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Throughout the Walsh text, several theories of social work practice are identified and explained. I will compare and contrast Family Emotional Systems Theory and Structural Family Theory. This paper will discuss the main concepts of each theory. How the theories would be utilized within different individuals and issues that may be presented as a social worker. The usefulness of each of the two theories in regards to social work practice, concentrating on a micro practice perspective.…

‘Sailing to Byzantium’ is first published in 1928 as part of Yeast’s collection and it contains four stanzas. The poem ‘sailing to Byzantium’ is mainly about different between art and ordinary life. In the poem poet transform himself into work of art and he explores his thought and musing on how immortality art and the human spirit may converge. The poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’in particular is its rich symbolism. Symbols are essentially words which are not merely connotative but also suggestive,…

In the 1920’s there was an art movement that changed the way art was defined, this was known as the surrealist art movement. Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early 20s as a literary movement that experimented with a new form of expression called automatic writing or automatism. In Paris in 1924 the publication of the manifesto of surrealism by poet, Andre Breton made surrealism an international and political movement. Many artists and poets such as Louis Aragon (1897–1982), Paul…

The Shining Path was established in Peru during the late 1960’s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman. Abimael Guzman was teaching at San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman opposed the Peruvian political elites and engaged in left-wing politics. Initially appealing to the poor academics that shared his belief founded on Marxist ideology. Following Guzman’s visit to the People republic of China, deriving influences from Maoist theories. He expanded upon those concepts of…

the elections that were believed to be rigged, similar to the 1977 elections depicted in Romero. During the 1980s, when Romero was being produced, the El Salvador Civil War was ongoing and deliberate targeting of civilians by death squads was a common occurrence as depicted in Romero.…

electing President Aguirre Cerda in 1938. The Chilean Popular Front quickly became dominated by the more centrist Radicals, “who, once in power, lost their zeal for reform”. It was in this void that a young senator and Socialist party chief named Salvador Allende rose to prominence arguing that “a divided Left could not win power”. For Socialist and Communist Party members, many of whom were factory workers, the dominance of the Radical Party heralded a return to worker oppression, cumulating…

Un Chien Andalou is a silent movie that was produced in 1928 by the director, Luis Buñel, along with the help of Salvador Dali. The idea for the movie came from Buñel, after having a dream that he shared with Dali. Buñel said that he saw the moon being sliced in half by a cloud, while Dali responded that he too had a dream in which he had seen a hand crawling with ants. This led to Dali expressing an interest in creating a movie. The continuous collaboration between the two of them went very…

In his film, Missing (1982), director Costa-Gavras documents the disappearance/death of US citizen Charles Horman (John Shea) during the 1973 military coup in Chile. In doing so, Costa-Gavras’ film offers a realistic portrayal of the US government’s involvement in the coup through a documented account of their failure to protect their own citizens. He accomplishes this by having the film follow the emotional journey of Charles Foreman’s father, Ed Horman (Jack Lemon), who represents the…

Nicaragua From the 500 miles of coastline to the hundreds of baseball fields across the country, Nicaragua is more than just a large country in Central America. Tourists thrive in Nicaragua, enjoying the beaches, the scenery, including the volcanoes, but they tend to keep away from Lake Nicaragua, which is the only lake in the world known to contain freshwater sharks. Nicaragua’s unique history, diverse geography, large population, and various dishes make it one of a kind.…

Human rights abuses were very widespread in Chile during the 20th century. Much of the government and police force was said to be corrupt and did what it needed to do for money. In Pinochet in Power: Building a Regime of Repression it goes into much further detail about how these abuses took place. The United States CIA had a special briefing paper titled “Chilean Executions” that they passed along to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger when they found out that the events were happening.1 It was…