How Effectively Has Gladwell Argued His Point?
Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell is a book on such a complicated topic as psychology and human cognition, although the author provides simple explanations that are easy to understand, and such an approach allows him t...
Globalization Process
The most significant challenges that the world encountered during the previous century and is facing now are connected with globalization, which stands for increased interconnection of people and places due to the process of political, economic, and ...
Property Is Theft
Property Is Theft is a famous phrase that was coined by P. J. Proudhon, a French politician that is considered by many theorists to be the father of anarchism. In general, the main idea promoted by this anarchist philosopher was as follows. Property ...
Leadership Language
A leader is someone who helps others do much more than they have ever thought was possible. There are some defined leadership features, which give some people the opportunity to keep everything under their control. One of them is the ability to use l...
A Scene from Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon”
Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1950) is a black and white film narrating a story of a woman raped by a bandit in front of the eyes of her samurai husband, who is later murdered. Based on Akutagawa’s short story “In the Grove,” the film gives acco...
World Literature
In the past people were very superstitious, they believed in the existence of a supernatural being as well as the existence of demons. Due to this fact humans of the ancient times were full of myths about how they came to existence and how they had t...
Critical Thinking
Ethos This is a term that is used to refer to the trustworthiness of the writer or the speaker. Ethos is an appropriate strategy that is used to persuade. It is effective because people believe that the speaker does not intend to do them harm, and th...
Comparing Quality Awards
SUMMARY The article provides a comparison between the different quality awards in the different countries. First, the article provides an account of the historical perspectives relating to quality function as observed in Japan. It also provid...
Primary Source Essay: Luther’s Ideas
The ideas that Luther suggests are not completely contradictory to those expressed by the clergy, but they have a bit different angle because some of them are more progressive as the one about understanding of the essence of faith by people. He state...
Understanding Snake Handlers through the Study of Culture, Cultural Relativism, and Ethnocentrism
In certain remote areas in Kentucky and Tennessee, one can find an unconventional religious service (Kimbrough, 2002). In these small churches located in rural areas, pastors talk about the different interpretation of the New Testament verse holdin...
Ara Guler’s Hitchcock
The photograph “Alfred Hitchcock” (1974) by Ara Guler is a portrait. The photograph is a capture of Alfred Hitchcock in his office in the Universal Studios in Los Angeles, representing his day-to-day place of work. There is office equipment and f...