Disconnection

is exactly what the speaker wants you to feel. An additional example of diction is “floating” (3). This gives a euphoric, senseless and dreamy reaction which may seem like a positive feeling but adversely it also indicates clouded vision and a disconnection from reality. The word “pinned” (10) has an unfavourable connotation attached as well. It gives the sense that no matter how hard one tries, it is a futile effort and impossible to break. Stuck in the same place. In relation to love, being…

researchers found that the symptoms of over using cell phones are more that of a compulsion that an addiction: “There are people experiencing negative impacts in their social or work life… increased personal psychological stress… and heightened disconnection anxiety. These people have an obsession or compulsion not an addiction” (Addiction 296). For me, my cell phone never felt like an addiction, it always felt as if I just really liked using it, and I have never been one to text right back or…

die-able age.” (page 5) This refers to the death of Ammu. The young twins focus on the sound of the words rather than the meaning by playing with pronunciation, rhyming and similarities in sound. “Afternoon Gnap.” (page 214) There is an obvious disconnection between the word and sound in the child’s mind. Near to the beginning of the novel it states that the twins had to form the words properly, and be particularly careful about their pronunciation, hence they concentrate on sound. The use of…

Communication in the business environment plays an effective role in shaping the day to day operation of the company, although it should pave the way for the smooth operation and transition of ideas there are many hurdle and barrier that must be overcome to achieve overall success. Some of the barriers to effective communication are Clichés, Jargon, Slang, Sexist and racist language, Euphemisms, and Doublespeak. Clichés are words and phrases that have been used so often that they’re no longer…

vacation. Unfortunately 7% of the population unwillingly escape their own reality and suffer from a dissociative disorder at some time in their life. “Dissociative disorders are characterized by an involuntary escape from reality characterized by a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory” (Mental Health America). As mentioned before, escaping through hobbies, getting lost in a book, your favorite game, or even when a person is driving down a long road and realizes that…

to India when I’m ready to go back to India,when I’m ready to go home.I feel some kind of irrational attachment to India that I dont to America.”(Mukherjee pg.71) Becasue of Miras culture and her perspective on how to life she feels a strong disconnection towards…

Marc Augé exposes the truth about the presence of "non-places" in contemporary society due to supermondernity. Auge attempts to improve quality of anthropological research, and on a larger scale, he also contributes to our understanding of space by introducing concepts and terms that can describe the new circumstances we live in. Through this book, we can understand the space that surrounds us in the present and how it is influenced by globalisation, urbanisation and capitalism. Marc Auge's…

Jane was a European woman in the 18th or 19th century with no family or connections. This was a bad start to creating an enjoyable life, but although Jane’s status didn’t give her great odds of happiness, she achieved it by being a creative thinker. Throughout this book, Brontë showed how Jane’s wits and good ideas shaped her journey to adulthood. By examining Jane through a Psychological lens, the reader gains insight to her how she and her thoughts mature, how she analyzes the people around…

Discovering our true Identity When we enter high school as Freshmen, we are exposed to a variety of social groups and we venture into this social pyramid to discover our position in it. From a jock to a nerd to a normal person, we are classified in this social jungle of cliques, gangs, squads, and crowds. However, we tend to forget we are equal and we employ different forms of discrimination such as racism, sexism, and bullying. As many scientists have stated, we are about 99.9% the same and the…

While most studies on social connectedness focused only on the benefits of this mechanism, Waytz and Epley identified negative outcomes as well, by claiming that social connection enables dehumanisation. Based on the concepts on social connection, dehumanisation and the need to belong, presented in this paper, the following hypotheses were drawn: social connection would not increase dehumanisation and dehumanisation would be associated with the need to belong. Results of the described experiment…