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    Psychology Homework #2 – Journal Article Review - Morgan Wolf Putsch‚ R. W. (1988). Ghost illness: A cross-cultural experience the expression of a non-western tradition in clinical practice. American Indian and Alaska Mental Health Research‚ 2(2): 6-26. History and Background Many Native cultures have a history of a condition referred to as Ghost Illness‚ a sickness reportedly inflicted by the dead in an attempt to take the living with them. It is often associated with varying physical illnesses

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    Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa . Submitted: 19 August 2013 The focus of this assignment is a researched exploration into the existence of the critically endangered frog species‚ Heleophryne rosei‚ or as it is commonly referred to‚ the Table Mountain ghost frog (Minter et al 2004). Particular attention shall be paid to describing its habitat‚ ecology and population. Furthermore‚ the threats encountered by the species in addition to conservation methods implemented to safeguard its already severely declining

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    Men often entrap females into oppressive roles in society. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House‚ Torvald Helmer treats his wife Nora as a doll; whereas in Ghosts‚ Pastor Manders believes Mrs. Alving should be a trophy wife and protect her dead husband’s reputation. Both Torvald and Manders brainwash Nora and Mrs. Alving‚ respectively‚ to behave according to what their own expectations. Because Nora and Mrs. Alving are afraid to cross the expectations of Torvald and Manders‚ they both hide their true feelings

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    Ibsen’s Ghosts‚ although a relatively modern drama‚ maintains many classical elements of tragedy as defined by Aristotle and championed by the ancient Greek playwrights and poets. One element of displayed prominently in this case is character. Aristotle believed that there were four main elements to a good tragic hero: 1) the character must be good‚ 2) decorum‚ 3) the character must be true to life‚ and 4) constancy within the characters demeanor and actions. The tragic hero in Ibsen’s Ghosts

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    “There is a group called the ‘Ghost’. You are the first one to give us their description. No one knows where they come from or where they hide. They are locals‚ they blend in the crowd. Extremely efficient. They have never been involved in murders. Kidnapping and extortion have been

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    Jim Robbins wrote “America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou” for The New York Times in order to raise the issue of struggling caribou populations in North America and encourage a government response. Robbin advocates for the protection of caribou by referencing experts on the topic in order to establish his authority and statistics that support his argument on a logical level. In order to establish his credibility‚ Robbins uses the knowledge of experts on caribou biology. Robbin establishes

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    Among Ghosts‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ she reveals that voice‚ through the use of talk-stories and her words‚ allows her the freedom to own the independence needed to reach a closer understanding of her own identity. Talk-stories‚ defined by Jenessa Job in “The Woman Warrior: A Question of Genre‚” are “…verbally relayed stories based upon Chinese myth and fact” (83). Kingston uses talk-story to retell her aunt‚ No Name Woman‚ and her mother‚ Brave Orchid’s‚ stories. As well‚ she talk-stories her life

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    The Ghost of Tom Joad Video Response The beauty of the written word is that everyone can experience and interpret it in a different way with some help from writer and their purpose behind the piece. The beauty of songs is that people are free to express those individual interpretations in ways that allow them to use their voices and instruments. The beauty of video is that the makers can put these two things together and then add images and audio-texts to enhance the meaning of the song for viewers

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    Our car literally broke down in an abandoned town because of a stupid dare. How? Is this even a joke? Is this some kind of a dream where it comes from those kind of horror movies? No. We are stuck. Can’t get out. And the foggs were starting to get thicker and thicker as the time walks. Looking around. Buildings were dead‚ trees were dead ‘everything’ there was dead. No sound of wind. Just complete silence. Even no signals reach here. What do you expect from an abandoned place. The sun

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    The Ghosts and the Civilly Dead: Two examples of oppression in American society “In the Great American Indian novel‚ when / it is finally written‚ / all of the white people will be Indians and / all of the Indians will be ghosts.” Similar to how Sherman Alexie’s “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel” discusses the lack of Native American representation and the loss of their voice‚ the Declaration of Sentiments from the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention states how‚ over time‚ men mute their

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