Intangibility

The corruption of the American Dream is a prevalent theme in classic literature, as it highlights the falsified illusions of social mobility and power commonly promoted during the early twentieth century. The motivation for socio-economic inclination is generally consumed by materialism and shallowness in an effort to satisfy the constant lack of self fulfillment, which inevitably leads to self destruction. Many people blindly accept the idealistic concept of social and economic mobility only to…

The Scarlet Letter begins its story by introducing the main character, Hester Prynne. She has just been released from prison to fulfill her punishment of public humiliation. Hawthorne helps us illustrate not only Hester’s appearance, but also her personality through his syntactical description of her composure as she is being led to the scaffold to be exposed to the whole town. “In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the…

1. Campbellesque fiction, named after John Campbell the blending of a good story and correct scientific knowledge, in a way that neither overpowers the other. This type of fiction demonstrates a sort of realism that makes the entirety of the story seem plausible, achievable, and after a decade no longer fictional. According to Isaac Asimov, this was the death of this era of science fiction. Science fiction moved in this direction due to the premium on quality writing placed by John Campbell…

In the The Crucible a very similar situation occurred when delusional girls made unsubstantiated claims about the witches in Salem. They also had no proof at all. This was because witchcraft was different from “an ordinary crime” because of its intangibility. Reverend Hale says, “ I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it.” Here he is basically saying that without quality proof these innocent…

capable of creating it does not exist. Yes, Relativism justifies things that are widely agreed upon to be terrible based on the belief that morality is subjective. However, it holds morality itself accountable for its worldwide inconsistencies and intangibility. Rachels and others may argue against it and they’re points are valid but it remains unfitting to judge the morality of one culture using the framework of…

unique elements, given that they are not tangible. Services differ from products on five components, which is referred to as the five I’s. The five I’s of services that any health care marketer should recognize are inconsistency, inseparability, intangibility, interaction with consumers, and inventory (Berkowitz, 2010). INCONSISTENCY Multiple people such as physicians, surgeons, nurse, and administration staff deliver services in the healthcare field. Therefore, patient delivered services have…

here for a moment. So all things in the universe have these cycles they go through, even economies. Why? Well, what choice do they have? If everything else around it is rising and falling and cycling, than what gives an economy (no matter the intangibility) the…

Executive Summary Raised in Tokyo, Hiroaki (Rocky) Aoki managed to launch his first business in the United States. Heopened a Chinese-Japanese cuisine restaurant offering a unique experience and attention to its customers. The food process was transformed to an exceptional food experience. He opened a chain of total 15 restaurants across US with some of them being corporate owned and others franchised or with joint venture with leading hotel chains. Hiroaki Aoki proved to be a pioneer in the…

In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien writes in a personal way in order to show the firsthand experiences of the soldiers in the battles as well as the intangibility of their memories. In fact, on page 67 the narrator discusses Lemon’s death as an obscure flash of light, but later on recalls the same story through different memories in various ways such as “he stepped on the grenade” Pg.74. Similarly to Nixon’s…

Throughout today’s modern culture or even societies from the past, numerous groups or communities have played an immense role in creating a world that is more intelligible, responsive, and aware of differing people’s beliefs and values through the categorization of cultural identities. Furthermore, Nealon and Searls Giroux in “The Theory Toolbox” assert the importance of cultural subjects providing a more interconnected and communicative society, but also stressed the false notions of…