Hurrying

In the recently published first volume of memoirs, Istanbul: Memories and the City, Orhan Pamuk describes how a 1950’s child hood among Europe -yearning cosmopolitans in the crumbling ruins of the Ottoman Empire helped to shape him as a writer. The key, he said, is to understand the concept of huzun. This turkish word describes a kind of melancholy, he says, not so much a personal state as one shared by an entire society, a mood of resigned despair for the great past - a murky, black white…

Shared Humanity in Modern Literature and Films What does it mean to be human? To people being human can mean different things, but it can be broken down into six main traits called shared humanity. The six traits consist of relationships, loss, survival, choice, morality, and emotions. These specific traits are what make each individual human. All six traits play an important role in all humans lives like shaping them into who they are and how they react to certain scenarios. These traits are…

In the early morning, the doves outside sing a lovely melody outside the window, in which the light of the sunrise beads into the empty bedroom of Oliver Rain. The young eager lad is up earlier than usual, busy making sure all the belongings are secure in the back of his rented 16 foot moving truck. Today is the day he set’s out for Los Angeles, a place to start anew, and find the real Oliver within himself. Having just enough money to cover one month’s rent, deposit, and some cushion…

Accompanying the resurgence of popular ‘feminism’, the discussion of rape and sexual assault in places of work, education and duty have been brought to the table for awareness and reform. In many cases the justice system works against victims. Too many stories tell the events of detectives and district attorneys inappropriately favoring the accused and not attempting to investigate the claim of the victim. Further accounts of colleges and universities not complying with regulation to investigate…

Introduction The ability to dress and cleanse is a significant and paramount need and includes much more than the act of physical cleansing of the skin to minimize the potential for injury and infection. Personal dressing and cleansing is also important in enhancing the social, cultural, psychological and general well-being of the individual. It is one of the many essential activities of daily living performed by the patients(Summers et al. 2008). The inability to carry out personal cleansing…

4. Roger McGough (9th November 1937) Roger McGough is the second of the three authors featured in The Mersey Sound. Described by Carol Ann Duffy as "the patron saint of poetry", he is arguably the most famous of the Liverpool poets. His unpretentious yet subtle poems characteristically address everyday concerns through supple rhyme and dextrous wordplay. 4.1. Biographical notes and main works4 Born on the outskirts of Liverpool in 1937, Roger McGough studied Geography and French at the…

The bell rang at two-forty-five grabbing his books, Justin rushed to the bike rack, getting his bike he started home when Kenny ran after him yelling, “Hey, Justin. Wait up!” “What do you want?” Asked Justin as he waited for his friend. “Mark and Chuck want us to go with them,” Kenny said, his voice filled with excitement. “Sure, where’re they going?” “They’re going to the on Putney Mountain, they want us to go with them.” “Well, are you going? Do their parents know about it?” Justin asked…

Organizational culture is one of the most fascinating and exclusive topics for management researchers. It has been defined as a programming of mind, which distinguishes the member of one organization from one another (Hofstede, 1991) or a system of shared values and believes within an organization, which guides the behaviour of the employee (from French et al. 2008). Deal & Kennedy’s (1982) phrase ‘the way we do things round here’ a definition that might more properly describe ‘culture’, but…

arrived in Seattle, Brooklyn stood at baggage claim with shaking hands and a tapping for watching for the two bgs to come around the corner on the conveyer belt. The second Brooklyn saw her bags her hands were on them and she was headed for the door, hurrying her mom along with her. When she spotted Zola, she dashed straight for her. “Zola!” The girl shouted, and her face lit up as she ran toward Brooklyn. “Brooklyn!? Oh my gosh, you’re real!” Zola said as they hugged. “Why didn’t you tell me…

The rest of the room was simply decorated, a thick white rug covered the floor with a sitting area consisting of a long sofa and a chair near the windows that were draped with thick blue draperies that blocked the light. "This is your room," Amelia repeated from the doorway. "You can do with it what you want, it's your zone nobody else's. If you don't like the paint we can change it," "No - its - its perfect," he murmured softly before turning away and smiling at the older woman. "Thank you,"…