the bottom the more basic needs is; Self-Actualization‚ esteem‚ love/belonging‚ safety‚ and physiological. Self-actualization is the level of need that pertains to what a person’s full potential is and realizing that potential. It is broken up as morality‚ spontaneity‚ and lack of prejudice. Based on the two texts I read‚ The Color of Water by James McBride and The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley‚ I consider both James McBride and Malcolm X “self-actualized” men to a certain extent
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Self-Identity The Color of Water is the story of James McBride as he grows up and finds himself through his mother‚ Ruth McBride. He was born to a white mother‚ Ruth‚ and a black father‚ Andrew Dennis McBride‚ with seven older siblings‚ all black. His father died early on and his mother remarried another black man‚ Hunter Jordan‚ and had four more black children before his stepfather died as well‚ leaving him with a white mother and eleven black siblings‚ making Ruth McBride the only white in the
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The life story of: James McBride In the end people have the power to influence and change other people’s lives‚ in The Color of Water by James McBride; James learns many important life lessons from the people around him and in his life and how to be a leader not a follower. Perhaps the greatest influence on James is the Chicken man who teaches James to get an education‚ to help James to find determination in life‚ and not to get in to a man and woman argument if you’re not in it with them
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Racial exclusion is a man made concept that drives people to think certain things about certain colors‚ and then to act upon it. It is usually portrayed and modeled by older generations and then seen by younger generations‚ making racism come full circle as a normality. This common problem is very evident and exposed to Ruth McBride in The Color of Water through her experience with Peter‚ her first boyfriend. As Ruth was white‚ and the world around her was not‚ she has to navigate if it is possible
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What Exactly Are We Drinking? Since the beginning of human existence‚ pollution has been a problem rapidly increasing with the growth of the world’s population. Throughout history‚ it has been a major source of diseases and plagues such as the bubonic plague. One serious threat of people’s health is the pollution of our underground watering systems. Many steps have been taken to help solve the pollution problem‚ a problem that still hasn’t been completely solved. Groundwater is located under
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of purified water again. Due to the people of the United States drinking billions of gallons of water daily‚ the amount of purified water we drink is starting to run out which is causing a problem already. Psychological studies have shown humans still don’t accept water being reused even after knowing the water is purified and perfectly clean. Advocates are still against ultraviolet machines being used to clean and purify water. While some people believe that drinking recycled water is both repulsive
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In The Color of Water James McBride devoted an entire chapter to his mother’s bicycle. An old-fashioned bicycle that was brought home by her late husband right before his death the bicycle was a coping instrument to his mother. She would ride the bicycle around town constantly‚ as if the constant motion would allow her to ignore what was happening in her life. The bicycle was “a huge old clunker‚ blue with white trim‚ with big fat tires and a battery-powered horn” (McBride 5). The eccentricity
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Color of Water Chapter Analysis Chapters: 13-14 The significance of these two chapters of the story revolves around the city of New York and how it fit in to both Ruth and McBride’s issues they had to deal with in their youth. Ruth’s experiences with the city were similar but yet different‚ then her son’s. When she visited New York she described it as “an eyepopper‚”(130) that consisted of so many “people rushing about‚”(130) that made it seem like everyone was “too busy to care about what
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part of her anymore. This helps us to better understand her point of view during the story. 2.Examine James’ depiction of his mother. James depicts his mother as a “strange middle-aged white lady with black hair‚ dark eyes‚ a large nose‚ a sparkling smile‚ and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off.” He and his siblings would call her walk “Mommy’s mad walk.” James describes her non awareness of what the world thought of her and how she would ignore any matters involving race or identity. She
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VISIBILITY Introduction 1. Aviation industry is full of accidents involving the loss of thousands of lives and economic loss worth billions of dollars. Critical analysis of the aviation accident revealed that nearly 90 percent of the accidents are due to the human factor. Explanation of the human factor is a long discussion and if analyzed is due to the error of judgment. A good judgment is only possible with adequate knowledge and it is only the correct understanding of these phenomenons which
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