...Darkness and Tess of the D’Urbervilles. In the novel Heart of Darkness, oppression is demonstrated by human’s desire to control others through slavery. Oppression is also demonstrated in the novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles as viewed in the treatment of Tess and women of that time period. Oppression is the underlying theme within these books that demonstrates power and domination which results in the situations of slavery and victims of fate. These two novels give a better understanding of the theme of oppression that’s presented within the characters and the heart of the stories. Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a story about tragedy and oppressive events that Tess faces. These events begin to occur after the death of Prince, the horse of the Durbeyfield’s. With the death of Prince, Tess knew her family would face economic devastation. With Tess feeling guilty about the situation that happened, her parents decided to use her guilt against her to ultimately agree to work for Mrs. D’Urberville (Chap V). The Durbeyfield’s knew that they had a form of power over Tess because of her feelings of guilt and Tess allowed her parents to control her decision based on her guilt. Tess was so blinded by the death of Prince and the guilt that resulted, that she forgot what her brother Abraham warned her about her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Durbeyfield had plans and expectations for Tess which included her marriage to a wealthy man that would help them financially. The decision to make Tess work for...
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...Angela Le A3 Book Card Title: Tess of the D’Urbervilles Author: Thomas Hardy Genre (include original copyright date): Tragedy (1891) Setting (remember setting is not just time and place): Victorian Era England, Wessex County, and English peasantry life Characters and Brief Description (include quotes): Tess Durbeyfield: oldest in family, beautiful, naïve, innocent, immature, runs away from her problems, prioritizes family first, believes anything Angel says. “Tess Durbeyfield at this time of her life was a mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience.” Angel Clare: handsome, intelligent, youngest of 3 sons, father is a parson, expected to follow the rules of the church but instead rebels because he does not fully agree with the teachings of the church, wants to become a farmer, has great passion for Tess but shuns her when she reveals her secret. “Viewing [Tess] in these lights, a regret for [Angel’s] hasty judgments began to oppress him.” Alec d’Urberville: dark but handsome, manipulative, persistent in marrying Tess, not totally but is portrayed devilish. “He had an almost swarthy complexion, with full lips, badly moulded, though red and smooth, above which was a well-groomed black moustache with curled points, though his age could not be more than three- or four-and-twenty.” Joan Durbeyfield: mother of Tess and many other children, widowed through mid-book, seems to care for Tess but is only truly looking out for herself. “You ought to have been more...
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...tall and strong in the face of opposition. Nothing is more evident than in the novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Though each book is written in a different era and continent from each other, both authors have taken a profound look into the lives of women who, in submission of the society they live in, persevere and carry on their lives no matter what. Though Hardy’s Victorian countryside and Hosseini’s war ridden Afghanistan have very different plot lines, both novels develop the theme of inner strength of women through the protagonist’s characteristics, the conflicts in the plot and setting. In 1891 Hardy wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The novel received a public outcry and was criticized for its taboo topics and insight into a ruined woman’s private life. The passionate and intense Tess Durbeyfield, whom the novel is centralized around, faces more tragedy and injustice in her adolescent years than any women could bear and perseveres through out. Tess’s character, as well as the women around her, shows the true inner strength women possess. From the early days of Tess’s journey, the inner strength of her character is shown as she plays caretaker to her large family. Hardy presents Joan Durbeyfield, Tess’s mother: as superstitious, faintly childlike, and essentially harmless, and he had remarked that between her and Tess ‘there was a gap of two hundred years as ordinarily understood’...Hardy encourages us...
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...stood tall and strong in the face of opposition. Nothing is more evident than in the novels Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Though each book is written in a different era and continent from each other, both authors have taken a profound look into the lives of women who, in submission of the society they live in, persevere and carry on their lives no matter what. Though Hardy’s Victorian countryside and Hosseini’s war ridden Afghanistan have very different plot lines, both novels develop the theme of inner strength of women through the protagonist’s characteristics, the conflicts in the plot and setting. In 1891 Hardy wrote Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The novel received a public outcry and was criticized for its taboo topics and insight into a ruined woman’s private life. The passionate and intense Tess Durbeyfield, whom the novel is centralized around, faces more tragedy and injustice in her adolescent years than any women could bear and perseveres through out. Tess’s character, as well as the women around her, shows the true inner strength women possess. From the early days of Tess’s journey, the inner strength of her character is shown as she plays caretaker to her large family. Hardy presents Joan Durbeyfield, Tess’s mother: as superstitious, faintly childlike, and essentially harmless, and he had remarked that between her and Tess ‘there was a gap of two hundred years as ordinarily understood’...Hardy encourages us to...
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...Why we should Read books? Dr.T.V.Rao MD Today the world thinks the books are motivators of the Individuals and Society, Books can teach,illuminate, and even inspire. But they can do so only to the extent that humans are determined touse them to those ends, and many times we choose the books as per our psychological need. Manyclassics are based on observations of life just the example is Crime and Punishment which has lot of meaning to say that is what you are tomorrow may be actions of Today. The books and words thatcan deliver a message not only of hope, but help each of us build a brave new world in which hopedoes not seem a foolishly childish illusion. Many books on shelves but few succeed, the mostimportant books that make it to light in today's world must focus on raising awareness andconsciousness of all of us as individuals and as a species, furthering environmental protection andactivism, human rights, inspiring and encouraging the best parts of human nature to shine forth.Many literary thinkers wish to accomplish, they must be bold, decisive, brave, when it comes toidentifying and decrying an immediate call to action to halt the worst atrocities any species has evercommitted in the history of Earth against us and our planet. If the book can accomplish that do thisare important books. And the means by which they must accomplish these ends is by first changing individual lives and worldviews. By changing enough people’s worldview, the world itself can be changed. Many...
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...University of Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: Questions | Answers | What is meant by the term media convergence with regard to technology, and how has it affected everyday life? | The term media convergence with regards to technology is basically all the media used in everyday life. For example, music, internet, television, and the news are considered media convergence. These are some examples of media convergence that just about everyone uses in their day to day lives. These are also examples that keep changing drastically over a very short time span. This kind of media change requires us to keep changing drastically over a very short time span. It also makes learn how to stay on our toes and how to be able to adjust to the changes. I think that this kind of media convergence will stay evolving every few months and becoming more and more high tech with their changes. The internet has changed so much and most people would not know what to do with themselves if the internet went away. However, not everybody has or knows how to use the internet even with times and technology the way it is. People turn to the news every morning or night so they can be aware of what is going on in the world and their surroundings. I think something else that would be considered media convergence would have to be the smart phones. They have some people who stay on the go and do their school work and even their jobs...
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...1) What factors motivated Kodak to change its organizational architecture? When Kodak began making changes to its organizational architecture in 1984, its current architecture did not fit the business environment for the industry. The largest factor that motivated Kodak to make this change was increased competition and decreased market share. Until the early 1980’s, Kodak owned the film production market with very little competition. This suddenly changed when Fuji Corporation and many other generic store brands began producing high quality film as well (Brickley, 2009, p. 358). Another factor in this change was technology advancements. As technology rapidly expanded in the 1980’s, other competitors obtained the ability bring new products to market in a much shorter timeframe (Brickley, 2009, p. 358). Film and related products became more readily available, resulting in a more competitive film production industry. With this changing market environment and technological advancement, Kodak lost its monopoly in the film production market and was forced to make a change. 2) What mistakes did Kodak make in changing its architecture? In order to regain some of its lost market share, the company made some rapid and unbalanced changes to its architecture. However when making changes to one area of the company, it failed to coordinate the changes to other areas. In 1984, the company restructured and changed its decision making process to become more decentralized. As a result, 17 new...
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...WHY DO EMPLOYEES RESIST TO CHANGE? Whenever human beings are exposed to change at work (or at home, at play or in relationship), resistance is a natural and common phenomenon. Even if change is the “solution” one needs to plan for resistance. Leaders, managers, supervisors, all of us who are tasked with the role of implementing change efforts, and I think that change is continuous, rather than it happens periodically when caused by a severe disruption. And I agree that small changes occur continuously, but change that will markedly after an organization happens periodically and occurs very quickly. Change be it major or minor is now continuous of any major severe disruptions. Businesses are now aware of the new reality that they face on a regular basis. They want to be the first to disrupt because if it’s going to happen anyway, it’s much more profitable for them to be the disruptor. And I agree that change needs to have a clearly communicated value statement and the endurance to see training through. And people are not against change but against being changed. Force it upon them, and they all will find reasons not to step out of their comfort zone, these include fear. Discomfort and even more so, fear for the outcome, is the outmost important reason for resistance to change. It is about people and not machines. People think, feel and have emotions. All personnel involved always and immediately know, it is not only just about adapting to market changes, but it’s also always...
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...English 118-3892 19 April 2016 Way to Better Life through Habits Charles Duhigg, the author of the Book called “The power of Habit” asserts “Habit can be changed if we understand how they work.” Duhigg wants to explain that understanding the instructor of habit is one of the most important steps for changing bad habits. Individuals who understand the habit loop can change bad habits and lead to more productive, healthier and successful life. Understanding the habit loop is the first and most important step for getting know how the habit works. As Duhigg mentioned in his book “Simply understanding how habit work-learning the structure of habit loop-makes them easier to control” (10).When the person decide to get rid of a habit, he needs to get important information about that habit, then the person can exactly focus on that habit and start the process to change that habit. These information’s are not achievable but by understanding the habit loop and individuals can act on changing habits with more chances of success. The habit loop starts with a cue, which is then followed by an almost automatic action (routine), which is reinforced by a last step called reward. Then the loop is ready to begin again. Some example can make this habit loop more easy to understand. A person wants to start exercising every morning, at the beginning, she needs to choose a cue like going to gym as soon as she wakes up or put the sporting clothes where she see them (next to her bed).Then...
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...Organization Culture Wilmington University IST 7060 Summer 2014 05/30/2014 Abstract In the present competitive global market, every company runs with the help of its own culture. It can be observed that most of the employees in the organizations will be working approximately some forty hours every week on a regular basis and the culture of the organization will affect the work lives of the employees along with the personal lives. Organization culture has long become a factor in the success of the company. For the purpose of uniting the employees that come from various demographics, a shared organizational culture will give a better understanding towards each other and this in turn will lead to better communications among the team and causes less conflict between them. Culture of the organization is also involved in the motivation of employees and makes them loyal to the organization. Loyalty becomes a major factor as the employees will become more eager to contribute for the success of the organization. Keywords: Culture, organization, employee ORGANIZATION CULTURE Introduction Employees in each and every organization talk about the culture of the organization and organization culture is nothing but a term that gives the qualities in a work environment. In fact, organization culture is very difficult to explain, but one can easily know when a right employee has been found who will fit in to our organization culture. The employee will just feel right for that work...
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...1. Have you ever changed a strongly held attitude? What caused the change for you? In our everyday lives, attitudes play a major role in affecting our behavior. The influence how we feel and behave toward others is in our environment. Attitudes have important influences on our decisions. The most commonly used approach in changing attitude is to attempt to change what people believe and what they know. Attitudes are often learned from other people and are often a defining characteristic of groups. It can also be genetic. A strong attitude is very resistant to change. To change attitude, spot and match the balance of affective/cognitive/behavioral components, especially in the person’s self-image. Where there is affective attention, offer emotional arguments. For cognitive listeners, use a rational argument. For the behaviorally focused, do something. 2. Have you ever done something in a group that you would not have done if you were alone? What happened? How did you feel? What have you learned from this chapter that might help you avoid this behavior in the future? 3. How do Milgrams results- particularly the finding that the remoteness of the victim affected obedience- relate to some aspects of modern warfare? 4. What are some of the similarities between Zimbardio's prison study and the abuses at the Abu Ghralb prison in Iraq? 5. Do you believe that you are free of prejudice? After reading this chapter, which of the many factors that cause prejudice do you think...
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...other people starve to death. He tries to denounce this awful situation (despite the censure to which he is forced), and that’s why his novels are so provocative: as a matter of fact, in “Tess d’Ubervilles”, the main character is always described as pure, lovely and innocent, even if she’s an unmarried mother and kills Alec, her first husband. This murder, as a matter of fact, is caused only by circumstances and not by the will of doing violence on him. His pessimistic ideas are caused not only by the reality in which he lives, but also by scientific movements and the new geological discoveries: because of them, he rejects Christian doctrine and the Bible and starts to think man is insignificant. One other really important element is Hardy novels (which also determinates his tragic view of life) is Nature: it isn’t just the background of his novels, but a real character; it is a lively force always close to men, who are always influenced by it. As a matter of fact, he’s a “naturalist”, because he thinks that every man is the product of his native place, his historical context and other external factors. Despite its importance, Nature isn’t a source of joy and pleasure, but a sort of “stepmother”, hostile and indifferent to humans’ destiny. As a matter of fact, in the conclusion of “Tess”...
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...Business Writing Portfolio Outline Chapters 1. Cover page 2. Outline of Assignment 3. A Business Letter 4. A Business Memo 5. An E-mail Message 6. Reflection Dear Store managers: The company is writing this letter to inform every one of the new changes in the company that are effective immediately. As we all know the economy is changing and gas prices are on the rise and it is causing issues amongst our workers. In order to comply with these issues we have developed a plan to alleviate this situation. The company has decided to cut the hours of the full-time employees and managers. The store has placed them on a 10-hour, four-day work week. The store has placed the part-time workers on a minimal schedule. Their schedule will consist of one, two, or three day work week depending on the full-timer’s schedules. The stores hours of operations have also changed. We will no longer be open on Sundays. Monday through Saturday the store will open an hour later, and the store will close an hour earlier. The reasoning behind all of this is due to the downturn of the economy in addition to keeping business cost down. As a member of the team I know we must place the well-being of our workers first. Our workers are the backbone of the store, if they leave, then where would we be as a retail store. Our workers are who keep the business running. During these hard economic times, adjusting the schedules and changing hours of...
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...In the court case “State of NM v. Joshua Herrera,” I believe the court sided with Herrera and reversed the previous court decision made. Some of the key facts in the case are: the check was originally written to cash, Herrera added his name in the payee line and he endorsed the check. Herrera’s argument was that he did not change the legal efficacy of the check by adding his name to it. The charge against Herrera was forgery. According to the textbook, forgery is defined as falsely making or altering any signature or any writing purporting to have any legal efficacy with the intent to injure or defraud. The portion that applies to this case is that it is also considered forgery when changing a genuine document so that its effect was different from the original. When the check was made payable to cash it makes it a bearer instrument. This makes it payable to anyone possessing the instrument and it is negotiable by transfer alone; the only requirement is delivery. However, when a check is made out to a particular person, it is an order instrument which allows only the intended party to be able to cash it. A key deciding factor in this case depends on whether Herrera changed the efficacy of the instrument through the addition of his name. The textbook states that an instrument cannot be both bearer and order. It is decided that if both are stated it is payable to the bearer aside from certain circumstances. A special endorsement is one of these circumstances; yet, the check...
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...Introduction Change within an organization occurs for example when its overall strategy for success is added or subtracted or an operation or practice that has been in existence is to be changed. It can also be said to be a structured approach to transitioning individuals and the organization from its current state to a desired future state. Organizational Change Description This is organizational change is designed for Pioneer Packaging. The organizational change is designed to help the leaders to be more effective and be ready to utilize their skills so as to accelerate the organization. The organizational change is being advocated because the organization has been more on a one man lead. The president and owner of the company, Bob Steel has been making the decisions and part of the change is have his power distributed between himself and Mike Steel who is the Vice president of Sales and Marketing and hopefully the future vice president of the company. Change could either bring positive or negative effects to an organization but as the diversified six we aim for the positive change for Pioneer Packaging. As noted, people in different organizations would want to protect the status quo and will often resist change. Change Objectives Change is designed to accelerate the sales of Pioneer Packaging (P.P.). The market environment is constantly changing and it requires strong competition which will be offered by P.P. As the Diversified Six, we aim at changing...
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