testimonials are from actual trauma survivors who have used EMDR Therapy to aid in their recovery. Victim 1 said, “I have had EMDR work for me in a psychology session. It 's a great way to work out trauma when you really don 't want to talk about it. My psychologist asked me to recall the…
The moment an individual does a misleading action, guilt follows. Guilt distorts the minds of people, and in some cases, it leaves people wishing to rewind to the past. The battles with guilt are never ending and it is the individual choice whether they let their guilt overwhelm them. Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kiterunner surrounds some characters with guilt and redemption. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965 and is the oldest of five children. Hosseini has a childhood friend who is a…
Gender equality isn’t something that can easily be achieved. Throughout the decades, women have fought long and hard to be considered equal to their male counterparts. One of feminism's most prominent writers made waves during the sixties by publishing her book: The Feminine Mystique. In the paper, I would like to discuss the life of Betty Friedan. Who she was and what she contributed to the feminist movement as well as what led her to write The Feminine Mystique and why this book is so…
At the age of 16, I understood completely this whole idea called life. I was independent as ever, working full time, had a car of my own, and assumed that was all there was to responsibility. If you asked my mom to characterize me in a few words, she would tell you that I am stubborn but money motivated. I was able to accomplish anything if I truly put my mind to it. Unfortunately, the entire foundation I had attempted to establish at a young, but fragile age, was about to be ripped out from…
Women have suffered countless obstacles in which to reach their rights. Having to die to achieve their goals, such as to stop domestic violence, women trafficking, and to be paid equal as men. Even though they have accounted many barriers to achieve their goals, not all believe it is the right choice. Making some women be the bystanders to these problems that are occurring right in front of them. When women started paying attention to women's rights was in the year of 1920, the fight for…
For my research project I chose to study single mothers in the work field. For the purpose of the paper I Interviewed 5 single mothers of all different race, age and economic background. The 5 mothers I interview were Jasmine-27, Kellar-42, Erica-21, Margo-48 and Morgan 48. I wanted to learn more about the complexities and dynamics of social inequality of these marginalized women. I also wanted a better understanding of the challenges each of the women face and how they each overcame…
Life without limbs: Acceptance, Positive perspectives and Social Support Bianca Dia S. Duran Juli-ann L. Alonso - Balmonte Limb loss or Limb amputation is a type of physical disability that is defined as surgically the complete removal, or spontaneous partial removal of a body part. It is constrained to perform an activity independently such as walking, bathing, toileting, etc. A famous example of persons without limbs is Nick Vujicic a motivational speaker, has a rare disorder with an absence…
Shakespeare simply stated, “I call for pen and ink and write my mind.” Literature is written and published for many reasons. Some may use literature to portray their creative skills. Others use literature simply for therapeutic purposes. Oftentimes, authors use their writing to propagate their beliefs. Spanning the 1800s and 1900s, the women’s suffrage movement was in full force. Women felt unappreciated, set aside, and not needed. Men were viewed as the vital part of life itself, while women…
Occidental College. Later in 1981 he transferred as a junior to Columbia University in New York where he would go and major political science and in english literature. He graduated with BA degree in 1983 and worked for about a year at the Business International Corporation where he was a financial researcher and writer. Two years after graduating from Columbia, Obama was back in Chicago when he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project. Then in the fall of 1988 Obama entered…
Pioneers (1823) 《开拓者》 - The Last of the Mohicans (1826)《最后的莫希干人》 - The Prairie (1827)《大草原》 - The Pathfinder, (1840)《探路人》 - The Deerslayer (1841)《猎鹿人》 William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) The first important American romantic poet of international reputation famous for poems like - “Thanatopsis” (1817)《死亡随想曲》 - “The Yellow Violet” (1814)《黄色的堇香花》 - “To a Waterfoul” (1815)《致水鸟》 New England Poets Conservative and imitative: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) -…