SPCTR 1: Self-fulfilling Prophecy Explanation of concept: When we know what a person is like, it influences us how to act toward that person according to that expectation. Application of concept: Ms. Riley believes in Homer. She always says, “I will be proud of you for whatever you do, Homer.” Ms. Riley believes that Homer is a good student, therefore she acts friendly towards him. Ms. Riley hopes that Homer can participate in the science fair, which she gives him more opportunity than compare to other students. He fulfills that by doing the rocket experiment determinedly. Ms. Riley could have encouraged other students to participate in the science fair as well, but it seems like she only sees Homer as a potential student. Ms. Riley believes …show more content…
Once he argues with his father, “coal mine is your life, it’s not mine”. Homer is implying that you are yourself, I am myself. You work in the coalmine now does not foreshadow that I will inherit that job in the future. Homer’s father hopes that one day he will be working in the mine with him, but according to the Independent View of the Self, Homer distinguishes himself from his father. Even the community says that one day he will take after his father, this saying does not affect his view at …show more content…
He never showed up when Homer invites him to the rocket release. He always says that he is “busy” with work. However, he shows up on Jim’s football game. John and Homer never get along when they talk about this topic. Well, in general John is a distant man, but all he cares is the coalmine. At the end, he changed his attitude towards last rocket release invitation. Even though he says that he is busy with work, he shows up to the last rocket release after all. John knows that cannot change Homer’s view or convince him to work in the coalmine, so he changed his view to make things easier. In additional, to stop himself for conflicting his own
Throughout the book, Homer has an unstable relationship with his father, who chooses to praise Jim for being successful and talented. Homer, on the other hand, is a child with no future
After he was done traveling he got a whole new outlook on life and understood other people’s cultures better. The main reason he started walking was because he didn’t like the damage oil did to bodies of. He believed that we should take care of our earth. So he decided to start walking to not be reliable for the pollution. I could compare John’s life to Julia’s in The Legacy of Luna in the same way.
John was a little crazy. He would do anything to cover up what happened in Vietnam just to persevere his political career. He went to such an extreme extent that he was forging papers and awarding himself medals just to cover up what happened in attempt help him politically. At one point in the book it reads, “you know, I think politics and magic were almost the same thing for him. Transformations—that’s part of it—trying to change things.
John said “isn’t it true that you hate people staying in your cabin?” “Yes, I hate people in my cabin but I need money and why would I kill someone that pays me?” Joe made a good point, and John
Homer Wells lives at the St. Cloud’s orphanage run by Dr. Larch. Larch has raised Homer since he was a little boy and while he was raising him the thing Larch most important lesson that Larch teaches Homer is that he always has a choice as to what he is going to do. An example of Homer making a difficult decision and thinking for himself is, “It’s his choice –if it’s a fetus, to him that’s fine. It’s a baby to me thought Homer. If Larch has a choice, I have a choice too.”
Also John addresses the topic of the living poor. They are living on the streets in huts and villages, he gives them a pledge that he is going to help them and go against “aggression or subversion.” If John wanted to stay true to what he said he would have to have cooperation from the people. Despite if many of them are friends or enemies they should come together to make our country great again. “The world is very different now.
If I had come there, a god, I also would have built. ” We could also confirm that John wasn’t on his journey during summer or fall because he doesn’t say that there were leaves on the ground and he also says that the rain has helped the grass
In analyzing this passage I found Homer becoming his own person. Standing up and stating that he doesn’t need to conform to everyone else’s thought or opinions. He questions others actions and why they must be compared to his own, “Do you have to be descended from Atreus To love your mate? Every decent, sane man Loves his woman and cares for her, as I did, Loved her from my heart.”
From this, it can be inferred that John had the physique to walk in the snow or otherwise he would never have suggested checking on his father knowing he could not do it. As well as it was an altruistic act to put others before himself as family is an important value to him. In addition, as John
This showed that he was trying to keep his name clean by telling the truth. When John was in prison, they give him another chance to be freed of charges. They tried to persuade him
These clues from Ross help the reader infer that John returned to the house, since he has the bedroom door’s wet paint on the palm of his hand. Getting turned around by his wife's betrayal, John resolves to re-enter the storm after discovering her in a betrayal. While Ann dozes, she feels the presence of John in the room. Her instincts are correct in feeling his presence since he has returned to the house. He stands over her and Steven but doesn’t seem angry, instead his expression is described as hopeless.
According to the author, "John kept sneaking out of the mansion at midnight with Mary to find his father and save him from Stumps, (a man with no legs who said that he took his father) because loved his father and didn 't want to escape the wreckers without his him even though it was a treacherous thing to do because there are wreckers looking for shipwreck survivors to kill," ( pg. 100-104) For this reason, John risked his life for his own father by searching for him at midnight everyday because he loved him wanted to see if he was really alive and he didn 't want to escape Pendennis and go back to London without him. Furthermore, Mary put herself in a life threatening situation while helping John find his father even though it wasn 't her own father because she wanted be there for his friend and help him along the way. For instance, As Iain Lawrence points out, "The characters wanted to stop the wreckers from taking away the lives of innocent people and prevent an approaching ship from getting wrecked into the shore so while John was facing Caleb Stratton and Jeremy Haines trying to put out the false beacon, Simon Mawgan scared away the wreckers by pretending to be a corpse light, and John 's father drove away the wreckers." ( pg. 180-187) It is clear that these characters learned the theme by working together and putting their
John had high morals and great integrity. He was a Quaker, a state senator for 16 years and a very successful mill owner, including a flour and a saw mill. He continued to acquire additional businesses, a bank, a woolen factory, and an insurance company. Not to mention he held stock in the railroad and commercial real estate. He would become one of the wealthiest, self-made men in town.
In a world where lives are born and taken every second, I think back to my childhood and my earliest memory is my parents divorce, but there 's so much more to me than just that. Who I am and how I got here today is a collaboration of many more memories. My parents divorce, my siblings, friendships I’ve made and lost, achievements and failures, and my future goals and aspirations. Ultimately, all of this makes, and has made, me. It is a collection of influences, experiences, and memories that make up all of us, as individuals.
Introduction of the Theory (History) Social Learning Theory was introduced by Albert Bandura in year 1977 ( McLeod, 2011). Social Learning Theory was mainly talking about how environmental factor influence the social behavior of an individual. An individual will simply observe and imitate the behaviors or actions of nearby people.