The Conversation

Nothing is Needed for Something Many people judge their success on how much they have and the material possessions around them; Ernest Hemingway, however, believes people must accept they are nothing to achieve true success and happiness. Nothingness is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but it becomes more clear with age what nothingness means. People also often do not want to accept or believe they are nothing in the world. Most believe they have a specific purpose and are in some way…

Guiding his friend Abram forward into the large marble bathroom the conversation continued. Encouraging his friend, feeding insight of a new beginning, stabilizing his life with self-discipline, while taking his place on the marble bench. Although the one-sided conversation grew, the wish for Abram to shave went unanswered. Lecturing his friend to face the facts of life, earnestly inquired, ‘What’s your problem Abram? Killing yourself over this woman is not the solution! You lost a tremendous…

SA 2: "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story of John Steinbeck which reflects the frustration in the present life of Elisa Allen, strong and proud woman. This frustration arises from not having a child as well as from the dissatisfaction in a romantic relationship with her husband. The only possible way out for Elisa's frustration is her beautiful flower garden where she plants chrysanthemums. The author frequently uses chrysanthemums as a symbol as well as a number of other items in order to…

4.Intrapersonal Reflection: The Self with Others: The grey haired person who encountered me sounded suspicious and appeared wanting to know more about me than I would have wanted him to know. He also reflected an abrupt style of conversation and not wanted to share about himself. It appeared as if he was hiding something from me. On another note, the responses from the two security guards made me ponder why this grey haired person gave money to them, or other people? Was he trying to bribe them…

is in the sound and shots that are taken. For a while, the microphone on Makhmalbaf is not working properly and the conversation between Makhmalbaf and Sabzian is unheard. In “Kiarostami and the Aesthetics of Ghazal” it says “It is not known if the sound was meant to be turned off,…but in any case it has a distracting effect on the audience, who are left to guess about the conversation between the two men” (Sheibani, 49). When both Makhmalbaf and Sabzian are driving off, there is a long take of…

speakers’ professional identities (teacher and student) take centre stage. However in line 87, after Hoa mentions that she often lends other people books, particularly her close friends, there is a slight shift in the interaction. From line 87, the conversation departs from the main topic of ‘next day planning’ and shifts to the discussion of lending people stuffs. When knowing that it is not easy to borrow books from Hoa, Manh changes to the matter of borrowing money and checks whether it is…

questions. I noticed that I would ask more close-ended questions while doing intakes instead of having a conversation with the clients and now I am much better at shifting away from closed-ended questions. I noticed that in the initial intervention I only asked one closed-ended question and none in the alternative statements. I also noticed that I am better at having more of a conversation-based intake with clients at my practicum site, just by rewording the question that I want to ask and I…

The Velázquez Painting circa 1618 depicts a scene of a server who works in the kitchen and three other figures who are situated in a room in the background. Compared to the other figures, the server is secluded and, more importantly, distant from the figure who has a faint halo above his head—the Jesus figure—and therefore seems to be the lesser in the spiritual sense. However, despite his or her seclusion and distance, Velázquez places the server figure in the center of the painting. The…

Similar messages from all of M.L. teachers were that M.L. had very few classmates he talked too and that he does not like to participates during small group activities. It was noted that they have seen M.L. eat by himself during lunch time. After conversation with the teachers, I learned that M.L.’s family immigrated from Mexico several years ago and that he is the youngest of five brothers. While trying to gather all the useful information, I had a message from M.L.’s mother indicating that she…

to tell my whole life story to another person just to “open up.” In order to improve on this, I will expand my comfort zone and chose to interact with more people. Instead of only listening to what other individuals say, I will make room in the conversation so that I can share my ideas also. I will work on telling myself that I am good enough so that I can feel confident when I talk about myself to others. Additionally, I will seek out nourishing people. I will give people more insight to my…