Scrivener

To be on the receiving end of a message that seems to never arrive can be bothersome and provoke dismay. To have a message that you cannot get across can be even worse. To hide something, not truly understand it, or be unable to vocalize a message can be distressful in an entirely different way than waiting for a message. In Franz Kafka’s “A Message from the Emperor’, a messenger tries endless to get a message across to an anonymous person, but is never successful. The messenger is the only one…

Essay prompt 1- One of the most influential authors of the 19th century was Nathanial Hawthorn, who displayed many things though his works. Most being prominent political, economic, and cultural issues surrounding his community, as well as the nation at that time. One of the most important themes in his most popular writings was the relationship between individualism, and responsibility to community. In both “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”, and The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne expresses his views on…

Studies have been done on the control mechanism of Phragmites. Crowe, Leclerc, Struger, & Brown (2011) did a study on glyphosate-based herbicide application on Phragmites near Georgian Bay beaches. The application of herbicides is not suggested near bodies of water, but this study used herbicide concentration below the Canadian water quality guideline for the protection of aquatic species (Crowe, Leclerc, Struger, & Brown, 2011). This study reduced the size of Phragmites by 90%, although it did…

He has no purpose for it, but he works. He copies as a scrivener. At the same time, he is copying his peers, imitating their depressing rut with capitalism. But Bartleby does what they can’t even think to do; he contemplates on what’s beyond the brick wall. What else is there besides the money and material obsessed…

REFLECTIONS Hospitals have moved to having a standard of patient centered care. Objective six is to demonstrate professional values in all collaborative partnerships to foster advocacy and professional accountability. According to the Essentials for Baccalaureate Education, health professionals are encouraged to deliver patient centered care as members of an interprofessional team, emphasizing communication, evidence based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics. It mentions…

stated that the arrangements in rows rather than groups can help students to be on task. However, when the group question was asked, the students faced difficulty to interact each other as they were in rows. According to Zerin (2009) (cited as Scrivener (1994)) there will be more…

The Bartebys of the Classroom The Bartlebys of the education system are students who “prefer not to” do their work. I have never understood why someone would come to class and do nothing and expect a good grade. I would assume the student wants to be successful and pass the class they have chosen to take. This can be an issue for composition teachers or teachers in general. The author in the reading nails it on the head when describing the characteristics of a Bartleby student. There are…

The idea of what it takes to be a human being has long been researched and discussed, and yet, there is no single conclusion about human nature. What it takes to be a human can be explained by certain behaviors that come naturally among all persons. Some basic human traits are the ability to communicate with others, have feelings and perform simple tasks such as eating and sleeping. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, he conveys his perception of humanity through his characters,…

Herman Melville writes of the eccentricities of man and the nature of humanity in his short, concise story Bartleby. The fictitious story is narrated by an unnamed lawyer giving his account of the strange scrivener Bartleby. Though the lawyer knows Bartleby for such little time, Bartleby becomes an enigma to him. The isolation and suffering Bartleby dwells in stuns the lawyer. Bartleby’s puzzling personality, or lack thereof, leaves the lawyer in a constant state of debate. His thoughts are…

Her occupation was a teacher, business woman, and court scrivener. She was married to Richard Knight and was the mother of one daughter Elizabeth. Knight was born in Boston. She was left a widow when her husband passed away in 1706. Knight was known as a journalist. When Knight lost her father she assumed full…