The Goldbergs

In almost every story since the beginning of human history, storytellers used certain tried and true characterization methods essential to any story: archetypes. Carl Jung first identified these universal archetypes and tropes prevalent in almost every story since The Odyssey. Jung believed that these archetypes existed in the psyches of human beings, which explains why people recognize archetypes so easily when hearing/reading a work of literature. However, as time went on, people noticed these…

The development of idea of multiculturalism can be traced into the concepts of cultural pluralism that is important for the formation of philosophical and social humanism to help build a better and more egalitarian society. Although diversity/pluralism is used interchangeably with multiculturalism, they are based on two separate ideals. Diversity generally refers to class, race, ethnicity and socio-economic variables contrast to multicultural ideology relating to specific communities containing…

THE TRAIT THEORIES Personality traits, or characteristics that predict their behavior consistently across a wide range of situations. The predominant trait theory, the Big Five theory, finds that these traits are extraversion/introversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. The trait theorists believe that there are certain core personality characteristics that, once developed in each of us, remain relatively stable throughout our life and thus comprise…

The United States has dependably been a country of outsiders—never more so than in 1917 when the country entered the First World War. Of the 2.5 million troopers who battled with U.S. military in the trenches of France and Belgium, some a large portion of a million and about one out of each five men were foreigners. In The Long Way Home, David Laskin, creator of the prize-winning history The Children's Blizzard, recounts the stories of twelve of these settler legends. Beginning with their…

modern. This is because Walt wanted to take a different directions than in previous films and called the artwork of Sleeping Beauty, “A moving illustration.” The influences of Sleeping Beauty on the filmmakers that followed was immense. Animator, Eric Goldberg stated that “...it’s something our current generation of animator shave taken greatly to heart, in trying to make our current films as stylistically and graphically as different from one another as we can. It’s a level of craftsmanship to…

Presently, the average American consumes over eight hours or media each day. We are bombarded by images that neither represent us nor please us. Ribcages and clavicles are trademarks of the fashion and advertising industries, pushing our mothers, our sisters, our friends, and ourselves farther from the spotlight and deeper into isolation. Blonde hair and blue eyes dominate movie posters and television screens, while most people wonder if they will ever see the reflections in their mirrors…

The novel, Counting by 7s written by Holly Goldberg Sloan is a family story. This does not necessarily mean it relates just to the traditional, old-fashion, born into a wonderfully stable house-hold with mom and dad type of family. Mr. Sloan was able to take more of a modern stand to this Realistic Youth Fiction genre and transcribed a different way of family, ones with adopted children and ones made up of loved ones you may not essentially be blood related to. “Friends are the family you choose…

persistent, could weigh on the outlook for economic activity.” Continue reading the main story RELATED COVERAGE News Analysis: Conflicting Economic Indicators Challenge Fed’s Policy MakersFEB. 5, 2016 What Happens When the Fed Raises Rates, in One Rube Goldberg MachineDEC. 16, 2015 Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global GrowthFEB. 3, 2016 Wages Rise as U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls Below 5%FEB. 5, 2016 Fed Raises Key Interest Rate for First Time in Almost a DecadeDEC. 16, 2015 Economic…

The most widely accepted theory of job satisfaction was proposed by Locke (1976), who defined job satisfaction as “a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences” (Locke, 1975, p.1304). In reviewing the vignette for this week discussion, there are two distinct differences between employees; the employees with low job satisfaction and the employees with high job satisfaction. Kathy’s overall job score is 9 out of 10. She believes she is…

There are approximately one hundred and forty three million orphans in the world. “[All of those children], standing shoulder to shoulder, will go around the 10,913 mile perimeter of the USA nearly 4 times; they would reach around the Earth over 2 times; the entire Michigan University’s stadium could be filled with orphans 1,330 times” (Orphans). Few would dare to argue against every one of those children 's’ desperate need for a stable home and a loving family. Hearts of many thaw when the…