The Plight

The liberal consensus was constructed during an era in which the U.S. was poised to be the worlds singular super power. This was an idealized optimistic image of the United States, promulgated by the beneficiaries of American ingenuity and conquest which was devoid of realism and characterized by its affinity for capitalism, it 's disregard for the disenfranchised and a sense of moral obligation to spread American principles. The liberal consensus was not to last, crumbling in the face of the…

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B DuBois is a collection of essays that describe the plight, education, rise, and experience of the black community in America. The essays are connected through themes and motifs, but not directly connected through storyline or characters. In the first essay DuBois tells readers about the Veil, and briefly, his experience living behind it. The veil what separates the lives of the black folk from that of the whites. While the black can understand what life was like…

Great Depression. Steinbeck focuses on the fictional tale of the Joad family, who, like many others, are traveling to California in search of work. Throughout his novel, Steinbeck includes short stories that describe the setting and symbolize the plight of the people who survived the Great Depression. One such story is the narrative of a turtle trying to cross a highway. As the turtle cautiously proceeds, he is faced with life threatening challenges that he overcomes to the benefit of his…

How Mercy Should be Practiced Charity begins at home. Gustavo Gutierrez and Dorothy Day are two people whose writings have developed that theme. In any case, for you to get a man who is at the other side of the street, definitely it demands of you to walk to where he is. By incorporating the spiritual acts of gratitude, mercy and understanding harmony is created. The spiritual acts of mercy admonishes all evil, the sorrowful acquire comfort while those who are poor are fed. No doubt, Gustavo…

The gender gap is defined as the differences between males and females, especially as reflected in social, political, educational, cultural, etc. It is often said that women are more capable of succeeding than men, but this is just creating a gender gap. In the essay “How to be a Woman Programmer” by Ellen Ullman, she says that women today face a new, more virile and virulent sexism but, such thing didn’t stop her from being a programmer and she explained how much she struggled in her field…

one mentality that pursues a collective right through a possibility in education. The children and individuals at all ages must be taught the ways of learning to acknowledge other individuals in different regions, and to commiserate the people’s plights. The communitarian-related nurses should be in a good position to teach the community as well as another health provider the reason in many ways of taking the responsibility of being a sister or brother’s keeper. To many health care…

Oedipus the King was a hero to Thebes by getting rid of the Sphinx after answering a riddle correctly.However, he possessed an tragic flaw by always acting before thinking. Even though it was an “involuntary hamartia” and it could have been ignored if it were not for his arrogance and how impetuous he was (Innocence, 59, Gould). Even though Oedipus was a king, he was completely unaware of what the future held just like the rest of the people. However, Oedipus began his tragic life from…

The Schopenhauer Cure, by Irvin Yalom. HarperCollins Publishing 2005 ISBN: 0–06–621441–6 Reviewed by Sean Campbell, December 8, 2015. Irvin Yalom is one of the most prominent names in group therapy today. He wrote what is possibly the most widely used group therapy textbook, Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, as well as several other novels, such as When Nietzsche Wept : A Novel of Obsession, Momma and the Meaning of Life : Tales of Psychotherapy, and Lying on the Couch. Yalom offers a…

Dr. Elizabeth Schoales very eloquently delineated the issues Canada has with animal protection laws and standards. She dissected the Canadian laws and legislation for animal protection and pointed out the many flaws. Vague language, protection of the industries instead of the animals and a lack of stringency in supporting these laws are reoccurring themes. Animals, she pointed out, are not all regarded equally under the Canadian laws throughout the country, all depending on their use as pets,…

Zionism is a complex but simple movement. In its simplest form it calls for a re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, in gathering of the exiles, and liberation of Jews from the anti-Semitic discrimination and persecution that occurred in their Diaspora. In a sense of Jews with their own nation taking care of their own for their own cause. The waters were muddied and the movement took on many ideologies, and had evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General…