Dennis Hernandez posted Jan 16, 2020 3:52 PM Subscribe Hello class,             If I were in charge of a business, the paid-time-off benefit I would recommend would be “paid” maternal and paternity leave. In the module 2 discussion, I also explored this benefit which most U.S. companies were lacking and which was also not Federally mandated. Other countries have better maternity/paternity benefits packages from its companies than the U.S. For example, in Norway, per the Norwegian Working Environment Act (NWE), an employee who has been “gainfully employed for at least six out of the last ten months prior to the birth of a child is entitled to paid leave for 43 weeks…” (Basics of Norwegian, n.d.). This benefit could also be shared with the father of the child.             In the U.S. however, employers are not Federally mandated to provide “paid” leave for its employees.  The only benefit that is Federally mandated is allowing the mother to use “12 weeks of FMLA leave for birth of a child” (Frequently Asked, n.d.). These 12 weeks of FMLA leave, however, is “not” paid leave, but it would provide job security for the mother when she does return from maternity leave.             I would definitely recommend a company to provide “paid” maternity/paternity leave for its employees. This, I believe, is something that is overlooked in our country in taking care for the needs of its employees. This benefit would be very attractive to prospective talent if the company would want to keep those individuals. As the video stated, one of the companies the HMP video stated implements paid maternity & paternity leave is Netflix, which we know is a very successful company, which probably is able to keep great talent, maybe due to its perks such as this paid benefit (HMP Finance, n.d.). Also, HMP states, that this benefit may not even cost companies as much as they would think because the employees they do want to retain have a dedication to work harder, therefore they do not like to take as much time off. In essence, talents are lured to work for a company due to the attractiveness of benefits such as this but companies benefit because driven employees do not take all the benefits as they are focused on their career.             The drawback that I see in offering paid maternity and paternity leave is for one, if mothers and fathers do take the full paid time off, then the company does expend its funds and workforce to provide for its employees. Also, depending on the nature of the job an individual does, he or she may not be as proficient when they return back to work after a long hiatus from the job. For example, if the individual were in a project or program management type of job, they would need someone to take over for a while and then they would need to slowly get back in and relearn or figure out what they had missed during their time off. Basics of Norwegian Labour Law. (n.d.). NHO - Næringslivets ovedorganisasjon. Basics             of Norweg ...

1. Dennis Hernandez posted Jan 16, 2020 3:52 PM
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Hello class,
If I were in charge of a business, the paid-time-off
benefit I would recommend would be “paid” maternal and
paternity leave. In the module 2 discussion, I also explored this
benefit which most U.S. companies were lacking and which was
also not Federally mandated. Other countries have better
maternity/paternity benefits packages from its companies than
the U.S. For example, in Norway, per the Norwegian Working
Environment Act (NWE), an employee who has been “gainfully
employed for at least six out of the last ten months prior to the
birth of a child is entitled to paid leave for 43 weeks…” (Basics
of Norwegian, n.d.). This benefit could also be shared with the
father of the child.
In the U.S. however, employers are not Federally
mandated to provide “paid” leave for its employees. The only
benefit that is Federally mandated is allowing the mother to use
“12 weeks of FMLA leave for birth of a child” (Frequently
Asked, n.d.). These 12 weeks of FMLA leave, however, is “not”
paid leave, but it would provide job security for the mother
when she does return from maternity leave.
I would definitely recommend a company to provide
“paid” maternity/paternity leave for its employees. This, I
believe, is something that is overlooked in our country in taking
care for the needs of its employees. This benefit would be very
attractive to prospective talent if the company would want to
keep those individuals. As the video stated, one of the
companies the HMP video stated implements paid maternity &
paternity leave is Netflix, which we know is a very successful

2. company, which probably is able to keep great talent, maybe
due to its perks such as this paid benefit (HMP Finance, n.d.).
Also, HMP states, that this benefit may not even cost companies
as much as they would think because the employees they do
want to retain have a dedication to work harder, therefore they
do not like to take as much time off. In essence, talents are
lured to work for a company due to the attractiveness of
benefits such as this but companies benefit because driven
employees do not take all the benefits as they are focused on
their career.
The drawback that I see in offering paid maternity and
paternity leave is for one, if mothers and fathers do take the full
paid time off, then the company does expend its funds and
workforce to provide for its employees. Also, depending on the
nature of the job an individual does, he or she may not be as
proficient when they return back to work after a long hiatus
from the job. For example, if the individual were in a project or
program management type of job, they would need someone to
take over for a while and then they would need to slowly get
back in and relearn or figure out what they had
missed during their time off.
Basics of Norwegian Labour Law. (n.d.). NHO - Næringslivets
ovedorganisasjon. Basics
of Norwegian Labour Law. Retrieved January 16, 2020,
from
http://www.nho.no/en/english/articles/basic-labour-law/
Frequently Asked. (n.d.). Home | U.S. Department of
Labor. Frequently Asked Questions
and Answers About the Revisions to the Family and

3. Medical Leave Act | U.S.
Department of Labor. Retrieved January 16, 2020, from
http://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/final-rule/faq
HMP Finance. (n.d.). Why Generous Paid Time Off Policies Pay
For Employers.
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Running head: Literary Exploration
1
Literary texts are customarily concerned with human
experience. The imaginative identification of the interaction
between humans and nature is presented in the literal text
particularly in poems that illustrate the inner feelings and
thoughts of human beings through the economy use of words for
expression. To shade light in this statement, I will have an
exploratory analysis of the poem "Carry on" and "The
Runaways" (Robert W; Louise Erdrich). The idea of
perseverance particularly among the youth is a matter of
concern than the authors address in their poetry. Furthermore,
illustration from two poems gives a better understanding of the
concern of the relationship between human being and their
environment in determining their survival.
In the "Carry on "(Robert W), the prevailing idea is self-
determination and perseverance in times of difficulty with
alluring future due to stamina of the persona in the poem. This
is because the poem addresses self-action towards achieving life
goals despite challenging life experiences. Similarly in the
poem “The Runaways” (Louise Erdrich) advocates for the same
concern using an archetype of the school life among the
learners. The poet expresses contrasting ideas of disappears and
optimistic to illustrate relevancy in perseverance in human
nature.
At the beginning of the poems, there is a vivid description of
the difficulties that the characters go through in the providence

4. of nature. Zhang X expresses that, nature has a role in shaping
characters' life in the literature of naturalism (196). In the poem
“Carry on” the persona who is self reflects on how it is very
comfortable to keep on fighting when one is willing, “It's easy
to fight when everything's right" (Robert, 1). This preposition
indicates the optimistic view of the fighter in dealing with
environmental changelings such as racism, prejudice, and wars.
On the contrary, the case is dissimilar when one is under
disillusion since the persona requires determination to change
the unfortunate situation at hand.
It's a different song when everything's wrong
When you’re feeling infernally mortal;
When it’s ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:
(Robert 5-8). These lines indicate the despair in human nature
when in a challenging environment. The person who is self
acknowledges who this is different in an epoch of one’s life
which requires determination to win.
Correspondingly in the poem "The runaways" (Louise Erdrich)
identifies the struggles that the native American Children go
through in a boarding school. The natives keep the image of
home within them even if they are on the run as the persona put
it using a hopeful tone. However, unlike the “Carry on” poem,
the “The runaways” advocate for the group survival. “Home’s
the place we head for in our sleep” “Boxcars stumbling north in
dreams” (1-2). The lines show a collective determination to
overcome and preserve harsh conditions at the institution.
Moreover, “runaways” is an image and metaphor of the learners
in uniform determined to succeed and regain they're lost
identify from the schools in which they come out with different
and confusing ideas about group identification.
To conclude, the authors serve to preserve the theme of
perseverance in the human environment. The significance of
determination in harsh conditions is fundamental to the survival
of human nature. The poems pass general information to human
nature which enables them to overcome the objection. For

5. instance, the learners in "shameful" clothes were optimistic and
determined to surpass harsh conditions. Self-determination and
perseverance equally matter just like group persistence for the
survival and achievement of life goals.
Running head: Literary Exploration
1
Literary texts are customarily concerned with human
experience. The imaginative identification of the interaction
between humans and nature is presented in the literal text
particularly in poems that illustrate the inner feelings and
thoughts of human beings through the economy use of words for
expression. To shade light in this statement, I will have an
exploratory analysis of the poem "Carry on" and "The
Runaways" (Robert W; Louise Erdrich). The idea of

6. perseverance particularly among the youth is a matter of
concern than the authors address in their poetry. Furthermore,
illustration from two poems gives a better understanding of the
concern of the relationship between human being and their
environment in determining their survival.
In the "Carry on "(Robert W), the prevailing idea is self-
determination and perseverance in times of difficulty with
alluring future due to stamina of the persona in the poem. This
is because the poem addresses self-action towards achieving life
goals despite challenging life experiences. Similarly in the
poem “The Runaways” (Louise Erdrich) advocates for the same
concern using an archetype of the school life among the
learners. The poet expresses contrasting ideas of disappears and
optimistic to illustrate relevancy in perseverance in human
nature.
At the beginning of the poems, there is a vivid description of
the difficulties that the characters go through in the providence
of nature. Zhang X expresses that, nature has a role in shaping
characters' life in the literature of naturalism (196). In the poem
“Carry on” the persona who is self reflects on how it is very
comfortable to keep on fighting when one is willing, “It's easy
to fight when everything's right" (Robert, 1). This preposition
indicates the optimistic view of the fighter in dealing with
environmental changelings such as racism, prejudice, and wars.
On the contrary, the case is dissimilar when one is under
disillusion since the persona requires determination to change
the unfortunate situation at hand.
It's a different song when everything's wrong
When you’re feeling infernally mortal;
When it’s ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:
(Robert 5-8). These lines indicate the despair in human nature
when in a challenging environment. The person who is self
acknowledges who this is different in an epoch of one’s life
which requires determination to win.
Correspondingly in the poem "The runaways" (Louise Erdrich)

7. identifies the struggles that the native American Children go
through in a boarding school. The natives keep the image of
home within them even if they are on the run as the persona put
it using a hopeful tone. However, unlike the “Carry on” poem,
the “The runaways” advocate for the group survival. “Home’s
the place we head for in our sleep” “Boxcars stumbling north in
dreams” (1-2). The lines show a collective determination to
overcome and preserve harsh conditions at the institution.
Moreover, “runaways” is an image and metaphor of the learners
in uniform determined to succeed and regain they're lost
identify from the schools in which they come out with different
and confusing ideas about group identification.
To conclude, the authors serve to preserve the theme of
perseverance in the human environment. The significance of
determination in harsh conditions is fundamental to the survival
of human nature. The poems pass general information to human
nature which enables them to overcome the objection. For
instance, the learners in "shameful" clothes were optimistic and
determined to surpass harsh conditions. Self-determination and
perseverance equally matter just like group persistence for the
survival and achievement of life goals.

8. "Carry On" by Robert Service
Carry On
It's easy to fight when everything's right,
And you're mad with the thrill and the glory;
It's easy to cheer when victory's near,
And wallow in fields that are gory.
It's a different song when everything's wrong,
When you're feeling infernally mortal;
When it's ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:
Carry on! Carry on!
There isn't much punch in your blow.
You're glaring and staring and hitting out blind;
You're muddy and bloody, but never you mind.
Carry on! Carry on!
You haven't the ghost of a show.
It's looking like death, but while you've a breath,
Carry on, my son! Carry on!
And so in the strife of the battle of life
It's easy to fight when you're winning;
It's easy to slave, and starve and be brave,
When the dawn of success is beginning.
But the man who can meet despair and defeat
With a cheer, there's the man of God's choosing;
The man who can fight to Heaven's own height
Is the man who can fight when he's losing.

9. Carry on! Carry on!
Things never were looming so black.
But show that you haven't a cowardly streak,
And though you're unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on!
Brace up for another attack.
It's looking like hell, but -- you never can tell:
Carry on, old man! Carry on!
There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,
And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others, I know, who in piety go
Because of a Heaven to follow.
But to labour with zest, and to give of your best,
For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song;
Why, there's the real sunshine of living.
Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There's big work to do, and that's why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!
Robert William Service
Canadian Poet, 1874 - 1958