Conformity also known as "social influence" is identified to be when a person changes his/her actions and beliefs due to the pressure of a group. Social influence is part of human life and is known to be present at all times. As a result‚ we often see how influential leaders can be in groups and society in general. Usually we do not think about all this when we ask why a person acts in one way or another? Normally people think they always make their own decision and that they don’t get swayed by others
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Divorce: How does it affect children? Over 60 percent of couples seeking a divorce have children still living at home. ( 6) What some parents don’t realize when they file for a divorce is the damage and effect that it will have on their kids. Divorce affects children in many ways. It affects kids emotionally and causes them to experience painful feelings such as fear‚ loss‚ anger and confusion. Divorce also hurts a child’s academic achievement. Children whose parents divorce generally have
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as posh as Sally does. This is shown when he says ‘swell to see you too’. Again‚ Holden is putting on a false persona in order for Sally to like him more. Throughout this whole chapter‚ Holden constantly criticises Sally on the way she speaks and acts‚ yet speaks and acts just like she does. By doing this‚ Holden is contradicting himself. He doesn’t seem to realise that he is acting just as ‘phony’ ads Sally is. Holden seems to act this way in front of most girls. I think he does this because he
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Misérables/Wretched/ Victims after all. This is not just a story about the human condition and its relation to misery‚ but also provides models on how to deal with said situation‚ both good and bad. Hugo expresses misery not simply by saying “Life is hard‚” but by showing misery through the experiences of men‚ women‚ and children. This is effective due to how the reader sees and reads for himself or herself the misery in the world Hugo has created. The first way Hugo shows misery is through the men of
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she says‚"What would you say to me now and I was your very‚ very Rosalind?" In Act 4‚ Scene 1‚ she also says‚"How long would you have her after you have possessed her?" She questions Orlando about her love for Rosalind while disguised as Ganymede. She wants to know how Orlando actually feels about her. Rosalind also pretends to be Rosalind while disguised as Ganymede for Orlando. She does that because she again
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How does temperature affect the rate of reaction for Lipase? As the temperature increases‚ so will the rate of enzyme reaction. However‚ as the temperature exceeds the optimum the rate of reaction will decrease. I predict that at temperatures above 70°C the enzyme lipase will become denatured and at temperatures below 10°C the enzyme will become inactive. Since lipase operates within the human body I’d also predict that its optimum temperature would be around human body temperature which is approximately
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How does perseverance help Salva survive in a difficult environment? In this part of the story‚ Salva was running away from all the war and actually survived due to luck. According to the text‚ on chapter 2 page 8‚ it states‚ “BOOM! Salva turned and looked. Behind him‚ a huge black cloud of smoke rose‚ flames darted out of its base. Overhead‚ a jet plane veered away like a sleek evil bird. This quote clearly shows that Salva got through the war without getting hurt or killed. In this part of
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told him. However‚ Jane does not let this public shaming embarrass her in front of the class‚ she even embraces it. “I mastered the rising hysteria‚ lifted up my head‚ and took a firm stand on the stool” (69). Here she accepts the punishment‚ although unfair‚ and embraces being on the stool. Had this occurred earlier while still at Gateshead‚ Jane may have had the same reaction when she was sent to the red room; crying herself to exhaustion. Now being older‚ she has learned how to deal with adversity
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after he kills a Christian missionaries. We can think Okonkwo does learn from his mistakes because now he cares about his family more‚ he thinks about his actions before he makes them‚ and he has a more sense of compassion now. One can think Okonkwo does change by learning from his mistakes because he now cares about his family more. “Go home and sleep‚” said Okonkwo. “I shall wait here.” (Achebe‚ pg. 108). This quote demonstrates how Okonkwo runs after Ekwefi and his daughter‚ after Chielo (a
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clue that it is his father- but gets a feeling about it. Hamlet says “Let me not burst in ignorance‚ but tell why thy canoniz’d bones‚ hearsed in death….” (1.4.46-47). Hamlet is so mind-boggled after the sight of his father’s ghost and has no idea how to react to it. His judgement tells him that he just dreamed he saw his dead father as a ghost but deep down inside he knows its
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