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Autonomy and competence
Anger
Clinical Psychology
Juvenile delinquency
Motivation
Psychological theories
Violence
A popular concern of parents over their children’s safety has been the rising number of gang membership in most cities in the country as well as the large number of violence-related behaviors of these gangs. Previous studies on gang violence had focused on the crimes committed by gangs, what caused gang violence and the…
Anger: A Personal Narrative
Anger
Mental Health
When people feel angry, they can choose to either defuse the situation, or let it take over their entire bodies. The latter can often lead to a more intense situation than necessary. Much of my adolescent years were spent getting Into trouble. I was constantly ditching school, getting bad grades, and being sent to the…
Analysis of Poem “Mid Term Break” by Seamus Heaney
Anger
Emotions
Poetry
Seamus Heaney
Silence
Mid-term Break is a poem by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. In this poem I will explain how the poem is very effective at conveying the complex emotions of how Seamus Heaney feels when he loses his younger brother in a road accident. I was surprised that in the poem he doesn’t show any sadness,…
A Literary Analysis on the Transfer
Human Activities
Narration
To value one’s own emotions too highly and to forget that others’ emotions should be acknowledged is a natural human tendency. Mr. Conrado Arabia portrays this tendency. In Bienvenido N. Santos’ “The Transfer”, we see how the turn of events make him realize that Father Simplicio Ruivivar is not just their parish priest – he…
The Gadamer-Habermas Debate
Critical Theory
Ethics
Existentialism
Truth
Hermeneutics is a topic that has been debated about for many years and two philosophers that have impacted the thought on hermeneutics are Hans-George Gadamer (1900-2002) and Jurgen Habermas (1929- ). In this essay I begin by providing a brief history of hermeneutics and then I go on to explain Gadamer‘s philosophy followed by Habermas’…
Where the Past Haunts the Present
Carl Jung
Past
Writers such as Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, and even J.R.R. Tolkien laid the groundwork for a modern literary genre that is often called Sword and Sorcery, but which might better be called “Heroic Fantasy.” These authors established the broad tropes of the genre for today’s times, but we must…
Difference between assignment
Bias
Bullying
Credibility
Information
Internet
The internet allows us to access a wealth of information, but caution is required when visiting certain websites. This is because anyone can contribute and upload content, which means there is a risk of encountering false information. Some writers may have malicious intentions to deceive or harm individuals or entities. I will be critiquing a…
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
Ethics
Aristotle (384-322 BCE.) treated ethics as an independent branch of social science, though he incorporated many points from philosophy into the doctrine. In the Nicomachean Ethics (EN) the philosopher presented the concepts of happiness as the ultimate human good, virtues of character and of thought, preconditions of virtue (voluntary action and responsibility), friendship and pleasure….
A Formalist Approach to the story Fences Analysis
Culture
Human Activities
In 1985, August Wilson published Fences, which was one of his ten plays that explained the experiences African Americans had in the United States at the time (Meyer 1516). The play focuses on the main character Troy Maxson’s life and the decisions that he has made. With the play focusing on Troy, it allows the…
Alcibiades, Pericles and the Athenian Ideal: An Analysis
Art
Democracy
Socrates
IntroductionOne of the popular historical accounts that many historians and analysts still study today is the history of the Peloponnesian War as it was described by Thucydides. It was a long, drawn out war that involved some of the best armies and navies in this part of the European continent, as well as notable political…