...Most ancient Greek books, including The Book of Fables, account more female than male suicides. But the statistics from multiple Roman authors, including van Hoof, Grise and others, prove there were more male than female suicides in ancient Greece, thus revealing some of the sexism of the Greeks. The Greeks did not want men to be viewed as pathetic as women for resorting to suicide. In the eyes of the Greeks, when the men committed suicide, it was usually by sword or dagger and for some kind of valor loss, shame, guilt, failure, or some form of incest whereas when women committed suicide, it was for some form of grief in losing a family member, trying to be reunited with a dead male that she depended on to live, or embarrassment. Also, attributed to female suicide is insignificant events, such as a woman losing her horse and killing herself for it. Because of this, women would more often kill themselves because they are more fragile than men, which reveals the sexist attitudes of the Greeks. According to Preti and Miotto, the main ways for an ancient Greek to kill themselves was through drowning, hanging, burning, or jumping off a high place. In the Book of Fables, there’s no mention of suicide by sword, but in van Hoof’s suicide list, suicide by sword is one of the most used. Hyginus focuses more on daily life reasons and suggests women preferred...
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...,July 21st 2009 ENC 1102 M,W, 7:45am Term Paper “The Theme of Human Struggle in the Works of Ernest Hemingway” In my research paper I will show how elements of life and death, folklore/fables, myths, and rites of passage support the theme of human struggle against nature in the stories "The Old Man and the Sea," "Indian Camp," "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro” by Ernest Hemingway. Through comparative analysis of these stories' underlying themes I will address the initiation experiences of his heroes. Human dignity, morality, and the formation of human individuality through mental strife and the struggle against nature are often themes of Hemingway. Humans cope with the complexity of the world by developing simple mental models based on opposite parts. Life and death are together, two extremes of one energy. Life is the active force and death is the inactive force, but they cannot be separated. Thus, they are two aspects of one reality. When people are reading about living beings and mythological beings or those who are dead, they view the word of the dead as a living world. The dead eat, sleep and move. In the book “The Hero in Hemingway's short stories”, J. DeFalco points out that: " in the Myth there are usually three dominant movements which are cyclic in pattern. They are the departure of the hero, the initiation, and the return from heroic adventure." (17). The movements of the hero to the world where...
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...Ecology. This book has so much knowledge to offer for an empty, clueless brain. When it comes to writing, whether they are stories or essays, you have to do a lot of research. That’s not a problem for me, since I do enjoy researching. But, I needed some inspiration to light up my light bulb. I walked up to my dad for inspiration. My dad has lived in this horribly amazing world for many years; he always says the wisest statements. I asked him if he has ever heard of the common saying: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” (Brockman 81). With my final essay, I wanted to focus on the subject of holism and the parts that make a whole. What I like about my father is that he is never too greedy to keep all his wisdom to himself and he is open to hear others’ wise words. There is a short fable that I read, recommended by my professor. “Why Wisdom Can Be Found Everywhere,” is an Ashanti fable. Unlike my father, this spider named Kwaku Anansi had so much pride and was too selfish that he thought with all the wisdom in the world on his back, he was better than anyone. He didn’t think about whether it was not about having the whole itself, but rather the individual parts he had. In the Ashanti fable, it is told that wisdom should be shared because “wisdom is not in one place alone… (It is) everywhere” (Ashanti Fable). Going back to the common saying: “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” teamwork is better than working alone; similar to ‘two heads is better than one...
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...Concurring the Problem Jordan T Garland Foundation Strategies/GS1115 ITT Technical Institute Rosie Banks Abstract This research paper was made to tell my story of problems I face in my college education. I talked about all three of the issue from when they were first noticed by my teachers to where they still affect me to this day. I gave a reasonable about of information to my problems and how they affect everyone such as myself. I furthermore talked about how I was going to use some suggestions to be rid of these problems and to succeed in my college education and to soon have my dream career where I can feel successful with my life. Every human being as a certain problem in their life, whether it’s a minor or serious from small or large, it will always be a common thing to happen to anyone. This paper is to discuss three major problems I had went through and solve each issue and will share information I have found and will provide it throughout the paper. My first problem is how much I procrastinate on any task I have been given, the second is how terrible I am with time management and need a better understanding of it. My last problem is how rarely I use any type of critical thinking. This paper is going to be about how I was able to get through these problems and to prove my point that anyone can succeed in anything, no matter what. I have always been slacking in anything that I fine uninteresting, I never try to put in all my effort in something I have no...
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...Related Literature and Studies A researcher needs to review the write-ups, readings, and studies related to the present study in order to determine the similarities and differences of the findings between the past and present studies Related Literature * Literature maybe defined as written works collectively, especially those enduring importance, exhibiting creative imagination and artist skill which are written in a particular period, language, and subject. * In other words, any written matter such as book, journal, magazine, novel, poetry, and encyclopedia are considered as literature. Guidelines on Effective writing of Literature 1. Research paper must be written in a formal style, which is in the third person, not the first person. 2. Avoid highly descriptive writing style, not appropriate for a scholarly research. 3. Language should be neutral gender, no sexy language like his. 4. Make the conclusion and contradictions found in the literature clear in the report. 5. Use proper grammar and proofread the work. 6. Never plagiarized, give credit to the original author of ideas. 7. Pay attention to the structure and form of published articles, which are good examples of how literature reviews can be written. Example 1. Peters (1993) claims that job-related stress can enhance productivity up to a certain point. There is, however, a threshold point beyond which stress becomes a harmful factor in one’s productivity. On the other hand, Saunders...
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...Although the Holocaust took place almost half a century ago, it still leaves behind profound repercussions not only on its direct survivors, but also on their descendants – the second generation. In her book The Generation of Postmemory: Writing and Visual Culture after the Holocaust, Marianne Hirsch coins the term “postmemory” to describe how parents can pass on their traumatic memories to their children, and how these memories consequently become an integral part of their lives and their identities. Indeed, biographies and psychoanalytical research have proven that many descendants of Holocaust survivors display psychological symptoms similar to those of their parents, despite the fact that they were born many years after the Holocaust. Although many critics insist that postmemory does not qualify as actual memory because the children have not lived through the Holocaust themselves, postmemory is indeed a legitimate form of memory. Furthermore, when compared to memory, postmemory is equally traumatizing and painful. Although postmemory is a frequent theme in many works from and on the second generation, its validity is still debated. Hirsch first defines the term as the relationship between the second generation and the memories they inherit from their parents by means of stories, images and behaviors among which they grew up. Karein Goertz, in her essay “Transgenerational Representations of the Holocaust: From Memory to ‘Post-Memory’” also describes postmemory as “a hybrid...
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...Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty Of St. Michael The Archangel School Taytay Rizal In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in the Subject English (Research) Miguel Carreon March 2014 Dedication The Researcher would like to dedicate this research paper to the teachers and friends that has helped the researcher. To his family and love ones who supported him. And to the God Almighty who has guided the him. - Miguel Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This research paper would like to discuss about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho’s works and who they are. The researcher would like to talk about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho in terms of how their works influence the readers. The essentials of reading Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelho’s books. The inspiration for them to make their books. And the researcher would also like to talk about Mitch Albom and Paulo Coelo’s differences and similarities between each other in terms of their works and in terms of who they are. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Mitch Albom was born in New Jersey in 1958, the second of three children. He grew up loving music and taught himself to play piano.1 Mitch Albom graduated from Brandeis University with a Sociology major and earned Masters Degrees in Journalism and Business Administration from Columbia University in New York City.2 His background includes stints as an amateur boxer...
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...However, it is the responsibility of the company to provide the tools and resources for the managers to become successful. A recent team meeting was held to identify why some of the managers were struggling and what plan could be put into place to allow them to become successful. The plan will incorporate the use of the Tuckman Model and the understanding of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team for team building purposes. This paper will also detail the characteristics of a successful manager and will outline a plan to assist the struggling managers, primarily in the area of negotiation and resolution conflict skills. In order to create high-performing teams, you have to understand the managers that you have in place and provide them the necessary training and tools to be successful. This information is an asset in being able to identify the successful characteristics of establishing self-directed, high-performing teams. In addition, it will help you understand why some managers struggle, while other managers are able to consistently exceed expectations. The paper will detail information discussed in the manager’s meeting and provide recommendations for success. The meeting started off with a simple question, “Why are some of the managers struggling?” Through this open discussion we were able to discover many reasons why the managers were struggling: skill vs. will, lack of training, lack of experience, low communication and lack of conflict resolution skills to name a few. ...
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...and carelessness are key symptoms of this paradox. Nokia’s culture of complacency, arrogance and close mindedness coupled with its market dominance led directly to its failure in the smart phone market. An example of this complacency and closed mindedness was given by a former manager of Nokia, Dave Grannan, who explained the reaction at Nokia when Apple released the iPhone: ‘We have tried touch screens before and people did not like them’ (Burrows, 2011). This statement confirmed that Nokia had developed a touch phone but abandoned the idea as consumers did not embrace it. Since Nokia has been a market leader with its other mobile phones there was no need to further go down the touch screen path and with it Nokia missed out on further research and development. Nokia’s successes blinded Nokia and eventually lead Nokia to failure. Nokia...
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... Elkind is instrumental in explaining the implications of Piaget’s theory for early childhood education both through his writings and films (Bergen, 2008). This paper will explore David Elkind’s beliefs and the affects of his mentor’s theories. David Elkind’s Biography David Elkind was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Peter and Bessie Elkind. His family moved to California when he was an adolescent. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1952, and his Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) from UCLA in 1955 (Doorey, 2010). He also received an honorary Doctorate in Science from Rhode Island College in 1987. Elkind's father operated machinery in a factory that built parts for the automotive industry. Elkind remembered his father complaining about how the engineers who designed the parts did not understand the machinery his father was working with and thus sometimes designed things the machines could not create. This memory stuck with Elkind so he always tried to consider the relationship between theory and practice and how theory could and would be applied (Doorey, 2010). Influence of Jean Piaget After receiving his Ph.D., Elkind was a research assistant to David Rappaport at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. There he was first exposed to the research and theory of Jean Piaget. Piaget, originally trained as a...
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...mid-age, much in the manner human beings do, recommending a biological interpretation for the midlife problem. Across several traditions, human beings inform a plunge in pleasure throughout their late-40s, a period when they usually sense less contented with their lives in comparison to their older and younger years. Chimpanzees also go through a type of midlife problem, discovered a new study. The astonishing outcome recommends that the blues of middle-age might be an outcome of biology, not tradition, and its evolutionary origins run profound (Ayers, 2008). The main reason for dividing the main body of this research paper as per the format given below is to investigate the various research papers which discus the midlife crisis between apes and humans. The paper will highlight numerous social and physical evidence and then carefully analyzes the findings of these research studies. Social and Psychological Explanations It has been stated in the socioeconomic theory that the hedonic adaptation, which...
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...This can be taught through reading stories with values as the central theme of the story. A story is told with a lesson embedded in it. Typically, the stories show how to behave or how not to obey in situations where a decision has to be made. Often in these stories right behaviors actions are rewarded and, of course, wrong behaviors bring undesirable consequences. Stories have been used through fables and parables for years to teach right from wrong. This approach is most effective when the reader is provoked to think by the story and then through discussion and thought discovers the lesson embedded in the story. Stories offer opportunity for discussion and thinking, for questions, for focusing on alternatives, and for comparison both with other stories and with personal experiences. Students can learn through dramatizing experiences with stories, through looking at character motivation, through examining alternative outcomes and beginnings, and through looking at the author's viewpoint, for...
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...Fernández de Lugo's attempts at colonization, which were begun when the 1474 Treaty of Alcáçova had ceded this place to Isabel of Castile. Antonio de Viana wrote an epic ode to the aboriginal natives of this place, and one of his works provides the name of Mount Teide, which is the highest point in its entire country. Secondary landmasses here include * Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gomera, and La Palma, while its largest component is named Tenerife. Their name is in fact derived from a fierce breed of dogs known as the Presa, and not from their famous yellow avians. For 10 points, name these Atlantic islands located west of Morocco. ANSWER: Canary Islands (or) Islas Canarias (prompt on "Tenerife" before *) 3. A 2003 Timothy Pennings paper asked "Do Dogs Know" this. The Umbral type is the study of Shaffer sequences, while Mallivin is an infinite-dimensional one on the Wiener space and is also called the "stochastic one of variations". Church and Kleene...
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...ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to discuss the structural frame and how it applied to my former position with Leon County Schools. The four frames presented by Bolmen and Deal’s text “Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership” lays the groundwork for intertwining theory with practice. The four frames are the structural frame, human resource frame, political frame and symbolic frame. With the structural frame as the groundwork a leader can decide what type of communication, decision making and leadership styles are a best fit for the leader and organization. Optimal leaders must master each of the four frames and hone their diagnostic skills, so that they can quickly move from one frame to the other, as the situation requires. This ability to frame and reframe is a key distinction between successful and unsuccessful leaders (Bolman & Deal, 2008). In 2009, I was the new District Director of Special Projects for Leon County Schools. The school district had three elementary schools who participated in what was called the Consolidated Application, a school plan that included goals, objectives, action steps for every grade level, resources needed, and a budget. Each school was required to submit their own unique plan each year. There were numerous state and federal laws that had to be met in the application document. I began with the school district in the 5th week of school and found that the Consolidated Application/School Plans had not yet been submitted...
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...Modernistic Views of the Nanjing Atrocity Introduction “Japanese people do not say something appropriate. When Iris Chang published her book ‘The Rape of Nanjing’ in 1997, an American ambassador gave explanation that Japanese is deeply repentant for accepting that they killed hundreds of thousands Chinese people. Did the Japanese representative really mean to take all criticisms without anything to say? Not only the representative of Japan but also we, the Japanese people, have a problem about explaining historical facts in foreign language especially in English. There are the facts, which are not yet lifting the veil in Japanese historical records. We should provide and send those in English translation.” Hiromichi Moteki, the Deputy Chairman for Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact, has given a speech of the Nanjing Massacre history that it should be reexamined and proved there is no evidence that Japanese Imperial army killed 300,000 Nanjing people. Not only Moteki is trying to broaden the historical facts, but also many Japanese historical researchers delve into the matter. Even though Nazi Germany, where there were dreadful massacres during World War II and Millions of people were approached unwilling dead by hunger, heavy laboring, poison gas, human experimentations by soldiers and doctors, they are reexamining own responsibilities and investigates the atrocities without regard for any limitation. Unlike Germany under the Nazi political power, Nanjing incident...
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