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care of and spend time with them. By not being totally enveloped in his work, Josh is still able to financially support his family and support them emotionally by being present in their lives. The “Ethics of Care as Moral Theory” also states that it “values emotion rather than rejects it” (10). By listening to his inner emotions of feeling overworked and unhappy, as well as recognizing that his constant stream of emails and obligations were affecting his family life, Josh is valuing his emotions…

behaving as if he was at a football game at a church service would definitely seem out of place and even be seen as offensive to some. Your location at any given time should directly influences the way you behave. People at church have one set of values that control how they behave and football games may have a completely different set of expected behaviors. As taunting and cursing may be tolerated at a football game when a player messes up, it definitely would not be accepted at church if the…

A crisis provides a trauma or catastrophe that can be used to either grow or degenerate. A crisis is often thought of as something that happens unexpectedly like a tornado or a hurricane and while a crisis can be unexpected, a crisis can range in its levels of severity from personal to national. The crisis can be a part of someone’s life cycle as well. During a crisis the counselor provides awareness to resources, coping skills, and predominantly calculate safely for those involved in the…

satisfaction, which often leads them to over criticize. This causes individuals such as students and the children of parents to be pushed over the edge, or in very few cases, accept it and honor their selves for their effort. Janice Mirikitan’s “Suicide Note” and Rosemary Catacalos’s “David Talamantez on the Last Day of Second Grade” are two poems that describe how two different characters in similar situations chose to cope with the harsh criticism that they receive from others. In both poems,…

The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass I hate “The Book of Yaak”. This book should not have been written. The fault, however, does not lie with author Rick Bass. Bass’ style is clear and poetic, intermingling of his not-quite-stream-of-consciousness prose seamlessly with the scientific data and information that illustrates the dire situation for his place, the Yaak Valley of Northern Montana, and all of his fellow citizens, lynx, deer, wolves, wood thrush, owls, and grizzlies. “The Book of Yaak” is Rick…

proper burial rites. Antigone does not change throughout the course of the play, in fact one of her most defining qualities is her stubbornness and resolve to do what she thinks is right. Antigone serves as a foil to Creon in that she places the Gods’ values over the human rule of law, whereas Creon enforces the law to a fault and loses sight of what is important. Despite Creon and Antigone holding diametrically opposed views, they are alike in their determination not to back down from their…

Values we possess towards a particular subject determines our attitude and subsequently affects our behavior that generates various consequences which either affirm or refute our initial values. In context of Jews in the American capitalist economy, one could suggest that Jewish religious doctrines modeled individual values that engender favorable financial outcomes. Since the Jewish economic framework is based on the concept that wealth originates from God and that humans are mere stewards,…

novel “Nights at the Circus”? In this story of circus misfits and madmen, Carter uses comparison and contrast between her main character, Sophie, and a character named Mignon to question the expectations and values of the society that has labeled them outcasts. As she reflects these societal values in the outward appearance and inward mentality of the two women, Carter’s message is that wealth and social status do not make a person more beautiful or virtuous, and that true beauty and virtue…

and the challenges they face due to their financial statuses. The women, Madame Loisel and Della Dillingham Young, show similarities in the lifestyles they both live. However, their attitudes, personalities, the way they treat their husbands, and values differ in multiple ways. Madame Loisel and Della live similar lives, for they both live a rather poor lifestyle. Madame Loisel lived among, what she believed as, drab furnishings and conditions. She genuinely thought she endured a appalling…

Stay On The Track’s People’s ideals shape the fundamental values of their personality. As people’s ideals mold their opinions and perspective on certain subjects, their behavior changes as well. These certain ideals can shape someone’s personality as an ideal consists of many aspects such as their religion, education standards and attitude amongst other aspects. An ideal has the potential to influence people to focus too keenly on their goals. This tunnel vision has the ability to cause people…