Essays Tagged: "family relationships"

Alcoholism

cts of one's life are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known p ... l the person can tolerate giving up alcohol for an extended time and the effects of drinking on the family, friends, work, and health, may indicate the extent of the alcohol problem.More than ten mill ...

(3 pages) 84 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Stress in the Workplace

gs. Stressed employees may be unhappy and thus produce nominally. Stress can deteriorate social and family relationships and eventually burn you out; ultimately it can take toll on your health. Organi ... the workplace, employers can act appropriately to reduce stress. The outcome can benefit social and family relationships, as well as preserve ones health and make us more productive in our organizatio ...

(7 pages) 897 0 3.9 Nov/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Marriage and Family in Updike's Stories

st stories, but all his stories have one thing in common. All of Updike's stories' themes are about family relationships, marriage, and divorce. This topic appears clearly in his three short stores So ... es Son, Still of Some Use, and The Lovely Troubled Women of our Old Crowd.One of the main causes of family problems, resulting in divorces, is the disability of parents to compromise. Most of the time ...

(3 pages) 102 1 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Alcoholism

cts of one's life are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known p ... l the person can tolerate giving up alcohol for an extended time and the effects of drinking on the family, friends, work, and health, may indicate the extent of the alcohol problem. More than ten mil ...

(3 pages) 67 1 4.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

THE STUDY OF CRIMONOLOGY

eral factors that may give some insight on the types of people who commit crimes. Some examples are family relationships, peers, neighborhoods, social class, gender, race, and employment status. Anoth ...

(4 pages) 236 1 2.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Families and Their Influence in Slughterhouse-Five

nd influences of families throughout Slaughterhouse-Five, specifically Billy's childhood, his adult family, and the family of Edger Derby. Families, though not always visibly, are a major influence to ... ause of his rough childhood.Billy is a lonely, shy person and much of his personality is due to his family relationships as a child. Every one of Billy's childhood experiences described in Slaughterho ...

(3 pages) 57 1 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An exploration of the way Shakespeare presents the various forms of nature in 'King Lear'

lays an important part. The play consists of a main plot and a sub plot and each plot is tied up in family relationships. The natural and unnatural behaviour of characters influences and determines ev ... on 'natural' and 'unnaturalness' appears in different characters. Looking at moral factors within a family unit, it could be said that to love your parents is 'natural' and therefore it is 'unnatural' ...

(8 pages) 76 0 2.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The relationship between children and parents from the 2 essays: Nights Below Station Street and Joy Luck Club.

e daily newspaper to find teenagers committing suicide or various crimes due to stress derived from family issues. These incidents reveal the importance of parents' communication with their children. ... ntly revealed through the concern they show. David Adams Richards illustrates this matter regarding family relationships in his novel, Nights Below Station Street. The family lives of the characters f ...

(5 pages) 20377 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Workplace stress.

gs. Stressed employees may be unhappy and thus produce nominally. Stress can deteriorate social and family relationships and eventually burn them out; ultimately it can take toll on any individual's h ...

(2 pages) 192 0 3.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Discuss educating and schooling acording John Tylor Gatto in his article "why schools don't educate" and what is the solution to this problem.

ren do not get first hand experience, they do not get enough private time, they do not get positive family relationships, and they do not learn in a natural way, whereas home schooling does so.Educati ... se of their extended hours in schools they have.Children need and deserve plenty of time with their family, so that they can help each other out when they need. As Gatto states, "Between schooling and ...

(6 pages) 137 0 2.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The students of life.....do u have to be afriad to age? What is the aging process and discover the answers through interviews

had a job. She would work to be independent and buy things for herself and others. Being in a close family, she learned that family relationships were important. Dorris has three kids and is very clos ...

(4 pages) 76 0 4.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness?

ism is good at meeting many of our wants but has "big blind spots when it comes to others," such as family relationships, a sense of community. Capitalism, by unleashing rapid changes in technology, b ...

(4 pages) 106 0 2.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Euthanasia

ng from pain go too far? With this in consideration, the outcome of this debate will greatly affect family relationships, interactions between doctors and patients, and basic concepts of morality. The ... of euthanasia or not think about what a person's life is worth, not only to them, but also to their family and friends. Requests for euthanasia stem from pain and depression, and both of these problem ...

(7 pages) 167 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

Relationships in literature

lationships. I have chosen to explore the story "Killings" by Andre Dubus to emphasize how strong a family bond can be. In addition to studying family relationships I examined "Carnal Knowledge" by T. ... ble. The fact he still walks around freely prohibits him from thinking about the loss of one of his family. He mentions it in the third paragraph: "He walks the Goddamn streets" (Dubus 84). Matt and h ...

(5 pages) 107 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Life

Family, relationships, love are these the building blocks of our society as a whole? There is so muc ... but the world as a whole. By that I mean most people grow up with the dream of the classic American family. Which is basically the same everywhere you go; a husband and wife are together with one or m ... The actual legal form of marriage is used for superficial purposes only. It is done to combine two family names into one last name and also to announce to the family, friends and anyone who it may co ...

(3 pages) 30 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Such a Long Journey and Family Matters: Family Relationships Author: Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry's new 469 page novel, Family Matters deals with a plot concerning an extended family breaking down when the patriarch, Nar ... and requires home nursing care. Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey deals with the issues of family affairs like, hopes for thefuture, family feuds and generation gaps. The protagonists Gustad ... nd generation gaps. The protagonists Gustad Noble from Such a Long Journey and Nariman Vakeel from, Family Matters suffer from strained family relationships, like the betrayal of family members, expec ...

(6 pages) 68 0 3.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Life-long Learning

fact, we must have personal goals in order to be successful and productive at work, enjoy love and family relationships, and of course, the ever-ambiguous task of living. Most of us accomplish this t ... egardless of the reason, these priorities have ranged from my career and social life all the way to family commitment.Career Goals 7Six months before going back to school, I took a step back and evalu ...

(10 pages) 349 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

How Technological advancement has affected family relationships

by science and technological change, the most important issue that comes to my mind is the issue of family relationships. The relationships between parents and their children and even between brothers ... ad one must wonder if the price the families pay for these advancements is worthwhile. Good quality family time is a scarce resource not often found nowadays.If we look back over the past 50 years, th ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The death of a salesman

out any hope for pursuing whatever dreams she may have had. Linda exists only in the context of her family relationships as a mother to Biff and Happy and a husband to Willy, and must depend on them f ... st be her husband's only defender, even when this threatens to further exacerbate the conflicts her family faces.Miller deals with the indignities that Willy has suffered largely in terms of their eff ...

(3 pages) 32 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Teen Abortion

ing impact on the teenager's physical and psychological well being, decision making capability, and family relationships. Opponents believe that such notification laws are unnecessary because a signif ... s for themselves and therefore will not make the decision that is best for themselves and for their family. Information must be obtained on the psychological effects of abortion on teenage mothers bef ...

(7 pages) 108 4 3.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine