once upon a midnight dreary :: essays research papers

â€Å"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary†, is one of the most famous poetry lines in America. Edgar Allan Poe had a life most people would think of as crazy. He wrote a famous poem called â€Å"The Raven† that is very strange like most of the poems he wrote.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Edgar Allan Poe had a devastating childhood and a dark life as an adult. He was born January 19,1809, under the name of Edgar Poe. His father soon abandoned Poe and his fate is unknown. When Poe was two years old his mother died. John Allan who was part of the Ellis and Allan Tobacco Merchants then adopted him. Poe attended many schools because he could never manage to stay in one school very long. In 1826, he went to the University of Virginia for not even one year and was kicked out because he never paid his gambling debts. Poe started living a dark life after he was kicked out because he had to live on the streets. He married his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm in 1836. He was happy until 1847 when Virginia Clemm died. He was so unhappy that a year later he attempted suicide. The circumstances of Poe’s death remain a mystery. But after a visit to Norfolk and Richmond for lectures, he was found in Baltimore in a pitiable condition and taken unconscious to a hospital where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849. He was buried in the yard of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã¢â‚¬Å"The Raven† is a very great poem that has many literary devices and has great meaning. Edgar Allan Poe wrote many poems but â€Å"The Raven† is probably his most famous poem. â€Å"The Raven† was chosen because in 4th grade my teacher read it to the class and since then it has had a lot of meaning. This poem is about a †rapping at my chamber door† and then he realizes a raven causes the rapping on his chamber door. The raven is always saying â€Å"Nevermore† and then he goes so crazy he kills himself. He dies because the speaker says â€Å"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/ Shall be lifted- nevermore!† â€Å"The Raven† contains many literary devices such as symbolism, metaphors, sensory images, and personification. The raven symbolizes the character conscious. A metaphor in â€Å"The Raven† is the raven being a â€Å"a thing of evil† which is represented through out the poem.

The Return: Nightfall Chapter 27

When Damon woke up, he was wrestling with the wheel of the Ferrari. He was on a narrow road, heading almost straight into a glorious sunset – and the passenger door was waving open. Once again, only the combination of almost instantaneous reflex and perfectly designed automobile allowed him to keep out of the wide, muddy ditches on either side of the one-lane road. But he managed it and ended up with the sunset at his back, gazing at the long shadows down the road and wondering what the hell had just happened to him. Was he sleep-driving now? The passenger door – why was it open? And then something happened. A long, thin thread, slightly waving, almost like a single strand of gossamer, lit up as the reddish sunlight hit it. It was dangling from the top of the passenger window, which was shut, with the roof down. He didn't bother to pull the car to one side, but stopped in the middle of the road and went around to look at that hair. In his fingers, held toward the light, it turned white. But turned toward the dark of the forest, it showed its true color: gold. A long, slightly waving, golden hair. Elena. As soon as he had identified it, he got back into the car and began to backtrack. Something had ripped Elena right out of his car without putting so much as a scratch on the paint. What could have done that? How had he managed to get Elena to go for a spin anyway? And why couldn't he remember? Had they both been attacked†¦? When he backtracked, however, the marks by the passenger's side of the road told the entire grisly story. For some reason, Elena had been frightened into jumping out of the car – or some power had pulled her. And Damon, who now felt as if there were steam rising from his skin, knew that in all the woods there were only two creatures that could have been responsible. He sent out a scouting probe, a simple circle that was meant to be undetectable, and almost lost control of the car again. Merda!That blast had come out as a sphere-shaped killing strafe – birds were dropping out of the sky. It tore through the Old Wood, through Fell's Church, which surrounded it, and into the areas beyond, before finally dying out hundreds of miles away. Power? He wasn't a vampire, he was Death Incarnate. Damon had a vague thought of pulling over and waiting until the turmoil inside himself had stopped. Where had such Power come from? Stefan would have stopped, would have dithered around, wondering. Damon just grinned savagely, gunned the engine, and sent thousands of probes raining from the sky, all attuned to catch a fox-shaped creature running or hiding in the Old Wood. He got a hit in a tenth of a second. There. Under a black cohosh bush, if he wasn't mistaken – under some unspeakable bush, anyway. And Shinichi knew he was coming. Good. Damon sent a wave of Power directly at the fox, catching it in akekkai , a sort of invisible rope-barrier that he tightened deliberately, slowly, around the struggling animal. Shinichi fought back, with killing force. Damon used the kekkai to pick him up bodily and slam the little fox body into the ground. After a few of these slams Shinichi decided to stop fighting and played dead instead. That was fine with Damon. It was the way he thought Shinichi looked best, except for the bit about playing. At last he had to stash the Ferrari between two trees and ran swiftly to the bush where Shinichi was now fighting the barrier around him to get into human form. Standing back, eyes narrowed, arms crossed on his chest, Damon watched the struggle for a while. Then he let up enough on the kekkai's field to allow the change. And the instant Shinichi became human, Damon's hands were around his throat. â€Å"Where is Elena, kono bakayarou?† In a lifetime as a vampire you learned a lot of curse words. Damon preferred to use those of a victim's native language. He called Shinichi everything he could think of, because Shinichi was fighting, and was Calling telepathically for his sister. Damon had some choice things to say aboutthat in Italian, where hiding behind your younger twin sister was†¦well, good for alot of creative cursing. He felt another fox-shape racing at him – and he realized that Misao intended to kill. She was in her true shape as a kitsune: just like the russet thing he'd tried to run over while driving with Damaris. A fox, yes, but a fox with two, three†¦six tails altogether. The extra ones usually were invisible, he gathered, as he neatly caught her in a kekkai as well. But she was ready to show them, ready to use all her powers to rescue her brother. Damon contented himself with holding her as she struggled vainly within the barrier, and saying to Shinichi, â€Å"Your baby sister fights better than you do,bakayarou . Now,give me Elena. â€Å" Shinichi changed forms abruptly and leaped for Damon's throat, sharp white teeth in evidence, top and bottom. They were both too keyed up, too high on testosterone – and Damon, on his new Power – to let it go. Damon actually felt the teeth scrape his throat before he got his hands again around the fox's neck. But this time Shinichi was showing his tails, a fan that Damon didn't bother to count. Instead he stomped one neat boot on the fan andpulled with his other two hands. Misao, watching, shrieked in anger and anguish. Shinichi thrashed and arched, golden eyes fixed on Damon's. In another minute his spine would crack. â€Å"I'll enjoy that,† Damon told him sweetly. â€Å"Because I'll bet that Misao knows whatever you know. Too bad you won't be here to seeher die.† Shinichi, rabid with fury, seemed willing to die and condemn Misao to Damon's mercies just to avoid losing the fight. But then his eyes darkened abruptly, his body went limp, and words appeared faintly in Damon's mind. †¦hurts†¦can't†¦think†¦ Damon regarded him gravely. Now, Stefan, at this point, would release a good deal of the pressure on the kitsune so the poor little fox could think, Damon, on the other hand, increased the pressure briefly, then released it back to the previous level. â€Å"Is that better?† he asked solicitously. â€Å"Can the cute little foxie think now?† You†¦bastard†¦ Angry as he was, Damon suddenly remembered the point of all this. â€Å"What happened to Elena?Her trail runs out up against a tree. Is sheinside it? You have seconds left to live, now. Talk.† â€Å"Talk,† seconded another voice, and Damon barely glanced up at Misao. He'd left her relatively unguarded and she'd found power and room to change into her human shape. He took it in instantaneously, dispassionately. She was small-boned and petite, looking like any Japanese schoolgirl, except that her hair was just like her brother's – black tipped with red. The only difference was that the red in her hair was lighter and brighter – a truly brilliant scarlet. The bangs that fell into her eyes had blazing fiery tips, and so did the silky dark hair falling over her shoulders. It was striking but the only neurons that lit in Damon's mind in response were connected to fire and danger and deception. She might have fallen into a trap,Shinichi managed. A trap?Damon frowned.What kind of trap? I'll take you to where you can look into them,Shinichi said evasively. â€Å"And the fox can suddenly think again. But you know what? I don't think you're cute at all,† Damon whispered, then dropped the kitsune on the ground. Shinichi-as-a-human fountained up, and Damon dropped the barrier just long enough to let the fox in human form try to take his head off with one punch. He leaned away from it easily, and returned it with a blow that knocked Shinichi back into the tree hard enough to bounce. Then, while the kitsune was still dazed and glassy-eyed, he picked him up, slung him over one shoulder, and started back to the car. What about me?Misao was trying to curb furious and sound pathetic, but she really wasn't very good at it. â€Å"You're not cute, either,† Damon said, recklessly. He could get to like this super-Power thing. â€Å"But if you mean, when do you get out, it's when I get Elena back. Safe and healthy, with all her bits attached.† He left her cursing. He wanted to get Shinichi to wherever they had to go while the fox was still dazed and in pain. Elena was counting. Go straight one, go straight two – untangle crutch from creeper, three, four, go straight five – it was definitely getting darker now, go straight six, caught by something in hair,yank , seven, eight, go straight – damn! A fallen tree. Too high to scramble over. She'd have to go around it. All right, to the right, one, two, three – a long tree – seven steps. Seven steps back – now,sharp right turn and keep walking. Much as you'd like to, you can't count any of those steps. So you're at nine. Straighten yourself because the tree was perpendicular – dear heaven, it's pitch dark now. Call that eleven and – – she was flying. What had caused her crutch to slip, she didn't know, couldn't tell. It was too dark to go frisking around, maybe finding herself a case of poison oak. What she had to do was to think about things, to think so that this all-pervading hellish pain in her left leg would quiet down. It hadn't helped her right arm either – that instinctive windmilling, trying to catch something and save herself. God, that fall had hurt. The whole side of her body hurt so much – But she had to get to civilization because she believed only civilization could help Matt. You have to get up again, Elena. I'mdoing it! Now – she couldn't see anything, but she had a pretty good idea which way she'd been pointed when she'd fallen. And if she was wrong, she would hit the road and be able to backtrack. Twelve, thirteen – she kept counting, kept talking to herself. When she reached twenty she felt relief and joy. Any minute now, she'd hit the driveway. Any minute now, she'd hit it. It was pitch black out, but she was careful to scuff the ground so she would know, the minute she hit it. Any†¦minute†¦now†¦ When Elena reached forty she knew she was in trouble. But where could she have gone so far wrong? Every time some small obstacle had made her turn right, she'd turned carefully left the next time. And there was that whole line of landmarks in her way, the house, the barn, the small cornfield. How could she have gotten lost?How? It had only been half a minute in the forest†¦only a few steps in the Old Wood. Even the trees were changing. Where she had been, near the road, most of the trees had been hickory or tulip. Now she was in a thicket of white oaks and red oaks†¦and conifers. Old oaks†¦and on the ground, needles and leaves that muffled her foot-hops into soundlessness. Soundlessness†¦but she needed help! â€Å"Mrs. Dunstan! Mr. Dunstan! Kristin! Jake!† She threw the names out into a world that was doing its best to muffle her voice. In fact, in the darkness she could discern a certain swirling wispy grayness that seemed to be – yes – it was fog. â€Å"Mrs. Dunstaa – a-aan! Mr. Dunstaa-aa-an! Kriiiissstiiiinnn! Jaaa-aaake!† She needed shelter; she needed help. Everything hurt, most of all her left leg and right shoulder. She could just imagine what a sight she would make: covered in mud and leaves from falling every few feet, her hair in a wild mop from being caught on trees, blood everywhere†¦. One good thing: she certainly didn't look like Elena Gilbert. Elena Gilbert had long silky hair that was always perfectly coifed or charminglydishabille . Elena Gilbert set the fashions in Fell's Church and would never be seen wearing a torn camisole and jeans covered with mud. Whoever they thought this forlorn stranger was, they wouldn't think she was Elena. But the forlorn stranger was feeling a sudden qualm. She'd walked through woods all her life and never had her hair caught once. Oh, of course she had been able to see then, but she didn't remember having to step out of her way often to avoid it. Now, it was as if the trees were deliberately reaching down to catch and snag her hair. She had to hold her body clumsily still and try to whip her head away in the worst cases – she couldn't manage to stay upright and get the tendril torn out as well. But painful as the tearing at her hair was, nothing scared her like the grabbing at her legs. Elena had grown up playing in this forest, and there had always been plenty of room to walk without hurting herself. But now†¦things were reaching out, fibrous tendrils were grabbing at her ankle just where it hurt most. And then it was agony to try to rip with her fingers at these thick, sap-coated, stinging roots. I'm frightened, she thought, putting into words at last what all her feelings had been since she stepped into the darkness of the Old Wood. She was damp with dew and sweat, her hair was as wet as if she'd been standing in the rain. It was so dark! And now her imagination began to work, and unlike most people's imaginations it had genuine, solid information to workwith . A vampire's hand seemed to tangle in her hair. After an endless time of agony in her ankle and her shoulder, she had twisted the â€Å"hand† out of her hair – to find another curling stalk. All right. She would ignore the pain and get her bearings here, here where there was a remarkable tree, a massive white pine that had a huge hole in its center, big enough for Bonnie to get into. She would put that flat at her back and then walk straight west – she couldn't see stars because of the cloud cover, but shefelt that west was to her left. If she were correct, it would bring her to the road. If she were wrong and it was north, it would take her to the Dunstans'. If it were south, it would eventually take her to another curve of the road. If it were east†¦well, it would be a long walk, but it would eventually take her to the creek. But first she would gather all her Power, all the Power she'd been unconsciously using to dull the pain and give her strength – she would gather it and light up this place so she could see if the road was visible – or, better, a house – from where she stood. It was only a human's power but, again, the knowledge of how to use it made all the difference, she thought. She gathered the Power in one tight white ball and then loosed it, twisting to look around before it dissipated. Trees. Trees. Trees. Oaks and hickories, white pine and beech. No high ground to get to. In every direction, nothing but trees, as if she were lost in some grimly enchanted forest and could never get out. But shewould get out. Any of those directions would take her to people eventually – even east. Even east, she could just follow the stream until it led to people. She wished she had a compass. She wished she could see the stars. She was trembling all over, and it wasn't just from the cold. She was injured; she was terrified. But she had to forget about that. Meredith wouldn't cry. Meredith wouldn't be terrified. Meredith would find a sensible way to get out. She had to get help for Matt. Gritting her teeth to ignore the pain, Elena started off. If any of her wounds had happened to her in isolation, she would have made a big fuss about it, sobbing and writhing over the injury. But with so many different pains, it had all melted into one terrible agony. Be careful now. Make sure you're going straight and not tilting off at an angle. Pick your next target in your straight line of sight. The problem was that by now it was too dark to see much of anything. She could just make out deeply grooved bark straight ahead. A red oak probably. All right, go to it. Hop – oh, it hurts – hop – the tears washing down her cheeks – hop – just a little farther – hop – you can make it – hop. She put her hand out on shaggy bark. All right. Now, look straight in front of you. Ah. Something gray and rough and massive ahead – maybe a white oak. Hop to it – agony – hop – somebody help me – hop – how long will it take? – hop – not that far now – hop.There. She put her hand on the wide rough bark. And then she did it again. And again. And again. And again. And again. â€Å"What is it?† Damon demanded. He'd been forced to let Shinichi lead once they were out of the car again, but he still kept the kekkai loosely around him and he still watched every move the fox made. He didn't trust him as far as – well, the fact was, he didn't trust him at all. â€Å"What's behind the barrier?† he said again, more roughly, tightening the noose around the kitsune's neck. â€Å"Our little cabin – Misao's and mine.† â€Å"And it wouldn't possibly be a trap, would it?† â€Å"If you think so, fine! I'll go in alone†¦.† Shinichi had finally changed into a half-fox, half-human form: black hair to his waist, with ruby-colored flames licking up from the ends, one silky tail with the same coloration behind him waving behind him, and two silky, crimson-tipped twitching ears on top of his head. Damon approved aesthetically, but more important, he now had a ready-made handle. He caught Shinichi by the tail and twisted. â€Å"Stop that!† â€Å"I'll stop it when I get Elena – unless you waylaid her deliberately. If she's hurt, I'm going to take whoever harmed her and cut him into slivers. His life is forfeit.† â€Å"No matter who it was?† â€Å"No matter who.† Shinichi was quivering slightly. â€Å"Are you cold?† â€Å"†¦just†¦admiring your resolve.† More inadvertent quivering. Almost shaking his entire body.Laughter? â€Å"At Elena's discretion, I would keep them alive. But in agony.† Damon twisted the tail harder. â€Å"Move!† Shinichi took another step and a charming country cabin came into view, with a gravel path leading up between wild creepers that loaded the porch and hung down like pendants. It was exquisite. Even as the pain grew, Elena began to have hope. No matter how turned around she was, shehad to come out of the forest at some point. She had to make it. The ground was solid – no sign of mushiness or slanting downward. She wasn't headed for the creek. She was headed for the road. She could tell. She fixed her sights on a distant, smooth-barked tree. Then she hopped to it, the pain almost forgotten in her new feeling of certainty. She fell against the massive, peeling, ash-gray tree. She was resting against it when something bothered her. Her dangling leg. Why wasn't it bumping painfully against the trunk? It had knocked continually against all the other trees when she turned to rest. She pulled back from the tree, and, as if she knew it were important, gathered all her Power and let it go in a burst of white light. The tree with the huge hole in it, the tree she had started from, was in front of her. For a moment Elena stood completely still, wasting Power, holding the light. Maybe it was some different†¦ No. She was on the other side of the tree, but it was the same one. That washer hair caught in the peeling gray bark. That dried blood washer handprint. Below it was where her bloody leg had left a mark – fresh. She'd walked straight out and come straight back to this tree. â€Å"Noooooooooooooo!† It was the first vocalized sound she'd made since she'd fallen out of the Ferrari. She'd endured all that pain in silence, with little gasps or sharp breaths, but she'd never cursed and screamed. Now she wanted to do both. Maybe it wasn't the same tree – Nooooooo, nooooooo, noooooooooooo! Maybe her Power would come back and she'd see that she'd only hallucinated – No, no, no, no, no, no! It just wasn't possible – Nooooooo! Her crutch slipped from under her arm. It had dug into her armpit so deeply that the pain there rivaled the other pains. Everything hurt. But worst was her mind. She had a picture in her mind of a sphere like the Christmas snow globes you shook to make snow or glitter fall through liquid. But this sphere had trees all over the inside. From top to bottom, side to side, all trees, all pointing toward the middle. And herself, wandering inside this lonely sphere†¦no matter where she went, she'd find more trees, because that was all there were in this world she'd stumbled into. It was a nightmare, but something like it was real. The trees were intelligent, too, she realized. The little creeping vines, the vegetation; even now it was pulling her crutch away from her. The crutch was moving as if being passed from hand to hand by very small people. She reached out and just barely grabbed the end of it. She didn't remember having fallen to the ground, but here she was. And there was a smell, a sweet, earthy, resinous aroma. And here were creepers, testing her, tasting her. With delicate little touches, they wound into her hair so that she couldn't pick her head up. Then she could feel them tasting her body, her shoulder, her bloody knee. Nothing about it mattered. She squeezed her eyes shut, her body heaving with sobs. The creepers were pulling at her wounded leg now, and instinctively she jerked away. For a moment the pain woke her up and she thought,I've got to get to Matt , but the next moment that thought was dulled, too. The sweet, resinous smell remained. The creepers felt their way across her moving chest, across her breasts. They encircled her stomach. And then they began to tighten. By the time Elena realized the danger, they were restricting her breathing. She couldn't expand her chest. As she let out her breath, they only tightened again, working together: all the little creepers like one giant anaconda. She couldn't tear them away. They were tough and springy and her nails couldn't cut through them. Working her fingers under a handful, she pulled as hard as she could, scraping with her nails and twisting. Finally one fiber sprang loose with the sound of a harp's string breaking and a wild whipping in the air. The rest of the creepers pulled tighter. She was having to fight to get air now, fight not to contract her chest. Creepers were delicately touching her lips, swaying over her face like so many thin cobras, then suddenly striking and going taut around her cheek and head. I'm going to die. She felt a deep regret. She had been given the chance of a second lifetime – a third, if you counted her life as a vampire – and she hadn't done anything with it. Nothing but pursue her own pleasure. And now Fell's Church was in peril and Matt was in immediate danger, and not only was she not going to help them, she was going to give up and die right here. What would be the right thing to do? The spiritual thing? Cooperate with evil now, and hope she'd have the chance to destroy it later? Maybe. Maybe all she needed to do was to ask for help. The feeling of breathlessness was leaving her light-headed. She would never have believed it of Damon, that he would put her through all this, that he would allow her to be killed. Just days ago she had been defending him to Stefan. Damon and the malach. Maybe she was his offering to them. They certainly demanded a lot. Or maybe it was just that he wanted her to beg for help. He might be waiting in the darkness quite close, his mind centered on hers, waiting for a whisperedplease . She tried to spark the last of her Power. It was almost depleted, but like a match, with repeated striking she managed to get a tiny white flame. Now she visualized the flame going into her forehead. Into her head. Inside. There. Now. Through the fiery agony of not being able to draw a breath, she thought:Bonnie. Bonnie. Hear me. No answer – but she wouldn't hear one. Bonnie, Matt is in a clearing in a lane off the Old Wood. He may need blood or some other help. Look for him. In my car. Don't worry about me. It's too late for me. Find Matt. And that's all I can say, Elena thought wearily. She had a vague, sad intuition that she hadn't gotten Bonnie to hear her. Her lungs were exploding. This was a terrible way to die. She was going to be able to exhale one more time, and then there would be no more air†¦. Damn you, Damon, she thought, and then she concentrated all her thoughts, all her mind's reach on memories of Stefan. On the feeling of being held by Stefan, on Stefan's sudden leaping smile, on Stefan's touch. Green eyes, leaf green, a color like a leaf held up to sunlight†¦ The decency he had somehow managed to retain, untainted†¦ Stefan†¦I love you†¦. I'll always love you†¦. I've loved you†¦. I love†¦

The Mother Of The Children - 1211 Words

Why did Cisneros include it in the novel? Does it give insight into a character? Does it develop a theme of the novel? This vignette focuses on the five steps of grieving, which could encounter with the theme, the grieving is the mother of the children which focuses on Rosa Vargas. In my opinion Cisneros implemented this short story to visualize the struggle that Rosa Vargas went through because her husband left her and her children leaving her with no. I could relate to her on so many levels because she didn’t receive a note of absence or anything relevant to the father of her children and I know how that feels but, it’s no excuse to not take care of her children. Mrs. Vargas could symbolize weakness, she didn’t have the strength to†¦show more content†¦When both Esperanza and Sally go to the monkey garden, Sally refuses to play with Esperanza because of the attention she’s getting from the boys (Tito and his friends). She flirts excessively and Esperanza doesn’t quite understand how she could get that much control over males. In that scenario the boys tak e her keys away and she agrees to kiss them in order to receive them back. Sally is important because the way she serves as a foil for Esperanza escaping her strict and abuse father to a marshmallow salesman and Sally is an example to what could be Esperanza’s fate. When Sally and Esperanza go to the carnival, Sally abandons her to a â€Å"big boy† and leaves Esperanza all alone, which conclude to her being raped she feels betrayed, she blames sally for not helping her when she needed her the most and for lying to her about sexual intercourse. Alicia: Alicia is a very significant character in The House on Mango Street. She is an older female in which goes to a university, she takes school very serious and is almost a â€Å"getaway† for her. She had a rough life, acknowledging her mother died and she was forced to be the woman figure of the household. Some examples would be her making tortillas, (in the text it says she is an amazing tortilla maker) for her family in the mornings. She is a great figure

What Is Psychological Violence

Violence is a central concept for describing social relationships among humans, a concept loaded with ethical and political significance. Yet, what is violence? What forms can it take? Can human life be void of violence, and should it be? These are some of the hard questions that a theory of violence shall address.In this article, we address psychological violence, which will be kept distinct from physical violence and verbal violence. Other questions, such as, Why are humans violent?, or Can violence ever be just?, or Should humans aspire to non-violence? will be left for another occasion. What Is Psychological Violence? In a first approximation, psychological violence may be defined as that sort of violence which involves psychological damage on the part of the agent who is being violated. You do have psychological violence, that is, any time that an agent voluntarily inflicts some psychological distress on an agent.Psychological violence is compatible with physical violence or verbal violence. The damage done to a person that has been the victim of a sexual assault is not only the damage deriving from the physical injuries to her or his body; the psychological trauma the event may provoke is part and parcel of the violence perpetrated, which is a psychological sort of violence. The Politics of Psychological Violence Psychological violence is of the utmost importance from a political point of view. Racism and sexism have been indeed analyzed as forms of violence that a government, or a sect of society, was inflicting on some individuals. From a legal perspective, to recognize that racism is a form of violence even when no physical damage is provoked to the victim of racist behavior is an important instrument for putting some pressure (that is, exercising some form of coercion) on those whose behavior is racist.On the other hand, as it is often difficult to assess psychological damage (who can tell whether a woman is really suffering because of the sexist behavior of her acquaintances rather than because of her own personal issues?), the critics of psychological violence often try to find an easy apologetic way out. While disentangling causes in the psychological sphere is difficult, however, there is little doubt that discriminatory attitudes of all sorts do put some psychological pressure on age nts: such a sensation is quite familiar to all human beings, since childhood. Reacting to Psychological Violence Psychological violence poses also some important and difficult ethical dilemmas. First and foremost, is it justified to react with physical violence to an act of psychological violence? Can we, for instance, excuse bloody or physically violent revolts that were perpetrated as a reaction to situations of psychological violence? Consider even a simple case of mobbing, which (at least in part) involves some dose of psychological violence: can it be justified reacting in a physically violent manner to mobbing?The questions just raised divide harshly those who debate violence. On one hand stand those who regard physical violence as a higher variant of violent behavior: reacting to psychological violence by perpetrating physical violence means to escalate violence. On the other hand, some maintain that certain forms of psychological violence may be more atrocious than any form of physical violence: it is indeed the case that some of the worst forms of torture are psychological and may invo lve no direct physical damage be inflicted on the tortured. Understanding Psychological Violence While the majority of human beings may have been a victim of some form of psychological violence at some point of their life, without a proper notion of a self it is difficult to devise effective strategies for coping with the damages inflicted by those violent acts. What does it take to heal from psychological trauma or damage? How to cultivate the well-being of a self? Those may possibly be among the most difficult and central questions that philosophers, psychologists, and social scientists have to answer in order to cultivate the well-being of individuals.

The Segregation Of African American Community - 1720 Words

Despite nearly one hundred years passing since the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Southern States were still faced with the most distinct forms of racism. The so-called â€Å"Jim Crow† laws that were present in United States at the time, served to segregate blacks and whites from all aspects of public life, including schools, public transport and juries. Often faced with extreme right-wing terrorist groups such as the white supremacist Klu Klux Klan, many among the African American community chose to live in a society of oppression that to actively campaign for equal rights for all humans regardless of the colour of their skin. It wasn’t until the 1950’s and 60’s that the people attempted to challenge the established order by engaging in influential protest movements with the help of key activist groups and their leaders. In particular, one key example of a powerful protest campaign was that which occurred in 1965 in Selma, a small town in Alabama. Here, the African American community united in an effort to ensure that all citizens were equal before the law in regards to their ability to register to vote. Their work in banding together and marching from Selma to the state capital Montgomery, was vastly important to both the Civil Rights Movement as a whole, as well as the assurance of the Black vote within the United States. Consequently, this essay seeks to emphasize just how influential this act of protest was to the movement as a whole, whilst analysing theShow MoreRelatedSegregation And Effects On African American Communities1523 Words   |  7 PagesAndrew Garcia Dr. Markel 23rd July 2015 Phil 483 Segregation and Effects on African-American Communities I suppose the majority of society would have the illusion that segregation in the United States died with the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and Brown v Board of Education of Topeka in 1954. 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Evaluations are used by companies to help assess how accurate training programs could be. As evaluations are ongoing to determine the effectiveness of the training programs, there legal and ethical concerns that could occur in the completion of the different training programs. Tests Used to Select and Train Employees Selection of the proper employee is essential in an organization’s survival because without reliable employees people would not be able to run any business. One main method of selecting employees in today’s society is through the use of an interview. This gives the employer a chance to meet the individual in person and for him or her to view the type of person the individual is and look for KSAOs, which is knowledge, skills, ability, and other characteristics needed in order to be qualified for the job (Spector, 2012). Another part of the selection process might be to administer a test to determine how well the individual might be at completing his or her job. 287). This essay aims to expound on the most commonly used selection methods, namely application forms and subsequent reference checks, interviews and performance simulation tests. In doing so, it also examines the broader implications of the adoption of such techniques and the suitability of respective Jobs with various methods. Application forms are the first step in the employee selection process, and are often used in conjunction with background checks. Application forms require a prospective mployee to submit relevant information, such as personal details and prior Job experience to the organisation as part of the hiring procedure. These are usually adapted to align with the specific requirements and objectives of a firm, thereby reducing the applicant pool, while simultaneously allowing increased efficiency in terms of the total amount of time and fiscal resources spent during recruitment (Boella, 1996; Roberts, 1999). Furthermore, Cole states that the standardization of organizational structures in application forms can also be highly advantageous to employers, as it allows for convenient comparison between applicants and Job riteria (Cole, 2002). Hence, application forms should be regarded as appropriate for a large majority of Job types, as the Job-specific nature of each questionnaire deems it relevant to employment in most industries. Although the use of application forms is a significant stage in narrowing the field in terms of Job applicants, certain administrative problems may arise for employers due to the illegibility of applicants handwriting (Nicholas C. Burkholder, Preston J. Edwards, Libby Sartain On Staffing). However, the proliferation of technology and online services could signify a egarded as an alternative solution to application forms and involve the submission of similar information pertaining to the prerequisites of the Job. Resumes lack an element of legality, and tend to be based on positive attributes, while failing to take employee weaknesses into consideration. Thus, reference checks are an essential supplement in screening Job applicants to avoid incidences of employment fraud. Reference checks are brief statements made by a third party; usually the candidates superior in order to confirm the accuracy of information supplied by an applicant (Cole, 2002). Background checks are performed to corroborate with facts supplied by applicants, and confirm that candidates possess no derogatory information such as prior criminal activity that could harm a companys image (Green Reibstein, 1992). Extensive reference checks are vital in ensuring the circumvention of negligent hiring suits that are increasingly seen in civil court cases (Seymour, 1993). From an economic perspective, the subsequent costs of occupational fraud include a reduction of stock prices and loss of employment. These economic costs are exemplified by the 5% of revenue lost per annum from every average Canadian rganisation as a result of employment fraud (Koletar, 2003). According to Herman, a positive correlation exists between the degree to which a candidate could be in a position to cause harm to others, colleagues, or the organisation and that of a reference check (Herman, 1993). For example, public servants and Jobs that necessitate the handling of inordinate amounts of money would warrant a background check, as the risk of financial losses or damage to government organization reputations are higher. Interviews remain a widely used selection technique in contemporary industries espite the relative unreliability of this method. Dipboye reports that approximately 70% of organizations in the United States utilize interviews as the main selection strategy in both promotion and recruitment ( Dipboye, 1992). A selection interview can be broadly delineated as a dialogue initiated by one or persons to gather information and evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for employment (Dipboye, 1992). The exclusion of other specific qualifications such as interpersonal skills, personal motivations and career objectives is apparent in this definition, yet these candidate attributes are very significant. Interviews can be categorized into four main types, namely situational interviews, Job-related interviews, psychological interviews and competency interviews. Due to the fact that both the reliability and validity of unstructured interview types has been proven to be significantly lower, the enhancement of organization can be proposed as potential ways to improve the interview process. Results have proven that these preliminary actions have led to distinctly improved reliability and validity in the long-run (Michael A. Campion, Elliott D. Pursell, and Barbara K. Brown, 1988). The structural approach entails the use of a redetermined and standardized list of questions for each candidate (Intro to psychology). Thus, structured questions are less susceptible to bias and result in higher levels of validity and reliability. Doyle contends that if a systematic and structured approach is adopted, structured interviews can be an invaluable recruitment tool (Doyle, 2003). Conversely, it should also be noted that an overly development of a rapport between employers and employees. In addition, computer- assisted interview techniques that require possible candidates to answer a pre- determined set of questions at a computer terminal may also be adopted. These are viewed as highly impersonal and are used less often in the employment of executive positions (Intro to psychology). Several difficulties and disadvantages also arise during the interview process, and stem from poor interviewer practices and the nature of interaction between parties involved. Biased effects are the most notable implications of subjective interviewers, and comprise of the contrast effect of the sub-conscious comparison of employees, the presence of interviewer prejudice and the acquisition of prior knowledge pertaining to a candidates Job performance (Intro o psychology). Interviews are most effective in the application for employment that requires a high level of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills such as public relations officers, as the success of the Job is highly dependent on the ability of candidates to develop strong relationships with clients, and maintain a companys viability. Leadership positions such as managerial and executive positions should also consider the interview approach, as it allows employers to determine the extent to which candidates can tolerate high levels of stress or interact with other business artners. Lastly, Performance simulation tests and written tests are an integral mechanism in ascertaining the cognitive, physical and technical abilities of applicants, and include work samples and assessment centers. Work sample tests are tests whereby the applicant performs a selected set of actual tasks that are physically or psychologically similar to those performed on the Job (Ployhart, Schneider, and Schmitt, 2006). Since work sample tests require candidates to perform similar tasks that may be encountered in the Job, work sample tests are generally thought to have a high level f validity (Hunter Hunter 1984: Schmidt Hunter 1998). Work sample tests may be said to be more accurate in the prediction of overall Job performance of candidates of repetitive Jobs from a comparative viewpoint. An assessment center consists of a standardized evaluation of behavior based on multiple inputs where several trained observers and techniques are used. Judgments about behavior are made largely from specifically developed assessment simulations Coiner, 2000). One of the major reasons why assessment centers have been increasingly used is that this method appears to be supported by previous literature and human resource iscourses that show a positive relation between assessment center scores and performance of employees as managers or supervisors (Thornton Byham, 1982). In the assessment centers, assessors play an important role in observing, recording and classifying the behavior and rating upon behavior. Therefore, it is crucial for assessors to focus on behavior because this can greatly avoid Judgmental statements and misinterpretation. In addition, the behavior that candidates exhibit is likely to be repeated in the future when they encounter similar situations, so it is more accurate in predicting future performance. However, the design and administration of assessment centers can be costly, which could deter firms from undertaking such selection procedures. This is the reason why assessment centers their overall performance and actions have a greater impact on the society or the performance of the organization. In summary, there are myriad approaches and methods in the recruitment and employee selection process. There cannot be said to be a singular most effective procedure, as all the above methods have both positive attributes and drawbacks from a socio-economic perspective. Therefore, the selection process should be based n the category and pre-determined requisites of respective Jobs, in order to ensure optimal performance and the avoidance of incurring unnecessary costs for organizations, and overall, lower turnover costs for employers in the long-run.

The Integral Part Of Organizational Management Commerce Essay Example For Students

The Integral Part Of Organizational Management Commerce Essay Over the old ages, Outsourcing has become an built-in portion of most administrations strategic and operational direction due to the demand to stay competitory in the universe market via an effectual supply concatenation. The demand to outsource in order to cut cost in the production procedure has brought about a state of affairs where companies have merchandises that are low on cost but high in quality. In any concern, net income devising and length of service are the ultimate ends and can be achieved utilizing assorted attacks hence the construct of outsourcing. It is chiefly aimed at looking at ways an administration can choose the most competent and cost effectual provider, who finally will impact cost of production, monetary value of services or goods and net income. Outsourcing, which is closely linked with an effectual supply concatenation, is paramount to the construction and direction of an administration. Outline1 OUTSOURCING DEFINED2 FIGURE 1.1 PROCESS OF OUTSOURCING3 GLOBALISATION, OUTSOURCING AND BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING4 Figure 1.2 OUTSOURCING AT THE CENTER OF A FUNDAMENTAL RESTRUCTURING OF BUSINESS5 OUTSOURCING6 REFLECTIONS AND ARGUMENT7 Decision OUTSOURCING DEFINED We will write a custom essay on The Integral Part Of Organizational Management Commerce specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now Outsourcing, being a portion of the production procedure in most administrations, is merely non merely about procurance of natural stuffs, constituents, and services from competent providers but instead, it Is a strategic determination made to cut cost in the production procedure taking to an addition in resource allotment along with heightened managerial attending to the nucleus competences of an administration. It should be noted that although outsourcing is a strategic determination, outsourcing dramas a portion in the development of that scheme. There is no cosmopolitan definition for outsourcing particularly when you take awareness of the assorted sectors in concern today. In their survey of Information Technology ( IT ) outsourcing, Loh and Venkatraman ( 1992:9 ) defined sourcing as the important part by external sellers in the physical and/or human resources associated with the full or specific constituents of the IT substructure in the user administration . Outsourcing has besides been defined as merchandises supplied to the transnational house by independent providers from around the universe and the extent of constituents and finished merchandises supplied to the house by independent providers ( Kotabe,1992:103 ) .Furthermore, outsourcing has been defined as the trust on external beginnings for fabrication constituents and other value adding activities ( Lei and Hitt,1995:836 ) . It is clear to see that outsourcing takes on different attacks when applied to assorted sectors. Outsourcing may hold assorted definitions but the procedures are unvarying. The procedure of outsourcing goes through phases before a provider is selected. Figure 1.1 shows the procedures involved in outsourcing. FIGURE 1.1 PROCESS OF OUTSOURCING SUPPLIER SUPPLIER Marking SELECTION DESIGN PROCUREMENT SOURCING AND AND COLLABORATION PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT CONTRACT ANALYSIS Negotiation Beginning: Chopra, S and Meindl, P.2004. Supply Chain Management: Scheme, Planning and Operations GLOBALISATION, OUTSOURCING AND BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING The construct of outsourcing is really outstanding in administrations due to non merely strategic grounds, but besides, the nature of the universe we live in today. We live in a globalised universe which has brought about international economic integrating characterised by free trade and capital motion thereby making a planetary market. The term, DEATH OF DISTANCE, best describes outsourcing on a larger graduated table. The planetary society today is such that motion of information has become comparatively easy due to technological progresss and the cyberspace. We have states on one side of the planet paying companies on another for certain services. An illustration can be taken from IBM. They use Indian applied scientists to execute day-to-day everyday care maps on package designed in the U.S ( HILL 2010 ) . Care is a service, and in the instance of IBM, that service is clearly being outsourced to another portion of the universe due to a degree of expertness from the provider and no n burying the benefits of clip zone. Therefore, the outsourcing construct additions the planetary graduated table. Outsourcing which can be considered a tool used by concerns to cut cost and allocate resources has an off shoring dimension associated with it. Offshore outsourcing is aimed at cost decrease and is the most compelling factor. Off shore outsourcing entails traveling a company s internal concern procedures to an external company in another state. A great per centum of cost nest eggs can be found in the pay differences between employees in developed states and those in emerging economic systems such as Asia and Eastern Europe. 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Java coders in India earn $ 5,000 a twelvemonth compared to $ 60,000 in the United States. Aerospace applied scientists in Russia earn $ 650 per month compared to $ 6,000 for their United states equivalents U.S. trained and licensed radiotherapists in India read X raies, MRIs and CT scan for less than half their U.S. opposite numbers ( Corbett, M 2004 ) . Offshore outsourcing has progressively become portion of the production procedure in most administrations due to benefits from the pay construction and proficient expertness from the providers. Asides from companies, authoritiess have besides taken up offshore outsourcing. For illustration, the United States wellness sector in 2008 employed 34,000 Filipinos in the concern of transcribing American medical files.More by and large, some estimations suggest that the outsourcing of many administrative processs in wellness attention, such as client service and claims processing, could cut down wellness attention cost in America by every bit much as $ 70 Billion dollars ( HILL 2010 ) . There is no uncertainty that outsourcing is here and here to remain. With an addition in outsourcing companies, what does this mean for the concern sector? The construct of outsourcing has and will take to companies being able to contract the investing rhythm and apportion those resources to more of import facets in order sustain their nucleus competences. For illustration, Nike. Its nucleus competences can be seen in its design and selling capablenesss which give them that added advantage over rivals. As a consequence of concentrating on their nucleus competences, Nike outsources the production of its places to some Asiatic states like Vietnam, China. Therefore, the demand to put in fabrication workss and storage installations have been eliminated which in bend reduces the investing rhythm. An increased sense of competition or hyper competition is evident between major rivals and besides amongst providers. A heightened sense of competition among providers leads to an addition in the quality and criterion of goods or services. The addition in the quality and criterion is preceded by competition ; a provider knows that in order to stay relevant it needs to better on the quality of its concluding goods or services. The addition in standard and heightened sense of competition creates an environment where goods or services are readily available for the outsourcer at low-cost monetary values. So, what does this mean for concerns? In consequence it means that companies have the luxury of choosing the most cost effectual, efficient and dependable provider when sing the outsourcing option. Figure 1.2 gives an illustration of the effects outsourcing has on concern restructuring Figure 1.2 OUTSOURCING AT THE CENTER OF A FUNDAMENTAL RESTRUCTURING OF BUSINESS HYPER COMPETITON, GLOBALISATION, RAPID COMMODITISATION 4 1 Outside SPEACIALISTS BROUGHT IN FOR COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES Investing CYCLE COMPRESSION, MORE KNOWLEDGE DRIVEN OPERATIONS OUTSOURCING INTERNAL FOCUS SHIFT TOWARD AREA OF UNIQUE COMPETIVE ADVANTAGE 2 3 Beginning: Corbet, M. The Outsourcing Revolution.2004 REFLECTIONS AND ARGUMENT The construct and procedure of outsourcing are no uncertainty a asset for any concern particularly when you take awareness of some benefits like production cost decrease, investing rhythm compaction. But it s been argued that outsourcing can impact an administrations public presentation. Bettis, Bradely and Hamel ( 1992 ) propose that outsourcing may cut down organizational invention, may switch cognition to supplier administrations, and may cut down control over houses activities. In 2007, Lloyds TSB closed its client call Centre in India due to client dissatisfaction. A request signed by 400,000 clients prompted the closing of the call Centre and the return of its call Centres to the UK. At the initial phase, outsourcing seemed the right option cause of cost but it besides meant reduced control over the bank s client service. 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In other words, the public presentation of a company is dependent on the public presentation of the provider when outsourcing has been adopted into a company. However, Quinn ( 1992 ) proposes that, by leting outside specializer administrations to concentrate on certain undertaking, houses may increase their public presentation by concentrating narrowly on the things they do best. In 2008, HP ( Hewlett Packard ) bought outsourcing specializer, Electronic Data Systems for ?7.13 billion. The ground behind the trade was to spread out into authorities and fabrication sectors and besides to give it more outsourcing capableness in corporate computing machine webs. Regardless of how you look at outsourcing, it is a really of import tool used by most administrations in our every growth and economically incorporate universe. Most companies are leaping onto the outsourcing set waggon non merely to cut cost but to spread out their market. Market enlargement has become imperative due to demands from around the universe. The increasing demands from consumers mean companies have to look for cost effectual ways and efficient supply ironss in order to run into turning demands. Decision In decision, outsourcing being a technique used by administrations to increase public presentation figures and diminish production cost is surely a manner to run into demands every bit good as staying competitory in the planetary market. Bing one measure in front of your major rival is really important in concern non merely to stay relevant but the demand to guarantee length of service and above all, net income devising. The universe we live is such that it is no longer company versus company but instead, supply concatenation versus supply concatenation. The turning pattern of outsourcing by companies has and will take to the execution of a supply concatenation that needs to be managed efficaciously in order to guarantee profitableness and efficiency while run intoing demands from consumers.