In friendship, people help and motivate their friends to succeed in achieving their goal, which make them useful to each other. When my friend Steven gave up on reaching his goal to attend college, I helped him to keep on trying to achieve his dream and never to give up on his it. ... By supporting and helping him to reach his goal, I motivated his determination to achieve his dream and became a better friend. ...

• Word Count: 1198
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ability to establish and achieve goals in life is one of the many ideas Block conveys through the use of characters. ... Block emphasizes the importance of putting forth an effort in order to accomplish goals. ... The significance of the wishes coming true in the novel is essential in order to inspire children to believe in and work towards their dreams, to accomplish any set goals for themselves, and to maintain faith that nothing is impossible. ... The significance of faith motivates and inspires children to strive further to accomplish their goals. ...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"It is almost a truism to state that consideration of the woman-man relationship "as a sexual relationship, a core family relationship, a strongly enforced ideological goal and expectation "brings us near the heart of the sociology of gender" "(Chodorow pg. 67). ... On the other hand, women are socialized to want to be emotionally connected to their friendships, trust and reliability is going to be the main goal when creating a new friendship with a woman. ... Here, the starting point is the fact that both boys and girls are mainly raised by women and have to detach from mothers to c...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although there are many practical reasons to think about why it is important for me to learn to write well, I also have strong motives to believe that learning to do it help people to get a more developed emotional intelligence. For instance, to do well on class papers or get a better job are some o...

• Word Count: 486
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The epic centers around a conflict of powerful men with an underlying theme of the helplessness of women, yet Hera transcends the gender-based limitations by exerting her powers and taking full advantage of her sexuality in order to achieve her merciless goal of trumping the Trojans. ... After convincing Zeus to hide them in a golden cloud, Hera sexually baits her husband into an oblivious slumber simply to advance her Achaean-centered goals. ... Zeus's superior position is a recurring theme that underscores the gender inequality that pervades the epic; nonetheless, Hera not only rises...

• Word Count: 939
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Why He Treats Gertrude the Way He Does Hamlet wants to achieve two goals with respect to Gertrude. ... Thus, Hamlet would have the psychological freedom he would need to kill Claudius and thus relieve him of his obsession Hamlet meets goal one by treating Gertrude angrily, as his feigned insanity permits him to do. However, goal two is decidedly more difficult. One means of achieving it would be for Hamlet to kill his mother or make her go insane, which he has the license to do thanks to his feigned insanity. ...

• Word Count: 2027
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate