Critical Incident Technique

The intensity of my stress varies weekly. After reviewing the literature on stress I think my stress is mainly related to education and worry about the future. From a micro level, I do have a desire to improve my health which may lead to more energy and improve other areas of my life. The reason I was interested in this class was to find alternate solutions to improving health. I am accustomed to the fast and quick solutions in society that is promoted in the United States. This class will help…

In the short story Going, the author Amy Hempel writes about a man who was in a car accident that caused him to remember certain smells that linked to specific memories and experiences. All the memories and smells that come back to the character are ones that revolve around death. In the short story the author’s main subject is death and how hard that topic can be. Some individuals tend to be careless and do not see the potential hazards until after they cause damage while other are vigilant.…

Shakespeare’s Macbeth was written between the 1605 and 1606, after the ascension of king James of Scotland to the English throne. There is some historical context about Macbeth. There is such irony about Macbeth from being to the top and winning every battle who would have thought he would lose it all, including his life. You know what they say, with power comes trouble, betrayal, and tragedy. Throughout the play there are many literary devices and ongoing themes, and various motifs to support…

suggests the grandmother is not actually as she may appear. Displays of selfishness, moral superiority and racism contradict the behaviour of a “lady” (O’Connor 92) and prevent the grandmother from being recognized with this title. O’Connor’s literary techniques such as irony, imagery and foreshadowing lead to the development of the grandmother’s character and suggest there is “no pleasure but…

“The Story of an Hour," written by Kate Chopin in 1894, is one of the most popular short stories in literature. “The Story of an Hour” is related to woman’s role in society back in the late 19th century, and the story shows relationship of a wife and husband’s, and freedom for the woman. The main character in the story is named Mrs. Louise Mallard, who seems unhappy with her married life and with her husband Brently, and she has some health issues. Mrs. Mallard health issue leads to death of…

Authors have various types of literary devices at their disposal to assist them in producing written work, whether fiction or non-fiction. Many will use one or several and at times combinations of these literary devices for character development, setting, and plots to express whatever it is they’re trying to convey to the reader. One of the more powerful and diverse of these literary devices, symbolism, “contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative…

For example, Kids need food at 5 pm sharp or its feeding time at the zoo. Dog needs walking at 7 pm. If nothing is in the freezer, please feel free to order gluten free pizza! (Have a stash of cash for pizza emergencies!). c) It is also good to have a separate list for your kids. Here you can tell them you love them, and remind them to quietly watch a movie. Or to say you are sorry you can’t play right now or watch the movie with them. Make sure you have a stash of movies, games and books for…

Throughout the course of the film, “Castello Cavalcanti ”, Wes Anderson uses color, precise framing, music, Eye line shots and detailed composition of the frames to convey the narrative to the audience. The use of Eye line shot and pan shot brought flow and smoothness to the theme of the film. The music and the image throughout the film mostly went hand in hand and parallel to the narrative and the plot of the film. We can even notice the movements of the camera to be quite methodical, that is,…

alienation of its citizens living in Hong Kong, it is easy for its audience to get absorbed in the flurry of images created by Christopher Doyle’s shaky handheld cameras, William Chang’s fast-paced editing, and Wong Kar Wai’s signature ‘smudge-motion’ techniques in the film Chungking Express. These cinematographic images created from such, as if to vertiginously disorient its audiences, also serves to reflect the state of flux in the city of Hong Kong – of a sense of impermanence, rootlessness…

Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…