Austin Phillips

“Fine then! But I am better than you in EVERY WAY!” You shout at your former friend, the anger welling up inside of you. “ Don’t even try to act like you could ever be better than me. You never could. So you can stop trying.” As soon as you spit those words out, you finally realize what you’re getting into. “You ARROGANT beast!” Your opponent shouts at you, not hesitantly at all, like the insult was a bitter taste he had to get out of his mouth. Before you know it, your actions are fueled by the burning passion of rage. About five minutes later, you are still punching the air as you are pulled of him, still trying to swing at his head, trying to hit him just once, or maybe even as many times as he hit you. You think about the fight. You don’t want to admit it, but you WERE an arrogant beast, like he said. And look where it got you. Bruised, bloody, and beaten up. Arrogance can lead to violence, and the story, “The Fight”, by Adam Bagdasarian, can very clearly reflect this theme. In the beginning of the story, Adam was cocky and arrogant. All he thought about was how great and tough he was. In the middle of the story, another middle schooler, Mike, challenged him to a fight, and Adam was petrified. At the end of the story, Adam lost the fight and was not as cocky and pride-filled.

When people become enraged they go “monster” mode as society views it. To paint a picture it’s like Bruce Banner and The Hulk, you have Banner who is a human, he’s like you and me, when enraged Banner becomes the Hulk, a monster. Banner is so blinded by rage that he literally turns into a monster, we are non-fictional people, we don’t actually turn into big, green, things, we just say and do things that we would never really do when we are calm, we figuratively turn into a monster. Raab stated, “hold of this letter opener, or even now try very slowly to slide the revolver out”,(“Monster at a Window”12-14), the “civil” person would put the gun and letter opener down and taken the high road. They knew by pulling the trigger or pulling out the letter opener, they were compromising their morals for nothing. Raab continued, “But none of this will happen…you compose yourself.”(25), he stopped and thought to himself that he couldn’t he had to compose himself and be “civil”, he had to take the high road. Earlier I said, “whatever you think is socially, morally, or culturally advance is civil.”, so you may think that this person was actual uncivil, it’s up to you, I’m just telling how the poem has

We could assume that every wolf was once a man. At the beginning Carter explains how wolves are “carnivore incarnate and he’s cunning and ferocious”, but yet she also explains how “melancholy” a wolf can be because “the beasts would love to be less beastly if only they knew how” (110, 112).

An example of his sudden outbursts is when he says,” i was only 13 and they were going to have me psychoanalized and all, because i broke all the windows in the garage.”. To be fair, his brother Allie passedn away before he did this, but violence is not a very good oping mechanism. He alslo uses social seclusion as a coping mechanism, which is a common symptom of almost every mental disorder. An example of his social seclusion is the night of the pencey prep school game. He didnt go be cause he didnt like to, he didnt want to. He caqn be teated with cognitive behavior therapy, which will most likely improve his future mental

Humankind has mistreated him repeatedly since he was a child. Children can’t handle emotions very well. If they feel mistreated they believe they are being mistreated, and if they feel unloved they believe they are unloved.Young juveniles don 't try to reason away their emotions; they are what they are. So when a child builds up so much negative emotion, those feelings don 't just go away. They stick with the child forever, or until the child resolves them. The psychiatrist who evaluated Perry in In Cold Blood(Pg. 191) stated quite distinctly, "The history relating to extreme violence, whether fantasied, observed in reality, or actually experienced by the child, fits in with the psychoanalytic hypothesis that the child 's exposure to overwhelming stimuli, before he can master them, is closely linked to early defects in ego formation and later severe disturbances in impulse control. In all of these cases, there was evidence of severe emotional deprivation in early life." This clearly describes the person of Perry Smith. He underwent "severe emotional deprivation" as a child, and as an adult, he does indeed have "defects in ego formation" and no "impulse control". His lack of impulse control is evident when Perry slits Herb Clutter 's throat. "But I didn 't mean it. I meant to call his bluff, make him argue me out of it, make him admit he was a phony and a coward. See, it was something between me and Dick. I knelt down beside Mr.

Multiple criminological theories could be applied to this movie and deconstructed, however this essay will focus on two theories; Sutherland’s differential association theory and Agnew’s general strain theory. Both theories will be contrasted to explain how events and actions in an individual’s life can lead to delinquency. This essay will discuss the film Animal Kingdom and focus on main character Josh Cody, (J). In the beginning of the movie, J’s mother overdoses on heroin and he moves in with his grandmother and uncles (Michôd, 2010). The family is one of Melbourne’s most lucrative crime families and shortly after his arrival, J is quickly forced into participating in criminal activities. J’s behaviour throughout the film can both be explained through Agnew and Sutherland’s theories, however, in the end it is Agnew’s general strain theory that is more prominent and is what best explains J’s deviant behaviour.

Brian McCall is the chancellor of Texas State University System, the first university system established in Texas. He also served in Texas House of Representatives as chairman of the House Calendars Committee and as a member of the Higher Education Committee. During his session, he passed one of the largest tax-cut bills in Texas history. The honorable McCall hold a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, and a doctor of philosophy degree from The University of Texas at Dallas. McCall is the founder of The Empowerment Project, a non-profit organization which has sent more than $10 million worth of math and science books to disadvantaged schools in the Republic of South Africa and helped

A consistent trend shifting the Town of Anthony Texas, is that of youth joining gangs at a very early age, starting drugs at an early age and having babies at a very early age. The use of alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drugs, by youth in this community is growing exponentially, due mostly to the prevalence of the drug within this community. The gangs are predominately Mexican-American and Mexican national in origin and appeal to Hispanic youth. Gang activity always involves drugs. In addition, the gang violence seen in this community stems from “turf” disputes over which gang has the power to sell drugs in a particular neighborhood. The Community Relation Coalition cannot address substance abuse without addressing gang activity in the

Even the thought of punching Tino was violent, but when he actually punched him it proved his violence. Another act of violence is when he tells Arthur to kill Luis. When Erik says “You’re gonna pay for what happened tonight.” threatening Paul, it shows even more of his violence. He’s also a bully.

Finding the true identity and relation with society can be accomplished in many ways. Transcendentalism is a philosophy which says that logic and metaphysical things are more real than typical human experience and material things. In Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book Into the Wild, he argues that Chris McCandless devotes his life to Transcendentalism because he rejects society and materialism to live individually in the Alaskan Wilderness. Although, McCandless makes mistakes, he shares happiness with the people he meets and impacts their lives.

Have you ever heard of Dr. Ben Carson before? There is no question that he was an African American neurosurgeon and good at what he did, but who paved the way for people like him. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was one of them. He was an American general surgeon who was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania in 1856.

It was a pleasure to meet with you last week. This memo is in regard to your concerns that you mentioned during our meeting and my recommendation for each one. Please review this memo and call me if you have any questions. 1) John Smith tax issues: a. How is the $300,000 treated for Purposes of Federal Tax income? Gross income means” all income from whatever source derived, including (but not limited to the following items: Compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items…..” (http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Internal_Revenue_Code:Sec._61._Gross_income_define d#Location_in_Internal_Revenue_Code) According to IRC Publication 3402 Taxation of Limited Liability Companies “an individual owner of a

Having clear thought and judgement is important, and they are imperative in the worst times. Adam Larey had to face his own demons when he fell whim to his rage and killed his brother Guerd. At this point, the poor guy didn’t think or feel anything other than instinct. “...a gathering fury, as terrible as Guerd’s hate, flooded and dammed at the gates of his energy”(Grey 58). Adam is having to relive all the years of hate his brother made him endure, and his fury represents his understanding of how Guerd has wronged him. If it wasn’t for a timely intervention, the animalistic tendencies constantly displayed by Adam would’ve killed him. However, as Adam makes very obvious, thinking clearly isn’t as simple as just flipping a switch.

Simile: a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar.

In this case, we have really two different points of view: in one side, there is Philip Anderson, the Phoenix branch manager of Stuart & Co., who manages a team with his ways, his idea, his experience but the results do not reach the targets fixed by the firm. In the other side, there is the direction of Stuart & Co., which has opposite ideas to Philip Anderson.