Tyhesia Simpson August 4, 2012 AP English 11 Holden INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH One of Holden’s biggest struggles is feeling lonely and trying to seek companionship. Throughout the novel Holden has a difficult time connecting with people around him but deep in his heart he is longing for love and companionship. You see this when he first gets to New York and he decides that he wants to call someone. This is eerie considering his dislike of people. After not getting a hold of someone, he seeks out women to flirt with to try to fill that void in his heart.
When we are primarily introduced to her we can sense she may cause trouble among the men. She is described as having “full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up” it is clear that she craves attention and the only way she sees she is able to receive it is by acting shamelessly around the men. She is unhappy in her marriage and although she flirts with the other men what she wants is not an affair or a relationship but companionship. Loneliness is a theme often associated with the migrant workers in America during the 1930s, but Curely’s wife is in fact the person who experiences it most. She is the only woman on the ranch, which makes her different from the rest.
Social media destroys social bonds. For instance, Facebook is a relationship destroyer. People like to gossip on their statuses about their relationships and family problems. Instead of talking face to face about their problem, people would rather post it on Facebook. People that gossip on Facebook about their personal and family problems can cause them to break up with their girl or boy friend, their marriage can fall apart, which can lead to a divorce, and it can cause an argument or fight with their family member, which can also lead them to stop talking or wanting to be around each other.
With all the advantages of moving to the internet the online community continues to grow. Of course you can still do all your banking at the bank or go to the store to buy stuff, but times are changing. 40% of the Bank of America customers use the Online only account that charges a fee if you want to use the physical bank. With the way things are going our entire society could go completely online. With people relying on the internet for their everyday lives its no wonder that to some people think that internet should be considered a human right.
Unit 12 – Internet Marketing in Business P1 – Describe the role internet marketing has within a modern marketing context Internet marketing, or online marketing, refers to the marketing and advertisement that is done through the use of the Web and email, to drive direct sales via electronic commerce. It is used in relation to traditional types of marketing such as radio, television, newspapers and magazines. The importance of internet marketing strategies has grown with the growth and importance of the Internet. Most established companies are vying for online space and seeking to adopt web marketing strategies to increase traffic to their company's homepage. Online marketing helps add potential customers and the number of quality leads to a website as well.
The internet offers competitive pricing, easy access and convenience, customers can personalize services. The worldwide web not only features products but also services that allow consumers to pay their utility, credit card, mortgage and car bills online. Customers can search travel destinations and make reservations for airfare, hotels, and rental cars from the comfort of their own home. Technology advancements have made connecting to the internet easier and affordable; many businesses offer hot spots for Wi-Fi access. More and more companies are using the internet to promote new products and services.
One of them admitted that she finds the prospect of being alone so unsettling that she'll sit with a friend even when she has a paper to write. Another said, why would anyone want to be alone?" While this is partially an exaggeration, the thought process behind it still rings true. This is a sentiment felt by many teenagers. Simply looking at the percentages of teenage depression or suicide can be a clear indicator of the mindset of teenagers these days.
It is said that technology advances exponentially over time. Such progress has transcended the ability of the average person to access information and knowledge almost instantly at any given moment. In this age of the smartphone, people virtually have the world at their fingertips. Search engines like google and youtube give free access to websites and videos containing information that allows anyone with internet access to learn about,or how to do, almost anything. Generation Y is the first ever to be born with such easy access to so much information.
By Curley’s wife talking to a mentally unstable person Lennie she seemed to take advantage of him by flirting a little bit with him. Lennie seems a little questionable by all that she was doing but he was going along with it until she says, “ I get lonely, you can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but curly” (Steinbeck, 87). This quote shows loneliness because even Lennie is having a hard time to communicate with Curley’s wife because she doesn’t seem confortable with him. As they keep talking Curley’s wife lets out all that she had hurting her inside to Lennie, she tells him everything because her husband never wanted to listen to her which made her loos her companionship. As Lennie keeps talking to her in his mind he feels that she is very confused into her self by this entire happening she gets herself into trouble.
Smoking marijuana has been known to affect the way a person think, feels, and act. Many users’ lose interest in life and become very lazy. People who use marijuana often find it very difficult to concentrate on anything more challenging than television. Marijuana causes a decreased attention span and feelings of isolation. High school and college students who are regular users of marijuana find themselves to be struggling with inner turmoil; feeling depressed, scared, and often suffers from very low self-esteem.