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set everything I need to do to make my picnic day perfect. I made sure that the floor was confortable and that the sunshine wasn’t bordering me, then when I got my food I began to stretch to be ready to eat my food. Also I was pretending I was with more people by talking by myself, when I finished eating instead go home I laid on my back pretending I was taking a nap, and after couple minutes I stood up, I picked up everything from the floor then I leave. How I Felt, What Happened, What I…

The Grocery Shopping Norm Invading someone’s personal space, shaking hands when you meet someone, and saying “thank you” when someone does something nice for you are all examples of social norms that most people practice. A social norm is a rule of behavior that is expected or considered acceptable in a group or society. From early childhood, we are taught many different social norms on how to act in a given environment or situation. Although most people follow the same social norms, some…

The Paradox of Choice Why Less is More by Barry Schwartz is a book about the pitfalls in an overstimulated world. We live in a society where options are endless, and so are the anxieties that come along with having so many available choices. Schwartz discusses how having too many options can hinder a person’s overall enjoyment of decision making, which can eventually lead to high anxieties, indifference, and even depression. Living in a world that allows one the freedom to choose whatever…

Barry Schwartz’s “The Paradox of Choice: Why less is more” is a book about having too many choices, and the negative impact on society. Schwartz explains that being given too many options can lead people to experience high levels of anxiety that could eventually turn into depression. He found, when given a “trade-off decision,” Schwartz (2000); a choice between two things, people found it nearly impossible to decide between the two items. Schwartz defined this as a loss because a person feels…

expansion of Europe during the time More was writing Utopia led him to create idealized version of the foreign lands he heard described due to his distaste in the current state of European government and society. By telling a story of a Utopian society, More was able to critique the state of affairs in Europe without explicitly stating his distaste. He uses the fictional Hythloday to first critique European governance and society and then to explain what More believes to be the perfect society.…

themselves unable to produce a male heir. When Sir Thomas More rises to the title of Lord Chancellor of England, the King approaches him, hoping to convince More to support the divorce. More did not approve of the marriage from the start, as it went against the Bible and forced the Pope to issue a dispensation to allow the nuptials. Years pass and Henry creates a new church, the Church of England, and marries his former mistress, Anne Boleyn, and More…

Risking so much for such little moral satisfaction may seem naive to most, but not to Robert Bolt’s depiction of Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons. Everything Sir Thomas More does in his life; from how he deals with his friend King Henry VII to how he treats his family and ultimately how he presents himself towards his final demise are guided and controlled…

women can't make their own decisions/choices and can't be equal. They all have to play their roles to keep the Utopia or “good place” in balance,and this is wrong. According to the text,"The same trade generally passes down from father to son"(More). More shows injustice because he is implying a young boy has to learn a trade from his father. In other words, boys can't learn from their mother, or the mothers aren't capable to teach their boys. Why can't the son learns a trade from his mother…

was very eye opening because there were times when I was really overjoyed by being there and some other times where I just participated because I wanted to gain the experience and it turns out it wasn’t for me and that’s okay. Overall, I’d say I’m more interested than ever pushing forward and learning from these opportunities because a career in this profession is something I’m hungry for and I’m extremely excited to see where I end up. All of the visits gave me a different perspective…

longer than many of the other settlements, but ultimately failed. Pullman began demanding more and more rent to offset company losses,” as stated by “4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan Out” The way this society was built just was not satisfactory, which can be said holds true for many other attempts at utopian society. The company eventually started losing income, which led to its founder demanding more rent, which in turn, help led to the community’s downfall. In summary, the perfect…