Author of nonfiction book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall”, Anne Fadiman relays the questions to her readers in her preface: “What makes a good parent?” and “What makes a good doctor?” As far as anyone is concerned for the latter question, specifically what makes outstanding health care, Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality would describe quality health care as simply “getting the right care to the right patient at the right time – every time” (). Furthermore, she dissects this simplistic description apart, providing a multilayered perspective. Essentially, the key to quality health care is its three basic dimensions: STRUCTURE, PROCESS, and OUTCOME” ().…
Every relationship plays a key role in making someone who they are today. Relationships may vary from family to friends, but whatever the case maybe they shape over time, just like the attack on Pearl Harbor shaped America into a war torn country. People are daft when it comes to this, because everyone has their own relationship. This idea coincides with the novel, Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford showing the reader the many different relationships within the novel. Changes affecting Henry are shaping his personality as we can see with the relationship between Henry and his father.…
A relationship is a connection between two things, the mother showed no affection or connection to the author. All that can be seen is hate and resentment. There are countless examples throughout the novel that represent this parental relationship.…
Our Story Our story begins in 1986. Jim Mundt, a McCall smokejumper, spent countless hours that season on hands and knees crawling through the ashes on mostly cold lightning fires to ensure that they were completely extinguished: a technique known as cold trailing. Discouraged by the tedious task, Jim had the idea of a heat sensor at the tip of a 4 foot pole that would make the discomfort of bare handed cold trailing a thing of the past. The following season, Jim left the jumpers and began pursuing a doctorate in human factors engineering.…
Fiona Chen, Prelude English 10, Block 2-1 FLIP Journal entries, Term 1: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Entry 1: The Power of Jazz Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford mainly takes place in Seattle during World War II. Despite the international poverty, animosity, and discrimination during this time, there was one thing that seemed to connect many around the United States: jazz. It is considered to be one of the first forms of music originating from the “Land of the Free”: the United States of America. Jazz is a symbol of freedom and multiculturalism, as it is characterized by improvisation and is a mixture of African and European music. The novel demonstrates its power to connect individuals, no matter their culture or distance, and its ability to provide an escape.…
In The Water is Wide, Pat Conroy and Mrs. Brown have very different points of view in their teaching. They both use different approaches in their way of teaching and disciplinary actions to their students. Pat Conroy is very surprised to find out how little these poor young black children actually know. The Water is Wide excerpt showed many cultural models that displayed the differences in Pat Conroy and Mrs. Brown.…
Deciding when risks are worth taking is something many people have trouble with. Risks are worth taking when going through the journey from childhood to adulthood. Doris Lessing, the author of “Through the Tunnel”, describes Jerry’s journey as he takes a dangerous risk. In the beginning of the story, Jerry wanted more independence from his widowed mother. He wants to prove to himself that he can accomplish anything he puts his mind too.…
When Harry Met Sally The film "When Harry Met Sally" is from 1989, throughout the movie the audience is presented with a variety of relationships. Two specific couples that will be analyzed are Sally and Harry, Marie and Jess. Unlike modern films, this movie contains an immense amount of interpersonal communication within the characters. Moreover, two topics that will be covered are is the Social Penetration Model and relational maintenance.…
In “Under the Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist and English professor at Indiana University at Bloomington, the author explains the struggles he had to go through while dealing with his alcoholic father. Alcoholism has slowly transformed his father into a completely different person, and even a different creature at times. Every time his father would get drunk, Sanders and his family felt as if they were losing a piece of their closest relative. They felt ashamed of the disease that had consumed a portion of their family and this developed to an extent where telling other people was impossible, making their father’s alcoholism a secret that the family kept hidden and closed away from the rest of the world. They felt…
Relationships Many people have different kinds of relationships with different people. Some relationships can be good or bad depending on the type. Relationships can even get stressful at times.…
James Trammel Cox’s, Stephen Crane as Symbolic Naturalist: An Analysis of ‘The Blue Hotel’ argues that Stephen Cranes ‘The Blue Hotel’ is a naturalist work of literature specifically symbolic naturalism. The symbols Crane utilizes are the stove and colors to represent emotions. The stove is a physical symbol in the story that is placed in the center and mentioned more than twenty times (citation?). Cox criticizes that the stove is representative of man. While the characters play the game in the hotel they are always gathered around the stove.…
Hotel on The Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a book written by Henry Ford. The book takes place in Seattle, Washington during World War II. It’s about a twelve year old chinese boy named Henry who has a relationship with a japanese girl, Keiko. His father disapproves the relationship because of his hatred towards the japanese. In the book it may seem that Henry gives up too easily on Keiko after not seeing her for three years because she and her family were forced to move these “refugees” and couldn’t come back.…
Example: Franks father relationship was enmeshed and Gill and his father’s relationship was enmeshed. The separate change in relationship to gills connection with his children especially Kevin. Gill is over barrenly tries to be a good father. Consequently, Franks father and Frank and Gill has a triangle relationship. In addition, Gill and Karen also have 3 other children little girl 6, Tylor 2 years old; very impressionable, and a new…
In the Novel Under A Cruel Star, Heda Margolius Kovaly sheds light on the repercussions of not only the German concentration camps in World War 2, but also shows how the War led to the adoption, practice, and repercussions of a hostile communist government. In this novel courage, not only in a power to survive, but in a power to provide for family, is the most prevalent issue brought about in Hedas retelling of her time in the concentration camps and her time as wife to a communist official. One of the most endearing facts about Heda in her retelling of her experiences is that fact how despite everything that she had observed, participated in, and been subjected to she still remained “human” in that she was not misguided by hate and anger but…
In the article "Can Fame and Fortune Make You Happy", by, Mackenzie Carro, their is overwhelming evidence supporting the fact that you can in fact live a happy lifestyle whilst being famous. For example the author speaks of the perks of being a celebrity one of which is, the excessive amount of money they earn. In the article it states, "Jennifer Lawrence earns more money from making one movie than most people earn in a lifetime". This shows that being on the big screen can lead to having loads of money to take on new adventures, and live a happier life all together. Also, one huge plus side to fame is all of the awesome perks that come with it.…