Albert C. Barnes

Social Learning Theory and Strain Theory (Siegel & Walsh 2016 pp. 111) Social learning theory implies that criminal behavior is learned through close interactions with others, this theory, based on the assumption that all children are good at birth and have been taught to be bad. Depending on the children’s peer environment, any deviant values from interaction of family, friends or associates. If brought up in the wrong environment, nine out of ten will probably cave-in to crime. As…

In his novel “The Stranger”, Albert Camus gives expression to his philosophy of the absurd. The reason of this essay is to analyze absurdism and its relevance to the Stranger. The novel is a first-individual record of the life of M. Meursault from the season of his mom's passing up to a period obviously just before his execution for the homicide of an Arab. The focal subject is that the essentialness of human life is seen just in light of mortality, or the reality of death; and in demonstrating…

1 The Nature All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie (1867-1934), the Polish-French physicist chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. All that is beautiful, delightful and affable in this world, the silence of the night, the loveliness of the morning, the beauty of the day, the melody of the breeze, the fragrances of the flower, the precious…

The Strange Character of Meursault In what perhaps is Albert Camus’s most notable work, The Stranger, the main character Meursault can be considered as a vessel for the philosophy of existentialism, an idea prominent in the time period in which the novel was written. Though at first glance Meursault may come off as a simple, uncaring man, as the story progresses, the reader is able to see Meursault as a complex and intriguing person. While in the beginning of the book Meursault is…

Existentialism “A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.” –Internet meaning Existentialism is the idea that a man lives due to his free will and individuality. That every human define their own meaning in life. It also tackles what is human existence and that human defines their own meaning of life. This idea believes that there is no God, or any higher…

The Time Machine H.G. Wells composed The Time Machine in 1895, a long time before time travel as we probably are aware it was even thought about. It is presumed that many would joyfully fight that The Time Machine is the first catalyst for the idea that would bring forth such well-known media as Dr. Who and the more extensive part of time travel seen in other sci-fi. That being stated, time travel isn't the purpose of Wells' novella. Rather, time travel is the casing through which he…

The third theory used in the present study is known as Lambert's Social Psychology Model which emphasize on the social and psychological aspects of second language learning (SLL). The theory is used to explain about individual differences (ID's) in language learning. ID's are one of the aspects which closely related to the success of second language acquisition (SLA) and second language learning (SLL) where the success and the failure of the processes are due to the different individual…

Pierre Bourdieu was born on 1 August 1930 in Denguin, France. He attained a degree in philosophy and was also the gold medalist of the National Centre for Scientific Research. Throughout his life, he contributed to various areas of discussions and involvements that include art and culture, education, language and methodology (Grenfell 2012:12-14). Bourdieu was also influenced by Karl Marx and adapted his theories to elaborate further on capital in regards to class divisions. Similar to Marx,…

J.J Thomson was born in Cheetham Hill, a suburban area in Manchester, England on December 18, 1856. Thomson was a Nobel Prize winning physicist with his research that helped discover the electrons of an atom. J.J Thomson full name was Joseph John Thomson, He was an English physicist and mathematician. Joseph Thomson was considered to be a prodigy at his time, becoming the first to be 14 and attending college. Joseph Thomson’s father was a book seller who intended Thomson to become an engineer.…

First, Otto Frank was a successful businessman, prior to marrying his first wife, Edith. Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, was born on May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt, Germany. He was born a Liberal Jew and had three siblings, Herbert, Robert, and Helen Frank. Otto’s father, Michael, ran the family bank while Otto and his siblings were growing up. “After graduating from high school, Frank spent a summer studying art history at the University of Heidelberg” (A&E Television Networks, 1). Once the summer…