Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs In The Road

Indifference is looked at different by everybody. Some people may think somethings are normal while others do not. In Night by Elie Wiesel he showed many ways of indifference such as throwing the dead and unwanted bodies out of the rail cars to make more room for other. This shows that the guards did not care about the many people that were dying, even though they did nothing wrong. During their ride in the rail cars to another camp they were not given food for three days so when they had the chance to get bread that was thrown to them, they would fight for it.

In the essay, “On Compassion”, writer Barbara Lazear Ascher used resources style and rhetoric to convey her attitude such as the use of questions, ethos, pathos and logos, figurative language, imagery, and tone. This way, Ascher’s writing was well organized and well put together meanwhile giving the readers a chance to analyze and comprehend the text and understand Ascher’s views. Ascher begins her essay in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York; a place known to be where the wealth lives and idea of compassion falls. Yet as a typical New Yorker (Barbara Ascher), random acts of compassion can be seen but are not enough given awareness. This is where Ascher’s thesis falls in. Ascher believed that compassion is something humans are not born

Everyone has been hungry at some point in time. Hunger can drive people to do anything takes to eat even if it has consequences. Odysseus men in The Odyssey have not had food in three months. Odysseus’ men should eat the cattle that belonged to Helios, the sun god, because of the following: they were starving, the first mate said drowning was preferable to starving, and the men believe they could give a sacrifice to Helios when they got home. The men had depleted their food supply.

McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Print. The Road is set in a grim atmosphere. It is after apocalypse world where all signs of life are extinct. People and animals are starving, and predatory groups of savages wander around with pieces of human bodies stuck in their teeth. It is both oppressive and disheartening. McCarthy sets an atmosphere like one mediately after the world wars. It is not far-fetched to imagine the possibility of such a sad environment today. The novel tells a story of an unnamed man and his son in who struggle to survive in this horrific environment. I feel that the language in the novel is verbose. McCarthy is blunt in his descriptions. He uses repeated struggles and similar scenes forcing the reader to share the tough experience of the characters. I agree with the author that The Road is the picture of a post-apocalyptic world. I also agree with the opinion that suffering might never end, like the novel indicates through imagery at the very end. The author manages to combine happy moments with sad ones even though the sad ones takes the larger share. In addition, he accomplished his aim of having an audience that is glued to the book all along sine it is both engaging and informative. The author has a perception that the world is composed of more bad things than the good ones. This novel will be important to me as I explore the themes of post-apocalyptic fears and human struggles. However, I do feel that he leans too heavily on sadness

Throughout the book Les Miserable, Jean does selfless acts that could potentially put his life in danger, however that did not stop him, he always seemed to do the right things. To start off, “The arm seized a loaf of bread and took it out… The thief had thrown away they bread… It was Jean Valjean” (23). Jean was not stealing the bread out of selfishness, it was to feed his sister and his sisters kids who were starved to death. Valjean and his sister were poor and could not provide the essential needs for his family. He was not stealing for himself but was stealing to help his family out. Sadly he got caught and was sent to prison. This was one of many of his selfless acts that he did to put his life in danger. Furthermore, “Then without saying a word, he

The thrilling novel “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy is a story about a post apocalyptic world following the lives of a man and a boy as they head south to escape the cold winter that is headed their way. Along with the cold of winter approaching they also have to deal with the new dangers of the land while traveling such as cannibals, robbers, and many more dangers. This is a tale of a unnamed man and a boy who must not only learn how to survive but find a inner “fire”, establish a code of ethic, and continue in finding reasons to live in this “new world”. With McCarthy’s unique approach to the characters of the book having no names or the cause of destruction of the world unknown it helps the reader feel the confusion and whats really important

From an excerpt of Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, the March sisters chose to help the poor German immigrant family because they knew in their hearts that the right thing to do was help the family in need in spite of giving up their Christmas breakfast. According to the

At an early age, we learn how to use every trait we have in us. It takes us longer to process and learn the true meaning of some of these innate traits, for example, feeling compassion towards others under certain situations. On the other hand, compassion can be taught to those who may be afraid to show sympathy. Many people believe that compassion is a trait which we learn over the years, with experience. However, others feel that it's more of a connection we have among us no matter the age, or the ethnicity. Barbara Ascher’s idea that compassion must be learned it’s problematic because compassion a mixture of both innate sympathy and learning how to feel concern for others. Affection is a way to demonstrate compassion, but some people may

The Act for the Relief of the Poor, primarily known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, was passed in 1601. It was required in order to establish a law system for the poor in England and Wales.

The major concept of this theory is that crime results partly from the opportunities presented by the physical environment; thereby we can reduce the chance of crime by changing the physical environment. CPTED is a specialized theory, to produce behavioral effects that will reduce the fear and incidence of certain types of criminal acts. The concept was developed by the city of Virginia Beach’s CPTED committee to be used as a tool for planners and design professionals to build a “Quality Physical Environment” with the idea of reducing opportunity for crime to occur.

In unison with A Christmas Carol and A Diva’s Christmas Carol, the theme of greed presents itself in many political cartoons. It is very common nowadays to use political cartoons in order to poke fun at real problems happening in the world. In a specific cartoon by John Cole, lies Ebenezer Scrooge holding a newspaper titled “Senate Gop Oks Huge Tax Cut.” Following this text, it reads “Trillion-Dollar Debt To Benefit The Rich - Social Services Face ‘Reform’.” Not to mention, when we analyze Scrooge’s character, we see him flashing a smile and exclaiming “Now that’s how a ‘Humbug’ is done.” From this sight, it is evident that covetousness still exists in our society. The first example of greed we can recognize is Scrooge’s reaction to the newspaper. Ebenezer Scrooge shows no compassion despite how tragic this is for those who are surrounded by poverty. As a rich man, the issue in the paper does not affect him negatively. Instead of feeling bad about what is happening to the penniless, It warms his heart that he will soon be more prosperous. This is the true embodiment of greed. The second show of avidity in this cartoon beholds itself in the newspaper. The newspaper informs you that money will be held back from the poor while the rich reap the benefits. From any normal perspective, it is clear that this is highly unethical. On the other hand, from the perspective of one consumed by greed, it can be seen as a celebration. The act of purposely embedding the impoverished in a position of further

Eleven million people were killed during the Holocaust; one of those people being Anne Frank. She lived to be fifteen years old, and wrote a diary telling the story of her life which inspired many people. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett wrote a dramatization of her diary called The Diary

Kindness and generosity are two of the traits that are taught in the society, people are advised and urged to be generous to their neighbors and to show kindness to the weak in the society. However this advice is not followed even by those that give it, selfishness and cruelty is all that is displayed in every sector of the society including the religious institutions that are supposed to set a good example to the society when it comes to matters concerning compassion.

1st of April,1908, Abraham Harold Maslow was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was the eldest out of seven children in his family, who themselves were uneducated. They were Jewish immigrants from Russia. He first studied law at the City College of New York (CCNY). He married Bertha Goodman, who is his first cousin. Maslow and Bertha was gifted with two daughters. Maslow and her wife Bertha later moved to Wisconsin so that he could extend his studies and attend the University of Wisconsin. Here he starting to be interested in psychology. He received his BA (1930), MA (1931), and PhD (1934), all in psychology, from the University of Wisconsin. A year after graduation, he returned to New

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This theory lies on the premise that people can rarely achieve their full potential without having met their basic needs; if the target population lacks of basic needs, any intervention that does not address this particular issue will fail. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is based on the physiological and psychological needs. Once these needs are covered, we will be able to engage someone to change habits in order to achieve our goals. It is highly important to recognize the target population and their basic needs. Their basic needs may differ from ours, but it is their perspective what matters. We could apply this theory by: