1.) The protagonist in “A Worn Path” is Phoenix Jackson‚ an elderly black woman who lives along the Natchez Trace. History shows that the Natchez Trace was a road begun in 1806‚ extending from Mississippi to Tennessee and was approximately 500 miles long. The story depicts Phoenix’s long journey on foot‚ from her home to Natchez‚ a small outlying town. The story characterizes both internal and external conflicts in Phoenix’s quest to acquire medicine for her sick grandson. Poor vision‚ unsteady gait
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End of the Rights of Man" and Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil‚ while comparing their core theories to main ideologies of Chinese philosophy. In The Decline of the Nation State and the End of the Rights of Man‚" Arendt discusses the situation of stateless people after World War I. She presents how the Minority Treaties signed by The League of Nations illustrate that human rights are tied with nationality and citizenship‚ thus there are no longer inalienable rights for human
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PATH GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP The path-goal theory‚ also known as the path-goal theory of leader effectiveness or the path-goal model‚ is a leadership theory in the field of organizational studies developed by Robert House‚ an Ohio State University graduate‚ in 1971 and revised in 1996. The theory states that a leader ’s behavior is contingent to the satisfaction‚ motivation and performance of his subordinates. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership was developed to describe the way that leaders
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screams-silently through her gently placed words in story‚ “A Worn Path”. The inspiring and encouraging phrases spoken to someone‚ “never give up”‚ “keep fighting”‚ “never back down”‚ are the unspoken feeling through the characters perseverance‚ determination‚ and love. The tone in the story is displayed through life of a black‚ negro-woman‚ who faces daily obstacles‚ during a time when black Americans were treated unjustly and unfairly. The traveled path she is traveling parallels the obstacles that African
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character often either motivates or challenges the protagonist to do something. The subordinate characters from “The Most Dangerous Game” and “A Worn Path” help the reader understand how the protagonist feels and believes. Both stories are similar since their subordinate characters help express the protagonist’s thoughts‚ mindset‚ and characteristics. Within “The Most Dangerous Game” and “A Worn Path‚” the author is able to express the protagonist’s thoughts. Connell first introduces Whitney by starting
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Bruce’s right leg. (4 marks) Deep vein thrombosis refers to the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein in the leg. Deep vein thrombosis tends to occur in leg veins‚ such as the popliteal or femoral veins‚ as well as deep veins within the pelvis. The blocked vein in Bruce’s right led caused edema and led to tissue ischemia. Edema developed inferior to the blocked vein. Blockage of the vein increased the capillary hydrostatic pressure increased the amount of fluid that flowed from the capillaries
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love.” This statement is the underlying factor that motivates the main character in Eudora Welty’s short story‚ “A Worn Path.” The story portrays an elderly woman’s journey to the city during a frozen day in December to obtain medicine for her grandson’s chronically sore throat. Welty uses strong symbolism throughout the story to depict just how influential love can be. From the beginning‚ Welty reiterates the fact that Phoenix‚ the elderly grandmother‚
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|Dead Men’s Path by Chinua Achebe | |Brief summary | |Dead Men’s Path is about a young man‚ Michael Obi‚ who is made headmaster of a school in order to modernize it. | |Michael and his wife Nancy both want
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Compare and contrast between the Feidler’s Least Preferred Coemployee scale (LPC) and Path-Goal theories of leadership Fiedler’s Contingency Theory of Leadership states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead‚ the effectiveness of a leader depends on the person’s leadership style and situational favorableness. Fiedler believed that leadership
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Before one can examine a path to knowledge‚ one must try to understand‚ and define what knowledge is. In Plato’s Five dialogues‚ Socrates critiques the individuals who are thought to be the most knowledgeable‚ specifically in the Apology‚ when Socrates is explaining a conversation he had with a well-respected intellectual in the community. Socrates states: "When I began to talk with him‚ I could not help thinking that he was not really wise‚ although he was thought wise by many‚ and wiser still
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