Essays on Profession

The legendary film-critic Pauline Kael (1976) called “Taxi Driver” as one of the few truly modern horror films. There are many things proving it: its cold anxiety, atrocious violence, dark colors and an insane taxi driver dreaming about the purge of dirty streets of sinful...

In Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle, a mentally disturbed Vietnam Veteran likely suffering from PTSD who spend his nights patrolling the crime ridden streets of a decaying New York City in his yellow cab. The film is commonly read as...

This visual essay looks at the work of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, focusing in on the film ‘Taxi Driver’. The aim was to make a correlation between this film and theories of semiotics, in particular the symbolisms Scorcese uses to question the protagonists Loneliness and Masculinity....

Anaya, known as Ana to her friends, is leading a regretful and unhappy life. Until one day, when she is unexpectedly confronted with an opportunity to fix her biggest regret in life. The Watchmaker’s Doctor by G. M. T. Schuilling asks – can changing one...

In light of the aging population in North America, healthcare professionals are seeking solutions for the impeding physician shortage. Numerous policymakers have begun advocating for nurse practitioners (NPs) and suggesting they could fill this gap. Policymakers have argued NPs provide a cheaper and faster solution...

Doctors are considered to be pillars of society. They are hope personified. As individuals expected to fulfill a public standard, they are compelled to show extraordinary resilience, patience, and other characteristics associated with being “perfect stewards”. However, as cynical as it may sound like, perfection...

In Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Téllez, the barber has a choice of whether or not to kill the captain or to let him go. The barber makes the right choice because he wants to be known as the best barber in town not...