...Scarlet Letter Essay In the Puritan era, the government and the community’s religious affiliation were mixed together in a caldron of malice and negativity. This resulted in harsh punishments for people who went against the bible and sinned against God. Often times the punishment for such acts of sin was public ridicule upon a raised platform, referred to as a scaffold. This form of punishment is a reoccurring event in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, where the protagonist, Hester Prynne, was originally patronized for the creation of an illegitimate child named Pearl with an unknown man, learned to be minister Dimmesdale. However, scaffolding scenes reoccurs throughout the novel and represents turning points in the plot that change the motives and actions of varying characters. The first scaffold scene of the novel occurs when Hester Prynne is released from prison and while upon the scaffold, shows the crowd her scarlet letter “A” that she bares upon her chest. This scarlet “A” was a punishment appointed by the head ministers of the community for her adultery that she committed. However, Hester turns this would-be punishment as a way to individualize herself. Hester adorns the scarlet letter with “an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread” and with that, appears to have a “haughty smile” (Hawthorne 50). By making the scarlet letter elaborate and elegant, it portrays the idea that Hester wants to draw attention to the scarlet letter....
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...Shortfalls of Problem Solving; An Analysis of Admiral Kimmel’s Actions at Pearl Harbor By Tessa Eastman, Devin Eble, Maurice Hunt, Chirag Shah, Stephen Wassef and Obundah Wenah Wayne State University BA7040 While delivering his speech to millions of Americans in shock and disbelief at the horrific events that took place in Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt said “December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly [..] attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan”. The infamy associated with this date continues as many still look back and try to understand how a large scale attack became possible. Admiral Kimmel, commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, made many mistakes in his problem solving process leading up to December 7, 1941 and lacked the implementation skills that could have saved thousands of lives, as well as deter U.S. involvement in WWII. This paper will first analyze the “failures” of Admiral Kimmel’s decision making then provide new insight into the application of these concepts. Devising a well-thought out strategy is the first part in preparation for war. Making that strategy flexible and subject to change is another part. Admiral Kimmel and his associates devised a plan based on a “long, hard war with Japan and the difficulties of mobilizing scarce resources in manpower and material” (Admiral Kimmel’s Failure at Pearl Harbor, pg. 1). The plan was a reflection of his personal cognitive styles...
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...what is told to us as definitive history, be that by people of power or leaders of nations. It says that we should take what is told to us with a pinch of salt as even historians can read incorrectly what is being said through time. She also makes the point that we put too much confidence into what we are told by our leaders and simply go with it almost blindly without any disregard to if it is true or not. She opens up her case by discussing what another author overheard in a bar on the evening of September 11th 2001, that a pair of men was comparing the World Trade Centre attacks to that of Pearl Harbour in 1941. One of the men said to the other that it was the Vietnamese who bombed Pearl Harbour and that is what led to the Vietnam War; this was taken without hesitation by his friend as complete fact. From here she goes on to talk about president bush and what influenced his decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, comparing him to the two men in that bar and how they had been given incorrect information, so too had president bush when he told the nation why they were going to...
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...Jennifer Cifuentes Scarlet Letter Essay April 3, 2014 Coach Roberts Chillingworth’s Revenge in The Scarlet Letter Admittedly, some people have a twisted vision of justice and evil. The scarlet letter is a historical fiction romance novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that gives a great example of this. This story takes place in the late 1640s in Boston, Massachusetts. In this particular society of puritans there seems to be no room for error. Hester Prynne is the main character whom commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Arthur Dimmesdale and is forced to wear a scarlet letter upon her bosom. As a result of this sin, a child was born whom Hester named Pearl. When the rest of the town found out, Hester was forced to stand on the scaffold which was right in the middle of the town. She would stand holding little Pearl as everyone crowed around her to ridicule. That was when Hester’s husband who was missing for two years shows up and sees his wife has been unfaithful. At this point, no one knows who the father of Pearl is and Hester refuses to speak his name. Her husband is filled with hurt and anger that his wife would betray him this way. He then makes the decision to seek justice for himself. He takes on the alias of ‘Roger Chillingworth’ and takes the role as the town’s physician. He starts to torture Hester and Dimmesdale, confusing justice with revenge, and becomes evil. These things can really take a person’s life over. In this novel, Roger Chillingworth starts seeking...
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...the U.S. was staying in isolationism. But on December 7, 1941 Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. After this The United States declared war on Japan. On August 6, 1945, little boy, the first atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. This resulted in 70,000-80,000 people died immediately and another 70,000 were injured. Hiroshima at the time was very large with roughly 350.000 people living there. It was chosen because it had industrial and military significance. Three days later it was followed by Fatman, the second and last atomic bomb used in war, which was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. This resulted in over 40,000-75,000 immediately dying. Originally Fatman was to be dropped on the city of Kokura, but because of the weather they decided to bomb their secondary target Nagasaki. Nagasaki was important because it was one of the largest seaports in Japan and the large industrial activities including producing military equipment.Many things led up to the bombing of these two great Japanese cities. The first event leading up to the bombing is World War II and Japans involvement in bringing the US out of isolationism. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor the US was already furious with Japan and wanted revenge. Another thing leading up to this event was Manhattan Project. This was started in 1939 when the U.S., feared that the Germans were making an atomic bomb. This resulted in the creation of the bomb. Another factor was the Potsdam...
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...This essay will establish the relationship between groupthink and unethical behaviour among group members. The first part of this essay will define unethical behaviour and the phenomenon of “groupthink”. It will describe how groupthink arises from extreme elevated negative group cohesion. It will outline the behaviour of groupthink dynamics (such as self-importance, over commitment, and excessive devotion to the group) and how groupthink dynamics contributes to unethical behaviour. Next, the essay will identify how groupthink has contributed to the unethical behaviour in the highest levels of decision making. The second part of this essay will identify the role and definition of the devil’s advocate, and how the devil advocate promotes positive communication. Finally, the essay will discuss the importance and the effectiveness of utilizing the devil’s advocate within group decisions for changing unethical behaviour within groupthink. Belonging to a group can promote negative cohesion as it promotes the probabilities of low quality decision making resulting in unethical behaviour among group members. The Oxford University Press (2015) defines unethical behaviour as “lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct”. Decision making in groups can be hindered by elevated cohesiveness and conformity resulting in the phenomenon called “Groupthink” it can transpire in the highest levels of decision making to the basic levels of social association (McCauley...
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...Enola Gay on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and followed by another nuclear weapon named Fat Man dropped from the B-29 Bockscar on the city of Nagasaki on 9 August. The official figures by Japanese at the time put the death toll at 118,661 and the later estimates the final toll was about 140,000 of Hiroshima’s 350,000 population including military personnel and those who died later due to radiation. On the other hand, the explosion of Fat Man event killed 39,000 and caused a further 25,000 people injured. Other than that, many of them suffered long-term sickness and disability due to these events. The decision of using nuclear weapons The debate over bombings has been around the world for many decades. The decision of using nuclear weapons on Japan caused debate concerns the ethical, legal and military controversies. This is particular serious when the decision was...
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...War II were nationalistic strains, uncertain issue and feelings of hatred coming about because of World War I. The events that prompted the war’s episode are for the most part comprehended to be the 1939 attack of Poland by Germany and Soviet Russia and the 1937 intrusion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These Military Hostilities were the after effect of choices made by dictator administering Nazi elite in Germany and by the administration of the Kwantung Army in Japan World War II began after these forceful activities were met with authority presentation of war as well as equipped resistance. (1) The reason the United States entered the Second World War was a direct result of the surprise attack on their Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu at 7:55 am on December 7, 1941. The Empire of Japan submitted a shock assault upon the United Naval armada that was secured in the harbor. The day after the assault the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, announced war on the empire of japan in view of their sudden assault that was performed without notice the day preceding. It included lighting fast advances into enemy territory, with facilitated gigantic air assaults, which struck and stunned the enemy as...
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...The Military Experience Ronnie Torres HST165 May 17, 2016 Rick Jones The Military Experience Prior to the bombing at Pearl Harbor, the majority of Americans were opposed to joining the efforts in Europe. This isolationism was a mere dream, as on December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, thus ending our neutrality and “forcing” the U.S, to become involved. The surprise attack took the lives of over 2,400 civilians and military personnel alike. The bombing caused outrage and President Roosevelt responded the very next day to announce Americas involvement and, hopefully, to inspire national pride with his famous words “"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." ("American Rhetoric", n.d.). Due to the demands of warfare, the U.S. economy saw great improvement. High goods demand meant more production, which also meant more laborers would be needed, which led to the labor market also seeing growth. Because of the uprising in employment, consumerism also rose. Thus, the war had stimulated growth in the American economy. President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the War Production Board (WPB), which directed conversion of industries from peacetime work to war needs, allocated scarce materials, established priorities in the distribution of materials and services, and prohibited nonessential production. ("National Archives", n.d.). The WPB, though...
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...Lively in 1978. The story is about a younger yngre end hvem? boy called Charles and his parents who driving VF to a new school called Edward’s Preparatory School to see if he like K it and want K to attend. They are welcomed by the headmaster’s wife, Mary and after a little while the headmaster arrives. He is talking VF to the parents while Mary takes Charles off to meet some of the other boys who goesK there. She leaves him with the boys who is K asking a lot of questions and Charles feels very uncomfortable about the whole situation. Afterwards the parents and Charles leaves. Stram afsnittet mere op The title of the story could mean two different things. The first one could be that the parents are very glad and excited with the decision about the preparatory school, because there is a lot of prestige if you go there and it would probably do well for their image. The other one is meant in a sarcastic way, because Charles will probably experience the worst day kun én dag? of his life. The story is wrtitten in 3rd person limited omniscient narrator. ’’A bell goes, somewhere beyond doors and down corridors, and suddenly the children are all gone, clattering away and leaving him there with the heaving floor and the walls that shift and swing.’’ (p. 65 l. 7-10). A non-omniscient 3rd person narrator would never be able to tell how Charles is feeling, how the floor is shaking and the walls are moving. + what is the effect of the narrator? Charles knows that he is going to...
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... In the contemporary world, teamwork has been an important way in organizational practice. It is applied to over 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies (Joinson, 2000) and widely used in most of countries at present. A team is described as “a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, set of performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable” (Katzenbach and Smith, 1993: 113). In the teamwork, the concerted efforts of its members can generate positive synergy (Robbins and Judge, 2006) and improve organizational performance (Delarue et al, 2008). However, some negative aspects of teamwork also impact on the performance and behavior of a team (Mullins, 2006). This essay will discuss both negative and positive effects of teamwork via several contemporary examples, and conclude that positive aspects outweigh the negative aspects in the perspective of its impact on the whole team. Negative Effects of Teamwork Some researchers argue that teamwork has certain negative effects on performance and behavior of a team (Mullins, 2006). Social loafing and groupthink are two of the adverse aspects that result from teamwork. Social loafing is the phenomenon that individuals exert less effort in teamwork than they do alone (Karau and Williams, 1993). The reason is that the contribution of each member cannot measure accurately in a team, so individuals tend to hide inside a team and reduce their efforts (Robbins...
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...PT2520: Database Concepts Week 4 Essay: Comparing DBMS Comparing DBMS What is database management system (DBMS)? Database management system is reliable mean to organize date into a single location that can be searched and updated at any time. By adding all the information in one location or in this case a server you are storing the information for later use. You can than search any information you require and update it or even remove old items from the database. Today there are several different options or providers for a DBMS server. Among the top providers you have Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB, MS SQL Server. Oracle 12C Oracle 12C is a cloud base database management system. It supports the following operating systems (OS) Microsoft Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and some Unix. It is a web-based interface that stores all the procedures on the Oracle Management Repository. The most recent update was released on September 30, 2014. Some of the benefits of Oracle 12c are the following. Per oracle documentation “It provided a secure multitenant application by adding a layer of abstraction or containerization. It allows you to use the cloud providers for an easy and quick mean to allocate and manage the database across multiple systems and data centers without changing the application”. It also provides a disaster recovery, backup, patching, cloning and upgrading flexibility. Oracle is able to replace or move any information while you use either of the following RMAN, Data Guard...
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...PT2520: Database Concepts Week 4 Essay: Comparing DBMS ITT Technical Institute – Westminster Walter Gonzales 7/12/15 Comparing DBMS What is database management system (DBMS)? Database management system is reliable mean to organize date into a single location that can be searched and updated at any time. By adding all the information in one location or in this case a server you are storing the information for later use. You can than search any information you require and update it or even remove old items from the database. Today there are several different options or providers for a DBMS server. Among the top providers you have Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB, MS SQL Server. Oracle 12C Oracle 12C is a cloud base database management system. It supports the following operating systems (OS) Microsoft Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and some Unix. It is a web-based interface that stores all the procedures on the Oracle Management Repository. The most recent update was released on September 30, 2014. Some of the benefits of Oracle 12c are the following. Per oracle documentation “It provided a secure multitenant application by adding a layer of abstraction or containerization. It allows you to use the cloud providers for an easy and quick mean to allocate and manage the database across multiple systems and data centers without changing the application”. It also provides a disaster recovery, backup, patching, cloning and upgrading flexibility. Oracle is able to replace or move any information...
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...Do economic or security interests play a greater role in shaping the foreign policy of the United States? Has this changed since the end of the Cold War? Attempting to separate economic and security interests in terms of American foreign policy is no easy feat as both play, and have always played, a major role in the decisions made by the government at different times over recent years. Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, security interests appear to be of the utmost importance, but prior to that, since the end of the Cold War, economic interests seemed to be the priority. Over the past seventy five years or so, the interests of the United States has fluctuated between security and economy, but all of this has relied upon the world situation at the time. For example, during the Cold War, the U.S. had the worry that they would be the target of missile attacks, making security the number one priority; as is to be expected. However, prior to this, during the depression, the economy was clearly the number one concern. In an attempt to distinguish between the two, the following essay will cover a number of separate occasions where the interests of the United States have swayed between their economy and national security, and how foreign policy was affected by this; those cases being the Great Depression, the Cold War, America’s support for Israel, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the very recent Global Financial Crisis, or GFC. With this evidence a conclusion will be made which...
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...Modern History Conflict in the Pacific 1937-1941 Due: Thursday 28th of August, 2008 Alyce Wearne Task: Evaluate the argument that America was justified in using atomic weapons against Japan in 1945. As one of the most significant and consequential decisions in the history of the world, President Harry Truman’s allowance of atomic weapons towards the end of World War II, of which he himself understood would cause both mass devastation and indignation, is still one of the most controversial and heavily debated topics in today’s society. This was partially due to the adverse underestimation and seemingly ignorant approach the American’s had towards their latest development of mass destruction; almost oblivious to the immense aftermath of physical injury, civilian death and emotional torment it would produce for those involved. This decision, ultimately made by one man, affected not only America and Japan, but the world. Dispute over this was, and continues to be highly generated, the event causing anger and infuriation to millions across the world. This resentment did not just accumulate from the lack of awareness and slaughter of innocent life, but from the graphic images shown in newspapers, the casualties, and the torturous amount of death underwent as a result of the bomb. As a Japanese survivor documented: “The appearance of people was . . . well, they all had skin blackened by burns. . . . They had no hair because their hair was burned, and at a glance you...
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