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On this page, you will discover “The Lowest Animal” by Mark Twain summary and analysis of its literary devices, such as satire and irony. “The Lowest Animal” Summary Published in the early 20th century, The Lowest Animal is Mark Twain’s essay on the place of humans in the animal kingdom. It contains descriptions of fictional experiments that he conducted which showed that animals show greater courtesy than people. There are many examples of wit, hyperbole, satire, and irony in The Lowest Animal. Twain continuously criticizes humanity’s greed and desire for power, contrasting it against the civility of “lower animals” such as cats and snakes. He comes to the conclusion that people are the lowest forms of being. Introduction Different authors have different methodologies and techniques in which they present their literary work so that it shows their ideas to the audience in the best way possible. Literature techniques are signatures that differentiate between writers. Mark Twain is one of the literary giants who has done so much literature work that is identifiable through his literary techniques. One of his greatest literary works, “Man the Lowest Animal,” and reflects his writing style and techniques. This paper presents a critical analysis of his work on “Man the Lowest Animal.” “Man the Lowest Animal” Analysis Having lived in the 18th century, Twain must have encountered worst-case scenarios of the cruelty of humankind as he tried many ventures in life. His life is centered on significant and influential people, although he did not achieve much wealth status. Despite being a great writer, he is observant of nature and humanity. Arguably, his life inspired his writing style and technique. Mark Twain uses the overgeneralization of human versus animal existence. He begins his argument by pointing out a specific unique scenario or example and then goes on to make it look general to the whole world at large. For instance, he describes the thrilling sport where hunters kill 72 buffalos to entertain the English earl. They eat a part of one buffalo and let the others rot. He relates this to anaconda that only kills for survival, and even then, it cannot kill more than what is necessary for survival. As “Man the Lowest Animal” analysis evidences, he uses the overgeneralization technique to make this particular situation to represent universal conditions. This approach is undoubtedly biased on one side, and as such, the literature work might not have the purpose to appeal to readers who prefer neutrality and thought consciousness. Twain arguably uses a one-sided approach to reality on the ground. Surprisingly nowhere in the whole article does he give credit to the human race despite there being so many people who ardently support the course of humanity. All his literature work is filled with episodes of the worst things that human beings do, such as killing for pleasure, racism, slavery, and cruelty. He fails to acknowledge the other side of human nature that makes him custodian for the world. He does not even give hope for mankind regarding his po
What changes have occurred in your health behaviors’ during this project, and what are the impacts of this on your health in other areas? The process of full recovery from alcoholism has not been easy, there have been various challenges and obstacles, but all in all, the SMART goals have proved to be quite effective in the rehabilitative process. The implementation and strict adherence to the goals have had an impeccable impact on my health behavior during this project and it is presumed that this will persist even in the future. For instance, I have adopted stringent positive norms that have made it possible to drastically reduce the rate of alcohol intake. This has led to the adoption of self-efficacy as a strategy from the banduras theory. Self-discipline has enabled me to make critical choices when faced with a dire circumstance that would otherwise lead to compromising the goals. The project has also improved my cognitive perspectives and dimension in which I viewed alcoholism, health matters, and other aspects of social life. This awareness has empowered me to seek better alternatives than consuming alcohol as a form of escapism. For instance, through joining a rehab program, I have been able to reduce the psychological burden of feeling lonely, deserted, and lost. This has also greatly reduced the stress level as I am able to be around other people who are also trying to beat the vice. As far as health matters are concerned, I have been able to live a healthy life as I now have the time to focus on other important facets like diet, sports, and other recreational staff. How confident are you that you will continue to engage in your health behavior over the next month and year? What strategies can you use to increase your chances of successfully engaging in your health behavior in the future? Through engaging in this project, I have gained tremendous confidence in myself and also in the relevance of the project. I have the confidence of taking the next step, which is sensitizing the other members of society who face similar problems of addiction, confidence to realize that I need a total over the whole of my health behavior. This progress that has been attained from the SMART goals has boosted my confidence in the project that I can fully recover and maintain the newly adopted health behavior in the coming months. To maintain the steady results that I have achieved, there is a need to put other strategies in place to act as reinforcements to the existing SMART goals. This will have to take in mind that every new experience brings a challenge to it. With this in mind, the previously laid guidelines may not prove to be sufficient in combating them. There is a need for assessing the progress being made. For this assessment to be substantive it will require the aid of a professional therapist who can adequately map out the progress, what to improve, how to go about it, and recommend other strategies that may not be among the SMART goals. It is also prudent to adopt the earlier mentione
The proposal by the group presenting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland city to Nook Industry Company to hold their Christmas party in their hall, benefits the company in many ways. The Nook Industry Company offers attractive services and products with bonuses to its employees, in order to influence them to support its goals. It values its employees and hence provides them with all requirements and needs necessary to make work easy and achieve the company’s goals. Creating good employer-employee relations leads to an improved performance workplace (Dickson, 2011). The company will get the best opportunity to show its employees how much it values them. For instance, the employees of the company will feel appreciated and valued by the top management. Employee engagement plays a significant role in improving performances of organizations (Albrecht, 2010). They will get a chance to engage with the senior staff. This will make them feel more comfortable and appreciate the company because they will understand that the company values their work. This will motivate them to work harder than before, and hence improve the production efficiency of the company (Dickson, 2011). The ability to deliver services to customers will improve. The employees will also utilize the available resources. This will help the company to save on costs and maximize on profits. The company will increase its sales, profits, and revenue because the employees will be motivated to perform tasks well, and within the set deadlines. Holding a Christmas party in the hall will also enable the company to market itself to the employees’ families and other guests who will attend the party. This will be a great opportunity for them to engage with employees and learn about the services and products that the company offers to its customers. Considering that Rock and Roll Hall is one of the most popular legacies in the U.S., and the best place for Christmas events, many people will attend the party. They will see how the company provides luxury and comfortable facilities to its employees. Making an employee loyal to an organization requires good relations, communication, and motivation among other things (Rentz, Flatley, Lentz & Lesikar, 2011). Therefore, the company will use this opportunity to create brand loyalty to employees and employees’ families. This will attract many customers and enhance employee retention. The summary of all attachments along with benefits The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum presents a proposal to the Nook Industry Company to hold a Christmas party in its hall. The hall is one of the most famous legacies in the United States where many people come for Christmas events (Danilov, 1997). The proposal presents several benefits, which the Nook Industry Company will gain after holding the party in the hall. These include raising employee morale, increasing sales, profits and revenue, attracting
Introduction Equality is one of the issues that people in various societies have continued to fight for since time immemorial. Nobody would like to treated in a lesser manner than other people when in a similar situation. It is for this reason that there have been campaigns for gender equality and other forms of standardization eliminate the element of discrimination. The most common form of discrimination is racial discrimination. Australia is one of the many regions in the world that has encountered racism fast hand and this has prompted the government to come up with legislations and policies to curb this menace. This discussion looks at what racism is and how racism has impacted on government policies towards indigenous Australians from the late nineteenth century up until the present. Background Information Surveys and researches conducted show that out of four people in Australia three of them suffer discrimination on a daily basis. Racism is not permitted in Australia and in fact, Australia is a signatory International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination which defines what racism entails and also makes racism illegal and unwanted. Racism in Australia has become common and the people who are mostly affected are the indigenous Asians (Griffiths 1996). Common types of racism include stereotypes and labeling them as dark skinned, alcoholics, lazy and criminals. One of the main reasons why racism is rife in Australia is that there are many different races that have settled in this country and this has brought about cultural diversity (Griffiths 1996). The issue of racism in Australia is therefore one that cannot be ig
Executive Summary This Plan details the promotion and marketing strategies to be used by Billabong Company which is a market leader in the sale of garments to surfers. Despite its immense success, the company sales have been declining due to increased competition and the perception that the company’s products are old and un-fashionable. In light of these predicaments, the company intends to launch a new campaign that will increase sales and change the consumer’s perceptions. The main target market includes surfers and the beachgoers. The target market age group ranges from sixteen to mid twenties. This campaign intends to increase the company sales, change the consumer perceptions about their products, expand the target market to include beachgoers, increase the market share by 30%, enable the company become the leading brand among surfers and to increase traffic in the company’s website. The promotion and advertising tactics include SLSA Design Competition, runway show, re-launch of the company’s website and 12 months summer competition . The campaign events will be advertised through posters, online advertising, sending direct mail to participants, public relations activities and through radio advertising. A three stage process will be used to evaluate the performance of the campaign, these include, the pre-test evaluation, post-test evaluation and measuring the effectiveness of the campaign. The bottom up method will be used to determine the campaign budget. Campaign Evaluation Billabong advertising and promotion strategies will be evaluated through the following methods. Pre-Test Evaluations Screening of advertising and promotional messages All advertising and promotions messages will be checked and re-read several times by the whole group. Errors and ambiguity will be corrected. The language used will also be evaluated to determine its complexity, meanings and impact (Waller 2012). Interview with target audience Interviews with the target audience will be carried out. During these interviews, the audience will be asked to interpret what different images and messages portray to them. Based on their response, corrections to advertisements and promotional pictures will be done. Focus group A focus group comprising of the target audience, billabong management team and the marketing team will be formed. The members will be asked questions regard
The development of Africa is lower than that of most of the European countries. However, there are still industries investing in which makes sense. One of them is the cotton industry which can become profitable if properly developed; other businesses, such as automobile tire companies may face difficulties with selling their products in Africa due to the country’s low level of income; compared with such countries as Germany, such business have more chances to succeed if they implement proper strategies Discussing the article under consideration in terms of comparative advantage, it is worth stating that it makes sense for Dunavant to invest in Africa’s cotton industry, despite possible losses which this may entail. Such a decision will be beneficial for both, the company and Africa’s cotton industry. Concerning the former, the industry’s potential will allow it to obtain large profits if a certain sum of money is invested into the industry’s development. Concerning the latter, Dunavant’s investments will improve the working conditions and increase industry production. Compared with other countries, such as India or Brazil, Africa is more beneficial to invest in because it is less oriented towards suburban or industrial development. The only disadvantage of such investment is that developing the industry may demand investment for subsequent innovations; however, these are likely to pay off with time. In terms of Potter’s diamond, the potential outcomes of this investment are mostly favorable. Factor conditions of Africa’s cotton industry are promising; the labor is skilled for the Africans have been trained to work hard over the centuries (in those times when slavery still existed). With regards to demand conditions, the outcome is also pleasing; Africa’s home market customers are sophisticated and numerous, let alone the foreign ones. In terms of relating and supporting industries, the investors may lose for there are hardly any. However, this is the only non-contributing factor. Finally, Africa’s cotton industry’s competitiveness is huge; all that is needed is a firm strategy and any company investing in this industry will succeed. As far as the company selling automobile tires is concerned, it should be careful when deciding to sell its products in Africa. In contrast with more developed developed countries, automobile tires sales may be much lower in Africa. Taking into account the 4 Ps of the marketing mix, the product is right
Responsibilities of air carriers Section 601 (b) of the Federal Aviation act (FA Act) charges the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ) with the responsibility for enforcing and promulgating adequate standards and regulations towards aircraft safety and also recognizes that holders of air carrier certificates have a direct responsibility of providing transportation by air with the highest possible degree of safety (Elias, 2010). This act implies that the aforementioned responsibility rests directly with the air carrier, irrespective of any action that may or may not be taken by an FAA inspector or the FAA. Given that it is almost impossible for the FAA to inspect all the airplanes around the world, it incapable of efficiently carrying out the responsibility of checking if all the airplanes operating around the world have adhered to the highest safety standards. Air carriers have to therefore carry out self inspections to ensure their aircraft have the highest safety standards before being certified to operate by the FAA. Moreover, before certification to operate, all the air carriers are required to indicate to the FAA that they are willing to carry out the safety specifications listed in the FA Act. Should an air carrier fail in its responsibility to ensure the highest standards of safety, Section 609 of the FA Act specifies certain actions that may be taken against the air carrier. There are a number of situations and conditions that the FAA uses to judge an air career’s inability to comply with the conditions specified in the FA act namely an air career’s repetitive noncompliance with the minimum regulations and standards of the act, lack of sufficient training programs and guidance, lack of concern for compliance with the FA act, lack of operational control of aircraft, lack of ensuring the airworthiness of aircraft, and inaccurate record-keeping procedures. Purpose of commuter safety initiative (1995) The commuter safety initiative came into effect in December 1995 and required of all turbo jets operated for passenger service and all airplanes designed to carry 10 or more passengers to operate in accordance to certain conditions specified in the Federal Aviations Regulations (FAR) Part 121 which states that operators of such aircraft must dispatch certificate and requirements dispatchers, retire a pilot upon attaining 60 years of age, must have procedures and manuals for both their ground and flight personnel, have cabin crew for airplanes with more than 20 passenger seats, maintain duty limits, and must comply to the new t
Sue Combs, together with her colleagues from the University of North Carolina, investigated the attitudes of the physical education teachers towards the inclusion of children with special needs in their lessons. The team identified two physical education teachers who had a positive attitude towards the kids with special needs and two who had a negative attitude. All of them were from an elementary school. Their aim was to find out how their attitude developed, and how it affects their teaching. It is a requirement for students with special needs to be included in the general physical education classes. However, these kids attend these classes without their teachers and this has given physical educators a lot of challenges. These tutors have to teach and train kids with special needs without neglecting the others. Over the years, there have been studies done to find out how a teacher’s attitude affects his teaching. Theories have been formulated, and all have come to one general conclusion; a teacher’s philosophy or thinking towards children with disabilities, directly influences the success of the students. The method used was PEATID-III; this method has been universally accepted. Four physical educators were chosen using purposeful sampling technique which looks for situations with a lot of information. The four teachers selected had a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 18 years in the teaching service, and all had had children with disabilities in their classes. Jan and Jennifer were positive regarding inclusion of kids with special needs in their lessons, while Sean and Tammy were not. The teachers were asked a series of questions separately regarding their experiences and their philosophy regarding the inclusion. The questions were not the same, some were excluded and others were included depending on the response of the interviewee. Analysis of the data started from analysing individual interview transcripts and ended by group scrutiny. In the individual transcripts, key themes were identified and were later compared with others during group scrutiny. The method had some limitations though, because the study was focused on elementary schools, the results could not be used in other levels of education such as the secondary level. Also the number of subjects interviewed was small and a conclusive recommendation was not possible. It was found out that the educators, who had positive attitudes, already had developed teaching methods that accommodated children with disabilities, while the other two stuck to the convectional teaching methods. The conventional methods usually leave little room for adjusting the programme to suite the disabled. The study continued to disclose that, only those teachers who had received formal education on children with special needs, developed positive approach. On the other hand, the other two teachers who had a negative attitude had received no education regarding children with special needs. Researchers have concluded that; including lessons dealing with disabilities to physical educators, made them develop a more positi
Introduction A web is the most place of retrieving information of wide area ranging from scientific to general information., there are variety of search engines available for search, each of the search engine retrieves information different, therefore the quality are not the same, It is important for a research to choose the most suitable search engine that it will be efficient for her/his work. In our discussion we will be discussing the Google scholar search engine and scirus specifically PubMed. The Scirus engine was designed specifically for scientific data retrieval from journal and some web resources. Scirus enable one to search on a wide range of issues which are science related subjects, by allowing you to narrow the search to particular author or journal. Also scirus will give you option of setting preference to access full text article through Weber state Library. PubMed search tool provides free access to MEDLINE.NLM’s database citation and abstract from field of medicine, nursing, dentistry, healthy care system, and clinical science (Norbert, Mounia, & Andrew, 2007). PubMed was designed in such way that will link a researcher to full-text articles in the PuBMed center, publisher web sites or any other related information on the web, Also offer search services for clinical query search filters, links to articles which are related to the search term, possesses also spell checker functionality in case a user type incorrectly the PubMed will correct it automatically. There is a database that is used for bibliography, the MEDLINE, and it is used for citations; it has approximately 5,400 journals for medicine discipline and it has been used worldwide. The citation in MEDLINE are usually assigned on Medical subject Heading (MeSH) which control vocabulary which help user in doing their research. Johannes (1982) in searching using a pubMed a user is prompt to enter the search topic and click search button. The searching of the PubMed is by use of MeSH terms, and the author’s name. There are also added search modes which have the capability of looking for complex terms that are specific fields. There is also specialized search that are specific to clinical terms (2002). Used to do scientific research, scirus has over 370 million indexes which are eased in aid of the research. The reason for choosing scirus for information retrieval is that scirus focuses only web pages that contain scientific content, actually the use of scirus assist in quick information location on the web. Scirus has ability to filters out those sites which are not scientific; locate peer-reviewed articles like PDF and postscript files this are difficult to locate on other search engine. This search engine searches information based on what is in the server as explained by Daniel & Ishwa (2002). Seed list creation The seed list is way in which Scirus crawl the information in internet. The scirus seed list is developed by the following methods:   * An automatic URL extractor tool is used to locate new scientific seeds based on link analysis of very popular sites in specify area.   * The Elsevier publishing units