Detour

Many philadelphia citizens take public transportation daily. We trust that the system will get us to our destination. I have seen that recently over a couple of years that people feel angered by SEPTA. I think the anger comes from the delays, the detours, the wait time and the physical condition of the buses and trains. The buses are old and do not run very fast at times. The condition of the interior of the bus is questionable with seats being dirty and stained. Sometime there are delays that…

of war and the unrealistic fantasies about the heroism of fighting in the war. Chaplin plays an uncoordinated soldier who faced obstacle after obstacle in the trenches of the Western Front and in the end, he realized it was all for nothing. While Detour (1945) hints to post-war issues, its storyline focuses more on women in the post war era than on the ridiculousness of war itself. Its story attempted to put women back in their place, much…

A quest for enchantment detours into adulthood Araby, a short story of a misdirected quest bases itself on the obsession of a first love. James Joyce, author of Araby, uses the immaturity of the young boy to write about a disenchanting epiphany to describe the movement of the stages of life. Maturation is the theme of the epiphany; demonstrated through the young boy’s transition from child to adult. In Joyce’s short story, Araby, a young boy’s undertaking of a misguided quest to find…

Honor, Integrity, Lying, and Stealing While we are living, we get into a lot of temptation, hence, we commit the sins to God. However, there are several ways that we can save ourselves from sins. The bible tells us, being honor and integrity, not lying and stealing will help us be forgiven. So that is important to keep it in our mind all the time. According to dictionary, honor is being fair, reliability, honest and it gives recognition to show respect or thanks to someone. And integrity is…

The fate and the code of conduct of the Misfit and the grandmother encounter in the short story A good woman is hard to fine by Flannery O’Connor. The story shows selfishness behaviors that raise questions about the characters` ability to show empathy freely despite their disposition. The Misfit attributed his code of conduct by his inability to recall the crime and by the premise of haven't seen any paperwork to substantiate the crime he committed. He said, "I call myself The Misfit, because I…

lead me to my doom. I clutched onto a flimsy vine, thinking to myself no wonder it is called Killer Hill. I felt an overwhelming fear. The crusty green leaves on the trees engulfed me in their arms. I glanced in front of me, mud. I cautiously took a detour around the mud. Crack! I thought it was the deceased tree but it was... my feet destroying everything I stood on. A sigh of relief came over me like a gush of wind. I had conquered my fear, after having heard atrocious things about it. I…

contemporaries, this essay hopes to have now highlighted the extent to which Ricardian thought developed naturally in line with classical economics. We shall now move to address two divisive elements of Ricardian thought, which are claimed to constitute a detour; namely the labour theory of value and the alleged “dual development” of economics (Hollander, 1979). Ricardo’s acceptance of the labour theory of value left economics “a shattered science” according to Jevons (Jevons, 1879:1), and…

within their company. (Lemaster, 2016). A Leadership Labyrinth is a metaphor designed to go a step past the glass ceiling metaphor to better explain the difficulties faced by women currently. A Leadership Labyrinth refers to a chain of dead ends, detours or complexities faced by women. “This labyrinth includes sex discrimination, women's domestic responsibilities and sometimes women's own failure to believe in themselves” (Martin, 2007, p.90). This relates to the Ted Talk video Sheryl Sandberg,…

In the text “The First Great American Road Trip” mrs klein tells us about the life of Jackson and Crocker. Jackson was betted $50 dollars to go from san francisco to new york in 90 days. He brought Crocker to help him on the way. Jackson is a 31 year old man who is an automobile enthusiast. Crocker is a 22 year old man who is a former bicycle racer and a gasoline engine mechanic. They had 3 months to beat this bet no matter what came their way they was going to beat this. “It took 4,500…

(Sedaris 86). Sedaris' account of the feelings and thoughts he had support his claim that accomplishing your goals is important no matter what stands in your way. We all have negative feelings when starting something new. You can't let these feelings detour you from getting what you want. I have had these thoughts plenty of times and if I listened to them I would be nowhere in life. After reading this essay it gave me confidence to go after what I want and let me know that I am not the only…