...Chapter 1 Developing Self-Awareness True/False Questions Key Dimensions of Self-Awareness 1. Self-awareness is at the foundation of personal life management skills. True (page 58, easy, recall) If false, why? The Enigma of Self-Awareness 2. Empirical evidence indicates that people who are more self-aware are healthier, perform better in leadership roles, and are more productive at work. True (page 59, easy, recall) If false, why? 3. The concept of sensitive line refers to the point at which individuals welcome information about themselves from their co-workers. False (page 59, moderate, recall) If false, why? The concept of sensitive line refers to the point at which people become defensive or protective of information about themselves 4. Marvin consistently finds fault with Alicia’s competence as a manager. Because Alicia has been told she is doing a good job and therefore responds in a threat rigid way. Thus, her most likely response will be to defend herself in light of Marvin’s accusations. True (page 60, moderate, understanding) If false, why? 5. Self-awareness can be managed by exercising minimal control over when and what kind of information one receives about oneself and by not involving others in the pursuit of self-understanding. False (page 60, moderate, understanding) If false, why? It requires more than minimal control. Understanding and Appreciating...
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...Big World- theme paragraph A major theme in Tim Winton’s award winning short story, ‘Big World’ is self-discovery. Throughout the short story the main character and his best mate Biggie struggle to decide what they want to do with their lives. The author shows how young adults may struggle with life immediately after their school life finishes, and how these people cope with the uncertainty of their futures. Winton explains how the two main characters are feeling trapped and unsure, by using phrases such as, “the Southern sky presses down,” (on them), and “week after week an endless misting drizzle wafts in from the sea.” The first person narrator talk about his “dreaded exam results,” and how “the news is not good,” this explains why he is...
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...Did big brother kill Doodle? Can Pride be a destructive force? Pride is a sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self respect. Pride can be a destructive force. Brothers pride was destructive when he let his little brother die. Brother was always leaving Doodle behind. He was always talking about killing him, and he was embarrassed about having a disabled brother. Did big brother kill Doodle? There is a lot of evidence on how big brother did kill Doodle. On page 345 it says, “I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” He planned on killing Doodle with a pillow. So, ever since Doodle was a baby, big brother, planned on killing him. On page 353 it says, “ The faster I walked, the faster he walked, so I began to...
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...chieftest mourner The story is all about the death of the narrator's uncle. It is a story with a focal point focused on love and innocence in the context of death. At the establishing point of the story, the first story lines already shows a tint of innocence and simplicity but the gloomy tone of the story is already felt. The situation is just a very typical scenario in the Philippines but through the writer's prolific used of diction and imagery a common situation is turned into something new - a work of art. As you look at it, the plot is so simple. But what will move most of the readers is the author's command of language and smooth flow of situations. In economic terms, the reader can easily predict that the characters are somehow wealthy considering that the narrator, who happens to be the niece of the dead poet is boarding at the big girls' college in Manila, the presence of a conference room and the regular use of Spanish language. These are matters that only well-off families can afford and practiced. The story is so culture bounded and is so reflective of our society. Some reflective traits are the delicadeza system being practiced, the unfaithfulness of husbands, presence of gossipers, scandals in public and ridiculous funeral set-up with two different camps in opposite sides. A minimal Spanish colonialism practices is also being reflective in the story through the practiced of delicadeza system and the regular used of Spanish language. Along the way, the reader can...
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...”Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” The text ”Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” written by Thomas Wolfe is a story about a narrator helping a guy that is waiting for the train in the subway in Brooklyn. Wolfe starts his novel in this way “DERE’S NO GUY livin’ dat knows Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo, because it’d take a guy a lifetime just to find his way aroun’ duh f --- town” . In the novel he portrays the life in the streets of Brooklyn and in which we follow the unknown narrator, who is waiting for his train to come. While he is waiting he overhears a conversation between a big guy and a little guy. The big guy wants to go to Bensonhoist (Bensonhurst without dialect), but he does not know how to get there. Getting no help from the little guy, the big guy asks the narrator for help. After giving guidelines to the big guy about going to Bensonhurst another guy comes and interferes in. Despite the narrator’s guidelines, the so-called ‘wise guy’ gives the big guy new instructions in the belief that his guidelines is the correct. That leads the narrator and the ‘wise guy’ into a discussion about what the idea of wisdom actually means. Luckily the arrival of the train saves him from a possible fight and instead he gets on the train with the big guy. During the ride the conversation takes a twist when the big guy tells the purpose of visiting Bensonhurst. The fact that the big guy only wants to visit Bensonhurst because of his wanderlust and attempt to see all parts of Brooklyn makes the narrator...
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...tables, chairs, one telescreen, and lots of posters. All these setups are trying to convince the audience what they see is a hard, bare room where the story happened. Also, there are 12 actors to play 12 different roles. Moreover, the representational set is more suitable for a realism play. Representational acting doesn’t require interaction between actors and audiences. It is as though the audience doesn’t even exist; they are separated from the stage and the actor is unaware of the audience’s presence. In contrast of representational acting, presentational is a term which use to emphasize theatricality and acknowledges the theatre as theatre. In presentational setting there is no illusion. In presentational theatre, epic stories can be told with a minimum number of actors and a few costumes and props. There are several conflicts exist in this play and I want to talk about the central conflict first. The central conflict in a play is the main problem in the story. The central conflict here is the man vs. the society, or we can say is the individual (free will) vs. government (Totalitarianism). The individual stands for Winston Smith and the government stands for the Big Brother. In the play, Winston was struggling on whether he should give up his own free will and obey Big Brother for everything or not. The government stands for Big Brother, a totalitarian...
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...Report Submitted by: Claudette Anne R. Robles Submitted to: Mrs. Reina Miranda I. Title The Trial of the Stone II. Type of Literature Folktale III. Country China IV. Setting The story happened in the street and in the court. V. Characters Ah Niew – an orphan whose mother died when he was two Paw Kong – a Mandarin who was a kind-hearted judge The Man with a Big Nose – the thief who stole Ah Niew’s money VI. Summary Ah Niew was an orphan whose mother died when he was two. He lived with his grandmother who brought him up in selling cakes cooked in oil. He carried these cakes in a basket and sold these cakes in the streets. One day, Ah Niew was especially lucky to sold three hundred cakes very fast. He was about to go home when he saw an old woman crossing the street stumbled. He put down his basket with the money in it and helped the woman. When he returned to get his basket, it was gone. He looked around and saw it beside a big stone, but the money was gone. Ah Niew cried so loud that the people came to see what the matter was. Paw Kong, a kind-hearted judge, happened to be passing by. Ah Niew asked for help and Paw Kong scrutinized the faces of the onlookers. He asked a young man, a stout man, a man with a big nose, and all the people around if they took Ah Niew’s money but they all answered no. No one would admit the theft. Paw Kong thought that the theft was the stone because it was the only remaining object nearby...
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...George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four tells a story about a futuristic dystopian society that is ruled by the seemingly omniscient Big Brother. Winston Smith lives within this rule of Big Brother and the Party where all he does is strictly limited. As time progresses, Winston begins to make secret relationships without the Party’s knowing and begins to do what he wants to do. George Orwell’s use of intriguing characters, a strange, utopian social setting, and a riveting yet slow plot makes Nineteen Eighty-four a great piece of literary work. George Orwell’s use of fascinating and believable characters makes the story an interesting read. The story revolves around Winston Smith, an ordinary Party employee who works for the Ministry of Truth. Under the power of the Party, Winston does not have the freedom to think his own thoughts unless they...
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...Danielle Carlson Professor Villeneuve Engl 293 8, March, 2015 A Big Pot of Anxiety: Pictorial Techniques in “Strega Nona” “A pictures worth a thousand words”, is an extremely popular phrase that almost every individual has heard of. This quote is well known due to the accuracy of the statement. When reading any book with illustration, there are many hidden meanings the illustrator uses to help communicate the emotion, theme, or moral of the story. In a way, the picture is telling more stories than one. In the children’s book, “Strega Nona”, an old tale retold and illustrated by Tommie de Paola, we follow an old lady named Strega Nona and her assistant Big Anthony. In the story, Strega Nona has a magic pasta pot that Big Anthony is forbidden to touch. However, when Anthony does not listen and touches the pot, it causes unfortunate problems and tension for him and the people in town. Through the use of pictorial techniques, Paola produces a feeling of anxiety. Shapes in, “Strega Nona” helps convey anxiety. When looking at the photo, the first thing the reader notices is that the picture is in a box. When examining the picture more attentively, the reader can see that all of the characters are placed in that picture box except the pasta. In fact, the pasta is so immense that it protrudes out of the box. The illustrator drew the image like this to show the power of the pasta as well as convey the fear of the people. According to Perry Nodelman, “Characters inside boxes often...
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...Have you ever thought about how you were going to present yourself in a certain situation, but then when face to face with that situation, you react in a completely different way than expected? We can see this sort of pattern in both the poem, ‘Strange Fruit” by Abel Meeropol and the short story, “Big Black Good Man” by Richard Wright. When we compare these two works of art, we are able to see how both of these authors use literary elements such as theme and metaphor to help get their point across and engage their readers on an emotional level. These two works and their literary techniques play a significant role as they tell of a time where not everyone was treated with equality. It is time to end these unethical and corrupt habits. The poem,...
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...‘appearance versus reality’. Though both of the articles have two completely different plots, they share an idea that is displayed throughout both stories. The theme may seem to have different levels of importance or appear in different parts of the stories, but it is present in both no matter what. Here is an example of how “The Scarlet Ibis” and “The Interlopers” both have the theme ‘appearance vs. reality’. The theme of appearance versus reality is displayed in the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by illustrating Big Brother’s disappointment at having a disabled brother transformed to embarrassment and selfish desire of...
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...theme in this story is a bit of violence and that’s only because of the big man and the fact that there almost were started a fight between Morton and the big man. I also think that there also is another theme and that I family. In this story you see two different kind of families and I would say that Morton and his family is a family from the upper class if you can say that, and the big man is from the more low class family that don’t care for manners or polite behaviour. - I think the ending the mom to Larry is a bit ashamed of those two because her husband almost got into a fight and her son is behaving like a spoiled kid that doesn’t know how to behave and she is very concerned what the other people in town thinks of her I think. And suddenly Morton snaps because of the big man have gotten him in a bad mood and when Larry cried all the way home Morton snaps and was just about to hit Larry so he would be quiet but the mother stops him and protected Larry, and that is a good example for a man that can’t control his temper but have to count to ten some times instead of becoming like the big man. - The mother to Larry I think is too afraid and just won’t interfere. And then just sits and think of what she would have done instead of doing it, but luckily there didn’t happen anything. Because if there did there would not be much of his husband left because the big man would probably just have broke him like a stick. The fact is that Morton is so much smaller that the big man, but Morton...
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...Have you loved or cared for someone so much for that you would do anything for them? In this fictional story, Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling, Rikki is brave and protects the family that saved him. Rikki was a little scared at the beginning but didn’t let that bother him. In the end, because Rikki was brave, he won. If it hadn’t been for bravery Rikki Tikki might have lost. The theme is no matter how big or small, even in the toughest times bravery will shine through. Rikki Tikki is a brave character in this story. For instance, it was Rikki Tikki against Nag and his wife Nagaina and Rikki struck at Nagaina “He bit, indeed,....” and didn’t run away (para29).Rikki attacked Nagaina and didn’t run away showing bravery because he attacked...
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...Essay about ’’How Lucky You Are’’ How Lucky You Are is a short story written by Debi Alper, and were published in 2010. The story takes place in Britain, in Croydon, a large town in south London. The story is about a boy called Max, and is told by an omniscient third person narrator. In the start of the story, we get a flashback in Max’s younger childhood. It is told that his father left Max and his mother, when Max was younger – and that made Max careless about his future, and the resources that he gets offered. He does not care about his school, his homework or his exams, and the story is describing how he just bunks off in school. But then Max meets a girl named Ishraqi, an immigrant from Iran, and she really turned his point of view. Both of Isharqi’s parents are arrested in Iran at an anti-government demonstration. Ishraqi do not even know if they are still alive. Ishraqi has a friend named Alexsa, who works in the refugee center in Croydon, and tries to keep Ishraqi in the country, but Ishraqi get determined, and has to go back to her country, Iran. The widest theme in the short story is about appreciation. In the beginning of the story, Max does not really appreciate anything, and is pretty unconcerned about everything. But when he meets the girl Ishraqi, he realises that he should be happy about the resources he gets. When Ishraqi is send back to Iran, Max understands how lucky he is, and he really should appreciate that he has a mother who cares about him. Max...
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