简介:Rick,freshoutofaccountingschool,wenttoaninterviewforagoodpayingjob.Thecompanybossaskedvariousquestionsabouthimandhiseducation,butthenaskedhim,"Whatisthreetimesseven?"
简介:NatsumeSōseki(1867-1916)sufferedfromcyclicmentaldepressionsthroughhislife,anditwaswhenhewasinthestateofthemostterribleonethathestartedhiscareerasawriterbywritingIAmaCat(1905-1906).TherearesomeevidencebyhiswifeandfriendsthatSōseki’sconditionofdiseasedramaticallyimprovedduringitsserializationonamagazine,andthewriterhimselfadmitedhumorouslyintheprefaceofotherworkthatitwashisdepressionandmaniathatenabledhimtoproduceIAmaCatandotherearlyworks.Thispaperaimsatdescribingtheprocesshowhisactofnarratinghadtherapeuticeffectsonhisstateofmindfocusingontheconstructionofcomplicitousrelationshipbetweenanimpliedauthorandreadersintheworkbytheuniquefunctionsofthefirst-‘person’narrator:ACat.Amongothers,IwillconsidertheinfluenceofLaurenceSterne’sTristramShandy(1759-1767),whichSōsekiintroducedtoJapanforthefirsttime,bydiscussingthefrequentuseofmetalepsisthatthetwoworkshaveincommon.
简介: 心理学研究表明,健康的心理对孩子成才和高尚人格的塑造至关重要.家长不应该只关心孩子生理方面的需要,更应该重视孩子健康心理的培养和性格、意志的磨炼,要有意识地与孩子进行情感交流,关心孩子的心理需要.……