Abrasive

Methods Study Area East Harbor is a 291-ha back-barrier salt marsh and coastal lagoon located within the Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), N.Truro, Massachusetts (Thiet et al. 2014a). East Harbor was artificially isolated from Cape Cod Bay in 1868 when the original 300-m wide inlet was diked due to the construction of a causeway for use by trains and automobiles (Portnoy et al. 2005). In 1894, a drainage system was installed that allowed freshwater to escape the system (Portnoy et al. 2006),…

Individuals have the instinctive desire to label their peers to make themselves feel more superior or safe whether or not it is intentional; this is when stereotypes and misconceptions come into play. Society has grouped certain people with similar characteristics to simplify communities or social hierarchies. Stereotypes allow people to connect with a person identified with a specific category, but this can progress to a misconception. Misconceptions are created from stereotypes, but they are…

quick and intelligent but also willing to stand up for herself. She was unwilling to ‘go along to get along’ and although this probably made her life hard, she was living her life according to her own principles. She was more than a sharp tongue and abrasive personality though. She thoughtfully preserved her husband’s history respecting the blood spilled and lives given in the process. She nursed her mother and son in sickness and did what was necessary to take care of her family; all the while…

Even with their contemporary impact, the Enlightenment-era Social Contract theorists were not without their detractors—two prominent critics being Mary Wollstonecraft and Karl Marx. Because each takes issue with the Enlightenment, one can theorize their responses to the assertion that "the Enlightenment ideals (EI) (of freedom and equality, firmly grounded in notions of reason and progress) are riddled with hypocrisy and should therefore be abandoned." I will argue that while both Wollstonecraft…

The idea that excites me the most about being a returner is getting to know a new housing staff. The late night chats during Fall training; that first set of rounds where you get to go through and see what everyone came up with for their hall decorations; the first weekend duty where everyone congregates into the office for the night. Getting to know my Lower Quad staff this year came all at once - it wasn’t a slow process like I anticipated it to be. By the fourth night of training I was having…

Revenge can easily devour a person. It engulfs a person through its destructive nature resulting violent or abrasive behavior. This defense mechanism occurs when humans feel as if they have been wronged, hurt, or humiliated. Revenge is simply a weak attempt to transform shame into pride. In William Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, his Elizabethan character—Prince Hamlet—originally seeks to avenge his father’s death however his sanity dwindles as he…

Scout means well, but sometimes her curiosity can come off in an abrasive way. Later in the same chapter, Dill states that striking a match under a turtle is hateful. Jem argues the point, and Scout remarks, "How do you know a match don 't hurt him?" (14). In Chapter 3, Calpurnia senses that Scout has had a bad day at…

The United States of America was founded on the principle of religious freedom. However, the American people are becoming less and less religious. According to the Religious Landscape Study, in the last seven years the number of religiously unaffiliated United States citizens has increased by nearly seven percent totaling 22.8% as of 2014 (Cooperman et al.). Fewer people are looking to religion as a source of direction. Instead, they look to the media for role models. One such role model is…

that she would have normally wanted to talk about she sits there quietly for a second processing the question (the arousal). Because Joy is no longer in her head, disgust tries to respond to the question as joy would but comes off very rude and abrasive (the expressive behavior). After this happens Riley becomes very angry with her mother and father and is sent to her room. When she is sent to her room, she is very mentally divided (conscious experience) because all her remaining emotions are…

Author: Harper Lee Title: To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Level: 8-12 (790L) Sophistication Level: 11 To Kill a Mockingbird is an American literary classic, published in 1960. The story takes place between the years of 1933 through 1935, during the Great Depression era. It takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama and tells the story of Scout Finch and her father Atticus, who is a widowed lawyer. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill are all captivated and simultaneously…