Ambivalence

The Triad Of An Open Adoption Mary Lynn Azar Sophomore English Rhetoric-ENL213-Section R Presented to: Dr. Rosine Zgheib Notre Dame University- Louaize Open Adoption The Triad of an Open Adoption Each one needs someone to rely on, someone who will always love and care about, needs to love and to be loved back. And this kind of love can only be fulfilled by the family love. But what about those who are in lack of this kind of love? What about a childhood with no parents? Or even…

“Barn Burning” Formalist Approach “Barn Burning” is a short story about a young boy who struggles between his loyalty to his family and the moral obligation he feels to tell on his father for burning barns. William Faulkner used many literary elements along with organization of events in the story to convey the theme of doing right from wrong to the reader. These elements work together to form a plot that enables the reader to grasp the meaning of “Barn Burning”. Faulkner used imagery,…

The period 110-30 B.C., often included in what is called the ‘Crisis of the Roman Republic’ was an extended period of time in which Rome teetered between political stability and political chaos. During this period, the military underwent massive overhauls, changing from conscription oriented to a standing, professional army, based around personal allegiance to the commanding general. However, though the element of personal loyalty was a direct result of the changes that the army saw in the early…

Bakhtin considered Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot one of the vivid manifestations of carnivalisation in literature, where such elements of carnival culture as ambivalence of the situations and events, fantastic and bizarre mixture of people in one place, and the notion of carnival reduced laughter begin shaping literary work through its mode of narration, structure and characters. I would like to focus on the way laughter is incorporated into the narration of The Idiot and on what functionality it is…

rejected by their families are six times more likely to be depressed, three times more likely to use illegal drugs and eight times more likely to have attempted suicide than adults who have experienced acceptance by their nuclear family (Friedman, 2014). This social justice issue is further exacerbated at the macro level. Antigay and antitransgender social prejudice stems from the belief that being gay or transgender is somehow wrong, sinful or immoral. The subtleties of these prejudices can…

Abstract This article, by examining and analysing Indira Bai (one of the early novels in Kannada literature), argues that the native intellectual class of India employed the medium of novel not only to critically interrogate their socio-cultural practices in the backdrop of a new consciousness and experiences ushered in by colonial transactions but also to refashion their idea of ‘tradition’ and modernity. Thus, their response to the colonial ‘modernity’ was not merely an act of ‘civilizing…

a strength, but their approach has also isolated the field somewhat from other forms of psychology that rely more on empirical evidence and quantifiable results” (Price, 2011, p. 58). In ET, it is difficult to identify specific outcomes of a clients to measure for research. This is because every therapeutic relationship begins and is molded by the client’s experiences and understandings, so every therapeutic relationship is unique and distinct. Along with the fact that every goal of each ET…

Introduction Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a key social problem in our society that has led to many repercussions for survivors. Those survivors face many potentially harmful consequences as a result of their childhood abuse, both in their childhood years and into their adult life (Swogger et al. 2011; Reeve and Gool, 2013). The consequences vary depending on gender, the circumstances surrounding their abuse and the level of support and services available to survivors to combat potential…

Four Views of Jesus The New Testament integrates four gospels, each having been written during different time periods and by different minds. When different thought processes and personalities converge into one Bible, it is indisputable that there will be a degree of variation in the presentation of Jesus across the four gospels. The Gospel of Mark portrayed Jesus’ Messiahship through his suffering as a reparation for the sins of his followers. On the other hand, the Gospel of Matthew…

form was never intended to exclude or be un-useful to the Black readers. Her cycle of poetry from “A Street in Bronzeville”, “Annie Allen”, “Bean Eaters”, and her post 1967 writings all embody the way in which Brooks saw race relations and poverty in America. Each of her selection series speak to ear that need to hear the truth and her dictions demands her readers to reflect, change, or follow suit. Her negative criticism pushes scholars to question and evaluate her elite poetic elements and…