...Literature: A Reflection of Life Phase 5 Individual Project February 11, 2014 As defined by thefreedictionary.com, literature is “Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value” literature. (n.d.), now many could say that literature is anything that is printed on paper so it could be coupons, flyers, an invoice, a novel, a poem; however I am of those that believe like the definition above that literature is an art. Throughout this class “Literature: A Reflection of Life”, I have learned to study, examine and dissect literary art to search for its deepest treasures and meanings. The first literary art studied was short stories and we were given the following tools to analyze it: setting, characters, point of view, plot, symbolism, themes, tone and irony. Setting could be further divided into two types: physical and chronological setting. The physical setting as the name implies is the place where the story takes place. For example in the story “Trifles” the setting takes place in a kitchen as describe by the author “The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order — unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the breadbox, a dish towel on the table — other signs of incompleted work” Meyer, M. (2011), this specific description of the physical setting creates the ambience or the atmosphere for the rest of the story to develop upon. On the other hand chronological...
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...Factorials, Permutations and Combinations Factorials A factorial is represented by the sign (!). When we encounter n! (known as 'n factorial') we say that a factorial is the product of all the whole numbers between 1 and n, where n must always be positive. For example 0! is a special case factorial. This is special because there are no positive numbers less than zero and we defined a factorial as a product of the numbers between n and 1. We say that 0! = 1 by claiming that the product of no numbers is 1. The reasoning and mathematics behind this is complicated and beyond the scope of this page, so let's just accept 0! as equal to 1. This works out to be mathematically true and allows us to redefine n! as follows: For example The above allows us to manipulate factorials and break them up, which is useful in combinations and permutations. Useful Factorial Properties The last two properties are important to remember. The factorial sign DOES NOT distribute across addition and subtraction. Permutations and Combinations Permutations and Combinations in mathematics both refer to different ways of arranging a given set of variables. Permutations are not strict when it comes to the order of things while Combinations are. For example; given the letters abc The Permutations are listed as follows Combinations on the other hand are considered different, all the above are considered the same since they have the exact same letters only arranged different. In other words, in combination...
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...LITR201Literature: A Reflection of Life Phase 1 Individual Project Short Stories Prof. Lambert Colorado Technical University Gayla Burow Comparison Contrast Essay of Short Stories This paper is to analysis two short stories “A Good Man is hard to find” and “Love in LA”. Both of these stories have some common similarities, however, seem to be different eras in time. It seems that both were summer when the stories took place, both mention too of course be on a highway at some point in the stories. In both of the stories, there are accidents, one being much harsher than the other, one being a fender bender the other left the family bleeding with broken bones. I felt that most of the characters seemed to be very selfish with only thoughts of themselves. The setting for Love in La is Jake daydreaming about a better car than the one he owns and is why he hits the other character in the stories in the first place. The setting in “A Good Man is Hard” to find, takes place in Georgia mostly told through the grandmother's eyes. It seems she wants to go to Tennessee and her son wanted to go to Florida. She did not get her way even with all the whining about the misfits on the loose. After the cat causes a car crash the family comes across the Misfits, and the grandmother seems to use her faith to save herself and her family from death Characters Jake seems to be a very lazy self-centered nature, he is most defiantly a protagonist in this story. Jake is a dishonest man...
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...Phase 1 Individual Project LITR201-1302A-01 15 April 2013 ABSTRACT The two stories that are examined by this document are “Love in L.A.” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. Dagoberto Gilb wrote “Love in L.A.” in 1993 is a story of a young man that will say or do anything to get away with his actions without facing consequences. The other story that we will discuss is, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor in 1953. This story is a very interesting read, as a woman struggles to not be selfish in the time of peril. We will discuss these two stories, comparing their differences while looking at their small similarities. The settings for both stories, A Good Man is Hard to Find and Love in L.A., are different, but have some similarities. The Love in L.A. takes place in Los Angeles while the A Good Man is Hard is located in the Atlanta Georgia area, heading toward Florida. Both stories have a setting of warm and sunny weather; it is believed that both stories take place in the summer time. Another similarity of both stories is the fact that they are in cars, on the open road. Neither story takes place in another setting, just in vehicles on the road. Both writers of each story tell their tale in the location that they both lived. The settings of both stories are depicted from the author’s own home area as Dagoberto Gilb lived in L.A. and Flannery O’Connor lived in Georgia. That is an important detail as they are able to quick, and accurately, depict...
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...better than the day before. The many losses I’ve faced throughout the years have really changed me for the better to always value the little things from the food you eat, the clothes on our backs, the education we get from school, all of the friends we have had over the years, and the list goes on so in my opinion life is the largest gift we have....
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...Work-Life Balance Reflection This essay deals with the Work-life Balance workshop which took place on the EBS Campus Schloss on the 12th and 13th of September there were five different workshops which were held by different presenters and concerned a variety of topics. Work Life Balance is not just a phrase it is a very important thing. To organize your social- with your business life will help you to get everything done right. And it could prevent you from getting burned out. At the very beginning we did a spaghetti-challenge to build up some kind of team spirit and to show us that if you do not trial and error you will never succeed and learn how to cope with stress and failure in a playful manner. It was a great idea, but I think the group size was too big to organize it well, it just took too long to get together and this stuff done. Though it showed to me that even such simple things as building up a spaghetti tower with a marshmallow on top could cause a lot of stress and pressure. In the workshop Manage yourself, held by Ms Petra Weiler, we were told to realize, that we have a certain amount of time per week and have to plan it how we want to pass it and how we could arrange our free time around our duties. This skill is very important to be successful in your professional and students life. You could procrastinate and not organize your time and if it comes to the deadlines you will have a lot of stress to do it on time or you could have planned your time and be...
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...Reflection Paper: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Indeed Henrietta Lacks’ life is immortal. Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman of the 1950’s. She suffered from cervical cancer and eventually passed away at age 31. Because of her gender and race, she was treated unfairly and unable to receive proper treatment for cancer. A doctor by the name of Howard Jones was responsible for Henrietta’s diagnosis. As he examined the tumor in her cervix, he discovered it’s unusual size and color. Henrietta was then scheduled for treatment. The surgeon on duty was responsible for her treatment. His name was Lawrence Wharton. Because of Richard TeLinde’s theory, for research purposes, Wharton helped himself to a few samples of her cervix without the consent of Henrietta Lacks or her family. He then sent the tissues to a specialist by the name of George Gey. George Gey and his wife Margaret had been studying and growing cell cultures for years. With that being said, Gey and his wife grew Henrietta’s samples in a test tube in a lab at Johns Hopkins hospital. He eventually realized that these cells were not normal. They were immortal. And even now, fives decades after her death, HeLa cells are still being used for scientific research. A curious biology student known as Rebecca Skloot wrote The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. When Skloot was 16, she was taking a biology course at a community college for high school credit because the alternative school she went to didn’t offer it...
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...The Life of Mother Teresa A Reflection Paper Have you ever loved someone? Well she does, she loved others before herself and she loves God. She is a woman of charity, humility and kindness. She is Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She lived a life dedicated to the love of God. A life that is extraordinary. She thought everybody around her how to love. A love that is not measurable by money or anything materially. Her journey is never easy. Struggles and criticisms kept on coming, but that is how God works. Those obstacles made Mother Teresa a better person, a better servant of God to people. She looks deep into the soul. She did not discriminate anybody. She extended her hand as the Helping hands of God. Myriads of questions cross my mind while watching her life like, how could she abandon a life full of comfort? How could she love someone she just saw? How could she hear God calling her? I was so ignorant that I did not saw the answer immediately. The answer was a strong foundation of faith and love. An answer that is not easy to find. Her Life was exceptional. Learning through it will make you realize how much comfort you had. It will make you see the suffering that others had to endure all their lives. It will make you learn how to love and give. She would always say that if we judge people, then we have no time to love them. You can also see the leadership spirit in her. Even though she is experiencing lack of support and resources, she made her way to make people feel...
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...LITR201-1404B-08 Literature: A Reflection of Life Phase 2 Individual Project December 01, 2014 ‘Battle Royal’ and ‘The Birthmark’ These are two short stories that at first seem to be absolutely unrelated in composition and text. The first story ‘Battle Royal’ and the second one ‘The Birthmark’; upon reading both stories, it would be easy for someone to feel that they are about as distant from one another as two short stories could get. However, I have read and reflected on both and while they are different, they are also so very similar. The similarities, though best found by the reader and not by someone else’s summary will most probably be construed differently by each reader. These stories are set in two entirely different eras. The Battle Royal is set in the 30s well after slavery was abolished yet while racism was strongly prevalent. It was during this time that African-Americans were fighting for equality and trying to overcome bigotry and hatred. We find our young protagonist to be one that is fighting for equality and yet accepting of what can be deemed as near torture in order to prove his perseverance. In the story The Birthmark we find the setting to be in the late 1700s, as author is writing during the 1840s and speaks in the very first sentence of Aylmer living at the end of the last century (Hawthorne, 2014, 303-316). This was a time of extremely strong faith in men of science; these same men were put on pedestals as nearly being close to gods. It is this...
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...Destructive tendencies This can be exemplified by Dr. Van der Kolk’s recount of his experience at a veteran’s affairs office. This sparked my interest because in my hometown many of my friends have parents that have or are currently serving tours in various parts of the world. I was particularly excited to see if what he went through would relate to the experiences that I saw. He recalls a patient of his by the name of Tom suffering from PTSD that feels emotionally numb towards his wife and kids because they reminded him of his actions during the Vietnam War. PTSD is defined as exposure to a traumatic event that meets specific stipulations and symptoms from a set of four symptom clusters (DSM). The death of his comrade Alex was his stressor while his wife and child served as reminders of his actions during the war. Among a plethora of other symptoms, he often suffered from traumatic nightmares. Apart from his work he showed a lack of interest thing almost everything and was upset by how he felt no emotion towards his family. The intensity of his experience in Vietnam combined with his recurrent flashbacks and constant reminder of his shame allowed his brain to imprint it into his mind. Tom’s coping mechanisms were just cycles that led him back to square one. For example, his job of as an attorney kept him preoccupied with winning and took his mind off the vile acts he committed, offered relief from the nightmares, and got him excited. When the case was over his nightmares returned...
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...subjective reflection was more crucial to the individual life than objective reflection, because subjective reflection focuses on passion and human existence rather than logic and impersonal truth. The objective world is the world of facts and truth, independent of the perceptions of humans. Objective reflection focuses on what actually is, in the real world. Objective reflection centers on the things and ideas in the world that give meaning to life. The subjective world is the world of human thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. It focuses on the relationship between people and their thoughts, feelings and perceptions, in respect to their lives. It centers on how meaning in life is viewed subjectively, or how humans find meaning in their lives. To Kierkegaard, subjective reflection is the relationship to what a person values in life. One major difference I noticed in the reading, between the objective and subjective realms, is in regards to 'being' versus 'becoming'. Kierkegaard stated, “the objective world is as it is: being”. The subjective world is always 'becoming' something else through internal conflicts and struggle. However, the latter difference then creates a chain, as another difference arises between the two realms. The objective world is based in reason, while the subjective world is based in passion. Kierkegaard believed that subjective reflection is the key understanding meaning in life. In a sense, he complains about the objective reflection, stating...
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...universe. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud tells the emotional life of William Wordsworth as it reflects his alienation, memory, and healing. Alienation is a terrible feeling of isolation which is healed by solitude or reflection. Solitude allows for floods of memories to remind us of our reason for living. Solitude is our saving grace which is essential for reflection, a time in which we discover things about our past which were previously unknown. Being in a state of solitude brings many memories from our past to the stage, allowing us to celebrate the joys of past experiences once more. Memory is an extremely powerful force which defines us and creates our identity, thus giving us a reason to live. Through a process of solitude and reflection the much needed power of healing can be achieved. Healing can be found in reflection on memories and in the beauty of nature. Nature allows the feelings of alienation and isolation to escape our tranquil minds and therefore rejoining us with society. Wordsworth was a poet of nature and his struggles made him develop a deep connection with the world around him. Healing from the sufferings of the world can be found in reflection, memories, and nature. Alienation, a terrible feeling of isolation, makes people aloof with the world and separates us from the harshness of society. Sometimes alienation is necessary because being separated from the pressures of the world allows for reflection which leads to solitude. Alienation evokes loneliness and...
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...Critically discuss the importance of reflection in the practice of management Student ID:20583416 Course: The reflective manager (MD4046) Lecturer: Dr. Elias Hadjielias Fall 2012 Assignment no. 1 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1.1 General Introduction to Reflection 3 1.2 Objectives and Purpose of the essay 3 Main Body 1.3-1.6 Review of Literature 3-4 1.7 Personal opinion of the writer 4 1.8 A practical example of Reflection in a certain case 4 1.9 Recommendations from the writer 5 Conclusion 2.0 Summary pg.3 5 2.1 References ...
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...nowadays we see incalculable suggestions to hone the well established craftsmanship and exploration of reflection. Most, if not all, praise its apparently enchanted power on the human mind through its indicated benefits. These suggestions and cases have stood the trial of time-they are generally acknowledged and very much advocated. For ages past the individuals who preceded us have said a lot with respect to this extraordinary blessing we as a whole gangs yet today now and then, we disregard to utilize. Why now would we say we are again helped to remember this? Every one of us are taking an interest either mindful or uninformed. in a quantum move bringing now and again, tumultuous changes in every aspect of our general public and world...
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...is a third person narrator who is also a personal narrator that is bound to the main character Gerard. It is a personal narrator because the narrator reduces his point of view to one person whose inner thoughts are the only thought s the reader is told about e.g. : “He wonders if his life is an extraordinary one” (l. 10). As this line from the text also shows, Gerard reflects a lot indifferent phenomena and things he has experienced. These reflections often originate from a specific observation he makes, which result in reflections on history and life. This movement from reflections on a specific thing to reflections on more abstract things as Life makes some parts of the short story very similar to the essay genre. For example: at first Gerard reflects about footprints in the snow (l. 4) and this reflection leads to reflections about the Indians who once lived in Manhattan(l. 5-6), which again leads to reflections about his own identity (l. 7-9)The story takes place New York, where Gerard probably lives. The mood in the text plays an important part in the story. In the beginning of the text Gerard’s reflections creates a very glorious, overwhelming atmosphere, because he thinks of his own life compared with the billions of other people who lived before him (l. 4-25). The atmosphere in this part of the text also...
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