Aliyah Hendershot 12/27/12 For my pregnancy interviews I interviewed Amy Jordan‚ Ritta Hendershot‚ Rexi Dobbs‚ Stacey Price‚ and of course myself. These are the questions i asked... How much weight did you gain? DId you have any complications? What were your cravings? DId you get stretch marks? DId your feet ever swell? Did you guess the correct sex of your baby? What was the best thing about your whole pregnancy? Amy Jordan: During her pregnancy Amy gained 30lbs during her first pregnancy. She did
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The over whelming theme throughout Ender’s Game is empathy. Ender uses this great ability of empathy to eventually become the leader he is destined to be. Starting at a young age‚ seen through his first incident at school with Stilson‚ Ender follows a philosophy of winning for all time. Winning just that single battle is never enough for him‚ to him he needs to finish his enemy completely so he will never have to fight them again. By believing and acting this way Ender is constantly questioning if
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In the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ learning to “walk about in someone’s skin” is a main theme‚ particularly as two of the main protagonists Jem and Scout learn to do this as they grow up throughout the book along with the reader. Atticus‚ the children’s father‚ educates the children on how to treat and comprehend other people. As Jem and Scout grow older in the novel‚ they begin to understand this lesson and act upon it both knowingly and sub-consciously. Scout empathises with
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the creature. This creates moment empathy because we create an emotional understanding with the creature. From our perspective‚ the creature resembles a scared animal‚ or a vulnerable child. It hasn’t had time to distinguish right from wrong‚ so when it lashes out and kills Fritz; it is simply acting in self-defense. From this point on‚ the monster will associate his mistreatment to those who created him. What’s so interesting about his mistreatment and the empathy we are allowed to create because
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English RA Mrs. Renfroe September 16‚ 2013 Life is beautiful and yet life is not a bed full of roses. Empathy is the understanding what others are feeling because you have experienced it yourself or can put yourself in their shoes. Sympathy is acknowledging another person’s emotional hardships and providing comfort and assurance. Sympathy and empathy are both similar in a way because they both have to deal with feelings. The movie Precious is about an innocent girl who is physically‚ emotionally
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September 2‚ 2013 Individual Empathy Paper Assignment Venue: Out of Town News Research Methods: Direct Observation and Direct Interaction Technique: Similar to the one described in Observation: Absorbing Context and Human Behaviors (from Readings for Class 1). Objective Observation: Out of Town News is located in the middle of Harvard Square at a busy intersection of streets and sidewalks. The newsstand is surrounded by many different people‚ most of whom are walking: Harvard students;
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Kristen Albers 1/30/13 Connective Writing #1 Perspectives of Empathy In the first couple of days of class‚ perspectives of empathy from a liberal arts view and a neuroscientific view were examined. Although only two forms of empathy were discussed‚ there are many other ways to be empathetic towards someone or something. Learning about the liberal arts perspective on empathy was interesting because I have friends who do not “know how to think”. As a student at a liberal arts college‚ I already
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Lee‚ empathy is an essential theme because the author has the characters learn to understand from other people’s aspects which impact their decisions. Throughout the novel‚ the children‚ Jem and Scout‚ learn to empathize and Harper Lee writes about how they incorporate empathy into various decisions‚ allowing them to make the right choice. Empathy helps Scout develop a better understanding of her peers because she sees the experience through others’ perspectives; her development of empathy allows
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Empathy is the ability to share in or understand other‘s emotions and feelings. It is the term of emotional understanding and a special skill for individuals. This skill requires people to look at things from other people’s views. According to Atticus Finch‚ ‘you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.’ There are many circumstances in this novel where empathy towards others is demonstrated or learned
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Throughout the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the characteristic of empathy is ever present. This unique quality is developed through Jem and Scout in their dealings with the characters of Walter Cunningham and Mrs. Dubose. One characteristic shown of Jem and Scout is their ability to empathize or “….climb into their skin and walk around in it.” (pg 31). During the novel Jem develops a high level of emotional intelligence that allows him to understand the situation of others‚ as
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