581 words

Foreshadowing through character description in Joseph Roth's "The Honors Student"

Joseph Roth's short story the Honors Student is about a person named Anton Wanzl. Roth has a specific and extended description of the main character of his story; this description foreshadows the way the story will end.

~3 min read

View paper →

857 words

Tradition and modernity in Tayeb Salih's "The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid"

Many Muslims are proud to think that their religion, Islamism, was the least endangered by the passing of the centuries. The clash between tradition and modernity, the changing of society structures and the industrial revolution, all these factors have led to religious reforms.

~5 min read

View paper →

821 words

Plot and character differences between Wilde's play and Parker's film adaptation

While there are some major differences between the film and stage versions of "The Importance of Being Earnest," the similarities in plot and how it plays out in the versions are certainly more apparent and graphic.

~5 min read

View paper →

3,981 words

Native American approaches to environmental and climate crises

The world faces a crisis of unprecedented proportions, one which threatens not only our future economic, social, and political well-being, but the very life force of the planet itself.

~20 min read

View paper →

2,195 words

Toxic workplace culture and leadership failures in a psychiatric clinic

The attitude of most of the staff is utterly toxic. They act out of self-interest, are defensive of their own little fiefdoms and have no concept of teamwork. The different team members distrust one another, they distrust management and they distrust me as the coordinator.

~11 min read

View paper →

570 words

Scientific approaches versus pseudoscience in learning and behavior

Scientific approaches to learning, behavior, and brain function are part of a tradition of methodology that is based on a set of standards, empirical knowledge, and experimentation. Cures, brain improvement technologies, etc.

~3 min read

View paper →

589 words

Total rewards programs and employee engagement in modern organizations

In a recent Mercer poll the top four concerns of human resource managers are pension and benefit cost containment, attraction and retention, succession planning and the impact of changing demographics.

~3 min read

View paper →

1,665 words

Transformation and self-discovery in Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog"

Anton Chekhov's the Lady with the Dog is commonly considered to be a moralizing tale in which a chronically unfaithful husband undergoes a complete transformation in his values, his priorities and his personality once he finally learns what it means to feel true love.

~9 min read

View paper →

572 words

Diversity-focused recruitment sourcing strategies and implementation

Sourcing initiatives must be highly visible, accessible and intriguing to would be job applicants. It is strategically important to build a reputation as a diversity-friendly organization. The image conveyed to the world affects recruitment, not only in the short-term but in the long-term.

~3 min read

View paper →

2,904 words

Machines and modernism in late nineteenth-century art

French writer Charles Peguy commented in 1913 that, "the world has changed less since the time of Jesus Christ than it has in the last thirty years"

~15 min read

View paper →