W. D. Valgardson's A Matter Of Balance

“The Honor Code” is an interview with Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, produced by Katy Chevingny, in which honor is used to justify violence, while introducing a way for brutality to come to a halt. Anthony Appiah, explains that violence often occurs due to an individual’s quest to acquire respect. However, a person’s ideology is subject to change if new evidence demonstrates that old traditions were dehumanizing, such as when he states, “People can recognize that something is wrong, but still be honor-bound to do it… you have to get people to see that what they are getting from it, the recovery of family honor, that they are not getting that” (Appiah). Through the use of this analysis, Appiah is able to deliver a potential solution to “honor

The tone helps the reader build the characters life story, and how they feel at a certain time. Sometimes the author may put figurative language to portray what the character is feeling, and sometime if the text is extravagant, it may cause the reader to feel the same way, such as this quote, “One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.” (page 109). This is such a powerful emotion of hatred toward something that is very sad, such as when Eliezer lost his father.

In the book “ The Peace Maker”, Ken Sande says that conflicts have two basic issues: material and personal. “Material issues involve substantive matters such as property, money, rights and responsibility” Personal issues involve our attitudes and feelings toward others that result of how we have treated one another.” Both issues were evident in both cases, and as a mediator it was imperative that I understood which issue was the most important. The re-establishment of their relationships was key for me, it was something that they were losing. Luke 17:1 (KJV) says “It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

In a group we must be mindful of ethics and professional issues. Addressing this topic, and staying on REBT the same time, let’s visit the idea of Shame Attacking exercises. This is one of the emotive methods used in REBT groups. The name alone gives pause yet mixed with other facets of REBT such as humor, unconditional acceptance, imagery, shame attacking has its purpose is to release an individual of their irrational belief, and in doing so release that individual of their emotional disturbance. Say a common concern in the group is the stress provoking fear of appearing foolish, whether on the air, behind the scenes, etc.

The ego considers and makes a compromise between both the carnal desires of the ID and the social norms and morals contained by the ego using reasoning and logic. The ego can often be conflicted due to poor decision making or prolonged suppression of either the ID or superego, forcing the ego to employ a Defence mechanism. The protagonist’s conflicted ego can be seen to employ several defence mechanisms in the play, in order to protect her from a mental breakdown. A mixture of repression and denial can clearly be seen in the second act, where Nora pushes the threatening thought of Torvald finding out about the forgery away, when however this thought again arises she denies to herself that Torvald will ever open the letter. Displacement is seen on p… where Nora want to rip her Italian clothing ‘to a million pieces’ this shows how Nora wants to express her anger on the fabric, which she had bought on the trip that was the cause of this conflict.

The opening and closing narration are particularly obvious on this occasion, telling the viewer exactly what the themes are and what they have seen, respectively. Overall, the State is written as, for lack of a better term, blatantly evil, so the message that ‘we should be careful lest this happen to us’ is muddied. There is little room left for viewer opinions or to mull over what they’ve seen. It reads more like a series of scare tactics than a recreation of what could happen. “The Obsolete Man” is steeped in the ideas and morals of its time, which can make it unapproachable in a number of ways.

Persuasion Essay In the book persuasion, there are characters constantly being persuaded and persuading each other. Sometimes it can change the original intent of characters, or sometimes it doesn’t change anything except the timing. Anne Elliot, the main character in this book, was persuaded Lady Russell into not marrying her fiancé, Captain Wentworth. This could be seen as a flaw or as a strength.

Whereas, some people are conscious about their behavior, they will often be referred to, as the ‘blame-shifters’. There is several major reasons and causes why a person shifts the blame to others, and it is so universal that several films and pieces of literature have adapted this as a theme. Blaming someone who is innocent will not always be easy, and at the same time they will have to convince themselves that they are right, by giving statements to their innerself, and others whether or not, they would be valid. Why do some people blame others more often than others, can have an explanation in the environment they grew up in, or in their personality. Parents can even propose a parenting system, in which, they have frequently blamed their child for their own mistakes.

The most basic classification divides it into two different categories: problem based coping and emotion based coping (Compas, Malcarne,& Banez,1992; Lazarus and Folkman, 1984). Under problem based coping an individual makes a conscious effort to alter the problem or the demanding situation causing the stress. It is divided into different classes such as solving-problems; planning, looking for new information, an attempt to achieve something, trying to decrease competing behavior. Whereas emotion based coping deals with controlling the emotions that are aroused due to the stressful situations (Crocker, Kowalski, & Graham). Emotion based coping is further divided into denial, relaxation, blaming oneself, avoiding or accepting the situation and wishful thinking.

It’s a feeling that is indescribable because it isn’t because of adrenaline from doing something dangerous. It’s just a feeling of excitement because you’re breaking something – even if it’s just a tiny thing. Malcolm Gladwell, who is a bestselling author and TED speaker, talks about how we are attracted to people who have a disregard for rules in his book “The Tipping Point.” At the same time, we have something innate in us that make us more inclined to break or stray away from the normal. We each want to be different, to be set apart from others.

Turning away from his best friend just exemplified how he was scared and intimidated and that is the worst way to act going through life. The main lesson to take out of Hosseini’s quote is to make the decision that will be the most beneficial to the future because just by one wrong decision, life can go a whole different

Jon Krakauer, Emerson, Thoreau, and Donovan are all great writers. The four writers share a lot of ideas but one of the main ones is transcendentalism. In a lot of their writings and pieces you can find a good amount of these ideas about individuality and being yourself all the time. These four writers stand up for what they believe in as that is one of the ideas of transcendentalism. One thing that shows how their ideas convey with each other is in the title of the poem “it’s all on me” by Donovan.

Power is when the fate of events and/or individuals are in the control of one person or group. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible reflects the many different sides of power, the power over self, the power over others, and the power over all. Miller’s play takes place in one of America’s most frightening times, the Salem Witch Trials, where a Puritan community went on a mad witch hunt through their town. Many innocent people were accused, and once accused, they could either deny and hang or confess to witchcraft and accuse others. One of Miller’s most powerful individuals is his antagonist Abigail.