Characterization in The Graduate The Graduate is one of the landmark films of the 1960’s that initiated a new era of motion pictures. The movie exhibits a satirical tinge in tracing the life of a timid and pitifully ineffectual college graduate from the East Coast. The man finds himself isolated and remarkably demarcated in the new world order marked by shifts in culture, norms, moral standards, and sexual mores that characterized this age. He questions the very nature of the values and ethics of this new society in which he is immersed. The character of Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman, stood out in the film. This paper explains the most distinctive elements in the characterization of the actor in the film. It also draws a comparison between his role in this movie with his performances in other films. Dustin Hoffman fits so perfectly into his role that one could easily conclude that the character was tailor-made for him. This presumption is evident right from the onset of the movie. A close-up shot of his poker face that is blatantly blank…
Characteristics of a Healthy Community A healthy lifestyle is becoming a real priority among active families who seek to have a quality life. Therefore, having healthy communities or at least the principles or ideas of living in a healthy society has become a popular trend. All individuals belong to a community, and therefore, a community has particular characteristics that make it be termed as healthy. One feature of a healthy community is having access to quality education. Having a high level of knowledge enables people to have a longer lifespan and more top quality of life (Blais & Hayes, 2016). Schools also teach children foundational concepts of living a healthy life. Another characteristic is the ability to blend into its environment naturally. Such blending ensures less access to harmful substances. The availability of healthcare facilities is another characteristic to enable access to curative and preventive health services. Access to healthy food and wellness/fitness opportunities is also another characteristic of a community that is healthy. Concept of Community as a Client The idea of community as a client constitutes a population…
IKEA In INDIA Question 1 Small family businesses initially saturated the furniture market, which made competition high in the industry. Craftsmen gained their skills through apprenticeship, and they controlled the local market. 80% of the raw materials were acquired locally, and the residents were comfortable with the unique fusion in furniture practiced by the local businesses. Lead manufacturers occupied approximately 15% of the market, although they did not dominate the market. However, with time, there was an increase in demand for stylish homes and furniture, especially for the upper- and middle-class families. As a result, the lead manufactures got the upper hand in the demand market. Also, the Foreign Direct Investment policy barred IKEA from penetrating the Indian market due to its stringent laws. The process of restructuring the policies to accommodate international brands since the previous policies only accommodated small retail and local shops. FDI had to restructure its policies, which also took approximately one year. The new policies were not 100% exclusive and had numerous limitations for multi-national brands, which prolonged IKEA ‘s entry to India until January…
Evidence-informed practice Evidence-informed practice is a reliable approach for designing health-promoting plans and activities through the used of available data about strategies that have bee proved to work. This entails utilizing evidence in establishing the potential benefits, risks, and in quantifying the cost of the proposed interventions (Wall, Higgins, & Hunter, 2016). However, when applying this concept, it is vital to acknowledge that an approach that works effectively in one context may fail to be feasible in another. The evidence-informed practice combines the local experience with expertise by applying the best available research evidence. While making decisions about treatment approaches and how to evaluate my practice, an evidence-based approach informs my undertaking in the following ways. Initially, I always ensure that I am informed by evidence when I am planning the primary stages of a program or intervention. I also ensure to evaluate the program to disseminate the findings, thus helping in the development of the evidence base. For example, I often use the evidence obtained by establishing the association between a relevant theory in the field and the new…
The Companies Putting Profits Ahead of Public Health The article was authored by the editorial board of the New York Times and was published on 14th march 2020 under the title of The Companies Putting Profits Ahead of Public Health. The article addresses the issue of paid sick leave whereby the authors lament over the failure by some firms, especially restaurants, to pay their workers to stay away from the work place when they fall sick. The authors’ indignation is fuelled by the recent outbreak of CoVID-19 disease that is ravaging America and other nations around the world. They feel that if employers extended paid leave to their employees, the disease would not spread as fast as it is currently. The team argues that paid leave would encourage sick workers to self-quarantine since they would are assure of a reliable income. The team argues that this is particularly important for the low-income workers. Such persons would still go out to look for jobs even when they have been asked to stay at home till they recover. Thus, paying them to…
Should Prostitution be Legalized? Introduction Prostitution is among the oldest profession that has ever existed. It continues to bedevil the society despite efforts by most governments to try and eliminate it. The main reason is that some people do benefit from its illegal aspect, and they will continue promoting it as long as they know that they stand to gain. It must be eliminated because it is responsible for a lot of vices in the society. Although sex workers have been legalized to work in countries like Netherlands, Greece, and even the state like Nevada of USA, prostitution should not be legalized because of its illegal counterparts, it represents the darkest attitudes of capitalism, and it promotes a degrading attitude towards women. Supporting Views According to the Netherlands, it was legalizing prostitution intending to reduce the crimes that surround it when it is illegal. They believed that by legalizing it, it would make it easy to control or reduce any illegal activities that take place as a result of having prostitution being illegal (Slavkovic 382). Unfortunately, this has not been…
Ways in which resilience is shown in the stories of young Marjane from Persepolis I and Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Introduction The two characters, Marjane and Harry Potter, provide evidence through their actions that they were resilient through the adversities that they faced. The self-confidence easily supports the resilient efforts that they showed in their efforts. The paper seeks to provide a comparison of how resilience is shown in the stories of young Marjane from Persepolis I and Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Persepolis I Summary Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, is an autobiography told of a young Iranian girl. Marjane tells the story of the girl as a child in the first part and as a young adult in the second part. The setting of the book is in Iraq, where the Iranian girl is born. From there, she goes to exile and returns home as a young adult. The life of the book spans the fall of the shah rules through to the establishment of a revolutionary regime that effectively replaces…
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a poem that was published by American-born British poet T.S. Eliot in 1915. The principal theme in the poetry is the alienation and loneliness of Prufrock, the main person in the poem who talks about himself and the things missed in life. Loneliness is evident from the way he repeatedly asks himself questions. That “us” in the first line is referring to his self and is clear evidence of loneliness in the poem indicating that he is accustomed to staying or living alone. Prufrock asks why he should spit out all the butt-ends of his days and ways. Who should he presume, and how to begin, are many of the questions he keeps asking himself. The silent streets and the quiet floors show that there was no one else around to keep him lively. There is the use of imagery in most parts of the poem to display Prufrock’s character and desires, which shows old age and decay. In the first part of the poem,…
Self-Identity and Freedom Usually, people take more than a lifetime to discover their true self. However, when presented with a situation that cages them, the desire to rebel and the need for self-discovery reaches an all-time high. The articles under consideration for this literary review are Maggie Nelson’s ‘Great to Watch’, Azar Nafisi’s ‘Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books’ and “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It was Friday” (2002) by Martha Stout. Azar Nafisi was born in Iran, where she was expelled from the University of Tehran in 1981 for going against the Khomeini’s mandate that stipulated that all women were required to wear veils. Maggie Nelson is a poet, literary critic and essayist who was born and bred in the USA. She has a PhD in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and has taught at the Wesleyan University, Pratt Institute and the New School. Her essays and works explore a new direction in the arts that is without doubt, disruptive. Martha Stout was a clinical psychologist for 30 years…
The Great War poems The Great War poems were used to describe the darkness that surrounded the war. Through the history of these poems, the poems explained how the war was glorified and spread through the use of propaganda to encourage other men recruited as soldiers, and in turn, provide help in the battlefield. However, this period of Great War was not a memorable moment. The poems were used to describe the conditions of the war, which were unseen to the people who were at home. The poems openly described the situation the soldier experience during the day and night. They (poems) described the worse condition the soldier lived in during the war. In addition, the poems depicted the difficulties the soldier faces when it comes to killing one another, although it was their duty. From this, morals were considered to be unimportant during the war as soldiers were forced to do other things that they never imagined. J’accuse and le Départ des Soldats pour le Front video depict the ugly side of the Great War showing how soldiers killed each other,…