Please read the case study entitled Lottery that you find in the reading assignment. Based on what you have learned in this unit‚ answer the following questions: How is the lottery an example of the utilitarian monster? Let’s look at the definition of “utilitarian monster” in the textbook‚ “an individual capable of feeling disproportionately high sensations of pleasure and happiness‚ one who consequently requires many others to sacrifice their happiness in the name of maximizing net happiness” (p
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The Lesson In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the author writes about Sylvia’s childhood experience as a student. She is a young-immature‚ uneducated‚ and naive kid who doesn’t know much about life‚ but her teacher tries to help her by giving her a lesson of reality as well to the rest of her students. She describes her teacher as a lady‚ Miss Moore‚ with “nappy hair‚” “proper speech‚” and “no makeup.” Sylvia explains how she feels when she goes to toy store in Fifth Avenue. For example‚
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BPT1501 - Assignment 06 Unique number: 583764 Student number: 40679846 Name & surname: Tanje Van Der Waag School: The name of the school is Highveld Ridge Primary School‚ in Secunda‚ Mpumalanga. It is a public school. I visited there from 14/04/2015 to 16/04/2015.. The medium of instruction is English and Afrikaans is the first additional language. It is a beautiful school with great facilities. Teacher: I spent my two week school visit with Miss Kayleigh De Mesquita. She is a grade 3 teacher
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Different perspectives of Heritage What is heritage? Heritage is the traditional achievements and beliefs that are part of a family history. The perspective of a family heritage depends on how each individual values it. In “Everyday Use‚” Alice Walker uses the narrator Mama to describe Dee and Maggie different views of their heritage. The most valued symbol that signified their heritage were quilts. These special quilts were handmade by Grandma Dee‚ Big Dee‚ and Mama. Scraps from Grandma Dee dresses
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Does Obedience make a Monster? For many years‚ a popular question that people ask to those who follow a leader “How far would you go for them?”. This question has been answered many times by not only the people in these situations‚ like those in Democratic Kampuchea (Pina et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 291)‚ but also scientists like Stanley Milgram (Milgram‚ 1965‚ p. 59). These assurances are important to study to be able to understand the psychological effects that these types of relationships have. The first
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Shylock as a plot device in The Merchant of Venice It is evident that anti-Semitism is a theme in William Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. However‚ the categorization of the play as a comedy has troubled people for some time. It is clear that if Shylock were removed from the play all of the problems that surround the play’s comedic status would disappear. Shylock functions as less of a man‚ and more of an object to reveal the social injustices at work in the play‚ and in the period in
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the majority of the conflicts occur due to the different perspective of race‚ religion‚ and culture. In the novel‚ Mr. Dodge denies Junior’s knowledge about Petrified Wood because Junior was an “Indian” from the Reservation. To eagerly be correct‚ Mr. Dodge sarcastically mentions how "there’s so much amazing science on the reservation” (Alexie 85). By using a mixture of sarcastic tone and a rhetorical question‚ Alexie shows Mr. Dodge’s perspective on people from the Reservation (Indians) and how
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LET1 Task 317.1.1-06 Organization Behavior and Leadership The Expectancy Theory of Motivation One of the most widely accepted theories of motivation is Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory. “Expectancy theory argues that the strength of a tendency to act in a certain way depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual.” (Robbins & Judge‚ 2007‚ p.208) [i] In other words‚ employees will have
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fill me‚ from the crown to the toe‚ top-full / of direst cruelty!" (I.v.43-46). Lady Macbeth has to pray to the spirits to be filled up of "direst cruelty" which shows that being evil and inhuman is not in her true nature which disregards her as a monster. This shows Shakespeare not wanting the audience or reader to judge her so severely because Lady Macbeth only prayed to urge her husband on. Because Lady Macbeth could not even bear to murder Duncan with her own hands and was not
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their windows boarded up.” The mere quote was quite intriguing and will truly draw you towards curiosity. The succeeding pages of the book will entice towards an interesting continuation of a 14-year old boy that is not so ordinary. The Sea of Monsters is the second installment of the Greek mythology inspired series which is filled with one adventure after another. The novel combines the complexities of being a "half-blood" of which is half human
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