Essays on Works

Harriet Ann Jacobs was an American Writer who once served as a slave. She escaped from slavery and became a reformer and a speaker whose works were characterized by slavery eradication. In her narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave girl, which is from a real life experience, was one of the first autobiographical narratives about freedom struggle. It had an account of sexual harassment and several types of abuses that slaves endure. Anne Frank’s narrative is a well organized accurate diary which about the hardships endured by slaves in the hands of Nazi forces. The narratives are similar in a number of ways.

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Introduction

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in July 21, 1899, Oak Park, Illinois. He was an American writer and journalist. Most of his works were fiction characterized by mainly economy and understatements. Owing to his profession of being a journalist he was also an adventurous person. He did his production in the 20th century (the mid 1920s and also mid 1950s). He ventured into journalism after finishing school where he worked for The Kansas City Star. Afterwards he left for the Italian font where he became an ambulance driver during World War I. This is what led to the production of ...

Introduction

There are three stages of Roman history including Kingdom that lasted between 753-509BC, Republic that lasted between 509 and 27BC and Empire that lasted between 27BC and 476BC (Dill 103). The Roman Kingdom was founded by Romulus after he murdered Remus his brother. Traditionally, the city had seven kings. It is just one of Italy’s many villages which again is divided among several different language groups. It is one of the cities of Latium area, where Latin is spoken. The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC after the last king was expelled (103). It was founded on ...

My Personal Theory of How Personality Is Developed

It is a common fact that personality is considered to be possessed by all people in this or that way. How people tend to think, behave and feel and what causes individuals to have these tendencies are the questions addressed by personality study and research. If developmental psychology and social psychology have merged as a subject matter in psychology, personality has never really found that unity. There has never been a fundamentally acceptable and precise definition as to what personality truly is. These aspects have not prevented personality from being one of the most argued subjects of psychological research and ...

“Still I Rise”, “Phenomenal Women” and “Alone” are one of the well known works by Maya Angelou, and all three are associated with the reflections of human nature with two of them dealing with women specifically. If we read the biography of Maya Angelou we will relies that in all three poems she has actually highlighted the issues that she has faced in her life which were basically related to racism, sexist image of women and the desire to go away from the evils of the society. The beauty lies in the internal character and not the outer ...

The Canterbury tales is a collection of stories which were written in the Middle English at the end of the 14th Century by Geoffrey Chaucer. Most of the tales are in verses though some of them are also in prose form. The Canterbury stories were part of the story telling contest by a small group of pilgrims who travelled together on a journey from Southwark to Saint Thomas Becket where their shrine was located. Chaucer used the tales and the descriptions of his characters to paint a very critical and ironic paint of the English Community at the time in particular the church ...

Power

Power is defined is the measure of an entity capability and ability to influence and control his or her surrounding environment including behaviors of other people. The five bases of power are explained below.

Expert Power

Expert power is possessed by the leaders who are experts in a certain field or discipline. These people rely on their ability and capability to undertake various organizational functions and tasks. A person with an expert knowledge in an organization is trusted and respected for any opinion he raises. If someone’s expertise is valued, his or her ideas and leadership skills and competencies will be ...

Introduction

The urge to survive and feed our families, stretch us to eke out for a living with our flesh and bones. Caught in the middle of all this is women who though physically do not match their counterparts; the males are pushed to a corner where they have to do the similar works to earn a living. The situation is often worsened when ones husband kick the basket and she has to provide for the family, report to the capitalist “bread” factories whose major interest is to multiply profits and then come back home with the “bread” which is sold ...

Summary of readings

Architecture has gone a big change in the modern era. Though the works of the work of Mies Van der Rohe’s and his comrades who have redefined architectural boundaries by utilizing their simple concept of simplicity. They emphasized the importance of functionality and the adaptability of new materials. Rohe designed innovative buildings such as the Seagram with this same emphasis; material and functionality. The works of Rohe and his friends had a great influence on the society. For example the buildings Seagram tower in New York City was quite simple. He practiced simplicity in design although he carried with him ...

Abstract:

This paper presents an overview of the works from Magazine, Newspaper and APA journal based on the topic “Gender Difference in communication”, the contrast between the writing and way of expression including the technical aspects between these three are highlighted. It also covers the primary aim of an article and the reader’s point of view and the better ways to get one’s work reviewed.

Part 1

The debate has been going for a while now, and may not be, in favour or against any of these discussions about the Gender Difference in Communication however there have been a lot of ...

Describing how God Works through Others to Provide for His People

Through the doctors and nurses, God is able to heal His people and restore their health. He does this through the medical vocations available today. God also provides bread to us by using the farmers. Through vocations of different people such as farmers and manufacturers, among others, thereby making it possible for human beings to get without they require in life and at the same time provide for the others (Comstock, 2003). Each and every Christian is usually ‘called’ to a given office or task by God Himself and therefore this works effectively in governing and caring for the order ...

Traditional approach allows the management to devise the way to perform a task. It is applied where adequate information of performing a task is readily available. It is also suitable for a task which requires less creativity on part of the worker. The weakness of the approach is that, it negates the ability of workers to built on their experience and improve the process of carrying out their duties. The processual approach allows workers to built on their experience and improve the performance of their duties. It is mainly applied in situations which the internal and external environment is in a constant ...

The fact that archeologists play an important role in explaining the former lives of human beings cannot be refuted. The processes involved in extracting various information for the archeologists are numerous and diverse. However, in most cases, these processes do affect the people who reside in the given area where the archeological evidence is located. That fact not withstanding, archeologists have the obligation of ensuring past lives are comprehended and systematically explained. Archeologists have ethically been challenged in their activities regarding the discovery and explaining of past human lives in their respective environment and community. The vital question posed ...

Part I: Using the questions in the Munro article, go through the two pieces of criticism by Greenberg and Rosenberg and write answers for each question posed by Munro.

In Greenberg’s “Towards a Newer Laocoon,” the work being criticized seemed to be art in general, and the struggle between all different types of art to become the dominant art form relative to its period. For the most part, Greenberg discusses avant-garde painting, and how it had and continue to has a purity that elevates itself above most art forms. He claims that there are no greater justifications for depicting nature ...

Organization’s brief information

Wal-Mart Inc is an international business organization which has its roots form united state of America. It is a public multinational organization that operates a number of large discount department enterprises and warehouse. This business organization was initiated or founded in the mid twentieth century (1962) and its founder is known as Sam Walton. According to survey reported which have been done in year 2008, Wal-Mart inc was ranked to be the leading corporation which is owned or operated under public corporation supervisory rule. This was based on the level of expansion as well as the amount of level collected for a ...

INTRODUCTION

In “Because I Would Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson expresses a certain peace with death, as she sees Death approaching and walks with him for a time, observing everything that had come before in her life, and awaiting what lay next. This poem is one of her most well-known works, and is indicative of her attitudes toward the afterlife. (“Verse Cities,” 2008) This explication will examine each line of the poem in detail, and determine how it uses language and symbols to thoroughly examine this particular subject.

‘Because I could not stop for Death’

The beginning line establishes the fact that Death was not something that the ...

1.1 Introduction Construction forms are necessary since they provide a detailed history of the construction process from the planning stage up to the completion stage. The contents of these documents highlight the decisions and activities that together comprised the construction process. Therefore, when properly prepared, these documents provide an accurate history of construction projects. In essence therefore, construction documents facilitate monitoring and evaluation of construction projects. In addition, they can be used as evidence when disputes and litigations arise (Hyland, 2005, p.68). 2.1 Application for payment 2.1.1 Explanation of the Form Once in the construction phase, ...

In Saundra Segan Wheeler’s scholarly article “The motive of return in Matthew Arnold’s writings,” she discusses Arnold’s passions and drives towards writing, taking influence from important literary figures such as Aristotle and Voltaire. Wheeler compares Arnold to the writer Longinus, who “interweaves language of his own with that of the authors he admires,” making him very much a product of his influences.

Wheeler then goes into an in depth examining of Arnold’s writing. “Arnold, the poetic craftsman, is commenting on the reductive nature of broad-based praise” in works like “Merope,” and Arnold also “advises his reader ...

Introduction

Gilbert Siegel is a professor, director, and associate dean, in the University of Southern Carolina. Most of the academic works by Siegel have been in the field of public management, with a particular major emphasis on the sector of human resource management. Gilbert Siegel is the author of the research material on Human Resource Development for Emergency Management. Other successfully written publications by the same author include, “Public Employee Compensation, Mass Interviewing and the Marshalling of Ideas to Improve Performance, and Public Personnel Administration: Concepts and Practices.

The main focus of the Siegel’s publication on Human Resource Development for Disaster ...

The American Dream is an interesting enigma, a phenomenon that helps to explain American exceptionalism and yet showcases the failings of America as a country.

Mark Twain wrote about America as a great frontier, a place where anything can happen, yet his works are extremely satirical – humorous and light, yet filled with social commentary. Bret Harte, on the other hand, has a much more pessimistic view of the American Dream as a place where people can reach for the starts only to fall to their deaths. In “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” his views are summed up fairly well in the following quote: “The pride, ...

Reflective Summary Of Chapters 20-23

What strikes me the most about chapters 20-23 inclusive is the ways in which the various themes are portrayed to the reader. Also, perhaps more importantly, this section of the book brings Farmer’s character into focus, and makes my previously held respect for the man begin to waver.

Chapter 21 follows Kidder and Farmer during their time in Cuba. Kidder has difficulty in leaving behind his preconceived political ideas about Cuba. However, Farmer is completely nonplussed by politics, as the health of the people is genuinely all he is concerned about. The main theme of the book is ...

Compare and contrast Mary Rowlandson’ A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration with Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl We might expect these two texts to be completely different from each other because they come from such different genres. A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration is an example of the captivity narrative genre, which was very popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and beyond – until the American frontier was finally closed towards the end of the nineteenth century. They always involved European prisoners, held captive or hostage by indigenous tribes people, before being ...

The doctor is a hero. He together with his nurses are all heroes. The goes out of their ways for other people. A hero is a person who is willing to take a risk; he or she works very hard in order to use his/her special skills and gift to help other people. Doctors and nurses are therefore heroes in the sense that, they are always willing to take risk and safe somebody’s life. They make a decision about an ailing patient just in order to support the patient’s life and bring his/her health back. Doctors and nurses make differences ...

Setting is a vital part of any story; it helps establish context for the character’s actions, showcases the period in which the story is set, and allows a mood to be set. What’s more, a setting can reveal the passions or the conflicts the characters possess, becoming symbols themselves for the characters. The protagonists of many important literary works are inexorably tied to their surroundings, and the following three works are no exception. In this paper, the settings of Shakespeare’s Othello¸ Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will all be examined in terms of their ...

In Sonny’s Blues, readers see that African Americans can become professionals. Sonny’s brother is a teacher. Sonny and his brother both grew up in Harlem. Even though Sonny’s brother is the one who has become successful in the eyes of society by graduating college, getting married, having children, and having a career, he is not given a name. It is ironic that even though Sonny’s brother would be considered successful in conventional society, that he does not have a name. Perhaps that indicates that Sonny’s brother is just another nameless, faceless worker where race and name do not ...

Thomas Stearns Eliot is one of the most important poets of the 20th century of the English language. The American –born turn British poet and playwright was also a literary critic whose works are still influential to this day. “Hollow Men” is one of Eliot’s major poems published in 1925. Its main thematic concerns include the post war Europe, salvation and to some extent issues of marriage relationships which some critic attribute to Eliot’s own marriage to Vivienne which did not survive their full lives.

In what easily passes as intentional fallacy, Eliot says that he derived ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...

Culture and Literature

Any work of art that is written is called literature. Literature works comes in two categories namely fictional and non fictional. On the other hand, culture is the way of living of a certain group of people. The relationships between these two are many. For instance, through literature, culture of different communities is expressed. The life that many individuals experience is a portion of culture and it largely inspires literature. Culture is not only recorded by literature but it is also influenced by it. The literature from the south of America is used to describe culture of communities living there. Southern ...

Introduction

The established view of the Portrayal of Marriage in the 19th century in "Hedda Gabler" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is a study of aggravation and misery created in the exceptional individuals by a conventionalized society. The establishment of Ibsen’s play predominantly focuses on the most central character, Hedda Gabler who is presented in some eligible sense at least as an existential or a person who can cause tragedies in the society. Hedda Gabler has presented the reader with a certain version of a “modest tragedy”, that form in which the assertions of an isolated person are ingenuously asserted against those ...

The life of St.Augustine, one of the most eminent theologian of the Middle Ages, could be divided into two parts: pre-Christian and Christian. His conversion at a relatively mature age made his Confessions a unique work, where a Christian regards a non-Christian life, distracting and leading away from God, basing on a personal experience rather than from a standpoint of an external observer, knowing little or nothing of the activities and experience he criticizes or condemns. One of such reprehensible activities, according to St.Augustine, is the reading of fictional literature.

“I was forced to learn the wanderings of one Aeneas, forgetful of my own, and ...

Research into the Characters, Story, and Music of Guys and Dolls

The musical Guys and Dolls first premiered on Broadway in 1950; it ran for more than 1,200 performances (Liukkonen). The characters and much of the story of the musical were originally created by Damon Runyon in his work “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown.” Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling adapted the characters and story from Runyon’s writings into musical form (Liukkonen).

This play’s characteristic nature that makes it very different from other plays is that it generates its characters’ traits and story from music and this is why it is called a musical. Though criticized for going ...

Designed by Gerhard M. Kallmann, Noel Michael McKinnell and Edward F. Knowles, Boston City Hall, City Hall Plaza, is one of Boston’s landmarks with a futuristic and permanence architectural form depicted by the thick poured concrete and hard blocks which combine to produce a strong blocky structure. Built in the 1960’s, it is one of the architectural structures that combine elements of imagery to the public and formal elements without leaving out the historical allusion. The design of this structure depicts the attempt to create a lively city plaza and a building form that would represent: both in visual design and the ...

1. Target market

The business will offer plumbing services to buildings that have just been constructed. The business will target both residential and commercial buildings that have been just been completed and require plumbing. The business will offer high quality plumbing service to its clients and a relatively lower price for each project when compared to its competitors in the area. The business will also offer plumbing repair services to both residential buildings at a cost lower than that offered by the competitors. The business will embark on a promotional drive to attract and retain more clients and develop customer loyalty to the business. ...

Long time ago when the colonizers were still the force behind every move in the world, the native people had no say on how to carry on with their lives of property. Everything at that time belonged to the colonizers. Our ancestors lived a state of unrest and no one could even dare gossip about their presences since they had spies in almost every village and locality. If someone, dared to utter a word those whites will sprint from nowhere descending on an individual mercilessly. The ancestors described the situation at that time as being in hell. The colonizers were not ...

Revising for an exam is no undemanding task, especially if you do not have the pertinent materials required. It can be quite hectic especially if you do not like the topic or subject you are revising on. Poetry is one such subject that many students find difficult understanding. It can prove to be quite a challenge especially if you do not understand the various important aspects of poetry to revise on, such as mood, tone, alliteration, and theme (Childs, 15). A wise student therefore has to come up with smart study methods to ensure that they understand the content of a ...

“Courage” features in Anne Sexton’s eighth and last original poetry collection, The Awful Rowing Toward God, published by Houghton Mifflin. This collection was published in 1975, a year after her suicide (biography). In “Courage,” Sexton takes the reader through four stages of life, using a sequence of symbolic metaphors to illustrate the courageous ways in which humans counter adversity. Sexton uses the enticing title “Courage” as a theme that she then goes on to explain in the poem. In the first stanza, the “it” is courage and the examples of courage are listed after “it.” “Courage,” contains four freeverse ...

Introduction

Death is the cessation of life or the termination of biological functions sustaining a living organism. Causes of death include: malnutrition, accidents and predation. Death has for a very long period of time been a central concern of the world’s traditions both religious and philosophical. Belief in some kind of afterlife or rebirth has a central aspect of religious belief.

Themes of Death and How They Compare to a Modern Epic of Gilgamesh, the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest books which are still in use today. The influences of this book are still being seen in many modern works today. ...

Abstract: Feminism is the collection of movements aimed at defining, defending and establishing equal social, political and economic rights and opportunities for women. Feminism is focused mainly on issues of women even though some men are also victims of feminism such as gender and sexism roles. Feminist theory also emerged from feminist movements which include general theories about origins of inequality and about social constructions of gender and sex. Campaigns are going on for women’s rights by the feminist activists. The activists have opposed sexual harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence (McDonald, P. 2008). Joseph suggests ...

INTRODUCTION

Society is typically divided into units of families; this social institution is meant to allow parents to raise children in the way they wish, imposing values and discipline upon the children and prepare them for the outside world. As the decades go by and the nature of society changes, families must change as well. There are many sociological theories by which to examine the role of families in society, and the roles of individuals within that family, but some lenses fit better than others. In this essay, we will look at the social institution of family through a functionalist, conflict, ...

Abstract

Research has shown that we learn through our senses with each sense accounting for different percentage of that teaching. Through the skillful use of audio visual recordings and other instructional media, we can bring the world to the classroom. This paper therefore addresses the impact of education technology in student achievement. The use of education technology in teaching and learning process heightens motivation to learn. Ideally then, learners should have available, combinations of audiovisual experiences which reinforce one another so as to provide the most efficient path for possible mastery of understanding and concept. One of the trends within ...

Executive summary

In recent years, the issue of corporate governance and ethics has grabbed attention in the light of corporate scandals that have reported since the Enron scandal. Scandals emerge is environment where corporate governance is weak (Knell, 2006 pg 162). These unethical practices start at the accounting department or elsewhere but covered up during preparation of the accounting records of the company (Knell, 2006 pg 165). The possibility of fraud in accounts poses the single most corporate risk. This report will explore Classic Hotels Inc, its structure, internal and external environment and finally zero in on accounting systems and controls ...

In this paper this paper will examine very closely four stories by Flannery O’Connor and justify the use of the phrase ‘the pain of the past’ in the title. O’Connor’s life and background will be briefly examined, as will the historical context in which she wrote her stories. I will also examine other common features that are characteristic of her stories. The use of symbolism in her stories will be considered. The four stories I have chosen are ‘Geranium’, ‘The Barber’, ‘Greenleaf’ and ‘Everything that Rises Must Converge’ Each of the four stories will then be ...

The name Edgar Allan Poe is synonymous with literary horror: his works such as “The Pit and The Pendulum” and his “Murders in the Rue Morgue” short-stories collection have managed to intrigue, woo and horrify readers for decades. His dark, suspenseful imagery has a distinctive style with its focus on the macabre and the slightly twisted. Poe is a master at creating horror without the need for graphic violence and gore, a talent which has long since been lost on today’s modern horror writers. “The Pit and the Pendulum”, for example, demonstrates a build-up of horror through an air of potential misery ...

Introduction

Several companies such as apple, Sony, RIM, Barnes and Noble, Motorola and Kindle have released e-reader gadgets, a situation that has led to heightened competition. Competition in the e-reader market has benefited the customer by providing more choices at competitive prices. These companies have developed competitive gadgets which are bundled with attractive user packages. This paper compares the effectiveness of the iPad, the Nook and Kindle as e-readers.

Portability

Customers looking for e-book readers often consider the size, price and the functionality of the device. Size is of particular concern because large and heavy devices are less portable and difficult to ...

Media piracy is a type of copyright infringement, particularly on audio-visual property. Also known as warez it stands for producing unauthorized copies of all kinds of media, such as video, audio, software, photos. The number of such cases has been growing significantly since the late 1970s, as at that time the opportunity of producing unauthorized duplications of copyrighted items arose. Copies of original discs, such as CD or DVD and other data carriers are nowadays sold all around the world, usually at sufficiently lower prices, than the copyrighted originals.

Media piracy rocketed first in the recreation industry, when the first ...

Introduction

Categorization of disasters and their respective management and handling are numerous and unique in a certain ways. The rational and realistic management of different kinds of disasters calls for a pure understanding about various factors. Comprehension of basic causes of various disasters is vital. It follows that the application of various measures on handling and also inhibiting re-occurrence is fully dependent on the knowledge base on the subject matter. Understanding the appropriate technology is also a vital ingredient towards useful emergency management. Of greater importance is the ability of consultation and integration of proper, useful and effective planning approaches available in emergency ...

The companies that we considered are: Apple Inc, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, and Wal-Mart. Before settling on these five, we had examined dozens but we settled on them after going through them carefully.

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart is an American multinational corporation that runs discount and warehouse stores. It is the largest public corporation by revenue in the world (Soderquist 26). It is also the largest grocery retailer in US and runs Sam’s club retail warehouse in North America. It operates under 55 different names in the 15 countries it operates. It is listed in Dow Jones industrial average. Its current stock ...

Goldsworthy as a Scots artist is able to find order between chaos of the world and bridges in his work. One way of bridging individuals is through bringing together their differences and making them orderly. Humanity is bridged by fusing different cultures and making the world less chaotic. When there is harmonious living people are able to bridge east west and nature as is the case in Goldsworthy’s film. Das work exemplifies the aesthetic fusion and vision in his work as well as practice. Bridging is an art that metaphorically symbolizes a step taken to unite and bring order in ...

Alice Walker is an influential writer who expressed her passion for tradition and heritage in the compelling short story, Everyday Use. This critically acclaimed tale is set in the rural South of the 1960s, a backdrop against which Mrs. Johnson and her daughters, Dee and Maggie, play out a parable about the struggle for cultural integrity and of remaining true to one’s nature. In Everyday Use, Walker would have us understand that keeping faith with oneself is the best way to maintain a link to the past.

Background

For Walker, that past can be traced to her native Georgia. One of eight ...

Introduction

Drilling for oil is a hazardous job that can sometimes created massive environmental disaster. Because of the high marketable profit that oil offers safety laws are ignore at crucial times. Consequently, oil spills among other accidents happened destroying ecosystems, harming animal life and sometimes human loses. Oil spills not only harm animal life but can also destroy the economy of a given region and create physical and psychological problems for the residents of those areas. Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is one among many spills that have become history because of its horrific effect on animal ...

Part 1

As the news director of a local television station, I will make the death of the celebrity the lead story.

The primary role of the media is to deliver accurate and relevant news to the public. As the celebrity was a house-hold name, the story will be directly relevant to many of my viewers. Furthermore, the celebrity story, as a headline, will probably grab more attention. The closure of the parks will affect my viewers to a higher level. However, if viewers tune in to learn about the celebrity death, they will be more likely to keep watching for the park story. Another consideration is my station’s social responsibly. The degree of social responsibility required by the media ...

Psychoanalysis refers to Sigmund Freud’s work centring on the unconscious self. That is, our hidden, repressed desires and aggressions which are held in a part of the brain which cannot consciously be accessed. Flaubert’s A Simple Heart tells the tale of Félicité, a house maid who lives her life without worry, upset and with unguarded love. Psychoanalysing a text enables the reader to develop a deeper comprehension of its workings. An understanding of the author’s life and person can often lend itself to the cognitive process behind the plot or the characters’ personalities. Freud’s psychoanalysis work was best ...

Abstract

The protestant ethic or what is commonly known as the protestant work ethic is a concept used in economics, sociology and history. It largely attributes much of its theory from the works of Max Weber. This ethic basis its arguments upon the emphasis by the Calvinist on the usefulness of hard work, which according to the Calvinist is part of one’s worldly success and calling and a sign of individual salvation (Grossman, 2006, pp.128- 131). Weber’s ethic therefore, is a study of the relationship that occurs between the spirit of modern capitalism emergence and the ethics of Protestantism.

Introduction

Martin ...

Romanticism, also known as the romantic era, was an intellectual movement, complex in artistry and literature, which emerged in the mid 18th century, and drew much of its strength from its strong reactions against the Industrial Revolution. This era originated and spread from Europe. The reasons for the establishment of this movement were many. One of the reasons for the development of romanticism was to revolt or demonstrate against the norms and the characteristics that came with the Age of Enlightenment. These characteristics were in line with the emerging aristocratic political and social issues.

The movement was also against the ...

Graphics Design has several disciplines which includes drawing and painting. Drawing and painting finds application in book design, information design, editorial design, branding and logo design, book jacket, poster design, CD packaging design, motion graphics, web design, among others. In this work, my chosen practitioner is Vanessa Beecroft whose work has inspired me to a great extent. The uniqueness in Vanessa’s work and the dimension it takes is worth appreciating. The work is neither documentary nor performance, but Renaissance painting. She employs a proper choice of color, and very fine texture in her black and white designs. All her works ...

Critical regionalism is defined as “the deliberate use of region as a way to envision and critique relationships among people and places and envision better alternatives.”1 They focus on showing us more about our relations with each other and how we interact with our surroundings, often by emphasizing the natural aspects of the region and often contrasting it neatly. In this essay, we will explore some of the basic tenets of critical regionalism, as well as look at a few examples of regionalist works, so that we may understand more fully this concept as a response to modernism. The idea ...

Discipline is vital for any individual or society to flourish. Without discipline, the world as we know it would cease to exist. Discipline can be defined as “training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behaviour, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement” (Discipline). Discipline is a law of nature. Every day it is certain that the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening. Even a small deviation in these rules would have huge implications for planet Earth.

Discipline is fundamental to the running of any nation. Only nations where the public have a ...

Abstract

Health care managers or health services administrators are responsible for directing and managing operations in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare institutions. They are in charge of physical infrastructure, programs, services, staff, relations with other institutions and finances. Initially the above functions were performed by appointed physicians or other healthcare workers with little or no training in management, thus the ambiguity in the roles of healthcare managers. The healthcare managers also represent the institution in professional and community meetings. The educational qualifications and skills for this position vary from one institution to another as well as from one state ...

Open Source Software Licensing is a copyright license specific to computer software which allows availability of the source code to everyone (Lee 1). The users should be able to modify and review the author’s source code to fit their own needs. The use of this software may have certain restrictions. The first is that it is a requirement that the names of the creative authors be preserved. There is also a copyright statement issued with the code. Licenses are usually free and the most popular set of these free licenses are approved by the OSI (Open Source Initiative). Examples of these ...

Introduction

The article “Employee Engagement: The Key to Improving Performance” by Solomon Markos & M. Sandhya Sridevi touches upon the issue of implementing new managerial means of improving the company’s performance, namely the employee engagement concept. The authors claim, that this approach towards Human Resources Management is one of the most prosperous methods of working with the labor force and increasing its overall efficiency. This in the long term allows the company not only to operate more cost-effectively but also obtain a strong competitive advantage over the rivals and increase the profits. The construct is considered to be broader than its ...