Essays on Tussle

For decades, the tussle between liberals and conservatives continue to exist between people in the political environment. Each side has its values and way of working out certain perspectives of the society, and they would not jump over the fence and join forces with the others. What differentiates the two groups is their moral values and perspectives. The liberal believe solemnly in the government’s action to provide equality and equal opportunities to all its citizens. The government plays a major role in protecting the civil liberties of individuals and groups, their human rights and social ills. Hence, liberals ...

The major themes of in the novel, “Things Fall Apart” by Achebe includes the tussle between tradition and change, the varied ways of interpreting masculinity and language or dialect as a symbol of cultural disparity have been discussed in this essay. The themes have been exposed mainly through the main character in the novel called Okonkwo. The novel presents the traditional ways of life of the clan of Igbo at a time when they were faced with the dilemma of embracing chance that was brought by the European colonialists and missionaries. The theme of varying interpretation of masculinity starts with ...

Rokeach Typology of Human Values

The early studies of human values were philosophical and less concern for human values was given by in other fields of profession. However, over the years human values have gained more importance in various fields. The human values now have acquired concrete meaning, through the Rokeach typology of human values. The typology of human values categorizes people’s stable preferences including societal and private behaviors. However, the flexibility of the hierarchical nature of these values depends on the cultural limitations. In the current world, human values are considered as principle tools that guide people in specific situations. ...

Introduction

Conflict in many cases seems to be a fact of life. Situations have been witnessed where different people with different goals and needs end up into a conflict. In many of these situations, personal animosity that is often intense result. It is, however, not necessarily bad for a conflict to exist. It can lead to professional and personal growth if it is resolved effectively. Effective resolution of conflict can go a long way in determining the outcomes of the conflict: whether positive or negative. By effectively resolving the conflict one can solve numerous problems that these conflicts bring to the surface. Communication between ...

Introduction: Summary of the Episode

The 9th episode of season one of the television crime drama, “Criminal Minds” is about the conflict that arises between a delusional psychotic, Teddy Bryar and other train passengers, including FBI agent, Elle Greenaway. A former physicist, Dr. Teddy Bryar, now delusional psychotic, takes a train, which was moving from El Paso to Dallas, hostage. In the initial stages of his demand for the removal of the microchip that was implanted under his skin, gunfire ensues, where “Ted” attacks the train security guard, takes away his gun, and shoots out, consequently killing the security guard. He realizes that one of the ...

The theme on social change as depicted by Pancake is painted in a form of negativity. The social change in this novel has affected the lives of a minority in the novel. Pancake has used art in writing to sensitize on the issue of disregard of the minority populations. The population in this novel is exposed to ignorance and disregard. The minority population in this novel is facing the threat of losing the main source of their livelihood and their habitats. The aim of the novel by Pancake was well put across and sensitized. The issue of mountain top mining has ...

A SEPARATION

A Separation is an Iranians drama produced and directed by the renowned Asghar Farhadi in 2011. The 2012 prestigious Academy Award winning movie, stars Sareh Bayat, Leila Hatami, Shabbab Hossein, Sarina Farhadi and Moaadi Peyman to give a mood provoking focus on the Iranian rich couple who engages in a court tussle after their separation. When Simin, her daughter Termeh and husband Nader decided to relocate from Iran, her husband protests on abandoning his ageing-Alzheimer infected father. This leads to a divorce forcing the small family to separate a part: Termeh and her father staying together while her mother fleeing back to her ...

A Reflection Journal on the following entries on Africa

The emergence of the African State I think colonialism of Africa played a big role in the transformation of Africa into modern states of governance. My sentiments are shared by Ayttey (2002) who argues that sovereignty defines the modern African state in the world. Although African countries still struggle with issues of western influence in terms of policies adopted and the running of various activities, the countries are in constant tussle to remain autonomous and self-ruling. In short they try to cut the link between the maternal loins of the colonial masters. However Poverty and undeveloped systems of governance, ...

The short story “Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver is a very compelling literature piece on family breakdown. The short story, told as a narration by a third person divulges the dialogue and the actions between a couple and their tussle over a baby. The theme of the story based on the subject of male-female conflict is therefore universal and timeless. The involvement of a baby in the couple’s tussle allows even more interpretations to the story. The story contains several literary devices that bring about its meaning, themes and enhances its understanding among its readers.

The story is full of allusions and gives very ...

This paper focuses on the family and issues related to the role of family as far as the society is concerned. Man is a social animal. This means that the life of each and every family member is directly or indirectly dependent on the other members. This is mainly so because of the perpetual interactions in such social groupings (Scot, P. 2004). Therefore, in order to shed more light on this topic, I would like to use the 2008 Mexican launched In the Name of Love. In the name of love is as cited, a Mexican original film that was ...