguments in favor of torture starts with utilitarian calculation. Torture is causing the suspect suffering that dramatically reduce his/her happiness or favor. From the utilitarian point of view, it can be argued that the infliction of suffering is morally justified if torture prevent death and suffering on a massive scale. The arguments of the former US Vice-President Richard Cheney, who claimed that the use ...

Month Day, 2016

Introduction The work of history and historians isn’t a simple one. Historians must find sources, analyze them, think about them and decide which stories are worth telling and which ones should be left in the background or completely ignored. This function which can easily be summed up as representation is the hardest part of the historian’s job and something which has changed a lot in the past few decades. History writing in recent years has changed its focus from a top-down perspective where the decisions of the privileged, powerful connected few are explored and analyzed to the ...

Doctor Glas

There are moments in every human’s life that could considerably change their behavior, interests, attitudes towards others or outlooks. Such turning points test peoples’ endurance as well as an ability to take important decisions. Whether it may be large or small these events modify us physically or mentally and teach never to take anything in life for granted. Experiencing these occurrences, humans learn more about themselves and their lives. In the end, people become even stronger individuals, with a clear vision of success and their own ways of realizing cherished dreams and achieving goals. Doctor Glas’ s diary ...

I LIKE IKE BY DWIGHT EISENHOWER

Introduction

The ‘I Like Ike’ cartoon ad that was used by Dwight Eisenhower was one of the first campaign advertisements to be done on television. The advertisement was made for Dwight’s presidential campaign in the 1952 elections. Ike was President Dwight’s nickname. The ad was very instrumental in drumming and garnering support for the former army general as it helped him become the 34th president of the United States of America. The ad was written by one Irving Berlin and was produced by Roy Disney. Initially, the animation had appeared in one ...

A Military Sniper Trying to make it Back Home

Christopher White, a navy seal sniper, had spent three months on a reconnaissance mission in a remote desert region in Iraq. On this mission, White had been grouped with his childhood friend, Jonas, who was the commander of their unit. The duo had a lifetime friendship, which could be seen in the way they protected each other on the battlefield and the time they spent on vacations. Accompanying them was four other Navy seals each with their specialty. Being the last mission in the region, Jonas had contemplated it was going to get dirty or deadly at some point, ...

In its support of the slavery system, the government of the United States utilized the law. In other words, the federal government either passed legislations to thwart any threats made against the institution of slavery or persecuted individuals for failing to adhere to the same. A perfect illustration of the given claims revolves around the actions of political leaders and the States’ harsh responses to calls for liberation during the Antebellum Era. In Howard Zinn’s words, the government allowed whites to use “the laws, courts, [and] armed forces” to restrict persons of African descent to the lowest class ...

A Comparison of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Johnson’s “Black Woman”

A Comparison of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Johnson’s “Black Woman” The short story, Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, and the poem, Black Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson, both focus on the struggle a woman experiences when contemplating an abortion. While both were written around the same time—“Hills Like White Elephants” in 1927 and “Black Woman” in 1918, each features characters that offer differing, distinct views of the issues surrounding the decision. This is in no small part because their lives are dramatically different, thanks to issues of race and socioeconomic status. The ...

Introduction

Deng Xiaoping's rule in China marked an important pivotal point of political and economic development in the country, which had begun under the reign of the first generation leaders. Even after the death of the former, the political and economic achievements of China continue to impress across the globe. However, at the dawn of the post-Deng era, there has been a growing trend of economic and political development in different regions. As a result, it has alluded to the important question of what is the state of affairs in China amidst some current issues, which questions the growth of ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church. While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

Human Sexuality Behavior at the Nightclub

Introduction A night club is always composed of different individuals of different genders, ages, and even different sexual orientations. This is so in instances when one visits the club on a normal night when the club does not have the various shows, for example, the 80’s show or when somebody visits a gay or lesbian club, since the composition of the club on that particular day or time will not really have variety as desired by this research. I visited the Sambordia Nightclub on a warm Friday evening in order to carry out the research and was able ...

Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “Hills like White Elephants,” is a detailed account of a very surreal conversation between a man and a girl held over various types of alcohol at a train station in Spain. During the conversation, we learn that they are waiting for some sort of operation, which the man repeatedly describes as, “simple”. The girl seems to make fun of much of what the man has to say. Their conversation seems somewhat surreal and is difficult to follow, because the story doesn’t provide much in the way of context for the content of their ...

What is President Obama’s Gun Control Plan and how would it affect gun owners.

Thesis Statement: The United States has one of the highest rates of death by guns in the world. Almost everyone knows of someone that has been affected by gun violence, either self-inflicted or due to the actions of someone else. There are many people and organizations that want an increase in gun control laws in order to decrease gun violence. This paper will examine President Obama’s Gun Control Plan.

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SOURCE #1: ENCYCLOPEDIC/REFERENCE SOURCE: Agresti, James D. & Smith, Reid K. “Gun Control Facts.” Just Facts. 13 June 2016. Web. 4 July 2016.

Is the text timely/recent? Relevant? How do you know?

Yes, it was published in June 2016. ...

Over the centuries, kings, priests, feudal lords, industrialists, and the parents, everyone who was older or on the higher position, insisted that obedience is a virtue and disobedience is a sin. Messianic prophets’ concepts confirmed the idea that the man was right to be disobedient, that he was not corrupted by his “sin,” the man was released from the shackles of pre-human harmony (Fromm 683). The man continued to develop through the acts of disobedience. Possible for him has become not only his spiritual development, because there were people who dared to say “no” to the powers that was ...

The films, Katyn (2007) by Andrzej, Black Thursday (2011) by Antoni Krauze and Man of Marble (1977) by Andrzej Wajda each portray certain aspects of the Polish culture in different but also similar ways. Moreover, these films indicate how various historical events have helped shape the Polish modes of life in the contemporary world. Further, these films show how the People of Poland have come a long way regarding freedom and personal space since the early years of police brutality and life in the concentration camps. The thesis of this paper is that these films represent excellent portrayal of ...

Each and every single day people come across pictorial advertisements that endeavor to influence one’s opinions and activities in definite ways. Whether the purpose is to obtain a product or back a cause, many various corporations and organizations continuously solicit for the public’s consideration, and they recognize that the finest method of attaining it is through capturing advertising. However, in a culture surrounded by commercial advertisement, businesses have to be resourceful to stand out and stay ahead of the competition (Tag 120). Some creators use the suspense dynamic to create an impression to their audience, whereas others ...

Ricardo Talancon is a 20-year old student living at home with his six siblings and their mother and father. He is the eldest among his siblings and is the first to finish high school. He is also the first in his family to attend college as he is currently enrolled at UCLA, where he is studying hard to obtain a law degree. Born in the year 1996, Ricardo was initially a Mexican citizen living with his mother and father in a town known as Xico, which is fairly large and prosperous enough. His father supported the family by catering ...

Abstract

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau is a lone attacker who launched a terrorist attack in Canada in 2014. Zehaf-Bibeau is believed to have been experiencing mental issues as well as a drug problem. Several years after his conversion into the Islamic religion, Zehaf-Bibeau became radicalized and started finding ways through which he could join other foreign fighters in Syria. The Canadian government had placed strict regulations at its border which led to the invalidation of his passport, an act which is believed to have provoked him. Following his displeasure with Canada's new foreign policy to deploy its soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

The Mask of Agamemnon

There are a lot of artworks that will always contain some secret concerning its true origin and authenticity. One of such sculptures is definitely the case with the Mask of Agamemnon. This artifact from the Greek Bronze Age was discovered by distinguished German archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, in Mycenae dated 1876. After the stunning discovery of the real location of the legendary Troy, Schliemann was next planning to find the final resting place of Agamemnon, the famous king of ancient Mycenae who headed the Greek troops during the Trojan War. All his grand triumphs and tribulations are eulogized in Homer’ ...