Gratification

What impact do differences in biological age have on psychological and social development during middle childhood? Differences in biological age can have immense impacts on both psychological and social development during middle childhood. When children enter middle childhood years they begin to notice differences with one another. Any differences at this age can make a child feel as though they stand out leaving them feeling embarrassed or feeling as though they are behind their peers.…

“Crossing the Swamp” Rewrite Our lives are filled with hardships, struggles, and challenges, whether large or small. Yet through these difficulties in life, we experience growth and change as people. In her sensational poem, “Crossing the Swamp,” Mary Oliver shows how growth and change are capable in the complicated, messy hardships we encounter. In her poem, the speaker’s experiences within the swamp is desperate yet grateful, revealing how growth and change are capable. Oliver transports the…

unhappy. The essence of this book looks into the lives of these seemingly blissful people and concludes that their constant pursuit of pleasure denies them joy. The constant pursuit of pleasurable gain portrayed by Fitzgerald cannot result in gratification because there is no ultimate pleasure; it is just a fruitless chase that leaves the participant feeling empty. This perspective accompanied by the novel 's utilization of the desires of Jay Gatsby, motifs, and symbols reveals the theme that…

In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the Reeve's Tale and the Miller's Tale are mainly seen as stories for the express purpose of entertaining the reader. While the overall themes of the stories are presented in a much more lewd and irreverent light than many others, the two tales do display a common lesson for its readers to internalize. Throughout the entirety of both stories, the characters that end up most victorious cannot be called honorable, but they can certainly be called clever and…

The Messenger Essay “In order for a text to be successful, characters must undergo meaningful change” In The Messenger, novelist Markus Zusak records the experiences of Ed Kennedy, the protagonist, as he undergoes changes that enable him to find himself, giving his a life a purpose. As the novel begins, Ed is a lazy and underachieving teenager who drives taxi-cabs for a living. Ed is laid back with little life aspirations. As the novel progresses, the messages that Ed is required to deliver…

The novel begins when an old Frankenstein comes across an aspiring adventurer on a journey to the North Pole. Frankenstein warns the man saying, “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been (Shelley 22).” The warning Dr. Frankenstein gives the adventurer serves also as a warning from Shelley to the reader, indicating that the pursuit for knowledge is a double edged…

Freud’s theory of development vs. Bronfenbrenner’s theory of development What Is Freud’s Theory? Sigmund Freud, known for his development of the psychoanalytical theory of childhood development. In Freud’s theory there five stages that are called psychosexual stages. The five stags are as follows: the oral stage, the anal stage, the phallic stage, the latency stage, and the genital stage. Freud thought that life was all centered around tension and pleasure, leading to his stage being called…

It is evident that Augustine and Dante are much like many authors as they too explore spirituality in their writings. Augustine’s book Confessions and Dante’s Purgatorio both see humans as pilgrims on a journey that either brings them to God or away from God. These books have challenged readers, like myself, as they draw insight from them to apply to their own spiritual journey. In these books there are many themes that apply to Augustine and Dante’s spiritual journey. The theme that I am…

This poem speaks to my perspective on altruism and acts of kindness. I believe that a person should help others in need whenever possible and not expect anything material in return. Helping others makes me feel fulfilled and gratified and that alone is more than enough. This poem highlights the belief that acts of kindness do not demand anything in return and that they benefit both parties. Without the Sun, the Earth and everything on Earth would cease to exist; the Sun is sustaining life.…

The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest philosophical issues within psychology. Nature refers to all genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are - from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics. Nurture refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are, including early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our surrounding culture. Even today, different branches of psychology often take one or the other…