...The play is a montage of memories, dreams, confrontations, and arguments, all of which make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life. The play concludes with Willy’s suicide and subsequent funeral. Miller uses the Loman family—Willy, Linda, Biff, and Happy—to construct a self-perpetuating cycle of denial, contradiction, and order versus disorder. Willy had an affair over 15 years earlier than the real time within the play, and Miller focuses on the affair and its aftermath to reveal how individuals can be defined by a single event and their subsequent attempts to disguise or eradicate the event. For example,...
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...poem “The Burning of Paper Instead of Children,” Rich’s thought-provoking use of words and language relates to the cycle of oppression. Rich believes that through verbal exchanges, individuals are passing down oppressed ideas to one another, furthering the colonization of the mind. In the verse “…knowledge of the oppressor/ this is the oppressor’s language/ yet I need it to talk to you,” Rich depicts the paradoxical nature of society’s colonization of the mind and her conscious effort to be free of such mindset. Rich is fully aware of the knowledge that she is citing and the language that she is speaking is tainted with the oppressor’s – society’s – ideals. Yet she also believes that these two elements are needed in today’s everyday communication. It is dangerous when an act as natural as interacting with others can be oppressive, because language is an extremely powerful tool. All forms of languages, such as verbal exchange, body language and sign languages to name a few, are capable of changing perspectives of others. When used appropriately, people can use languages to end the outcomes of mind colonizing, such as racial stereotypes and racial superiority. However, most people abuse their ability to connect with others and use communication as means of perpetuating judgment of “others” and marginalizing certain groups, which ultimately results in a nonstop cycle of oppression. In the verses “…and they take the book away/ love and fear in a house/ knowledge of the oppressor,”...
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...The United States of America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. America holds 5% of the world’s population, yet it houses 25% of the world’s prisoners (Walmsley 2013). The approximate amount of spending on our nations prisoners is 74 billion dollars, annually (Silver 2014). With the cost of rising incarceration in the U.S. and climbing recidivism rates, it is more apparent than ever that the American Prison Industrial Complex (“PIC”) is in great need of reform (Wagner 2014). The PIC enforces a recidivism cycle in which more than 50% of prisoners return to prison less than 3 years after release, thus being referred to by the PEW Research Center as “The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons” (2011). Not only is this cycle inflicting...
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...and are used in many recipes. In the colonial times they were used to make pie crusts, but now it is much more common to be used as a filling instead. They were also used by the Indians for medicinal purposes as a first aid for snake bites. Trees Trees are a very symbolic plant. Used as an outline to map ones family history, to being a self sustained ecosystem of its own, the tree has represented many things throughout history. With its roots reaching deep into the ground to provide nutrients for the trunk, branches, and leaves, they are a perfect example of the circle of life. As the leaves wither and die they fall to the ground and begin to decay providing food to be used again by the tree from which they came. This self perpetuating cycle has been around for billions of years and continues today. This phenomenon has sparked the imaginations and minds of humans for thousands of years, making them come to grips with their own mortality and the possibility of life after...
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...assessing risk and formulating a treatment plan. Since it can be difficult to distinguish which symptoms are from which condition the professional must be careful to gather as much background information as possible to begin assessment. However, with those suffering from symptoms and withdrawals due to SUDs it could take as long as 2-8 weeks to get an accurate diagnostic picture (Doweiko, 2015). Addictive Cycle The addictive cycle is a vicious cycle that has stages which include experimentation, occasional use, regular use and ultimately dependence ( Scalise, n.d). One of the greatest factors mentioned by Scalise (n.d) that leads to perpetuating this cycle is unmet needs. In the case of those who suffer from a dual diagnosis it is crucial to understand that the underlying needs may be complex. A person may have a case of clinical depression but also abuse alcohol which is a chemical depressant. While the abstinence of alcohol consumption my help the dysthymia left untreated can lead to continued drug seeking behavior. Denial can also perpetuate the vicious cycle of addiction. Doweiko (2015) explains how a dual diagnosed person can use one disorder to minimize or...
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...world.[4] In fact, up to 88% of coral reefs in Southeast Asia are now threatened, with 50% of those reefs at either "high" or "very high" risk of disappearing which directly effects biodiversity and survival of species dependent on coral.[5] This is especially harmful to island nations such as Samoa, Indonesia, and the Philippines because many people depend on the coral reef ecosystems to feed their families and to make a living. However, many fisherman are unable to catch as many fish as they used to, so they are increasingly using cyanide and dynamite in fishing, which further degrades the coral reef ecosystem.[6] This perpetuation of bad habits simply leads to the further decline of coral reefs and therefore perpetuating the problem. One solution to stopping this cycle is to educate the local community about why conservation of marine spaces that include coral reefs is important.[7] Once the local communities understand the personal stakes at risk then they will actually fight to preserve the reefs. Conserving coral reefs has...
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...capital, she learns that five people from her village were slain by masked men. Despite the risks, Doris returns to her village. She continues leading the vulnerable Awá people whose living, growing coca leaves, which are the base for cocaine, makes them targets for the U.S. funded fumigations. Doris is determined to defend her people and end the violence by speaking out. Ludis is a Kankuamo widow, and mother of three, who is framed and imprisoned on false charges of rebellion. After a year, Ludis is released from prison. She returns to her village and forms a weaving collective with other female victims of the systematic murders perpetrated by paramilitary bands. Later, Ludis confronts her husbands’ killer and spares her sons from perpetuating this cycle of violence. Flor Ilva is the first woman entrusted to lead her 300-year-old Nasa tribal government. She faces a crisis caused by police barracks that endanger civilians by placing them in the rebels’ line of fire. After the army kills an 11-year-old boy, Flor Ilva spearheads a peaceful movement to dismantle the barracks. Despite this small victory, Flor Ilva and her people are still not safe. Their tribal lands continue to be militarized by...
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...perceived construction of trends a by-product of the intra and inter day assorted occurrences exhibiting force upon one another. As the occurrence of these deterministic non-periodic flows exhibit both the reflexivity and factual states of the market; reflexive in its self perpetuating/self defeating distribution, fractural in its display of similar dimensional structure, any qualitative trajectory remains highly dependant on the initial conditions. Given the complex dynamical structure of markets, where the initial conditions remain unstable, bifurcating in accordance with the proceeding reaction or effect, the production of long term (fortnightly, monthly quarterly etc) probability distributions remains highly inaccurate. However, as the use of the mathematical models measuring the structural stability, underlying dynamics and non-linear movement of the basin of attraction, the calculation of the probable short term destiny function (a periodic minute to hourly projected distribution series) is obtainable. The calculation of this short term density function is primarily possible due to measurements in a series which track the movement from a stable system to one that bifurcates into periodic cycles as it approaches an autonomous conditional value, triggering chaotic behaviour (non periodical...
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...What are some of the limitations of the national income accounts in how they represent our standard of living? When we look at the national income accounts to compare our income to those in other nations and track the economy’s condition during the business cycle. However, when we look at the income nationally we are not taking into consideration the cost of living in a particular region and how the standard of living differs from country to country. For example, if we compare the US national income with that of Brazil, it will be higher but we would be comparing two different standard of livings, in addition the US is a bigger country than Brazil, and the costs of living in Brazil is lower than the Unites States. In addition, the population and size of the countries do not compare. We can argue that we have a higher quality of standard of living in the Unites States than in Brazil as our national income is higher, but the figure is not telling us how schools, hospitals, infrastructure, benefits compare in the two countries. In addition we are not taking into consideration the amount of national income used for national defense. We also are not looking into the change in population which can be misleading, for example, if the GDP increases but population increases then everyone is getting a smaller percentage of the national income. If we do not look the growth of the population, we could think that the country is doing better by the national income increasing alone. ...
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...“Australia is a Classless Society” Discuss. It is this ideal that has in fact attracted many migrants to Australia over the course of its history. This essay will discuss some of the theories and definitions of class, then examine how they relate to Australian society, and whether Australia does indeed have a class system, arguing that in many ways, it does. It will discuss people’s perception of classes and their position in them, mobility between classes, and the impact of class on health, education and crime. It will show that there is a direct correlation between class and the level of crime, the health of an individual and the level of education attained. At its federation in 1901 the new nation of Australia was founded on principles of equality, although as Belinda Probert points out in her lecture ‘Class in 2001’, (Probert, 2001) this equality did not extend to women, Aborigines or people from non Anglo races. This egalitarian belief was founded on the notion of a fair and decent wage, an ideal proposed by Justice Higgins of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in 1907, when he set the first minimum weekly wage. This wage 1 was to reflect the cost of living, the amount of money required by an average person for the basic necessities of life; food and water, housing and clothing. This was called the Harvester Judgment. What is class? It is a division in society of a group of people who all have a similar social and economic status. For Karl Marx this...
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...The process of finding and maintaining housing for low-income earners can prove to be very challenging. Eviction from this housing is not simply a result of poverty, but it is instead frequently an origin and perpetuating factor of poverty. Both being evicted and the constant prospect of an eviction can be very detrimental to a family’s mental and physical health, nutrition, social interactions, and community participation. Once an individual or family reaches poverty levels, they fall into a cruel cycle of poverty which has intrinsic challenges that prevent the rise out of poverty. Government programs are in place to alleviate some of this burden, but they often fall short of removing them from the poverty cycle. A low-income earner can...
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...Behar. Res. Ther. Vol. 33. No. I. pp. 25-39. 1995 Pergamon 0 005-7967(94)E001 !-7 C opyright ('~ 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd P rinted in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0005-7967/95 $7.00 + 0.00 HOW DOES COGNITIVE THERAPY PREVENT DEPRESSIVE RELAPSE AND WHY SHOULD ATTENTIONAL CONTROL (MINDFULNESS) TRAINING HELP? J OHN D. TEASDALE, 1 ZINDEL SEGAL2 a n d J. MARK G. WILLIAMS3 ' MRC Applied Psychology Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, England, 2Clark Institute of Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Toronto, 3Department of Psychology, University College of North Wales (Received 12 November 1993; receivedfor publication 17 January 1994) S ummary--There is encouraging evidence that structured psychological treatments for depression, in p articular cognitive therapy, can reduce subsequent relapse after the period of initial treatment has been completed. However, there is a continuing need for prophylactic psychological approaches that can be administered to recovered patients in euthymic mood. An information-processing analysis of depressive m aintenance and relapse is used to define the requirements for effective prevention, and to propose mechanisms through which cognitive therapy achieves its prophylactic effects. This analysis suggests that similar effects can be achieved using techniques of stress-reduction based on the skills of attentional control t aught in mindfulness meditation. An information-processing...
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...the family whereas women typically stay home and care for the children. It plays into traditional gender roles established by society. Males being the breadwinners will generally have more power as they control the flow of financial resources in their family and they will typically also have a high degree of knowledge. This creates an inferior view of women in society in the sense that it creates a self-perpetuating cycle in which women must continue to fulfill the traditional roles that the women before them fulfilled showing that women are only capable of having a particular set of skills, where as in reality their true skills are suppressed by society. All of the rich individuals presented in Kaiji the ultimate survivor are also males. By controlling a majority of the wealth in society they have a high level of control on political issues as they have the ability to lobby for policies which they want established. This way they can use their economic advantages to farther suppress women and stay in power. The patriarchal society presented in Kaiji uses self-perpetuating cycles to continually repress women in society by placing traditional gender roles on them. In Kaiji’s world men generally outperform women in non-domestic activities. There is only one representation of women in “Kaiji the ultimate survivor”. After Kaiji experiences his first trial he decides to work to pay of his debt, this leads to him meet the one and only women in this anime. As he works hard...
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...Nearly one in five children in the United States live in households that struggles to put food on the table. They may look no different than other children. Childhood hunger is invisible. This takes a terrible toll on their health and development, and threatens their futures in profound ways. It also drags down our nation's economy by perpetuating the cycle of poverty. Children who struggle with hunger are likely to be sick more often, to recover from illness more slowly, and to be hospitalized more frequently. They are more likely to experience headaches, stomachaches, colds, ear infections, and fatigue. They are more susceptible to obesity and its harmful health consequences. Undernourished children under three years of age are less likely to learn as much, as fast or as well as adequately nourished children. Lack of enough healthy food can impair a child’s ability to concentrate and perform well in school. Children who regularly do not get enough nutritious food to eat tend to have significantly higher levels of behavioral, emotional and academic problems and tend to be more aggressive...
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...In the soil, they grow as a mold with long filaments that break off into airborne spores when the soil is disturbed. The spores are extremely small, it can be transported hundreds of miles by the wind and are highly contagious. Once inside the lungs, the spores reproduce, perpetuating the cycle of the disease. Sintomi- Valley fever is the first form of coccidioidomycosis infection. This initial acute illness may become more severe disease, including chronic and disseminated coccidioidomycosis. Acute coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) The initial form, or acute coccidioidomycosis is often mild, with few, if you experience any signs and symptoms, which appear 1-3 weeks after exposure. They tend to resemble those of the flu, and can range from mild to severe: • Temperature • Cough • Chest pain - ranging from a mild feeling of constriction to intense pressure resembling a heart...
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