North South University

Assignment
Course: ENG 105
Faculty: AQB
Section: 01

Subject: Research Topics
Submitted by: Md. Rafid Imran
ID: 1411312630
Date: 14th June, 2014

1
Blues, a creation of slavery
Blues music generally invoke pictures of misery, suffering and woeful emotions in a person’s mind. Misery that prevailed in the lives of the African-American slaves from the 19th century Deep-South of The United States. Extreme sufferings in the life of those slaves of the plantation era helped create this raw music in forms of chanting, rhythms and mere work songs. But there is a lot more to this particular genre. In over a hundred years, blues music has developed with several exotic and ethnic influences. No other genre of music is seen to connect or deal with human emotions as much as blues does. It is thus natural to ponder why and how blues came to exist as such a down to earth music, apart from all the other types.

2
Is there anything called ‘absolute selflessness’?
The world has always praised those individuals who gave up selfish reasons and stood up for humanity. Thus this quality or attribute is of being selfless, setting your life for the betterment of others. So, what is selflessness? Is it actually what we think it is? Or is it just an altered reflection of selfishness. When we look at it deeply, isn’t selflessness just a key to attaining certain satisfactions? Human beings are wired to reach the one and only goal which is self satisfaction through any and every course of activity. Although the kinds of satisfactions individuals may desire from selflessness vary massively. Now what are these variations? How do these shape our definition of humanity?

3
Is it the culture, lifestyle or just racial characteristics that ensure such high life expectancy of the Japanese?
Japan is seen to exercise a unique food menu compared to the rest of the world. It has cultural habits that promote health, such as elderly jobs that sometimes doesn’t even interest economy but just an excuse for staying busy and active. The government takes responsibility of its public health, which has proven to be excellent. All these and other several factors contribute in formation of the great life expectancy rate. These reasons may hold lessons for other countries. To achieve a higher life expectancy, the rest of the world should learn from Japan in depth.