The historical-fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describes the atrocities of World War I from the perspective of the Germans. The war started in 1914 and lasted till 1918, nationalism being a large contributor towards the starting of this war. Across these 4 years, there was a casualty count of over 40 million. The slaughter and destruction were so great that it was branded as âthe war to end all wars.â In 1917, The...
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Todayâs organization highly dependent on how it attracts and motivates its employee and employee satisfaction is key of success of organization growth. Therefore, organizations are required to adopt a strategy to improve the employeeâs quality of work life to satisfy both the organizational objectives and employee needs. Motivational strategies play a bigger role employeeâs Job Satisfaction. Employees need to be more flexibility at work place to enjoy their commitment. The aim of this study is to learn and identify the...
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Language and literacy skills are an important and necessary ability required to drive a personâs ability to think and learn as without these skills an individualâs developmental growth can decline due to their critical thinking and learning skills being reduced. An educator plays a significant role in assisting children in an early childhood environment to positively develop and enhance their diverse learning skills. Various planned experiences and methods are used in an education and care environment in order to assist...
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Introduction In any given year, one in five people in Canada will experience a mental health problem or illness, and about one percent of Canadians will experience Bipolar Disorder. (Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2013) Bipolar 1 Disorder formerly known as âmanic depressiveâ disorder is characterized by one manic episode, which is usually followed by a major depressive episode but not always. âA person experiencing a manic episode often has feelings of self importance, elation, talkativeness, coupled with the characteristics...
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In recent years a number of democratic movements have failed, leading to the study of political institutions. Yet, within these studies very little attention has been given to human nature, whereas throughout history the nature of politics has been discussed in regards to human nature. It is wise to consider human nature when studying politics since political acts or impulses can be understood as a consequence of the interaction between human nature and the environment. For the purposes of this...
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It would be fallacious to suggest that the latter half of the twentieth century was anything less than revolutionary as the American literary sphere was marked by various social uprisings that sought to weave nationwide equality into the fabric of mainstream society. Aside from being the cornerstone for a profound cultural shift among the general populace, American literature during the post-war period became increasingly experimental through the creation of hallucinatory fictional narratives in postmodern works from Thomas Pynchon and Kurt...
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Introduction to the Dystopian World of 'Harrison Bergeron' One would expect that having their son taken away and being wanted by the government would leave an impact on them, but not in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.âs world of Harrison Bergeron. In Harrison Bergeron, society functions by full equality, meaning in every aspect, everyone is equal and no one is better than another. In todayâs society, equality is something that is fought so hard for, but Vonnegut uses the dystopian world of...
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Introduction This literature review is going to investigate the current state of YouTube and how it has changed over the years. The literature review will then narrow down its research to focus on how the platform has affected businesses positively and negatively and how they utilize the platform from a marketing aspect and future potential for the platform. YouTube is a multimedia platform that allows users to create an account for free and upload videos that they have created. YouTube...
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Since time immemorial, the nature of science fears the idea of subjective data due to its capricious and unpredictable characteristics. Wherein science is ultimately based on empirical evidence of cause and effect relationships, the nature of pain is highly dependent on physical, psychological and environmental factors. A pioneer in pain management once said, âpain is whatever the person experiencing it says it is and exists whenever he says it doesâ (1999, p. 98). Margo McCaffery meant to say that pain...
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Introduction The definition of âserial killerâ accepted by the police and academics says that a serial killer is someone who has killed, spaced through time, three or more people who were previously unknown to him. (Haggerty, 2009) However, as Haggerty (2009) states this definition can present some difficulties as other individuals who have killed three or more unknown people should be defined as serial killers when they are not, such as dictators or terrorists who kill those who do not...
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Introduction The problem of employee theft will discuss here. This assignment will explore employee theft based on the hospitality industry. It is the thieving of time, money and goods by the people who work for the organisation such as employees. This assignment will explore the difficult of employee theft through diverse departments, the incentive overdue employee theft in hotels and kinds of employee theft. This assignment will also explore the way to stop employee theft adopt by international hotels and...
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Child abuse refers to the maltreatment of a child by the parent or caregiver. It could also include neglect and might be physical, psychological, or sexual. Here, the parent or caregiver might fail to act causing actual and perceived harm to the kid. Abuse can occur at home, schools, or neighborhoods. Understanding the causes and effects of child abuse will help with the formulation of effective prevention strategies. Child abuse remains a global concern as it affects all cultures. Not...
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The current practice of racial profiling has been used significantly all around the world for centuries, demonstrating the need for control and monitoring to prevent and incite change. Gathering facts, statistics, and stories from the local news will further explain why racial profiling needs to be put to an end. Some issues that have occurred as a result of racial profiling would include unreasonable search and seizures, stop and frisk, and their impacts. Implementing guidelines to control racial profiling and...
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The word symbol, derived from the Greek verb symballein, âto throw togetherâ, is an animate or inanimate object that represents or âstands forâ something else.1 They use a concrete image to express implicit ideas or emotions, to be interpreted by the reader. In the 20th Century, for instance, the United States used Uncle Sam as an easily recognizable symbol in order to recruit soldiers for the Second World War. In âThe Catcher in the Ryeâ, J.D. Salinger uses symbolism to...
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The marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored and non-sponsored message to promote or sell a product or service has created a platform for the proliferation of racial stereotypes. Racial stereotypes are automatic and exaggerated mental pictures that we hold about all members of a particular racial group (University of Notre Dame 2019). This widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or actions plays a significant role in the manner in which...
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The novel Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom, and the film Collateral Beauty (2016), directed by David Frankel, explore themes of life lessons, death and acceptance, yet are presented to an audience differently to portray a message beneath those themes. Tuesdays with Morrie, a non-fiction biography, follows Professor Morrie Schwartz and his journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS disease). Albom, the narrator of the story, reflects on Morrie Schwartzâ classes in college. He realises he did not fulfil his promise...
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Technologies in the ways of communications and technology-based have improved greatly over the last decade. Years before technology started to become advanced and simpler, there was the old fashion technology that was in use. This was the landline connection to houses, offices, stores, and phone booths to communicate with friends and family. The mobile device was invented, and around the 1990s was when a good amount of people could afford the phones and services. With this new technology, people could...
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Introduction to Euthanasia and Ethical Dilemmas Today, there are various opinions on what should be considered ethical and/or unethical. At an early age, many people learn the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, but we all tend to develop our own ideas of why something is right or wrong and/or good or bad. Although we learn these concepts early in life and develop our own opinions rather quickly, there are some situations in life that may cause individuals...
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We come into contact with texts every day; it is everything we see and experience. A thesis is what we are attracted to and an antithesis is what we are opposed to. These texts make up the self, who we are as individuals/people. This essay will examine how the perspective of individuals attempts to comprehend the perspective of those who are opposed to illegal immigration and those who are illegal immigrants. This will inform our own outlook in life, particularly...
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The seventeenth century â and the times before that â were not particularly great times to live in as a woman. Today we live in a mostly patriarchal society where men often have a lot more to say than women, but we also have feminism and feminist theory. Simone de Beauvoir states that âOne is not born, but rather becomes, a womanâ , which suggests the society at large and its arbitrary rules concerning boys and girls, men and women,...
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Section 1: Social, Political and Philosophical Context The Victorian era was one of great change and importance. The industrialisation of England during this time forever changed how and where people lived. The shift from rural to urban work accelerated with the rise of factories and the advancement of technology. The lower classes were overworked and suffered from horrible workplace conditions. Both adults and children worked tirelessly for sixteen hours per day on repetitive, strenuous and often dangerous tasks. For this,...
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Introduction In early childhood education, play has been seen as a central concept that underpins the areas of teaching and learning (Fleer, 2013). Play also provides a supportive environment which offers children rich learning experiences that allows them to make sense of their world, to express their thoughts and feeling, as well as extend all levels of development (Crowther & Welhousen, 2003, P. 12). However, the concept of play is changing over time. Firstly, this essay will compare the classical...
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Iceland is fundamentally opposed to not only the national but also the global execution of Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are incorporated into the governmentâs social, economic and environmental agenda, with significant interest in maintaining a civilized and just community, free of fear and aggression. Iceland has been the most gender-equal country in the world for almost a decade. Being a woman in Iceland is fortuitous in comparison to other countries. Iceland was the first...
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âIt doesnât matter what I do ... it doesnât matter what I accomplish; that will always come second. I will always be Reggie Shaw, the person who took two lives in a car accidentâ (Macavinta 1). These are the words from a man who was a part of an upcoming epidemic for the world, distracted driving. It was a rainy morning on September 22, 2006, and a young teen Reggie Shaw was on his daily commute from Tremonton to Logan...
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Introduction to Censorship and Book Banning When material is censored, is knowledge being kept from the public? Throughout history, there have been countless instances in which people argued if certain pieces of literature should be banned. According to the first page of the article, âFirst Amendment and Censorshipâ, censorship is âThe suppression of ideas and information that certain persons-individuals, groups, or government officials-find objectionable or dangerousâ. One kind of censorship is book banning, which as stated by the article, âBanned...
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Introduction As a comparative essay is a theoretical identification of the similarities and differences in any two subjects, this document tries to establish the same between the two thinkers, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and John Dewey. The main theme of discussion is how the idea of education of the two thinkers differ or concur and how relevant they are in the 21st century. While the time period of both the personalities coincided, they addressed vastly different aspects of education,...
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Abstract In this review paper, we tried to present a cognitive effects of online games for pre-school children. The results of the study were that online games were emphasized by new studies in the literature for pre-school children. Previous studies have revealed the importance of online games in terms of visual attention, visual screening, multi-tasking in preschool children when taken from a cognitive perspective. We argue that there is a general consensus on these cognitive characteristics as a positive effect....
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Discrimination of the elderly or, ageism, is defined as a form of discrimination which is based on an individualâs age (Hitchings & Day, 2011). The advance in age, the reduction in independence and the limitations in social participation affect societyâs views and approaches towards elderly individuals. Due to such attitudes, the elderly are frequently stereotyped and subjected to positive or negative prejudice (Cinar et al., 2018). Ageism and age discrimination may manifest themselves differently in various social, economic, work, health...
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The denotation of individualism is the principle of being independent from group mentality and having freedom of actions and thoughts without limitations. Ancient Greece placed an emphasis on the individual, making it a major aspect of Western Civilization. Greeks were the first to experiment with ideals of individualism through direct democracy, in which certain citizens were encouraged to take an active role in government. As this idea developed and spread throughout Greek culture, people were encouraged to act and create...
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âUtopia,â Abraham Ortelius A âutopiaâ, purely from my own understanding, describes an âideal placeâ or âparadiseâ. According to the Oxford definition of the word, this understanding is not far from its actuality. It is defined as âan imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.â This word, like many other in the English language, is of Latin origin and stems from the prefix ou meaning ânotâ and the suffix topos meaning âplaceâ. When translated the phrase ou-topos...
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