ENG4U-B Lesson 4, In Paul D’Angelo’s essay, “The step not taken”, the hero goes through the three stages of monomyth archetype, Separation, struggle or initiation, and return and reintegration. In this essay I will try to explain my understanding of how the hero transformed throughout the three stages and the wisdom he was able to gain in his transformation. The hero starts by refusing to help a man and the essay ends with the hero regretting his actions and apologizing to the man. He had to go through these stages and get in touch with his own spiritual side to come to his final point. The separation stage starts when the hero gets a call to an adventure and ends with the hero fully accepting the quest.
I will work to get him to make these changes so that his self esteem will be boosted and he can make the decisions that will lead to a better future for himself this will in turn help his relationships with his girlfriend, his mother and his work colleagues. Diagnosis I can see from the information Mr X has given me that he has low self esteem and lacks confidence. He does not have the confidence to apply for the job although he has done it on several occasions when the manager has been on holiday, so he is capable of doing it. This is a positive for Mr X and we can work on this during the session. He has low self esteem which will impact on everything he does.
In most people’s minds a simple apology letter from a business is template on a computer in which your name and problem will be inserted into the blanks. We expect them to be short, to the point and most definitely mass produced. George Saunders turns this system completely upside down, which brings laughter out of the reader. First of all the apology letter is written by an employee of the business during his lunch break- this never happens, a business man does not take his own personal time to write an apology letter to a customer. Also this apology letter was very personal, another thing we do not expect to come out of an apology letter.
I think again the individual who become narcotics addict does not have strong motivation in the other direction. Junk wins by default. My husband told me that he were just curiosity and his friends was using it. And one day he started feeling sick and that when he know that he was a addict. Before my husband die, he got cleaned but it was to late for him.
They are no longer the important aspect of his life as all focus shifts to himself to become important to others who seemingly don’t care about him. Helen’s response to a company friend stating, “I know how much you will miss him,” with “I already have” shows the significance of her and the family moving on from Phil and his workaholic self. Later, while attending Phil’s funeral, the company president asks, “Who’s been working the hardest?” and provides the audience a sense that nobody noticed Phil’s hard work and dedication to the company, making Phil appear invisible to the people he was intending to impress. By doing this, Goodman illustrates the
My question to this was there a problem in Bartleby’s life? The narrator shows how Bartleby starts to just drift away, he starts off being a very excellent working to just not doing anything. He even begins to just stare at the wall. He is just there not wantingto do anything but just be there. My thought on this is that the lawyer is feeling sorry for Bartleby.
A job is something that if you find one your whole life you’re a lucky person. The fact that his parents kind of got him the job shows how hard it might have been. Another reason could be that maybe he thought it was cool. I could never do this is because anywhere you go there will be a boss that makes you upset. Who’s to say if he were to get another job that his next boss would confront a girl he takes liking to and he quits that job too.
He doesn’t like to be the only one blamed as he shows here: “(with marked change of tone)… I thought that – for some reason best known to yourself - you were making the most of this tiny bit of information I could give you. I’m sorry. This makes a difference.” He shows that he does not mind if he doesn’t have to take full responsibility and says that it changes everything. Arthur does not like to take all the responsibility. Also, he is afraid for his family here and their reputation.
Be relentlessly clear. All good writing instruction repeats this refrain: Show, don’t tell. In other words, illustrate your points with specifics. Example: You want to say someone in your company is a bad boss. Rather than making that general statement, say something like, “He got a promotion based on his assistant’s detailed reports, but then—despite the company’s record profits—denied that assistant even routine cost-of-living raises.” 6.
Here we saw Elie’s feelings towards his father really come through. He doesn’t want to find his father. This shocked me when I read it because he was so against this when he saw it happening to other father-son duos. He said he would never wish he didn’t have his dad because he was the only family left. It’s sad to think that his feelings changed when he was put in the exact situation.