...Analysis of the Last Leaf Essay – The Last Leaf The Last Leaf is a short story of the author O’ Henry. O’ Henry is an American short story writer, he lived from 1862 and died in 1910 and he is known for his unexpected endings. The story takes place in New York in the area called Greenwich in the 1890s. I think it is a fictitious story. “The last leaf” is not written in details, the text is simple and the sentences are short. The atmosphere is very serious and a bit tragic, because Johnsy is very sick and she wants to die, for example stands there on page one, second column, line three. “‘I can’t help her,’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She doesn’t want to live.” Here you get a feeling that the story is very serious and unhappy. The characters are Sue, Johnsy and Behrmann. All three is artist and they live in the same old brick house. Sue is from the State of Maine and draw pictures for magazines. Johnsy is from California and she wants to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples. The two girls live together. Behrmann is an older man and live downstairs the two girls. The story has an introduction, where you hear a little about Greenwich and that the two girls are artist. The events is presented is chronological order and there is not any flashbacks. There is an open ending, because you don’t know what will happen with the two girls. I think the ending is very unpredictable, because you don’t expect that Behrman will die, just that Johnsy will get healthy again, so...
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...g h h hTo be perfect short story neatness, brevity and a significant incident or an aspect of character or an experience of some psychological moment is essential. Within its short frame work, it must have a beginning, middle and an end. There must be completeness in its structure. All the elements plot, character, dialogue, descriptions and background must be organically connected with other. Generally a good story has a surprising end which bears a sense of endlessness. All these characteristics of a good short story are fulfilled in the short story of O Henry’s The Last Leaf. It has an ironical twist at the end that is surprising and at the same time striking to the readers. Old Behrman’s bold self sacrifice for the young Johnsy comes unexpectedly to the readers, but none the less convincing and admirable.The story if farther a parable of christian story of Resurrection and sacrifice. The story begins in a leisurely manner with the sketchy background. The old Greenwich village in which painters come to set up their art studio has curious maze streets criss-crossing one another. A traveler loses the directions of the streets. This description of the streets has relevance to the story in which a strong and strange psychological morbidity is focused. The main theme is then introduced it has two characters – Sue and Johnsy. They met together suddenly at a hotel and found themselves sharing taste chicory salad, bishop sleeves and in painting. They become intimate friends and...
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...Gender Differences in style and content of S.M.S messaging by Iranian youth Mahnaz Zhale Islamic Azad University of Isfahan Author Note Mahnaz Zhaleh, Department of English, Isfahan branch, Isfahan-Iran Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mahnaz Zhaleh, Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan. E-mail: ghalamgostar@gmail.com Abstract This is a quantitative study aim to examine gender differences in text messages sending by cell phones. 20 young girls and 20 young boys aging 20 to 28 participated this study and 150 text messages sent by girls to their female friends and relatives and 150 text messages sent by young boys to their male friends and relatives were randomly selected. All data were then categorized based on their senders' genders, contents, topics and styles. Finally, data were examined and compared based on study above said variables. The results indicated that females use more emotional and formal addressing terms when starting their communication in text messages by cell phones. They also use more emotional expresses. Moreover, girls send more acknowledgement messages. Men mostly send jokes and use informal terms or no term to address their communication partners. They also send shorter messages rather than females. Girls send more daily messages while boys prefer to use voice calls in the case of long time communications. The results of this study can shed lights for psychologists, sociologists...
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...The Last Leaf (by O. Henry) Analysis O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. His real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born on September 11, 1862. In 1894 was accused of stealing money and went to prison. While in prison Porter first started to write short stories. After Porter was released, he changed his name to O. Henry and published his stories in magazines. O. Henry’s short stories are famous for their surprise endings and humor. O. Henry's wrote such classic short stories as The Ransom of Red Chief, “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Furnished Room”. One of his stories with surprise endingis The Last Leaf. The theme of the story is hope belief and self-sacrifice. When Mr. Behrman hears of the severity of Johnsy’s condition, he decides to help. So Johnsy will be convinced to fight the pneumonia, he paints the exact image of the last leaf on the branch outside her window the day the last leaf fell. He sacrifices his health for Johnsy’s because he goes out at cold night and gets sick too. But he helps her gain hope that she was meant to live past her sickness. The last leaf is an short story, which is written from third point of view, which is clear from following lines: At the top of a squatty, three-story brick Sue and Johnsy had their studio. or One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, gray eyebrow. The story takes place in Greenwich Village in autumn. Sue and Johnsy met and decided to share a flat...
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...Larvicidal Potency of Marigold (Tagetes erecta) Stem and Leaf Extract against Mosquito Larvae Table of Contents Page Title Page 1 Approval Sheet 2 Acknowledgment 3 Table of Contents 4 List of Tables 5 Abstract 6 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Introduction 7-8 Statement of the Problem 9 Research Objectives 9 Statement of the Hypothesis 10 Significance of the Study 10 Scope and Limitations 11 Definition of Terms 11-12 Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Related Literature 13-16 Related Studies Foreign 16-18 Local 18-20 Chapter 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS Preparation of Marigold Leaf and Stem Extracts 21 Application of Marigold Leaf and Stem Extracts to the setups 22 Determination of effectiveness of the Marigold Extract 23 Experimental Designs 24 Schematic Diagram of the Research Methodology 25 Chapter 4 RESULTS 26 Chapter 5 DISCUSSIONS 28 Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 29 Conclusion Recommendations BIBLIOGRAPHY 30-31 APPENDICES Raw Data Pictorials Curriculum Vitae List of Tables...
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...National Economics University International Bachelor Degree Project Report Marketing Mix 4PS Analysis of The coffee bean and tea leaf in Hanoi Hanoi, August, 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Table of Figures 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4 I. Introduction 5 1. Background 5 2. Rationale 5 3. Research questions 5 4. Research methods 6 II. Literature review 7 1. The coffee bean and tea leaf 7 2. Marketing mix 4Ps 8 III. Major finding 10 1. Product 10 2. Price 13 3. Place 15 4. Promotion 16 IV. Conclusion 19 Appendix 20 1. References 20 2. Questionnaire 20 Table of Figures Figure 1 Customers' opinion about the choice in menu 10 Figure 2 The Coffee bean and tea leaf food 11 Figure 3 The frequency of using extra foods and cakes 12 Figure 4 The average of price 13 Figure 5 Customers' attitude about price 14 Figure 6 The most popular The coffee bean and tea leaf in Hanoi 15 Figure 7 The reasons making customers chose each coffee shop 16 Figure 8 The ways people know about the coffee bean and tea leaf 17 Figure 9 Sales promotion strategy 18 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In this assignment, I was given help and suggestion from a lot of people. Firstly, I would like to give my special gratitude to our instructor – M.s Pham Phuong Lan for providing me many suggestions...
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...QUESTION 1 The level of measurement is the relationship among values that are assigned to the attributes for a variable. There are four levels of measurement. Knowing the different levels of measurement helps to decide how to interpret the data from variables as well as deciding the statistical analysis that is appropriate on the values that are assigned. These four levels are nominal, ordinal interval, and ration. The lowest level is nominal and the highest is ratio. The most basic level of measurement is the nominal level. In nominal measurement the numerical values or responses are labels, categories or names. Some examples would be gender, religion, favorite color, etc. The key point about nominal measurement is that it does not imply any ordering among the responses. The responses are merely named uniquely. Ordinal level of measurement is the next level. Data that is noted or recorded at this level is ranked or counted. The data is arranged in some type of order however the difference between the data values cannot be determined or are meaningless. The differences in two ordinal scales cannot be assumed, they are only ranked or rated on a relative scale. Ordinal scales are usually non-numeric thoughts like satisfaction, happiness or discomfort. You can determine central tendency on a set of ordinal data using mode or median. Interval level of measurement is the next level and can be described as measurement based on a scale with a known unit of measurement...
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...[pic] Nissan LEAF Ace* Advertising I. SITUATION ANALYSIS • CURRENT USER Since Renault-Nissan is introducing “Leaf” for the first time in Singapore, there are no current users for the product in market. • PRODUCT EVALUATION The Nissan LEAF (Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car) is a fully electric, zero emission, 5-door hatch back car that was introduced in 1999 by Nissan. It was first launched in Japan and United States in December 2010 further in Europe and since then it sold more than 27000 units worldwide. Nissan plans to launch LEAF by September 2012 with an on road price of close to SGD 90,000 after a substantial deduction in COE (Certificate of Entitlement) and other taxes based on TIDE Plus scheme by Singapore Energy Market Authority and Land Transport Authority. • COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Though the Nissan LEAF has many market competitors in Singapore, its main rivals are the Mitsubishi I-MiEV from the electric vehicles segment and the Toyota Prius C from Hybrid segment. The following is the competitive analysis between these two major brands and Nissan LEAF: |Name/ Specifications |Nissan LEAF |Mitsubishi i-MiEV |Toyota Prius C | |Engine |80 kW, 280 Nm Torque |47 kW, 180Nm Torque |HSD Electric motor~40 kW, 90NmTorque...
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...Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods Summarizing Qualitative Data Summarizing Quantitative Data Exploratory Data Analysis Crosstabulations and Scatter Diagrams Summarizing Qualitative Data Frequency Distribution Relative Frequency Percent Frequency Distribution Bar Graph Pie Chart Frequency Distribution A frequency distribution is a tabular summary of data showing the frequency (or number) of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes. The objective is to provide insights about the data that cannot be quickly obtained by looking only at the original data. Example: Marada Inn Guests staying at Marada Inn were asked to rate the quality of their accommodations as being excellent, above average, average, below average, or poor. The ratings provided by a sample of 20 guests are shown below. Below Average Average Above Average Above Average Above Average Above Average Above Average Below Average Below Average Average Poor Poor Above Average Excellent Above Average Average Above Average Average Above Average Average Example: Marada Inn Frequency Distribution Rating Frequency Poor 2 Below Average 3 Average 5 Above Average 9 Excellent 1 Total 20 Relative Frequency Distribution The relative frequency of a class is the fraction or proportion of the total number...
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...The Last Leaf character analysis The Last Leaf is about a girl suffering from pneumonia, Josie, they have disappointed the most, just begging to the trees in the window of the vine around the vine leaves all fall out, they would be able to leave this world, the Soviet Union Iraq – her roommate, this fee through the brain, hoping to rekindle the hope of life Josey. But all in vain, to hear the news of the Bellman uncle, quietly in a stormy night to risk their lives on that one picture will never fade the vine leaves, that one never out of vine leaves to Josey realize that they should pick up the life of faith, her tenacious survived, but because the storm painting Berman vine leaves and put them pneumonia departed forever. I think this article has three main characters: Bellman uncle, Josie, Sue. Berman is an uncle for the benefit of others, no regard for the safety of others and their own high-quality a person. Embodied in the article when he learned that the small painter had pneumonia and become very passive, he Poverty and ill health in order to encourage the little artist that tenacious live, the old artist struggling with the stormy night to draw up a permanent wall The ivy leaves are not falling. For his own masterpiece and the price paid with his life, but the young artist has been encouraged so tenaciously against the disease. So I think he is a hero forever, he showed to others the sincerity of love and care, and make a valuable sacrifice, more reflects his self-sacrifice...
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...BIOEFFICACY EVALUATION OF ANTRACOL 70 WP AGAINST HELMINTHOSPORIUM LEAF SPOT OF SWEET CORN (ZEA MAYS L. var. RUGOSA) INTRODUCTION Corn is an important crop in the Philippines as another staple food of many Filipinos next to rice. Yellow corn or grain corn is the type of corn mainly produced in the country because of the growing demand as component for animal feeds. But aside from grain corn, sweet corn production is also a growing trend in the Philippines with the introduction of new supersweet corn varieties with higher sugar content and longer postharvest life. However, these varieties are also exposed to different fungal diseases causing significant yield losses. One of these is Helminthosporium leaf spot. Corn leaf spots or Helminthosporium leaf spots caused by Helminthosporium maydis Nishekado & Miyake are small, spindle-like or oblong, reddish-brown to brown spots on the leaves of corn. This disease causes significant yield losses when corn is not treated with protectant fungicides. Frequent rainy periods enhance disease development. Antracol 70 WP is an organic fungicide containing propineb, an active ingredient belonging to the dithiocarbamate group of compounds. It is a product of Bayer CropScience. It is a protectant foliar fungicide with long residual activity and it is used across the world as a protective treatment on several crops for the control of various fungi, especially Oomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Fungi imperfecti. In various...
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...Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2015, 3, 162-170 Published Online March 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jss http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2015.33025 Cytotoxicity and Antimicrobial Property of the Leaf Extract of Euphorbia hirta (Tawa-Tawa) Lorna T. Enerva1,2, Theresita V. Atienza1,3, Zenaida R. Glifonea1, Ofelia B. Villamor1, Normita A. Villa2,3 1 College of Science, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines Taguig City University, Taguig, Philippines 3 Graduate School, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines Email: bettyenerva@yahoo.com 2 Received 23 December 2014; accepted 15 March 2015; published 18 March 2015 Copyright © 2015 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Tawa-tawa is usually abundant throughout the Philippines in waste places and open grasslands. The plant is an annual hairy herb, usually much-branched from the base. These branches are simple or forked, ascending or spreading up to 40 centimeters long and often reddish or purplish. The leaves are opposite, distichous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 2.5 centimeters long, toothed at the margin, and usually botched with purple in the middle. The plant deserves special attention because of its medicinal properties. Local tradition credits that this plant can help...
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...tree. It was his favorite tree and he would sit in its shade all day and smell the flowers.” (Leaf 10-12) This portion of the text shows that in the beginning of the story that Ferdinand was most definitely a major outcast and that it was noticed by many. In the exposition of the story, Ferdinand’s mother, a cow, even states she is afraid he would be lonesome and asks why he doesn’t play with the other bulls. Ferdinand always replies by explaining how he loves to smell the flowers rather than play with the other bulls. Overall, Ferdinand possesses many different characteristics that most definitely lead to the conclusion that he is a loner or an outcast. Although there are many facts discovered throughout the story that lead to the conclusion that Ferdinand is an outcast, he can be seen as a hero as well. This may seem ironic but not all heroes have to be noticed by others. In this case, Ferdinand was a hero to himself. In one way, by realizing his true potential when he sits on the bumblebee and impresses the five men who came to the field to evaluate the bulls and choose one for the fights in Madrid. For example when the five men come the text states, “He ran around puffing and snorting, butting and pawing the ground as if he were crazy. The five men saw him and they all shouted with joy. Here was the largest and fiercest bull of all. Just the one for the bullfights in Madrid!” (Leaf 36-38) In addition...
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...Green-Leaf Restaurant Business Plan Student Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course: Date: GREEN LEAF RESTAURANT BUSINESS PLAN Contents Introduction 2 Executive Summary 2 Company Description 3 Window of Opportunity 3 Regulation 4 Products 6 Sustainable Competitive Advantage 6 Marketing Analysis 7 Market competitor analysis 7 Overall Market and Target Segment(s) 7 Competitive Positioning 8 Customers’ Decision Making Process 8 Marketing Mix 9 The 4 Cs of the marketing mix 10 Cost 10 Convenience 11 Communication 11 Customer Service 11 The 4 P’s in the marketing mix 12 Growth Strategy 13 Research and Development 14 Manufacturing/Operations 15 Organizational Structure 16 Risk recognition and risk reduction strategies 16 Financial summaries, assumptions and scenarios 17 Financial details 17 Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis 17 Pro-forma financial statements 18 The Deal – the Ask and the Offer 19 References 19 Introduction Executive Summary Green Leaf Restaurant is a charming modern day Chinese restaurant located in Chermside, north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Chermside is a key destination on the Queensland proposed ‘Northern Busway’ and home to the largest shopping center in Queensland. It is also the third largest shopping center in Australia containing a 4 storey shopping mall and a 16 screen cinema complex. The Westfield shopping center also houses the only Apple store in Australia thus it attracts...
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...Contents Executive Summary. .3 Company Description. .3 Strategic Focus and Plan .4 Mission .4 Overall Company Goals. .4 Objectives .4 Competencies and Sustainable Advantages. .4 Advantages.. .4 Sustainable Advantages .4 Situation Analysis .4 SWOT Analysis... .5 Industry Analysis .6 Customer Analysis of David's Tea .6 Competitor Analysis .7 Competitive analysis — Starbucks 7 Competitive analysis — Tim Horton's . 8 Others 8 Market-Product Focus 8 Marketing and Product Objectives: 8 Target Markets: 9 Points of Difference: 9 Positioning: 9 Marketing Program. 9 Product Strategy . 9 Price Strategy. 10 Promotion Strategy. 10 Place/Distribution Strategy. 11 Financial Data and Projections. 11 Past Sales Revenues. 11 Five- Year Projections .11 Organization. .12 Implementation .12 Product Strategy . .12 Price Strategy .12 Promotion Strategy .12 Place/Distribution Strategy .13 Evaluation and Control . .13 Bibliography. .14 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following plan outlines the suggested marketing strategy and tactics for David's Tea, a high quality loose-leaf tea provider that has aggressively expanded since its creation in 2008. David's Tea has over a hundred stores located across Canada and the United States, and is continuing to expand the company in terms of locations and diversities of tea. For potential and current...
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