Adrian Monk‚ portrayed by actor Tony Shalhoub‚ is the main character in the USA Network series MONK. Monk is a former homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department‚ suffering from an anxiety disorder known as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ as well as numerous phobias. After Monk’s wife was murdered‚ his disorder worsened leading to his suspension from the police force. When the series opens‚ Monk works as a private police homicide consultant and undergoes therapy to overcome his anxiety
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I got to watch this wonderful movie named‚ ‘As Good As It Gets’. It is about a writer who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). His name is Melvin Udall who is really rude to all the people he meets and loves only himself. He gets angry at small things‚ for example‚ he gets so angry at his gay neighbor’s dog‚ for urinating in the hallway. He is so angry that he puts the dog in the garbage chute. He is very specific about all the things he does. He only eats at a specific restaurant and at a specific
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Hyped on Hysteria The small‚ religious town of Salem‚ Massachusetts has become hell on earth as accusations of witchcraft spread like wildfire in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The characters of this play must find ways to protect not only themselves but also the ones they love from being pulled into this predicament. The theme throughout the play is how the different forms of hysteria motivate characters to perform consequential actions. One character that has gone practically insane from the
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What is autism?Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Autism causes children to experience the world differently from the way most other children do. It is hard for children with autism to talk with other people and express themselves using words. Children who have autism usually keep to themselves and many can’t communicate without special help. They may also react to what is going on around them in unusual ways. Normal sounds
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In the year 2008 1.21 million innocent lives were lost. These lives were not lost due to disease‚ a natural disaster or worldwide epidemic but by choice. 23% of pregnant women will make the choice to end their pregnancy by having an abortion. By having an abortion a mother is choosing to end their own child’s life. The majority of society will agree that any kind of murder is inhumane so why is it that you can end the life of an unborn baby but it is against the law to take away the life of another
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Suffering. A single word that that can mean so much. Throughout all of time‚ many people have suffered‚ and many people have caused that suffering. One of the worst times of suffering had to be during the Holocaust‚ and that is what Night is about; the suffering that one person dealt with during the Holocaust. The human spirit can endure a tremendous amount of suffering‚ yet can survive when surrounded by death and deprivation. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells of all the hardships he had to endure
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noticed that there were five body paragraphs and only three sides mentioned in the thesis statement‚ so I would suggest adding parents and kids to the thesis. I understand why this is an issue‚ but I do
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Many factors lead to great tensions in Europe‚ sparking the need for a war. This war‚ otherwise know as ’The Great War’‚ occurred in 1914 until 1918. The war was mainly fought between the members of the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy) and the members of The Triple Entante (Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia) countries such as the USA joined in. Tensions over territories‚ imperialism and arms race are all some of the causes that lead to the war. World War 1 was a time of struggle
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In Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle‚ published in 1906‚ a sense of injustice towards the working class and need for socialism is present. Sinclair intended to illustrate the vast majority of immigrants in Chicago at the turn of the century; providing details and examples of abuses in the meatpacking industry merely as a means of demonstrating their troubles. After the publication of The Jungle‚ Sinclair stated‚ "I aimed for the public’s heart‚ and by accident I hit it in the stomach." He used those words
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Describe and evaluate biological explanations of OCD (10 marks) The biological approach as an explanation of OCD believes that the disorder is caused by a fault in our body‚ either through genes‚ hormones‚ the brain‚ or neurotransmitters‚ therefore suggesting that OCD is caused by our nature‚ rather than our upbringing. This means that since we are born with the body we have‚ if we have OCD‚ it is innate within us. One biological explanation for OCD is the genetic explanation. The genetic explanation
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