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The young ladies in their swimming outfits order consideration with their sexual force. Lengel’s appearance as a male position figure who likewise addresses society’s guidelines changes the force dynamic. It makes Queenie lose a portion of her self-assurance briefly (Updike, 1961). Thus, the phrase about luck running out relates to the girls losing their power and being forced to leave the store. It likewise implies the completion of karma for Sammy as he attempts to show uniqueness by stopping. Nonetheless, Sammy is left alone in the parking area as the young ladies are gone (Updike, 1961). In this way, the phrase quite accurately describes the changing power between the characters. It also represents Sammy staying with no job and a chance of being a hero in front of Queenie. Age and Statuses The storyteller, Sammy, is in between adulthood and youthfulness. He can identify with the young ladies when they face authority and notice and go about as their far-fetched protector since he is a couple of years more established. In any case, he still reports to his parents on his actions (Updike, 1961). Lengel reminds Sammy about them to get him to rethink his quitting. Sammy’s colleague, Stokesie, is just three years older and has a wife and two children. As Sammy approaches adulthood, he needs to confront the outcomes of his activities all the more straightforwardly. Only a couple of years older than the three girls, Sammy identifies with them due to their youth. Sammy’s impulsive demonstration portrays his association with the girls. As he faces the results of his activities, he understands that he is not as young as them and should reply to the outcomes as an adult. The Setting One of the significant components of the setting in Updike’s brief tale is the time frame. In the 1960s, A&P was an image of American consumerism. It was a vast enterprise that sold an assortment of products. Women were strictly subject to conformity, and when sexism flourished. Sammy and the young ladies in swimming outfits address resistance to the restrictions. The setting of A&P also addresses class and social pressures between ordinary local people and upper-working class travelers. For example, the herring snacks show that Queenie comes from a higher class, far off to his insight (Updike, 1961). Therefore, the setting addresses pressures between common people and tourists. Reference Updike, J. (1961). A & P . New York: The Pigeon Feathers Publishers.
The modern world is full of drastic and often shocking contrasts. Poverty exists along with the excessive wealth, problems of the first and third world societies focus on very different issues, peaceful and safe environments may be located across the border from the ones torn apart by conflicts, distress and crises. In his novel titled Strength in What Remains Tracy Kidder provides an excellent demonstration of the unbelievable differences between the societies located in different parts of the world. Kidder’s protagonist Deo is the one through whose eyes the readers get to observe the contrasting environments that are compared to different planets. The author brings up a theme of a civil war refugee who has fled to the United States from Africa and who struggles trying to match his old experiences to the new ones and to get used to the new life that is so much different from and sometimes even opposite to everything he knew. Tracy Kidder’s non-fiction narrative about pre- and post-immigration experiences of Deo, a civil war refugee from Burundi, restores my faith in humanity in terms of three different aspects – the faith in an individual, the faith in a society, and the faith into a reader of this story. The Faith in an Individual The main protagonist of Strength in What Remains , Deo can be described as a hero of our time. His story is a detailed demonstration of what kind of cultural and emotional shock immigrants and war refugees who relocate to the first world countries experience. An immigrant is not a rare kind of person in the United States that was founded by the immigrants from Europe and then empowered and developed by the immigrants from all around the world. Yet, seeing such newcomer not many people actually wonder about their personal story, what forced them to move, what they left behind and what kind of life they faced after the relocation. Deo’s life before the immigration was filled with horrors and sufferings, he witnessed a bloody and violent civil war that took his family from him. One may say that a young man fleeing his motherland in the middle of civil war is a coward, that he must stay and protect it. Yet, Deo chooses to protect his right granted by article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that says “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” (par. 12). The memories from the past are ever-present in his mind. When he first arrives to the USA he notices how different the people there are, that no one is scared or worried, that everyone is just doing their business or spends time with their families “as if they didn’t know there were places where dogs were trotting around with human heads in their mouths” (Kidder 11). Deo notices other features he cannot explain. For example, he cannot comprehend why poor people can be overweight and rich ones are skinny, and why do the Westerners cling to their bad memories while the Burundians try to forget and move on. As a Burundian, Deo desperately tries to forget the sufferings of the past and forgive the perpetuators of his pain. Unfortunately, it is true
Executive Summary The primary goal of this research paper was to discuss the innovation of bonds and understand the events and aspects that required modifying their features over different historical periods. The events such as high inflation rate, economic and political instability, and globalization were the major reasons for introducing these changes. Ensuring a high level of safety to the investors by increasing bonds convertibility and flexibility was vehemently important during all phases of changes. Adding various features required a sequence of modifications while making the bonds convertible and sensitive to the economic environment in the first place. Nonetheless, the need for improving their convertibility and transferability into equity required making these tools hybrid. Despite an extended coverage of risks by the improved version of this financial tool, it did not guarantee the safety of the interactions due to the increasing importance of investors and gravity of international trade and enhancing sensitivity to changes in financial markets. These trends could be viewed as exceptional, as they did not comply with the current solution of hybrid securities. In the end, these findings underlined that bonds and other financial instruments require continuous improvement. Changing the structure of the bonds and ensuring their compliance with globalization and the concepts of international trade would help avoid misunderstandings and ensure the safety of transactions. At the same time, choosing the most suitable equity and debt component would not only make the bonds more effective but also increase their profitability. Overall, these modifications have to be applied simultaneously since introducing these changes at the same time will have a beneficial impact on the profitability of bonds and attract more investors to the sector. Background The financial market has always been viewed as a place, which tended to be a reflection of technological changes and various economic trends. In the past, the bonds and other financial instruments were rather simple, and this aspect defined the fact that the choices for the external financing were rather limited (Allen, Yago, & Barth, 2012). Switching from traditional bonds to convertible ones took place in the seventies due to the rapidly growing inflation rate (Allen et al., 2012). In turn, it could be said that the subsequent phase of the bond innovation was present in the eighties and focused on the essentiality of sensitive bonds (Allen et al., 2012). This change could be explained by the understanding that the equity had a vehement correlation with the bond’s value (Allen et al., 2012). Overall, the need for these modifications was reasonable since the bonds and other financial securities continued to evolve due to their dependence on the economic and technological environment. As for the curre
Introduction The greatest asset for any organization is its personnel; persons who are involved in the daily running of the organization. It is in this regard therefore that there has been great interest in ways of maintaining a good working force which has led to studies and great inventions in Human Resource Management (Abowd, Kramarz & Margolis, 1999). Central to the Human Resource initiatives is the intention to motivate workers since performance is increased with proper motivation of workers. There are many different intentions and things that motivate workers no wonder Human Resource Departments of any organization are usually obsessed with the focus on different theories that help them understand how to motivate their workforce (Abowd, Kramarz & Margolis, 1999). One of these areas of motivation for workers’ performance is the monetary reward they receive for their work; salaries. This paper takes a critical look at how far high salaries for workers works towards improving their performance, productivity, motivation and overall job-satisfaction with the view of quantifying the increment of salaries as an element of employee motivation. Research Question There are many authorities that have written a lot about this issue given its centrality in corporate organizational performance and this paper will draw insights from some of these authorities to help in answering the research question which is, ‘ to what extent will high salaries improve workers’ productivity ?’ Henry Grant (1913) is one such authority that has tackled the issue of employee motivation through salary increment in depth in his book, Work, Wages and Profits . In the book, Grant argues that financial reward is one sure way of ensuring accountability and hard work for employees without using forceful means, threats and coercion (Gantt, 1913). The basic reason given for this surmise is that increased salaries for workers create a level of appreciation in the workers as they are better placed to cater for their daily needs and are even enabled to afford higher-profile lifestyle. This inclusion of material things in the workers’ lives is the one that motivates them into working harder with the assured hope of financial appreciation for their performance (Gantt, 1913). In further discussing this human resource management issue, theories of employee motivation will be used to help answer the research question. For this, two of the theories of employee motivation that will be used will help to explain the effect of financial motivation on people’s behavior at their workplace. These theories are:  1. The Theory of Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow  2. The Theory of Motivation-Hygiene by Fredrick Herzberg These theories seek to explain the effect of improved salary on employees’ behaviour and extrapolate that effect to their performance and overall output at their places of work. According to the Theory of Hierarchy of Needs , Maslow surmises that provision of the needs of employees and guarantee of their (needs’) continued provision is the greatest motivator as to why people work. This means that instances where salaries are increased, workers’ motivation is increas
Anxiety Therapy Primarily, cognitive therapy is assumed to be concise, centralized, and reliant on a fixed scheme. These assumptions diversify cognitive therapy from the humanistic approach, which is not that structured. The clients’ irrational mindsets can be recuperated relying on three major concepts, which are the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, the ABCDE Model, and the Dysfunctional Thought Record. The ABCDE model is a sequence of cognitions that can be recorded and analyzed as to its influence on the clients’ feelings (Pomerantz, 2014). The client under consideration, Angela, is having a thought distortion. She catastrophizes the events taking place in her life and has pessimistic views – which are exorbitant. The best way the anxiety can be mitigated is the ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). The Acceptance refers to ceasing the battle with unfamiliar experiences and gaining self-trust. Commitment to one’s personal values probably needs determining what their values actually consist of and relying on them in order to make decisions. The T stands for taking actions based on the value-related decisions (Pomerantz, 2014). The written version of the ABCDE model would probably look as follows:  1. Activating event: Angela’s prolonged delay in job-finding;  2. Belief: Angela’s assumption that the blame for her failures is hers and the sensation of her worthlessness;  3. Consequence: Angela’s anxious thoughts that exacerbate her self-consciousness and further delay her success;  4. Dispute: getting a job can be complicated for a post-graduate, but Angela will eventually find a job if she does not stop searching;  5. Effective new belief: any result is a result in itself; Angela needs to accept – as in the ACT – and do some “practice jumping” on her way to success (Pomerantz, 2014, 448-449). As to the behavioral therapy, it has served as a starting point to the cognitive one. The therapists observe, hypothesize, and test the validity of their hypotheses deploying an empirical approach (Pomerantz, 2014). In relation to Angela, the therapy relies on a structure that does not presuppose altering the conditions, which is strictly the prerogative of behavioral therapy. Addiction Withdrawal Treatment The client Maxine is in her second stage of drug – probably alcohol – withdrawal. Miller, Forcehimes, and Zweben (2011) identify this stage as the “contemplation,” which subsumes the readiness to make a change in the next half a year (p. 111). Above all else, the withdrawal is characterized by obsessive-compulsive disorder which the client is experiencing at the moment. The reasons for such choice of the stage of change are the client’s eagerness to make the right decisions – as well as her being unsure she will be able to make it without support. As to the disorder she suffers, it is stated that drug and alcohol problems are often attended by obsessive-compulsive behaviors (Miller et al., 2011). The pattern in the client’s behaviors can be seen: the client has had three relationships that had ended in a distressing way, with each of the break-ups resulting in a drug relapse. It is obvious that the clien
Employee benefits also known as fringe benefits are non-wage compensations provided by the employer exclusive of their normal earnings. These benefits differ from country to country depending on the country’s laws. Employee benefits are not counted as part of salary or wages earned by the employees and are provided to the employees in exchange for their contribution towards the organization. Common examples of employee benefits include leave pays, health insurance, pensions, stock options, vacation fees among others. Besides these benefits, which are referred to as tangible ones, there are other intangible benefits like promotions, or employer’s oral appreciation. In addition to employees’ benefits, there is worker’s compensation that has been made a legal requirement and therefore every employer is required by the law to comply that includes salaries, wages and tips. These compensations are direct payments to employees for the job they have done (Lohr 43). Employee benefits motivate employees and improve their productivity towards their organizations. Studies have indicated that organizations that offer good employee benefits tend to retain workers easily than those offering poor benefits. Employee benefits serve as saving schemes to employees for instance retirement benefits and provide financial security to retired employees and their families (Bojas 75). There are several ways through which employee benefits are provided or implemented. They can be through group insurance plan whereby the concerned parties make their contributions jointly, retirement plans initiated, or benefits are automatically determined by the employer based on their policies. Group insurance plan is renewed on an annual basis and is cheaper for an individual’s working career. There is also universal life insurance that incorporates both insurance and saving components. Upon the maturity of the agreed period, the person is given his savings plus accrued interests and therefore these schemes are more of an investment than insurance. There are group disability-income insurance schemes paid on a weekly or monthly basis as long as the individual was contributing premiums up to hi/her death. They are either short-term or long-term. Some organizations have introduced cafeteria plans that help employees to choose the benefits that best suit their requirements. Unemployment Insurance In some industrialized countries, governments have introduced special unemployment insurance that refers to weekly or monthly cash benefits to workers who are involuntarily unemployed. In United States, it is known as unemployment compensation. It is usually given to those unemployed people who cannot find available jobs and are willing to work to enable them earn their living (Bojas 34). This is because unemployment is termed as a fundamental risk and the fact that it cannot be insured. In most cases, these programmes are state based since commercial insurance is not able to cover them. The objectives of putting up these programmes are to ensure basic human needs are adequately met for the maintenance of peace and order in the society. T
Introduction The principal goal of the healthcare industry is to provide all patients with decent care irrespective of their peculiarities. Many healthcare policies are designed for this, but some of them can influence various patients differently. At the same time, technology is of crucial significance for nurses when it comes to patient outcomes. Healthcare policies impact health disparities in a particular way, while nurses should use technology correctly to promote health and prevent disease nationally and globally. Health Disparities There are many healthcare policies that have a particular meaning. According to Thomson et al. (2018), these policies can have even opposite meanings. For example, immunization is said to reduce inequalities, while low emission zones increase them. At the same point, some do not have particular results at all. Thus, the impact of healthcare policy is peculiar in every separate case, which means that it depends on many external factors. Nurses and Technology Technologies have penetrated many spheres of modern life, and the healthcare system is not an exception. Many tools are used to help nurses better understand patient needs and provide them with the necessary care. Among them, the electronic health record (EHR) deserves specific attention because it allows collecting and analyzing information to make decisions that would be beneficial for patients (Lavin, Harper, & Barr, 2015). This and similar technological tools can be helpful both nationally and globally, which depends on their area of distribution. Automatic analysis of information is said to minimize the number of healthcare mistakes. Moreover, technology helps nurses save time on analyzing data and allot it to caring for patients. In other words, a continually increasing number of technology applications being in use will promote health and prevent diseases in many world countries. Conclusion In the modern healthcare industry, the issues of health disparities and technology are of high importance. On the one hand, the health inequalities depend on policies to be implemented because the latter ones can influence these variations both negatively and positively. On the other hand, one should note that it is of crucial significance for nurses to deal with various technological tools because this approach is said to contribute to better healthcare outcomes.
The use of literary devices allows a poet to emphasize a certain idea or to express it in a new and unique way that will draw the attention of a reader. “Dead Doe” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly offers a fresh look at how literary devices can be used to create the feelings of turmoil and unease. By incorporating the tools such as anaphora, simile, and metaphor into her poem, Kelly manages to blur the line between reality and imagination, thus allowing the reader to immerse into her world and see how pointless the concept of violence is. The regular use of anaphora across the poem is one of the first literary devices that one notices when casting a glance at the poem. The “Dead Doe” has the words “Yes” and “No” repeated, with the lines ending in “yes” and “No” sounding almost like refrains. For example, the specified repetition is featured in the following passages: “The doe lay dead on her back in a field of asters: no” and “Her belly white as a cut pear. Where we waited: no: off” (Kelly). The use of the specified literary device allows bringing a certain element of chaos into the poem, at the same time helping it to gain the reverberation needed for the lines to sound almost like a cadence. In addition, the poem features the use of a social commentary heavily in its context. Specifically, the author juxtaposes social situations, representing a traditional one and the one that breaks the fabric of everyday reality. For example, in the line quoted above, the poet emphasizes the absurdity of the tragedy, namely, the fact that the dead doe was found not in the forest but on the school bus stop. Remarkably, the poem is almost devoid of simile, which is often used as a powerful tool for conveying emotions and allowing a reader to get a comparatively clear idea of what the poet is narrating. In “Dead Doe,” however, the use of simile is restricted to a single phrase: “like a pedalled note” (Kelly). The specified restriction, while possibly incidental, still sees far too unnatural not to be deliberate. By avoiding the traditional tools for emotional and artistic expression in poetry, Kelly makes the instance when she does use simile particularly poignant. Indeed, in the specified lien, the repetitiveness of the events in the environment described by Kelly becomes particularly grinding, and the application of simile allows placing emphasis on the specified situation. Finally, one should discuss the use of metaphor and symbolism in “Dead Doe.” Kelly makes It abundantly clear from the very start of the poem that the dead doe is a metaphor and a social commentary. Given the events that inspired Kelly to write the poem, namely, deer hunting, the idea of violence as the phenomenon of a truly ubiquitous nature seems to be embodied in the dead doe. Remarkably, the author adds another layer of metaphorical imagery to the specified concept by incorporating two imaginary swans into the very real picture of a dead doe: “but two swans: we saw two swans/and the