Evan's Hierarchy Of Needs In The Film August Rush

This speech is Karl Paulnack’s welcoming address for incoming freshman students. He addresses that music isn’t apart of arts and entertainment rather music is an invisible force that helps us piece ourselves together. Paulnack believes that music is an essential part of life and goes to prove it by telling his experiences with it. He describes the first moment he truly understood music and the impact it has on people. Paulnack portrays the day after 9/11 after he struggles to find any meaning in being a pianist. After a long time of questioning himself he observes the city and notices something. He sees that in this time of grief and sadness people are singing. From this he learned that music is a form of expression, it allows people to express their feelings when they have no other words to describe them. Paulnack goes on to describe what he says was the most important concert of his life. He and a friend were playing a concert at a nursing home. During their performance, one man began to cry, it was at that time Paulnack knew the man was a veteran. After Paulnack and his friend finished the piece, they announced that the piece they were playing was Aaron Copland's Sonata, which was a work

Emily was kept confined from all that surrounded her. Her father had given the town folks a large amount of money which caused Emily and her father to feel superior to others. “Grierson’s held themselves a little too high for what they really were” (Faulkner). Emily’s attitude had developed as a stuck-up and stubborn girl and her father was to blame for this attitude. Emily was a normal

The blazing hot spotlights flick on. The theatre is silent, allowing me to hear the pounding of my heart. Heat radiating off of the light panels warms my face. I grin from ear to ear and whisper to myself, “I will remember this.” It was the friday night show of the orchesis concert, Mrs. Good had sat us down to tell us a story about a past student. Her student, Margaret, loved performing and lived for the rush of adrenaline when she stepped foot on stage. During her senior show, she whispered to herself, “I will remember this.” Fast forward three years, Margaret was walking through the quad of her college campus, the sun peered out behind the clouds and the angle the the sun hit her face brought back a rush of emotions and memories. We were all told this because she wanted us to never forget the feeling we got when we performed. “If you are rushing through the dance moves or caught up in the moment, pause and breathe, remember why you are on the stage in the first

The orchestra tunes their instruments as I sit in the back of the auditorium, fiddling with my Thoroughly Modern Millie playbill. A friend of a friend, Jolie, is sat next to me as we wait for our mutual friend to join us. Though we sat in silence, it was comfortable. Our friend, Kyra, joins us as the lights begin to dim. Before we are left in the dark, Kyra throws me a knowing smile as if she knows exactly how these next two hours will impact the rest of my life. I smile back though and turn my attention to the stage.

the story. Also, he soon realized that some people have changed, including a class mate named

The highest level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is self-actualization and this is represented in Chris by obtaining a paid position after successfully meeting the requirements of the internship at this level Chris motivation has arrived at his capability of being a stock broker (Maslow, 2012).

While the social implications of the protagonist’s troubling relationship with her father may have heavily influenced her choice of Homer, the environment in which she was raised also carries psychological repercussions. As a result of Mr. Grierson’s confinement and control of Emily, the protagonist not only becomes socially deprived, but also potentially mentally unstable due to her oppressive upbringing. The

Firstly he is very loving towards his sister, and his generosity proves this as he buys her a piano- a very expensive but meaningful gift. " Whatever can give his sister any pleasure is sure to be done in a moment. There is nothing he would not do for her".

However, some needs were not met like safety, love and belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization. Glenn did not meet the safety needs since he did not have financial stability, job security, or permanent residence. Glenn was in a massive debt and was forced to steal cars to make a living. Additionally, his love and belongingness needs were not met since he had a distant relationship with his parents. Also, as he didn’t attend college and struggle to make ends meet when he felt he could do better, his esteem needs weren’t met. Maslow explained that the esteem needs have two levels (reputation and

In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, the protagonist Jefferson alienates himself from everyone but enriches himself because of what he is experiencing with his loved ones; this relates to the work as a whole because he goes from being portrayed as a hog but later on in the novel finds the man in him before he faces death.

starts school, which he begins at a later age than other boys because his mother

Paul is a good boy. I admire his talent. He reminds me of my own. Perhaps I have been too hard on him because of it. A father’s hardness. Yet he still has much to learn. His ignorance irritates me. His negligence is a flaw that must be adjusted, as I familiarly know the consequences. Locked away in imitations and forgeries of the masters, emotionless melodies in dominants and diminished 7ths, dynamically dull. Forced to leave the capital city by own authority, the land of music, my life. The ballroom of Europe. Illuminated museums and theatrical orchestras formed the essence of the air of Vienna, made it different to everything else. If only I wasn’t so concentrated in my own appeal would I have been aware of the revolution around me. “But all the music. The famous musicians. I was busy.” These words ramble on in my head. Upsurging and diminishing thoughts. If only I had looked up from beyond the white and black. Realised what was really in front of me. Realised what was going on. I could have saved them. The

His frustration becomes evident when he tells a student to give it up (referring to her horrible clarinet playing). Feeling guilt and shame over this statement he then begins a new

He is upset, and even frightened, but he finds his newfound intellectual ability more thrilling and keeps working hard.

We are probably all familiar with Abraham Maslow 's Theory of Hierarchical Needs; Psychological Needs, Safety Needs, Belongingness and Love Needs, Esteem Needs, Need to Know and Understand, Aesthetic Needs, and Self-Actualization Needs. And we probably all remember that according to Maslow 's theory, needs that are in the lower hierarchy must be at least partially met before a person will try to satisfy higher-level needs. Although ultimately our goal is to aid students in self-actualizing or becoming "all that one can be," they must first achieve the level of Need to Know and Understand.