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as a child all the way up to his years of Major League Baseball and even later in life as he gets inducted to the Hall of Fame. The author’s purpose of this book is to show that Jackie Robinson didn’t go through breaking the color barrier alone, Larry broke the barrier in the American League just 11 weeks after Jackie broke the National League barrier. This book is described in great detail and proves how hard it was for an African American to play in Major League Baseball during the time that…

story in the very last sentence, we are never given the time for thought before the story is over, though this also giving us the unsatisfactory feeling of not knowing what happens next, a popular trick among well-known writers. The title also plays a major role is the trick of leaving the reader unsatisfied, by giving an almost ironical title if compared to the story’s real theme and message – leaving the reader in confusion. “The Stormchasers” doesn’t only become a symbol of the storms they…

Case Scenario 2 In this case, a client named Wong Kai Long who is a 56 years old taxi driver. He is living with wife and son in a public house unit. He worked as a bus driver for 23 years and was being dismissed 1 year ago after involving in a bus traffic accident. For the information collected from Mr. Wong’s, Mr. Wong had mental problems since 3 months ago and elicited paranoid ideas for several times that staffs of previous bus company had ganged up to victimize him in the traffic accident.…

I. Thesis: Due to depression being so prevalent in adolescents, it is vital to identify the most efficient treatment plan, which involves an early diagnosis and multimodal approach. II. Major Point 1: Early diagnosis is key. A. Paragraph 1: Why it's so important? If not diagnosed early in adolescents, depression can lead to problems such as substance abuse, school drop out, etc. (Dembar, Alexandra). "Adolescence is a period when patterns of health…

Chapter 14: Blame Game “Make a list of people who ruined your life or did you wrong.” Was it your parents? Your teachers? Your best friend? Your third cousin? Your brother? Put it down on a list. If that does not satisfy you. Write a detailed story about everyone, as to how you were wronged in exact detail. There is no limitation of pages. Put it all down right now. I did a similar exercise as part of landmark forum, Mumbai. Let me tell you how it works. Once your entire story is on paper read…

Mental health has been an ongoing issue that has been progressively advancing for years. It is because most people with problems in mental health suffers from stigma and discrimination. BUT what causes this stigma and discrimination? It is said that discrimination is an effect of a prejudiced behavior. This behavior roots from stereotyping in which we classify people we interact with, in groups. We stereotype and stigmatize people with mental illness in a group entirely different from us…

Chapter Twenty-Three Do You Fear Failure? Think for a moment, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid of failure? Are you afraid to aim for success? Are you afraid to chase your dreams? Now think, what would you do if you had no fear? What could you achieve? Who could you become? A friend of mine and I were having a conversation once in regards to fear and he said to me, “Have you ever stopped to think of how capable we all could be if we had confidence in our own ability? If we had…

Cognitive therapy was founded by Aaron Beck, and he based this therapeutic approach on two main ideas. The first idea is that individuals who are depressed have a negativity bias in their thinking, and the second idea is that the way individuals interpret the events around them contributes to the maintenance of their depression (Ball, n.d.). In a more refined sense by Ball (n.d.) it can be said that cognitive therapy is based on the premise that it is not the event itself that the individual…

Stress and grey hair – fact or fiction A popular belief is that stress may cause grey hair. But is that a fact or a fiction? Is it possible that hair turns gray overnight? Many would say it is possible and one of the examples is Marie Antoinette. Supposedly, right before she was guillotined, her hair turned white. While stress may cause certain issues, the questions is, can the stress really change the color of the hair? In certain age, hair starts to change its color, and in most cases,…

The setting The story takes place around 1940/1950 in a fishing-village on Cuba and on the sea around the island. You can tell the story takes place around that time because the old man and a boy talk about baseball and how “The great DiMaggio” is going to make the New York Yankees win, “he makes the difference”. DiMaggio was a famous baseball player who played for the New York Yankees between 1936 and 1951. You can also tell that the story takes place in that period because new technology like…