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into a basket owned by self or a basket owned by another participant. The memory for items in both baskets was assessed. They found that participants were significantly recognized more of the objects that moved to the self-owned basket than to the other-owned basket. The pattern of the improvement in recognition memory was similar to the self-reference effect. The self-reference effect suggested that information encoded with reference to ‘self’ enjoyed a memory advantage compared with the information

philosopher Emmanuel Levinas attempts to explain pain in his essay, Useless Suffering. Levinas suggest through an abbreviated phenomenology and subsequent thrashing of theodicy that suffering is best understood as “meaningful in me, useless in the Other.”1 While Levinas 's phenomenology is logically consistent, his assessment of usefulness of theodicy in light of the suffering of the 20th century is suspect, however this does not impact the validity of his understanding of suffering in the inter-human

How the Other Half Lives by: Jacob Riis Through his brilliant journalism and striking photography, Jacob Riis exposes the horrifying living conditions of the New York tenements in How the Other Half Lives. With the excess inflow of immigrants into the United States in the 19th century, New York City (a very popular port) became tremendously overcrowded. The city did not adapt well to the increasing population and thus warehouses and homes meant for just one family were often divided into numerous

crime and alcohol consumption, and some simply fell ill to the unsanitary conditions. The harsh reality of these immigrants and the challenges they would have to overcome in order to succeed were made quite prevalent. In his famous book, How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis dug deeper into the lives of the lower class. While analyzing the relationships between tenement residents and their backgrounds, Riis recognized the global representation beyond simply being ‘American’. He wrote, "The one thing

that we own also defines us. By saying this, Sartre is agreeing that when we own something such as knowledge, it will shape our sense of self and identity since it makes us a better person when we use our own knowledge to benefit our own selves and others, thus showing a strong and positive relationship between ownership and sense of self and identity. Aristotle would also agree with both Jean-Paul Sartre and the statement that the relationship between ownership and sense of self is strong and positive

however, America appeared to be a country of chaos and desperation. The necessities that people could not imagine living without today, such as fresh air and sanitary houses, were often a luxury to these immigrants. Jacob Riis, the author of How the Other Half Lives, visited several areas in New York to observe the appalling living conditions that various immigrants were stuck in. After making these observations, Riis ultimately criticizes the greedy landlords but also places considerable amount of

Film Analysis: The Others “The Others” is a horror film released on August 10th 2001, directed by Alejandro Amenabar. The film received 83 percent positive reviews on the movie review site, “Rotten Tomatoes”. The majority of the positive reviews related to an exceptional performance by Nicole Kidman, who plays Grace Stewart. The website consensus stated; “The Others is a spooky thriller that reminds us that a movie doesn’t need expensive special effects to be creepy”. The film does have some good

of the community. Small deeds that seem to prosper someone in some way or the other is still a way of helping. To learn something from the assistance that one does to another, the deed does not have to be big, as long as the person providing the assistance is doing it with a good heart they can always acknowledge a lesson. Compassion and love is necessary in helping others. When people have the opportunity to help others they may not always get a gift in return, sometimes they may not even get a reply

show it much, but Rowdy can definitely be a nice happy kid who has big dreams about playing in the NBA, even though those dreams are buried down deep inside of him. The first time that Rowdy was mentioned in the book was just as Junior’s best friend, other than Junior’s dog Oscar. Rowdy is more than just Junior’s best friend, he is family, he is the only thing that

Don’t Just Scratch the Surface It was another hot day in the month of August. As I gingerly stepped out of the baby blue Toyota Avalon, my forehead was already forming little droplets of sweat. I wasn’t perspiring because of the humidity levels, it was the fact that I was about to start my first day at a new school. It’s an intimidating experience going to school with people you don’t know but, also worthwhile because we have the chance to make new friends. Anyway, as I stepped into the “newly renovated”