Summary In the show The Office, in episode “take your daughter to work day” we discover Michael's long time desire. He desires to have a family, in order to have many kids so they will all be his friend. Because of this desire, Micheal often crosses some ethical lines with his co-workers, and it occurs because he sees his co-workers as his friends. Evaluation The desire Satisfaction theory says that something is good if it satisfies your desires. The desire satisfaction theory is applied in Michael's life. In Michael's case, we see that his friends and his wife are good things because it satisfies his desire of never being alone. As the show concludes, we see that Michael is living the good life once he is married and realizes that his
ABC’s new sitcom American Housewife claims Westport, Connecticut is a town where “every idiot has a boat and a labradoodle.” Indeed, Westport’s defining characteristic is its extravagant wealth. New York City is only 45 minutes away by train, making Westport a popular location for adults working in financial or law firms to raise their families. The coastal town offers beaches and boating on the Long Island Sound and a phenomenal public school system.
This paper is constructed to analyze the difference that Michael acquired throughout Season four of The Wire. While watching the season, I have depicted numerous views about Michael which demonstrated that his character has changed based off the change of his environment. At first, he came across as a strong, respectful, and polite adolescent. Throughout the season, I have noticed that Michael’s initial attitude and behavior had regressed as the season went on. He often resembled or went beyond the actions of some of the hardest members of the drug game. Acquiring traits like violent behavior, being foul mouthed, and disrespectful.
Michael’s an awesome kid. He’s got his head on straight and knows what he wants in life… He’s just an
With Michael and his circumstances and the welcoming of him in the family this enhanced his
Most people believe that if they succeed in their goals they will experience happiness; however, this is not always the case. When moral people are faced with situations where their honour and certainty have been violated, they may act in ways which are quite different from their usual behaviour. People may do this in order to restore their honour and secure their future. In the film The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola demonstrates this idea through his character, Michael. Michael becomes ruthless in his struggle to restore his family’s honour and secure his future. Michael’s definition of honour changes throughout the film. In the end, this ultimately allows Michael to see the actions he commits as just and acceptable.
The Office episode “The Convict” incorporates multiple concepts learned in social psychology such as schemas and naive realism, stereotype threats and the perseverance effect. In this episode specifically, the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company absorbs new employees from a Stanford branch that has closed down. The accounting department notices they have received a check and aren’t sure where it came from so they schedule a conference call with Michael, who is the branch manager, and the corporate office. Corporate says, “Yes, Michael, we get that rebate because you hired an ex convict.” Michael looks shocked and says, “I didn’t hire an ex convict.” When the group asks who it is, they are put on hold and begin to look around
In March of 2005, a comedy television show known as The Office premiered in the United States. The Office is a mockumentary, a satirical style of comedy that mimics the form of a true documentary film, including private interviews with each character. The winner of multiple Emmy awards and Emmy nominations, The Office, aired for nine seasons. With ratings of 8.8/10 from IMDB and 88% from Rotten Tomatoes it is no surprise that the show is still widely popular today. The mockumentary documents the daily lives of the office employees at Dunder Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The majority of the show takes place in the company office, hence the name of the show, The Office. Although The Office is a comedic television show,
Watching The Wire is so disheartening because I look at these stories of the people in Baltimore and want to teleport into the television to help them or do something for them. The show portrays the people in desolate and almost hopeless situations, from Duquan’s deep level of poverty to Michael’s desire to “have a leash” at home. Michael simply wants someone to show that they care about him enough to lay down a few rules, but instead he is like the father of the household. In the last two episodes, I have had an increasing sadness for Michael. Earlier in the season, I noticed his strange behavior to Cutty and how uncomfortable he felt around him, which made complete sense when Bug’s father appeared on the scene. Michael’s sexual abuse has
The lack of ability of creating friendships when he was a child could explain why he always surrounded himself with children, and preferred to be in the presence of children than adults. He always stated that children were pure in the heart and less manipulative than adults. The Id of Michael struggled with the ego. The ego was never able to keep under control his desires and pleasures, allowing his Id to take over. His creation of the amusement park shows how the Id overpowered his ego. The amusement park wasn’t only for children to enjoy, but for him to enjoy and relive his childhood. Freud would analyze this gratification as becoming a core aspect of Michael’s personality.
With his family and his passion for football, Michael has become more of a man. He finally speaks for himself as he did with the inspector lady and speaks for his family as he did when he beat up the gangsters that were insulting his “mother”. He is now more confident than before shown by
This allows Michael to feel equal with others, and helps him feel accepted with others, which impacts his whole life after that, it changes his attitude towards education and friendships, and leads up to the Tuohy’s legally adopting Michael, and making a long-lasting relationship with the family, especially S.J. Since Michael was able to feel equal with others, his experience of equality, and life, changed, it not only impacted his
The TV show I am going to review “Friends”. It is Sitcom which premiered in 1994 on NBC. It was one of the most successful shows of the 90’s and all the actors who starred in the show became a household name all around the world and defined the American culture in a numerous ways.
Michael struggles to meet his basic needs. Although he is enrolled in school, he is constantly worrying about money, safety, his brother’s needs, and much more. In 1954, a psychologist named Maslow, created the Hierarchy of Human Needs. It states that the physiological and safety needs must be met before humans can love, feel belonging, respect themselves and respect others. Once these basic needs are met, people can focus on reaching their full potential and self-actualization can be achieved. Since Michael is fighting to satisfy his own basic needs, he isn’t able to focus on succeeding academically and on a personal level.
I decided to share about one of my favorite TV shows, The Office. I enjoy this show because there are so many different characters with unique personalities. Each character interacts with one another in their own personal ways. In this show, there is no character that is the same. Certain ones give a representation of how to communicate appropriately and others show an inappropriate way to communicate. The three characters that I have chosen to look closely at are, Michael, Dwight, and Jim. Michael is the boss of the paper company department, Dwight and Jim are sales representatives. Michael and Dwight are not very good at appropriately communicating with one another or with others in the office. Jim is one of the “normal” ones on the show.
In “The Good, the Bad, and Your Business,” Jeffery Seglin explains that managers in today’s business world must not only deal with situations pertaining to the workplace, but also make more complicated decisions regarding their employees’ personal lives.