The importance of service to others is a present theme in the Bible. Numerous scientific studies have gone on to prove this importance. An ideology shared by many reports is that serving others leads to an improvement in the mental health and well-being of ourselves. Robert Barnett writes for the Huff Post about the body’s reaction to service: “But you might [benefit], too. Your body might flood with feel-good chemicals that have a deep evolutionary heritage” (Barnett, 2011). And that’s...
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The Tempest is a challenging play to categorize because it is considered by most scholars to be Shakespeare's final solo piece. It has been classified as a 'problem plays,' and examination of the work has emphasized the work's straightforward nature. Many have sought to link Prospero to Shakespeare himself, viewing the play as a last act. Part of the problem in defining the work is that it does not appear to fit into the dichotomy of Shakespeare's other works, and...
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Literature Review The primary basis of symbolic interaction theory is the assumption that people create their view of the world and interpersonal meanings jointly through the nature of their encounters (Leeds-Hurwitz, 2016). These respective views and opinions become a person's new reality. Its key area of focus is gaining an understanding of the role people or communities play in the construction of such reality. According to Fairhurst and Grant (2010), the theory that has evolved over a long period draws...
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The concept of poverty, capability deprivation, and social exclusion have been widely used but on problematical perception. The capability approach reflects different ways in which humans' lives become blighted, which in turn gives a framework into which poverty can be analyzed. Various authors in books and journals have come forward to explain poverty as a capability deprivation with some supporting documented literature while others reject it. Notably, all authors aim at explaining measures society needs to undertake in the fight...
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Sexual harassment happening in the workplace has been a perpetual problem for many decades. However, in October of 2017, The Me-Too Movement finally drew public attention to this timeless issue. Various celebrities started speaking out about the sexual abuse they experienced while working in Hollywood. Providing evidence of how common sexual harassment in the workplace may truly be. Throughout, I will be analyzing the effect sexual harassment has in the workplace and the negative consequences that follow. As well as...
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Often times you hear about doctors, nurses, and even dentists. However, in the medical field, there is a profession that is hardly mentioned but can be crucial to someone’s life. Dietitians/Nutritionists study the effects food can have on our physical health and play a big key factor in treating some fatal diseases. From working in hospitals and even in sports medicine, dietitians have a unique profession. The expected set of responsibilities for a Registered Dietitian (RD) fluctuates depends on the...
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Today, many people don’t know where the food they eat is coming from. Even if you are aware that your vegetables have traveled hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles to get to your table, it is still difficult to find where that food originated from, and how safely or ethically it was grown. Recently, citizens have started to realize the dangers of industrial agriculture and the negative impacts it has on our health and the health of the earth. This system...
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The Sociological Imagination: The Sociological Imagination is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and society. It is the ability to view one’s own society through the eyes of an ‘outsider,’ thus enabling one to broaden their view without, to a certain extent, allowing limited experiences and cultural biases to cloud their judgment. In ‘The Sociological Imagination,’ C. Wright Mills discusses how the two core aspects of the Sociological Imagination, namely the individual and society, cannot be understood separately,...
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In chapter four of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry writes about a rare case of a four-year-old girl who is underweight. Laura, the four-year-old girl, cannot seem to gain any weight despite being provided a high-calorie diet. Laura has visited several specialists and has undergone several tests but doctors are unable to find the root cause to her sickness. A psychologist even thinks that the child might have infantile anorexia. Dr. Perry, a psychiatrist, is...
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Significant Issues Faced by Youth Aging out of Foster Care In 2018 there were over 438,000 children in the United States foster care system and more children are being added every day (“Foster). These children have often seen or felt horrible forms of abuse or neglect. They are usually left in the system for months at a time and some children will spend their entire childhood in foster care. However, once a foster youth turns 18 or 19, depending on...
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Introduction Today, journalism is under attack. The tensions between the responsibilities of journalists and the prerogatives of the government when dealing with issues of national security are exacerbated by a body politic fortified by partisan certitude, by technology designed to ferret out confidential sources, and by nation-states with hidden agendas. One of the most significant ethical challenges that are facing journalists today is the issue of fake news in addition to its use as a weapon of asymmetric warfare. The...
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We've used the word 'fake news' so many times that it's lost its significance in the real world. It is the deliberate misrepresentation of fact and the distortion of propaganda masquerading as true news. It may manifest itself in various forms, such as hoaxes, slander, and misinformation being disseminated as accurate information for technical, political, or civil purposes. It differs from editorials or journals in that they are organized in a systematic manner. Fake news intentionally attempts to appear as...
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Fake news is a big threat to journalism and the trust between consumers of news and journalists. However, it isn’t a new problem. ‘Rumor and false stories have probably been around as long as humans have lived in groups where power matters’ (Burkhardt, 2017). It hasn’t been until recently that the term fake news has been used commonly even though it has existed for many years. ‘In the late twentieth century, the internet provided new means for disseminating fake news...
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'But secondly, you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God (Victor Hugo). What can be considered a 'just punishment' is a much-debated and complicated subject. Who has the authority in deciding whether the severity of a punishment is appropriate or too cruel? In his article 'Going to See a Man Hanged', published in Fraser's magazine for town and country, William Makepeace Thackeray asserts his opinion...
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If Australians are caught and found guilty of smuggling illegal drugs into another country that has the death penalty as the standard punishment for such a crime, then it is not morally right that they are sentenced according to that country’s laws. To prove this statement, I am going to focus on two ethical theories. Retributivism is an ethical theory of punishment focusing on the idea that when an offender breaks the law, justice requires him or her to suffer...
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Stories as therapy: Bibliotherapy Topic: Suffering Book: 12 Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Published in the year 1853 Summary At the beginning of the story, we can see that Solomon before being captive was a free man. He was born in July 1808. His father was a slave who has been liberated upon his master’s death. His childhood was spent mainly on his farm and also was educated and even played violin. He was happily married to Anne Hampton,...
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Justine Moritz is a young girl adopted into Victor’s family while he is growing up. She is the housekeeper for the family. Through reading the book her character is not acknowledged much mostly because she loses her life in volume one of the novels. She represents the suffering of injustice much like a martyr (CliffsNotes, n.d.). A martyr is someone who is killed because of their beliefs. Justine is taken care of by the Frankenstein family and is not looked...
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What is global warming? Global warming is the average temperature of Earth has increased since 1950 until now the temperature continues increasing. Global warming can also refer to climate change that causes an increase in the average temperature. However global warming is caused by natural events and humans that are believed to contribute to the increase in average temperatures. Global warming is a major problem and is not a single issue but a series of environmental problems. Global warming is...
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner are gothic fiction short stories that feature defiant female protagonists living in isolated ‘haunted house’ settings and use the tragic experiences of their protagonists to advance discourses against male dominance over women, the treatment of women with mental illness. “The Yellow Wallpaper” addresses the oppression of women in society more explicitly than “A Rose for Emily” however, both stories are symbolic of women’s resistance during...
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The Pulitzer Prize novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, tells the story of a young girl named Scout Finch and her brother Jem. It takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb Alabama in the late 1930s. They all, including their visiting friend Dill, get intrigued by getting a glimpse of their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. They walk past his house daily and got different treats from him, but never saw what he looked like. Their father,...
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The Americans won a war that no human would believe they would win. The first Americans were under the control of the British Empire and had to follow certain laws. America had to do further business if they wanted to come through and survive the future that was ahead of them. After the Revolution, the United States faced plentiful times, and they faced times that were at a low state. With the United States being a new-found country, they were...
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History The Central American country of Honduras has a long and varied history that dates back thousands of years. The Maya and Lenca peoples were only two of the ancient civilizations that lived in the area before the advent of the Europeans. These cultures created spectacular buildings, excellent agricultural techniques, beautiful artwork, and hieroglyphic writing. Christopher Columbus arrived at the Honduran coast during his fourth journey to the Americas in 1502. Soon after, Spain established a colony in Honduras, and...
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Police brutality has been an ongoing issue for a significant amount of time now. It is constantly being reported by the media for events such as racism and social violations. Law enforcers are committing violent acts against those who are innocent and need their protection. This is an act of abusing their rights and freedom violation. It does not stop here, for many years, police have also been reported to mistreat their suspects and force them to make a false...
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Why is police brutality a human rights issue? The term “police brutality” is referred to as human rights violations by police. For example, beatings, racial abuse, torture, unlawful killings, or indiscriminate use of riot control agents at protests. So many people reject the fact that police are not allowed to do what they want just because of the power they hold. Can you believe being stopped by the police on an everyday basis just because of the color of your...
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Introduction According to the world health organization (WHO), health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 1948). Martino (2017) also states that this is consistent with the biopsychological model of health that considers physiological, psychological, and social factors in health and illness. WHO (2016) also states that health promotion allows individuals to increase control over their own health. Health promotion covers a wide range of...
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At the heart of the immigration debate lies a controversial term: “illegal immigrant.” Some believe that the word 'illegal' justifies the term’s use; comments from social media argue that “‘[why] is this so hard for the freaking liberals to understand… Illegal the opposite from legal… means there breaking the law to be simple and clear” (Stribley). But, is this issue really that 'simple and clear?' Although the use of “illegal immigrant” seems straightforward and logical, the connotations attached to this...
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When we look at Canada today, we see a tolerant, welcoming, and multicultural nation. Despite how our country is perceived today, it was the exact opposite not even a century ago. From the early 1900s until about the 1930s, many Canadians wanted to limit immigration, and some even wanted to cut it out altogether. However, Canada was not the only xenophobic country at that time, most of the world was, but Canada is known for some extreme examples of it....
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America still provides access to the American Dream. Some people might agree with this, but I am not one of those people. In past America probably did provide access to the American Dream. But that was the past, things were different then. Now it’s hard to reach the American Dream, and America isn’t making it any easier. The American Dream was to be able to live comfortably, even as a middle-class family. Even if you are in the middle class,...
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The success of any historical and social movement should be judged by its own definitions and the extent of its accomplishments against measured against its own aims. Viewing the abolitionist movement in this way in the period 1820-1860 it is fair to say that the abolitionist movement was not an abject failure. ‘Abject’ implies ‘to the maximum degree’. Therefore, the definition, given by William Lloyd Garrison on the 1st January 1834 in his abolitionist newspaper ‘The Liberator’, states: “I am...
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It all started one afternoon when Liam decided to give his phone to his mother. When asked by his mom why was he was giving up his phone, he gave her a slight shrug and went on to his room. This was just the first of weird moments that would later nudge Deidre Fell-O’Brien, Liam’s mother, to question her son about his suspicious activity. Deidre started to realize Liam’s bike was in the garage more and his interest in soccer...
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