Living in the streets because his relatives could not care for him‚ a man named Brevda took him in. A decade later Epstein decided to go to America in search of his father. He traveled on the boat Lusitania‚ “the world’s fastest ship” where he was in the third-class cabin. Samuel Goldberg was 4 years old when he had to leave his home when the textile industry started
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disease and Helen Epstein in “AIDS‚ Inc.‚” shows how there were two ways people became aware of AIDS prevention. One being “social cohesion”‚ and the other “lifestyle branding”‚ both of them were used to help prevent AIDS and other diseases in Africa. In the United States‚ many organizations and schools use these strategies as well. For example in order for them to spread the word of an event‚ Florida Atlantic University might use social cohesion or lifestyle branding. Helen Epstein shows how social
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heal from the traumatic memory of her first husband’s death‚ 60 years before‚ which was surfacing again in the context of Dr. Epstein’s father’s death. This is a great article about feeling the loss of a loved one and trying to get over it. Dr. Epstein wants to put a perspective on how we need to face trauma correctly. Q2: What is Dr. Epstein’s view of trauma? From the dictionary‚ there are three parts of definition for the trauma; the first is a serious injury or shock to the body‚ as from
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struggle between civility and savagery‚ and the lingering effects of the Congo. Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film‚ Apocalypse Now‚ is based on Heart of Darkness‚ so the two share similar themes‚ though they are not identical. Despite the difference in media‚ Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now use similar devices to convey their themes‚ but take on drastically different tones. Conrad uses the scene leading up to Mr. Kurtz’s ’death’ to set theme of the struggle between civility and savagery. Conrad
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Civil or Not to Be Civil? Civility in essence is the golden rule or ethic of reciprocity which essentially states one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. Civility is about more than just politeness‚ although politeness is a necessary first step. It is about disagreeing without disrespect‚ seeking common ground as a starting point for dialogue about differences‚ listening past one’s preconceptions‚ and teaching others to do the same. Civility is the hard work of staying
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be made which utilise both the art of cinema and the film industry (ones which fall into the middle of the spectrum)?’. Epstein decides to speak solely on the art of cinema‚ making use of the term‚ ‘photogénie’ (p. 314) (originally used by the French film director and critic Louis Delluc) to describe it. Photogénie (which translates to English as photogenic) according to Epstein is ‘any aspect of things‚ beings‚ or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction’. What is interesting
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The strategic and attitudinal theories are two different ways in which political theorists and those studying political science can describe the behavior and decision-making processes of Supreme Court justices. In The Choices Justices Make‚ Epstein and Knight make the case for the strategic model‚ which suggests that Supreme Court justices make their decisions based on strategic measures and foresight of legal policy. On the other hand‚ Segal and Spaeth‚ in The Attitudinal Model Revisited‚ focus
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“A Tale of Two High Jumpers” is an excerpt from The Sports Gene by David Epstein. It talks about two high jumpers Donald Thomas and Stefan Holm‚ one had a twenty year love with high jumping the other one got lucky. Both men were excellent high jumpers. Outliers is an excerpt from “The 10‚000-Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell. It talks about studies done on individuals which ones become professional and why they become professional. Also how the amount of practice was different from the professionals
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interacts with the community‚ he also connects with the world away from it. The different characters in Huck Finn depict multiple aspects of human nature in civilization. Some aspects include morals‚ values‚ savagery‚ civility‚ and liberty. Huckleberry Finn mainly emphasizes savagery and civility. In the plot of the story‚ a few characters illustrate the aspect of savagery. Mark Twain focuses on the hypocrisy of slavery. Miss Watson and Mrs. Phelps see no connection between their religious views and the
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energy. Mr Epstein wrapped up his article by arguing that it is invalid to label fossil fuels ‘dirty’ for the fact that it produces waste‚ because in reality all human and non-human activities produce waste. In my opinion‚ it is clear that in this article Mr Epstein had the purpose of advocating fossil fuels as a superior energy‚ compared to other alternative energy including solar and wind. Hence‚ more countries should adopt the use of fossil fuels in their energy policy. (247 words) Mr Epstein made
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