“Home Alone” is a 1990 family comedy film directed by Chris Columbus. The plot revolves around an eight-year-old mischievous Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) being left alone at home mistakenly during the family tour to Paris on Christmas. Kevin enjoys his newly founded freedom at first. As time passes, he realizes the loneliness and starts missing his family. Kevin realizes the true essence of a family’s love by spending Christmas at

Link To The Article: (https://www.mpi.org/blog/article/hyperlocal-hybrid-events-will-lead-the-way.) Article Summary The article “Hyperlocal Hybrid Events Will Lead the Way” envisages the predicaments of the global coronavirus pandemic, which will affect public gatherings, social events, and outdoor extracurricular activities in the future despite the promise of achieving herd immunity. The global crisis caused by the coronavirus lockdown has caused massive financial distress to the trading sector, industries, and companies to cut down their financial

Link To The Article: https://www.mpi.org/blog/article/science-and-creativity-safe-in-person-events-in-texas Article Summary The respective article “Science and Creativity: Safe In-Person Events in Texas” emphasizes the fulfilment of accurate guidelines for safe in-person events, combining the scientific measures and creativity to conduct such safe events with respect to the “South Padre Island Convention Centre” located in Texas. The main paradigm of the article is planning in-person events by following safety considerations and standard operating procedures to

David Fredrick is a male office assistant working for a Tuscan software house in Virginia. David is 34 years old. He is a hardworking and well-presented informal employee. He has completed his high school diploma. He has a wife and daughter in his family. He has been working in this software house for 4 years as an office assistant. He assists employees in doing clerical work and brings tea or

Enough is an American thriller movie directed by Michael Apted, released in 2002, and written by Nicholas Kazan. This movie is an adaptation of Anna Quindlen’s bestseller novel, Black and Blue, published in 1998. The movie stars Jennifer Lopez as the female protagonist of the movie, playing the character of “Slim.” “Slim” is seen as the victim of the patriarchal regime and male dominance. She is an abused wife who becomes

Tim O’Brien explains in this piece of fiction that the act of remembering stories can help bring the dead back to life.  O’Brien tells about his experience of war in which he witnesses a dead body in Vietnam. He informs her after seeing the body, which reminds him of a girl whom he had encountered in his life, and her name was Linda. O’Brien narrates different stories within the main

Summary Black Americans faced enforced segregation and insufficient access to basic facilities of housing, education, and other opportunities even after slavery was abolished. Instead, the long history of slavery culture in the southern states and discrimination faced by Americans in Northern states impacted this segregation significantly. Also, according to Hanes et al. (2007), the segregation of blacks and whites was present before the approval of Jim Crow laws at the

The primary emotions are feelings that are innate and universal and are found in any person; however, secondary emotions must be learned and developed with the growth of the individual and social interaction. The shame falls under secondary emotions. Shame is defined as the emotion of self-awareness arising from the self-evaluation and analysis of a personal failure against the desired standard according to shared rules, purposes, or models of behaviour.

Jack Costa wrote an article, “Concrete Egg Fermenters: Classic or Cracked Fad?” in Wine Folly on April 27, 2020. In the article, the author sheds light on the use of concrete egg-shaped fermenters in the wine industry. Moreover, he has explained his points with various pictures. The egg-shaped fermenters were used for thousands of years; however, the modern ones offer advanced features that have enhanced their benefits. The egg-shaped fermenters

The roles played by the genders in a society significantly determine society’s nature as either patriarchal or matriarchal. The literature has addressed both societies by showing both patriarch and matriarch protagonists. Tartuffe and A Dollhouse are two credible pieces of literature. Although both are written in distinctive periods, they have conveyed the same dominating role of men in societies. However, they have also shown the dash of the woman’s tenacity

This century has been marked by the vivid interest of American poets in Chinese literature and poetry. In the initial decades, many American poets followed the trend and imitated or translated Chinese poetry. However, Kenneth Rexroth not only followed the movement but also made a legacy. He translated Chinese poetry into English and kept a keen check on the merits of Chinese literature. The essay focuses on the comparative analysis

Article Summary The article summarizes various wine sorting methods, which are the ultimate key to the longer shelf lives of wine. It’s commonly observed that the wine bottles are stored sideways in the storage. When the bottle is kept sideways, the cork remains moist; if the cork is dry, it shrivels, and the resulting air that escapes into the wine bottle oxidizes it. The temperature also plays a crucial role

Introduction George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman have a great influence on our understanding of sociology today. Both theorists discussed the origin of individual identity by focusing on the impacts of interaction with other people in society (Brym, 2017). Due to these inherent similarities in their studies, the concept of symbolic interactions has emerged. However, they both have many differences as well with regards to their description of the constitution

A group of people living together in a more or less ordered community makes up a society. Every society has its social unity and social needs. A different school of thought focuses on various laws that make up or govern a society. Before the origin of other schools of thought, an older discipline associated with theorists like Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx primarily provided a scientific account of

Stella Gibbons (1902-1989) was a journalist turned novelist in the era of 1920s. Her work of literature was highly proclaimed when she first published her debut novel “Cold Comfort Farm”. The most celebrated line of her novel ‘I saw something nasty in the woodshed,’ has become a catchline to date. Her highly famous novel was later converted into a star-studded film as well. Throughout her life, she remained true to

English literature is full of astonishing techniques that help the reader develop skills in today’s dynamic environment. English literature has helped me to discover the world through different perspectives by looking at stories, poems, novels, and plays. With that, I can say yes, my approach towards English reading has changed, as I see it as a lens through which I go through the world’s history and current situations. It has

“A clean hometown where everyone has equal opportunities to grow both financially and mentally. No one is left hungry, and the security of every citizen is guaranteed”. Feels like a dream? Yes, it does to a part of the population in some areas of the world. A very high percentage of people are suffering from hunger, homelessness, fatal diseases, and basic education and health necessities. In spite of these facts

Reading books, or anything that matters, is an asset for oneself. It not only provides a wide perspective on different things but also broadens one’s mind with respect to scenarios beyond imagination (Importance of Reading Books, n.d.). Without reading, the human brain becomes dull, whilst a person who reads on a regular basis challenges his mind, leading to a broad thinking and flexible thought process. Reading not only challenges one’s

In my opinion, the accounts of all four Gospels are convincing. However, all four belonged to different backgrounds. They had their own approach to narrating the miracles and instructions of Jesus. Having four different schools of thought on one person’s life narration proves the validation of the teachings and miracles. Although many testimonies support the claims about Jesus’ life, one can find them in the Gospels. But, the most substantial

Christians all over the world have four sacred gospels that help them live a better life. These gospels are neither the contemplation nor the memoir of Jesus, rather they are the summary of his life all compiled together for better understanding. Some believers say that as there are four corners of the cosmos hence there can only be four gospels chosen that are written by the most devoted followers of