In the visual text‚ Goodnight Mr Tom‚ directed by Jack Gold‚ an important theme is friendship. William Beech is a young evacuee from London that moved to the countryside for safety during World War 2. There he meets his billet‚ Mr Tom. He is Williams saviour from a world of abuse. This essay the director has included both visual and verbal techniques of close-up‚ diegetic sound and dialogue. Firstly‚ the director uses the visual technique of close up to help us understand the facial expression
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Jim Jones Jonestown Massacre Jimmy Jones is the name that I’ve kept for the sake of my life and what does it truly say about my legacy? The question is who am I? I’ve kept many aliases for myself throughout my life. James‚ Jim‚ and frequently Jim Jones. My uncle told me as a child when he was in college that one day your going to have people start calling you Jim and start shorting your name to Jim – Jones. I laughed‚ and this was year 1997. That was thirteen years until this day. But it has
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his team to stay on task. This supervisor is most closely aligned with a servant leader style of management. He embodies several of the ten principles of servant leaders including listening‚ empathy‚ healing‚ stewardship‚ growth‚ community building‚ and nurturing the spirit. Unfortunately‚ the supervisor lacks in the areas of awareness‚ persuasion‚ conceptualization‚ and foresight. He received his
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James Warren Jones commonly known as Jim Jones was an American cult leader. He was the founder of Peoples Temple which is infamous for mass murder suicide in 1978 November where 918 members of his cult lost their live. It is estimated that nearly 300 innocent children were murdered at Jonestown‚ almost all of them by cyanide poisoning. He was seen as a very charismatic man by his followers and he attracted people who were feeling isolated for whatever reason. Majority of his followers were African
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Based on the results of the leadership assessment taken during this course‚ I would be characterized as Transformational-Servant Leader. Per the leadership assessment‚ the characteristics of a transformative leader are charismatic‚ inspirational‚ a role model‚ and an enabler. The leadership styles presentation viewed during the course describes a transformative leader as one who strives to develop shared visions. A transformative leader inspires others toward change and partners with others to obtain
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Jim Valvano was just some Italian kid from Queens New York who played college basketball for Rutgers University as a point guard from 1964-1967. In 1967 Valvano was able to lead his team to a third place finish in the NIT tournament‚ this is where Valvano’s leadership skills came to surface. Valvano then started his coaching career as the freshman head coach and an assistant coach on the varsity team. From there he became the head coach at John Hopkins University for 1 season‚ Arguably his greatest
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Upon review of all the theories of human development‚ I believe that Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development is much easier to accept and much believable than Freud’s and Piaget’s theories. I believe that not all things in our life are dominated by sexual instincts. I believe that social conflicts and personal dilemmas shape a person on becoming who he is right now. According to Erikson’s theory‚ the personal conflicts that we encounter every day and every stage of our development is our determinant
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laws that didn’t always help them. Those laws that went against it or found a way around the Civil Rights act of 1866. There have been laws‚ acts‚ and amendments to help end segregation and then there have also been laws to encourage segregation. The Jim Crow laws have discriminated in so many ways since it was created. These laws often kept African Americans from going into certain public places
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Old Jim Crow VS New Jim Crow The Jim Crow laws were racial laws mostly against blacks; they promoted racial discrimination. Laws like colored sat in the back of vehicles‚ colored had a different water fountain‚ and colored people could not vote‚ or live in certain areas. The Jim Crow laws were more than laws‚ they were a way of life for some whites. It was a way of life that saw blacks as inferior beings. Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were passed‚ did it really help rid our nation of prejudice
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I believe my leadership style compares favorably with servant leadership‚ in which leaders subordinate their own self-interest to prioritize their staff’s needs and goals as well as the mission of the organization (Daft‚ 2014). One of my strengths is in empowering my team as business owners for their assigned areas of responsibility. As business owners‚ they’re responsible for proposing solutions‚ soliciting approval from all appropriate stakeholders‚ obtaining necessary funding and resources‚
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