Essays on Myself

Introduction Shyness is the caution and anxiety that individuals felt in face of novel social situations/objects or social evaluation, mainly for the avoidance of conflicts in the context (Rubin, Coplan, & Bowker, 2009). Shyness has been defined as a tendency to feel anxious and to…

Introduction Coming-of-age literature addresses the transition phases that a main character undergoes from youth to adulthood. Both Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye novels spell out the basic transitions that the protagonists undergo that build an equitable understanding of the world around…

Have you ever regretted what movie you and your partner went to see? Have you ever been at odds with your spouse over the paint color in your bedroom? Does Thanksgiving dinner at your in-laws make you rethink your holiday plans? If so, you may…

For teenagers, the aging process, that is the human experience of growing older, is important. The theme in Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street is coming of age/ growing up. And how Chicago represented in the novel’s setting is problematic for the coming…

The Hunger Games is a coming out of age novel about teenagers living in a complex society. The teenagers have to participate in dangerous games to please the public. They have to make life or death decisions and can see someone dying each minute. They…

Imagine you are going for a vacation. You board a big plane, get your meal and fall asleep. The next thing you know is you wake up in a jungle. You see plane debris around you. You start walking. Eventually, you get to an opening…

Alan Watts said, ‘Trying to define yourself is, like trying to bite your own teeth.’ The task of finding personal identity is to define the quality of a human which makes him or her a unique self. For some people, it is an easy effort,…

When I was told to create a ethnographic study and explore a certain group of people from a distance I realized a great choice would be to observe the increasing gay community that brooklyn and my neighborhood is starting to have. I didn’t have much…

Incorporating spirituality is a very important concept in the healthcare industry. This allows physicians and other healthcare professionals the ability to examine a patient’s religious preferences and beliefs. With this information, a healthcare professional can offer to pray with their patient or maybe discuss possible…

Everyone one of us is different. While our body is made up of the same chemical components, as a complex being that can live, breath and think, we are all essentially different. Our interests, thought processes, actions and innate personalities are unique to each of…