But gradually, it became clear to her that the Viet Cong were not the only combatants perpetrating bloodshed and violence -- injustice was manifest on both sides.
The sheer number of American casualties was overwhelming, and many of the cases deemed hopeless received no care at all, because of limited medical supplies. Doctors and nurses were so weary during the nonstop work of treatment and surgery they could hardly stand. The stifling heat, unsanitary jungle, and the fear of being attacked were all constant for the physicians as well as the soldiers. Lynda's self-esteem had always been shaky, and with the daily horrors of Vietnam, she even grew more vulnerable to bad romantic decision-making, desperate for some comfort. Lynda entered into a series of doomed relationships with doctors, all of whom had wives and children back home.

The final section of the book details Lynda's return to America. Just like servicemen,…...

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Work Cited

Van Devanter, Lynda. Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam.

University of Massachusetts Press, 2001.

Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter
Home Before Morning Essay

Lynda Van Devanter writes both a war book and an anti-war book. In the year that 22-year-old Van Devanter worked as a surgical nurse in South Vietnam, she traversed a long and weary path to get back home -- but she didn't quite get home before morning. She didn't ever again find that peaceful, confident, idealistic life that she left behind when she went to war in Vietnam. Van Devanter relays a story that begins in a place of confident patriotism -- a place that must be familiar to most young people who decide that they must become soldiers. At the start of her mission, Van Devanter is as much pro-war as any soldier although her orientation is different. Her perspective is that of a nurse -- someone trained to help other heal -- and because of that, she will never…...

Jean Rhys "Good Night, Midnight"
The explanation for the title of the book, exposed as a poem by Emily Dickinson, sets the tone for the work. It is assumed from the words that a woman is coming home after a night out with a suitor and she was, for some reason, rejected. Thus, since the "day" would not have her she is happy to say good morning to the midnight that is her life (Gardiner, 1983). This seems, according to the research, to be a familiar lament among the women who work as main characters in Jean Rhys books. The fact that this woman feels abandoned and, apparently, ashamed is nothing new for a Rhys heroine and would not be the last time that such a forlorn woman was the subject of one of her books. "Good Morning, Midnight" is a prime example of prose and writing style that so many…...

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Works Cited

Davidson, Arnold E., and Jean Rhys. "The Dark is Light Enough: Affirmation from Despair in Jean Rhys 'Good Morning, Midnight'." Contemporary Literature 24.3 (1983): 349-364. Print.

Gardiner, Judith Kegan. "Good Morning, Midnight: Good Night, Modernism." Boundary 2-11.1/2 (1983): 233-251. Print.

Konzett, Delia. "Ethnic Modernism in Jean Rhys's 'Good Morning, Midnight'." Journal of Caribbean Literatures 3.3 (2003): 63-76. Print.

Rhys, Jean. Good Morning, Midnight. New York W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1938. Print.

The film is about rather ordinary events taking place in an environment that experiences a forceful change. Adults practically contrast children through their thinking and the way that they behave, considering that in spite of the fact that they talk while the children are on a silent strike, they fail to put across thorough thought and only manage to fuel each-other's prejudiced nature. Isamu and Minoru are intriguing through the fact that they manage to display clever and sincere acting, demonstrating that they had a special relationship with the director and that they collaborated in making it possible for the film to express authentic feelings. The fact that their actual role in the film regards their interest in criticizing their parents over their reluctance to say what they think when they think it adds to the thought that the children take on a more rational character. This makes their…...

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Dir. Yasujiro Ozu. Good Morning. Shochiku Films Ltd., 1959.

11). I understand that he thought his life might end suddenly during the war, and that made meaning more important to him. But it seems unrealistic to demand that every word a person speaks should be meaningful. "Please, pass the salt," is not very meaningful, but it is necessary to say such things in order to get through life. We can't go about saying to our neighbors, "Time is a human illusion. There is only the Eternal Now," although this is certainly a meaningful statement. We have to talk about the fence we share that need to be fixed and whether the man next door can borrow my lawn mower to cut his grass.
This doesn't seem too meaningful, and yet it is. Bigbee (1958, 1976) quotes Spinoza as saying, the true good is discovery of the union between oneself and all beings. If I remember this, I can get…...

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From what I have read of quantum physics, the "union between oneself and all beings" is literal and not just a metaphore. Everything in the universe is really all one thing, one substance. Nothing is separate from anything else; all are parts of same whole, like different patterns in an ornate Persian carpet: "One enormous something that has extended its uncountable arms and appendages into all the apparent objects, atoms, restless oceans, and twinkling stars in the cosmos" (Talbot, 1991, p. 48). If this is so, and it is what quantum physicists claim, then, there is really only one man -- and separation is an illusion brought by the human experience and the way we perceive it. We are not separate from nature and other animals either, but connected. What we do to others, we do to ourselves. Would environmental damage or war exist if people knew this was so?

Bigbee (1958, 1976) compares reflection to tilling the soil and turning it over and over. He is in favor of reflection, of course, but he warns that "a sense of estrangement from the truth that is one's own" can be the result if we go about it the wrong way. It reminds me of something my grandmother told me. She had Freudian psychoanalysis when she was young, and she said it was like stirring a big pot of garbage over and calling it soup. She was old when she said that.

I think the problem is analysis itself as a method for getting at the truth. It seems to me

Mall
On a sunny Saturday morning, the mall is a quiet place to be. Most people, unless they have a job or an errand at the mall, contrive to be almost any place else where they can enjoy the golden light and gentle warmth of a new day. Early on Saturday morning, the weekend still lies ahead, with the promise of relaxation, enjoyment, chores accomplished, or whatever else one hopes the weekend will hold.

On a rainy Saturday morning, however, the mall is a bustling place. There is no need to postpone errands. The sky is dark and the air is chilly and wet. There will be no ball games or picnics or walks in the park. It is a good day to get things done indoors and perhaps even snuggle under a summer-weight blanket and take a nap.

Don't children watch cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore? Mothers and fathers, their children…...

Going back to the attempted Northwest Airlines bombing in December 2009 by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, he was traveling on a multi-year, multiple-entry tourist visa issued to him in June 2008 (Garcia & Wasen, 2010). Thus, he was able to attain his U.S. visa legally even though if one was to look at his background, there will be "red flags" already pertaining to his terrorist leanings. It seems though that the State Department, the embassies, consulates and missions charged with the issuance of various visas to foreigners do not have the resources and capabilities to conduct proper and thorough screening. In this regard then, it is critical to have better systems, processes, and procedures in place that can better vet and investigate foreigners seeking visas to enter the United States. "The Enhanced order Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 aimed to improve the visa issuance process abroad as…...

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Bibliography:

Crowley, P.J. (2008). "Homeland security and the upcoming transition: What the next administration should do to make us safe at home." Harvard Law & Policy Review, 2: 289-312. Retrieved July 21, 2011 from  http://www.hlpronline.com/Crowley_HLPR.pdf 

Garcia, M.J. & Wasen, R.E. (2010, January 12). "Immigration: Terrorist grounds for exclusion, and removal of aliens." Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress 7-5700. Retrieved July 21, 2011 from  http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL32564.pdf 

National security strategy 2010. (2010, May). Retrieved July 21, 2011 from  http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/national_security_strategy.pdf 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2009, May 4). Brief documentary history of the Department of Homeland Security 2001 -- 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2011 from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/brief_documentary_history_of_dhs_2001_2008.pdf

New Product Development
Nanda Home, in 2011, is starting to struggle. The company basically has a single product, Clocky, that has been on the market for several years. The company has in this time introduced some variants on the alarm clock theme, but has yet to be successful in any other business. The founder, Gauri Nanda, is unsure of what the next step should be, given that she is unsure of what the issues are with the company.

The current situation is that the flagship product, Clocky, is nearing the end of the normal product life cycle in this category, something that is evidenced by the fact that prices are falling to spur demand, and that the company is frequently selling to existing clients. The two newer products also seem to appeal the most to existing clients. Nanda Home had introduced a line of bags, but this venture failed for lack of…...

Elearning: A Balanced Assessment
Elearning

Before the Internet, if we wanted to find out information on a topic, we would have to check out a book and weed through information we didn't necessarily need or want. In this modern age, information is a Google search away. If someone wants to know how the Civil War started, all they have to do is type it into the search box. This saves time and money. Another modern change is how we take classes. For years we have taken traditional classes that have worked for us, but now there is a new trend, online learning. Online courses are more cost effective, a better environment in which to learn, and more time flexible than traditional learning.

A student runs into a lot of different costs because of a traditional class. One of the largest is the gas bill to and from school every day. With an online…...

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References

Case, D.E. And Davidson, R.C. (2011). Accessible online learning. New Directions for Student

Services 134 (Summer 2011), 47-58. Retrieved from DOI 10, 1002/ss:394

Emerson, L. And MacKay, B. (2011). A comparison between paper-based and online learning in higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42(5), 727 -- 735. Retrieved

from: doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01081.x

I am not sure what I expected about my check-up. I suppose I thought that the new relationship I had the OBGYN because of my pregnancy would continue on as a special relationship. I was wrong. My visit was, once again, the sterile, medical kind, and not the kind that I had with him while I was pregnant. My OBGYN performed the post surgical exam, and then spoke with me briefly.

"You're healthy," he said, "and I would recommend beginning again, as soon as you're ready, to get pregnant again. If that's what you." Then he was gone, and the nurse came in with a prescription.

"This, she said, is a prescription for a mild pain killer for cramping. Really, it's just a prescription strength aspirin." Then she looked at me and added, "I know what you're going through."

I thought she was the connection I needed. Someone who had a miscarriage in…...

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Works Cited

Kohner, Nancy, and Alix Henley. When a Baby Dies: The Experience of Late Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death. New York: Routledge, 2001. Questia. 11 May 2009 .

Seftel, Laura. Grief Unseen: Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2006. Questia. 11 May 2009 .

Nineteen Thirty-Seven and the River
Edwidge Danticat and Flannery O'Connor both explore the influence of religion in creating a belief system in individuals who have been disconnected from societies' main stream in their shot stories Nineteen Thirty-Seven and The River. Characters in both stories have been abandoned by humanity and strive to regain their identity through God's grace. Danticat uses a poverty stricken Haitian woman, Manman, who has been accused of being a witch and incarcerated, while O'Connor incorporates a very young affluent boy, Bevel, who has been discounted as a human being and forsaken by his parents to frame their stories. Both Manman and Bevel use religion, specifically Christianity, to help them find an identity under hostile conditions.

Danticat's story is set in Haiti, in a society that is dominated by poverty and superstitious beliefs. Manman is hauled out of her home one morning, beaten by her neighbors, and put in…...

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Works Cited

Danticat, Edwidge. "Nineteen Thirty-Seven." Krik-Krak!" New York: Soho Press Inc., 1995.

O'Connor, Flannery. "The River." A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Short Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1955.

" few moments later, a social service volunteer hastened down the sidewalk. When he saw the young man, he paused for a moment and shook his head.
I'm really trying to rid this city of people like you," he said, shaking his head. "Sleeping in the streets shouldn't be an option. I wish there was something I could do, but I'm late to help society."

Finally, as a wealthy businessman driving down the road near the young man caught a glimpse of what he thought was a hand lying on the sidewalk. The businessman, a local Republican candidate and member of a fundamentalist Christian church, quickly pulled his large, Lexus SUV to the side of the road, and hopped out, kneeling on the ground next to the young man wearing his tailored Armani suit. He noticed the young man's bruises and tattered sign. Quickly, he took off his own jacket and placed…...

She did not have the benefit of a bedroom door for the last two years of high school.
Without the bedroom door, the client changed her clothes in the bathroom and was often unable to sleep at night because of her father's snoring. The first time her mother confronted her for being wide awake (and reading) in her room in the middle of the night, the client admitted that her father's snoring kept her awake. A few minutes later, her father entered her room and whipped her with the belt for "being disrespectful."

After discovering that alcohol allowed her to fall asleep and sleep through the night, she began drinking vodka at bedtime, which she chose because it was odorless and easy to hide in alternative containers in her room and among the cleaning supplies in the bathroom cabinet.

The client has always recalled the details of her childhood physical and emotional…...

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References

Butler, K. (1997). The Anatomy of Resilience; the Family Therapy Networker, 21(2):22-31

DeJong, P., Miller, S. (1995). How to Interview for Clients Strengths;

Social Work, 40(6).

Goldstein, E. (1995). Ego Psychology and Social Work Practice. (2nd

Patriarch
Nothing stays with us in life as powerfully as the images of our parents we take with us into adulthood. A harsh father, a loving mother, a single parent who was on the edge of exhaustion, but always available... The emotions attached to these memories affect our adult decisions. These recollections influence how we see ourselves, who we believe we can be in the adult world, and who we see when we look in the morning mirror.

In the equity of the universe, it seems unfair that the species which spends the most time in its home before heading into the world is most influenced by its parents. When looking across the animal kingdom, lion cubs are ready to hunt for themselves after a number of months. Sea turtles are born on the beaches, devoid of any parental influence.

Those lucky enough to make it back to water are immediately on…...

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Bibliography

Bloom, Harold. Blooms Major Poets: Langston Hughes. PA: Chelsea House, 1999

Cooper, Floyd. Coming Home from the Life of Langston Hughes. NY: Philomel Books.

The Holy Bible, American Standard Version. IA: Parson's Technology Inc. 1998

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea. NY: Knopf. 1940

Gilman was a social activist and herself experienced mental illness. These elements infuse her story "The Yellow Wallpaper" with greater meaning and urgency for Feminism and for plight of females then and now.
Gilman as social activist

Gilman advocates for woman. The woman owned by males and disallowed by husband, male physician, and brother from leaving the room becomes mad.

The woman is imprisoned -- locked in. Males stunt and kill her life. In the end she steps over them; Gilman is telling females to do so too.

Gilman's experience with mental illness and its treatment

Description of Gilman's experience

Elaboration of the haunting description of the wallpaper. Gilman's familiarity with the psychosis

E. Typical 19th century views/treatments of mental illness.

Description of contemporary treatment

b. Treatment of the character. It matched social beliefs and was created by males

Conclusion

How this knowledge enhances our understanding of the story and its purpose.

Gilman lived and experienced the facts that underlay the writings…...

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Sources

Bio.com Charlotte Perkins Gilman biography

 http://www.biography.com/people/charlotte-perkins-gilman-9311669 

Brainy Quote

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaperhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charlottep402139.html#gXQCICbA9RaGTyI9.99