I am pretty sure that we have had a orientation before and had to be dragged through those long hours of boredness. Receiving the same information over and over again to the point of being brainwashed about work regulations and procedures. Literary/Marxist criticism is best defined as “the art or practice of judging and commenting on the qualities and character of literary works” in “Orientation”by Orozco the criticism is scattered throughout the whole short story. The material Orozco use to build up this short story helped form this comedic scene of the first day of a workplace with the different employee’s work style ,personal life and the duration of this orientation.
Daniel Orozco tells a short story of a regular orientation day by using elements of literary criticism to make fun at the workplace experience that we can relate to. “ Orientation” is like about five to ten minutes reading time, but with
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The extreme details on how to do very easy office job tasks, which is the realistic part of an orientation, and also the crucial details on the employee’s personal lives,and the very non-realistic of the orientation setting too. It brings out the great use of rhythm in his writing. Characterization of the orientation leader is also helps with the rhythm of this story. Daniel Orozco’s “Orientation” helds a tight balance of reality and fiction in his humorous representation of the orientation. “Orientation” is very direct and none to little dialogue, which most orientations are pretty much pointless. Aside from the use of comedic adaptations to show insanity in the workplace, the expectations of a structure and obscurity that lead to situations that are not so funny. The difficult situations such as these that are displayed are the realities behind Orozco’s darkly humorous parody of office
Rivethead is an account of the entire life of Author Ben Hamper, from his long family lineage of “shoprats” and his catholic school upbringing to his numerous different positions on the General Motors assembly line and his equally numerous lay-offs from the GM Truck & Bus Division. Unfortunately the many years of back breaking labor combined with Hampers own personal demons led him to check into an outpatient mental facility (at the time of the completion of this book) where he learns daily to cope with his many years of mental anguish. Rivethead is a social commentary on industrial America, assembly line work , and the auto industry. This essay, however, will focus on the more specific aspects Hamper considers, such as the monotony required on a (then) modern assembly line, the relationship and hierarchy among workers and their interaction with management as well as both collective and individual responses to work and job satisfaction (or lack there of).
This third case study takes place within the organization called TechnoloComm. The main character in this story is named Jessica Martinez, she was hired by TechnoloComm to work in the human resources department. Specifically, she is working on internal newsletters and publicity for the organization. Peter and Alex, are two men who are a part of her team that works together on the newsletter, communication training, maintaining the company’s website and organization publicity. Their boss’ name is Tom, he is there to check in on their progress and make sure everything is running smoothly.
Junot Diaz’s “Otravida, Otravez” depicts a perspective of life where one’s present and future always reflects their past in some way. Diaz’s representation of symbolic figures, convey how a person’s past can be carried into the future. Diaz’s use of symbolic figures includes the dirty sheets washed by Yasmin, the letters sent by Virta to Ramon, and the young girl who begins working with Yasmin at the hospital. These symbolic figures and situations remind the readers that the past will always play a major role in one’s present. Additionally, Diaz’s word choice, where Spanish words appear in many different parts of the reading, suggests that indirectly, one’s past habits are not easily broken.
The changes that I will do in the orientation process is first, I’ll hire new human assets (chapter 1, page 9) that have expertise in the personnel department so they can explain all the benefits to new employee’s so they won’t be confused how Irene was. Secondly, I would not have the supervisor explaining to the new employee’s the rules and job responsibilities, I would have the personnel department go over that with the employee. We need the supervisor to only be responsible for overlooking his or her staff and department not explaining things that the HR or personnel department are responsible for. Then I will have training (chapter 8, page 282) for all employees’s including supervisors so they know how to properly complete their tasks and so they can teach newly hired employees on to complete their tasks. Once our current employees are up to date with training, I’ll then focus on establishing a proper orientation (chapter 8, page 290) with the help of the new human assets in the personnel department. Designing the orientation will be a collaborated with the personnel department so we can all be on the same page on how orientation is going to work with new employees. Orientation will teach the new employees how to complete their job so they won’t make mistake on their tasks that they are responsible for. If Irene would have had a proper orientation then she would have felt more comfortable
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Not only did she learn about critical approaches and how to apply one to a text, she wrote an excellent essay, which will help other readers understand the text better. In fact, if John Clark Pratt or another editor ever want to update the 1996 Viking Critical Library edition of the novel, then he or she might want to include Lauren's essay in the next edition!" At first glance, a reader may wonder how Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a book depicting a group of mentally unstable men and their boisterous Irish-American leader, connects with the economic and sociological view of Marxism.
Mike Rose describes his first-hand experience of blue collar workers in his monograph “Blue Collar Brilliance”. Patiently, he observed the cooks and waitresses whilst he waited for his mother’s shift to end. He noticed how his mother called out abbreviated orders, tag tables and so on. Mike Rose describes how his mother, Rosie, took orders whilst holding cups of coffee and removed plates in motion. Rose observed how her mother and other waiters worked and concluded that blue collar work “demands both body and brain” (Rose 274). He describes that Rosie devised memory strategies and knew whether an order was being delayed. She was assiduous in sequencing and clustering her tasks and solved any technical or human problem simultaneously. Managing
Throughout the day’s observation, a plethora of sociological concepts become abundantly apparent. However, for the purpose of this paper, we will only focus on the day’s greatest prevalent concepts. The first concept that strikes as a significant sociological concept is family as it is the opening and closing concept of the day. Next, the concept of gender roles appears as important because of the masculine groups that are so prevalent during observation. Third, the theory of religion grabs its place in prevalence due to its ability to center and focus the entire day. Lastly, the concept of stage theory rears into the spot as a result of interactions in the work center. When reviewing these sociological concepts, it becomes abundantly clear
Richard Rodriguez’s “The Workers” follows Rodriguez experience he encounters while working a summer job. Rodriguez, the narrator, receives a construction job during the summer of his senior year in college through a friend. At first the narrator is excited to be provided a menial job and have a chance to show his parents he can handle “real work.” However, throughout the story, the narrator is seen coming of age as he realizes that there’s more to the job.
This is not just a story about a nineteen-year-old guy trying to impress a group of girls by quitting his job, but it is also a story describing in detail the day this nineteen-year-old realizes that sometimes, in
Daniel Orozco has won many awards for his short fiction. In his short story “Orientation” the narrator not only gives a tour of the office to the new employee, but the speaker also provides personal knowledge about all of the workers. Although the name of the narrator or the new employee is unknown, the narrator exposes all of the staff. It is difficult to tell if the information about the office and the employees are facts or stories that the person leading the orientation tells. The office staff in “Orientation” shares many similarities I can relate to with the people I come in contact with in High School.
Ken Kesey in his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest question a lot of things that you think almost everyday. With this famous portrait of a mental institute its rebellious patients and domineering caretakers counter-culture icon Kesey is doing a whole lot more than just spinning a great yarn. He is asking us to stop and consider how what we call "normal" is forced upon each and every one of us. Stepping out of line, going against the grain, swimming upstream whatever your metaphor, there is a steep price to pay for that kind of behavior. The novel tells McMurphys tale, along with the tales of other inmates who suffer under the yoke of the authoritarian Nurse Ratched it is the story of any person who has felt suffocated and confined by our
... safeguard that unionization might be achieved, Steinbeck recommends the structuring of a "transitory work board," which would at last capacity like the longshoremen's employing halls and might additionally set compensation essentials. At the same time, the state will start arraigning the "dangerous fascistic gatherings", implying the Associated Farmers, under the same criminal against syndicalism laws utilized against work organization. At last, Steinbeck contends that to screen the changes will oblige an "aggressor and watchful association of white collar class individuals, workers, instructors, skilled workers, and liberals to battle the fascistic forces and to support this state in an equitable structure". He cautions that not undertaking these changes may cause the Okies to turn into "an armed force determined by misery and disdain to take what they require."
The short story “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco is a unique story. Orozco never introduces the narrator or the audience. The story appears to be, just as the title specifies, an orientation for a person entering a new job. The story, however, delves deep into the lives of several employees throughout the story. The lives of these employees and their interactions become the most important part of Orozco’s work and the main character that is being spoken to becomes an unimportant observer in an intricate atmosphere.
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