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Altruism for Survival “Pure” altruism is defined as the showing unselfish concern for another’s welfare without personal gain. However according to Richard Dawkins, in his Selfish Gene theory, pure altruism does not exist. This theory all boils down to expanding and maximizing inclusive fitness. The term selfish does not imply that there is any motives…

Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry based upon a materialist interpretation of historical development, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis of class-relations within society and their application in the analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. In the mid-to-late 19th century, the intellectual development of…

Being written by Kate Chopin in 1894, “The Story of an Hour” describes hour from the life of Louise Mallard, a woman with heart trouble, immediately after receiving news of her husband’s death. Despite the traditional perceptions of loss experience associated with grief and sorrow, Chopin’s heroine has a moment of relief realizing the freedoms…

There are five personal traits, they are openness, conscientious, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Everybody has at least one of these traits in their personality. Openness personal trait is when someone is curiosity. These people use saying like “I have rich vocabulary” or saying like “I have vivid imagination. ” These kind of people usually get…

Behavior Theory (BT) and Cognitive Theory (CT) are both very important in the field of social work. The combination has led to one of the most widely used therapies for those struggling with mental health. Both have had large impacts on the development of therapy and theories that are used with many different disorders. There…

The issue of nature versus nurture has been around for years, and still it has not been resolved which of the two has greater effect on a person. Scientists on both sides conducted research and experiments and they have supported their findings with good reasons as to why nature – heredity, or nurture–environment is the…

            Persuasion by argument can be tricky. Without being critical, one’s opinion can be swayed by a falsely constructed argument loosely based on logic and heavily tinted with fallacious, emotional and biased statements, or by an illogically constructed text which ignores counterarguments and rebuttals. In this paper, the author will examine an argumentative text entitled…

Jack Raymond was the most popular boy in school. He was like the typical Mills & Boon hero – tall, dark and handsome. He was like a Greek God with a well-sculpted body and features that even men envied. Every girl in school admired him openly. Jack was also warm and caring. This endeared him…

To have a deeper understanding of the French modernist painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and his masterpieces, together with his contemporaries, first we have to delve into the art movement that they have pioneered — Impressionism. But before that, it is just proper to discuss Realism, the movement that came before it. The rising Modern Age…

Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass., had a grandfather who served as a judge during the Salem witch trials. His original surname was spelled “Hathorne.” Upon completing college, he altered the spelling of his name by appending a “w” to correspond with its pronunciation. Hawthorne possessed an aversion towards school and…