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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…
Marx and the Rise of the Proletariat
Karl Marx
The Rise of the Proletariat Karl Marx changed the world with his Communist Manifesto. He observed the gap between the rich and the poor and wanted the world to know that capitalism does not benefit everybody, and that it would not be permanent. Marx believed the proletariat will triumph over the bourgeoisie because the self-interest…
Practical Cognition
Cognition
Pragmatism
Theories of Knowledge (Karl Marx)In his early years of writing, Karl Marx’s ideas were similar to AmericanPragmatism, especially his ideas about epistemology. He defines truth in apragmatic fashion and explains cognition in terms of practical needs of thehuman being. While some of his ideas were not followed to their logicalconclusion, nor made sense, the fundamentals…
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…
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,…
How does Fatigue Affect Pilot Decision Making
Decision
Introduction Fatigue plagues all of us at some point in our lives. In aviation, fatigue may cause a pilot to fall asleep during cruise flight or it may impact alertness during take-off or landing. Pilots have a huge responsibility due to the fact they have a lot lives in their hands. This paper will discuss…
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’…
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…
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…
Steve jobs personality
Personality
Steve Jobs
Jobs’ passion for electronics and computers was sparked at a young age by his father’s job as a machinist. Despite being highly intelligent, Jobs’ parents did not allow him to skip grades in high school. During this time, he met Steve Wozniak who shared his love for electronics and computer chips. After leaving college, Jobs…