Introduction Stories about unusual or even to a certain extent extraordinary people were always interesting for common readers and often provoked many discussions among literary critics. Among such stories the two may be singled out: “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville and “A&P” by John Updike. In fact both authors depicts the stories of people which are similar but on deeper reflection they are still different that underline the individuality of the writers and their particular messages they wanted to convey to readers. This is why it is quite interesting to explore the story of Bartleby and Sammy who rebels against the general line of behavior and existing stereotypes but…

Hip-hop is both a cultural and artistic movement, which stated in 1970’s in the ethnically diverse Bronx borough of New York. Hip hop is represented by the mixture of ethnic cultural, artistic and music particularities of African Americans, Latin Americans and Jamaicans. Later it spread all over the world attracting a bigger number of youth every year. It is generally agreed that hip hop is represented by four elements; rapping (MC-ing), Djing, graffiti and break dancing (others also include beat boxing, political activism, hip hop fashion style, slag, etc.) In many respects hip-hop is a synonym to the hip hop music or rap music to the biggest part of the…

Values are central to the life of many people. They determine who we are, how we behave in everyday life, they motivate us to achieve and help us know when we failed. In my life, the central two values around which I build my life are altruism and self-reliance. With these two values in mind, I believe I can turn my life into a meaningful existence, full of interesting events and contributions to society. Altruism, or “the practice of placing others before oneself”, has always been a priority in our family (Wikipedia). When I was a child, I was always told by my mother to share my toys with others,…

– SUMMARY- In his poem “Dignity”, Richard Cole focuses on the problem of work experience and the process of work. At the same time, the author vividly depicts the expectations of the narrator to be rewarded for his job and also Richard Cole critically evaluates the work routine and the obstacles the narrator faces before receiving long expected reward. In order to achieve positive effect and attract readers to the narrator and his problems the poet amply uses symbols and metaphors which brings up particular shades of meaning to certain parts of the poem. Furthermore, the author attempts to convey personal relations between the narrator and other people that make…

In most organizations, information is a symbol of competence and power. Fundamentally, information must provide the foundation for every decision. Administrators must understand, however, that very little information is totally reliable and valid, and much information is subject to strategic misrepresentation. Reality (truth) is generally somewhere in that gray area between what you see, what you thought you saw, and what others tell you that you saw. To improve the flow/acquisition of information, the administrator must be willing: (1) to accept information from a variety of sources, (2) to assess the validity of the information, (3) to reserve judgment until the preponderance of evidence has been presented, and (4) to…

Critique of the Introduction The introductory part of the article has both strong and weak sides. The strong side of the introduction is that it points out the significance of the research and summarizes previous scientific works related to the issue discussed. All the necessary background information the reader might know in order to understand the meaning of the research is provided – the mechanism of adrenocortical stress response is explained very clearly, short and long-term effects of animal stress and the method of studying the variations of stress response is also briefly presented. However, weak side of the introduction is that it lacks consistency in certain parts. For example,…

Many of us use to make a fuss about the trifles. We can be so easily offended. Nevertheless, who is able to shake off someone’s offensive words and go further, he or she is a happy person. Discontents may turn into a serious problem, if they are not stopped. Like an aching wound, offensive words can occupy our mind as well as take away all our time and attention. Guy de Maupassant wrote an interesting chronicle, which illustrates this. In the short story „The Piece of String”, Maupassant tells the reader about a peasant named M. Hauchecome who went to the city, as it was a market day. He had…

Traditionally, productivity is associated with economic terms which refer to the idea of commercial effectiveness of the performance of an organization or an individual. However, today, the concept of productivity may be enlarged consistently and refer not only to the economic field but also to the field of an individual health and lifestyle at large. In this respect, it is possible to refer to the concept of productivity in the context of training in a fitness center, where productivity refers not only to the commercial performance of a fitness center, but, in contrast, it is mainly associated with the effectiveness of training and its impact on the health and physical…

It seems so natural that all people are absolutely different and there are no identical personalities in the entire world. The fact that all of us have our own tastes, interests, preferences and points of view guarantees the existence of this world. The process of becoming a personality, in other words an individual with one’s own point of view and behavior, might take a long time because people often need to try different roles and masks till they are able to choose the one that suits them. The diversity of society makes it vivid and progressing. It is difference of people that attracts them to each other and induces them…

Formerly the territory of Iraq is the cradle of the civilization, but presently it becomes the field of battle, on which there is a fight for control under this territory between a few forces. Encroachment of foreign troops with the United States at the head in 2003 was the impulse to this violent fight. As a result the government of Saddam Hussein was overthrown. Now in the country there is new government which functions at support of thousands of soldiers. It faced with the sequence of crises. Among urgent tasks there is renewal of civil society and system of country safety. Attacks of militants on the peaceful habitants and Iraqi…