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Background The movie ‘Good Will Hunting’ is directed by Gus Van Sant. The script of this movie is written by co-stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The screenplay is quite thought-provoking, with a touch of irony. Good Will Hunting is a movie that is emotionally and intellectually stirring, with straight, honest, but engaging dialogues. This movie centers on Will Hunting, who is a foster child, and has been abused during his childhood. He grew up in orphanages in South Boston. Emotionally he is unstable, angry, and confrontational. He is a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Will Hunting has a photographic memory. He is self taught in the fields of arts and history. He is inherently an expert at mathematics. Current situation Will solves a graduate-level mathematics problem from algebra which Professor Gerald Lambeau, a Fields Medalist, and an erudite, leaves on a board to be solved by his students. When it was anonymously solved by Will Hunting, Lambeau asked from the class who had solved it, to which no student took responsibility. Then, Lambeau posed a more difficult problem; he saw janitor Will Hunting solving it. Lambeau is dumb founded that he found the correct answer to it. On the other hand, Will attacks a youth who had messed up with him during his kindergarten days. He even attacked a policeman. Meanwhile, Lambeau comes to his rescue because he finds Will quite intelligent. He gives him two options: either to face imprisonment or to study mathematics and see a therapist. Will finds the second option more convenient. Five expert therapists left Will one after another because he behaved with them with contempt until he met Sean Maguire, who had been an old friend of Lambeau’s. He and Will had grown up in the same neighborhood. He finally overcomes his sarcastic replies and defense systems. Sean somehow convinced Will that he missed an important show just to meet a stranger to whom he got married. This indirectly seeded his mind with thoughts of Skylar, a young woman, he met at a bar. At another point, Sean Maguire convinces him that it was not his fault that he has been a victim of child abuse, and that he is not responsible for his misery. Finally, he accepts these facts and overcomes his defense systems, bursting into tears. The second important person with him is his best friend Chukie, who he tells that he would love to be a laborer for the rest of his life. But Chukie feels that it is not becoming of Will to waste his talent, he thinks that Will is full of hidden talents. He imagined him to reach a higher position with his latent abilities. Difficulty in Social and Psychological Functioning Will Hunting has passed through very tough times. He has been through orphan houses. He has not experienced the relations of love and mutual trust and care. His environment during the initial days of his upbringing had been the worst. He was abused during his childhood. He came to believe that he was responsible for his faults. He felt gu
Introduction The UK tourism industry is characterized by high levels of concentration and vertical integration, with market leaders for Tour operators also being the market leaders for retail travel agencies, and for the charter airline sector. The high levels of vertical integration have led to an investigation by the monopolies and merger commission into the foreign package holiday industry in 1997. The commission found that the industry was still very competitive and able to serve the market successfully. Demographic and Household Trends The population of the UK is 58.7 million people and is ranked second in terms of size to the rest of Europe. By the year 2020 the population of the UK is expected to reach 61 million. The UK population is concentrated in the southeastern centered on London. This is also the wealthiest region and has the best communications structure for international travel, with Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports strategically placed to service the area. This area makes up 30.5% of the population (17.8 million) and generates 35 % of the national GDP. Its average GDP per person in 1996 was Euro 18,411 as compared to the rest of the country of Euro 15,684. The lowest average GDP per person were in Wales and Northern Ireland. Although the average GDP is only loosely connected to the consumer spending, yet the cost of living in the southeastern is greater. In the UK there is a low population growth expected for coming years. Studies show very low fertility levels in most of Northern Europe. The factors contributing to this are the rising expectations of women and their increasing entry into the job market, the reduced influence of the church and better education and higher incomes in general. By the year 2011, the age distribution of the UK population is expected to have various outcomes. The number of children will decrease by about 1 million and the young adult’s age bracket 15 to 29 and age bracket of 30 to 44 will both decrease by over a half a million. The age bracket of 45 to 59 will increase by over 2 million and the 60 to 74 age bracket will increase by 1 million, along with the 75+ bracket increasing by over a half million. There is an increase in the number of households being formed as traditional large families fragment into a number of smaller units. As the average household size has decreased, the number of households has increased from 16.3 million in 1961 to 23.5 million in 1997. With increase in the number of households gives strength to the projections of continuing market growth in many areas, despite the slow increase in the population base. Since the demand for many goods and services is household than population driven. The demands for rented accommodation on holidays are more or less dependent on the number of households. For the UK travel and tourism industry, the main point is that although the population base is relatively static, additional pressures on housing, family budgets for household goods, roads, and the environment in general will continue. The average household size in 1961 was 3.1 persons and in 1997 fell to 2.4 persons, a 23 % drop. As househol
The Scarlet Letter is a romantic fiction story authored by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The story is set in Puritan Boston during the 17 th century from 1642 to 1649. The play tells of a woman Hester Prynne whom passion draws to a young pastor causing her to have an adulterous affair with him where she conceives a daughter named Pearl. Hester is humiliated in public for her actions and forced to put on a scarlet letter as a symbol of her sin and evil deeds. Hawthorne explores many themes in the story including guilt, sin, evil and legalism. Symbolism is also present in the story with a strong example being Pearl. The following is an analysis of the character Pearl in the story The Scarlet Letter where more focus is put on her character (traits, personality and qualities) and what she represents/ symbolizes in the story. It also analyzes the nature of her relationship with her mother Hester. Pearl first appears in the first scaffold scene as an infant and reappears again at the age of three and later on at the age of seven. She is described as a beautiful flower that is growing out of soil full of sin (Hawthorne 89). She was named Pearl because her mother purchased her with the only treasure she had when she feared that her husband must have been killed by the Indians. However, Pearl inherited her mother’s moodiness, defiance and passion. Her very being does not like the Puritan society strict rules which make her defiance of the rules. She is very mischievous and this makes Hester worried about her. Pearl’s personality in the play is described as determined, imaginative, intelligent, obstinate and inquisitive. Pearl has mysterious mixture of moods; she can show signs of happiness in a minute and then suddenly change to being gloomy and silent. Pearl has high and fierce temper and she possess so much bitterness and hatred inside her at a tender age. She has unusual behaviors and that is why she is often referred to as elf-child, imp, and airy sprite, in the play (Hawthorne 110). Governor Bellingham compares Pearl to “children of the Lord of Misrule,” while some of the Puritans views Pearls as “demon offspring” b
Introduction Southwest Air Line is an American company with its head quarters in San Diego, California. The company was established by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King in 1971. Questions Determine how Southwest Airlines’ corporate culture differs from other airlines Corporate culture refers to an organization’s standards, values and ideology. It is reflected through manager’s style of leadership, ways of communication and the pattern of work. In many organizations, the corporate culture is usually introduced and maintained by founders of the organization and those who take over from them. Southwest Airline has a unique culture which is shaped by its founding leaders. The company has a reputation of suitable schedules, affordable fare, true concern for its passengers and joyful service. Unlike other companies who take every opportunity to increase there fares even when economic circumstances do demand such increments, Southwest Airline never executes unnecessary fare increments. For example, it refused to charge customers who travelled with their checkered baggage. Instead they encouraged their clients to come with them by sarcastically having a poster in their premise which read, “We love your checkered baggage”. These standards, values and ideology of South West Airline trickle out to its clients. This is because the company endeavors to make its customers happy. By motivating their workers, employees develop a feeling of belonging. Employee happiness is converted to customer happiness. The driving principle for South West Air Line states th
Organizational structures have existed for a long time and it is not a new phenomenon in management. An organizational structure is the hierarchical organization of authority and duties of organizations and it comprises of activities like allocation of duties, supervision and coordination that is intended to make an organization realize its goals. The structure of organizations can be in many forms considering the different goals and objectives to be achieved. It is through organizational structure that power, roles and organization’s way of operations and performance are determined. Organizational structures offer the platform on which the basic operating processes and events rest. It also decides on the specific personnel who may take part in the processes of decision-making and to the limit their ideas decides the actions of the organization. In an organization where there exists centralization, decision making capabilities are bestowed on the top managers and the departments are under strict control. Organizations should develop structures because they provide the specific guidelines for operation and brings members together. When an organization adopts the required organizational structure, the management process becomes more effective. The way an organization’s structure develops will depend on which organizational structure category it will fall. When referring to tall structures, we see the top most managers being the CEO and different management levels. As growth in the organization sets in, the management levels increase too but the slim span of control enables strict employee supervision. On the other hand, flat organizational structures are characterized by fewer management levels, quick decision making processes, faster communication and a wide span of control (Ellis, 2003). Southwest Gas Corporation is an American company that provides energy supplies. It buys transports and distributes natural gas. Southwest Gas Corporation has transformed a great deal, from the usage of traditional structures to contemporary designs and this has seen it adopt a flat organizational structure. This organization focuses mainly on customer satisfaction considering the fact that its employees work with freedom. The department in this company comprises of accounting and finance, human resource, marketing and distribution departmrnts.The departmental heads are the team leaders who are responsible for coordinating and supervising their departments. A trick to business growth in today’s ever changing global economy is controlled by innovation and creativity (Southwest Gas, 2007). An organization like Southwest Gas that has constant contact with its customer base gets to know better their market and respond to its needs. Innovativeness results to potential re entry into the market with better products and services hence making organizations with flat structures remain relevant in the market. A flat structure offers employees with the opportunity to grow and succeed (Southwest Gas, 2007). Organizational design may refer to a formal way of bindi
Choose Your Adventure Authors develop their stories in different ways to create a particular impression. Approaches they use are discussed in the framework of narratology. This study analyzes plot peculiarities for the readers to understand how the text works. The structure of a story is often altered with the help of jumps forward and backward in the time. Morrison, for example, uses analepsis in her Beloved to tell her readers what has happened to her characters in the past through flashbacks. Even though she could have narrated the entire novel in sequential order, she resorted to flashbacks because they provide an opportunity to unexpectedly reveal how the characters are connected, grab the reader’s attention, and ensure their understanding of the described events. Morrison’s novel is written before Beloved is Tar Baby that depicts the romantic relationships between two African-Americans. The plot of Beloved is rather complex due to the flashbacks that are revealed with the help of storytelling and provide the reader with the opportunity to go back in time for several decades. This approach is mainly used to allow the former slaves to focus on their memories about those painful events that took place in their past. Negative experiences are often repressed by people’s minds. If Morrison had revealed them through simple conversations between her characters, this element would be lost. In Beloved, the stories are told not as whole events but as pieces revealed by different individuals. As a result, readers can obtain an understanding of the same event from different perspectives. They can realize what made the characters act in a particular way and gather pieces of a puzzle to find a complete whole. Beloved is a novel that is not linear at all, and it can be understood from the very beginning. Almost from the very beginning, a flashback reveals the escape of 13-year-old Howard and Burglar from 124 Bluestone. Then it transforms into other stories, including those connected to Baby Suggs and the entity that haunts 124 Bluestone. Using this technique at the beginning of her novel, Morrison manages to make a profound influence on readers. In this very case, an analepsis allowed her to draw them in. The text is structured so that readers deal with the information that is separated into different portions that do not stick together because they are associated with diverse events. As a result, they are willing to get to know more about the characters and their experiences. For example, with the description “not only did she have to live out her years in a house palsied by the baby’s fury at having its throat cut…,” the author does not simply reveal the fact that a baby that was murdered is an entity that haunts the house (Morrison 2). She makes readers more interested in the story, encouraging them to wonder who would have cut a baby’s throat and under what circumstances, as well as, why did the baby start haunting 124 Bluestone. Thus, further reading can be promoted through the emphasis made on readers’ curiosity a
Immigration issues relate to many scientific research fields, including cross-cultural social psychology. Along with interest in the attitudes toward immigrants, cross-cultural psychology addresses how people make decisions to change the country, how they evaluate this decision, how they deal with the new culture as well. The current paper addresses psychological features of the immigrant experience in the Canadian context. The essay examines the literature on the topic and pinpoints the leading opinions about the mental well-being of immigrants and the factors affecting it. One can derive from the literature research that the studies are mostly focused on how challenging the experience is. However, the current paper argues that most studies tend to reflect immigrant life in Canada as rather pleasant. To start with, it is worth mentioning that immigrant’s mental health is vulnerable because of several factors. First, it is usually some unpleasant event, such as wars or crises which force people to leave their homes, and these events are stressful. The process of moving per se is also intense because people have to deal with several urgent questions and cope with unpredictable situations, which may cause anxiety. Finally, the new culture and society are the most durable, and therefore potentially the most critical factors for psychological stability. In a new circumstance, people have to learn new rules which may be demanding. They may face discrimination, isolation, and cultural incompatibility in general. Therefore, it is essential to pay attention to the well-being of the immigrant community. Canada seems to be a highly attractive country for immigration. Canada has a long history of immigration processes and has developed a unique system of immigration control. Consequently, there is much research about the cross-cultural experience in this country. Berry and Hou (2016) concentrated on the strategy people use to get used to the new cultural and social environment or acculturation. Depending on the relation between the native identity and the new culture of an immigrant person, they suggested four possible styles of four acculturation strategies, namely, integration, separation, marginalization, and assimilation. The study of Canadian immigration styles included 7000 participants from different backgrounds. The results showed that most of the participants demonstrated integration, which is a “high sense of belonging to both their source country and to Canada” (Berry & Hou, 2016, p. 255), as a preferable strategy. Integration implies accepting and utilizing both cultures’ norms. This is probably the most beneficial variant in terms of immigrants’ well-being because it lowers anxiety and fear of unknown society. Canada has created an advantageous condition for life, and it certainly influences immigrants. Berry and Hou (2016) identif
The debate of the nature of God has raged since time immemorial. Many people have tried to express who God is and what relationship exists between man and God. This section of the paper aims to highlight some of the arguments by thinkers on who God is and the definition of the relationship between God and man. On his part, Ghazali views God and as a supernatural, all-powerful entity that is behind all creation. Like any other thing existent on the earth, the man was created by God. Considering that God created man, what is the relationship between the two? Ghazali believes that man and God are related through an attachment of a spiritual link between God and the soul of man. Being his creator, God allowed man to continue deriving essentials from him. One of the essential derivatives from God to man through the spiritual link is knowledge. The soul of man travels towards its creator where the illumination of the spiritual linkage gives an individual knowledge of God (Mackie 36). Down into the memorial past, God had plans to create man. This position puts Ghazali into controversy against the philosophers’ arguments towards emanation. According to him, it did not require God to change or wake up just to realize what he had created to make. It did not occur to him at some point to decide and choose a date for creation. He argues that God created time itself and hence had no reason to pick up a certain time to create. In my opinion, Plotinus would not answer the first part of this question. This is evidenced by his perception of God. On his part, Plotinus views God as an incomprehensible entity that is incomplete oneness with itself. He refers to God as the One, which is a part of his four-step emanation degrees in his metaphysics. In his development of metaphysics, the One marks an integral part of the progression and all the other forms of emanation depend completely on him. Therefore, God becomes the standard source of knowledge and wisdom. It is from this source of wisdom that the Nous and other levels of emanation depend. Whereas all other things are multiple, God is one and has no trace of the character of multiplicity. This is even supported by Plotinus’ decision to refrain from giving much explanation of the one. He deems it fit to say that God is beyond and human explanation and understanding and that only negative theology can come closer to explaining God. The lower cadres of em