Why reading “great” literature is valuable. Discuss all the reasons I gave in class and which reasons you find the most compelling. Take any 2 works you’ve read an explain how they are good examples of “great” literature. Great literature is a necessary part of being alive. We need literature because it is expression, without it we are just people who can’t express themselves and can hardly communicate. Literature humanizes us by telling us exactly what it means to be human. In CS Lewis’s words…
Space, Place, and Landscape Nineteenth century Russian literature is grounded in its attention to the national manifestations of life and nature. These environmental and personal references are ultimately further emphasized because of their prevalence in metaphors, intrusive narrators, events, and the intricate psyche of characters. Upon close explorations of the local landscapes within these visual texts, there is a conjunction of themes and perception, as these environments shape the events…
For this extra credit opportunity, I watched the first Republican debates of the 2016 campaign. Given that this assignment is for an advanced public speaking course, I focused most of my attention on the nonverbal communication of the debaters and their use of rhetorical devices, two qualities that distinguish advanced public speakers. During the course of the debate, several candidates showed strengths and weaknesses in these areas. Every candidate appeared to understand the importance of…
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality assessment is a psychometric questionnaire that helps individuals discover their personality or psychological type. After answering a series of questions, the results are compiled to determine if the person is sensing (S) or intuitive (I) , thinking (T) or feeling (F), introverted (I) or extroverted (E), judging (J) or perceiving (P). With the fore mentioned possible trait combinations, there are sixteen personality types possible. The test concluded…
2.3 Consequences of Job satisfaction/dissatisfaction Job satisfaction is, before everything else, a concept, and as such it has to be understood. Job satisfaction is something we use to understand how things are, and to improve our lives, based on that understanding. In other words, there is no need for realism or assumptions of what things really are. It is enough to understand it as a tool. Given its complex nature, Job satisfaction is still being studied and no final word over its…
comes an extensive journey requiring great dedication. The dental profession is paired with multiple facets of career…
When discussing the relationship between humanity and the wider natural world, the biblical work of the book of Genesis and Robert Burns’ adjoining poems To a Mouse and To a Louse arguably offer a possibly insight into the development of mankind - specifically its own opinion of its station in the world as a whole entity. Coincidentally, the discussion surrounding man’s relationship with the natural world largely hinges upon humanity’s own characteristic nature; in that there are some curious…
can see that Colin and Hassan obviously do not fit in. The narrator even states "fail to fully apprehend certain facets of rural life". Transitions from city to rural life would make anybody feel out of their comfort zone. but by reading earlier in the novel we can see that Colin only had one friend to start off with. This shows that Colin was already failing to apprehend the certain facets of normal life. The same can be said for Don within The Rosie project. From the start he states that his…
addition, Bragg chose the terrain because the cedar thickets were very thick, thereby making it difficult for the union military to move or exchange artillery. Likewise, it is one of the many national monuments or military parks in the state conserving facets of civil war history. Moreover, it was the paramount step in chains of military operations, which stemmed in the federal military capturing Atlanta and Chattanooga as well as setting the platform for Sherman’s hike to the sea (Smith, 72).…
In 2003, the remains of a small skeleton were found in a cave called Liang Bua on Flores, a small island in Eastern Indonesia. The individual was nicknamed LB-1 and originally scientists thought it was a child due to the size. However, when they took a closer look at the skull and teeth they realized it was the skull of an adult. Many scientists think this is a new species that they named homo floresiensis, but others argue that it is just a modern human with a mutation. Since 2003, bones and…