The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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Steven Pinker has a voice all his own- engaging and amiable‚ but also informative and scientific. His light style provides an interesting contradiction to the heaviness of the topic he presents to us. It’s a tough question: where does morality stem from? Is it genetic? Does it come from the structure of our brains? We don’t get an answer‚ per se‚ allowing us to come to our own conclusions and wrestle with the evidence for ourselves. However‚ as we the audience read the essay‚ it doesn’t take a particularly
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Thomas is a nine year old boy that suffers from schizophrenia. He is the youngest child in his family and has three older sisters. His single mother is very supportive and is constantly looking for resources to help him be successful. His father is not involved in Thomas’s life due to struggling with alcohol and drug addictions‚ as well as several short term sentences served in jail over the years. Despite being a single parent‚ Thomas’s mother provides a financially stable household and lifestyle
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Hi my names Mae and I am a black that wants freedom. It was back in the 19th century the Jim Crow Era the worst time ever for me at least. We the blacks had no rights well not a lot at least and I didn’t know why. When we walked the streets white people would give us looks. Like mean looks this didn’t bother me much not as much as the fact that they would beat us if we were bad or even if they didn’t like what we did. But sometimes they would hang our kind. Let me tell you something that was not
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Economics: The Study of Incentives The book‚ “Freakonomics‚” written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ explores and explains the secret causes behind many economic situations. The main argument presented by this book is what economics really is: the study of incentives‚ and how people are rational‚ and will do whatever is in their ultimate best interest. Sometimes this will lead them to actions that are moral‚ and sometimes the very opposite. The first technique the authors used for
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Maria Camila Rojas Mrs. Placeway Health October 26‚ 2016 Lucy’s Schizophrenia Lucy was a very smart girl. She was in college and was a brilliant student. She would do all her homework and always got the best grades. However‚ her life had many difficulties since she was a little girl. She had been sexually abused by her dad. When Lucy was 5‚ she was taken by the police and had been put under adoption because of what had happened to her. Since Lucy was 4 when she had been abused‚ many people
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Jake like countless others suffered with a mental illness. Specifically‚ it is estimated that 1.1% of people suffer with Schizophrenia which equivocates to 51 million people worldwide or 2.2 million in the United States (The Internet Mental Health Initiative‚ 2010). Jake was among the fortunate to have his illness under control for the last year and live a productive life. If sentencing Jake for his crime what options should be considered‚ how would sentencing change if the situation was different
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Introduction Michael Stevens is a relatively new investor struggling to maintain profits in an uncertain economy. Recent conflicts and conflicting reports have left the Canadian Market muddled and somewhat divided. Michael capitalized on recent volatility in the market and has gained some unrealized profits. He sees a bullish economy returning in the near future but would like to ensure that his profits are maintained even through minor volatility for the next six months. He plans to do this through
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The term schizophrenia’ covers a group of serious psychotic disorders characterised by a loss of contact with reality. It comes from two Greek words: schiz meaning split’ and phren meaning mind’. DSM IV (1994) estimate that the occurrence rate of schizophrenia ranges from 0.2%-2.0% worldwide. There are two main explanations of schizophrenia: the biological explanations and the psychological explanations. In this essay I will critically consider the biological explanations. These include genetics
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the mind and that often comprises symptoms like disorganized speech‚ catatonic behavior and hallucinations. Joon from the movie‚ “Benny and Joon” exhibits most of these behaviors. Joon is a white female around her 20s that lives with her brother in his home. Joon doesn’t work or has a professional working status‚ instead she stays most of her time in her home. Joon doesn’t display other health problems aside from her mental disorder‚ and also we do
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