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“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I’d be crunched into other people’s fantasies and eaten alive.”- Audre Lorde Being two races is a blessing and a curse. Two cultures, two genres of music, two distinctive worlds, so much delightful food – but a lot of confusion. I never felt like I was African-American, the…

The ways that your mind perceives happiness are interesting in their own unique way. There is one thing everyone wants and that is happiness. There is an issue with this. Is your happiness consisted of what satisfies you or the satisfaction of others? There is a concept discussed in Jonathan Haidt’s book The Happiness Hypothesis…

Narration has a profound effect on the interpretation of a story. This interpretation changes depending on whom the narrator is and whether they are involved in the story. In Thomas King’s short story “Borders”, a twelve-year-old boy recounts the experience he had with his mother crossing the United States border. As a result of a…

Aesop’s fable, “The Fox and the Grapes” is a about a fox who finds a bunch of grapes hanging from a vine and attempts to reach the grapes.  In the end, the fox is unable to acquire the grapes and gives up saying that the grapes are sour. There are three levels of conflict in…

Nationalism is a modern political ideology that creates a devotion to one’s culture and is the belief that from acting independent instead of communally will benefit nations which highlight national goals rather than international ones. Nationalism didn’t start till around the 17th, and 18th centuries which is because there was no concept of what a…

In today’s competitive world products are designed in away to appeal to customers, encouraging them to buy these products. As a result marketers and researchers spend a lot of time understanding and focusing on the product attributes. However it is not only the product attributes that influence buying behavior but is the customer too. Thus…

The two theories of motivation I have chosen to compare are Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and Clayton Alderfer’s ERG theory, which is also based on needs. Maslow’s theory is based on five levels of individual needs. Those levels are further broken down into two tiers, lower-order needs and higher-order needs. This theory is…

Paine wrote his pamphlet Common Sense to convince the struggling colonists that succession from the British monarchy was not only inevitable, but also Justified, and that It was time for the people of the American colonies to rise up against the British control. At this time the American Revolution had been In progress for about…

There has been found to be a relationship between mental and emotional health, and suicide risk among veterans in California, We will use the data from the national health survey in estimating the prevalence and correlation of the suicidal behaviors among veterans in California. The prevalence of suicidal behaviors among veterans in California was mainly…

When Jill expressed her confusion about her sexuality, Joe’s body language was a dead give- away that he was judging her. This, in itself, can add to Jill’s anxiety and depression. Joe should know, and understand, the ethical guidelines that he is governed by. When he imparted his religious views on Jill’s thoughts and lifestyle,…