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Brave New World - Movie AdaptationRecreating a movie from a classic novel creates a struggle as the movie can only capture so much. Many changes have to be applied to ensure that the content can be viewed by a wide range of ages, to keep the audience in suspense, and keep their interests high. In Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World the directors, Leslie Libman and Larry Williams attempt to recapture the main events while delivering an adaption that will please the readers. Plot changes were embedded, as well as character changes and removal of racy content to ensure a wide audience, suspense, confusion, and interest. To create dramatic effect and keep intensity high, the directors of Brave New World, Libman and Williams created multiple plot changes. In the movie Bernard and Lenina found themselves in the reservation due to crashing via helicopter, whilst in the novel, Bernard was attending a tour and asked Lenina if she would join him. "He asked me to go to one of the Savage Reservations with him. I've always |
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Research Paper - HomelessnessAbstract Homelessness is quite an issue that affects many today. Research indicates that homelessness is not defined the same globally and that there are certain guidelines to each definition. There are also many reasons behind homelessness, on a social, economic and psychological level. Those who are affected most are youth (21 and younger) and older individuals (50 and above). Multifaceted issues are involved in this phenomenon; yet, the common elements are family, housing and abuse (drug and alcohol, physical, sexual, and mental). Studies of homelessness show the effects that homelessness has on individuals and on our society, psychologically, physically, socially and mentally. Methods have been presented as a means to alleviate homelessness and to console its effects on our society. The Wide Path of Homelessness With all of the advancements in society today, many would think homelessness to be a smaller issue. However, homelessness is just as prevalent today, as it was many yea |
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Dual Language Analysis - Parisian Culture TextsReading these texts, it's easy to spot immediate differences in contextual factors, such as purpose, as well as similarities between some of the topics mentioned and the styles used when describing Paris. Text A, the 'Paris City Guide' is what it says, an informative guide highlighting the Narrators most loved features and attractions of Parisian culture and of the City itself. It offers a rather impersonal account of Paris, not using personal pronouns like 'I' when sharing information, making each opinion sound more factual and less like an actual opinion. This is completely different to Text B, which offers a more personal, wholly opinionated account from the first person point of view of Anna. Using many personal accounts of experiences had in Paris, and using them to build a picture of Paris to the audience. One difference between the texts is the purpose. Text A, being a City Guide, aims to give tourists some ideas of what Paris has to offer, using subject-specific lexis such as 'Cha |
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The Sports Doping ControversyWhile the use of drugs within sports is a growing controversial debate, the use of performance-enhancing drugs by professional athletes has been acknowledged as a problem since the early 1960's. (Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports) Multiple major health risks follow the uses of performance enhancement drugs. The prohibition of drugs within sports would serve as an all around benefit to an athlete's lifelong mental and physical health. Sports doping prohibition would positively affect the ways in which professional athletes are role modeling the younger generation of athletes. Role modeling would not only benefit today's generation of professional athletes but the future athletes as well. The prohibition of the use of drugs within sports would provide a fair playing field to all athletes. The use of drugs within sports should be prohibited because of the health risks, as well as role modeling and righteousness of the sport. First and foremost, the uses of drugs within sports ha |
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Upton Sinclair - The JungleDuring the turn of the twentieth century, it was quite common for immigrants to come overseas to America in hope for a better life. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, who is honest and extremely hardworking. Jurgis, who had immigrated to Chicago with his soon to be wife and family, came in search for his American Dream, but found it to be a series of misfortune and hardship. The extensive list of trials and tribulations that Jurgis was forced to encounter included hard labor, weather conditions in Chicago, family complications, and many more like, but most importantly facing, "...His own ignorance and the powerful forces of restrained capitalism and political corruption"(Sinclair,Vii). Ruckus's sad story highlights the many injustices and pitfalls of American political and social systems, and reflects Upton Sinclair's outlook on eradicating capitalism and eliminating its communal evils, with his socialist views. Upton Sinclair had a |
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An Overview of Elizabethan MedicineDuring the Elizabethan Era, the Bubonic plague, Typhus, Malaria, Syphilis, and Smallpox, were some very new and extremely dangerous diseases to the people in Europe. These diseases resulted in many deaths and injuries. They needed to slow down or cure these diseases before they wiped out England. So they trained doctors. Doctors such as physicians, apothecaries, and surgeons. Physicians were the ones who diagnosed the many diseases at the time. "The physicians of the Elizabethan period were men of good education. Their degrees were generally taken abroad and were then incorporated at Oxford or Cambridge. A very thorough examination had to be passed before licenses were granted for practicing in the metropolitan area. The college was less severe about licenses to practice in the country"(Shakespeare & Elizabethan Medicine and Doctors). Physicians were very well educated on diseases they have seen before, but during this era many new diseases had arisen. "Physicians were |
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Was Édouard Manet an Impressionist Painter?It is impossible to respond to such a question without first defining the term Impressionism, knowing what the Impressionist movement was and also knowing what it meant to be an Impressionist. The author of 'How To Paint And Draw', Bodo W. Jaxtheimer had this to say on Impressionism, "It would be wrong to regard Impressionism as a break in the development of art, although it contradicted so much that had gone before... Impressionism is better regarded as an apex of a symmetrical curve which begins by turning away from naturalism." The term 'Impressionism' is used to define the style of art that emerged in the 19th century beginning in Paris, France and later sweeping across Europe in not only painting but in other art forms like sculpture, literature and photography. With Impressionism we see the first step into modern art, with artists paying less attention to fine finish and detail and instead trying to capture moments as they happened, the sensory effect of |
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The Not-So-Safe Electronic CigaretteFor many years, we have known that smoking was one of the hardest habits to quit in life. We need a short time to start getting used to cigarettes, but we take many years to give it up. Smokers who have tried quitting smoking before, consider stopping this addiction one of the most challenging trials one can face. Smoking is not only a physical addiction but also a psychological addiction. There are many methods to help smokers kick this addiction. For example, nicotine replacement therapies are used popularly and have helped many people stop smoking. Also, electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarette) are found to help smokers quit smoking. However, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated on their website in July 2015, "E-cigarettes have not been fully studied, so customers currently don't know the potential risks of e-cigarettes when used as intended." Therefore, e-cigarettes are potentially harmful, and it is still not a good method to quit smoking. E-cigarettes, howe |
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An Essay on HonestyHonesty is one of the treasured values of human being. Living life honestly means opening oneself freely and exposing one's true self to others. Honesty is essential because it acts as the glue holding people together. Moreover, honesty helps a person to conquer problems and excel in his life. However, is this always right to tell truth? First of all, honesty is the foundation upon which a person builds any relationship with his loved ones such as family or friends. By being honest to his loved ones, he will make them feel that they are trustworthy and closed enough for him to totally expose his true self. Thus, they are more assured that he values them and their relationship. The sweetness in the relationship, therefore, is more likely to remain. In contrast, a person will endanger his relationship with others even if he tells lies just for once. For example, a child tells his mother that he will go to the library to study. However, he ends up g |
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The Indian ConstitutionIndia decided to move away from its monarchical roots after the British left in 1947 and chose to become a modern republic. India became Independent on 15th August, 1947. After the independent the first thing to do was to make a Constitution for the country. A Constitution is a documents of rules according to which the Government of a country is run. The primary function of a constitution is to lay out the basic structure of the government according to which the people are to be governed. It is the constitution of a country, which establishes the three main organs of the government, namely, the legislature, executive and judiciary. An assembly of the elected representatives of the people was set up to make the Constitution. It was called the Constituent Assembly. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Constituent Assembly. A sub-committee of some members of the Constituent Assembly was formed to draft a constitution. This committee was known as the Drafting Committee. Dr |
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The Effects of Workplace BullyingThe angle of this essay will focus on the matter of workplace bullying from an eliminative standpoint. Workplace bullying, as any other form of bullying, is a negative behaviour taken up by some that leads to others' detriment. Workplace bullying does not have a specific definition, as bullying behaviours may come in many different forms, but general workplace incivility could be broadly defined as workplace bullying. Although lacking a specific definition, it is agreed that workplace bullying is a negative behaviour and thus the general aim is to minimize it because of its harmful effects on employees' psychological health and workplace efficacy. This paper will discuss how workplace bullying negatively affects employees' psychological health, thereby affecting their efficiency and output at work, which in total adversely affects society's functioning. Workplace Bullying and Psychological Ill Health The first effect of workplace bullying to be discussed is its psychological impact |
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Looks Aren't Everything. Believe Me, I'm a Model.In October of 2012, Cameron Russell gave a TED talk she entitled, "Looks Aren't Everything. Believe Me, I'm a Model." Russell has spent the last ten years modeling-a Victoria's Secret favorite-ands has appeared in multiple international editions of Vogue as well as in ads for brands like Ralph Lauren. In the TED talk she discussed what it is like to be looked as a model, how her life has been impacted as a model and the process of how she became a model. One thing I really enjoyed in her TED talk was her main point: looks aren't everything! Yes being model does involve looks and body image a lot but she covers some very good points that there is more to a model than appearance. I chose this TED talk because I thought it was a very interesting and I personally wanted to know what the point of view is like for a model and why "looks were not everything", because up until this video I was also someone who thought that when one is a model looks are a huge priority. When Came |
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Whigs and Tories - After the Glorious RevolutionThe Glorious Revolution marked a significant turning point in the political history of Britain. In the aftermath, the House of Commons and Lords solidified a key role for Parliament in governing the country and During the Glorious Revolution the Whig and Tory parties cooperated in discontinuing the Stuart dynasty and seating William III of Orange on the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland. It was during this period that the two parties, although their differences were ameliorated to an extent, moved forward another step in defining their respective party identities. The Tories became identified with Anglicanism and the regional squires, while the Whigs came to represent the wealthy middle class and aristocracy. Given that Parliament developed fiscal and implicit constitutional power through the Declaration of Rights; both parties grew in distinction and size, eager to seize |
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The British Conservative Period: 1951 – 1964To what extent can the period of Conservative dominance between 1951 and 1964 be viewed as the 'thirteen wasted years'? Prior to the 1964 election, Labour's campaign described the period of 1951 – 1964 as the 'thirteen wasted years'. Macmillan, Conservative prime minister 1957 – 63, contradicts Labour's view as when he famously said the people had "never had it so good". However, t There are reasons to suggest agree with Labour's smear can be argued to some extent. Nonetheless, several economical, political and social factors support Macmillan's statement. How far did Britons' living standards between 1951 and 1964, suggest ing whether that those years were 'thirteen wasted years'? During the 1950s, the country was riding off of the enjoying a post-war boom. Men's weekly wages rose from £8.30 in 1951 to £15.35 in 1961. Thise increase of wages helped civilians the population save more and buy more, including vehicles. Home ownershi |
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Player's Role in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are DeadTom Stoppard's play entitled Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is one that presents a unique perspective to storytelling. The play follows Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two side-characters from the revered Hamlet by William Shakespeare, who appear in the initial play briefly. If someone had read or seen a production of Hamlet, they would know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two men assigned to kill Hamlet, who end up being outwitted by the prince and being executed themselves. Stoppard's play takes place at the same time as Shakespeare's play, but solely focuses on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's succession of events. Even more unique, then, is how the way the story of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern plays out is as if they truly are only a subplot to another larger story, even when it is just the two of them. However, there is one character who seems to be able to drift from the subservient world of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Hamlet's reality -- "Player". Player's role in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is to be the omniscient figu |
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Physical and Emotional Weight - The Things They CarriedVietnam, the heart and soul of teenage rebellion to the government for creating a draft that sent over the creative and intelligent youth, was a war that deemed to get rid of the political idea, communism, which spread as quick as the napalm that blazed over the serene green landscapes. The narrator of the story, Tim O'Brien, repeatedly recounts memories of the war, each with an added detail or an object that carried a significant amount of weight that makes the story seem more factual than what it seems. The soldiers carried loneliness, uncertainty of the truth of war, and the heavy burden of physical and emotion weight; Tim O'Brien uses war related imagery to symbolize the vim of storytelling in his book "The Things They Carried". The objects they carried often weighed of necessity to protect them from the bullets escaping the barrel of a Vietcong soldier and of the safety, although the author said it as "the illusion of safety" keeping their emotions from object |
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Biography of O'Shea Jackson (Ice Cube)O'Shea Jackson, more popularly known by his stage name, Ice Cube, was born on June 15, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, in the South Central area. He is a son to father Hosea Jackson, a groundskeeper at UCLA and mother Doris, a hospital clerk and custodian. He has an elder brother as well as a half-sister who was killed when Ice Cube was twelve years old. Ice Cube developed an interest in music and began writing raps in his early teens at George Washington Preparatory High School's Los Angeles keyboarding class. He received a degree in architectural drafting at the Phoenix Institute of Technology in 1987. Ice Cube is a hip-hop artist, producer, actor, and filmmaker. At the beginning of his career, he was a part of the rap group, C.I.A. Later, he joined a gangster hip-hop group named N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude). After leaving N.W.A in 1989, Ice Cube developed a successful career as a solo artist and in film. Ice Cube became famous for his aggressive and brutally honest lyricism during his career. His lyrics were widely seen as political, socio-political, and violent, which helped hi |
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The Juvenile Justice SystemThey have created a system with the intentions to make juveniles aware of the consequences that come with committing a crime but it is still yet to be determined how severe the consequences should be. The Supreme court decided that juveniles who have committed murders could not be sentenced to life in prison based on the fact that it violates the eighth amendment. The topic on whether teenagers should be sentenced to life without parole has been a controversial subject for quite some time now. Juveniles should have to face consequences for committing crimes but their consequences should not be as severe as people expect them to be. It has been proven that the brain is still going through development, also there is a high possibility that juveniles may become more da |
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Therapeutic Communication - Stroke HandoverCommunication is a crucial aspect to building knowledge,self-awareness and is continuously used in therapeutic communication and is defined as the exchange of information to elicit a response. Observing the short video 'Stroke Handover' has allowed I as an individual to watch, listen and observe therapeutic communication from a new angle that will help me build knowledge and awareness to approach a patient while taking in my surroundings. I have learned key points in therapeutic communication including active listening, empathizing and clarifying the patient's feelings and response. Active Listening Active listening is used in the healthcare environment to maintain and create trust between patient and care provider. While observing the video 'Stroke Handover' the paramedic communicates to the nurse the situation and what occurred including Sally's history of stroke, symptoms,age and medical background, the nurse herself had a calm appearance showing no signs of stress or |
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The Heart of A Business - Customer ServiceThere is a famous business slogan: "The customer is always right!" With the rapid development of commercialism, it is more and more important for organizations to build up a close and constant relationship with their customers. Those organizations who understand customers is the key to success and enables themselves to be stronger, while the others who do not understand the importance of customers only hold a recipe for failure in hand. Customer service refers to assistance and other resources that a company provides to the people before, during and after a purchase. According to David Bowen, a professor at Global Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, states in his article "A Framework for Analyzing Customer Service Orientations in Manufacturing" that customer service can be defined as two types. The first is customer service that accompany goods while the second definition of customer service describes the service qualit |
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Short Story - The Miracle of LifeUtter silence fills the air as the life altering process begins. I stand surrounded by family and friends, yet I feel quite isolated. Although already filled with joy and excitement, nervousness fills me and sweat begins to trickle down my forehead. As the doctor slowly twists the door handle I begin to pace back and forth. He casually strolls into the room suited in scrubs and asks the girl lying on the bed, are you ready? She looks up, eyes as wide as a canyon and says boldly, "Yes." So the doctor equips her with and epidural and says; now it's time to wait. She lays there numb and almost lifeless and grabs me by the hands as I'm seated in the chair on her left. We sit there speechless and I slowly start to doze off. Before I know it I am awakened violently by the noise of two doctors stomping feet as they rush into the room. All the nervous feelings evaporate from my core, and I am blindsided by an extre |
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Community Policing and Terrorism in VietnamThe war on terrorisms has had many lost souls, this war has been the most expensive war is history and not a lot of countries are in favor of it. Terrorism is the affected, use of violence to bring forth fear. Terrorism may be motivated by political, religious, or ideological ideas. The base of terrorism is to produce fear in someone to make a government change its political attitude. Although it is relatively new in the mainstream world, extremists have practiced terrorism to generate fear and compel a change in behavior throughout history. First, this paper will discuss how the terms extremism and terrorism are actually relate? This short piece would try to answer the question by discussing the proportion that while all terrorists are extremist's violence, not all extremists are terrorists. Besides providing clear definitions about those terms, this essay will also try to explain and assess the definitions by and examples. The term extremist violent and terrorism may share some simi |
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Improving Our Lives with MeditationEvery year, many people strive to make changes to better themselves. A new year is a new start and the perfect time to be motivated to make a change or implement something new. Meditation is one of the few practices that many people take to during the new year. Meditation has been described as "medication" because of it's ability to help improve several health conditions (Willits). Meditation dates back thousands of years to ancient India (Chow). In addition, 20% of teenagers ages 13-18 live with or at one point in their life will live with a mental health condition, which can be prevented with mediation ("Mental Disorders"). Because of it's ability to improve mental, physical, and emotional well-being, more people should take up daily meditation. It's a shame that several mental health conditions aren't taken seriously. Having a mental health problem can be debilitating and it can take over a person's life. However, studies have shown that meditation can improve anxiety, social anxiety, stress and several other m |
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Delusions in The Glass Menagerie'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a play in which Tom, the narrator and protagonist, has to deal with the idea of delusion. The play – which explores the themes of abandonment and the impossibility of true escape - is set in St Louis in the late 1930s. After his father abandoned his family, Tom Wingfield is left to support his overbearing mother, Amanda, and his painfully shy sister, Laura. Tom is a dreamer who is desperate to change his circumstances: he struggles to live with his domineering mother and he longs to quit his mundane job at the shoe factory. Yet Tom's love for his 'crippled' sister means that he cannot follow his dreams guilt free. The fantasy Amanda lives in gives us a greater insight into how delusion revolves around the Wingfield family and how it is a central concern in the play and contributes highly to Tom's decision to leave. Williams used various ways such as imageries, exaggerations to convey the delusions to the audience. From the outse |
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Analysis of Because I Could Not Stop for DeathThe poem 'Because I could not Stop for Death" is one of the most popular poems of the American poet, Emily Dickinson. Dickinson uses a technique to transport her message to the readers. The poem is divided in five quatrains. This style gives unity and makes it easier to read. The main speaker in this poem is a woman who is visited by a man and offers her a ride. The idea of death is not shown as isolated or fearful, but more peaceful and relaxed. Death is described by the speaker as a person rather than an occasion in a person's life. It is pictured as man who gives the speaker the ride of eternity. Dickinson dramatizes the conflict of life and the peaceful eternity of death. She develops an unusual interpretation of death, and while doing this, she creates images that provoke distinctive thoughts. Throughout the poem, Dickinson uses different types of figurative language, and imagery like metaphor, repetition and symbolism and others; these help her create a poem that peop |
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