...An old saying goes, “Experience is the best teacher.” A person can learn various life lessons from different incidents of life. Sometimes these situations have the ability to transform a person into a completely different person. Something similar happened with Gilgamesh, the hero of the legendary Mesopotamian tale, “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” Although at first, he is described as “two-thirds divine and one-third human,” later episodes of his life turn his qualities into those of an ordinary human. (Tablet I, 50) This has been very well depicted throughout this ancient piece of art. The beginning verses of the poem explain the main character of the story. It is said that being two-thirds divine gave Gilgamesh, the “heroic offspring of Uruk,” powers that made him the...
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...readers are introduced to a character that experiences change. The story draws readers into the life of a man who is seen as close-minded and selfish. Readers are to believe the narrator is closed off to the world until a certain interaction with a blind man changes his perceptive. Carver’s story uses irony to demonstrate that people don’t need their sight to see life and with this the narrator’s transformation holds a great importance. The story is based on the narrator’s relationship with his wife and how the two will be hostessing a blind man at their home. The wife’s close relationship with the blind man, Robert creates hostility for the narrator. As readers one can interpret that the hostility is derived early in the story towards Robert when the narrator states, “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit, He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me”(1152) The narrator, before even meeting Robert, is already certain he does not care for Robert and he does not in any way feel remorse for him. The narrator is extremely judgmental and close-minded towards Robert’s presence. However, the narrator’s feelings and impression towards Robert drastically change throughout the story and with this the narrator experiences an epiphany. The narrator changes his close minded perceptive on life and allows his insights to open. Robert helps the narrator to undergo this transformation as the two are drawing Cathedrals together. This is important because Robert is unable to physically...
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...In Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys, Fat Charlie and his brother Spider met, and they both learned more about themselves than they ever thought was possible; such as, their relationship with the gods and their connection with each other. This initial meeting caused the two boys to change who they are and what they believe. Fat Charlie aided the transformation of Spider into a more human-like being. Spider also aided the transformation of Fat Charlie: he became happier with himself and more confident. The theme of transformation relates to the characters, Fat Charlie, and Spider, as they impacted each other’s changes throughout the novel. Fat Charlie lived a miserable life with his father constantly embarrassing him, his work becoming unbearable,...
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...organization’s transformation to an e-business model. Learning Objectives and Outcomes You will be able to: * Gain an overall understanding of an e-business transformation capitalizing on the advent of the Internet technologies and Web applications in a specific business situation. * Summarize your understanding of implementing social networking applications into an e-business model capitalizing on the advent of Internet technologies and Web applications in a specific business situation. * Summarize your understanding of identifying risks, threats, and vulnerabilities relating to Web and social networking applications in an e-business transformation. * Identify various weaknesses in Web site applications. * Understand the life cycle of software development and how security can fit into the model. * Identify the need for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance within an organization. * Identify various open source and proprietary tools used in Web application security assessment and vulnerability scanning. * Identify the available mobile communication devices and the security risks associated with each type of device. Required Source Information and Tools The following tools and resources will be needed to complete this project: * Course textbook * Access to the Internet Project Logistics Activity Name | Assigned | Due | % Grade | Project Part 1: Identify E-Business and E-Commerce Web Apps for Planned Transformation | Unit...
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...English Essay Pygmalion Grade 9 The Transformation of Eliza Transformation is a thorough change a person’s form of life or their appearance. In the play ‘‘Pygmalion’’ by Bernard Shaw he shows this by the transformation of Eliza. After professor Higgins corrects Eliza’s speech Eliza gains independence; in her marriage; she can now marry a middle class man, her choice of job; she does not need to be a flower girl anymore she can open her own flower shop and she gains confidence as she works her way up to the upper class. After the transformation Eliza is not in the upper class but she is in the middle class thus making her marriage life more attractable to men in the middle class that she would had never attracted before when she was in lower class such as Freddy. Before Eliza was a flower girl she couldn’t attract upper class men. The men would abuse her when she was a flower girl. Now since Eliza moved upped a class because of her speech Freddy is starting to fall in love with her: “ Oh,no,no darling: how can you imagine such a thing? You are the loveliest, dearest’’(Shaw, 82). This quote proves that Eliza is attracting middle class men such as Freddy who thinks Eliza is the most loveliest girl. With Eliza moving up a class she will now dress more flatteringly and the men of the upper or middle class will start to take notice: “They stop talking to look at her...
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...teachings and sermons on transformation. Pray Lord we rejoice in your power to transform and thank you for giving us the instruments for our total transformation. I pray that you will use your Word, which your Holy Spirit will bring forth to keep us in the process of transformation. In Jesus’name. INTRODUCTION 1. In Ro 12:1-2, Paul makes the following plea regarding transforming our lives: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what [is] that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." NKJV but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. NLT but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. KJV but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how his ways will really satisfy you. TLB 2. As we consider this text, several questions come to mind... a. What does it mean to be transformed? b. What is the goal of transformation? c. What should motivate us to undergo transformation? d. What does one do...
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...Personal Life of Author and Focus of Book John Ortberg the author of The Life You’ve Always Wanted, If You Want To Walk On Water You’ve Got To Get Out The Boat and Love Beyond Reason was previously the teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois and is now on staff at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California. The following book review is concerning his work presented in The Life You’ve Always Wanted. There’s a point in every Christian’s life where you begin to ask questions like; am I doing all that I was created to do? Am I as intimate with God as I ought to be? Is this life I’m living pleasing to God? The list of questions could go on and on. John Ortberg’s book The Life You’ve Always Wanted gives very clear and precise ways for accurate analysis of our lives through a ministerial, biblical and cultural lens. Ortber’s perspectives, life examples and raw truths are vast and practical for pondering and application. This book voices a line of reasoning in the areas of Hope of Transformation, Spiritual Disciplines, a Well-Ordered Heart, and Living a Life of Endurance. Hope of Transformation Ortberg begins this book with the everlasting ache of disappointment many Christians have experienced as they continue in their personal relationships with God. He places great emphasis on the feeling of disappointment. He states “…the feeling of disappointment is not the problem, but a reflection of a deeper problem – my failure to be...
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...for others to see. It is who we are even when no one is watching. Having a Good Character means doing the right thing just because it is right to do what is right. (Learn More About Abraham Lincoln) The Dictionary Definitions of “Character” One dictionary defines character as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” Another says it is “the complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person.” In still another dictionary, character is said to be “the stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual’s life which determine his or her response regardless of circumstances.” How Character Determines Success In Life Our Character Is What Determines How We Respond to the Situations and Circumstances of Life The dictionary definitions said character is a “complex of mental and ethical traits“, that those traits, or qualities, are “distinctive to an individual” and that they are “built into an individual’s life.” It is those character qualities, those character traits, that determine a person’s response in any given situation. For example, a person in with a strong character quality of truthfulness is much more likely to accurately report the facts in a given situation than a person who tends to be characterized by deceptiveness. Someone who has the character trait of alertness will be more likely to be a better, safer, driver than a person who does not see or recognize the potential dangers around him (carelessness). A person with the character...
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...Ice Software, Inc. Demo version TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTH-WESTERN BANGLADESH: EXPLORING THE VULNERABILITIES OF THE POOR PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOOD AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Dr. A.N.K. Noman Professor, Department of Economics University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Email: noman_eco@yahoo.com & Md. Shafikuzzaman Joarder Lecturer, Department of Sociology University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Email: shafikuzzaman@gmail.com Black Ice Software, Inc. Demo version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Process of transformation of agriculture in Northern Bangladesh has been going on for more than a decade. The nature of transformation could be characterized as the transformation of rice fields into mango orchards. This is changing the very basic characteristics of the socio -economic activities as well as life style of the people in this area. There are several reasons which are guiding transformation process from the behind. Among different reasons, economic as well as environmental factors are the key behind the transformation. This transformation has very significant impact on production of rice, the staple food for the country and at the same time, on the livelihood of huge mass of population living in this area dependent on agriculture. Production of rice is the principal and the only economic activity; people of this area are dependent on. Considering the degree and intensity of change as well as its impact on the socio -economic life of landless agricultural laborers and...
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...process in which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. The lowly caterpillar wraps itself into an ugly cocoon and over time the miraculous transformation occurs and out of that cocoon emerges this beautiful butterfly. Bill Rago, the main character in the movie Renaissance Man, goes through a similar transformation in his life. Bill is a divorced, passive-aggressive, advertising executive who reaches rock bottom when he loses his job and is forced to seek out unemployment. His unfortunate circumstance lands him a temp job as a civilian teacher on a military base. The problem is that he does not have any teaching experience and he is given a class of eight students who supposedly lack the basic comprehension skills to be successful in the military and are required to pass his class in order to complete basic training. Bill had to learn how to assert himself with this ragtag bunch in order to complete his assignment. According to Randy Paterson, assertiveness is a communication style in which a person realizes that they are in control of their own behavior and decision making (19). Bill, played by actor Danny DeVito, needed to learn that he dictates and controls his life and not other people or life circumstances. In order for him to transform and regain control of his life, Bill had to begin to assert himself in all areas of his life. One thing that portrayed Bill Rago’s lack of assertiveness, was the fact that he minimal self-control at best. “Self-control is generally...
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...Esteban’s washing up on the villager’s shore causes life to be brought back into him, children play with him and the village women think of him as a god, this incorporation of life also reciprocates to the villagers affecting them substantially. Márquez uses Esteban to catalyze the transformation of the village, “there was so much truth in his manner that even the most mistrustful men…shuddered in the marrow of their bones at Esteban's sincerity” (Márquez). However, it is the villagers which influence and choose the transformation of their little fishing village. The village prior to the Esteban’s arrival was “made up of...wooden houses that had stone courtyards with no flowers” (Márquez), a bleak and bland description for the villagers shows the insignificance that they hold; however, the crossing of paths between Esteban allows for a significant transformation within the villagers. They become aware of the “desolation of their streets, the dryness of their courtyards, the narrowness of their dreams” (Márquez), allowing their transformation to flourish. They begin to change the landscape of their village, the women bring more flowers and more women with flowers for their drowned man they change their attitudes and lifestyles as well, widening doors, raising...
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...Parents and Parenting ------------------------------------------------- Childhood to Adulthood [Author Name] Table of Contents Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Complex Relationship 4 Role of other external agents 5 Division of role between parents (Mother and Father) 5 Major problems 6 Social Interaction 7 Difference in child personality 7 Discussion and Conclusion 8 References: 11 Introduction We are born as child and then gradually transformed to adults. This transformation, from Childhood to Adulthood is often dependent upon lot of factors, both internal and external. This transformation depends a lot upon the inputs given by parents and family members. Through out the research we have tried to figure out the role played by parents and parenting in this transformation. The purpose of the project is to figure out that what are the behavioral aspects of parents that have an impact on the upbringing of child and how parents can effect the transformation of children from childhood to adulthood. The literature tells us that parents who understand their children and who has got control over children tend to shape the future of their kids in a positive way, whereas parents who treat their children as liability and are engage in scolding them losses control over their children. Some of the things worth mentioning for research are: - * There are several factors that parents should consider about the upbringings of their children. * First they...
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...This essay is topic is about transformation and how it affects the story. Douglas Preston once said “We all have a monster within, the difference is the degree, not the kind.” This topic connects to the hook because usually characters are altered by events making then transform. Transformation scares the reader by introducing supernatural events, adding the unknown, and by confusing the reader with the afterlife.1 Supernatural transformation, such as a person or thing turning into a spirit or ghost affects the reader by bringing the barrier between life and death together. Possession affects the reader by adding supernatural transformation in the form of replacement of a good soul. The possession part is also the merging of the spiritual and...
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...humanities condition in the modern world, as Gregor Samsa transformation into a “monstrous” insect. Gregor’s transformation is in fact a metaphor for his realization, as what he is in the Samsa household. He is in actual fact an insect; he exemplifies the characteristics of an insect, he leaves no fun for himself, “He just sits here at the table, quietly reading the newspaper or poring over timetables.” This illustrates that Gregor does not possess human characteristics, but is in actual fact an insect to the Samsa household. One could argue that Kafka’s “Metamorphosis depicts human conditions, as these days, everything is about work, the focus on one’s inner self and inner person has diminished. The human race is infatuated with greed, money, power and status, but we as humans have forgotten and lost the beauty of one’s inner being and self. People have lost identity, in Gregor’s case, he is just an insect, who’s sole purpose is to provide for his family, and not for one second think about his own well being. Gregor does not have any real hobbies; any form of fun, friends (apart from his sister Grete) and all he can do and think about is work. Thus drawing the parallels of the life of an insect and the life of Gregor’s, and in turn a metaphor for the human condition in the modern world. At the beginning of the text, there is a series of very bizarre events, which are fundamental in the argument of how Gregor’s transformation is a depiction of humanity’s condition in the modern...
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...(Millas, 1990) the main characters undergo a process of change and transformation. Pepa and the women from the movie represent the stereotypical Spanish women whose lives are centred on men but that after all try to escape from this routine. Hence both the movie and the novel can be seen as an attempt to show the collective revolution, as in these women try to distance themselves from the patriarchal-type of society, conquering a new role within it and managing at the same time to find their new and better self. In the same way, many other women during the same era tried to break down the social conventions thus changing their roles...
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