The Downward Spiral

It is noted that there is a relationship between conflicts and emotions. Some people in the system can cause conflicts due to the feeling that they are more important than others. “Emotion” is another key word in conflicts. Emotions are states of feeling. These can be frustration, joy, or disappointment. These are both intrapersonal and interpersonal phenomena. We feel them inside ourselves and we express them as nonverbal and verbal communication. These can be control but not possible to say…

could have the power to change ourselves for the better, rather than creating an imaginary perception of oneself to get lost in. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, we watch as Blanche Dubois, the protagonist of the play, spirals downward into a deep darkness due to the haunting memories that she has of her past and through the painful events that…

long work hours, and began the expectations of women bringing in half the income. Though they were a cautious, conservative group, who believed in working smarter then working more, they began to stray from the ethics of their parents and set the downward course of the millennials. The millennials were the least disciplined. They spend money that isn’t theirs and expect no work and all play. Individuality is the name of the game for them, but so is “a great expense”. For others, though, not for…

The Crucible: Film Review The Crucible is a film adaptation of a stage drama. Its main characters are John Proctor, Abigail Williams, Reverend John Hale, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Parris, Rebecca and Francis Nurse, and Judge Danforth. It is a story about the Massachusetts village of Salem where a group of girls who fell ill and accusing people of dabbling in witchcraft. It followed a series of people who were falsely accused and were hanged in the gallows. A group of girls gathered in the…

sees in the wallpaper. The wallpaper starts making her see strange things. Soon, she sees a woman with numerous heads in the wallpaper and a pattern moving under the moonlight. The obscene obsession with the wallpaper is a large factor in her downward spiral. In addition to both of those reasons, she also had a baby before she got sick and still has not seen it. This could have an effect on her mental state as well. Many things can go wrong during labor, and maybe she had trouble pushing the…

I am passionate about my house. Fenwick has been my home away from home since day one, my best friends are in this house, some of my favorite teachers are leading it and I can see the potential we have shown with last year's win. I remember in my first day in Year 9 I was warmly welcomed into Fenwick with everyone greeting me, just the simple hello meant a lot to a new student. This experience has made me very approachable, easily talking with any student, old or new. I am a very…

Podcast Hi, I’m Lachlan and today i’ll be reviewing Don’t Starve a popular survival game where pretty much everything in it tries to kill you in some way or another, whether it’s from a swarm of bees, rotten food, starvation, wild packs of hell hounds, frogs or the dark creatures that haunt you at night. You are spawned into the dangerous realm by some strange old gentleman, you start off as Wilson the scientist in a randomly generated demonic world. When it comes to figuring out how to stay…

According to most people we had failed. My team and I had just lost our first game that season and everyone was frustrated. The game had been close and physical, but still we had played unusually well for ourselves. As we sat silently in the locker room waiting for our coach to come in I glanced around at my disappointed teammates. Sullen looks were painted across nearly every face and I even saw a few tears that were quickly brushed away. Strangely enough, I did not share the gloomy mood that…

The Concept of Love The term “love” has a wide variety of meanings, each different than the rest. To some, love may simply mean having an attachment or desire to be with another; to others, love may feel like a complete entity that envelops you once you have found “the one.” However, to the Greeks, love could actually be categorized into three different classes: eros, agape, and phileo. These three types, although distinct in what they display, would all come to be adopted into the practice of…

I don’t believe that any town should just give up and die. Smaller towns tend to have less to work with but that’s no excuse for allowing their city to fall into ruins. Community leaders and members have to realize that growth doesn’t just happen magically, it must be worked for. Community leaders have to research and find brokers and economic developers to help their town to grow and flourish. This allows those brokers and developers to grow their assets and the community to grow in ways they…