Tiểu luận Văn học Mỹ

HUE UNIVERSITY
INFORMATICS AND OPEN INSTITUTE
Họ tên: Nguyễn Thị Hoài
Mã sinh viên: 7052900507
Ngày sinh: 14/01/1995
AMERICAN LITERATURE 1&2
Part 1. Write a short professional bio data about your profession,
responsibilities, education, interests, and current work (no more than 150
words).
My name is Nguyen Thi Hoai. I have been working at Nghe An Vinh City General
Hospital as a Phamacist since 2018. My main job is clinical pharmacy at the
hospital. In this essay, I want to talk about a special job - pharmacist Clinical
pharmacy. A pharmacist Clinical pharmacy is a person who reviews prescriptions,
advising on drug use for doctors, patients and Analyze and evaluate the
effectiveness of drug use in medical examination and treatment establishments,
… .A pharmacist Clinical pharmacy must know every single detail about the drugs:
ingredients, effects, side effects and the dosage. This job requires excellent
knowledge about drugs, all of medical terminology. Every pharmacist must have a
Doctor degree of Pharmacy and a license in order to work. Despite all the hardship
of pharmacy, there is a joy of making people feel better physically. Working in
pharmacy can also mean contributing to the science of drugs. Overall, pharmacy is
one of the most important jobs in the world and I hope it will continue to grow.
Part 2: Choose one of these questions which are given in the task and answer
it in a 300-words essay
9. How is love shown in the story The Gift of the Magi? Do you think that love
is selfless? Today many marriages are based on materialistic factors, do you
think couples will have happy lives forever?
In the “Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, there are many ideas about love and
selflessness. These concepts are communicated throughout the story through Della
and Jim’s hardships. The couple is unprivileged, but they seem to sacrifice what
they have, to bring happiness to the other, like the Magi. In the end, both find

enjoyment in their gifts since they sacrificed something they love, but it shows


how much they love one another. I am of the same opinion as the author that love
is shown through selfless acts for others’ happiness.
I think that money can’t buy happiness. It means that true happiness comes
from within, not from possessions that can be bought. Beyond the ability to pay
bills, happiness is a state of mind that is short-lived when a person bases it on
physical objects.
People who are materialistic tend to be narcissistic and concerned with
impressing people. They tend to be anxious, depressed, have relatively poor
relationship skills, and have low self-esteem. These qualities in turn can cause
marital problems.
Of course, we still need to pay our bills and save for the future. Money buys
peace of mind when we can live within our budget and save for the future. At
present, couples will sleep better knowing they have some money in reserve in the
event of an emergency.
In a survey of 1,700 married couples, researchers found that couples in which
one or both partners placed a high priority on getting or spending money were
much less likely to have satisfying and stable marriages (ABCNews, 2011). The
research has turned up compelling evidence that materialism isn't great for
anybody. Multiple studies have found that people who are materialistic are also
more anxious, depressed, and insecure than non-materialistic types. A stronger
love of money has also been linked to trouble at home, as these individuals tend
not to balance family evenly with work.