Ukraine joining the European Union: myth or reality?
Essay - 1 pages - International relations
Ukraine is an Eastern European country located between Poland and Russia. However, it is not a member of the European Union, which is a unique partnership between 27 European countries, known as Member States, or EU countries. This country has shown interest in joining the EU since 1993, two...
Westward expansion: spirituality or reality?
Creative writing - 2 pages - Literature
This document is a piece of creative writing which contains a dialogue between two characters on the ramifications of westward expansion.
"Fake news is the real virus!" (2020) - Fiction and reality
Text commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
In May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, a protester in California held a sign sharing a worrying idea. By calling fake news the real virus, they meant that lies and false claims about COVID-19 were actually a bigger problem than the disease itself.
Are dystopias getting closer to reality? - English oral exam (LLCER)
Presentation - 2 pages - Arts and art history
My personal file broaches the axis called "Fictions and Realities" and the theme of utopias and dystopias. It addresses the subject of dystopias. First of all, the dystopia is a fictional genre in which the author depicts an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or...
Is the Reality of the Subject a Certainty or an Illusion?
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
"Cogito ergo sum. "I think, therefore I am'. This Latin locution, uttered by René Descartes, philosophers of the Enlightenment, gives an unmistakable type of view of human consciousness. Since I have the will and the consciousness to think, I am, I exist. My thought, which I observe, refers...
Appearance V. Reality in "The Continuity of Parks" by Julio Cortazar
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
This brilliantly written work takes the reader on a journey inside the mind of two people simultaneously and addresses the possibility that reality is only that which one understands through his or her own particular brand of consciousness. The imagery used in this work, namely, the...
Is reality real? Protecting the viewers through informative disclaimers
Case study - 26 pages - Film studies
Reality television has swept America over like an epidemic. Almost every channel has some form of a reality show. This genre began in 1989 with the creation of COPS and America's Funniest Home Videos. Only three years later MTV aired the first episode of The Real World. After...
Altering the reality of images
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Go to your local supermarket and walk to the magazine aisle. Pick up a magazine and study its cover. The woman on the front cover stares back at you—her eyes bright, teeth whitened complexion flawless and her waist slim. Allow me to continue to mention that her arms are small and her legs...
The society we have described can never grow into a reality (Socrates, Book V, 473c11-d4)
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
In Plato's work, 'The Republic', Socrates is asked to prove that justice always outweighs injustice, and that the just man is ultimately happier than the unjust man. In order to do this, Socrates begins by outlining a utopian state in which justice thrives in both the state and the...
Reality of participative management in India
Case study - 3 pages - Management
‘Participation in Irrigation: what has changed since the Act of 2000 in Tamil Nadu?' (Olivia Aubriot), and ‘The scientific and rational management of Indian forest resources' by Emmanuel Bon, are instances of application of management models of space separation. We present these two...
The reality in Koreeda's film Nobody Knows
Thesis - 2 pages - Film studies
As we take a cursory look of the city, we notice that the society appears to be very lively, crowded, bustling and excited. However, as we gain a deep understanding into reality, we may notice another dimension to this feeling of togetherness. The gray side of humanity is illustrated...
Death as reality: A response to Christopher S. Glover's critical analysis of Don DeLillo's White noise
Thesis - 4 pages - Literature
In this essay, I will systematically dissect Christopher S. Glover's categorization of Don DeLillo's White Noise as an example of Baudrillard's third stage of simulacrum while presenting an alternate interpretation that suggests the novel actually represents a deviation on...
Operation management: industrial reality of Peugeot PSA Citroën
Case study - 11 pages - Management
During the 20th century, the world went through many evolution phases, especially in the automotive industry. Today, this industry is a very important factor in economic development. PSA is a French automotive manufacturer. In 1973 the company made a merger with Citroën, and became the second...
Knowledge and reality
Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy
The concept of a non-material reality is one that is not only fundamentally important but also highly debated in the field of philosophy. Different ideas and opinion abound over the division and labeling of various types of matter and reality, the source to obtain inferences on such...
Through space and time: Reality and experience in the modern age
Thesis - 4 pages - Literature
Modernism marked the collapse of structures that had defined the individual and the relationship of that individual to the world. Rapid changes in religion, science, and politics revealed the gaps in society's ideologies. The institutions that had once provided the foundation of English society...
Reality TV
Thesis - 2 pages - Film studies
Reality TV is a kind of TV program which presents humorous and dramatic situations without a script, documents actual events and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Documentaries and nonfictional programs such as the news and sports shows are usually not classified as...
Race and gender as structuring factors of election: A typically American reality?
Worksheets - 1 pages - Political science
Does racism still prevail in the US? The last election in the United States was a forceful reminder that race and gender have always played a role in the American elections and, more generally, in the American society. It is only in 1920 that American women were allowed to vote and much later in...
Language and reality
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is common cynical knowledge that in this world of spin, our perceptions of reality cannot possibly be divorced from the language it is presented in. But the question remains as to whether language creates or distorts reality. At the crux of the issue is really our definition of...
"No artist tolerates reality" - Nietzsche. To what extend is this true in the work of Yeats and Eliot?
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
"No artist tolerates reality", as far as this quotation of Nietzsche is concerned, it is true that artists - and therefore writers - cannot tolerate reality, and that is the reason why they often aim at changing this reality through their art, and in the case of writers,...
Does reality TV have any ill effects on the participants and the viewers? To what extent?
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
This literature review deals with the contemporary topic of reality TV. It is particularly focused on the examination of the ill effects of reality TV shows for both contestants and viewers. The study found out that the appeal which encourages people to participate in such shows is...
Baby boomers and retirement: The stark reality
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
We are constantly inundated with news about Baby Boomers and retirement, especially as it relates to concerns that baby boomers are not adequately prepared for retirement, and also worry separately about the state of Social Security in America. Many of the concerns that baby boomers have about...
The EU Foreign Policy - Myth or Reality?
Essay - 21 pages - International relations
European Union (EU) critics are a very heterogenic group. Amongst them, there are people who think that this organization has too many responsibilities. Sometimes this disapproval is summarized in only one word: ‘Brussels', the city where several institutions of the EU and especially the...
Is the American dream a reality? If so, how far does Barrack Obama symbolize it?
Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism
The American Dream is a term that has been used to encompass the founding ideas that have existed since the birth of the United States. Its definition is broad and has been open to many interpretations, which have adapted and changed over the course of American history. Liberal philosophers such...
The American reality: Life in the working class
Thesis - 19 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1848, as the spread of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution were forever changing the social, political and economic landscape in Europe and America, early social theorist Karl Marx defined the working-class as those “laborers who must sell themselves piecemeal… a commodity like...
Characteristics of effective leadership A comparison between theory and business reality
Case study - 4 pages - Management
This practicum field project is the result of an interview conducted with the VP Corporate Communications in Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France.* The goal of this project is to compare the views of a successful executive with the theoretical approach provided by several scholars about the...
The credible reality of fake news
Essay - 4 pages - Journalism
Everybody remembers the moment they first saw footage of the burning Twin Towers toppling down on September 11th, 2001. Everybody remembers the panic that ensued, the news tickers running constantly on all the major television stations giving updates on nothing in particular, the finger-pointing...
Backgrounder: reality television
Essay - 5 pages - Journalism
Reality programs have been part of television since the beginning and have grown steadily among viewers over the years to make itself one of the most viewed types of shows on the air today. With the huge success of reality shows like American Idol, Survivor, The Real World, The...
Media's use of representation of genders and races leads to a distorted view of reality
Essay - 3 pages - Journalism
A filmmaker's ultimate role is to properly present images in sequence that tell a story and/or conveys a message or several of them therefore. With various imagery tools, movies present a message in a way that makes them seem natural and fitting for the context that it is presented in. Whether...
The Rhetoric of Growth in Colorado: Reconciling Perceptions and Reality
Essay - 8 pages - Linguistics & languages
In 1990, Colorado was a state of about 3.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001b). By 2000, Colorado's population had grown to 4,301,261 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001b). Colorado's new residents spurred development in areas once sparsely inhabited. The population of Superior in Boulder County, for...
The reality of perceiving environment
Essay - 4 pages - Literature
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens presents the reader with exactly what its title expresses—thirteen distinct perspectives all involving a blackbird in some form. These perspectives each provide a kind of brief snapshot into thirteen unique realities....
