I received a lot of interesting comments last week after I published my article about how various local politicians‚ business people‚ and former CAT employees feel as though they are entitled to certain actions and behavior from CAT. On Friday (March 17)‚ while Georgette and I were having dinner at a local restaurant and we ran into a young man we hadn’t seen for a couple of years. He told us that he was laid off from CAT in August 2016. Georgette asked him how long he had worked at CAT and he said
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"The Scarlet Ibis"‚ a short story by James Hurst‚ demonstrates how selfishness and greed can be used for the betterment of others. As shown in this short story‚ Doodle’s brother’s perseverance comes only from selfishness‚ greed and pride. In the end guilt takes over‚ bringing out the brother’s love for Doodle‚ even though Doodle was the exact opposite of what his brother had wished for. "The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story about a boy and his malformed brother‚ named Doodle. Doodle’s brother wants
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Michael‚ Kerrigan1 Victoria Micheal and Katie Kerrigan Mrs.Rath/ Mrs.Sarlano Period 5 November 24‚ 2014 Social media is taking over the lives of individuals. It eliminates people facetoface interaction with each other. One example of this social media is Instagram‚ and online photo sharing service that allows people to show their lives through a series of pictures on a mobile device and adding text to explain what was happening. In the future‚ people will think citizens in
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How Does Priestly Present Birling in Acts 1 and 2? In Act One Birling is presented as very smug and egotistical when Priestly uses the stage directions ‘confidently’ and ‘laughs complacently’. These show Birling is not afraid to show his importance and status. It also shows his arrogant nature that emphasises he wants to dominate the situation‚ yet when the inspector arrives he loses his authority. ‘Complacently’ shows he thinks other people with a lower status are stupid and unimportant. Priestly
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Orsino‚ the Duke of Delirium: Why Our Leaders Will Never Be Self-Aware Shakespeare adorns Orsino‚ the Duke of Illyria‚ with numerous character faults: narcissism‚ capriciousness‚ impatience; even Olivia finds the Duke repulsive in his “embassy” (1.5)‚ and Feste dubs him “a foolish wit” (1.5). It is not until Viola enters that Orsino is painted in a new brighter light‚ and even then‚ the Duke acts entitled‚ shallow‚ and overly masculine (2.4). Although “Twelfth Night” is not a tragedy‚ Orsino’s
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vain lover symbolizes the obsession for another half and our real destiny. The film Hedwig and the Angry Inch explores the correlation between narcissism and love in Jacques Lacan’s on Desire. A closer look at Hedwig reveals he will benefit from Diotima’s outlook on love; dismissing the search for the other half and finding the beauty within love. Narcissism is an extreme or erotic interest in oneself and their physical appearance. Narcissistic lovers construct a fantasized version of reality craving
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Faust-like proposition‚ in which he expresses a willingness to surrender his soul if he can maintain his youth and physical beauty. In return‚ the portrait will age in his place. There wasn’t necessarily an actual Faust exchange‚ but rather‚ Dorian’s narcissism was so strong that it clouded his vision on true reality. Dorian didn’t expect to have his wish granted and thinks little of it given that he is busy courting Sybil Vane‚ a talented young actress‚ who falls in love with him. It turns out that‚ in
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Narcissism in the Workplace Working with a narcissist in the workplace can really be trying and enormously frustrating as well. One never knows if the person is going to be reasonable‚ friendly‚ manipulative‚ or demonstrating a persecution complex as well. The Mayo Clinic research group defines narcissistic personality disorder as “a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that
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Diverse Narcissism In America‚ most of the population subconsciously acts upon racism including: stereotyping‚ discriminating‚ and racial profiling. We Oscar and Priscila have a perspective on behalf of Americans who are practicing racism unintentionally; yet‚ blaming others for the reality of it. Even more‚ Americans have labeled people based on their appearance. People have personally defined everyone by people alike‚ before them who gave their entire race qualities expected of them. Americans
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students who scored high on the narcissism scale were frequent Twitter posters‚ while among middle-aged adults from the general population‚ narcissists posted more frequent status updates on Facebook. “Narcissism clearly leads to more social media use‚ social media use leads to positive self-views‚ and people who need a self-esteem boost turn to social media‚” writes Jean Twenge‚ a San Diego State University psychology professor and author of the book “The Narcissism Epidemic.” She adds‚ “It is less
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