Honeymoon

Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian American novelist and writer born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. He left his family during the Ethiopian Civil War when he was two year old and immigrated to the United States. He was raised In Peoria,Illinois and went and graduated from Fenwick High school in Oak-park,IL. Later on graduated from Georgetown University. Mengestu wrote his first book in 2007 called The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Mengestu's second novel was published in October 2010 and was called…

In a study by Tracy Krughoff and Dr. Dirk C. Gibson published in the Journal of Visual Literacy in Autumn 2004, these letters and many other similar correspondences are viewed from an analytical perspective: comparing their “artistic elements”, “bloody items”, and “unusual lettering”. The artistic letters were letters that included drawings, “38% (of the illustrations) included content that was taunting or teasing in nature and 29% gave specific warnings,” while other purposes were only present…

occupied 5% of all the Chinese family business which has employed professional managers. (Wang, 2010) In China, the steps of relationship between family business owners and professional managers can be often described as the followings: the period of “honeymoon”, the period of “dispute” and the period of “separate”. (Zhao, 2006) At the beginning of using professional managers, the relationship between family members and professional managers were very well. After some time, many professional…

Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is considered by many scholars as having pushed forward abolitionism, with Behn’s representation of the colonizers’ evil towards Oroonoko and other slaves. While reading Oroonoko, I found myself debating whether Behn is ultimately promoting anti slavery or pro slavery. Although at first glance it seems like an anti-slavery theme, I came to the conclusion that it cannot be completely placed under that category. In this essay, I will argue that Behn has no intention to…

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin tells the final portion of the relationship between Mrs. Louise Mallard and her husband, Brently Mallard. The story opens with Mr. Mallard away while, the sick, Mrs. Mallard is home being with her sister Josephine and Mr. Mallard’s friend, Richards. When it is discovered by Richards and Josephine that Mr. Mallard has been killed in a train accident, they make it important to break the news to Mrs. Mallard gently. The response from Mrs. Mallard is typical; She…

the set design, and the body language of the actors and actresses. For instance, the costumes were very well done for a small local production. The play revolves around a divorced couple in the 1930’s, who run into one another while both on their honeymoons with their new spouses. Therefore, for me to enjoy the performance to its fullest potential, the costumes must appear time period accurate, otherwise I will be distracted and will have a difficult…

The Change A desire to create something new can cause a man to change his life. There are some people in the world who has had this happen to them. I wanted to talk about this because there are people on earth that have done this, I want to let people know what could happen if they did it and hopefully stop them from making a huge mistake. In the novel ¨Frankenstein¨ there is a character named Victor Frankenstein and he had a desire to create something new. He wanted to restore life to an…

The book titled ‘Age of Innocence’, by Edith Wharton, is set during the late 1800s in New York after the First World War. This era was one of rapid change, which was a good catalyst in shaping the direction of the novel. It was a time of social distinction, emerging rich industrialist, new money and fashion excess. Wharton uses Newland as the limited-omniscient third person as he is the very expression of what the society of the day represents. He is well bred, understands and respects his role…

In The Sacred Romance, by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge, new concepts were brought into my point of view about the pilgrim’s heart, intimacy, and arrows. Because of Curtis and Eldredge, I have looked back on my life on many experiences and took notice of how my life has been changed. In the chapter entitled On the Road (page 144) the concept of having a pilgrim’s heart is brought up. Having a pilgrim heart means to be alone so that you can understand the truth. When I question God’s plan, it…

A study by Eschbach, Parker, and Stoeberl (2001) examined the effect of cross-cultural training of expatriates versus expatriates who received no training in the United States. Beyond this, they further investigated different training methods and the timing of such training to determine the best approach to prepare expatriates for adjusting to their new assignments. The goal of this study was to determine if cross-cultural training; helps participants realize appropriate behavior, lowers stress…