The Natural Environment and the Human Condition :: Environment Environmental Pollution Preservation

To consider the human condition apart from the natural environment is both foolish and inconceivable. It is in unity with a modern mode of thought that humans are raised to think that they are in some way separated from their natural environment. In developed society the weather has become nothing more than something to discuss with the person standing next to you in the checkout line. Population refers to how many people will be at the movies this weekend. Agriculture is what shows up in the produce section of the grocery store and fire is something you can find on You_Tube and watch on your television screen. Practically nothing directly relates to the environment that we are so intrinsically a part of. Humanity has neglected to develop a consciousness about its position in a world, which includes but is not defined by human society. As far as we know, the beginnings of humanity date back to 3.5 million years ago. Homo erectus (the earliest form of man) was roaming the earth, in Africa, with his hands free enabling him to travel great distances and utilize basic stone tools. The species Homo erectus lived in small, hunter-gatherer groups. Because of constant movement, in search of vegetation and game in addition to a small population, he was unable to leave a lasting impact on the environment. (Ponting) Essentially, he was a very smart ape. (McCrone) Just 100,000 years ago came the development of Homo sapiens whom had a larger brain case and far more advanced hunting techniques, using bolas stones, snarling and trapping. And 30,000 years ago came the development of Homo sapiens sapiens. The bow and arrow was developed along with the needle and thread. Tools and technology were quickly developing and man had the resourcefulness for global spread. The manipulation of fire is regarded as one of mans greatest feats concerning early technology. There is a debate as to when man first intentionally used fire, McCrone argues that Homo erectus was successfully using fire as a tool about 1.5 million years ago. He doesn't think that Homo erectus would have been able to spread its population the way it did without the use of fire which would have facilitated cooking, food preservation and tool making; all of which would have been necessary to migrate great distances. There is evidence of hearths being used in Europe as early as 400,000 years ago, which clearly require controlled use of fire.

Bonnie Parker

Bonnie Parker is a beautiful young woman obviously thirsty for a life more exciting than the one she leads. One dusty morning, she catches Clyde Barrow, handsome ex-convict, looking like he was about to steal her mother’s car. She is a struggling waitress, hungry to make something out of herself while he is a small-time professional criminal from Texas who decides to begin a new career as a bank robber. After a flirtatious banter took place between the two of them, Clyde confesses that he is an armed robber.Bonnie then dares him to commit an armed robbery right then and there, in broad daylight and right smack on main street. Incredibly, he complies. What ensues then is a coming together of two kindred spirits as Bonnie becomes Clyde’s main accomplice in the robbing and killing spree that ensued right after. They slowly form a group, eventually known as the ‘Barrow Gang’ consisting of a gas boy attendant, Clyde’s brother Buck and Buck’s demure wife, Blanche. C. ANALYSIS When one consciously bears in mind the spirit of the time in which Bonnie and Clyde was released, appreciation for this film doubles.It truly was an artistic form of rebellion; a type of rebellion that reflected the progressing times. The sixties was truly a dynamic period that gave a new direction to women’s empowerment. Gledhill articulates the underlying logic of film when she said that, â€Å"melodrama deals with what cannot be said in the available codes of social discourse; it operates in the field of the known and familiar, but also attempts to short-circuit language to allow the ‘beneath’ or ‘behind’— the unthinkable and repressed—to achieve material presence.† The film is actually all about identity and the conflicts that occur when such identity is found outside the bounds of acceptable behavior imposed by society and policed by the state. A testament to the fact that the film cuts across man y issues and opens up new frontiers in terms of film presentation is how cross-cutting its genre is. It can be filed under action-adventure, romance, gangster, crime and drama; it is perhaps more than what was just mentioned. And just like it’s genre, the film cannot be pigeon-holed into one neat category, much like its characters.While both Bonnie and Clyde cut interesting personalities, one cannot be discussed without the other. In terms of female empowerment, Bonnie does present an interesting role model. A murderous thief if rarely seen as good idol material; however, if one looks past the fact that her choice of ‘career’ is immoral by any standard, she is brave enough to break the mold of women’s role at the time. Scene after scene, she rubs her nose against the norms that society dictates for women. â€Å"Ever since the 1960s, the women’s movement has been concerned with media portrayal of women.Major studies of the most pervasive medium, tel evision, and particularly its commercials revealed the same subordination of women we saw in film. In commercials, most voice-overs were done by men and overall, men were featured more often than women. The women who were featured were limited to family roles. Women were shown doing housework and men were the beneficiaries of their work. On the other hand, men were employed, had careers, and were doing something outside the home. † This portrayal of women in the film is quite apparent and much more recognizable given the fact the Clyde was made less ‘manly’.It is indeed quite interesting how the writers and director presented the film: the female is a strong character that displayed very ‘male’ characteristics (albeit in a very sexy way) while Clyde’s masculinity is put on a chopping block with his sexual impotence. Whether or not this sexual incapability is accurate in terms of the real Clyde Barrow is irrelevant. What is significant here is t he importance found by the filmmakers in making Clyde less ‘masculine’ or atleast what society perceives as masculine.Initially, the director suggested that Clyde’s character be homosexual but when Warren Beatty refused to play a homosexual man, they decided that impotence would give the same ‘castrating’ effect to Clyde Barrow; an effect that inevitably led to the ‘masculinization’ of Bonnie Parker. This ‘castration’ of the main male character furthered strengthened Bonnie’s character. Furthermore, the other male characters are either dimwitted (C. W. Moss) or simpleminded and ignorant (Buck Barrow). It was as if the creation of the other male characters had for a goal to make Bonnie—and in consequence, women—look better and appear smarter.At this juncture, it would be quite interesting to ask oneself if Bonnie truly is a picture of female empowerment or is she merely a case of making a woman more male? Bonnie’s character finds its anti-thesis in Blanche (Buck’s wife). Blanche is the stereotypical female of the sixties. She is demure, conservative and relies on her husband for everything. Buck’s chauvinistic comment—It’s the face powder that gets a man interested; it’s the bacon powder that keeps a man at home—paints only two roles for women: as housekeepers and as sexual objects.Bonnie breaks this mold and carves another role for herself—a partner. In many ways, Bonnie represents what women can be if only they dared and Blanche represents what they are. â€Å"This dual recognition—how things are and how they are not—gives popular culture much of its strength, suggesting the way it may be drawn to occupy gaps in political, ideological and cultural systems and how the subordinated may find a negotiable space in which certain contradictions and repressed desires are rehearsed.† According to Arthur Penn, the film’s director, â€Å"Violence is one of the most powerful themes in Bonnie and Clyde. The central point is that crime and violence are interrelated; that one can not exist without the other (†¦) Once the match of violence is lit, it has no choice but to burn until all flammable ends have been destroyed. † This use of violence as a central concept in the film led to change in the film industry as a whole. Bonnie and Clyde are not depicted as the usual murderers.They are charming, beautiful and for all intents and purposes, are of a refined manner and as the tag line goes: they are in love; definitely not the usual criminal sort. However, the film is interesting in its depiction of a criminal life as the audience finds it increasingly difficult not to sympathize or root for the ‘bad guys. ’ Even though the odds are against it, we the audience, find ourselves wishing that the couple will make it out alive and perhaps grow old together and leave the li fe of crime behind for an idyllic setting.But even Bonnie’s poem foreshadows their eventual fate. Someday they’ll go down together; they’ll bury them side by side; to few it’ll be grief; to the law a relief’ but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde. Here the film gives us the moral of the story that if one lives by the sword, one dies by the sword. The attempt of the film to ‘subjectify’ the criminal life was definitely successful and the message is clear: not everything is black or white and good or bad.The audience is left with the feeling that although the actions of Bonnie and Clyde cannot be condoned by any moral person, we can sympathize with their situation. This is indeed a powerful effect considering the murders and the thievery that occurred in the film. On the negative side, the film probably opened up a tradition of cinematic endeavors to treat murder and crime in a casual and non-chalant way. The criminals in this film a re portrayed in such a manner that makes them icons and idols of sorts—which is actually twisted in a way.The iconography of the film, as examined by Mary Elizabeth Strunk in the American Studies Journal explains that. â€Å"Yes, Bonnie and Clyde commit reckless acts of violence, but they look so good doing it. Against the film’s stagy Depression-era backdrop, the couple becomes the embodiment of youth, romance, and yearning. By contrast, their victims barely register, save as faded cardboard cutouts lacking names or narrative. The camera affirms Bonnie and Clyde as the only living things on an otherwise inert and colorless landscape. †Violence is not only the central theme of the movie but is also the anchor in which the personalities and characters of Bonnie and Clyde are based. The issues relating to identity are also underlying themes for this film. For Bonnie, she knows that she is cut from a different cloth altogether and would like to be remembered for be ing different. Clyde, on the other hand, grappling with his inner demons (mostly, brought on by lack of sexual potency), thirsts to be remembered by many. For him, it does not seem to matter what he is remembered for, just as long as he is remembered.If one were to psycho-analyze this film, one might even say that it could have been Clyde’s sexual malfunction that led him to a life of crime with the gun serving as a substitute for sex. This misplaced pride they both have in being recognized is clearly seen as they proudly read to each other what the newspapers have wrote about them—even if it is merely a catalogue of the crimes they have done or thought to have done. Works Cited Internet Movie Database. Bonnie and Clyde. Retrieved on May 11, 2008 from http://www.imdb. com/title/tt0061418/ Gledhill, C. (1986). Dialogue on Stella Dallas and Feminist Film Theory. Cinema Journal 25, No. 4 BOOKRAGS STAFF. â€Å"Bonnie and Clyde: Themes†. 2000. May 12 2008. http://www . bookrags. com/films/bonnieandclyde1967/themes. html> Strunk, M. E. (2007). Bonnie and Clyde’s Other Side. American Studies Journal No. 50. Retrieved on 12 May 2008 from http://asjournal. zusas. uni-halle. de/85. html FLIPOUT E-ZINE. Women In Film. Retrieved 12 May 2008 from http://www. geocities. com/albanystudent/wif. html

Pro Imperialism - 791 Words

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Value of Hiring Old Employees

Question: Discuss about theValue of Hiring Old Employees. Answer: Introduction Human resources contribute to the day-to-day running of all sectors of organizations. It is, therefore, a task to the CEO of every organization to ensure that he employs people who are qualified through the Human Resource Manager. Numerous problems are arising currently in the human resource sector. This tasks the CEO of an organization with making decisions that may affect the functioning of the organization. Human resource plays a key in securing the future of every business. The success of every organization is ensured if there exists a good partnership between the management and the employees (Varma, 2013). In a situation where the organization creates an environment can thrive, the employees are likely to deliver quality services, and this ensures a sustainable organizational performance. Human resource has become an important sector as it determines the economy of a region. Studies have shown that CEOs hire or retain old employees in their organizations improve theirs companies bottom line. This brings a lot of controversies in modern organizations. Old employees are associated with low productivities as they are not active compared to young employees (Gooderham and Nordhaug, 2011). Old employees are slow in carrying out their activities and upgrading to upcoming technology in the fast changing world. For instance, the CEO of the World Bank is not aware if hiring old employees in the organization could be of any value. This report investigates the significance and contribution of old workers in an organization. Ann Jenkins in her report pointed out that CEOs across all industries which have embraced some employees aged 50+ years operate successful businesses. In her study, she focuses on the value of experience which is said to be improving as an employee grows old. Researchers in the AARP report say that experienced workers contributed a lot in improving Americas economy (Katou, 2008). The old workforce can influence and facilitate improved organization outcomes. Human resources in an organization are key, and the senior manager should be keen in ensuring that suitable and qualified personnel is the one that is absorbed by the organization for him to oversee smooth running and coordination of the firm's activities. This report uses data from Rhode Islands economy that covered the value of old employees in the regions economy. Hiring Old Employees Many organizations view old employees as a liability to them. The human resources have developed an attitude and mentality that hiring old employees could be brought about low productivity in their organizations as they are slow in their operations (Hallberg, 2011). However, the fact behind old employees is that they have turned out to be reliable and of help in organizations that have employed them. Old employees have a comparative advantage to an organization as they are well equipped with experience in the field were they are deployed (Ilmakunnas, 2011). This is because they have spent plenty of time carrying out activities in that field for a long time. The CEO of World Bank should consider hiring old employees to be part of the human resource of the organization as they have the required relevant knowledge that may propel the organization towards achieving its set objectives (Budhwar and Varma, 2010). Though old employees are said to be slow, this can be substituted with the fact that they perform their duties with a lot of accuracies hence covering for the time that could have been used in making changes in the case where mistakes occur. Through their experience, old employees can influence the young human resources within an organization positively thus leading to improved productivity of the organization. Research in Rhode was conducted with the view of reinforcing the value of hiring old employees as they turned out to be key assets in the human resource (Bratton and Gold, 2012). It showed that older worker played a major role in the organizations that they worked in and hence there was a need to consider them as part of the im portant workforce for an organization's success. To a CEO who is not aware if he should consider hiring old employees in the organization where he heads, this report is of great assistance as it outlines the fitness of the old employees and the part they play in an organization's success. Old employees also come in with an advantage of professionalism and strong work ethics within an organization (Pilbeam and Corbridge, 2010). They are crucial as they know they value and knowledge they should bring into an organization. Old employees are also cost effective than the young employees who demand high payment and in return result into low productivity. Human Resource Theories and Models The Havard model: the Havard model concentrates on the soft aspect of the human resource management. It outlines that the employees should be committed to carrying out his duties. The model also needs employees to be cost effective and highly competent in their fields. Guest comparative model: this theory was formulated by Guest, (1997). He suggested that good human resources management practices will result in high personal and organizational performance. The concept outlines human resource management strategies such as innovation, differentiation, the high focus quality and lowering cost, involvement, commitment, security, performance appraisal and flexibility by training (Guest, 2011). Through observing this model, an organization's performance would turn out to be positive, innovative, lower the number of employees, reduce customer complaints and reduce conflicts within an organization. The matching model of Human Resource manager: this model was proposed by Forerum, (1984). He indicated that human resource systems and the organization's structure should be managed in a way that is in line with the organization's goals. The model requires human resource employed in an organization to toil with the view of achieving the set targets of the institution. Boxal and Purcell (2008) model: this model is based on another model formulated by Wright and Nishii in 2004. It studies the mediating procedure in human resource management performance through examining the human resource practices, the real practices, perceived practices and human resource reactions and how they perform. Agency theory: this theory puts across that the work of managers and CEOs of a firm is to take action on behalf of the business owners as their representatives. This theory requires managers to make decisions regarding the human resources that they recruit in the organization (Golding, 2010). However, the theory puts a line between the owners of the organization and the managers in a way that the managers have boundaries on the action they take in the firm. Human capital theory: this theory is concerned with the way people within an organization contribute their knowledge, skills, and potentials to facilitate organizational capability and the significance of that contribution (Pynes, 2008). It states that employees knowledge and skills will hike the organizational, economic value as comprising above the human resource will ensure efficiency and effectiveness in attaining the organizations objectives (Ployhart and Moliterno, 2011). The people- performance framework: this framework is built on the assumptions that describe unlocking the black box and the critical role of line managers that they use the human resource and the way they behave towards the workforce. The theory says thats managers reaction towards employees is vital and should ensure that the employees feel free and safe so that they perform their duties to the later. AMO framework: Bailey, Berg, Appelbaum and Kalleberg, 2000 proposed that organizational interests are served better by human resource management systems that address employees interests such as their skills requirements, quality of their job, and motivations. Recommendations After thorough research of the literature detailing the value of hiring old employees, it is evident that old employees are of great use to organizations. The following are the recommendations I would give to organizations; They should consider employing/ hiring old employees as part of their workforce as they have great experience in their fields of the specification. Organizations should bring in old employees so that they can motivate and influence young workers positively towards the organization's goals. Old employees are of great value to organizations according to the research conducted in Rhode, and therefore organization should consider hiring them as they ensure improved productivity. Conclusion There have been controversies that people should retire at the age of 50 years because their contribution to organizations is not significant. However, research has shown that old employees are much experienced and already know what is expected of them and the organization. It is therefore with an ease that an organization achieves its goals when it hires old employees as they carry out quality practices and influence the young workforce positively. References Bratton, J. and Gold, J., 2012. Human resource management: theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan. Budhwar, P. and Varma, A., 2010. Guest editors' introduction: Emerging patterns of HRM in the new Indian economic environment. Human Resource Management, 49(3), pp.345-351. Golding, N., 2010. Strategic human resource management. Beardwell, J. and Claydon. Gooderham, P. and Nordhaug, O., 2011. One European model of HRM? Cranet empirical contributions. Human Resource Management Review, 21(1), pp.27-36. Guest, D.E., 2011. Human resource management and performance: still searching for some answers. Human resource management journal, 21(1), pp.3-13. Hallberg, D., 2011. Economic fluctuations and retirement of older employees. Labour, 25(3), pp.287-307. Joos, J.G., 2008. Social media: New frontiers in hiring and recruiting. Employment relations today, 35(1), pp.51-59. Katou, A.A., 2008. Measuring the impact of HRM on organizational performance. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 1(2), pp.119-142. Ilmakunnas, P. and Ilmakunnas, S., 2011. Hiring older employees: Do incentives of early retirement channels matter?. Ployhart, R.E. and Moliterno, T.P., 2011. Emergence of the human capital resource: A multilevel model. Academy of Management Review, 36(1), pp.127-150. Pilbeam, S. and Corbridge, M., 2010. 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The Pupil free essay sample

In the passage from â€Å"the Pupil† by Henry James, the author depicts the 3 characters and their relationships toward each other in varying lights. Pemberton, Morgan Moreen and Mrs. Moreen are introduced here through dialogue and interaction with each other and the author uses a variation of tone and a unique point of view to show Pemberton’s uncertainties and also to show the characteristics of the relationships. The author starts off the passage describing Pemberton as a â€Å"poor young man†. Pemberton is a tutor who graduated from Oxford University. He is depicted as a financially concerned person who cares about how much he is getting paid for this tutoring of Morgan Moreen. But he is also modest, timid, and according to the passage nervous â€Å"among the dangers of an untried experiment†. Also the author depicts Pemberton as impatient by saying, â€Å"it is true Pemberton wouldn’t have enjoyed his being stupid†. We will write a custom essay sample on The Pupil or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page But from the very start, Pemberton begins to analyze his pupil and tries to understand him and what ne needs to teach him. Right away Pemberton seems to connect to Morgan and Morgan to Pemberton and this is evident especially when Mrs. Morgan gets up to leave and Pemberton takes the job without a definite salary. Morgan Moreen is â€Å"the Pupil† the story is written about. He is an eleven year old boy from a amiable American family, who is sent to Pemberton for tutoring. The author uses Pemberton’s observations to describe the little boy as weak, big eared and mouthed, sickly, and as having an intelligent appeal. Morgan is also depicted as a child who does not appreciate his mother or respect her, but she also thinks very low of her son. When the two adults talk about him, she mentions his weakness concerning a heart disease. We can infer from the passage that, Morgan did not have a proper education as seen by his casual response to his mother and that something may be wrong with his family situation/ home life. Mrs. Moreen is the mother of Morgan Moreen who hired Pemberton to tutor her son. When Pemberton meets her, he is almost intimidated by her and nervous to discuss the pay. It seems as though in the beginning she is trying to hide something or be elusive and she is not being frank to Pemberton about his wages. She promises Pemberton that his wages will be â€Å"quite regular†, but he wonders to himself her idea of a normal wage because everyone has different views on what that means. In conclusion, Henry James uses a variety of techniques including tone and point of view to depict the relationships between Pemberton, Mrs. Moreen and Morgan Moreen.