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The Most Innocent of Songbirds Mockingbirds are innocent songbirds that do nothing but sing their heart out for us. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, innocent characters harmed by society are thematically signified as mockingbirds. Firstly, the title signifies how one’s social status can be ruined by the prejudice of society. Secondly, the title signifies how racism can overrule the outcome of a trial. Lastly, the title signifies how one’s lifestyle can change society’s perception of them.…

Most people would agree that the good or what is morally right is always more ideal than the bad or evil approach, however, in some cases, the bad approach can be more likeable than the good. In Italo Calvino’s The Cloven Viscount, the idea of “do you prefer the good or bad side” becomes a significant part of the novel as it is constantly portrayed through the protagonist, Viscount Medardo of Terralba. The story begins with Medardo splitting into two half by cannonball; the bad half luckily…

Loyalty is defined as a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. Loyalties can conflict with each other and one would have to choose, but could that justify killing a person? In Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Brutus, Caesar’s best friend joined Cassius and other conspirators to kill Caesar justifying it by their loyalty to their country, Rome. They believed that Caesar is getting too powerful and his power is going to his head and will damage the republic. At Caesar’s funeral, both Brutus and…

The medieval narratives created about Jews and foreigners succeeded at exemplifying their otherness. Very distinct language was used to create a powerful binaries between the purity of Christianity and the danger of otherness. But narratives are only stories, stories only words, and words only…well words or are they? Can narratives transcend from only words and into actions? According to Miri Rubin “people act through narratives” and she implores us to “think of narrative as a mode of organizing…

In the story “White Angel,” by Michael Cunningham, love and death is widespread, and it follows the story of two brothers - a nine-year old narrator, Bobby Morrow and his sixteen year old brother, Carlton. Both brothers are outgoing, and they have a strong relationship together. Cunningham uses both point of views and symbols to promote the theme.The Morrow’s house, which borders the cemetery becomes the symbol of both love and death. Bobby and Carlton often visits the cemetery to smoke…

2.1 The Rational Expectations Hypothesis The rational expectations hypothesis is the hypothesis that, when forming expectations about any variable, people will make optimal use of the available information. This information includes the actual value of certain variables and, more widely, the nature or structure of the world in which people are operating. Let the value a variable ‘y’ takes in period t depend upon, or be a function f (.) of, the value of other variables, x1, x2 and x3 have…

Introduction The leadership style of Quint Studer reminds me of a bulb, not because the Studer Group and Foundation carries his name has a bulb in the logo, on the contrary, it encourages to “be the bulb.” As described by Cokeley in (2012) an electric current flowed through a filament of carbonized thread and brought the world into light on New Year’s Eve 1879. It was Edison’s vision, and willingness to share that created dynamic change. Both Edison and Studer are exemplar they set raised bar,…

The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, where Chaucer goes through and thoroughly identifies every character present in the tales. In the prologue Chaucer writes, “…instead of weeping and of prayer one should give silver for a poor Friar’s care” (lines 229-230), when discussing the Friar. It is important that Chaucer used this language when discussing the Friar because during the time in which Chaucer wrote his poems, there was a growing sentiment of resentment against corruption in the church. By…

In 1603, William Shakespeare published one of his many tragedies, Othello. This tragedy is driven by love, betrayal, death, and jealousy. Shakespeare portrays this through two main female characters Emilia and Desdemona. Similarly, both characters have been accused of committing adultery. In contrast, Desdemona is naïve and cannot believe women would ever think of being unfaithful to their husbands. Emilia is worldly and would commit adultery if what she got in return was profitable. To begin,…

Major depressive disorder is a mental afliction made distinctive by continuously depress mood or loss of interest in activities, resulting in notable impairment in daily life. Individuals suffering from this illness frequently report changes in sleep pattren, hunger, vitality level, and self -esteem( Piet & Hougaard, 2011) Currently, there's a number of benifical treatment choices ranging from depression-focused psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy and the coalition of both psychotherapy and…