Abigail Williams from ‘The Crucible’ (Character Analysis)

Sometimes people think they know someone but not everyone is as honest as you think. Abigail Williams from The Crucible tricked everyone into believing her lies up until the end. In Miller's play, The Crucible Abigail is seen as a selfish person who only cares about herself and a big liar.

Abigail Williams only really cares about what happens to herself and what she wants, she is pretty inconsiderate of how her action may affect other people's lives. For example, one night, stuck by a pin, Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor, of creating a poppet and sticking a pin in it to harm her. Abigail is trying to get rid of Elizabeth so that she'll have John all to herself but that makes her delusion because John would never abandon his wife because he is a candid man. Abigail clearly isn't thinking about what her ex-lover would want because she only really him all to herself. Another example of Abigail's selfishness is when Mary Warren appears to renounce her involvement in the court proceedings, Abigail is given the chance to admit that she was pretending. Instead, she pretends that Mary had sent out her spirit to harm her. In this event, Abigail can't seem to let up her lies and act like a child by not telling the truth. She is so ignorant if she thinks that this won't come back to bit her. What a surprise that Abigail is not only selfish but a liar too.

There are many people who follow Abigail lies but in the end, Abigail is the one to start them. An example of this would be when Abigail confesses to dancing in the wood but she fails to reveal the incriminating information of it all. She fails to reveal the truth so that she can avoid a good old hanging at the cost of other people's lives. People say that words can kill and in this situation, Abigail’s lies do cause the death of innocent people. In addition, Abigail insists she's a good girl to Reverend Hale's and then admits that Tituba was conjuring spirits and made her drink blood. First of all, Abigail will always fail to act in a good nature, she will never mature enough to turn into a good person. Second of all, Abigail will never be able to face the consequences of her actions and she's just lying to everyone including herself. Cleary she needs a good smack of reality and common scene so that maybe she'll be able to comprehend that what you may have consequences.

Overall Abigail Williams from The Crucible is a horrible person who only cares about herself. She lies and deceives everyone causing the death of many innocent people such as her ex-lover, John Proctor. All of her lies were in vain as she never ended up with John. In fact, she even causes his death, maybe she'll understand that what she's done in the future. Abigail may or may not grow from who she was in the story but only the author knows what's become of her.

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How to Help the Homeless

On any given night in the United States there are around 553,000 individuals who are homeless, and from that an estimated 360,000 individuals live in homeless shelters. The U.S. department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines homelessness as someone who does not have a proper home to sleep in and instead finds cover in public property such as homeless shelters, campgrounds, train stations or city streets. People with mental disorders have a hard time holding down a job and earning enough money to afford a house. The government could help a segment of the population by providing mental health counselors, psychiatrists and a proper apartment to help the homeless reintegrate into society and end homelessness in the United States.

Cities in the U.S. are struggling with the homeless population and have seen an upsurge in the past few years. Washington, D.C., New York City and Los Angeles have a high ranking of many people living on the city streets. Honolulu, Portland and Boston are close to the top as well, with countless people unable to obtain affordable housing. In addition to high rent, surveys were done and have found that one in four people who are homeless have a mental disorder or suffer from an alcohol issue. People with mental disorders have a hard time holding down a job and earning enough money to afford a house.3 Many homeless people engage in criminal activity such as beg for money (a crime in many cities), jump the turnstile at the subway station and pickpocket, and some of them commit more serious crimes like breaking into private properties, assault and murder. In addition, living outdoors exposes them to harsh weather, unclean living conditions and malnutrition. They are also more susceptible to illnesses, like AIDS, bronchitis and pneumonia. It is unsafe for homeless people to live in open areas and unsafe for the inhabitants of the town because of the crimes that some of the homeless commit. Therefore, it is imperative that the government help the homeless population.

Different officials in the government in various cities are trying to tackle the issue, but to no avail. In New York City, Mayor De Blasio is not doing much to help fix the situation. Although he did offer financial support to those on the brink of eviction, the Mayor rejected to make affordable housing available for the homeless. Governor Cuomo has allotted financial aid as well to help the homeless and had recruited 500 MTA officers to get the homeless out of train stations. Yet, his efforts to help the homeless failed; in the past few years the number of people sleeping in shelters went up 60%. In 2016, Portland’s Mayor Ted Wheeler promised that under his leadership he would help the city get rid of the homeless problem. However, there were not enough beds in the shelters for the homeless, and the 2019 Point in Time Count found there was 2,037 people in Portland who did not have a place to sleep at night, and therefore were sleeping on sidewalks, in tents and in cars. Additionally, Honolulu has many unsheltered people taking up residence on the sidewalks. Honolulu’s Mayor Kirk Caldwell, in an effort to help, passed two bills: “One bill makes it illegal to block the sidewalk from six in the morning until ten at night. A second bill takes it even further and makes it illegal to lodge or live on a sidewalk or other public areas.” Any individuals caught not following the new laws are thrown into jail. Unfortunately, Mayor Caldwell’s attempts only relocated the problem to other parts of town as opposed to helping the homeless. Putting laws in place to remove the homeless or giving money to help without a clear objective does not help solve the problem.

Countries and even cities in the U.S. have found a way to solve the issue for good. The initiative is called Housing First. It was developed by Sam Tsemberis in the 1990s. First, the homeless are placed in affordable and permanent apartments. Then they are offered services such as mental health counselors, psychiatrists and nurses to help them solve their problems so they can rebuild their lives. They do not have to be sober before receiving an apartment. Furthermore, officials track data to see if emergency room visits, jail time and psychiatric hospitalization went down after they joined the program.

Houston, Texas, for example, had a count of 8,538 homeless people in 2011. That year many officials worked together to try to solve the problem. One of the first ways they tackled the issue was to create permanent housing. Since 2011, the city has built around 4,300 apartments and located thousands of families and individuals in permanent homes. Once the homeless were placed in an apartment, health officials were assigned to address their needs so they could get back on their feet and support themselves. This is a shift from their approach before where it was mainly private organizations helping them through providing free meals and shelter. Their efforts paid off, and in 2019, the homeless count went down to 3,900 people. Denver, Colorado, is also dealing with a large homeless population. A lot of homeless people are living in tents on the sidewalk and crowding the city streets. People thought that the homeless chose to live their lives outside and there was no way to fix the dilemma. Yet in 2016, Mayor Michael Hancock challenged those assumptions. He launched the Supportive Housing Program to assist the homeless. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and the Mental Health Center of Denver work together with mental health counselors and police officers to help people who are homeless through placing them in a permanent house and then addressing their needs such as addiction or unemployment. To date they have placed 400 people in homes.

Other countries in the world such as Helsinki, Finland, have almost eliminated the homeless problem through implementing the Housing First philosophy. Walking through the subways there are no homeless individuals asking for money or setting up their blankets to sleep. Deputy Mayor of Helsinki Sanna Vesikansa explains how when she was younger there were so many people living on the streets and now, '…we don't have it anymore. Street homelessness doesn't exist in Helsinki.' Finland was trying to tackle the problem for many years. In 1987, there were around 18,000 homeless people, and in 2017, there was an estimated 6,600 people who did not have a home, yet the majority were living in short term housing or by family. The government help the homeless by providing them with the support they need, as opposed to just putting them in homeless shelters. From 2007, the government instituted “Housing First” principles. When someone in Helsinki becomes homeless the government provides them with their own home as soon as possible. Then each individual can get more help that they need. Since most homeless people suffer from an addiction or a mental disorder, a counselor or psychiatrist is put on the case to assist them. The counselor or psychiatrist also encourage them to further their education, acquire a new skill, or receive training so they can get a job. Once they have a permanent home and are being helped by a mental health professional, they can build up their lives again and join society and they will not backslide into their previous ways.

Norway also implemented the “Housing First” innovation and saw a decline in the homeless population. At first, the homeless who had addictions or mental disorders had to get help before they were able to receive a house. Disturbingly, the number of homeless people was not going down. To solve the problem of homelessness many municipalities in Norway put into place Housing First. An individual first is given a house in a residential area even if they have a severe issue or addiction and show no motivation to change their habits. After that, welfare authorities, psychiatrists and mental health counselors follow up with them to help and see how they are doing. Trondheim, Norway, has seen a great improvement after implementing this program, a 58% decline in the city’s homeless population.

Some officials say executing Housing First in their city is not worth it because this method costs a lot of money. However, evidence has shown that Housing First reduces emergency room visits, detox center visits and jail time. This saves money in the long run and helps abolish the problem. Others believe that homeless people need to work on their mental issues and addictions first and prove they can live in an apartment before receiving an apartment. Research shows that when homeless people are given a permanent home, they then have an easier time to deal with other issues they are facing and will slowly be able to support themselves. “A Housing First program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2007 and 2008 showed favorable results for people who had been homeless for five years or longer and were also struggling with mental health and substance use challenges”.

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Cooking Experience

Food has always been important for families. There weren’t always as many grocery stores as there are now. In the past, everyone in the family helped with food. They helped grow it, prepare it, and cook it. Children helped, too. Even more recently, family recipes were passed from parents to kids. Kids had to start learning how to prepare food when they were young.

Today, some families don’t spend as much time cooking and eating together. They don’t have to. Instead, they can get readymade food from restaurants or stores. It saves time in their busy lives. This is especially helpful if they can’t all stop to eat at the same time or place.

Other families now have many home-cooked meals together. Not all of them need kids to help as much. Some kids do help, though. Some of them really love to cook. Cooking teaches them many useful skills. It’s also fun and can be a good job for kids if they become talented at it.

Lots of people are amazed by the talent that some kids show for cooking. That’s why there are so many TV shows about kids who cook. Some older shows, like Hey Kids, Let’s Cook!, were learning shows. Professional chefs would teach a cast of children and teens new recipes each week. Viewers could learn along with them. Now, competition shows are popular. MasterChef Junior and Kids Baking Championship are examples. Kids who have developed skills in the kitchen complete challenges to see who is the best cook.

The chance to be on TV is a cool reason to cook, but not many kids will get that chance. Still, there are lots of reasons to cook. For one thing, many families have old recipes that they can keep passing down. It can be fun to keep up tradition. Another reason is that most people will need to cook eventually. Learning at a young age makes it easier when you get older.

At the same time, cooking comes with responsibility. Kitchen utensils must be handled safely. Ovens and other heating appliances must be used properly and turned off when not in use. Some meals take hours to prepare, and it can be difficult even for adults to stay in the kitchen that long. For some kids, it may be better to wait to learn to cook until they are older. That way, they will be better at paying attention to their tasks and safety needs.

Those children who do help in the kitchen will find it teaches them more than cooking. When kids help in the kitchen, they learn about math and science. A recipe usually involves measuring. Using teaspoons and measuring cups helps show kids how math can be used outside of class. Multiplication and division come in handy when a recipe needs to be made bigger or smaller.

Science is involved in the cooking process. Some foods taste better if they’re cold before they’re heated. Others need to be room temperature. Why is that? Curious kid cooks can find out. They can also come up with their own scientific questions as they go.

As with most activities, cooking will teach kids new words. They’ll learn about new foods and terms for different ways to cook them. Cooking can also teach kids about different countries. They can try recipes made by people from across the world and learn about different countries and people in the process.

Planning is an important skill in the kitchen, as it is in life. Preparing a meal takes a lot of thought. A cook needs to know everything he or she will need, how much time it will take, and in what order to complete the steps to prepare the meal. Getting used to all of that preparation can help kids plan other important tasks.

Whatever the reason for cooking, everyone needs to eat, and anyone can make something delicious.

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Juniors Marines: Successful Leadership

Successful leadership is a constantly developing skill set and the life of Marine leader requires constant adaptation to both new environments and most importantly adaptation to our Marines. Constant improvement to the relationships between a leader and his/her Marines is crucial to foster effective leadership, sound communication. Interaction is the foundation for these relationships. In the following paragraphs we will explore how the development of communication, both personal and professional, can help improve the life a Marine leader.

The first, more widely recognized communication method that a Marine leader wields is professional communication. Improvement in professional communication must be constantly worked on. There are 4 tactics that can prove particularly helpful in developing this professional communication: Initial Mentorship, Follow up mentorship, Coaching, and Counseling. The initial professional interaction between a Marine and a leader is described as Initial mentorship. This interaction is helpful because it builds the junior Marines confidence in the leader. It provides the leader with an opportunity to set a precedent- what is expected of the Marine. This transparency is much appreciated. This initial interaction is arguably the most important because it creates an environment where a leader can develop the beginnings of both a professional and personal relationship. Follow up mentorship is used to touch base with a Marine a period of time after the initial mentorship. Follow up mentorship is helpful because it cements together the notion that the leader is conscientious of the junior Marine. The follow up helps to further the junior Marines confidence in the leader. Coaching is used to provide the Marine with guidance on how to carry him/herself. It gives the Marine direction of how to accomplish a job effectively. In addition, coaching allows the leader to develop subordinates whom he/she can trust; a Marine who can be relied on reduces the work load for a leader. Counseling is the last in the loop of professional subordinate development. Counseling ensures that Marines are receiving feedback on their past performance. By provides constructive criticism on the Marines performance, the leader is able to show him/her how the compared to the expected standard.

An often overlooked aspect of Marine Leadership is personal communication. Improvements in personal communication Help to greatly increase unit cohesion. Asking junior Marines about their personal lives can be particularly effective. As humans we are the product of our environment. Understanding where a junior Marine comes from can help guide us in the way that we address certain issues. Asking personal questions, without prying, can show the as a leader we genuinely care about a Marines well being. A Marine who knows you are looking out for his/her best interests will do the same for you as well. Often times it is difficult to create an environment where peers can open up with each other. This is often even more difficult when it comes to vertical cohesion. Creating team building exercises in a relaxed environment, one that that includes friendly competition, can help greatly in tearing down metaphorical walls between the leaders and the led. Another great method to building great personal relationships is to Develop and understanding of how Marines think. What are their character traits?

Each person thinks in a specific manor. These manors, although independent, can be categorized. Understanding what type of personality Marine posses can help a leader in deciding how that Marine should be tasked. As a result, he/she can become more of an asset to both around and above. Additionally, they will enjoy themselves and increase unit morale.

Being an effective and caring Marine Leader is not an easy feat, though doing all that we can to develop great relationships with our Marines. As a result, our jobs will become easier. We must develop both by improving our personal and professional relationships. Successful leadership is a constantly developing skill. When developing it, take time to think about our Juniors Marines: pause, reflect on these tactics, and then talk.

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I am a Special Person

Becoming a better person will not happen overnight neither can someone else do it for you. It takes desire and commitment. Some might say that their key factor in becoming a better person was setting a specific goal for themselves, so that you are focused to do things positively. Others might say that a tragic event or learning from errors in their life has made them a better person. I am no different. My past obstacles have made me a better person because of the many challenges I have encountered throughout my life.

Anyone who has been with a loved one while they take their last breath on this Earth knows it changes you. As I become older, I realize that the death of my grandfather was something I thought I could never endure. He was my hero. No matter what foolish things I did; he always encouraged me to be the best version of me as I can be. I decided to turn a sorrowful event in my life into something that can guide me, help keep me going and make me into a better person. Not only did my grandfather’s last breath give me a sigh of relieve knowing he was no longer in pain, but it has also given me the motivation to find my best self.

Shortly after my grandfather passed away, I as if my whole world came crashing down. I started questioning and nearly losing my faith. I stopped attending church because I was very angry at the world and at God. I often wondered what I did to lose my best friend. I later realized that this is not how I want to deal with this for the rest of my life. I decided to find God again. I put my differences aside, began with a new slate, and asked for forgiveness. This was a crucial obstacle I overcame to help make me a better person.

Finding myself was a difficult task throughout my life. I never truly found myself until my senior year of high school. I was known as shy my whole life. It has always been a big barricade in my life and I am not sure why. I have always kept to myself and made few friends. My mother always told me, “If nursing is the career you want to pursue in life, you are going to have to overcome being shy and the feeling of being unfit.” Starting college, was a good opportunity to start overcoming this fear of mine. No one knew how I was in high school and college was my chance to change. Slowly overcoming this step in my life and actually being my true self around everyone is going to be an important step in my life in becoming a better person.

Additionally, my relationship with my significant other has made me a better person. He has pushed me to be more ambitious, so that we have a brighter future. He has become my number one supporter throughout the many years we have been together. I have also learned the art of compromising and being more versatile. Being with him has made me so overwhelmed with gratitude. I often find myself saying “thank you” with more enthusiasm than necessary, to people who hold open doors and compliment me. I feel as if I am friendlier in general.

Lastly, nursing has played a significant role in why I am a better person. Why I continue to push myself harder than I ever have. Why I study more and do my very best to get good grades than I ever have before. With the help of my grandmother helping me and guiding me, I knew at a very young age that becoming a nurse was something I wanted to do. There was just something about participating in the human life cycle, being a part of patient and family’s lives, and making their experiences better. That is what makes me feel as if I have a purpose and encourages me to be the best person I can be.

These challenges I have overcome throughout my life are every reason of why I am the person I am today and why I consider myself a better person. My grandfather always encouraged me to be the best version of myself as I can be, as well as giving me motivation to do it. My relationship has made me better myself, by teaching me to express my feelings to someone else, having someone there for me to open up to and to help me continue to grow. When I am down, I think of my grandfather passing away and my significant other. They both have taught me very important life lessons to better myself. During a rough patch in my life, I nearly lost my faith and lost sight of god for a short period of time. Once I regained that relationship with God, I realized that was a critical part of bettering myself spiritually. Although, finding myself throughout high school and now college was a difficult task on my behave. I am slowly becoming more and more over the idea of being shy. I used to be scared to talk to people I did not know, due to the fear of being unfit and the fear of not being accepted by others. I think of how far I have grown as a person and my nursing career. I’m not only becoming the person I want to be, but the one I promised my grandfather I would turn into. Nursing has made me a better person already, because this is something I want to do for the rest of my working career. I want to be the most outstanding nurse I can be and do what I want to do more than anything else in this world, to help ill people. These are the reasons why I have the drive and motivation to be a better person.

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Home, Sweet Home

From all the places I know, there is one that is my favorite. That place is my bedroom, it is a medium size room. The color of the walls are purple. I wouldn’t say it is an amazing and beautiful room but a comfortable place for me to be when I want to be alone. It’s the place that cheers me up all the time. The place where I feel safe when I am home. Whenever I need to read or study, my room is the most relaxing place for me to be in. Even though I share the room with my brother I would say it is like my own personal space.

When it's sunny outside and the curtains are opened the sun gets really bright and makes my room look beautiful. It is a room that is really organized. The brightness coming from the sun through the window is what helps me organize my room and make it look great. I have a small closet where I organize all of my clothes. It might not be as big as how a usual closet would be but its all I have and I am happy with it.

Most of the time I have my friends come over and the first place they come into is my room. They say it is a very calm and quiet place for anyone to be in. It is amazing because I can lock myself away from everything and everyone for a while. After every long day from either school or work when I am really tired the first thing I do when I get home is go into the cozy, calm, and great place that is my bedroom. It is a place where I can show my personality. A place that gives me confidence. Whenever I need to think about anything my bedroom is the place that helps me think and to helps me have trust in myself.

In my bedroom I feel safe because I can be myself and nobody ever stops me from doing anything. Just by seeing how beautiful my room looks makes me want to go and stay in there every day. After is has been a long day, and I get home all I do is run straight to my bedroom and listen to music. Even I lie down on my cosy bed and watch t.v or anything interesting that comes up. On the walls of my room I have pictures of my favorite band, pictures of when I met them, even pictures of me. My bedroom is the only place where I can make it look creative and decorate however I want.

Every morning, when I get up, I love to look outside the window and see the beautiful day that it’s going to be. Sometimes I just walk into my room and lie across the bed, not doing anything but daydreaming for hours. It’s sort of a habit that I have when i’m bored. Everybody has a place that is important to them. Bedrooms to me are a place that anyone can feel comfortable and secured in. My bedroom is a place of privacy where I need to be alone and feel relaxed.

My room is the sort of room, where you can tell that I love being in it. It is full of fun and peace. Almost every night I read there before going to sleep. I believe that my room is a safe place. My room is a blessing to me, and I really appreciate having it.

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Analysis of ‘Invictus’

Invictus is a movie which depicts the events that shaped South African history. Four years after being released from a 27-year prison sentence, Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President of South Africa. His presidency faces enormous challenges including rampant poverty and crime. He is determined to unite the South African society that was torn apart. The ill will in which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers who guarded Mandela's predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are marked by mutual distrust. Invictus shows the true power of leadership and the motivation Mandela held.

The 1995, Rugby World Cup became an opportunity for Mandela to create social peace in the country. The Blacks in South Africa hated the Springboks, an underachieving, all white rugby team. Only the whites supported the Springboks, until they began losing too much, whereas the blacks supported their opponents. Mandela was successful in moving towards his goal of harmony between races in the country by inspiring the captain of the Springboks, Francois Pienaar, to win the World Cup. Invictus gave us two main characters who were successful leaders with different leadership styles, Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar.

Nelson Mandela was a transformational leader. His goal was to transform the nation ripped apart by racial discrimination and hatred, globally changing the face of South Africa. Mandela possessed the leadership qualities of sociability, integrity, intelligence, and charisma. He concocted efficient strategies to help persuade his followers; efficient communication skills to voice his vision for the future of the nation was just the beginning. When he became president, he noticed that the employees were deciding to quit. Before doing so, he held a meeting with them to express his vision and encourage those who felt the same way to stay and be a part of the cause. When his security guards felt dismay about having white coworkers, Mandela informed the bout his goal and persuaded them to work together as a cohesive team.

Mandela did not just talk about his vision, he backed it up with action. It is a great example of “walking the talk.” If he stayed consistent in his words and actions, it would be easy to show his integrity and for his followers to believe it. I.e. “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Transformational leaders tend to face difficult challenges on the path towards their goal, whether external or internal. Self-confidence, and commitment to morals and their vision help the leader face those challenges. Such qualities helped Mandela’s success. He strongly believed in forgiveness and forgiving of the whites for their past behavior towards him and the Blacks. Of course, he had a few nay-sayers, but he held his head high and stayed true to his values. By doing this, he led by example which persuaded his people to do the same. He was very inclusive exhibiting both people and task-oriented leadership. His appreciation for his followers impressed Francois. Mandela used his charisma and made an effort to remember every player’s name to give each a personal greeting. He also thanked Francois for his job as captain of the team and acknowledged the challenges he has faced. Mandela clearly had a need to create a positive work environment to make his followers happy. At the end of their meeting, Francois motivated his team with Mandela’s vision about the importance of a Springboks win for South Africa.

Different than Mandela, Francois seemed more of a task and achievement-oriented leader rather than people-oriented. He believed that leading others by example would improve the team’s performance. For example, when the team was exhausted after training, Francois continued to exercise, thus inspiring his team to persevere. In another scene, when his team showed little interest in learning the national anthem, after explaining what it meant he persuaded them to sing it. After the team’s visit to Robben Island, where Mandela was jailed, it strengthened Francois’s belief in the poem Invictus. In the end, Francois proved his success as an efficient leader when the Springboks won the rugby world cup.

Through sports, it is easy to replace hate with love. Sports creates a space that helps achieve unity between a team to a nation and a nation to itself. Mandela’s understanding of sports’ power shows that political leadership can do more than address problems of economies, jobs, and national defense it can also help social issues. The scenes in the movie of South Africa coming together over their rugby team creates inspiration.

We don’t need to know much about the sport of rugby, we just need to know what the team represents. Thus, making us look less to the result of the game, but more so what that result will do to the country.

A quote from the poem Invictus closes the film. “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul,” Mandela thinks to himself. What it shows is that even though people may imprison you unjustified, they cannot capture your soul. Keep your head high.

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What is Gen Z?

Generation Z excels at multitasking, interactivity, spatial skills, and have remarkable visual acuity. These skills do not always transfer well with non-screen portions of reality. The on screen experience of members from Generation Z undermine their taste and capacity for building knowledge and developing their critical thinking skills.

When the journalist, bloggers, or scientists compare generations, one topic will now always be analyzed: technology. Technology can be known as the techniques, processes, or what can be embedded in machines to allow for operation without detailed knowledge of their workings. The most abstruse forms of technology are at our fingertips, but how harmful are they towards Gen Z? Born after 1996, iGen’s has become the first generation to grow up with instant access to the world wide web in the comfort of their homes. One subject that brings attention towards the helpful — or harmful — effects of technology, is the incomparably lower attention span between Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z. George Beall writes in the Huffington Post, “Today ‘relevant’ is constantly being refined and Gen Z lives in a world of continuous updates. Gen Z processes information faster than other generations thanks to apps like Snapchat and Vine. Thus their attention span might be significantly lower than Millennials”(Beall). Research shows that the average teen spends nine hours on their phone a day. Spending vast amounts of time looking at a phone, computer, or TV screen, our brains are accustomed to the instant gratification of the flashing screen in front of our face. Many believe the mobility and accessibility of technology nowadays have made people less responsible yet persistent. These “helpful” gadgets have eliminated the need to train one’s mind to memorize and plan ahead. Instead, just grab a smartphone to quickly calculate something, or schedule an appointment, or search for needed information on Google. In August of 2017, Jyothsna Bhat, who has a doctoral degree in psychology, posted a report on the National Alliance of Mental Health which brought concern towards children's health. “ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder for kids in the U.S. ... What is more concerning is that the prevalence of ADHD increased by about 35% from 2003 to 2011 alone”(Bhat). Kids these days are glued to their phones, and they have no clue how much it is corrupting their minds. Technology can make our brains adapt to instant gratification and weaken our focus, and end up causing one’s brain damage.

We are fortunate to be living in the age of technological wonders. Scientific breakthroughs and technological novelties draw as much public attention as news about wars, political scandals, and celebrities. In a way, scientists and developers have become celebrities themselves: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Stephen Hawking, and many others—these people who are or were rock stars in the world of science and technologies, which is making the world more connected. Gen Z-ers are birthing new ideas and theories, that cause the world to expand and advance because they have the access to platforms like Google that broaden their mind with only one click. Post-Millennials have grown with technology surrounding them to the point they, “...have more in common with their global peers than they do with adults in their own country.” Having quick access to the world has developed these young adults to acquire advance ideas and ways of processing information. Society can see the dreadful events that happen in the Middle East, or the benevolent people in Madagascar, due to the rapid rates at which news stories get posted on the intranet.

Middle and high school students have become conscious about how they have an impact on real-world issues and knowing that their voice can be heard as an individual. The associate director of the National Scholastic Press Association, Gary Lundgren, has noticed that the younger generation has, “...shown great interest in covering national issues at the local level, looking at #MeToo, mass shootings, the opioid crisis, body awareness, and vaping, and in some cases educating their parents”(Lundgren). Adolescents tend to join forces when melancholic events happen in their community. An illustration of this happened around 4 years ago, “...students at Walter Johnston High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, pushed for more mental health classes after a classmate died by suicide”(Strauss). Students are becoming aware of the hardships their friends could be going through, and they want to ensure that they know that they did something that could have possibly saved something you could never get back ? a life. Often teenagers no matter what genre is guided (or misguided) by peer pressure. In today’s society, parents are struggling with providing teens with advice because some parents can not relate to these intense issues their children are going through. Possessing the insight of knowing what changes need to be made to protect others’ health is a level of wisdom that no developing generation has ever had.

Blogger, Ryan Jenkins, calls himself “The Next Generation Speaker”, to which he writes, “Generation Z are looking for individuality because they were born social (92% of children in the U.S. have a digital footprint) and everyone has done everything (at least that’s what many individual's social media accounts would have you believe). Seeking uniqueness in the brands they do business with, future employers, and their leaders is a priority”(Jenkins). While I appreciate Mr. Jenkins opinion, I must disagree. During my lifetime, I have attended three different public schools. I have witnessed first hand that most people tend to dress, talk, and act like the person sitting next to them. Gen Z-ers tend to wear name brands and styles that are trendy, talk the same “slang”, and share the same memes (a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users). Individualism and intelligence are usually compared closely together, because obtaining different ways of thinking from your peers, will grow your mind. Unfortunately, individualism is one characteristic that Post-Millennials do not fully grasp. At least not yet.

While the oldest iGen-ers would be 24 years old this year, we have come to an understanding that going to college is not essential to being successful. Marty Nemko, who is a career coach, and has been interviewed by numerous notable forms of media, says that “...almost half aren’t graduating---- 41% don’t graduate even if given six years!”(Nemko). Not graduating from high school or college has always had a negative meaning, but this generation is changing that around for everyone. Being smart with your money is a characteristic that’s important to this generation, and that’s the main reason most of them are not going to college. These young adults recognize that they can have their dream job without spending the money to get the highest level of education. It is important to have a steady job and to make sure you can make a living for yourself. There are really great jobs you can get with and without a degree, so there should be no shaming of either choice. Determining the best education, whether it’s college or real life experience, to achieve your life goals and be the best you, is a really hard choice, but doing what is best for you is necessary.

So, is Generation Z the dumbest or smartest generation? Is technology turning our minds to mush or allowing us to truly make the world a better place? Has this generation lost all compassion for others or do we use today’s tools to make the lives better for our fellow students, citizens and people around the world? Needless to say, Generation Z is the smartest generation who doesn’t wait for things to happen - they want it to happen NOW; stands on their own...

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No to Body Shaming in the Twenty-first Century

Change is a natural component of life, whether it is intentional or not. As Americans move into the twenty-first century, pop culture has changed the way they look at women’s body types. While body shaming of females used to be acceptable, now judging women based off of their looks is frowned upon by mainstream society. Women are encouraged by pop culture to embrace their bodies and be comfortable in their own skin.

In the early 2000s, women were constantly judged because of the way that their bodies looked. Not only was body shaming occurring in everyday life, it was also happening in movies, social media, and even magazines. In the drama, Precious, a 16-year-old young woman who goes by the name “Precious” was criticized because of her looks by not only her parents, but everyone else around her too. The character was abused physically and sexually, as well as verbally, but no one seemed to care about anything other than how she looked. For example, Claireece “Precious” Jones, a typical teenager who had dreams of being famous, constantly got her joy taken away with insults from her mother. In the past, body shaming was more popular in society due to its portrayal in movies.

The presence of impossible beauty standards of women in the past caused girls to be self-critical as well. This issue appeared in children’s movies such as The Little Mermaid and Alice in Wonderland, where the heroes or princesses were always skinny, and the villains had a little weight on them. Children were automatically questioning if they were pretty enough to be a “princess” at a young age. Whether body shaming was realized or not, it was a reoccurring issue that was never the topic of conversation. Moving into the twenty-first century, pop culture has begun to encourage all women to embrace their body types. Body positivity is shown on many different platforms, one being songs, such as “Pretty Hurts” by Beyoncé, “Who Says” by Selena Gomez, and “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor. Those specific artists have one common goal: to eliminate the need to meet the standards of beauty and embrace the beauty in imperfectness. Another platform where body positivity is now demonstrated is in movies, such as Pitch Perfect. In the film, The Barden Bellas is an all women acapella group that consists of women of all shapes and sizes. One of the ladies in the group is introduced as “Fat Amy.” Although the nickname is harsh, she makes it known that her weight does not define her, but in fact she embraces all aspects of her body. Self-love is an important concept in today’s society. Women all over the nation are consistently reminded of this idea in everyday life through things like social media.

Although body shaming is still around, it is now recognized as a problem that is in the process of being fixed. Change is not quick acting, it takes the growth of society, the development of the mind, and someone who is willing to commit to take action in order to fix the dilemma. The person who decided to stop ignoring the issue and attempt to solve it, was a woman by the name of Amber Rose. Beginning at a young age, Amber Rose was a victim of a number of different types of shaming, including slut shaming and body shaming. Not only can body shaming be described as the judgment of one’s body, but it can also include the ridicule of what a woman is wearing. Once multiple rapes were reported in New York, a Toronto police officer exclaimed that the reason behind the incidents was because of what the women were wearing. The comment infuriated women all over the nation, including Ms. Rose. She knew then that the issue had to be dealt with immediately, so she began a movement by the name of the “Amber Rose SlutWalk,” which still exists today. The objective for her movement is to empower all women to love themselves. Attendees of the festival are expected to be comfortable in their own skin and to support others who aim to do the same. Women have come a long way in the past decade, imagine if society continues to grow and support movements such as the “Amber Rose SlutWalk,” self-love and body positivity would become a new normal.

Now that actions such as body shaming are considered wrong in the twenty-first century, society can help women love their body type and discard any negativity that comes from others. Once everyone learns to love themselves, there will be room for positivity, love for each other, and then the world will be a better place.

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“Blackberry Picking” (Poetic Techniques)

This is a delightful poem that includes the use of clear detail and brilliant diction. The author is attempting to pass on a more profound significance by utilizing the basic circumstance of picking blackberries, despite the fact that the subject of the poem realized that the blackberries would rot. Regardless, he lifted and pressed on. This is to imply that throughout everyday life, as people we as a whole get energized for specific things and trust that we are happy to the point that we are euphoric, however life brings us back. It's basically a lesson that is never learned and is constantly rehashed. In the wake of perusing this sonnet multiple times I think it is a decent ballad with great quality language.

The taste of the first berry that was eaten is contrasted with 'thickened wine'. Heaney utilized metaphor 'summers blood' to pass on the franticness of the sweet juice that prompted needing to eat more, 'desire for picking'. Towards the center of the first stanza, the author demonstrates to us the picker's genuine love for blackberry's, they hauled out any accessible container to gather their fruit.

The following line reveals to us how far the kids made a trip to pick the fruit, 'round hello fields, corn fields and potato drills'. Heaney utilizes onomatopoeia in the 13th line of the first stanza, 'tinkling bottoms'. This suggests the sound of falling berries in the metal containers.

Coming up next line's tone totally changes and gets extremely rough, 'similar to a plate of eyes', this sounds exceptionally melancholy and grim, at that point it discloses to us the kids are not by any stretch of the imagination disturbed by getting injured just thing they care about is them strive after the berries. 'Our hands were peppered with thistle pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeards.' The last couple of words in this sentence are extremely supernatural, I don't generally comprehend why Heaney has specified Bluebeard, he could be endeavoring to state that the kids' hands are canvassed in blood, because of executing the blackberry's (at the end of the day the wrongdoing they have submitted by squandering the blackberries to fulfill their desire and energy) simply like Bluebeard's were subsequent to killing his spouses in the fantasy story. Here Heaney utilizes Figurative dialect to give a meaning to blood and savagery. ('Our hands were peppered with thistle pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeards.')

In the last stanza Heaney talks about the end result for the blackberries after they have been picked, 'we found a hide' this is a demonstration of the covetousness of the pickers. The readiness of the blackberries is appeared differently in relation to what it later progresses toward becoming, depicting the growth as a 'hide' is an emotional comparison as it make a picture in the peruses brain of what precisely the rotten blackberries resemble, 'rodent - dark organism' the portrayal likewise specifies the shade of the parasite, to give more insight about what it would seem that. The artist has given a reference to a dim rodent; this likewise could be to do with the way that rodents are extremely regular in Ireland.

Subsequent to investigating this poem, it has extended thoughts, and I've arrived at the conclusion that this poem is very much about expectation and disillusionment (realizing that things never end up being the way by which we need them to be) and we ought to acknowledge that nothing is everlasting in this world, changes are expected to occur in time, and blackberries turn into a representation for the encounters.

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Qualities of a Good Parent

Anyone can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a dad. There is a lot to expect from becoming a first-time parent. The challenges and adversities are nonetheless an experience that everyone should get the opportunity to have. Unfortunately, not everyone has these experiences. Some parents have to do this alone, others have support from family members or friends, and there are single-parents. Either the mother raising the child on her own, or in some cases the father.

Merriam Webster defines a parent as “one that begets or brings forth offspring.” (Parent). Therefore, anyone can be called a parent who brings a child into this world. Most first-time parents do not know what to expect. It can be exciting at times and can be overwhelming. It is a true testament to the person that you are by sticking around through te difficult times. Your life changes drastically when you become a parent.

The majority of single parents are made up of single mothers. According to 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, out of about 12 million single-parent families with children under the age of eighteen, more than eighty percent were headed by single mothers.” (Census). Today, one in four children under the age of eighteen are being raised without a father. This is where being a father comes into play. Any man can make a child and become a father. But being in their lives is being a dad.

You cannot just earn the justified title of “dad” because you got a woman pregnant and she had your child. Being a dad is being involved in your child’s life. Being involved does not mean paying child support and seeing your child once a month. Being involved is paying your child support, having a parenting plan set up, seeing your child regularly, and attending life events and spending time with them. Even if the mother and father are not together, parenting can still be done.

Spending time with your child is important. This is one of the biggest things your child will remember. Not the huge toy you bought for Christmas, or that one birthday present. They will remember the one time at the zoo, or that time you took them to do something. Out of personal experience, children remember a lot more things than we give them credit for. Most of the time they do not remember the gift that you got them as much as they do the one time you fell off the swing when you were at the park with them.

In the Parents article, they state seven ways your life changes when you become a dad. One of the seven things was stating that your social life is gone (Shell). This is true, to an extent. Of course, it is not completely gone, but your child will take up most of your time now. Being a young dad, this was hard to deal with. Instead of going out on a Friday night with your friends, you are stuck at home with a child. It is was you make of it. This is where time comes into play. Make your experience gratifying. Have a game night, build a fort, or bake cookies. Your child will remember that for sure. They will also remember that you chose to go out instead of picking them up from their mom’s. It takes years of practice to become a good parent. Having your first child is a learning experience, but it does not have to be a bad one.

Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Not everyone is ready for it, nor should they be. That is what makes having a child exhilarating. You never know what you are going to get. One night may be tears and screaming, the other is giggles and playtime. It is your responsibility to be there through it all. After having a child, you are no longer your number one priority, it is at this point you have to learn to put someone other than yourself first. This is an adversity that is difficult to deal with, but it is very possible. Being a parent is a gift from God that should never be taken for granted. Being a man walking out of your child’s life is being a father. Anyone can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a dad. The trials and tribulations throughout life are no greater than being a parent. It is what you make of it. Being there for your child can not only improve their way of life but can be passed down to them as what it takes to be a good parent, father, and role model. So that they may do the same for their child in the future.

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Where have you Come from Doesn’t Define you

“The Rose that Grew from the Concrete” by American rapper Tupac Shakur is about reaching our goals in life despite the hardships and conflicts that we face on the way. Shakur begins the poem with a question as to whether we have heard of the rose that has grown out from a crack in the concrete. Trying to refute nature's rules, the rose has learned to walk without shoes. While it seems strange, it has finally learned to live by breathing the fresh air around it by concentrating and understanding its dreams. The lack of attention and the surroundings did not prove to hinder the growth of the rose. Throughout the last lines, the poet shows encouragement by saying “long live,” and he says it has been able to live a long life as the rose concentrated on keeping its dreams alive. The tone of the poem is passionate, meaningful, powerful, serious and individualistic. The poem is highly inspiring and motivates the readers to realize and work on making their dreams come true. In life its not where you are coming from but where you are going.

According to the dictionary, by definition a concrete is a heavy, rough building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water, that can be spread or poured into molds and that forms a mass resembling stone on hardening. The best soil to use when growing roses is loam. ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ doesn't really talk of a rose, but instead of a man who grew from the ghetto. The concrete is a symbol for hardship, conflicts, low expectations and stigmas place on people who were raised in the ghetto. The crack in the concrete is the opportunity for people to rise from the all these negative expectations. And the rose symbolizes the few who take the opportunity to be great, disregarding the challenges they face and proving society wrong. The poem was composed by Tupac from his own personal experience and suffering. When someone is raised in the ghetto people tend to have low expectation of them. Some people believe that if you are raised in the ghetto you can’t amount to anything good. Tupac speaks about “Proving nature’s law wrong”, by which he means he is proving the expectations of others false. They don't think any ordinary person can grow up and change the society.

People who are raised in the ghetto didn’t born with a gold spoon to feed them. Alternatively, Tupac says, 'it learned to walk without feet.', which is stating without help and support he find his way. While real roses don't walk, the rose still serves as a symbol for someone who grows without support. The feet support the body and are required walking aid. Not only is there lack of compassion for the individual portrayed by the rose, he also lacks encouragement and even the basic resources required for effective action. Nevertheless, he is rising and making strides toward success. The stanza goes “Funny it seems, but keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air.” It means he has made it out of the ghetto and is finally making something of himself. As long as you're willing to pursue your goals and ambitions, you will achieve them, regardless of your background or where you come from.

In the final word, the speaker salutes the rose rising from the concrete. He says, “Long live the rose,” the speaker suggests that the rose is deserving of great praise because of its successful battle against oppressive powers. The speaker finishes by saying the rose will thrive even though 'nobody else ever cared!' The exclamation point indicates the strong emotional intensity of the speaker. Without any support the rose and the individual it symbolizes have succeeded. The speaker compares high praise and disrespect in that final line to make the success of the rose even more meaningful.

In life not everyone was born with opportunities just handed down to them. Many have to pave their own path. A lot of times they are faced with adversities because the society we live in is wired to think and speak negative. Like if you’re from the ghetto you can’t amount to nothing good or if you’re poor you will remain poor. Which is not true. I wasn’t born to a rich family that opportunities are just handed to me. I had to work hard to be where I am at today. I grew up in a home where I don’t get a lot a of support. Everything I basically do on my own. And I mostly get negative comments that I’m not going to be great and that going to college is waste of time and money. But I see something different. I want to be different. The lack of support did not discourage it motivate me to work even harder and prove everyone wrong. Where you are coming from doesn’t define you it is where you’re going.

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Development in Technology

Imagine life without current technology. It would be hard for many people to survive very long without the every day technology that shapes societies around the world. Technology that can help people travel long distances in a short period of time, to communicate, and cure. The technology being developed is to be used in a way it can benefit the people and the society. Almost every common household device people use everyday is a result of years of technology research and testing. Everything from light bulbs to cell phones and computers are results or years of technology research and testing. The development of new technology can improve the quality of people’s lives because it can bring about change in many social, medical, and environmental aspects throughout the world.

The development of technology can have a huge effect on the social aspects throughout the world. According to Merriam-Webster, Technology is defined as, “the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area” (Technology). Communicating with other people over long distances used to be a very difficult and slow process for some people, but with the invention and advancement of different technologies it is possible to communicate easily. With the development of telephone, internet and cell phone technology, people can communicate by phone call, through email, and by text. This technology has made it possible for people to stay connected with the people dearest to them, like friends, family, or other associates.

Traditional, or land line phones made it possible for people to speak with family and friends near and far, without having to wait for letters in the mail to keep them updated. The internet was another development in technology that made it even easier to connect with people. It made it possible to send digital mail instantly. Eventually there came many different social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube. With the use of social media sites people can have interactions with other new people from all over the world. For example, while someone is looking through their social media account and they see a friend they have not seen in a long time, or someone that moved away a long time ago, they can get in contact with them through their social media and be able to interact with them again. New relationships can be created with other people by sharing things on their social media about their lives through photos, videos, and music. Technology like cell phones are usually plug-in or transportable so they can go anywhere people want to take them. With the development of cell phone that are transportable, people can call anyone at any time – whether to let them know when they are in an emergency situation, or to let someone know where they are. Around the world there are even some technology that will let people to stay connected to the homes and even their vehicles through their phones. With the development of technology, the interactions between people can grow stronger.

While working in the advancement of technology the relationship between men and women traditionally has been very different. The STEM fields are male dominated. In a study conducted by Ann Lourens at a South African university, Lourens reported that there was an almost 6% drop in the amount of women engineers from 1996 – 2005. One of the main reasons was for social reasons. “As a source of self-efficacy, social persuasion refers to the influence of others. Hazari et al. [19] found that the presence or absence of social support influences course achievement. The women in the research study of Aluede et al. [20] identified social support as one of the strongest factors influencing their pursuit of studies in a technical field” (p. 116 Lourens). It is just like most social situations. They feel comfortable around people like them. So, for women thinking about going into technology, it can cause them to turn away because they think it won’t be enough other women there.

When most people think of technology, they think of an electronic device and modern advancements. However, not all technology is dealing with gadgets, and not all of it is new. Technology is the practical application of knowledge. So basically, the goal of technology is to solve a problem. In this way, technology has helped to create many advancements in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy has been around for hundreds of years and is constantly changing and improving. The methods that therapists use to help their patients are all forms of technology.

In a published article, Nadezhda A. Kasavina wrote, “The psychotherapeutic technologies of the social sciences and humanities are the result of a long process that has shaped its theory and social and therapeutic practice, as part of a specific cultural and ideological context” (p. 74 Kasavina). In the article, Kasavina talks about different applications, or technologies, that are used to help mental health patients. One of the technologies used is a social engineering one. The therapist uses social engineering to help the patient shift their focus from the “I” standpoint. They teach them how not to focus on themselves so much. As Kasavina also stated, “The therapist must also find a way to help a person develop a curiosity and concern for others. For this purpose, group therapy is particularly effective” (p.79 Kasavina). Group therapy is one of several different technologies used in psychotherapy every day.

Technology affects every part of our lives. There are even benefits of technology that most people may never think about. For example, technology has helped the sports industry. There are many ways that technology has helped in sports, but medical imaging technology has helped in ways that most sports fans overlook. According to an article by Bin Lv and Sihua Li, “The commonly used medical imaging technology has ultrasound, X-ray image technology, CT technology, and MRI technology. They have their own advantages and disadvantages, and according to the different situation, select a more appropriate medical imaging technology [3].” (p. 118, Lv, Li) When athletes get injured while playing sports or practicing, medical technology helps the doctors see through the bone and tissue to see what the problem is. This helps them diagnose the injury and come up with a plan to treat it, so the athlete can go back to his sport.

The changes the development of technology can have on environmental aspects can affect people and society in general in both good and bad ways. The weather can be very unpredictable and over the last few decades, it has gotten more severe. As the planet heats up because of global warming, new technologies have been invented to help slow it down. Many scientists agree that global warming is the cause for the extreme weather changes we have experienced. Those scientists also agree that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major factor in global warming.

Over the years, there have been many suggestions on how to reduce our CO2 output. One solution by economists was carbon pricing. In his article, William B. Bonvillian wrote, “Policymakers in the United States and elsewhere have assumed for 15 years that putting a price on carbon would be an effective strategy for addressing climate change” (Bonvillian). Carbon pricing is a method used by economists over the world for reducing global-warming emissions by charging companies based on the amount of CO2 they release into the atmosphere. The problem with carbon pricing is that it was not as effective as everyone planned. Bonvillian discusses some of the reasons why it wasn’t very effective in his article. One of the main reasons he talked about was because the U.S. operates well from a place of innovation, but not necessarily fixing existing systems.

The development of new technologies can help solve problems in less developed countries. For example, with the help of technology, scientists and engineers can discover and develop new energy sources for people so that they can use it to improve the lives of themselves and others. Finding new ways to convert different forms of energy with little harm to the environment would be of big help in a long run to create a better future. There was a point in time where someone looked further down into the future about the amounts of energy sources from the earth being used. In the book, Solar Energy by David E. Newton, Newton discussed a French mathematics teacher who lived during the Industrial Revolution; Augustin Mouchot. Mouchot was ahead of his time in the way he thought about energy and how humans would need to use it going far into the future. He looked to a source that many hadn’t considered – the sun. Newton stated, “Mouchot believed that the answer to this question was to “harvest the sun.” He spent the better part of two decades, from 1860 to 1879, experimenting with a variety of ways of capturing sunlight, concentrating its rays, and using that radiation to boil water” (qtd. in Newton 14-15). The use of solar energy can help by using less resources the earth gives that are not renewable. Once they are used up they will be gone forever. Solar energy is the energy collected from the sun that is then converted into electricity or heat. The people can then use this electricity and heat for their homes and for preparing meals. Also, the heat created using solar energy can help with sanitation and cleanliness, for instance boiling water to make sure it’s safe to drink.

While there are many advantages to technological advancement, there are other things that the development of technology can harm. Technology and engineering are important to companies because they help them run more efficiently. Sometimes, those same companies have technology that affect the people around them, like the air the people breathe. Industrial pollution caused by factories can affect the air and water sources in the neighborhoods surrounding them. The same technologies that help the factories run better could be causing long-lasting environmental damage. Factories are being used all over the world and being used every day which are polluting the air that we breathe. The factories release harmful gasses to the people and the environment, like carbon dioxide, which results in global warming and damaging human tissues. It can be challenging to find solutions that work for the good of society in general, because the factories are very important to the people and the society needs them because that is what is being used to get new products needed for everyday life.

Another disadvantage of technology is dealing with the advancement of cell phone and internet technology. There are so many reasons why cell phones and internet have both made people’s lives easier and more difficult at the same time. As mentioned earlier, with internet, people can send digital messages instantly. This can be a good thing and a bad thing. The bad side of it is that people do not take the time to think very much about what they say or how it can affect others.

Cell phones and social media are technologies that have had major changes on how people socialize with each other. Before internet and other instant communication, people had to write letters to communicate with others. There was time to think about what to say before mailing the letter off. Even if the person were angry with the person he was writing to, there would be time to think about it before actually sending the letter off. Now with the internet, messages can be sent immediately after an argument or fight, which can make the problems worse. Every year there are cases of violence that escalated out of control because of social media, leading to assaults, murders, and suicides. Disagreements between kids used to be simple, but now with social media it is easy for cyberbullying. When a kid is bullied at school, the bullying stops once they leave the school. Now with the internet and people having 24/7 access to each other, the bullying never stops.

Information is easy to access through the internet and social media as well. While this is helpful when writing a paper for school, the access to information can be dangerous. In the book, Brain Vs. Computer by Jean-Pierre Fillard, Fillard discussed that “The constant progress of AI and of the power of computers have caused deep concern for many people, who claim that an immediate danger looms” (Fillard p. 237). The development of technology has been involving at an incredible rate especially since people can get all the information they want from the use of different technology. There are great people in society and there are those who choose to live on the dark side of society. These people make a living by stealing from others. More information is being sent digitally every day and that means that thieves may be able to get people’s personal information. There are constant news stories about data breaches where thieves have hacked into a network to steal people’s credit card and other valuable financial information. These hacks are only possible because people in the world are connected and have so many devices connected with their information on them. Data breaches and hacks can cause big financial problems for the victims as they try to get everything straightened out.

There can be a larger negative social impact that technology can have. Even though technology lets people connect with others from all around the world instantly, it can be the cause of a disconnect. Many times, people don’t socialize with the people in the room as much as they do on the phones. It is evident in so many public places that people do not connect the same way anymore. From grocery stores to malls to stop lights, many people are looking down at their phones instead of looking around them and speaking to the people around them.

Sometimes technology can be the cause of harm to the earth itself. Even technology that is intended for good can have negative effects on the land. There are earth elements used in every day technology. Those elements have to be mined or are formed as a by-product of mined elements. The creation of these elements can only happen if large sections of land are dug up, which is destructive to the local environment.

The development of technology allows the people to do things that we could never dream of doing. The development of technology is changing the way that the people live their lives. With the development of technology, the people are able to complete a task in a short amount of time with little effort and more productivity. With the development of technology, the people could find new type of fuels, so that it can be used to power the things the people need to use instead of using all the fuels the earth have to give. The development of technology can lead to a possibility where people can communicate with others without the fear of being hurt by others, so that the people and the society can live in peace. With the development of technology people can be brought together from all over the world and they can learn new things from each other and some of the people might find a common interest between them a create a new relationship. The development of new medical technology can help people by being able to determine what is wrong with the body either it be a sickness, or an injury and it will be able to heal faster, and new medicine can be found for people with incurable disease and come back with good health. With the development of technology, it can have a huge impact on the people and the society depending on how that technology is being used. The development of technology is a major factor in everybody’s lives and it is still improving, and it will change the people way of life and the society as a whole in the years to come.

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Role of Internet Today

All over the world people have their own opinions about how the internet is affecting our daily lives. In 2021, the internet will have been around for officially three decades. Within the last decade the need for the internet has spiraled out of control. We spend more than 10 hours a-day in front of the screen. The numbers just keep growing, most of us couldn't even spend a day without our cell phone or our computer. It has changed our world forever. As the internet continues to grow, the consequences of its negative impact on people will only increase, not only physially but emotionally.

The utilization of the internet psychologically affects children since they are uncovered to both good and terrible information. When it comes to children it’s more common that children prefer internet games than actual toys. (Prigg, 2014) “The poll found more than 60% of parents claiming that their child uses a touchscreen.They have overtaken dolls, action figures, board games and other traditional toys - and experts say their popularity is still rocketing.” However, this leads to children being exposed to exceedingly savage diversions and programs. This results in more forceful and violent behaviors, bullying of others and indeed even becoming thieves. In expansion, the consistent utilize of scornful messages on the internet, the nearness of pornographic videos and insuperability influences the intellect driving to habitual behaviors and other negative indecencies.

By the same token, social media is ruining self identity. Everyone wants to feel accepted and a part of something and the internet plays a huge role in that. (Seppälä, 2016) “The experience of art and history has been replaced with the experience of a digital representation of those things. We spend more time thinking about how other people will perceive our adventures than actually having them.” Get-away pics, charming outfits, cheerful couples, and cool events…people ordinarily select to post moments capturing joy and victory, building nourishes that record people’s perfect lives. When everybody looks like they’re having the most excellent time all the time, it sustains unreasonable standards to maintain within the regular reality of life. Moreover, all over the internet are tips and guidelines for enhancing yourself and being a part of what we like to call “Beauty” today. (Schiller, 2011) “The media broadcasts it's perception of what is attractive and young people (both men and women) are susceptible to feeling the effects of that. Young people can develop a distorted self-image which could lead to eating disorders, depression, or an unhealthy obsession with working out.” Issues, in any case, emerge after you start to feel a certain weight to look great and awe your peers. It can ended up progressively troublesome to maintain a idealize form of yourself, which can cause dissatisfactions and sentiments of low self-esteem, especially when your social media picture doesn’t coordinate your genuine life one.

Equally imoprtant, the media influences the way we go about daily life. The media makes individuals accept that they ought to reach a certain standard to please other individuals. The media sets benchmarks on how individuals ought to see, act, or live their lives; it takes absent creativity and orginality. The media is outlined to tell the public what to think around world issues and stories that influence a noteworthy parcel of society. From news to tv appears and motion pictures, an picture of what the world ought to supposedly be like is embedded into the subliminal intellect of the viewer. Since media is broadly utilized all around the word, we presently tend to accept that all the informations written there are true. Based on the informations composed within the media, public supposition is shaped, and with that conclusion activities are made. Media and social media outlets make worldwide obliviousness around numerous topics since we fall flat to see any further than a screen and our fingertips.

Altogether, media is a powerful device that can be utilized to alter our mindsets, thoughts and behaviors. Media unquestionably includes a hand in how individuals see their communities, as well as neighborhood and national legislative issues. Human behavior moreover changed in conjunction with the rise of the web and social media. In add Individuals are continuously on their smartphones or contraptions checking on their social media accounts that they regularly botch virtual reality for genuine life. In addition, individuals ordinarily only show the great side of their lives to the open but in reality, life isn't a bed of roses.There are troubles and challenges that come our way but we frequently bottle it up, to donate others the perception that our life is perfect. In that way, social media influences human behavior contrarily.

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Importance of being a Good Citizen

The history of the United States of America is long and filled with men, women and children that helped shape the culture of this inspiring country today. Of these historic figures, many of them had qualities that made them speak out against inequality, spread awareness for an issue or even become martyrs for a noble cause or needed change. These qualities can still be found in men and women today, and these important attributes are the very things that make you a good citizen. These attributes encompass other important things that you need to be a good citizen. There is an endless list of things that you could do to be a good citizen, but some of the most important are, supporting the government, be active and participate in your community, being a good neighbor, striving to keep the community clean, having a positive attitude, and being tolerant and inclusive.

The government is absolutely fundamental for this country. The government creates laws to keep the peace and insure order, the government imposes taxes to help pay for needed things to help keep the economy thriving such as, healthcare, infrastructure, and education. You can help support the government by simple things like voting. Voting is a fundamental process that helps keep the government working. It ensures that whoever is picked for a position that you vote for such as mayor or president has the support of the people and in not chosen based on things like nepotism or status. Paying your taxes is also crucial to keep the government functional. Taxes help the government pay for the amazing blessing of a free education for elementary, junior, and high school. They can also pay for healthcare for everyday people, including people who cannot pay for it themselves. The infrastructure is an important part of our lives helping us transport goods, travel and communicate. This is also a critical thing that is payed for by taxes.

To become or continue to be a good citizen you should also support the values that this government was based on, such as free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right against unreasonable searches and seizures as well as many others as found in the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was made to prevent the government taking too much power and limiting the rights of the people. We should always support these amendments that safeguard individual liberty. The Bill of Rights helps us keep our liberty and ensures that the government does not turn into an anarchy and keeps us a democratic republic, where the majority of the power is held by the people. We can help to safeguard that power by supporting the Bill of Rights and the constitution as a whole.

One of the things that we as people, as a community, as a country, as a world, and as humans we need to work on is kindness, positivity, inclusion and tolerance. These attributes are important to being a good citizen and improving the community as a whole. According to Plaza College, positivity can improve your outlook on life, improve your desire to do well, it can help you have a more successful life, and can even improve your physical health! Positivity helps leads you to positive opportunities. Kindness goes hand in hand with positivity. Kindness betters your neighborhood or community, by spreading goodwill. Inclusion and tolerance are also related, the more tolerant you are the more likely you are to be inclusive. Inclusiveness and tolerance are based around one of the most important values that our whole country was based on; that is equality. In fact, in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence (National Archives) it states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” These values are the very essence of a good citizen, and are, in my opinion the most important values you can have. One of the essential things you should have in your life is a support system. Support systems can support you through hard things, can help you if you need something done, and can just be there for you as a friend. To be a good citizen you should be part of the community support system.

One thing that this generation struggles with today is respect. Respect is a key value if you want to be a good citizen. According to USA today, “fewer believe students respect teachers and parents today.” (Toppo) They deserve so much respect, they are the reason we are all here today! They fought and died in wars to preserve the freedom of our, and future generations. My great grandmother was born during the great depression and grew up in a world where food was never guaranteed. She lived through the civil rights movement, the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin wall, and the end of the Soviet Reign. Most of their lives were infinitely more challenging than ours and they deserve the respect they have earned. The youth today need to respect them and the challenges they faced and despite all their challenges they brought us into the world. My parents are amazing. They are really hard workers, and despite how busy they are they still brought me and my ten siblings into the world. I know that I respect my parents and my really hard working teachers that sacrifice so much for us and still sometimes don’t get the respect they deserve. Respect is one of the most important things to have if you want to be a good citizen.

Citizenship is a really important role, and being a good citizen requires you to have certain values, fill certain roles, practice inclusion, kindness, tolerance, respect, etc. and support the government and its decisions and the morals and values that it was based on. To be a good citizen you need to practice these things, remembering them and weighing them in when you make decisions. In the Declaration of Independence (National Archives), it says that we hold these truths to be self-evident. These things are self-evident, they are obvious and should always be supported. The United States of America is the greatest country in the world and is founded on essential principals that should always be sustained, whether or not you agree with certain things that the government does. I hold all these truths to be self-evident, and so should you.

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“Ozymandias” is a Romantic Poem

Ozymandias puts off a strong “all-mighty” aura. He claims to be the king of kings, the ruler of the land. This poem called Ozymandias, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, has some pretty interesting qualities to it. Ozymandias seems to be someone very powerful, and most people either follow his ways or die. The two other narrator point of views seem to fear Ozymandias, with the power he claims to have. Ozymandias seems to also have people who fear him, the poem introducing three narrators.

Ozymandias gets introduced as the third narrator, and the poem obviously displays his highness. He seems to be a cold king who sneers and scowls. “My name is Ozymandias, King of King; Looks on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” This is a sentence used from the poem, though he is royalty or not, he certainly believes so. This quote helps the reader understand his belief in the power he has, who he believes he rules all. He may believe the people who are below him shall worship him, and listen to his commands. He may be a cruel king who teaches fear to discipline. It suggests why the other narrator may fear his visage, and why they are afraid of him. The way the poem describes the visage with a sneer and a cold command gives the reader a good image of how this statue of the king may look. He may be standing on his balcony, giving a speech to all the men who follow him. “...And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command.” The way the narrator describes the visage may make the reader feel bad that this king teaches fear. The reader gets the idea that he is not a good leader, and that he is a dictator. Ozymandias seems to be a strong person, who is far too over confident and believes he has much more power than what he actually has.

Throughout the story, there are three different narrators who speak. The first narrator is unknown, but they say they met a traveller who said something. After that, the second narrator comes in. The second narrator describes Ozymandias’s visage, and describes the cold look the visage has. The third narrator is Ozymandias himself, speaking with power and authority. “I met a traveller from an antique land.” This quote is what the first narrator had said, not giving much information. “Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command.” The second narrator spoke this, giving the reader a good picture. “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;” is what Ozymandias had said when he introduced himself. He claims to have the highest title, being the King of the Kings. All three of the narrators seem to have their own personality, though we don’t get much from the first narrator. The second and third narrator definitely stand out. When the second narrator comes in, they use colder and harsher words. The visage obviously did not make the people smile. Then when Ozymandias comes in, he seems to live up to the second narrator’s words, showing a harsh personality and Ozymandias is cold with his words. “...whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,” “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” In the poem, Ozymandias says “nothing besides remains” and “round the decay”. There certainly has been war, Ozymandias says his words without care, showing that he may not care for the deceased who had died in the war. It could have been either his own, or the enemy, but he does not show much empathy to the people who had lost to him. Ozymandias could be celebrating his victory by becoming king, and being known as the one who had led the people through the war. Ozymandias could also be the enemy, and he has taken over the kingdom, and he is now their new king who has conquered all the other kings.

The three narrators and the strong words used in the poem gives the poem an interesting feelings. The way the author transitioned between the narrators may be a bit confusing, but it still adds nice texture and effect.

Ozymandias was certainly someone who impacted lives back in his time. Whether it was good or bad, he became the “King of Kings” and he had his face put onto a statue.

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Does Montresor Feel Guilty?

Consequences don’t matter when dumping what made you feel like the dump. Murdering can be an abbreviated word as killing a person for any reason; nevertheless, it can also be used as self-defense in certain occasions. The Cask of Amontillado, a horror short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, was magnificent masterpiece which consisted of a strategically well planned murder from one of the main characters, Montresor, whose pain cannot resist the temptation for revenge against his dear old friend Fortunato. However, can his revenge be justified if he was accused of murder? Is he guilty of his crime? Or will he be free for lack of evidence?

As a matter of fact, there isn’t much to seek in for, no witness nor evidence for the reader to base a theory about it. Other than Montresor’s words such as, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (428). It can be concluded that Montresor has felt insecure and mad at Fortunato all those times he has insulted him, but the insult will never come to light because it’s not mentioned in the story. So what made Montresor not able to control himself this time? Was he exaggerating? Likewise, it could have been something related to his family like Fortunato did before his death with “I forget your arms” which is ironic because is symbolic in the Montresor’s family; a snake attacking the heel of the boot who’s about to smash it, and its motto is “Nemo me impune lacessit” translated to “no one hurts or attacks me with impunity. If Fortunato wasn’t so arrogant and careless, maybe Montresor would have change his mind of murdering him in the first place.

Furthermore, everything was in Montresor’s favor, the masks in the festival made the perfect timing for Montresor to guide Fortunato to his death and nobody can have evidence that they saw Fortunato with him. Under other conditions, let’s say Montresor was the main suspect for the murder of Fortunato, and they have enough evidence against him, can he be found guilty? First of all, there isn’t a specific year in the story but since it came out on 1846, the way court worked back then was different. The only evidence back then was eye-witnesses, and it’s already explained that nobody saw Montresor with Fortunato because of the masks. DNA wasn’t implemented until 1986; therefore, Montresor wouldn’t be guilty for his crime.

On the other hand, the worst-case scenario for Montresor would be if he confesses that he murdered Fortunato himself. Fortunato could have actually bully Montresor without knowing, but then there’s times he was ignorant towards Montresor’s nature. As Montresor said, “You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat” (428). It’s clearly to be emphasize his soul is like a shattered mirror holding up to anything that is hitting it. Is also Montresor’s fault for not revealing his feelings a lot sooner since he knew that Fortunato was a person with pride and insensitivity for not noticing his rage from his insults. Of course there were plenty other ways to fix the problem but as Montresor says, “A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redresser…” (428). It describes Montresor’s idea of justice will only be successful is he does the suffering himself. But then again, would the court believe all of this? Words from the defendant will never be use as a reliable source for the judges, so since Montresor does not have any proof that Fortunato was the one who caused and triggered him to do such thing. His actions would not be justified, and he loses all his privileges and rights for a second chance.

Murdering is one way of getting rid of people who disrespects you as a human, but is it really worth the attempt? Consequences will always happen even when they are not yet deal with. Just as it happened with Montresor in the last part of the story, he was in denial and remorse for his sin. As Marilyn Monroe says, “everything happens for a reason.”

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Being Raised by a Single Parent

Single parenting unfortunately became a very common predicament. Approximately 40% of American children come from “broken homes” (Feigelman & Finley, 2004). Single parenting usually occurs with negative life events such as a divorce or a traumatic loss (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). As a single parent, raising children is known to cause many problems and difficulties. Adjustment can be very challenging and can thus, result in dysfunctional children (Feigelman & Finley, 2004).

Raising children is a very challenging experience. There are many difficult issues and intense life decisions that need to be made. These decisions and issues can be very tedious and burdensome especially for a single parent. Single parents have all the responsibilities on their shoulder, such as financial obligations (Feigelman & Finley, 2004). They are usually the sole supporters (Feigelman & Finley, 2004). Sometimes they have to take on more than one job just so it can sufficiently support the family. This causes the single parents not to be available for their children’s needs. The children needs may need academic or social assistance, which is very crucial. This can cause a strain on single parents and the children especially if there is a divorce or a custody battle (Feigelman & Finley, 2004).

Discipline is another area where single parents have difficulty. Coming from a “broken home” can cause many negative and harmful effects on children (Feigelman & Finley, 2004). Research has shown that children with single parents have a higher criminal participation rate, greater use of substance abuse, violence, depression, academic problems and low self-esteem as compared to children with both parents (Feigelman & Finley, 2004). The input and assistance of both parents are necessary when raising children. Although, there are variables that minimizes the negative outcomes, such as children’s age, financial status, and demographics, however, there are still hurtful results that are rampant (Feigelman & Finley, 2004).

Often adjustments are needed when coming from a single parent home. The children need to become accustomed to a certain way of life. There may be just enough money for life necessities, such as food, shelter, clothing and little or no money left for luxuries the children may want in order to keep up with their friends. This can cause resentment. Another burden is that the household duties such as, cooking, laundry and cleaning needs, are to be done at the same time as assisting children with homework and other children care. Although, this maybe the routine in every household but single parents have to face these responsibilities alone. In order for single parents to feel less overwhelmed and stressed, help of extended family is needed (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013).

A wider inclusion of family members breeds the health and well-being of youth and reduces the pressure on the parents (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). Another adult or family member should be included to coordinate child rearing responsibilities (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). When single parents receive more support they experience fewer conflicts with children and a rise in positive behaviors. Usually a grandparent or a father’s involvement in children’s lives has a major impact and positive effect on the children. It releases family tension and helps the family system cope (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). A single parent may find it too difficult to fulfill all roles of parenting. They need to nurture the child, be a role model and provide daily care that is often done as a partnership of two parents (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). Co-parenting is a parenting technique that can aid the single parents in providing and fulfilling the roles of parenting (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). The co-parent should be an individual the parent and children can trust and respect (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013).

In order for a single parent to be successful they must be very involved in their child’s life (Cuellar, Forehand, Jones & Parent, 2013). They should be committed every moment and offer a lot of attention. Single parents need to provide security and a stable home. When the foundation of the home is disturbed it creates an increase in the children’s attachment towards the parents (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). This is because if a negative life events such as a divorce or a traumatic loss (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012), occurs, the children will experience a separation from one parent and are therefore afraid of another separation with the other parent (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). This impact causes the children to be extremely attached to the parent (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). The childrenare faced with stress and anxiety. When a small separation transpires the children may result in a behavioral reaction towards the separation. The single parentmay find it difficult to go out with friends, and socialize with their peers. Their children feel a strong attachment with the parent that the children don’t want to be left home alone. They feel less secure, thus causing anxiety in the parent-child relationship. Having a strong attachment is an unhealthy relationship. The parent needs “me time” and to do things they enjoy. They need to unwind and have leisure time in order to be recharged. They need to go to the gym, pamper themselves and be around adults in their age group in order to feel satisfied with themselves. Once the parent feels content it gives them the energy and patience to handle the pressures and challenges of single parenting. If the children have extreme attachment and the single parents feels stuck, it may cause resentment and animosity. The parents can experience a “burn out”, feel frustrated and lose her/his temper easily. For their own mental health and well-being the single parents should incorporate a separate routine and explain to the children that this will not interfere with their relationship or diminish their love. Another obstacle a single mother might have with a son is providing male role model (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). Boysneed someone to identify with for guidance; therefore, she should encourage a relationship with an uncle or a grandfather (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012).

All single parents have full custody of their children and the parents reside with them (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). Usually mothers are given custody since they are the primary caretaker for their children (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). However, in certain situations, when the mother is unfit or deceased,the father will have custody. When fathers are the single parent it is usually more challenging. Mothers are the ones who have the nurturing role and take care of the children (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). The fathers have to work extra hard to fill the void of a mother, a role that is unnatural for them. On the other hand, mothers also may have their share of difficulties. They need to juggle all her responsibility and therefore they expect extra assistance from their children (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). A single parent will require more involvement in care taking and household duties. The children will have designated chores to do and more responsibilities (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). The children have to become more mature and understanding (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They can no longer be frivolous children and must grow up quickly into adulthood (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012).

Single parents are sometimes lacking the emotional support that is provided by the other parent, and therefore may turn to the children for emotional support and be at risk for parentification (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They look upon the children to fill the vacant parental role and to satisfy their needs for comfort in times of stress. They may be more likely to use their children as a confidant to unburden themselves. Instead of parenting their children the roles become reversed (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They begin to treat the child as a friend or an equal and expect them to be emotionally understanding of their situation. Parentification can occur even at a young age. The children need a strong sense of stability from their parent, and to know they can be relied on in a time of need (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). When this is not provided it can lead to stress and anxiety. In result the parent will need to deal with behavioral problems and other issues (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). The children should not be used as pawns or as sounding boards (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012).

Often when a single parent is raising a child he/she may feel insecure or a failure (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They feel inadequate compared to other parents because they cannot offer the same comfort. They are at the scrutiny of others and often given unsolicited advice (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). People might assume because they are parenting alone they are lacking the knowledge on raising children (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They may feel anxious in their parenting skills in case they slip up and be declared an unfit parent there by losing their children (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012). They must be on their guard all the time and make sure they put up a good front for the public (Bernier, Danet & Miljkovitch, 2012).

Single parents encounter many challenges. The major challenges are disciplining their children, financial responsibility and providing a warm and loving home. Children from single parent homes also have disciplinary and behavior problems for their caretaker to deal with. The parents need to include the help of the others and provide a secure and stable environment. They also need to find time to take care of themselves for their own health and being.

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Moving to a New City and School

All my life I have lived in Texas and have moved now to 3 cities here. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas. After 4 years of living there I moved to Houston, Texas where I spent the majority of my life. After living there for 13 years I have now moved here to Tyler. Moving cities was always a scary thing and was a stressful thing for me. What I was mostly nervous about was me not knowing anyone that lived there. Everything is different, the environment, vibe, and it is way smaller then what I am use to.

My family lived Houston, TX until April, 23, 2017 at approximately 2 o'clock. It took a long time for us to pack everything and just looking back at everything and thinking of all of the good memories. It was a heartbreaking thing to do. My parents told my young brother and I that we were moving to Tyler, TX. I had no idea where that was because I have never heard of that city before. I was excited about this new experience as well as afraid.

I have always wanted to travel to a place where I have never been before, it was an interesting thing to do. We finally packed up and put all of our last belongings in the big uhaul truck. We then checked again to make sure that we took everything and said our last goodbye’s The drive took about 5 hours and just passing out of Houston got me sick. The roads were narrow and were surrounded by forests. We finally arrived in Tyler, it was nothing like Houston I thought. I knew nobody, all I knew was that I lived in the middle of a small non urban city. It was small and did not have all those roads on top of each other. At first, I was nervous about moving into a new home. One thing that really made me unhappy was having to share a room with my younger brother. I had my own room and my own privacy for over 10 years and I was enjoying it until we moved here. My family went from living in a big house into living in a small apartment. We set up everything without much hassle.

For a while our apartment did not seem like our home. It seemed more like we were on vacation. Eventually August came around, that meant a new school year was starting. Except I wasn’t going to be returning to the same school. I used to go to a Early College High School in Houston and transferred over here. I didn’t even know what to think. I was nervous about coming to this school because I have to make new friends and it just changed my whole life style. Not only that but I did not know where to go shopping or who to hangout with when I am bored, also what to do when I am bored. After going to school for a while and getting to know everyone it was not as bad as I thought it would be. I eventually made friends and everyone was cool with me. I went out with them and they told me a lot about Tyler. Now living here for my second year I love living here and would not call anywhere else home.

Moving somewhere you have never been before is always a scary thing to do and no one ever wants to do it.

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“Lord of the Flies”: from Killing the Sow to Injured Ralph

Symbolism is a very powerful literary device that helps the reader better understand a novel. Certain colors can hold meaning, and this meaning can change throughout the novel. Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells the story of a group of boys from London who are stranded on a deserted island during WWII. The book displays Golding’s thoughts on how humans act when there are no societal rules. The novel uses symbols to show how quickly the boys on the island descend into violence, and how extreme that violence really is. This symbol leads to a deeper understanding of how when society is not watching, things can become horrific.

Golding uses the symbolism of the spear to demonstrate that in the absence of civilization, men’s unrestrained barbarity will reveal itself due to their primitive instincts. When Jack and the boys decide to go hunting in the forest, they hide behind the scattered trees waiting for the pigs to get closer to attack. “The drove of pigs started up; and at a range of only ten yards the wooden spears with fire-hardened points flew toward the chosen pig. One piglet, with a demented shriek, rushed into the sea trailing Roger's spear behind it. The sow gave a gasping squeal and staggered up, with two spears sticking in her fat flank” (Golding 134). As the pigs get closer, the hunters come out behind the trees and throw their sharpened spears towards one pig just ten yards away; one piglet who is terrified cries out while the sow squeals as it got struck by two spears. The spear symbolises violence and savagery as it is a weapon to kill and hurt; the words 'fire-hardened points' describes the sharpness of the spear indicating the damage it can cause to another creature. The boy's use of the spear causing the pigs to 'shriek' and 'squeal' reveals that without rules and order to suppress men's darker side, their evilness will lead them to destructive actions.

Again, when Jack and Roger hunt for more pigs, they stab and wound the sow with their spear. “The spear moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a high pitched scream” (Golding 135). Jack and Roger throw their spear towards the sow who is frightened; when the spear hits the sow, its squealing changed to screams of pain. The evilness and violence that the spear represent are presented when Golding describes the pig’s “terrified squealing' becoming 'a high pitched scream”; by hunting with the spears, it is like using evilness to harm and kill. The pain that the spears caused on the pigs reflect on the evilness of the boys and how they are becoming unruly.

Towards the end of the novel where Jack and Ralph split up into two groups, Jack’s tribe purposely injured Ralph with a spear. “The bruised flesh was inches in diameter over his right ribs, with a swollen and bloody scar where the spear had hit him” (Golding 183). Ralph’s right ribs were swollen and bruised as the spear cut through his skin and left him a big bloody scar. The violence and savagery the spear symbolises grow from injuring another pig to now Ralph; the damage that the spear caused Ralph reveals that the boys have become more vicious as they live without civilization. The evil instincts within the boys are now coming through in the absence of rules and order.

Through Jack’s actions and the symbolism of the spear, William Golding proved that without civilization, man will resort to his primitive and oftentimes evil instincts. Through the novel, Golding uses Jack’s action and the symbolism of the spear multiple times to show the progression on how evilness can come out of men when removed from society. As there are no rules and order the boys have to follow, the boys slowly realised that they have plenty of freedom. Their evil instincts caused them to make violent decisions and caused them to end up killing one and another. The message of the book is to address the importance of rules and order as they help us be civilized and think logically. Without it, savagery can appear which lead to chaos and division. Lack of order and civilization will allow the savage beast inside all human to reveal itself and cause people to become vicious.

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Scrooge’s Transformation in “A Christmas Carol”

The main character in A Christmas Carol is Ebenezer Scrooge. He is a cynical, frugal, alone, and cold-hearted man who is in love with money. In the book he meets the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; as he encounters the ghosts who help a change begin in Scrooge. He undergoes a metamorphose from his self-alienated life style to become a more open person, who is embracing life for the first time. He feels regret for all of his terrible life choices and wants to change. In Charles Dickens’s, A Christmas Carol, it is apparent that Ebenezer Scrooge transforms from being inconsiderate and rude to others, to someone who is capable of compassion and love.

For instance, Scrooge has no moral compass, he keeps Marley’s name on the plaque outside the business. He does not care that it is deceiving to have a dead partner’s name on the plaque. He only thinks about the money and cannot fathom the reason people enjoy spending money on each other because he has no concept about family. “What is Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money” (Dickens 22) he knows that people are in debt and cannot understand why people celebrate this holiday. He finds no joy in the Christmas spirit at this time in the story and is bitter and mean. Scrooge encounters Marley as a ghost, someone who is trapped in a human world and cannot continue to the afterlife to rest. He knows he does not want to be like Marley and fears having the same terrible fate as his former business partner. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows him his ex- fiancée and how she pities him because he is alone, and she has what she wanted. Scrooge says, “Remove me” (Dickens 95)! He cannot seem to stomach the agony of the past and how he treats others and how he does not seem to care. In contrast, Scrooge in the end of the book is more optimistic, cheerful, and happy. He laughs for the first time on Christmas morning when he opens the window. He is rejoicing because it is a new day and he got a second chance at life. This is a transformation for the best and is a change from the old cynical Scrooge.

In addition, he is a penny pincher when it comes to money and would not even let Bob Cratchit have a fire to warm himself with. He refuses to give money to charity collectors when they ask for a donation in stave 1 because he sees no need to help the less fortunate. He has more than enough money to help others, but he wants to accumulate it instead. An example of Scrooge’s hoarding, “I cannot afford to make idle people merry” (Dickens 23). He does not want to waste money on people he thinks are idle. His core belief is that people should work for money and not be given a hand out. In spite of, his past behavior he learns from the Ghost of Yet to Come, an eerie possible ending if he continuous on his path. He sees himself dead and everyone could have cared less. Three people come together and took possessions of his, they can be assumed as thieves, trying to get rich off of stuff that belong to him. This was a sobering sight for him to see no one mourn his death. This gives him a desire to become a better person, so people will be sad to see him gone. He helped no one in the past so from the present day onward he helps people and greets people for the first time. He decides to help others by giving to the less fortunate and help the Cratchit family. He becomes less anxious about money. He gives Bob Cratchit coal to have in the office, so he can be warm and gives him a raise. This life changing decision has made him a better person and a more generous individual.

Furthermore, in the start of the book Dickens talks about Marley, as stated before is dead, he was the former partner of Scrooge. They were each other’s only friend. This gives the book a gloomy mood and gives him a chance to describe Scrooges personality. The weather that is described in the book reflects how he is as a person. He is cold, and no weather can bother him. Fred, the nephew of Scrooge, gives a warm greeting to Scrooge and he says, “Bah Humbug” (Dickens 15)! This is Scrooge being cold and mean to the one person who cares about him. After the visits from the ghost, he wakes up on Christmas morning and there is “no fog, no mist; clear bright, jovial, stirring, cold” (Dickens 138) it is a beautiful morning. Dickens uses this weather to show the change in Scrooge and to brighten up the mood. He wakes up a different person and is happy. He is reborn and is taking it all in.

Scrooge is also a lonely old man, not wanting to make friends and wanting to be alone. He does not have a need to be liked and does not mind being on his own. He gets irritated by people, everyone avoids him, and are silent when he passes them on the street. He likes the darkness and cold because it is cheap. He is described as being “self- contained and solitary as an oyster” (Dickens 12) by Dickens. In the beginning of the book Dickens sets us up to think of Scrooge as a lonely human being who pushes away people. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows him, his past and he has pushed everyone away. He pushed his fiancée away because he wanted to be wealthy. He feels remorse of this past event and begins to understand himself. By the end of the story the reader will see a beautiful transformation from someone who hates people to someone who craves human contact. He becomes closer with this nephew and spends Christmas with his nephew’s family. He even sends a turkey to the Cratchit family, so they can have more food to eat since Bob has a large family. He is able to save Tiny Tim’s life because his more generous and cares about the well-being of others.

Ebenezer Scrooge makes a complete transformation in the book. He finds out about himself through the Ghosts of Christmas Past and makes the necessary changes to not have the same terrible fate as Marley. Scrooge was able to get over his fear to open up to others and become courageous to be vulnerable to let others in his life. This allows him to be able to be a happier and generous person. This book shows that people are capable of great change. It does not matter how grumpy or cheap a person is. Everyone can change. Ebenezer Scrooge went from a cranky old man who would not even let someone light a fire for warmth. To someone who loves to give to others and takes a great pleasure in participating in the Christmas time activities. Christmas time is a sacred time for many families all across the world, whether it be religious or not, people agree that Christmas is a time for giving and sharing joy with others. By the end even ole Scrooge learned that.

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Should School Uniforms be Required?

I disagree, uniforms in school are not useful or beneficial. They tend to serve a superficial purpose and don’t solve the underlying problems that they seem to be targeting. They also tend to benefit the school, more so than its pupils; by allowing said schools to be able to control the way in which they are perceived, and by tailoring the clothing choices the students can make. It also strips the choices available for people who may not have the means to spend money so leisurely, people who before could just get by on the clothing they had from the year prior. Thereby, limiting their selection by narrowing it down to only a few select clothing brands, which can put people that already live way beyond their means in a hard position. And while there might be ways to target this with things like charity, and funds, it ultimately forms a problem which wouldn’t have been present in the first place had it not been for the mandatory use of uniforms in schools. This of course only benefits the uniform companies whose revenue combined is somewhere around a billion each year. They are also some of the loudest advocates for the use of uniforms in schools because they have a personal stake in the matter.

The use of uniforms within schools seems to have formed out of a need for discipline and to make students be on a level playing field, this way the students wouldn’t feel peer pressure to convey a sense of opulence by spending money on things their parents couldn’t afford. They were also implemented as a way to deter things like bullying and displaying gang colors within schools. The first of which has been largely disproven to have positive conclusions, and instead seemed to have increased bullying drastically, and the second of which has had dismal positive effects, and served no value in schools whose uniforms included colors like blue, and red.

They also instill tribalism and strip away individuality by presenting the idea that sameness should be something to be striven for, and valued, rather than individual thoughts and actions. This can also be detrimental when it comes to childhood development. Since teens are in their transition from childhood to adulthood, the clothes they wear can be extremely significant, by limiting said clothes you also limit their freedom to choose, which can leave them unprepared for the adult world.

This is explored in Erik Erikson’s stages of psycho-social development. The stage of adolescence is seen as a very important one, in this particular phase the person asks who he is and what he can be. He can either develop an identity or role confusion.

Clothing is regarded as one of the means of building an identity, without the freedom to choose, the development of such – as well as his transition to adulthood – can be severely dampened.

It seems that uniforms have a low chance of having positive effects, and do more to benefit the companies than they do the kids and the parents. They also do little to benefit bullying and serve dismal or no purpose in terms of eradicating violence in schools. They also teach kids that sameness should be valued and that standing out can have negative effects, as well as severely dampen their development well into adulthood. Do you think that uniforms have a higher positive impact, If so, why?

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“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron

Lord Byron is famous for love affairs and scandals. His sexuality is even questionable. Byron is rumored to have dated famous authors both men and women. “She Walks In Beauty” is a poem Byron wrote about his own cousin who he saw in mourning. Because of his eccentricity it is interesting to see his perspective on beauty as illustrated through his writings. In “She Walks In Beauty”, Byron uses strong imagery, metaphorical diction, and literary techniques to describe perfect beauty sourcing from both internal and external attributes. Throughout “She Walks In Beauty” Lord Byron characterizes a woman whose beauty is so beyond this world, that it makes the impossible, possible. Her beauty allows darkness and light to coexist. Byron begins by illustrating a starry night (light) and compares this woman’s beauty to that of the night (dark). She brings together these opposites in her beauty and creates a “tender light” (line 5). This “tender light” she creates is not like that of daytime, because he describes daylight as gaudy, but a light that “heaven” refuses even daytime. The women’s beauty and tenderness are like the beauty and “tender light” of the stars.

The setting can be visualized as a dark sky filled bright stars, an ideal evening, which can be compared to his ideal woman. Byron goes on to explain that if this darkness and lightness were not in the right quantities, “One shade the more, one ray the less”, her beauty would not be spoiled (line 7). He explains that she would only be “half impaired,” and therefore still radiant. Also, the combination of opposite forces, “shade” and “ray”, create balance in this woman. Byron implies that the convergence of light and dark within this woman creates a new thing that is greater than the sum of the two. The darkness of her “raven tresses” and the lightness of her skin do not contrast with each other, they create a well-rounded whole that is great enough to hold contrasting elements. Byron’s bold and striking comparisons must correlate to this woman’s striking external features. His use of imagery allows for the picturing of an angelic looking woman with dark hair and a lightface, with a soft aura surrounding her gingerly.

On the contrary, Byron uses different literary techniques to prove beauty is spawned from an interior source. The enjambment used throughout the poem aids in the deviating effect. For example, “the best of dark and bright/meet in her aspect and her eyes,” here Byron substitutes a trochaic foot for an iambic foot at the start of the fourth line because he wants to emphasize the word “meet” (lines 3-4). He is accenting this unique quality the woman possesses that makes her beautiful. In the same way that enjambment forces lines together, this woman joins together darkness and light within her features. They “meet” in her. It is also important to notice that the joining together can be seen in her “aspect” and her “eyes”. Eyes are usually associated with external beauty; however, eyes have also been linked to a window into one’s soul.

Another literary method Byron uses to distinguish beauty’s source is alliteration. “Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling place,” focuses on this woman’s mind (lines 11-12). The repetition of the “s” sound is soothing and serene; it emphasizes the purity of her mind. The alliteration describes the inner beauty of her mind. These are vital techniques Byron uses to describe the woman’s inner source of beauty. Byron uses different techniques to fill “She Walks In Beauty” with contrasting light and dark imagery. In the first verse there is assonance present in words such as “night”, “bright”, “light”, “skies”, “eyes”, and “denies”. Although the same vowel is used in each one of these words the rhyming scheme is ababab causing a type of double effect. Byron uses this literary technique to subtly further the contrast between light and dark. However, his biggest comparison is between the woman’s natural beauty and the beauty found in nature. He implies that God bestows the woman’s beauty by saying ” Had half impaired the nameless grace” (line 8). He indicates that something so contradicting yet still so exquisite could only be formed by a “nameless grace”. Byron is convinced that a form of beauty so perfect could only be compared to the beauty in nature and is heaven-sent. She Walks In Beauty” flawlessly conveys the image of a stunning woman who possesses all of nature’s beauty, in its entirety, from the inside and out. Even though the descriptions of this woman may have contradicting attributes, the overall portrayal of this woman implies that these qualities have created a perfect harmony within her.

The overlying contrasts of darkness verses light have helped solidify this balance. The diction, imagery, and literary techniques Byron creates prove that this woman’s astounding natural beauty can be illustrated through the comparison of darkness and light.

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Proud to be an American

Pride in one’s country is one of the basics of patriotism and at times one of the hardest things for a person to have. With the past election we were left with a country divided and mixed feelings about our country as a whole. No matter how you feel about the specific people in office at a given time you can find pride in the long list of accomplishments our country's previous leaders.

One leader I would like to highlight in particular is President Barack Obama, America’s first african american president. Personally, Obama makes me proud of America because of his strive for equality and how he help our nation over his 8 years. Thanks to Obama, people have came to together and have seen “change we need.” The first accomplishment worth mentioning is improved school nutrition thanks to the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. I am proud that the president made it possible for millions of kids to have nutritious meals each day. This act helped children have the proper nutrients and energy needed to have a productive school day. The program also promoted children world wide to be more conscious of the foods they eat and strive for a balanced diet. Another life changing accomplishment I am proud of is the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable care act allowed 20 million people to become eligible for medical insurance. Now, more people than ever can go to the doctor when they’re sick OR healthy and prevent disease. The Affordable Care Act also allowed medical coverage options that covered specialists visits for people with preexisting conditions. Finally, I am proud that Obama instituted enforcements for equal pay for women. This movement is of special significance to me because I am a young woman and it makes me hopeful for my future. Before this movement, women would go work and get paid as little as half of what a man got paid. With female employment reaching a record high this injustice could not stand; a qualified woman should be able to be paid the same as a man. I found it extremely unfair that a single woman could work as much as a man in the same job and at the end of the month not be able to pay all of her bills or take proper care of her family. Obama’s brave stance on this issue was inspiring to women of all ages everywhere.

President Barack Obama’s accomplishments are the reason I am proud to be an American . It would take more than this one paper to cover every groundbreaking movement he made during his eight years but I believe I have touched on some of his biggest. I am so thankful for President Barack Obama and others like him. It is those kind of people who allow us to remember why America is great and stay proud of our country even when times get tough.

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A Dish i Like

Millions of people worldwide are head over heels with sushi and will swallow it whenever given the chance. Sushi restaurants have been cropping up across the globe and have become some of successful businesses during the past two decades. Sushi is full of protein and will fill you up quickly without making you gain weight since it does not have an excess of calories. This is the main reason why some of dietitians suggest it as one of the most ideal and healthy options for dining out. Even wonderful is that there are so many different tastes and textures that it is almost impossible for someone not to find a taste that excites their palate. However, critics of this view argue that sushi is just a simple dish, but they forget that it is the traditional food of Japan, with hundred years of development and technique, to create a dish simple yet survives and well known to this modern day.

When mention Japan, first thing comes to your mind is sushi, sushi is well known among countries around the world. But is it true that sushi actually from Japan? The history of sushi began around the 8th century in Japan. The original type of sushi was first developed in Southeast Asia and spread south China before being introduced to Japan sometime around the 8th century. Fish was salted and wrapped in fermented rice, a traditional lacto-fermented rice. The fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling. The fermented rice was discarded and fish was the only part consumed. Later on, the Japanese preferred to eat fish with rice. This new method of fish consuming was no longer a form of preservation but rather a new dish in Japanese cuisine. When Tokyo was still known as Edo in the early 19th century, mobile food stalls run by street vendors became popular. During this period nigiri sushi was introduced, consisting of an oblong mound of rice with a slice of fish draped over it. After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, nigiri sushi chefs were displaced from Edo throughout Japan, popularizing the dish throughout the country. Today the sushi dish internationally known as ‘’sushi’’, and by sushi I mean nigiri sushi, is a fast food invented by Hanaya Yohei (1799-1858). People in Tokyo were living in haste even a hundred years ago. The nigiri sushi invented by Hanaya was not fermented and could be eaten using fingers or chopsticks. It was one of the early form of fast food that could be eaten in public places. After all, it is important to known where sushi comes from, either enhance your palate or enrich your knowledge, both are beneficial to you.

At a glance, sushi is just a simple dish, but to be able to preserve the umami of sushi takes serious preparation. First, rice is one of the component that complete a perfect sushi. To get the right texture, it takes more than just following a recipe of the right proportions of water and vinegar. Every factor that goes into the process needs to be precisely accounted for, from the seasonality of rice crops to the air pressure that day. ‘’You cook the new crop rice with a lot less water than older crops because the rice itself has more moisture in it’’, says Taichi Kitamura of Sushi Kappo Tamura (Seattle, WA). In addition, rice also need to be treated with care, inexperienced chefs will often over-mix the rice, which causes it to become too sticky, making for an overly compact bite of sushi. Also, each grain of rice needs to be preserved and not broken up. As chef Tyson Cole of Uchi (Austin, Dallas, Huston, TX) says ‘’Traditionally you use a wood spatula to mix the vinegar into the rice, but if you’re doing it wrong without finesse, you’re just tearing it up’’. Second, fish need to be sources properly, most top restaurants import fish from Japan’s biggest fish market (Tsukiji) and have personally vetted their suppliers. ‘’I usually find the strength of each supplier, so I use supplier A for my tuna, supplier B for the sea urchins, and so on’’, says chef Yoshihiko Kousaks of Kosaka (New York, NY). Final, knives need to be in the highest form of sharp. ‘’Master sushi chefs will always sharpen their knives every day before service’’, says chef Katsunori Kawaguchi of Mozen Bistro (Las Vegas, NV). This is crucial to ensure that cutting is a delicacy action and not one driven by power. ‘’If you use too much pressure while cutting the sushi it will affect the texture’’, says chef Kawaguchi. In general, in order to produce a perfect sushi that satisfy any palate, preparation is a first and an important part for every sushi chef to become a master of this form of cooking.

A side from a delicious dish, sushi also a culinary art in which the chef is the artist with humble, dedication, self discipline. For a sushi chef to be able to standing in front of cutting table, it takes years of practices, refining knives skills, serving skill to perfection. For an apprentice, first they would start with cleaning duty, a sushi chef must always keep everything nice and clean all the time in order for the customer to get the best out of sushi. For example, a hot towel will be a sushi chef’s best friend as they wiping hands to deflect bacterias while making. Next, they would start to prepping sea food, depending which type of fish that they get from market, there would be different cuts and teachniques for every type of fish. In a salmon there are different in levels of fatness, with a belly there will be more fat, moving up will be more lean. With octopus, chef has to give it a rub with salt to remove slime and for the meat to be softer, this process could take to an hour. In every restaurant, there will be different recipe of rice, salt, and rice vinegar, the apprentice has to follow strict instructions from the senior. Once the senior has seen the consistency of apprentice, they will be promoted to a position which is called wakiita, which translated to near the cutting board, from there they will learn from the senior. Eventually, the apprentice might began to prepare sushi for clients with take away orders. Also, they will learns the proper ways to interact with and treat the restaurant’s customers by observing the senior. In addition, a great chef has the following five attributes. First, they take their work very sincerely and regularly perform on the highest level. Second, they aspire to improve their skills. Third is cleanliness, the food is not going to taste good if the restaurant does not feel clean. The fourth attribute is impatience, they are better leader than collaboraters, they are stubborn and insist on having it their way. And finally, a great chef is passionated. This can all be found in Ono Jiro, a Japanese chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a three Michellin starred Japanese sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. He who has been regarded by his contemporaries and peers as the greatest sushi craftsman alive. There is a documented fim which named Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Mr. Ono’s standards are obsessively high that he wanted to shoot each handmade masterwork at the supreme moment of deliciousness. For a newbie just come to a sushi restaurant, sushi is just a simplistic dish but behind that takes many hours and years of practices trying to reach the highest level and keep improving your skill just as one of the best sushi craftman Jiro Ono said: ‘’I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I will continue to climb, trying to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is’’.

Sushi at first look is simple yet do not let it fool you, being simple is not easy, it is an art in which the chef is the artist and can make mouth watering little pieces of perfection in your palate. There will always be new techniques and new ways for food experiences. Before judgement, a simple dish can yield the power to make you feel good in every bite. A whole new sky of rich history and cultural can be found in this simple dish.

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Women’s Role in Society Past and Present

The question of gender equality has been debated about for many decades in different countries of the world. In the previous years of our history, this question has not been as sharp as nowadays. It was considered normal that women had lesser rights and occupied lower positions on the social ladder. In fact, in many countries, women were treated as the property of men and therefore it was justified that husbands abused their wives. Although women have been at a disadvantage since the beginning, progress for women is happening. Many similarities and differences exist among, household gender roles, politics, adn work as comparing women in the present day and decades before. Good introduction

As we compare women in the 1950’s to women in the present day, we see similarities between women’s roles at home with the amount of effort to maintain a household and differences in workforce positions. In the 1950s, women felt tremendous societal pressure to focus their aspirations on a wedding ring. The U.S. marriage rate was at an all-time high and couples were tying the knot younger than ever before. Although women had other aspirations in life, the culture and media at the time was that a husband was far more important for a young woman than a college degree.Although marriage is a goal for many women in the future it is not a priority straight after high school as it once was in the 1950s. Today over 40% of women are optimistic to continue their education not only in college but in trade school, while marriage and children remain somewhere in the future. Although others may argue home life have changed for women, the similarity remains between the amount of chores that woman does in comparison to men.Women are still doing the majority of housework when living with a male partner, a new study has found .According to the University College London nice! You cite your source...good job!“gender norms remain strong' when it comes to household chores. The researchers show that 8,500 couples who were interviewed discovered that women do approximately 16 hours of household chores every week, while men do closer to six.

In addition, when it comes to politics we can find differences between more women in political positions and similarities between movements that were done in both impactful decades. Social expectations for what a woman’s proper role outside the home constrained women Members of Congress as well. Maurine Neuberger, who served for years in the Oregon legislature, puts her name on the ballot, and she encounters prejudice and people saying, ‘A woman’s place is in the home.’ She has to walk a very tight wire in conducting her campaign. Congresswoman Gracie Pfost of Idaho observed that a woman seeking political office “must be willing to have her every motive challenged, her every move criticized,” and added that she “must submit to having her private life scrutinized under a microscope . . . and [being] the subject of devastating rumors every day.” With the amount of women in the 1950s in political positions were very limited and very criticized which others may agree that has repeated itself into the present day. Many of these women only represented less than 10% of the political parties . The difference is seen in the amount of women that are in political parties in the present day in comparison. The comparison is very little but still a subtle change improving women in office or political platforms going up to at least 24% . Just last year Hillary Clinton was the first woman to run for office be more specific….not last year and many women run for office...and she wasn’t the first to run for president, just for the democratic party. and even though it was a defeat, it inspires women to continue to impact politics. Similarities are seen between the movements and protest for women's suffrage whether it’s for present day from decades before. For example as the #MeToo movement is advancing record numbers of women are seeking office, and as the Women’s March drives the resistance against the Trump administration. Feminism is reaching an all-time level of recognition. Many women are trying to break the stereotypes and challenge the thought of the quality whether it’s protesting for equal pay or rights to their own body women are fighting . Similarly when looking back to previous decades before, feminism was just as powerful as today. The movement won some major legislative and legal victories: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 theoretically outlawed the gender pay gap and series of landmark Supreme Court cases through the ’60s and ’70s gave married and unmarried women the right to use birth control. Women today are trying to repeat the same impact women were fighting for decades ago for the same purpose.

Lastly we can see similarities between stereotypes of women in the workforce and differences between the amount of women who choose to ignore the stereotypes and choose to work. Similarly the stereotype between women regarding workforce for women remains, the 'ideal' 1950's woman is one in which a woman's only goals were to take care of the home and look beautiful. Even though the years have passed, women couldn't find their voice and their true potential in society because 'business culture was dominated by men, and the rules that existed were the rules created by men.' Fortunately there has been a difference in the amount of women in the workforce in comparison to earlier decades .Women composed more than 10 percent of the workforce even back in 1900. By 1950, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 34 percent of women (and 86 percent of men) were employed. Most commonly held positions as secretaries, bank tellers or clerical workers, sales clerks, private household workers and teachers. In 1950 about one in three women participated in the labor force. By 1998, nearly three of every five women of working age were in the labor force. That’s implying that women are starting to make about half of the work force and men being the other half. A completely different workforce percentage in comparison to the 1950s for women

As we begin to distinguish differences among women in the past and women in present day , we should appreciate all the evolution that has occurred throughout the decades and continue to make change. Regardless of the ideal world of gender inequality, we should continue to fight to break these gender roles regarding household, political and work gender roles.

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Position of Women in Society

The ancient world and classical world both have a different weltanschauung when it comes to the role of women in society. In different periods of time throughout history, the way women were viewed varied by culture. Gilgamesh- A Verse Narrative was written depicting the period of the ancient world. Antigone, written by Sophocles was based in the classical world time period. Both texts display a world where women were inferior to men. Despite the fact women were considered inferior to men, the women in both texts display a sense of importance and purpose.

Throughout history, women were typically viewed less significant to men. In Antigone, Ancient Greece was a male dominant society. The women in Antigone were always expected to obey the laws of man. Men in this time established authority over women. Men were associated with other men and women were viewed as having no place when it came to men and their decisions. The women's role in society was very limited in both social and family life. Creon, the king of Thebes speaks out proclaiming “And you made free to overstep my law?” (Sophocles 17). Creon also speaks to Antigone in a conversation stating, “No women, while I live, shall order me.” (20). As you can see, Ancient Greece was a very male dominant society. Women were expected to obey men and treat them as their superiors.

In the ancient world, which is depicted in the narrative of Gilgamesh, the role of a woman is less than that of a man. Gilgamesh revolves around a society of brotherhood and masculinity. In the period of Mesopotamia, women did not have the same power, strength, or wisdom as men. Despite being second to men, women did possess certain traits or powers that made them equal and possibly more powerful than men at times. Male dominance is present in the narrative of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, was a tyrant to his people. He disregarded the feelings of women as he demanded the privilege of sleeping with brides before their husbands were permitted (Mason 15). Men had little respect for woman, and they were treated merely as objects.

The texts of Antigone and Gilgamesh both depict strong females in a male dominant world. In Antigone, the women express capabilities of power. These women possess unique characteristics, and each have their own specific role. Two of the main characters in Antigone are Ismene and Antigone.

Antigone is portrayed as being fearless and courageous. In the story, Antigone commits acts of civil disobedience. She rebels against Creon’s laws and is very bold and strong in her actions and opinions. Antigone sees herself as equal or even superior to men. She follows her heart and not the rules of Creon. She does what she feels is right, even if it means defying the men who make the rules. She has the heart set to sacrifice all she has regardless of the punishment that may come. Antigone is the typical rebel among women. She goes against the typical rules of society displaying bravery, passion, and fury. The actions of Antigone upset gender roles and hierarchy. Ismene on the other hand displays the typical Greek woman.

Ismene is the sister of Antigone. She portrays characteristics of women in the ancient Greece society. She is the reputation of how women were viewed by men. She understands that certain activities were meant for man only and respects that.

Ismene is very wise and cautious with her decisions and actions. Ismene understands the importance of following the rules of man and respecting them. She is aware of the repercussions that can come about if they are not followed. This is portrayed in a conversation with Antigone and Ismene where Antigone is asking for Ismene’s help to bury her brother and Ismene responds “What would you bury him? Against the proclamation? You are mad! When Creon has forbidden it?” (Sophocles 2).

In Gilgamesh, as discussed above, during the period of the ancient world, women were treated and inferior to men. They served less importance and were often disregarded as being worthless. They were often left home to complete typical skills such as cooking, cleaning, sewing, and housework. The story of Gilgamesh depicts several different women each with different roles. These women seem to either be something to be objectified sexually or maternal figures. These women were often assaulted by Gilgamesh.

Shamhat, one of the first women introduced in the narrative is a prostitute who is sent to influence a man named Enkidu. She is portrayed as a sex goddess however she also is looked at as a maternal figure. She took care of Enkidu while she was spending time with him in the wilderness before bringing him to the village. Enkidu questions Shamhat at one point regarding the king and his actions of sleeping with virgin brides. “He asked the prostitute, why this should be his birthright. She answered: He is king” (Mason 21). This conversation between Shamhat and Enkidu gives great insight as to how women during this period are perceived and treated.

The next woman depicted in the narrative is Ninsun. Ninsun is the mother of Gilgamesh and a goddess herself. Ninsun is the only person Gilgamesh will talk to openly about his feelings. Ninsun uses her influence over men in the story. She interprets her sons dreams and he puts all his trust into her. She is also portrayed as a very calming influence on him. Ninsun is used to represent a mother figure. She is a caring, mothering character which helps us understand the role of gender in the story.

Ishtar is considered the daughter of a god. She plays the role of a temptress. She was created in this story to tempt Gilgamesh after his journey. When she was denied, she turns on him and tries to slay him with the Bull of Heaven. This gives an example of how Gilgamesh uses his power over women.

Siduri is one of the later female characters introduced in the story. She has the purpose of informing Gilgamesh of doubts he should have regarding his adventure. Despite women being inferior to men, you can see they play important roles in men's lives.

During the period of ancient time, women were used as sex objects. At times some were considered goddesses, however they were still inferior to men. They were used to complete jobs undesirable to men. They had fewer rights, little respect, and were viewed very low in society.

When it comes to comparing the weltanschauung of the roles of women in society in the stories of Gilgamesh and Antigone, many similarities and differences arise as discussed above. Women in both stories, which were set in different times periods, were both viewed as being inferior to men. Women were often given jobs that men did want or seen as undesirable. The women depicted in both stores were given little respect. Despite the societal view of these women, both stories portrayed ladies who served a greater purpose then what society believed. Despite a women's position in society, their importance and purpose often differ from how they are viewed.

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Sensation and Perception

Sensation can be defined as our minds taking in a sensation, such as taste, smell, sound, and sight, and turning the sensation into neural impulses. The neural impulses would then trigger a reaction within our body. When sensory information is sent to our brain, the information is channeled to the part of our brain called the thalamus. The thalamus then deciphers what parts of our brain the sensory information needs to be sent too to be processed (except for smell). Perception can be defined as the process of our brain making interpretations of those said sensations. The interpretations are then formulated into something that is relevant.

Our brain is processing cues to make sense of the world on a continual basis. Since it is the holiday season, my given example would be waking every morning in December to see a bright and lit Christmas tree in my living room. The sensory information of the bright lights begins with my retina. The light waves travel through my retina and become neural impulses that are transmitted to my brain through the optic nerve. My brain would then characterize them as hues. Then, my brain releases dopamine, thus giving me the feeling of pleasure and joy.

Our brains can perceive something completely different than what we are actual seeing in front of us, hence the saying “My mind is playing tricks on me”. Our eyes are two separate organs, and the vision that each eye processes is transmitted separately. The vision in our right half of either eye is transmitted to the right hemisphere, and the vision in our left half of either eye is transmitted to the left hemisphere. This crossing of visions occurs at the optic chiasma. (LeFrancois. 2016). Mild depression disorder (MDD) has been found to alter the way a human prcesses what he or she is seeing. “Patients with MDD responded differently than the controls; they had markedly reduced contrast gain-related activity, suggesting that they were less sensitive to contrast”. (Costandi. 2013).

Cultural differences have a major contribution to the way humans see the world around them. A great example is facial tattooing. Here in the U.S. facial tattooing is not a common practice. Rather it is looked down upon the majority of the time within society. Many cultures around the world use facial tattooing as a symbol of status within tribal communities. Depending on the tribe, tattoos may represent social status, warning off of evil spirits, sacred symbolism, and/or religious beliefs. Here in the states facial tattooing is perceived negatively, where as in other cultures it is perceived as many positives. I chose to use facial tattooing as my example because I have many tattoos on my body, none on my face. Even though all of my tattoos can be covered with my military uniform, when I expose my tattoos in public settings, I do get frowns from others.

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Book Review “Better” by Atul Gawande

First time I came across a non fiction book that too by a doctor which I found was hard to put down , I am really touched by each and every chapter of the book beginning from hand wash till how doctors perform under pressure in each part of world.

Book is written by Dr Atul Gawande , as the title suggests “Better” , book talks about improvement in performance. 3 things Gawande mentioned in his book which can make good at something ,they are Diligence, ingenuity and “Doing Right”. Gawande tried to illustrate all these qualities and did it beautifully with stories from his own experience in India and in USA and also with conversation and experience of other physicians

Diligence- Sometimes small things matter most , and there is a need to give sufficient attention to these small but important things to avoid mistakes, in his story he demonstrated that simple act of hand washing can dramatically decrease infections rate in hospital. Story on “Washing Hands” most simple yet most ignored infection control rule in hospitals. Ignac Semmelweis who was very forthright about views on hand washing in hospitals, as per him Hand washing was single most common reason for maternal deaths from puerperal fever in 19th century .But it took around another 150 years for others to realize this . But condition is no better even today, still doctors and nurses do not adhere to this simple policy . Yokoe and marino did every possible thing to make staff nurses and physicians aware about Hand washing , but still compliance was not more than 50- 60%.

Being Diligent is not an easy job , there are tons of things which oppose you from the diligent efforts that you wish to do, Many things or tasks we wished to do but could not do , then you realize that Diligence which seems very simple is actually Very difficult . Another story about polio eradication from India brings out outstanding achievement by Staff and doctors whose diligent efforts can do things which seemed to be impossible .

The story of US army is most inspiring to me, through diligence, surgeons could drastically enhanced the survival rate among causalities in Iraq .Surgeons realized and found that bottleneck in whole process was delay in care and treatment , Early and improved trauma care could drastically decrease causalities, they used knowledge and technology already in hand, Surgeons realized that wounded soldiers have Golden five minutes not Golden Hour , so Forward surgical teams were made, this is a great example of diligent effort by doctors in war zone. I work in emergency department, while reading this part of book, similar picture was striking in my mind ,that can i also do something like that for trauma patients coming to me in their Golden hour , can i also Make protocol of Golden five minutes rather than an hour, seems simple but soon i realized that i need to put diligent effort to make it happen as there are so many resistance on the way.

Doing Right- Chances to go wrong in medical profession are pretty high, as medicine is not only vast but very complex profession , it is therefore , always troubled with human errors, medicine failures, procedure failures, some failings may be due to human greed, ego, misinterpretations, misunderstandings and insecurity. So solutions and problem are going side by side in human traits.

First section of book focuses on need of another medico person in examination room normally called chaperone, this person is usually a female nurse which stays in examination room while medical examination of another female is going on, in most countries like UK they have standard protocols about Chaperone, about 4 % of disciplinary orders that state medical boards issue against physicians are of sex related offenses, I personally have seen many cases while in Practice in India where some of my fellow doctors are facing sexual harassment cases, so it is very important to have some standard protocols when male physician is examining a female patient.

Now a days, most feared thing in medical profession is Malpractice suit, problem is so severe that now each and every doctor in hospital need an insurance to save himself ,called indemnity. In US problem is more severe where 55000 patients sue the doctors , only few get compensation ( 1 in 100). Lawyers also charge a hefty money. In story lawyer Berry Lang, a independent malpractice lawer earns about $200k in a year, he gets about 5 cases in a year , and out of these , 4 gets the money

One doctor gets sued once in 6 years on an average and also pay around 1 million dollar as premium of insurance. In every profession there is a chance of error, doctors are also human beings , so they also do mistakes, doctors work under pressure and uncertainty, one odd mistake in doctors life can claim his licence , author gave example of Dr Kenneth Reed who faced charges of medical malpractice even though he tried everything from his side to give right advice to the patient. Doctors would never know when things will turn out differently, we as a doctors always try to do best for the patient , but still chances of making mistakes are always there. After mentioning number of stories where system failed , author also told about system that worked “Vaccines”

No matter how safe vaccines are but some children will develop side effects say 1 in 10000 or so, this led to law suits against manufacturers, this followed by manufacturers to go out the business , this caused shortage of vaccine , price hikes etc. To deal with the situation , American vaccine association came with an idea where vaccine will carry 75% surcharge, this additional money will cover all cases where vaccine caused side effects, compensation given usually satisfied the affected parties. One such example gives a hope that system still can be improved .

In next section author mainly writing things about how doctors are compensated, insurance companies had made doctors more like businessmen , to be successful doctors must take most of the insurance trouble themselves , Most doctors are dissatisfied with profession only because they are unable to sort to sort through the insurance morass. So where is the solution , some doctors did remarkably well , like Dr Harris Berman in 1971 , he did a radical experiment , where group of doctors offered patients on fixed annual fee without any bills to insurance company and they paid themselves a fixed salry, idea worked very well By the mid-1980s, sixty thousand patients had joined the Matthew Thornton Health Plan.

Next section of doing Right touch some troublesome and moral issues as if doctors should take participation in legal executions or not, if yes then what is the extent till which doctors can take part. I personally think that taking part in execution is not right for working healthcare professionals as on one side we want doctors to be empathetic with patients , on other side we want them to take part in executions , at the end doctors are also human being, it is not ethically and morally right for doctors to participate in such activities

Doctors are considered next to God as they are the only hope and stand between patients and their illnesses, they fight and fight for patients diseases. But for few successful doctors , element of fighting with illness is different , it is very easy bring ego on table, and when ego is there , patients are on huge risk. Doctors should learn when to stop, and let go of the egos, it is always better to get out rather than holding on egos. When to fight and when to stop and take help is crucial decision that every doctor should learn. All decisions are taken for patients, not for themselves . it is always about patients , not about doctors and his credentials and experience. Many good doctors understand that now it is not worth trying and let the patient die. It is same like doing a business, when business goes well, good for you, when business go wrong, it is time to do cost cutting.

Ingenuity – Childbirth was considered one of most dangerous event in any woman’s life till late 19 30 s, as mortality rate was very high, with the development of new antibiotics , new technology woman’s mortality rate came down significantly, but newborn death rate was still very high, most of the limp babies were considered non viable and left to die. Then there was Ms Virginia Apgar anaesthesiologist came up with score which could measure the child’s health status at birth. Apgar Score included some health variables and scores given to each variable , score 10 means child health status is perfect whereas less than 5 means child requires immediate attention. This metric soon became the instrument in looking at the whole delivery process and soon whole world recognised and used this tool for better outcome of deliveries. Improvements in perinatal care, postnatalcare, Post op care occurred using example of Apgar score

There is another story of Don Berwick, Dr Berwick used quantitative and diligent care to fight against deadly disease “ Cystic fibrosis” . message from bell curve story is we all have bell curve in our work , sometimes we do average work, and there will be times when you do extraordinary work. One should look into himself and see what kind of work brings best out of him and then keep at it.

Finally Author shared his experience of visit in India. He witnessed how doctors managed to work in difficult conditions , scarcity of resources and overwhelming patient load., He also witnessed that procedures and some operations are done based on shared and textbook knowledge , A general surgeon saved life of a boy with almost no resources in Hand.

He concluded “Arriving at meaningful solutions is an inevitably slow and difficult process.Nonetheless, what I saw was: better is possible. It does not take genius. It takesdiligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes awillingness to try”.

Suggestions for Becoming a Positive Deviant:

1. Ask an Unscipted question- ask patients ‘randomly , machine begins to feel less like machine

2. Don’t complain- Nothing in medicine is more dispiriting than hearing doctors complain

3. Count something- regardless what ever you do – you should be a scientist in this world , in simplest terms one should count something.

4. Write something- write anything , does not matter it achieves perfection or not, it need only add small observation about the worl

5. Change- Look for the opportunity to change .So find something new to try, something to change. Count how often you succeed and how often you fail. Write about it. Ask people what they think. Seeif you can keep the conversation going.

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” (empathy)

In short, the main idea of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the conflict between good and evil, such as the racial oppression on the African Americans’ impact on Jem and Scout. The novel also draws parallels to people who are oppressed, regardless of their race, such as Arthur “Boo” Radley and teaches the importance of the Golden Rule. The overarching problem in To Kill a Mockingbird, or TKAMB for short was the case of Tom Robinson, an African American accused by the Ewells, a white family of raping the eldest daughter, Mayella Ewell. Atticus had to defend Tom as a lawyer because he was assigned to him, but anyone can notice that the Ewells were going to win, which leaves the readers asking why Atticus took this case so seriously. It makes sense for Atticus to have taken a stand to have defended Tom Robinson because he would teach his children the value of the Golden Rule and he would strengthen his children's trust in him.

To understand why Atticus wants Jem and Scout to know the Golden Rule, you must first understand what the Golden Rule is. At its basic, the Golden Rule is to treat others how you would want to be treated. It tells us that every person has their own problems, so we should help them rather than hurt them. So, why does Atticus want his children to know this? Because in their county, racism is encouraged and Atticus is trying to teach Jem and Scout the benefits of respecting and, if needed, helping others, regardless of their skin tone. He even states that if he doesn’t defend him how he wouldn’t be able to face his children. It would be like looking at a living embodiment of a mirror. A fogged mirror.

Atticus’ second reason for defending Tom would be to gain trust in his children. Throughout the book, it is quickly apparent that Jem and Scout don’t respect him as they do other adults. They call him by his first name and sometimes get annoyed by him, even to think to themselves “I wish my father was a demon from hell”(105) but they do learn from him. When Scout is asked how she can read, she responds that “(Atticus) hasn’t taught me anything”(19), but she has testified that she sits in Atticus’ lap whenever he reads. Now you might be asking, “what does that have to do with trust?” Well Atticus is teaching them without them knowing. It is like developing a good habit such as sports. You do what you love without realizing that you are helping your body and maintaining it healthy. Atticus is using this same approach to develop a conscience at an early age. He is trying to gain their trust so they won’t put it in the wrong people. He has even said it himself. “...I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough….”(101)

Some people may say that Atticus standing up for Tom would cause harm to him and his family, physically and mentally. This is because we have already seen that the kids are being viewed as the children of a “nigger lover.” However, they are misinformed because that is exactly why Atticus needs to do this. Atticus needs to prove to his children that the popular opinion isn’t always the moral one. The case wouldn’t harm him because who cares about what others think? Atticus won’t lose his job for helping someone he was assigned to and he won’t damage relationships because he is a very respectable and revered man, known for his lawyership and his marksmanship. It makes sense why this would bring harm to his family, but the Finch’s are well known. Scout is a fighter, amongst other things and Jem is picking up his father’s job. Not to mention that Atticus doesn’t care what others think and his children listen to him. With this, he can teach his children to have the courage to stand up for those who need it.

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