...INTRODUCTION There are thousands of people who are dying everyday due to the hunger, starvation, famine, and malnutrition especially in the third world countries or underdeveloped countries. According to Chaliand (n.d.), the third world countries is the economically underdeveloped countries that covering of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, and considered as an entity with mutual characteristics, such as poverty, high birth-rates, and economic dependence on the advanced countries. Most typically countries that used to be described as one of the third world countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Philippine, Vietnam, and etcetera. Even in our very “peaceful” and develop country, Malaysia, this pitiful situation also can be seen in several place either in urban area, sub-urban area, or in rural area. Even so, the hunger and poverty is not the issue of that third world country only but it is covering the whole country in the world too. It is indeed one of the serious international issues that have been happening not only in the third world countries but it is happen even in most very developed countries too. When we are talking about hunger, what can be described for that situation? According to the Wikipedia source, hunger is a condition in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs. Most of the people who have to suffering from hunger and starvation is the people or community that mostly have to face the poverty...
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...within us is revealed”(Bob Riley). Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games represents this statement because she undergoes life-threatening and daunting obstacles to stay alive throughout the movie. She displays true heroism by standing up to the weak and innocent and risking her life for her friends, family, and district. She shows many different signs of courageousness, determination, and integrity, as the movie continues. Katniss is a worthy example of a hero for having all these qualities and more through her departure, initiation, and return, thus representing the archetypal hero’s journey in The Hunger Games. The journey begins with the “ordinary world,” or what happens before the hero is called on an adventure. In the movie, Katniss Everdeen’s ordinary world consists of being an average sixteen year old girl who lives with her mother and younger sister, Primrose. Since her father’s death, Katniss feels the urgency to sneak out of district boundaries and hunt to feed and keep her family alive. Her heroic “call to adventure” demonstrates the hero’s journey, that may have cost her life. In the movie, Katniss’s call is when her sister, Primrose, is chosen to be in the annual Hunger Games. The shocked Katniss speaks out of the crowd and volunteers herself as tribute, thus exemplifying her call to adventure. The next stage in the hero’s journey is when the hero meets with a mentor to gain insight and advice to overcome the future battle. Katniss and her partner, Peeta Mellark...
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...[Name] [Course Title] [Instructor Name] [Date] Write a research paper on Poverty in Africa. Describe how/in what way it is such a big problem in the world, possible causes and possible solutions in which you think these problems can be solved. Contents Abstract 3 Introduction: 4 Overview of poverty in Africa: 4 Facts about poverty in Africa: 5 Graph: 6 Causes of poverty in Africa: 7 1. Corruption and Poor Governance: 7 a) Unbalanced Economic Systems: 7 2. Environment: 8 3. Poor Utilization of Land: 8 4. Increase in Population: 9 5. Diseases and poor health facilities: 10 Solutions to overcome poverty: 10 1. Overcoming government failure: 10 2. Education: 11 3. Population control 11 4. Focus on agriculture: 12 5. Other possible solutions: 12 References: 13 Abstract This paper will provide a deep insight into the problems of poor people and their causes of poverty. Other than that solutions to their issues regarding the government and basic necessities of live will be focused upon. The deprivation of services for the poor is another noticeable point in the paper. Introduction: Poor people are poor because of many reasons, but they remain poor because market and government does not support them. When capital markets fail, youth is unable to get loans to finance their education, they are not capable of maintaining their health and most importantly the government is unable to provide them with basic services and...
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...Ben Martinez Professor Chavez Mexican History II May 2, 2015 Book Critique The Hunger Of Memory: And the Education of Richard Rodriguez “Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez” is an autobiography, that vividly paints and reveals a journey in which Rodriguez withstood numerous struggles in order to become the American he is currently known for. He endured what most would call a life set up for failure, yet he challenged himself and transformed from a young Mexican American to a genuine man. However Rodriguez remembers his own experience being a minority, questioning his own value and self as he grew older. Through his narrative we are able to see his core obstacle of learning to become the ideal American. Rodriquez consistently...
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...Klarice Davis Josh Huber English 1000 September 2014 The Hunger Games through the Eyes of Karl Marx I grew up in a small town. Everyone knew your name and the reputation you held with it. If you had a well-regarded name in the town you had it all. Any sport you wanted to be on, you were on. Any club you wanted to participate in you were in (and probably the president too). Everything was easier for those who were ranked highly in the cast system of Sullivan, Missouri. In high school I was on dance team. There were eighteen girls, tremendous drama, and so much false security. My dance coach always favored one girl specifically. Her name was Lindsay and she was the daughter of the doctor in town. She was a very nice girl, I will admit, but her dancing skills were not up to par. About one month into my third season, our new coach announced she thought it would be a good idea to have a captain. That night all of the girls gossiped about who they thought would be the captain. We all concluded it would be the best dancer on the team, Sheri. The next day we gathered around our coach waiting anxiously for her to announce our new captain but it was not what we expected. She announced it would be Lindsay. Filled with anger, everyone began to file out the door. We had to anticipate eight months of being criticized and critiqued by a girl who could not even dance well. The first year went fluently. At times it was hard to be criticized by Lindsay but over time that did not bother...
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...malnutrition and it is considered the largest single contributor to disease in the world, according to the UN's Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN). Malnutrition is a global problem that affects not only developing countries but developed ones as well. In the United States alone, the annual cost for illnesses linked to hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity is $130.5 billion with only $17.8 billion of charitable contributions devoted to addressing these issues. Often thought of as undernourishment in the sense of not getting enough food, malnutrition is the lack of proper nutrients in a person’s diet that contributes to health problems. This means that individuals can be getting enough to eat but are not consuming the daily requirements of calories, protein or micronutrients. ● The global food system is broken. In total around 3.5 billion people — half the people on the planet today — are malnourished ● 2.3 million children die every year due to malnutrition ● Largest single contributor to disease in the world, according to the UN's Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) ● Iodine deficiency is the world's greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage ● Countries lose 23% of their GDP as a result of malnutrition Why choose this problem? The annual cost of malnutrition or its threat to US(i.e. “food insecurity) includes: ● $130.5 billion: Illness costs linked to hunger,malnutrition and...
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...to survive by overcoming hunger and violence. Survival was the most important theme in the book. Ishmael had to survive the war and in the forest all alone. He lost his family and friends. To stay alive during war, he had to join the army. He had to overcome his hunger, the violation, and the isolation. The book states “Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control...
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...Introduction: In his article, “5 Myths about hunger in America,” Robert Egger (2010) links hunger to obesity, malnourishment, economic and national security, as well as wastefulness, jobs and wages. He discusses the myth that hunger is thought to only exist in poor countries and points out the increasing number of American families affected by hunger. Egger (2010) goes on to describe how malnourishment and obesity are linked to hunger due to government subsidies promoting consumption of poor food choices. He focuses on the idea that though many people are getting three meals per day, they are not nutritious meals and are therefore increasing rates of obesity related illnesses and death (Egger, 2010). Egger (2010) concentrates on how the cycle of hunger in children affects learning, which increases school dropout rates, reduces employment rates, thus reducing national economic security while promoting a life of crime. He connects hunger and obesity again by focusing on how a large number of young adults are too obese to join the military, consequently decreasing the number of military eligible citizens and therefore decreasing national security. Through discussion regarding how federal programs provide poor children with meals at school, Egger (2010) describes that single working mothers and the elderly are most likely to have to prioritize other costs and needs over feeding themselves. Finally, Egger (2010) focuses on the success of his own programs, for-profit businesses...
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...provides detailed information for the organization that can assist in growth and profits. Environmental scanning and SWOT analysis and how organizations use these tools to succeed and grow will be discussed in this paper. Environmental scanning is a process which monitors, evaluates, and disseminates information from internal and external environments to the people of the organization responsible of making decisions regarding growth and success of the company. Scanning the natural environment, societal environment (STEEP analysis), and task environment are the key elements of identifying the external environment. SWOT analysis should be performed to assess the internal environment of the organization. (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010) In scanning the natural environment, strategic managers must assess physical resources, wildlife, and climate. “The concept of sustainability argues that a firm’s ability to continuously renew itself for long-term success and survival is dependent not only upon the greater economic and social system of which it is a part, but also upon the natural ecosystem in which the firm is embedded” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010). When scanning the natural environment, strategic decision-making process must include the impact of the organization will have on the local natural environment. There is much concern of climate change in the world,...
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...The Hunger Games Review and Critique The Hunger Games is a fantasy adventure love story about a young girl from a poor district who volunteers to take her sister place to fight to the death in the 74th Annual Hunger Games in the country’s capitol city. “Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains.” (www.thehungergamesmovie.com) Prior to being a film, The Hunger Games was an award winning novel. The film was transformed from novel into a successful award winning fantasy film that captured the hearts of audiences world-wide through storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing and sound. The purpose of this review is to explore those elements and the film’s overall textual themes from a formalist approach. The film derives from the science fiction novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins. “The Hunger Games is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 23.5 million copies in print in the United States...
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...He had a logical analysis, a dignified tone, and a sharp memory for details to thoroughly give a vivid sense of the importance of his story. “Capable of high attainments as an intellectual and moral being—needing nothing but a comparatively small amount of cultivation to make him an ornament to society and a blessing to his race by the law of the land, by the voice of the people, by the terms of the slave code, he was only a piece of property, a beast of burden, a chattel personal, nevertheless!” (Week 14). I see this quote as a very significant part of how Douglass was able to overcome being a slave and being part of the many tragic events that he endured over his journey to freedom and stating that if you set your mind to it and maintain good moral being then you can overcome these...
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...Zimbabwe: Overcoming Hunger Through the Improvement of Agricultural Education and the Issue Over Social Inequality What is hunger? Many would probably say it is that mildly uncomfortable feeling that you get after not eating for a few hours. The majority of people use the phrase “I’m starving!” when they get this feeling. But what about the 805 million people in which “starving” means not knowing where their next meal is coming from. Agriculturalists and world food leaders now face a huge challenge: in feeding the 9 billion people who are projected to be on Earth by 2050 (Nat’l Geographic). Of the 196 sovereign countries in the world, 147 are considered underdeveloped and lack food security, Zimbabwe being one of them. Zimbabwe is located in the southern portion of Africa, surrounded by Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Mozambique, making it a land-locked state. Zimbabwe has a total land area of 390,757 square miles and is home to 13,771,721 people (CIA World Factbook). The land is composed of mostly high plateaus with mountains in the east. With a tropical climate, the country has rainy seasons between November and March but is currently suffering from an extensive drought due to unreliable rainfall. The frequent droughts that occur throughout the year make it especially hard for farmers, ranchers, and families who depend on sustainable agriculture as their main source of income. Despite the fact that Zimbabwe has the second highest growth rate in the world at 4.36 percent...
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...necessary to bond us all as different people -Social, religious, political, racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history, culture, belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity for whole family to gather, communicate, interact, bond Traditions no longer serve a purpose Westernisation/Modernisation/Ever-changing world has changed/eroded/influenced views or many, set by forefathers, (traditions still remain important despite this, we still see people celebrating traditions, continuing it) Advancements in technology have become much of a distraction (if people really want to continue tradition, it would be their own responsibility and self-control) An unspoken contempt of culture in general has grown silly rituals Even most of the relativists have forgotten the purpose of culture and blindly dispense hollow respect for it. Sociology and anthropology texts imply it’s just arbitrary stuff people come up with for the hell of it when they live near one another. With such an implication, it certainly seems a little silly in today’s world. Culture emerges in only one circumstance and serves only one purpose. When a group of people face the same adversity at the same time, they do better if they deal with it together. A people’s collective solutions to...
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...Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources. As iqbal z quadir suggest, the main cause of the poverty is the country itself. Poor countries face problems such as hunger, low standard of living and trap in the poverty cycle for generations. Sometimes, they blamed the natural disasters they have experienced. However, in my view, all these are just excuses. The causes of such problems are corruption, poor governance and the wrong attitudes of the individual. Therefore, I agree that poor countries have mainly themselves to blame for the problems they face today. Corruption is a major cause of the poverty and it occurs at all levels of the society, from the government to every citizen. Corruption causes people to ignore the rules and regulation in the country as what is useful is bribe. Corruption in government will lead to the government to implement policies which favour the rich and not helping the poor. This will worsen the problem of poverty cycle as rich will become richer and poor can only be poorer. In addition, corruption might means that the citizens will need to spend more money in order to receive goods and services. This will force families to buy lesser food and spend lesser money to increase their material standard of living. Thus leads to the rise of hunger, low standard of living and poverty cycle. Another major factor is poor governance. A government is like the brain of a human body, an indispensable component of the country. It gives the directions...
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...In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the story of Katniss Everdean unfolds: the story of a young girl living in poverty under a tyrannical government. Katniss volunteers to compete, in her little sister’s place, in a competition held yearly called the Hunger Games. These games consist of a fight to the death between 24 teenagers, a boy and girl from each of the 12 districts under the Capitol’s control. Katniss teaches the reader to persevere and be strong. She shows her strength in adversity and fights against the government that threatens to consume everything she loves. The savageness of human nature is also revealed in this story. The Capitol enjoyed watching the tributes fight to the death in the arena. The Hunger Games is a story worth reading because Katniss demonstrates kindness, courage to stand up for what right, and that people can overcome savage situation through intelligence and trust. The most striking quotes in The Hunger Games, was a line by Katniss. She questions how anyone could find enjoyment through watching children kill each other in the most brutal ways possible. Upon reading this I was almost forced to turn on myself and close the book, because doesn’t enjoying the novel make me just as bad as the people from the capitol who enjoy watching the blood bath televised live? I tried to justify it to myself saying it would be different in real life, but I was engrossed with the tragic tale which unfolded as I read. The truth is almost everyone has a morbid...
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