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Poetry can be subject to various interpretations depending on the life experiences of the reader. For example, as recorded in slide two, some people perceive the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” as thus portraying fear and joy, while others consider it a dispassionate wordplay (Fong 79). However, there are constant elements that cannot be misinterpreted within a poem, such as a theme, imagery, and diction that uncovers the secret meaning of the poem. This analysis presents some of the most useful concepts I gathered from slides two, three, and four. In slide two, Fong introduces the reminisce of Roethke and his father waltzing in the kitchen. In this slide, the author introduces the theme of ignorance, which cannot be disputed because of the actions displayed. But first, I concur with Fong that most readers may judge Roethke’s attitude that he resented his father (79). However, some details indicate otherwise because, in as much as his father shoved him, he clung on him like death. However, either way, the theme of ignorance is unchanged no matter the circumstance in which it occurred. First, Fong mentions that the speaker’s father was a drunken brute who carelessly hurt the child’s ear and mishandled him (79). This means that during the waltzing, the child incurred injuries that went unnoticed. His father displayed this ignorance because he was unaware that his son was being hurt during romping. It is also not recorded if his mother tried to prevent his father’s actions apart from frowning, which also depicts ignorance. I found slide three insightful because the imagery depicts an in-depth meaning of the poem. Through imagery, we can perceive how the pans were falling as father and son were romping (Fong 80). Paragraph three illustrates that the speaker was afraid and hurt by his father. He was afraid because his father’s hands were scarred by violence, and he felt helpless and fearful of sharing his pain. Similarly, he was hurt during the game because it is recorded that his father’s belt buckled his ear as his head was also pounded in his palm (Fong 80). This vivid description showcases a high level of ignorance of both parents. Therefore, this stylistic device is used to share the idea behind the poem, which is an act of ignorance. The diction is carefully used to align with the theme of the poem. Even though Fogg refrains from making conclusions, the diction creates the focal point of the poem. For instance, in slide four, Fong explains that new criticism based on the poem’s complexity, irony, and language has led to two possible interpretations (81). First, the author notes that the readers who see joy downplay the aspect of violence. Second, this signifies that ignorant parenting is detected and acknowledged in the poem. The name of the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” directly translates to my father’s play, a possessive phrase used to show that his father owned and enjoyed waltzing (Fong 81). His ignorance as a parent made him not realize that his son did
Ocean’s Eleven movie discloses the brightest example of how group communication and interdependence can lead to the accomplishment of commonly shared goals (Soderbergh, 2001). In this respect, the members of Ocean’s group reveal their ability to think in accordance with group’s objectives and contribute independently to the success of activities they were engaged in. The presentation of fictional group proves that independent collection of individuals into a goal-oriented and cooperative interaction is much more effective. The whole of the grouping is more important than roles performed by its parts. The main purpose of the Ocean’s group is to rob three casinos simultaneously. Denny Oceans, the leader of the group, gathers his friends who will help him to accomplish his plan. First, he meets Rusty Ryan, his best friend and right hand, who is also considered as a co-leader of a future team. Linus Coldwell, a talented pickpocket thief, also helps Denny to force a casino. He is obsessed with the desire to earn confidence and respect of the group leaders. Other members are less representative of the group, but they perform the functions of information receivers and opinion seekers. Despite the common goal the group shares, the task-centered approach prevents the leader from considering personal goals of his team. As a result, some of the members’ behaviors are impossible to predict because their personal interest contradict the overall goals of the planned operation. Scene Analysis: Cohesiveness and Functional Roles The success of the operation performed by Ocean’s group can be explained its loyalty. Hence, the so-called “groupness” unveils a situation when all group members cooperate with each other to reach a common purpose ( Group Decision Making ). What is more important is that each participant’s purpose coincides with the group’s goals, which leads to greater productivity and, as a result, members’ satisfaction with the task performed. Cohesive groups are much more successful than non-cohesive ones whose group principles are more polite and formal. The cohesiveness of the group is brightly revealed in a situation when explosive expert Basher Tarr discovers the problem with the power supply system, which is impossible to remove. However, his extreme commitment and dedication to the common purpose of the groups allows him to present an alternative solution, which is immediately confirmed by the group leaders. In the search of oscillator, the group decides to steal the device to prevent the failure of the entire plan. In the movie, the heroes apply to functional roles distribution to achieve all objectives in the most efficient way. Task accomplishment, therefore, is most relevant in case task roles are introduced where group participates in completing all the tasks. Hence, their goal is to
Communication is one of the most important tools in the normal running of the business. Scholars define communication as any act that includes an individual delivering or receiving information as regard to personal needs, wishes, awareness, or comprehension. Furthermore, communication could perhaps be intentional or unintentional, may utilize conservative or eccentric signals, or may take linguistic or non-linguistic forms. It is observed that communication is a form of dialogue but not a monologue meaning that it is concerned with twofold listening. Business communication is commonly utilized to pass information within and without the organization (Krizan 21). Messages can be conveyed through several channels such as the internet, print, data lines, TV, outdoors, and verbal. Communication can take the form of upward, downward, or horizontal way depending on the seniority of the speaker and the recipient. Messages such as bad news, good news, and routine request messages are frequently conveyed from one office to another through upward, downward, and horizontal communication. Bad News There are instances when an individual would need to deliver bad news. To deliver such news, the sender should be equipped with some strategies since the recipient would most likely be upset. In this regard, the speaker should employ an inductive approach in dealing with the emotional state of the receiver (Clow 35). The business administrator may perhaps be called upon to draft a message that instructs the supplier to forfeit the supply of merchandise, denying credit to potential customers or conveying constructive criticism to employees. In this scenario, an administrator is required to adopt some steps in writing the message. The first step would be to introduce the topic with an idea that seems neutral. This would set the stage for an explanation of an idea, which should be presented in a succinct and reasonable style. The language used should be positive. This would involve providing a counterproposal or silver liming testimonial that seems positive. Finally, the writer can close the message by encouraging and chivalrous quotes that divert the attention of the reader from bad news. In this case, the bad news is articulated using paper documents or face-to-face means. However, electronic channels can also be employed in circulating bad news. Good News Good news messages are those that convey positive information to the respondent. In other words, the message carries information that would be of pleasure to the recipient. It broadcasts good news to the receiver (Rankin 78). This type of message is easy to write as opposed to a bad news message. In designing a good news message, some factors are to be considered, which would make the message formal and effective. First, it should have a friendly, understandable, and comprehensive tone. Besides this, the appearance of the message should be sui
Cameron’s photographs are very realistic portrayals of different characters in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. The photographs tend to convey emotions, feelings, and the overall spirit of the events. I chose “The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere” for analysis. It is a photograph of a seated bearded Sir Lancelot in hauberk in profile, leaning his chin upon the head of seated Queen Guinevere. He is gently hugging the queen with one hand while clasping her hand in another. This photograph was taken in 1875, and it is believed that this shot alone required forty-two attempts. This illustration accurately depicts the aesthetic of the characters, as represented in the poem. For instance, Sir Lancelot is shown as a young, well-built man, loyal, trustworthy, and loving; while Queen Guinevere is beautiful, noble, and virtuous. Here particularly, she looks weak and dependent on sir Lancelot. In this image, both characters look very calm and pacified, as if they are exhausted. The visual illustration contradicts expectations created when reading the poem, which is rather more emotional and exciting. They cherished last moments together before parting, described as “hands in hands, and eye to eye, tammering and staring; A madness of farewells.” On the other hand, the expression in their eyes reflects the inevitability and reconciliation with their fate. Furthermore, the image successfully manifests the theme of their passionate, rebellious love that brought both of them to death, as described in Tennyson’s poem. This image is strong compositionally and gives a lot of space for creativity, as it lets the viewer create various interpretations. It shows a peaceful moment of poor lovers and their belongingness to each other and yet manages to demonstrate strong individual personalities.
Introduction Throughout the course of the human history, people have always asked questions about the sense of life and the reasons that they have for certain actions. Some of them, especially at the initial stages of the development of the mankind, kept to the point of view that certain supernatural forces control and predetermine all actions of people and events in the world. Others, on the contrary, supported the point according to which people decide their actions and influence their lives only by themselves. Both points of view had times of their rise and fall, but nevertheless, the uniform opinion about these issues has not yet been formed by philosophers (Schick and Vaughn, 3 – 5). Ancient Greek philosophers, medieval theologians and modern thinkers have dedicated their works to the issues of fatalism and free will, and the present essay is the reflection of the author’s opinion about these concepts. In this paper, I am going to consider the phenomena of fatalism and free will and support my argument by reputable scholarly sources information. Basic Definitions To begin with, it is necessary to find out the differences between the terms that people use, sometimes incorrectly, to name as they thing the same phenomenon but it is not so in reality. First of all, fatalism is the belief that Divine or other supernatural power determines all human actions and events beforehand. This is rather a theological concept. However, determinism, which is sometimes confused with fatalism, is the belief in existence of causes for all events and actions of people. They are not necessarily divine, but rather temporal and consequential. Moreover, the concept of free will is the belief that people use their rational thinking to motivate their actions and only they can direct their deeds. At the same time, the concept of indeterminism is rather chaotic in its essence because it presupposes no actual cause – result relations of people’s past, present and future actions, and explains them as biochemical reactions that took place within a human organism. Thus, the matter to be considered in this paper is the interrelation of free will and fatalism in basic spheres of human life (Brown, 285 – 295). Fatalism Numerous scholars considered the concept of fatalism in their works. For example, Aristotle found fatalism to be a relative category because it is proved only if the event that was thought of as predetermined really happens in the future. On the contrary, if that event does not happen, fatalism is denied in this case. The ideas of Boethius were rather different but their essence is close to Aristotle’s ideas – fatalism can not be proven. According to Boethius
Introduction Emirates airlines is an air services provider based in Dubai. It is ranked as one of the best performing airlines worldwide. This company according to Namaki (2008) “has played a major role in the economic development of the United Arab Emirates by promoting tourism besides the region being the rich in oil deposits” (35). Before the inception of emirates airlines, the main airline was the Gulf air whose relationship with the leadership of Dubai was faulted by the fact that Dubai had refused to open up its skies for the company’s operations. This prompted the Gulf air to end and withdraw bigger percentage of its operations in Dubai, leading to a partial paralysis of travels in and out of the region. Emirate airline was incepted to facilitate movement of people and goods in and out of Gulf region. Observations made on the growing trends of Airline companies indicate that, Emirates Airlines is steadily growing, serving more than 100 destinations all over the world. The success of this company is mainly based on strict management practices anchored in the company culture hence guaranteeing a sustainable survival. Objectives and methodology The study of the management practices in Emirates airlines are meant to ravel the strengths of the company that have ensured its continuity to growth over the years. Middle East is one of the areas despite being endowed with natural resources; it is hard for companies to survive, owing to the political climate of the region. This region has been facing political instability since civilization existed. It is therefore amazing how this company has managed to survive in this area and rise above many other companies which are operating in the most stable economies (Kuye, 2002). Research shows that Dubai, the headquarters of emirates airlines, is also the fastest growing tourists’ destination. Perhaps, this may be due to the hostility in the neighboring regions. Many researchers believe that the presence of Emirates airlines has played a major role in development of this city into a leading tourist destination. Again, this leaves one wondering the reasons behind such credibility to Emirates airline that started with a few numbers of operations in the region. The research questions in this case, therefore include, what is the management structure in the company, how management duties allocated are and how the management team guarantees accountability (Pathi, 2010). The methodology for conducting this research will involve an intensive data collection activity. The main methods to be used in collecting the data will involve using structured questionnaires to obtain information from the Emirates airlines branches, obtaining performance information from airports authorities and researching through the company’s publications. This will also require data collection from secondary sources which will form the literature review of the study. The data analysis and presentati
Introduction In Whitney Davis’ article “The Beginning of the History of Art,” the author points out a glaring hole in the academic study of ancient art that no one seems to see. This hole is the lack of information or study of the historicity of ancient art. It is pictured, described and its meanings are speculated about, but not much is said about the climate or environment, the culture, of the people that made it much before about 10,000 BC. This is first because it has always been assumed that this type of ancient history cannot be known and thus ideas are generated but never debated and secondly because it is easier to discuss ancient art history in terms of its history of discovery by modern humans. However, he argues that it is important to look more closely into this ‘original’ art in order to realize its true meaning. He illustrates his point by discussing the differences between how we of the modern age see the cave paintings of Lascaux as a running narrative in stable, equilateral light, its original painters and viewers were only ever able to see it in small segments by the light of a small, flickering flame. Main body Having established his subject, Davis then goes on to explore the concepts involved in the idea of a “Figure 1” in art history. This figure, whether a cave painting, a sculpture or an engraved tool of some kind, is typically used to represent a starting point from which all the rest of the art in that history is then considered to have sprung. “This ‘figure 1’ has a complex status. On the one hand, it is tied to art history’s conception of artworks as essentially historical … On the other hand, however, ‘figure 1’ is also tied to art history’s counterthrusting conception of artworks as essentially ahistorical, leaning on certain definably modern but apparently inescapable aesthetic doctrines and critical conceptions” (Davis 328). In other words, art is, at least today, necessarily influenced by its history, but the artwork used to represent the beginning of this history was both influenced by its own past and, at the same time, had its own originality in the artist’s conception and execution of the work as an emergent, ahistorical conception. These ideas are then used as the basis from which Davis attempts to identify a means of discovering a ‘true’ ‘figure 1’. The first criteria for identifying a ‘figure 1’ artwork, for Davis, is that the art must be beyond compare. This means the artwork cannot be directly comparable to anything else made during its time period or before, meaning it is necessarily pre-historic in every sense of the word. Secondly, there must be recognition of the gaps between artworks. Even though an artwork created in 1960 was strongly influenced by the artist’s encounter and interpretation of art created in 1690, this is not a part of the ‘figure 1’ artwork. It is, however, a part of the ‘figure 2’ artwork whether the artist intends it or not. In spite of this, this connection is often used to provide histories of the earlier works. Davis argues that this process leads to art historians making impossible, and sometimes improbable links, between the mor
Despite the adoption of the Amnesty Immigration and Reform Control Act, the Mexican Americans still encounter immense difficulties in adjusting to alien cultural, political, and social environments. In fact, the negativity on the part of the U.S. citizens is historically predetermined. One the one hand, the existing legislature supports the legalization of foreign- born population in case they have a social security number or driver’s license. On the other hand, the presence of these conditions does not justify the unequal treatment of the Mexican Americans who are unauthorized to apply for a job in case their immigration status is illegal. The distinction between the immigrants coming to the United States before 1982 and those who moved there in a post period does not exist in fact. Documented recognition does not provide the Mexicans with civil rights either. Due to social, cultural, and racial distinctions, the U.S. legislature cannot be justified in terms of its prejudiced attitude toward Mexican Americans living in the country since 1980s. Certainly, residency granted for the Mexican immigrants had improved their official legal status. Nevertheless, there are still aspects that have been left unchanged in terms of treatment of the immigrated population. According to Camacho, “To be Mexican is racial and cultural, but in the US, cultural maturity has not occurred and hence were wedged in the racial paradigm” (10). Hence, most of the laws adopted do not actually treat U.S. residents and Mexican American equally. Specific attention should be paid to the laws that permit deportation of the Chicano groups in case they committed crimes. They can lose their residency, unlike the U.S. residents who were not affected by this law. Unlike other ethnic minorities residing in the United States, such as African American or Asian people, Mexicans were the target audience over which the strictest control has been taken. Apparently, such an attitude was explained by deeper historic roots that these group possessed and, therefore, U.S. residents did not consider these people as immigrants or refuges. There are also social grounds that have undermined the image of Mexican American and have created serious obstacle to their welfare. This is of particular concern to education where the pre