The Shining

This paper will produce a critical analysis of Jack Torrance character to be supported by mental delusion rather than being influenced by real ghosts. According to Kubrick’s movie entitled ‘The Shining’, Jack Torrance is not being haunted by real ghosts, but the insanity that is being triggered by his delusional mind. The character is a recovering alcoholic who applied for a job in a hotel with the main aim of enhancing his writing career alongside earning a living to support his family. Russel explains Jack’s circumstances by arguing, “Large Governmental, corporate, or social systems that uncannily to control individual behavior and in which characters seem paranoid, either to themselves or to other characters in the novel (243).”

            However, he is unable to cope with the human nature vices hence starting to experience an imaginary form of supernatural forces. His son Danny is portrayed to possess telepathic abilities that enable him to get vision of the past and the future. The manager of the hotel tells him that his caretaker successor experienced some form of insanity that saw him destroy his family. Despite this knowledge, Jack goes ahead to accept the job and identifies a particular room number 237 that he keeps his family out of it. He sees this room to possess angry ghosts of people who died innocently within the hotel. Russel adds that Jack undergoes through “transitional growth period” due to the trauma that he has been subjected by life experience (265).

Jack’s vision can be termed to be the main cause of his abnormal perception towards the relationship between human beings and supernatural forces. He is traumatized by the vices that accompany human nature hence exposing different people to different hardships in life. His alcoholic habits make him to lose his job in a small preparatory school. This incident threatens to destroy his marriage with Wendy. He decides to stop drinking and look for another job in the hotel. Strengell argues that Jack “Started, almost guiltily, as if he had been drinking and Wendy would smell the fumes on him (248).” He begins to think about the story that his manager tells him about his successor. He realizes that there are some people who died in unclear circumstances within the hotel. He connects this aspect with his miserable history while working in the small preparatory school. He establishes a common theory that supernatural forces are responsible for punishing human beings for the vices they commit. Magistrale explains that “When Jack moves, he moves with his doom (38).”

He sees ghosts of the former employees of the hotel to be angry with the human beings and ready to punish them for having caused their deaths. Magistrale argues that “Torrance bonds with evil spirits present at the overlook (161).” His delusional mind focuses on the most crucial aspect of his life; which is to protect his family and provide for it. Therefore, he thinks that the ghosts will be interested in destroying families of human beings in order to revenge for their deaths. This delusion is stressed by the impression that his son Danny possesses telepathic abilities which enables him to communicate with ghosts. Danny claims to have an imaginary friend named Tony who tells him about the things that have happened in the past and the ones to occur in future. He associates the number 37 with the misfortunes that have taken place in his life hence opting to keep his family away from a room that is labeled 237. Erickson insists that Jack’s “Truth comes out” that human vices are responsible for their misfortunes.

He believes that the room resides a ghost of the former caretaker to the hotel who is ready to revenge for his death. He makes his delusion to seem real through ascertaining that influence of supernatural powers is felt by humans after thinking about the relationship between his son and Tony. He warns his son to stay away from the room number 237 in order to avoid disrupting the ghosts and making them angry. However, Danny grows curious to know what resides in the room that his father prohibits him from entering. One day, he finds the room open and decides to enter. He says that he meets an angry ghost within the room that struggles him. Danny has also been influenced by his father’s thinking to believe that ghosts exist, and they possess an influence on human life.

Danny hears stories about the previous employees who have died while working in the hotel. His conscience convinces him that their deaths were caused by supernatural forces hence begins to create an imaginary ghost named Tony that tells him about the things that happened without his presence. He becomes convinced that Tony is responsible for impacting this knowledge in him, and yet he hears the stories from his father. His perception that ghosts are angry with human beings makes him think that they will attack him when he interrupts them. This incident occurs when he enters the room. Just like his father, his delusional mind makes him think that he has been attacked by ghosts. Strengell explains that Jack “correspondingly connects the situation of Danny with the nature of ghosts in order to make their influence to seem real (269).”

When Wendy learns that her son has be harmed she blames Jack for the attack. He sees him as being responsible for hurting Danny. This blame triggers misunderstanding between the couples hence making them to start fighting. Wendy notices that Jack has grown insane due to the traumatization that he has been subjected to by difficult life situations. She hits him and locks him in the kitchen while he is unconscious. Jack’s insanity becomes severe when he enters into the room that he had prohibited his son from entering. He meets the ghosts in party costumes; an illustration that they are celebrating.

The celebration of ghosts can be associated with Jack’s delusion that they become happy when human beings are suffering. Therefore, the he sees the ghosts to have started celebrating because his son has been hurt, and his family has begun to get destroyed. When his wife hits him to unconsciousness and locks him in a room, he thinks that the ghosts will be able to unlock the door for him. He negotiates with a ghost that opens the door for him, and starts hunting his son to kill him for having violated the conditions that had been given to him. Erickson says that “We get distanced from Jack by being shown how he begins to admire the people who once occupied the place where the hotel was built, and later became ghosts (213).”

This situation is made to seem real by the perception that ghosts will only support humans when they start a mission to harm other humans. When Jack starts to fight with his wife for having harmed Danny, none of the ghosts intervene to rescue any of them. This situation can be related with Jack’s thinking that ghosts are not after helping humans to solve their difference, but to help them hurt one another. Therefore, he wins the support of ghosts the moment he starts to hunt his wife and son in order to kill them. However, he does not succeed to kill any of them, but ends up losing his life. This outcome can be related to his life experiences during his former job, and while working at the hotel. The ghosts are the misfortunes that have been following him in times when he makes uninformed decisions. However, he comes back to his sense before his life becomes totally messy and rectifies the situation. For instance when he gets sacked because of drinking, he quits the habit before starting his next job. The power of the ghosts becomes insignificant when he rethinks his life; a situation that makes him unable to kill neither his wife nor Danny.

Work Cited

Erickson, Steven. "Room 237: Unlocking the Conspiracies Within Kubrick's The Shining." Phoenix Times (2013): 23-37. Fairleigh Dickinson University Online Library. Web. 5 August 2014.

Magistrale, Tony. Discovering Stephen King's 'The Shining'. New York: New York Press, 2001. Fairleigh Dickinson University Online Library. Web 5 August.

Russel, Sharon. Stephen King: A Critical Companion. New York: ABC-CLIO, 2002. Fairleigh Dickinson University Online Library. Web 5 August.

Strengell, Heidi. Dissecting Stephen King: From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism. Cambridge: Popular Press, 2006. Fairleigh Dickinson University Online Library. Web 5 August.

The Feminist Perception

According to Goodman (2010), the ancient feminist ideologies that considered women as being weaker than men have helped them to take good care of their bodies. Women have been keen to protect their bodies from any form of health risk due to the perception that they are not as strong as men to overcome life challenges. On the other hand, most men have continued to lead reckless lives due to the notion that they are not vulnerable like women. This perception shapes my thinking regarding the difference in behavior between men and women in the society. Women are always adhering to the recommended health precautions by their physicians and visit health clinics frequently for check-ups unlike men. They bear in mind that their weak bodies might not be able to fight against various infections hence failure to acquire medical consultation might expose them to critical health problems (Hewlett, 2012).

On the other hand, most men see visitation to medical clinics and seeking of medical consultation to be wastage of time (Richard, 2012). They believe that their immune system is superior and able to fight against many infections. This perception can be held responsible for triggering the multiple cases of ill-health, acquired disability, and mal-nutrition among men in the society. The case of women is different from that of men since they are always cautious to avoid any activities or life traits that might pose a threat to their health. Moreover, this feminist perception has also led to different interests of sports between men and women. Men are mostly interested in the most physical sports such as Rugby, American Football, and Cricket in order to prove how strong they are. Unlikely, women find fun in the sports than involve less physical contacts between the opponents such as Table Tennis and Lawn Tennis in order to protect their bodies from harm.

                                                                     References

Goodman, R. (2010). Feminist Theory in Pursuit of the Public. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hewlett, S. (2012). A Lesser Life: The Myth of Women's Liberation in America. New York: Morrow & CO.

Richard, J. (2012). The Sceptical Feminist. Cambridge: Harmondsworth.

U.S Civil War

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The American Civil War
The American Civil War can be termed to have erupted due to increased differences in both social and political cultures between the Northern and the Southern States of America. These differences led to divided opinions regarding matters of state and federal rights, taxes, and tariff and internal improvements (Gallagher, 1997). Moreover, a difference in opinions regarding the fate of slave trade in the American society also became aggravated along the territorial lines. The Northern States had become more industrialized than the Southern ones hence seeing no need for promoting slave trade. On the other hand, the Southern States had been actively engaged in agricultural activities and they were in dire need for laborers. They depended on the African slaves to work on their farms and also act as trade commodities whereby their exchange would help them to settle their debts.

The Southern States consider slave ownership as a form of commanding corporate wealth and also gaining political power. Therefore, they differed with the Northern States on the issue of slave trade abolishment. The increased differences led the Southern States to declare themselves as Confederates and sought to be independent from the rest of the American society. This act aggravated enmity between the Northern and the Southern States hence leading to the outbreak of a civil war. The Northern army was led by Ulysses Grant, the Union General-in-Chief, while the Confederate army was led by General Robert Lee. Despite having a larger army, the Confederates lost in the war. There are various reasons that led to their defeat which include; lack of effective fighting tactics, inadequate power to control their sustenance, and even the “obvious” attitude of victory due to the large size of their army. The approximate size of the nation was 750000 square miles while the Union owned only 3000 square miles. Therefore, the Confederates were sure about winning the war hence failed to arrange effective fighting tactics. Lee did not take adequate time to organize his army and all requirements that were necessary to win the war hence ended up risking the lives of his soldiers (Rubin, 2005).

The Confederates had gained a lot of wealth from cotton trade hence they were too certain that their high economic status would enable them to acquire all requirements that were necessary for the war. Therefore, Confederates were more equipped than the Union army. Lack of adequate power to control sustenance saw the Confederates get starved when Grant destroyed their means of sustenance hence reducing Lee’s fighting effectiveness significantly. Despite having an underequipped and fewer soldiers, Grant did not risk any lives but used a considerate number of them to secure maximum fighting advantages.  According to Rubin (2005), destruction of the confederates’ sustenance resulted to a drastic drop in their economic status hence increasing their poverty levels (p.274).

The Union army had also sought strong allies that would support it through providing the necessary materials in case need occurred. This act made it secure from misfortunes in case the Confederates ambushed their sustenance. According to Holt (2005), the Union army had realized that it was disadvantaged due to its lower size and less equipment compared to their enemies. Therefore, it took time to plan for effective strategy that will reduce the effectiveness of the Confederate army hence being able to defeat them (p.517).  

White Collar Crimes in New Jersey

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 White Collar Crime in New Jersey
This paper will investigate a current White Collar Crime that took place in New Jersey. It will document how the incident took place and the reaction of the law enforcers towards it. During July 9^th, 2014, three health aides from New Jersey were mentioned in two indictments regarding fraud. Two of the suspects were current employees of Hackensack Company, which is a home based agency that deals in offering medical services to its clients, while the other one was a former employee of the same agency. According to a statement that was released by the State authorities, the three individuals billed Medicaid a total of $73, 000 for services that they had not rendered. The State Attorney General issued a statement that showed that Elhan Gurban, aged 52, allegedly caused a total of 1413 false claims that were submitted to work. During this period, the suspect was out of the country doing other activities that were unrelated to his job obligations. The authorities claimed that the fraud caused Medicaid to pay a total of $64, 125 for services that had not been rendered.

On the other hand, Roman Abashkin, aged 32, allegedly composed 212 false claims to be submitted to work hence causing Medicaid to spend $6, 664 due to the fraud. Moreover, Semen Rybalov, aged 68, went ahead to make 45 false claims costing Medicaid a total of $2, 180. The three men were employed by the Confident Care Corp. that has established its headquarters in New Jersey. They were convicted with three crimes which include; Health Care Fraud, Theft by Deception, and Medicaid Fraud (Friedrichs, 2014). These charges are serious enough to make each of the suspects to serve a period of ten years in jail if found guilty. Westgate (2014) analyzes the main cause of white collar crimes in New Jersey, and within other workplaces around the globe. The first item in his argument is ineffective integrity tests that are subjected to the employees during the time of employment. He argues that employers become deceived that they can be able to learn the character of their employees within few minutes of their interviews. Therefore, when an employee passes the interview, he or she is awarded an opportunity to join the workplace without being subjected to further tests. This aspect makes it hard for them to notice any aspect of malpractice that is being developed by the employees who have been working with them for a long time.

He emphasizes that employees should be subjected through a series of random tests throughout their working period in order to determine the credibility of each of them. Therefore, integrity tests should not be performed during a particular time, but throughout the work experience of the employees. Secondly, the issue of accountability is not well emphasized in most workplaces. The bureaucratic system of management exposes the ordinary employees to little managerial experience hence triggering an attitude of avoiding accountability. They aim at evading being held responsible of the outcome of various activities within their workplaces. They conducted their duties bearing in mind that any blames that would arise in future would be addressed to their managers, and not to them. This aspect makes them reckless in their duties hence triggering development of malpractices in their lines of duty.

Thirdly, lack of close supervision that is triggered by over trustfulness of the employers towards their employees leads to development of unethical practices in the workplaces. After an employee has worked with a particular company for a long time, the employers tend to get convinced that he or she is trustworthy hence failing to monitor closely his or her activities and conduct. The experienced employees take advantage of this trait to start encouraging fraud in order to secure maximum gains from the workplaces. These claims are also supported by Podger (2014) by claiming that employees should be subjected to unconscious tests throughout their working period in order to control any form of malpractice that might arise in their lines of duty. She claims that the tests that are presented during the interviews alert the employees to be very keen in matters concerning their behavior for the sake of winning the employment opportunities. However, after they have been awarded the job, they slowly continue to assume their true natures hence determining the fate of the workplace.

The claims from the three authors can be related to the incident of fraud of Medicaid by three culprits that occurred in New Jersey. Two of the suspects were claimed to have been out of the country when the false claims regarding the health services rendered were being submitted. This aspect implies lack of supervision by their employers. If the employers had paid adequate attention towards determining the whereabouts of all their employees, they would have realized that the two suspects were not within the country during the time of submission of the false claims. Moreover, the aspect of avoidance of accountability is portrayed by the fact that the two suspects had left their nation during the time of submitting the false claims in order to avoid being held accountable in case things went wrong. This trait can be associated with a long term practice that has been going on within the workplace hence leading to embezzling of public funds.

Medicaid also over trusted the Hackensack employees to a point of releasing funds before ascertaining whether the stated health care services had been delivered satisfactorily. It should have established a special department to deal with investigations regarding work execution by their employees in order to make sure that the funds would be released to cater for expenses that resulted to high quality services. The action of Medicaid to release funds after receiving the claims shows that it awards little concern towards determining the quality of services that have been rendered. It implies that the Agency is only interested in seeing the work done regardless of how it has been done. Therefore, laxity of employers regarding matters of supervision of their employees, and how work is being done can be associated with the high cases of white collar crimes that are being experienced.

Conclusion

Gurban, Abashkin and Rybalov were charged with three crimes each which included; Health Care Fraud, theft by deception, and Medicaid Fraud. The three crimes have a magnitude able to see each of the three suspects being sentenced for during of ten years. Despite the fact that the three culprits have being held accountable for their malpractices, their employers should also be answerable for exercising laxity in work. The New Jersey State Authorities established the fact that during the time of the Fraud, two of the suspects were out of the country doing activities that were unrelated to their job. Bearing in mind that their employers were not aware of their whereabouts, it can be argued that their laxity on matters concerning employee supervision led to the malpractices.

Treasure We Seek

According to the moral teachings which were provided by Jesus Christ, we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves. Our neighbors can be classified as the needy people who require our help. Therefore, it should be our concern to take care of the homeless and poor people within our country and help them to lead better lives. Jesus Christ told his disciple Peter that whatever good thing is done to any human being it will have been done to him too. Therefore, we should use this moral lesson to get motivated towards helping the homeless people who have no shelter, and even providing food for the hungry. The whole nation should get concerned in enabling those who have poor living standards to improve them through catering for their basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing.

Jesus Christ set a good example of the life that should be emulated by Christians. He asked a boy who had attended His summons to provide the two fish and five pieces of bread he was carrying for food in order to share with the rest of the congregation. After praying for them, He was able to feed the five thousand people who were in the gathering. Therefore, we should be willing to share whatever we have with the needy people within the society. Every citizen within the nation should be willing to provide support to the poor as much as he or she can in order to introduce them to healthier lives. Helping the needy people in our society will have mutual benefits since they will be more productive hence promoting the welfare of the whole nation.