...The most compelling character studies are those of characters who are depicted as reasonably human. Narratives must utilize humanization to facilitate empathy and understanding of the character for the consumer. While some narratives artfully employ this technique to create understandable human characters, others either fail to humanize their characters, and instead highlight their inhuman flaws such as selfishness and cruelty. Caro’s biography Life serves as the benchmark for truly human characters, as evidenced by its dynamic depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson and, while the Odyssey does not humanize Odysseus through his interactions with Eumaeus, House of Cards masterfully portrays Frank as a genuinely human character through his relationship...
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...Popular culture shows that heroes, both real and fictional, have always been those who go out of their way to save lives and are able to sympathize with others. Odysseus, from the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, is a man who obtains these hero-like qualities. Unfortunately, he has been away from home for ten years due to the many obstacles he encountered on his journey back to his home island, Ithaca. In this story, he shows hero-like traits to many people. He defeated the cyclops, Polyphemus, from trapping him and his men, slept with the enchantress Circe, he is able to pass the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis who blocked his and his men's path home, encountered walking corpses in the Land of the Dead to meet Tiresias, and cried for his dog,...
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...Odysseus a hero or not In his epic poem, “The Odyssey”, Homer introduces a greek hero by the name of Odysseus who is tried many times throughout the series. Human nature is the sum of all human traits, this includes the flaws of life and humanity. Odysseus demonstrates these particular flaws throughout his adventures. When Odysseus is "stuck between Charybdis and Scylla," he chooses to tell his men nothing about the impending doom above, because the danger of his men becoming panicked and thus putting the ship in danger. Instead, he says nothing, hid himself below, and allowed 6 men to die at his hands. This proves him to be self centered and cowardly. Odysseus is constantly weighed down by nature's power over human life. Fear and lack of...
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...“Those in power write the history, while those who suffer write the songs.” -Frank Harte. In The Odyssey, readers learn how most of the events unfold from Odysseus’ point of view or as the center of attention. He has power and therefore readers are easily influence by what he, and Homer, want them to see and focus on. The minor characters become backgrounds, objects that are simply “there” to add bits to the story and are without much attention or empathy from readers. The Penelopiad relieves this shameful act of the readers, forcing them to see the humanity of the minor characters, more specifically the twelve hanged who mostly tell their stories through song. While reading The Odyssey, the event of hanging the maids is shared in such a cold,...
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...A hero is defined as many things. One who is selfless, one who shows compassion, one who not only leads others into battle but fights alongside them. In the greek parables, The Odyssey, by Homer and in Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles a hero is described as someone who perseveres on even when burdened by the weight of the unknown. The hero of The Odyssey is named Odysseus, a young man who overcame many trials to get back to his home in Ithaca, and the hero of Oedipus Rex is King Oedipus, a ruler who has his people's best interest at heart. The protagonists in these tales are both reputed to have heroic qualities and yet how they dealt with being receptive to new ideas, their humility, and their relationship with a higher power was what led each to...
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...Thesis The United States has taken a global power role due to several international events such as the Libyan intervention and the Syrian civil war. Due to the significance of the role that they have played in these international events the United States has become known as the “Policemen of the World”. The United States has shown that it can use force when required and show empathy during other times. 2 International events from the past 5 years that can be traced back to foreign policy created after the civil war. 1st event – Libyan Intervention: The U.S. was part of an international military operation called Operation Odyssey Dawn and then later was called Operation Unified Protector when the operations were taken over by NATO. These operations were to help the UN enforce the Resolution of 1973 on Libya. 2nd event – Syrian Rebels: The U.S. started arming the Syrian rebels to help them topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime, due to their use of chemical weapons on its civilians. 3 aspects of U.S. history since 1865 that has led the U.S. to rise as a super power policeman. 1st aspect – Technology: The U.S. led the world in multiple areas of technology. These areas included Military, and Production. Since WWII the U.S. had ramped up its research in advance military weapons. Due to this research it gave the U.S. The edge in conflicts to come. Next the U.S. led in the production industry. Due to the amount of goods that we exported on a daily basis. We had to create a more...
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...Understanding Self-Knowledge and Evaluating Understanding xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grand Canyon University July 14, 2007 Understanding Self-Knowledge and Evaluating Understanding The purpose of this paper is to identify, describe, and critique personal views on the place of understanding self-knowledge from the point of view of both the teacher and the student. The paper will also provide an evaluation of the sequence and organization of instruction that was used during at least two teaching assignments (units). The focus of this evaluation will be toward the effectiveness of the sequence and organization in accomplishing the desired understanding expected from students. To allay the purpose of the paper, criteria from Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s (2005) “backward design” will serve as a background for much of the information included in the paper. According to Wiggins and McTighe (2005), self-knowledge is “the wisdom to know one’s ignorance and how one’s patterns of thought and action inform as well as prejudice understanding” (p. 100). In consideration of today’s teaching milieu, it is possible that there are far too many instructors who are not familiar with the positive academic gains that they could bestow upon their students by paying attention to criteria that warns against instruction is devoid of any understanding, appreciation or acknowledgement of students’ self-knowledge. One of the greatest teachers and philosophers of Western thought, Socrates (Wiggins...
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...Eight weeks, according to a study conducted by Harvard University, is approximately how long it takes before they begin. These benefits can satisfy common deprivations. Improved levels of energy, resilience to change, decision-making, memory, intelligence and interpersonal relationships are just a few that lead to a higher quality life. The study also found that the areas of the brain responsible for feelings of empathy, sense of self and stress regulation grew. Mindful meditation allows you to focus on the present rather than past or future events. When your mind drifts to thoughts that are not about the now, you can feel unnecessary anxiety, sorrow, remorse and other mood...
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...importance of fighting, of the game remaining “true north, strong and free.” Cherry is a master of billing hockey as “us against them,” of building up the classical Canadian narratives, though he remains a divisive public figure. Canadian punk rock group Propagandhi criticized his often overbearing nationalism in song, while in the viewer-voted CBC program The Greatest Canadian he finished seventh overall. (He remains the only member of the top 10 yet to be awarded an Order of Canada.) His following, in other words, is both loyal and loud. He also takes his job, as a purveyor of true Canadian hockey, a gatekeeper of sorts, very seriously. His mindset is perhaps best captured by this quote, found in Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey: “I'm trying to keep this country together,” Cherry said. “I'm the fucking glue that holds it together.” And indeed, in recent years, it’s grown increasingly difficult for Cherry to preach without interference. There is both a greater pushback from hockey’s changing audience, and a more bureaucratic direction for HNIC under its new ownership. Cherry’s time on screen has been reduced, something he routinely complains about, while the popular and chic George Stroumboulopoulos has joined the broadcasting booth. While the national dissemination of the sport undergoes changes, the game itself must evolve to maintain its place among the broadening sports landscape of Canada. Other sports like soccer and basketball, which are more affordable...
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...THE CHINESE MANAGEMENT Confucius on Management History has shown that China is a significant creator and repository of great philosophies, yet we know little of Chinese philosophies on leadership. With China becoming a global economic and political force, we need to learn from and to understand Chinese leadership philosophies. We must also consider that China is now in the process of blending its tradition, customs and practices with Western concepts and ideas. In the business world, it is the blending of its wisdom and Western practices. Successful leadership behavior of today's more culturally diverse workforce is one of the most important challenges organizations face. CHINA The People's Republic of China today seems to be entering the modern world, coming out of the shadow of the warlords, the 20-year struggle between communism and nationalism, and the Cultural Revolution. Moves are afoot to shift the Chinese economy more toward the market-oriented end of the spectrum. China’s 1978 open door policy initiated rapid economic development, and consequently exposed china to a flood to Western management practices. CHINA 2 China is a country of old and new and one that is in transition. With the rise of China in the global economy, it has never been more important for business leaders to understand Chinese leadership philosophies and practices. Ancient Chinese thinking and Western ideas have shaped the development of leadership styles in China. Leadership theories (paternalistic...
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...addiction to video gaming. These studies correlate the negative effects of excessive time spent playing video games with the associated risks that result from this behavior. Research shows that video gaming has become one of the new addictions of the 21st Century due to the loss of interpersonal social interaction, negative effects on job performance, and the debilitating effects on marriages or relationships. Video game addiction is a direct result of the great leaps that we have made in technology. With the invention of the personal computer and following the inception of the internet this has spawned a new addiction that now plagues the 21st century. In home gaming consoles were introduced in 1972 with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey. Within the last 15 years with the introduction of the smart phone and tablet the access to video games became more convenient and easy to access in any area that has a WIFI or cellular connection. As we increase our dependence upon technology not only in the business world but...
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...Nina Wohl Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences AHIS W4855 African American Artists in the 20th and 21st Centuries Spring 2012 Research Paper – African American Art & the Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn of the twentieth century. The federal government took unprecedented action to provide relief, recovery and reform. No group was harder hit by the Great Depression than African Americans. The New Deal was slow to deal with the unique situation faced by African Americans. The struggles of the Great Depression laid the foundation for the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Art would play an important role in influencing the future. Despite its limitations, the New Deal, through the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Arts Program (FAP), was responsible for reshaping the cultural agenda and “marked a significant turning point in the production of black culture.”1 The artists of the Great Depression built upon the work done during the Harlem Renaissance. New Deal art extended and affirmed art that translated “politics into cultural terms.”2 The FAP looked for a “new sense of authentic American culture – one that championed national values and traditions by celebrating regional and racial diversity.”3 As a result, many artists worked to place African Americans in the historical narrative of the United States while combating long held stereotypes. None were less important than Aaron Douglas...
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...Ethical Maturation: A Journey without End Alfred Adler Graduate School Cris Roman Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Course #521: taught by Dan Haugen, Ph.D. The timing of this one-credit add-on to the course on Values, Ethics and Legalities could not come at a better time for me, given the imminent approach of the completion of my coursework at AGS and the necessity for me to make decisions about what I am going to do following my graduation from the school. In truth, the commencement of my studies at Adler almost two years ago stemmed from far different goals and aspirations than those I have now. I was neither a fresh-faced young grad student trying to carve out a niche for myself in a bewildering array of psychological vocational opportunities nor was I mid-career professional looking to make some course corrections. Instead, I was an older guy, arguably in the midst of some adjustment disorder due to the dissolution of a 21-year marriage and dislocation from decades of corporate work, looking to reconnect with youthful ideals and the sense that my greatest work lay in the service of others. Adler seemed the perfect place to build upon my undergraduate psychology credentials and perhaps reposition me for career advancement in an altruistic, as opposed to purely profit-motivated, environment. More importantly, it was a place where I thought I could rediscover a sense of purpose and start to piece together my broken...
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...1) I believe that although there is no dialogue or actors in this film, there is still a discernable narrative that guides the film. The first shots in the film are entirely of naturally occurring landscapes and phenomenon that occur on Earth. Although no dialogue is ever spoken, the music combined with the scenic nature shots create a sort of “build up” to the next element introduced to the film, humans. The narrative throughout Koyaanisqatsi, seems to be a reflection of the increasing impact that sentient life has on a planet. It is interesting, however, to observe which footage Reggio used to depict this mounting involvement of humans and technology into the plot. At first, I thought Reggio was attempting to make a statement about the harmful impact of environmental pollution caused by man. However, as the film progressed, the footage of technology and man seemed to play an indifferent role towards nature. The footage of factories and vivid time-lapse shots of city skylines at night are not portrayed in a negative light but instead in more of a chaotic one. In my interpretation, this chaos of the human impact on nature and the growing complexity of technology are depicted because that is simply how life has become for modern humans. Life is chaotic and the addition of increasingly intelligent beings trying to make order out of chaos will ultimately be futile. In other words, the very attempt at creating order out of chaos is chaotic in and of itself. The footage of nature...
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...VOLUME EDITOR S. WALLER is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Montana State University Bozeman. Her areas of research are philosophy of neurology, philosophy of cognitive ethology (especially dolphins, wolves, and coyotes), and philosophy of mind, specifically the parts of the mind we disavow. SERIES EDITOR FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe,Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). P H I L O S O P H Y F O R E V E RYO N E Series editor: Fritz Allhoff Not so much a subject matter, philosophy is a way of thinking.Thinking not just about the Big Questions, but about little ones too.This series invites everyone to ponder things they care about, big or small, significant, serious … or just curious. Running & Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind Edited by Michael W. Austin Wine & Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking Edited by Fritz Allhoff Food & Philosophy: Eat,Think and Be Merry Edited by Fritz Allhoff and Dave Monroe Beer & Philosophy: The Unexamined Beer Isn’t Worth Drinking Edited by Steven D. Hales Whiskey & Philosophy:...
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