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    Throughout this chapter of Interpreters of Occupation‚ Madeline Otis Campbell discusses the vast differences between two Iraqi generations. Campbell categorizes them into the “revolution generation‚” who witnessed the revolution in 1968‚ the rise of the Ba’th Party‚ and dictator Saddam Hussein coming to power‚ and the other generation is the more recent one in which Iraqis essentially only have memories of war and corruption and weren’t born yet for the uprising. Campbell empathizes with both groups

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    article‚ The Isolation of Antigone and Lady Macbeth by Catherine Bradshaw Boyd‚ is an analytical writing that compares and contrasts “two magnificent women characters” know as “the great figures of Antigone and Lady Macbeth.” In the thesis statement of this article‚ the author states that although the stories were “centuries apart‚ in civilizations vastly different from religious and philosophical standpoints” the characters created by the authors are centered around an idea of isolation. Although

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    Many times in life‚ we encounter many life changes we can’t seem to control. We even break down to the point that we are unsure of what to do with ourselves. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “ The yellow wallpaper” the narrator is very obsessive. It focuses on a woman who’s going through depression and has had a nervous breakdown. Her husband tries to help her by moving her in a home‚ only to keep her upstairs in room (nursery) covered with a yellow wallpaper. He wants her to be isolated

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    The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is set in the small southern town of Jefferson. The story reveals the peculiar and bizarre events of Miss Emily Grierson’s life. Miss Emily‚ a supposed monument in the town‚ lives an unusual life. She comes from a well-respected family and is the last Grierson of her town. The mysterious Miss Emily embodies the Old South. Miss Emily holds onto the ways of the Old South and cannot come to terms with the New South. Miss Emily’s resistance to change

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    Cultural Considerations Cultural diversity is normal in society today. People come from different races‚ cultures‚ and backgrounds. People have to learn the importance of respecting the culture of others. Everyone can learn from others. Superiority does not exist because of an individual’s culture. Some people from different cultural backgrounds believe that he or she is better than others but this is an untruth. Cultural concerns can have a negative influence on justice and security administration

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    Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E P R O V I D E R S By Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Cultural Competency A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR M E N TA L H E A LT H S E RV I C E PROVIDERS © 2001 Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The University of Texas at Austin About the Author Delia Saldaña‚ Ph.D.‚ is a clinical associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and past director of Health

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    THE CULTURAL TALE OF TWO SHUTTLES NASA’s habit of relaxing safety standards to meet financial and time constraints set the stage for the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts‚ investigators said Tuesday. They warned that the agency’s “broken safety culture” would lead to tragedy again unless fundamental changes are made. In a wide-ranging analysis of decades of NASA history‚ the Columbia Accident Investigation Board said the space agency’s attitude toward safety

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    The Effect of Isolation and Rejection In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the monster is born more or less with the mind of a baby. He craves attention‚ love and nurturing as all babies do. The monster was left with no one to teach him anything‚ and to understand the world solely on his own. After observing‚ and slowly figuring out how the world works‚ he was unable to imitate because no one accepted him‚ including his creator. Isolation and rejection can affect everyone differently‚ as in

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    Ernest Hemingway‚ John Updike and Jhumpa Lahiri are very talented and respected authors. They each had a unique‚ but at the same time similar way of writing and expressing literature. Hills like White Elephants by Hemingway‚ A&P by Updike and Hell-Heaven by Lahiri were no exception. In this essay I will begin by showing the similarities and differences between Hills like White Elephants and A&P followed by Hell-Heaven and A&P and finally similarities and differences of Hell-heaven and Hills like

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    Importance of Understanding Cultural Competence Cultural competence is not a new concept for me because I have been working as a phlebotomist at the hospital since 2008. As a phlebotomist‚ obviously my main role is to interact with different people to withdraw blood sample by venipuncture. Even I was trained to be a professional‚ polite‚ and cultural understanding health care

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