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Both these episodes follow Tordorovs theory of Equilibrium, Disequilibrium and Re-equilibrium perfectly. Like in Friends where Rachel’s sister adds to the disequilibrium by playing the traditional spoilt rich girl or in Seinfeld where ‘the contest’ brings about the disequilibrium. The equilibrium is then restored again at the end and the situation is then re-established. So in conclusion, these episodes are largely constructed of gender stereotypes to fill there environments (30 minute episodes- no time for serious character establishment). Consequently both these sitcoms use stereotypes to explore gender representation.
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The narrator of ‘So Long a Letter’ is Ramatoulaye, who is writing to her friend Aissatou. Both women’s lives are strikingly similar, or as Ramatoulaye says they ‘developed in parallel.’1 Ramatoulaye and Aissatou were friends from the time they were children. They both were well educated and both got married. Both their husbands remarried, which caused both pain and unhappiness.
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In Aissatou’s case, Mawdo’s mother didn’t want a ‘Toucouleur to marry a goldsmith’s daughter.’ 6 In spite of these adversities, both marriages were initially successful. Mawdo ignored his mother and claimed that ‘marriage was a personal thing.’7 He loved Aissatou. Similarly, Ramatoulaye was initially infatuated with Modou. As she reminisces, ‘But above all, you knew how to be tender. You could fathom every thought, every desire. You knew many undefinable things, which glorified you and sealed our relationship.’8 Both couples quickly had children and both Modou and Mawdo did well career wise.
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Up until this point, both Ramatoulaye and Aissatou lives are extremely similar. Then both their marriages break up, but for different reasons. Mawdo’s mother cannot accept that her son has married a goldsmith’s daughter. She felt that this inter-caste marriage was an insult to her family and she came up with a devious plan to break up her son’s marriage and to get Mawdo to take a second wife. Mawdo’s mother, Seynabou went to her village to meet her relatives. Her brother, Farba Diouf, was a customary chief and he gave her one of his daughters, Nabou to educate. Seynabou took care of Nabou’s education and trained her as a mid-wife. Seynabou then approached Mawdo, ‘I will never get over it if you don’t take her as your wife. Shame kills faster than disease.’9 Mawdo faced immense pressure from his mother and married Nabou. Aissatou was distraught and left him ‘stripping herself of his love and his name.’10 Aissatou seeked solace in books and became an interpreter in the Senegalese embassy in the United States.
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Ramatoulaye and Modou’s daughter Daba had a close friend, Binetou who often came home. One day, Binetou informed Daba and Ramatoulaye that she wanted to get married to her ‘sugar daddy,’11 a man who showered expensive gifts on her. On the morning of the marriage, Ramatoulaye was crudely told by the Imam and by Modou’s brothers that the ‘sugar daddy’ was her husband. She then watched her husband take a second wife. Ramatoulaye was devastated by her husband’s remarriage. ‘She cried everyday.’12 Unlike, Mawdo who still cared for Aissatou, Modou never returned to his house and completely forgot about his wife and children. Ramatoulaye ignored the advice of her children who advised her to divorce Modou. Gradually Ramatoulaye picked up the shattered pieces of her life. She learnt how to ‘go to cinemas alone’13 and how to carry out the household duties that had previously been done by Modou.
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Although, the nature and reasons behind both Modou and Mawdo’s decisions to remarry are different, a common theme emerges. They have both been betrayed by their husbands. In the first sixteen chapters of the book, we observe the feminist message that Ba is intending to convey. The women are portrayed as the oppressed and the men as the oppressors. All the women we are introduced to in the first sixteen chapters (with the possible exception of Mawdo’s mother) are good. Even Binetou is described as beautiful, lively, kindhearted and intelligent.’14 It appears that the women in the book, chiefly Aissatou and Ramatoulaye symbolize the typical oppressed Senegalese women. By paying close attention to Ramatoulaye and Aissatou’s close friendship, Ba is trying to convey that women need to stand up for other. It is for these reasons that Ba is believed to be a radical feminist and addresses the book to all women but only to men of good will.
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To conclude, Ramatoulaye and Aissatou’s lives start similarly but end differently. While the story is narrated by Ramatoulaye, we get to know Aissatou’s viewpoint due to the intimacy between the women and the fact that Ramatoulaye recounts what Aissatou has confided in her. Both women grow up together, become teachers and get married to men of roughly the same economic strata. Then, differences emerge. Aissatou turns over a new page and starts her life afresh. She is missed by her husband and she finds financial success. On the other hand, Ramatoulaye can’t find the will to divorce her husband so picks up the pieces of her shattered life and tries to get her life as close to ‘normal’ as possible. Rather than mock or condemn Ramatoulaye’s inability to divorce her husband, Ba empathizes with her by recognizing the complexity of the issue. As Ramatoulaye says, ‘leave? Start again at zero, after living twenty-five years with one man, after having borne twelve children? Did I have enough energy to bear alone the weight of this responsibility, which was both moral and material?’15 It is blatant that such a task would be extremely difficult. At the end chapter sixteen, Aissatou is in a better position though indicating that independence and divorce was the preferred option.
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Hot torrid sex, family feuds, and gold diggers. By today’s standards, these topics would seemingly be the story line of any other typical Hollywood film. Unfortunately, in Maeve Binchy’s critically acclaimed novel, Circle of Friends, none of the aforementioned subjects are particularly highlighted, but rather the plot follows the daily existence of a young overweight Irish girl, Benny Hogan. The film version of the book hardly keeps the bare bones of the storyline, which leads the viewer to question, was it a worthwhile novel to adapt into a mainstream movie, when for the most part, the story is completely changed, disfigured and maimed to the point that it is barely recognizable? Upon examining the sexual content of the movie versus that of the book, the omission of several key characters, and the presentation of religion across both pieces of work, it will be clear to see that the novel that has earned so much praise and accolade does not carry the heat and drama that can be appreciated by the common day audience.
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The villain of the story, beautiful and conniving Nan, proves to be a sexual maven in the novel, but never to the point that is interpreted in the movie, where she is portrayed as a woman who lives for sex, and not much else. In the novel, the most suggestive line that she utters is “He wants to sleep with me. What I’m trying to work out is where and how.”i However, across the film, the viewer sees Nan as a first class whore. In Benny, the reader finds an endearing character who is confronted with her own sexual desires and impulses that she longs to act upon, but won’t because she holds dear to her Catholic faith which preaches chastity until marriage.
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Aside from a little harmless necking, Binchy maintains Benny’s image as a pure and innocent girl. The same cannot be said about her movie alter ego. Like her novel counterpart, the film’s Benny holds out and hangs onto her virginity, but still gives into other sexual temptations when baited by her boyfriend, Jack. She has no hesitations about joining him in the backseat of his car when parked on a deserted country road, and doesn’t think twice before following him into an empty bedroom when they are together at a party.
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A point on which the film again loses merit is in its omission of several of the key characters from the book. Heather Westward is Eve’s young cousin, who wants nothing more than to be loved by someone. In the novel, when she realizes that Eve is a relation, she begs her to visit her at the boarding school where she lives. “I was wondering would you come and take me out some time? Just for a bit? (…). Anywhere, I’d be no trouble.” ii Although she is hesitant, in the end, Eve goes to her, and finds that she is strangely attached to the girl, much in the manner of an affectionate older sister. When Heather runs away from her school, sick from being ignored by everyone, it is Eve who goes through the emotional turmoil of trying to find her.
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It is arguable that Heather is critical in Eve’s evolution from being a cold and guarded woman, to becoming a more open, loving and caring person, but for an unbeknownst reason, her character never materializes on the screen. Another character jilted by the movie is Mother Francis, Eve’s surrogate mother. According to the novel, it is Mother Francis who takes Eve in as an orphaned infant, and sees to it that she has the most normal childhood possible. She does everything in her power to provide the girl with all the love and attention that she would receive from her biological parents and to make her feel equal to all other children.
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“She was brought up in our convent. I love her every bit as much as if she were my natural daughter.”iii It is also the nun who is responsible for putting Eve in contact with Kit Hegarty, the owner of a Dublin boarding house, where she eventually finds work to help pay for her tuition. Mother Francis is a pivotal character and without her, the story is not complete. Her absence from the screen adaptation leaves a large gaping hole in the overall atmosphere of the story.
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No story set against the background of Ireland would be complete without mention of the feuding churches of the nation, the Catholics and the Protestants. The country’s history is rich with battles of the two churches, and Binchy does a wonderful job of presenting this concept throughout the novel. Characters are constantly butting heads over their respective religions, criticizing the enemy and defending their personal system of beliefs and values. The Catholic girls have difficulty walking away from their beaux, although the church mandates that any behaviour of an intimate nature be reserved strictly for the marriage bed.
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This is well portrayed by the hesitations of Benny and Eve, as their individual boyfriends begin requesting more physical involvement. Of the major obstacles standing between Eve and her biological family, the Westwards, one of the most prominent is the fact that she is a Catholic girl who was raised by nuns. The Westwards are vigorously loyal to their Protestant faith, and for that reason, among others, they disassociate themselves with Eve, a first cousin. When Eve goes to ask Simon to pay her university fees, and he questions her about how much it costs for a year at Trinity, the city’s Protestant college, sparks fly.
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Since the poem is an extended metaphor, Vernon also uses a lot of imagery to make this possible. One of the types he uses is personification to describe everything around the child. When the child’s friends go away from his hiding place the poet describes the sound of their leaving using personification in the quote, “… words and laughter scuffle,” Here he compares the sound of their departure to sounds small rodents or animals of sorts make when they run away.
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Scannel tries to make the audience picture the child’s friends as animals hunting for the place he has hidden. Scannel proves this by describing their movement by the word ‘prowling’, showing how the seekers moved, as if to hunt the child like an animal. The poet also uses personification to create space between the hider and the seekers, by showing quiet and emptiness. The two phrases,’… darkening garden watches… ‘ and ‘… bushes held their breath… ‘ show that the child had no audience apart from the garden in front of him.
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He was far away from his friends and the bushes holding their breath shows how quiet the place is. The second phrase also creates tension when the child comes out of his hiding place where he has been waiting so long wonders what would be waiting for him outside. Alliteration is also used repeatedly throughout the poem and the poet uses it for a reason, there are underlying meanings to every alliterated word/sentence. A few examples are ‘mustn’t sneeze’, ‘someone stumbles’ and the simile ‘the sacks in the tool-shed smell like the seaside’.
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The simile is describing the sacks smelling like the sea. The repeated ‘s’ sound relates to the gentle waves of the seaside, showing his hiding place. This is also shown in the other two examples, with the repeated ‘s’ sound. The reference to the sea is a metaphor for life as well, showing life is like the sea, always moving. Scannel uses alliteration to describe how painful the cold is in the personified phrase ‘cold bites through your coat’. The sharp ‘c’ sound makes us picture how painful the cold is, as if it is cutting through skin. One last thing to mention is the punctuation use by the poet. He masters punctuation in this poem by using exclamation marks for confidence (‘I’ve won! ‘), enjambments for increase in tension (‘whatever happens-you mustn’t sneeze… ‘) and short sentences (‘don’t breathe. Don’t move. Stay dumb. ‘) , to make the poem move along faster. Overall, Vernon Scannel’s poem ‘Hide and Seek’ is based on the children’s game ‘hide and seek’ but is actually an extended metaphor for facing difficulties in life. Scannel uses a variety of literary skills such as imagery and use of punctuation to make the reader feel all the emotions the child is going through. The poet makes us feel cramped when the child is hiding and the loneliness and pain when the cold bothers him and his friends leave him. I think that the way Vernon Scannel has managed to put in the struggles in life into such a simple children’s game is brilliant and I feel that the literary devices he has used is the key to connecting to the readers.
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It begins by revealing the juvenile excitement experienced by a child when playing a game – ‘Call out. Call loud: I’m ready! Come and find me!’ Through the poets use of exclamation marks we can see the child’s joy at partaking in the game. It is exhilarating and fun time for the child, but it is also very competitive. The manner in which he hides shows this competitiveness; he meticulously hides under dirty sacking in the garden shed and makes sure that his feet aren’t ‘sticking out’ . Also when his friends are seeking him, they are portrayed as ‘prowling in’, and ‘whispering at the door’. This further intensifies the degree of competitiveness within the game.
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Finally when the boy victoriously emerges from his hiding place, and shouts ‘I’ve won, I’ve won! Here I am!’ he is greeted by a scene of nothingness -‘The darkening garden watches. Nothing stirs’. His childish dreams of a grand procession in his honour are dashed immediately, and we begin to sympathise with the boy as he tragically realises that he has been betrayed and deserted by his friends.
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‘Half-past Two’ by U.A. Fanthorpe concentrates more on the idea of time and the ways in which it governs society. The poem revolves around a child being punished for doing ‘Something Very Wrong’. The use of capital letters gives the impression that the act committed must have something very serious, and also describes the angered tone of voice that the teacher may have used when admonishing him. However the next line contrasts sharply with these thoughts by saying – ‘(I forget what it was)’.
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The punishment given by the teacher is to make him stay in the ‘schoolroom till half-past two’. However, the words ‘half-past two’ are meaningless to the boy because ‘She hadn’t taught him Time’, and he was too scared to remind her of that. The boy is always respectful towards the teacher, and their social difference is exaggerated by the capital letter at the beginning of the word ‘She’. The teacher is perceived as a god-like figure to the boy, who has no power or say in any of her imperatives. The unfortunate boy has no comprehension of time and therefore ‘half-past two’ is double-dutch to him. The boy’s definition of time comes from aspects of his own family life – ‘Timeformykisstime’, ‘Gettinguptime’ and ‘TVtime’. The child, although not pre-linguistic, is not practiced in the use of regular time and hence must use time by thinking of things connected with it.
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His compound ‘time-words’ shows his inability to associate with the ‘alien’ abstract time that the adults in his environment repeatedly use. As a result, he does not know when it is time for him to leave the schoolroom to return home. This causes him to forget that time exists, and he begins to dream about the ‘smell of old chrysanthemums’ and ‘the air outside the window’. This is a typical example of an epiphany, where the boy becomes unimpeded by the constraints of time, shown by the use of the words ‘into ever.’ He is liberated by the bounds of time for a short while, that is until his startled teacher returns to find him still there. The teacher is profusely apologetic and tells him that he can go home.
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The ensuing stanza is probably the most important – ‘And he never forgot how once by not knowing time/He escaped into the clockless land of ever/ Where time hides tick-less waiting to be born. A feeling of reminiscence is shown by the use of the words ‘he never forgot.’ The ending is particularly affirmative as it shows the happiness felt by the boy as his imagination runs wild and he eludes time into the ‘clockless land of ever.’
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Isolation is a major theme within both poems because it affects both boys concerned in a different but dominant way. The child in ‘Hide and Seek’ is purposefully forgotten and is left alone to his own senses: ‘floor is cold’. Isolation is a key element in ‘Half-past two’ because the child in question is forgotten about in detention and he begins to reverie in his own world. It is a more commanding theme in ‘Hide and Seek’ because of the harsh nature in which the boy is abandoned.
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One of the most foremost similarities in themes between the two poems is that they both concentrate profoundly on greater social forces. This is seen by the use of the words ‘She’ in ‘Half-past two’ and ‘They’ in ‘Hide and Seek’. The boy in ‘Half-past two’ is completely controlled by his authoritative teacher; and one may argue that the ‘prowling’ and ‘whispering’ are quite threatening thus causing the boy to hide because of his fear of society, not simply because he is playing a game.
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Goodmorning and hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Wan Nor Adia Binti Wan Zainudin and I am 19 years old this year. Sometimes in life, you must find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who make you laugh until you can`t stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.
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Secondly, she is good listener. When i tell her about my problem, she always make times for me because she want hear all my problem and if that something she can help me then she will help me. She understand me very well and cares for me. I never had any friend just like her because i think she is more special more than other. She never turns her back on me everytime i had a problem. She is so precious for me so i don`t want to lose her.
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Forthly, She is friendly. I think she had a lot of friends but eveytime she went to hangout she always bringing me for accompany her because she want me to had more friends too just like her. She know how to approach all her friends very well becaue of her friendly attitude. Lastly, she is very soft-heart. She can`t see someone who in the pain and someone in problem, that will make she want to help someone. So i think it`s `not her fault to had all these 5 behaviours because all her family member also had these behaviours.
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In the 1970’s, the focus on friendship research was based majorly on emotional relationships and the big question of what attracts individuals to each other. Therefore, the concept of friendship in psychology work was limited. In 1975, Bigelow and La Gaipa researched how children perceived the meaning of friendship and what values they looked for in a friend during different stages of development. This essay will explore the advantages and limitations of Bigelow and La Gaipa’s work whilst taking a critical stance in evaluating the usefulness of their findings and their influence on understanding children’s friendships.
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However, the essays were written by children between the ages of 6-14. It is a possibility that the younger children involved in the study could have lacked the academic writing and communication skills in order to successfully describe their views, resulting in the information they gave not actually reflecting what they initially meant (REFERNCE). An ethnographic approach could have been seen as an improved alternative when working with younger children. Bigelow and La Gaipa used a large sample of essays (480), meaning that they were able to make generalisations that contributed to the development of understanding children’s friendships. It could be argued that the sample they chose to work with could have resulted in a sampling error. Their research also failed to understand and consider the cultural factors that could impact the meaning of friendship in different societies.
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Bigelow and La Gaipa used qualitive data in their study, giving them lots of rich details and first-hand information from a child about what friendship meant to them. However, they then turned their qualitive data into quantitive data. They did this by coming up with a list of characteristics beforehand, that they thought were important factors in friendship. They then used a frequency count every time an expectation was mentioned by a participant. This is known as content analysis and after the study was published it became a popular method of analysis. This is because it decreased the time it took to analyse large samples of data. It also made it easy to group ideas together and produce a numerical conclusion, allowing them to draw conclusions, similarities and differences about the data that they found. Despite this, categorising values of friendships meant that they lost the individuality of the children’s accounts (REFERENCE)
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The possibility that the researches may have overlooked certain expectations of friendships proves to be a disadvantage because the values of friendships change with stages of development, so, what they think might be an important value may differ to a child. To conclude, Bigelow and La Gaipa’s findings were significant in helping psychologists to better their understandings friendship expectations. With the use of content analysis, they were able to numerically compare their findings and make generalizations.
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Social media allows people to tell lies, partial truths, whole truths, you never know if the person behind the screen is being truthful. Seeing someone get constant attention may cause you to compare yourself causing low self-esteem and depression. Facebook, for example, is a prime source for SAD because for many users it generates a fear of missing out (FOMO) that leads to a feeling of being disconnected from social experiences (Duong, 2016). On the other hand, some people that are searching for attention may get exactly what they are looking for depending on what they post.
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It is very easy to cross the line into things that may be fun and games now, but later-on prevent you from getting the job you worked so hard to get. Younger people usually are not thinking about ‘Could this post affect me 10 years from now?’, while they are posting at 17. But there have been several younger celebrities that have had backlash from fans for the this very reason, their private post from 7 years ago has come back to bite them in the butt.
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Each social media site has its own purpose and what your purpose for using it changes over time. Using Facebook to keep up with family and friends is common, but some people also use it for networking. Often having to almost live two different lives because one is private, and one is professional. Not having enough information on your page or oversharing may cause a future employer to pass you over, always keep in mind you never know who you or the audience might be. What we see from others can cause self-reflection and longing to do or be a part of other’s activities, whether the activity is beneficial or not.
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and being able to implement it into your work and get a raise or promotion gives you something to boast about. Staying up to date on other people’s lives like how Coronavirus is affecting my children, social media can give us minute-by-minute updates. The disadvantage is that we are so consumed in social media that we don’t see what’s right in front of us. We have found ourselves chained to the screen. We deny we are addicted, yet all the evidence is there. In fact, some countries have already cited this addiction as a real problem (Lobb, 2016). Eating while on the phone or other technological device, causes us to miss family time and our personal relationships in that moment — whether with a spouse or children — suffers.
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In conclusion, the negatives and positives of social media are about equal. Whether you’re on it for business or pleasure, what you post should be thought out. You never know who can see what you are doing. Social media is not going anywhere anytime soon. Be wary of others and trust your gut instinct, if it quacks, its probably a duck. Take time to put the electronics down and spend time with your family. (at least 3-5 sentences), conclude your essay by summarizing your main topics. Lastly, be self-aware and if you feel yourself struggling with feeling down about yourself or feeling depressed, don’t hesitate to reach out and get help.
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Have you ever felt so left out or unwanted that you approach anyone available whether they care about you or not? When a person needs someone to talk to but there is no one there, what does one do? In John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, Curley’s wife is very lonely and feels extremely useless. She feels that the only way she can get attention is by going around and flirting with guys. Although everyone see’s Curley’s wife as a “whore” who just wants to seduce guys, her true desire is to have someone she can go to who makes her feel loved.
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Instead of calling Curley’s wife by her name they say “Curley’s woman”, “a tart” , “the new kid”, etc. If men talked to her more and started calling her by her name Curley’s wife wouldn’t flirt as much and would feel way more valuable than she did. In conclusion, even though people don’t see that Curley’s wife has more to her than being a flirt, she only wants attention, and grabs it when she has the chance.
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Most friendships typically form for the same reasons, e.g., shared interests, support, and companionship. However, the type of relationship appears to differ between male and female relationships. Men, unlike women, tend to prefer more activity-based friendships while women tend to prefer more friendships relationships. Although, the dynamics of male-male friendships and female-female friendships are more similar than they are different, there remains a difference in how the genders view and engage in friendships. While one is more casual (male friendships), the other is more intimate and personal (female friendships).
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Not surprisingly, female friendships tend to be more dependent on face-to-face contact, are more emotional, include the sharing of thoughts and feelings, and include more support. Friendships between males tend to be more side-to-side rather than face-to-face. Males tend to value relationships that include shared activities, are less intimate, and transactional. There are also gender differences in the manner in which males and females form and sustain friendships. Another key difference between male and female friendships include the frequency of contact, investment in the friendship, and types of personal challenges/issues discussed during the friendship.
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Unlike women, men often do not feel the need to discuss all the changes in their lives with a friend or a need to say in touch. Interestingly, men can go extended periods of time, months or even years, without having contact with a friend, yet still consider the other person a close friend. In contrast, if a woman does not have regular contact with an individual she views as a close friend then she is more likely to assume they have grown apart, is no longer interested in the friendship, and assume the friendship is over.
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Although, male friendships tend to lack intimacy, they are less fragile than female friendships. Men are more likely to bond by engaging in shared activities, such as sports (side-to-side), while women tend to bond through the disclosing of secrets, talking, and spending time together (face-to-face). It should be noted, men tend to make friends easier as they do not question the motives of the other person or feel the same pressure to disclose personal information to maintain the friendship as women. While men may not share their inner-most feelings with their close male friends, studies have shown they are more apt to share these feelings with a wife, girlfriend, sister, or other platonic female friends.
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Male-Male friendships are side-to-side, fostered and maintained through shared activity Female-Female friendships are face-to-face, fostered and maintained through intimacy, communication, and support. Male-Male friendships are less intimate than female-female friendships. Male-Male friendships are less fragile than female-female friendships, e.g., men will consider someone a friend even if they do not maintain or stay in constant contact Emotional attachment Female have and desire a strong emotional attachment with persons they perceive to be a friend Men are more likely to remain friends after an argument or a fight whereas women are not.
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Women require more frequent contact with someone they consider to be a friend Men are more likely to use humor to taunt a friend while viewing this as innocent fun Women are more likely to refrain from taunting and humor out of fear it may hurt their friend’s feelings Men tend to hang out more in a group, ‘the more the merrier, ‘ while women typically prefer to go out with one good friend. Although these differences do not apply to all male-male and female-female friendships, this provides a general idea of how male-male friendships differ from female-female friendships. Regardless of the type of friendship you are in, it is important to identify what you are looking for in a friend. By identifying what you need and want out of a friendship it can assist you with determining if the person you would like to be friends with can provide the type of connection you desire.
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Frequent moves are tough on kids and disrupt important friendships. These effects are most problematic for kids who are introverted and those whose personalities tend toward anxiety and inflexibility. Specifically, adults who moved frequently as kids have fewer high quality relationships and tend to score lower on well-being and life satisfaction. Fortunately, the results like all findings in psychology are more nuanced than that. One major reason that kids are negatively affected by moves is that moves are often precipitated by problems, a divorce, job loss, that are tough on the family.
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When students switch schools, he or she may leave an environment where they know most of their peers and has several strong relationships so that they can be guided through struggle’s, needs someone to speak to and just have a strong bond with. At the new school, the new student doesn’t know anyone initially and may feel isolated from everyone. This kind of behavior and feelings can put the parents, teachers, and school in a situation on where they are trying to help the student adjust and engage in the school’s activities so that they can open up more and feel comfortable with peers and those who are trying to help the student.
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There are have been studies that examines the youth’s perceptions of being treated differently because of mental health problems by family members, peers, and school staff when moving around to different schools and countries. In my opinion I feel that both students will be noticed that they are new and their ethnicity, I say this because I have been in this situation before I am mixed and whenever I spoke or the way I dressed students have noticed an approached me with questions like where I am from, or what is my race, what do I do for fun involving my culture and so much more. It was honestly fun and interesting to explain to my peers that I was different from them and that’s how many friendships have grown since then. I never expected such a supporting group, I expected from what I’ve seen on tv shows and movies judgmental people, bullying and so much more.
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In my opinion I think the students can experience a lot, they will be around a lot of different people who may or may not be supportive of their ethnicity but I’m pretty sure they will find those they can grow a bond with like I did. My teacher once said ‘diversity makes us all smarter”. “Researchers have documented that students’ exposure to other students who are different from themselves and the novel ideas and challenges that such exposure brings leads to improved cognitive skills, including critical thinking and problem solving.’ (Weller, 2017)
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In 2000, Fahim Mashroor, with a group of his University friends ventured to start an online job listing site that can help young job seekers and professionals of the country to find out vacancy information. The largest job marketplace and recruitment platform is bdjods.com. Morethen 20, 000 small to large size recruiters use this site for their different types of needs related to recruitment. bdjobs. com also runs the largest corporate training marketplace. The visionary leader Fahim mashroor started his Internet venture when the rate of Internet adoption was very low in the country.
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Later on, he invested in many internet ventures and gave leadership. For example: AjkerDeal.com, the largest B2C online marketplace in the country and Beshto.com, the only local language social network of the country. Fahim mashroor is also a part of management in few other technology ventures. He complete his graduation from the University of Dhaka in Economics and also had his MBA from the same university in the Institute of Business and Administration (
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com.Ltd. He believes that honesty and clarity in purpose can help a person to achieve any difficult target. As a leader, he thinks that the most important thing is to have confidence in the team members and empower them. In mid 40s, new goals are set by Fahim mashroor which are centered around creating lot of employment opportunities for the young generation in the country through skill enhancement and new technology adoption. Fahim mashroor believes that the new generation small entrepreneurs are the major employment creators . That’s why, he currently focus on the development of entrepreneurship and youth engagement.
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Fahim Mashroor has also been involved in a number of social development activities in voluntary capacity. He is one of the trustee and Governing Body Member of D.Net, a non-profit development organization working in the fields of ICT literacy and promotion of ICT for social development. He is currently serving as an Elected Director of BASIS (Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services). He also served as BASIS President in 2013, and Senior Vice President in 2010-11. Recognitions and awards: He has received several numbers of awards because of outstanding contributions and services in Technology industry of Bangladesh. Few of the notable awards are -2018- Best SME Entrepreneur (Service Category). Awarded by SME Foundation 2016 — E- Business of the Year. Awarded by The Daily Star and BASIS 2014- ICT Personality of the year . Awarded by Ministry of ICT
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Soldiers typically carry things with them to remind them of home or their loved ones. Some carry things that remind them of them like, heirlooms of relatives, pocket knives, and letters. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carries pictures and letters from a college student back in the States named Martha. He is truly and deeply in love and infatuated with her, and she most likely does not even feel an ounce of love toward him. Martha does send him letters, however, they were not love letters at all but he was hoping that they were (O’Brien 469).
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Firstly, honest people show what they are. They never lie to others. They tell the truth that doesn’t matter how hard that is. For example, when my best friend makes a mistake, he honestly reveals that. Secondly, faithful people are loyal to others. They show respect to others, they also value friendship and borders. Finally, they appreciate people to stay positive about themselves. They are positive and inspire others to be positive. My friend always inspires me when I am depressed.
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The second reason for a close friend requires to be smart about their mates. First, she has the ability to understand you. She knows what is going on in your mind. And also know how you react about any incident. For instance, My best friend Emu knows what I feel on weekends because of my work. Second, intelligent people have the sense of their responsibilities. They know what they should do or shouldn’t. Third, she is funny and has a great sense of humor.
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A further feature of a best friend is to encourage their bestie. First, a caring buddy listens to her friend. She tries to understand the thoughts or opinions of their mates. For example, In my group, there is a girl who always listens to others, and tries to help her buddies. Second, a kind friend stays by your side in your difficulties. They help to overcome their difficulties. For instance, when I didn’t understand some homework, my mate explained it to me. She also tells me how I can do that. Finally, they show love and affection with their loves. A supportive friend tries to maintain a close relationship. She has a balance of importance about their friends. In sum, people want a mate who cares about them and also encourages them.
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It was a Sunday morning, the wind was screaming through the branches. I was at school with my friend Sarah, Sarah has been my best friend for nine years we tell each other all our secrets. We met each other in kindergarten and since then we have been inseparable. Sahra and I were heading to our first-period class, music with Miss Linda she is every student’s favorite teacher because she is very motivational and trustworthy not only is she a teacher to her students but also someone who you can ask for help in your darkest times.
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After like what seemed a year of running I found Rylie talking to Miss Linda and I accidentally overheard Miss Linda asking Rylie to join her choir group and sing with them in the pep rally coming up next week. Rylie tried to explain to miss Linda how she had to write an essay and that she couldn’t be able to attend the lessons for it after school but miss Linda said that it wouldn’t be a big problem if she paid a student to write it for her in secret.
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After the pep rally, Rylie was asked to go to the principle, Miss Andie and Rylie couldn’t help but think it was about her essay. While she was walking to the principal’s office she felt the dagger of guilt piercing through her heart. When she arrived she found Miss Linda and Miss Andie waiting for her and Miss Andie asked her to take a set. Miss Andie started the conversation by informing Rylie that her essay has the highest marks in the whole school, but she also added that a student came and told her that she overheard Miss Linda telling Rylie to pay a student to write the essay for her. Miss Andie wished that this information wasn’t true because Miss Linda is one of the best teachers in the school and also a friend and firing her would be like losing a friend. Unfortunately, Miss Linda had to confess and told Miss Andie what the student overheard was true. Rylie tried to blame it on herself but she couldn’t convince Miss Andie that Miss Linda had nothing to do with this situation. After the talk, Miss Linda was fired and Rylie had after-school detention every day for a week.
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Rylie felt guilty and wanted to do something special in honor of Miss Linda so she asked the choir group and some other people including me to sing a song she wrote about Miss Linda in the talent show next week but everyone refused except me, Sarah, and one other person called Adam because they didn’t want to help a person that was the reason of Miss Linda getting fired. Everyone stormed out and me, Sarah, and Adam tried to comfort Rylie and took her to get ice cream to cheer her up. Meanwhile, the choir group was planning a revenge plan on Rylie, they were gonna join her in the talent show and then throw paint on her to humiliate her. So the next day the choir group told Rylie they were sorry for what they said and wanted to join her in the talent show. After some thinking, Rylie agreed and they started to practice for a memorable event. Three days passed and a girl named Chloe started to get close to Rylie and eventually became best friends. But Chloe still new about the plan and had to stop it so she told me, Kendal, and Adam everything they planned and we found a way to stop them from humiliating Rylie. The only way to stop what was gonna happen in the talent show is if there was no talent show at all.
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The day of the talent show arrived and we planned to pull the fire alarm just when they started the talent show. What we did work and everyone evacuated the building immediately there was no paint and no one got humiliated. An hour after the alarm went off the student went back to there classes and me, Sarah, Chole, and Adam were called to the principal’s office. Turns out a boy named Ronald saw use pull the fire alarm and told Miss Andie. We tried to deny it but Sarah blew our cover because she hesitated every time Miss Andie asked her a question. We got detention but we got it for a good cause and after detention me, Sarah, Adam, Rylie, and Chloe went out for ice cream and from that day we all became best friends and never fought again.
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My friend Peter Johnson is a 35 years old African American male living alone in the province of St Peters. He has always been an independent iron-will man going after what he wants in life, as a result of his strong will he has managed to accomplish so many things. Today he is the owner of a very successful Air conditioning company. His ambition and determination has afforded him the opportunity of traveling extensively, owning a luxurious home, and having three vehicles, he enjoys the pleasures of life.
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Peter has been divorced over three years now but is currently in a relationship with a 28 years old young lady. Ever since he was younger he has always dreamt of having his own family. He has been trying to get children of his own but has been unsuccessful in doing so. However, Peter decided to visit his doctor where he did multiple analyses and was sadden when he discovered that he is infertile. Peter was not coping very well with the news, his girlfriend suggested other ways such as adoption but he continuously insist on having his own.
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Recently Peter has been exhibiting symptoms of stress. Peter started drinking alcohol on weekends then continues to drink during the week as a result he sleeps long hours in the day. He no longer has interest in doing the things he once loved such as, playing football with friends, cooking, attending social events and fishing. Although peter loves his girlfriend he no longer has interest in spending time with her, he has become verbally abusive and it is causing his relationship to fall apart. Peter visits the baby story very frequently looking at the baby items and writing baby names while sitting at a children’s park weeping in desperation.
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Although there are external stressors in Peter’s life he continues to make his situation worst. The news of being infertile is no doubt stressful to someone who dreamt of having their own children. Peter is presently suffering from self- impose stress as he continues to try to get pregnant and his frequent visitation to look at children’s clothing and toys. Peter’s actions shows that he has been stressing about a situation he cannot control. His actions are optional they do not have to be displayed, for the reason that they do not add to or enhance the situation, rather they distract from it. Peter has been compromising his health and relationship creating suffering for him by worrying and encouraging negative thinking.
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Peter has been told by many individuals including his girlfriend that he needs to seek help. One of Peter’s friend suggested that he sees a hypnotherapist, which he was very reluctant in doing, but however, with the determination and support of his family and friend peter agreed to see a therapist. Hypnotherapy gave Peter the time to sit back and discuss his problem. Therefore allowing him to recognize what caused him to be stressed. He realized how ineffective his actions were and how they were having a negative impact on his health and family relationship. His therapist suggested many stress reduction strategies such as spending time with supportive friends and getting more involved in the things he enjoys doing like fishing and playing ball. Also the therapist recommended that he get journal and write down the thoughts that he finds difficult to express to others.
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After a few sessions with his therapist peter began to cope much better when he becomes stress. He starts communicating with his girlfriend in more respectful manner. He overcame his fear of not being able to get his own child and as a result he addressed the situation with his girlfriend and is now willing to try adoption. Therapy has helped peter to make an adjustment of his life, he no longer drinks and party much but rather he spends more time with his girlfriend helping in house hold chores, attending social gathering with friends and focus on his company advancement. Peter also has learned how to value himself and build his self esteem. He has developed new techniques which he uses regularly to deal with stress. Peter is a much happier person today as his relationship between family and friends has improved tremendously.
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I started to contact pet stores and stores that sell pet supplies to see if they would like to donate. I made a box with my Senior Project flyer on it and placed it in the office of Meadow Bridge High School for the students and teachers to donate pet supplies. After collecting all the supplies, I divided it up between the Greenbrier, Raleigh, and Fayette County Humane Societies. The look on the employees faces at the humane societies as I brought in the supplies was priceless. It made me happy knowing that I helped my local humane societies and the animals that needed help.