Grand Valley State University

Emotional Development, intimacy vs isolation, fear of abandonment which also can be connected to his trust vs mistrust AED, and oedipal fixation which connects to autonomy vs shame/doubt. According to Lois Tyson professor of English at Grand Valley State University, and Author, “psychoanalytic theory tells us we all encounter life-events, as we grow up, that shape our psychological development, and these early experiences tend to play out in our adult lives” 2011, (p. 81). According to Erik…

F. Scott Fitzgerald grew up in the dawn of the twentieth century in a middle-class household. After attending a boarding school in New Jersey, Fitzgerald studied at Princeton University, where he befriended campus intellectuals. After three years at Princeton, he decided to join the army, where he met his future wife, Zelda Sayre, who rejected him at first. In 1925, Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, a story that touched on the subject of the American dream as well as some of his own…

I became interested with an Information Security Analyst because my father is one. Every take your child to work day I would wake up early with my dad and run to his car excited to go to his office for the day. The building is a plain, brown brick building, but every time I saw it, I instantly got excited. Walking into the office everyone knew my name, I would always wave at everyone I saw. The secretary always gave me a lollipop and called me her “Little bundle of sunlight”. I would then go…

a living. Salinger didn 't fit in at his local school so his parents enrolled him at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania where he began to write stories under his covers at night. His writing continued as he got older and he began to submit several stories to the New Yorker paper which were all unfortunately rejected. In the Spring of 1942, during WWII several months after the United States had entered the war, Jerome had drafted into the war and was sent to fight in the…

What is a hero? Everyone always talks about who there “hero” is, and usually it involves someone in a cape that fights evil. But really to me, thats not what a hero is; a hero is someone that will always be there whenever they are needed; someone who just does what he can; not for himself, but for the good of other people or his family; someone who is not afraid to take risks; and someone that will do whatever it takes to support his family/ friends and be successful. For these reasons, Shane is…

my involvement with Grand Valley State University’s Bachelor of Social Work Student Organization (BSWSO) and my social work internship. I wanted to be able to provide support to individuals and families whom lacked the resources to have a stable foundation. Social work in my life was able to provide resourceful solutions and fostered my own growth and development. With the BSWSO, I have opportunities to educate students about the social work program and give back to the Grand Rapids community…

George W. Bush’s speech after the attack of 9/11 stated that,” Islam is peace” and “The face of terror is not the true faith of islam,” two presidents later, Trump calls a ban on Muslims entering into the United States after the San Bernardino terror attack. His actions has rallied many types of reactions from the Americans. Accordingly, there’s been dozens of protests at major airports such as New York’s JFK, Los Angeles international, and more. Crowds are gathering and challenging this…

“Love isn 't something you find. Love is something that finds you.” (Love Quotes) This quote by Loretta Young can define one of the life lessons learned by the author in the poem “Those Winter Sundays.” Written by Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays” (Kelly, 270) is one of those poems that allows readers to feel emotionally from the heart. This fourteen line poem goes beyond a deeper meaning than what the text reads. It is a poem that teaches its reader’s the bigger meaning of life, rather than…

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS Overall, Shelby has a healthy relationship with both her parents. She went through some of the normal teenage angst, but never felt like she couldn’t come to her parents in a time of need. She talks to them daily about her life and now as an adult, asks them about their lives. As she gets older, her beliefs on religion and politics become more different from those of her parents, which can be a source of tension. However, they do their best to remain polite and open minded…

the role that it plays and why it will show why it is important to adopt a theory or theories. Critical Urban Theory Critical Urban Theory kept appearing while doing my research on Urban Theory. According to Peter Marcuse, a Professor at Grand Valley State University, “A critical urban theory can develop the principles around which the deprived and the alienated can make common cause in pursuit of the Right to the City.” (2009) This theory was applied to unemployment in the inner city. Blacks…