POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful‚ Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan‚ sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired
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While watching the Disney movie Pocahontas I have discovered there were some major differences between the movie and John Smith’s “The General Historie.” It can be easily assumed that many people have heard of the tale Pocahontas which is a movie about a mysterious young native girl from the New World who rescues an English explorer who goes by the name of John Smith‚ from death and falls in love with him. No matter which version we all may have heard‚ most people are familiar with the legend that
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Ethical Dilemma Summary In this paper‚ I interview a female named Jennifer. I asked her to tell me about a time when she experiences an ethical dilemma in which she had to make a tough choice. Jennifer began telling me about a time when she was in need of a job and a friend of hers helped her get a job working at a private clinic. After working in the clinic for about 3 months Jennifer was put in charge of handling the money at the end of her shift. She had to get all the receipts‚ work
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educational setting Ethical Dilemmas in teaching Beginning teacher’s worries Ethical Dilemmas in Teaching Ethical Dilemma * Ethical dilemma is a complex situation that often involves an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives‚ in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_dilemma) * Conflict between two or more ethical principles/standards. * Also known as moral dilemmas. These are situations in which
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Question #1: Please read Problem 3 at the end of Chapter 17 regarding the lawsuit by alleged thief Mr. Mapp against Gimbels Department Store. Under what theory might Mr. Mapp argue that Gimbels is liable for the assault committed against Mapp by Mr. DiDomenico‚ an employee of J.C. Penney’s? Would Mr. Mapp be successful under the theory you chose? Why or why not? Did the Gimbels security woman allow DiDomenico to assist in her store? Agency theory turns on a few items in a balancing act: (i) who
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Mary Thompson Executive Summary In order to further our understanding of the decisions of Mary Thompson involved in the case Mary Thompson‚ we conducted a study and selected detailed analysis to gain insights for her dilemma. Mary Thompson had had been conducting fieldwork in a Southeast Asian community for 18 months. Her house was ideally located on the edge of the village plaza‚ allowing her to readily observe daily activities that took place in the plaza. In addition to gatherings of women who
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1. Rachel Arnett’s revision of the proposal was in violation of the IMA’s Statement of Ethical Professional Practice‚ because she decided to throw out the correct information that she had gathered to find a net present value that would make the vice president of finance satisfied. She gathered data on all costs and benefits of having the third business jet and her conclusion was that it would be worse for the company to have this jet because of the very large negative net present value. After William
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The Department Store Dilemma There are several issues presented in this dilemma. One is about Mary-Alice’s heart condition and the restrictions in the company’s medical insurance program. In order to become a full time worker at Bassfield Department Store‚ the policy states that the employee must pass the physical exam. Due to the fact that Mary-Alice failed the exam‚ the personnel manager Bill Chaves thinks that she should be terminated because it violates the company’s policy. However‚ there
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The Grinch Who Stole Pocahontas For a time‚ one of my younger sisters and I were homeschooled by the same teacher‚ whom my parents had hired so they could both work. This particular sister is barely two years younger than me‚ which was a significant issue when we were that age. The age difference caused more than a few precarious situations for us. I was in elementary school‚ and at that time everyone treated us like we were the same age; a great injustice to me‚ the already much forgotten middle
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Com 330 February 4‚ 2013 Critical Reaction Paper 1 “Everybody’s Guilty” Critical Reaction Summary In “ Everybody’s Guilty – The Ecological Dilemma‚ “ author and professor of Human Ecology at University of California‚ Santa Barbara‚ Garrett Hardin‚ explains the current issue with invisible reverberations. Hardin calls attention to the readers about how innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment. “ We all acquiesce in the system of arrangements and practices that has created
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