...short story by Raymond Carver, where he writes about the man named Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, with his wife (Doreen) working as a waitress, at a 24-hour coffee shop. After a night of drinking as he usually does he goes to see the place where his wife works. Here he is treated like a nuisance by his wife. Two men start talking about his wife’s weight and this bothers Earl greatly. He decides to let Doreen know that she (he) has a problem with her weight. After this incident she tries to go on a diet but she ends up not eating at all and not looking healthy. He continues to pressure her, so she would keep dieting. He ends up in the coffee shop again and tries to “sell” her to a man sitting next to him. The story ends abruptly; with Doreen telling everybody that he is a salesman. The total lack of benevolence between husband and wife are clearly seen straight away: “What are you doing here? Doreen said when she saw him sitting there” and later she says: “Don’t talk to me now. I’m busy.” Earl is very embarrassed when two men in business suits start talking about his wife’s weight. He then sits quietly and hopes the two men won’t see the connection between him and his wife, and that is also the reason for him not saying goodbye to his wife. It almost seems like he acquires the point of view the two unidentified men have. The troubles of Doreen and Earl’s relationship are also made clear by this fact, because this clearly shows that if he hasn’t noticed the extra...
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...being’s mental health. Despite the fact that the precise cause of her depression is never stated, when examined, it is clear that Esther’s anguish roots from the fact that she is unable to find her place in society. Because she is unsure of the type of person she is and therefore the role she fits into, Esther does not have the ability to feel comfortable in the world, and because of this, is miserable being a part of it. Esther is first seen questioning her role in society when she is in New York. During this time, she is split between two types of friends. There is Doreen, who is dangerous and outgoing, and there is Betsy, who is sweet and sheltered. Esther is intrigued by Doreen, who “made [her] feel [she] was that much sharper than the others” (Plath, 5). This quality of Doreen appealed to Esther, as she felt that she identified intellectually with Doreen. Although she was very different from her, Esther admired Doreen, as she represented a type of person Esther wishes she could be more like. Esther explains...
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...story. This type of introduction we call “in medias res”. This statement is Latin and means "middle of the action.” In all short stories there is an open ending. The open ending is an opened question, which means that you can imagine an ending. In the story ”They’re not your husband”, we have the themes obsession, control, insecurity, selfishness and appearance. Kit Wright writes the poem “Give Up Slimming, Mum” and in the poem we have the opposite theme; appreciation, happiness, accept, unity and presence. Earl and Doreen are the main characters in “They’re not your husband”. They are married but there is a tense atmosphere between them. They do not seem to love each other. There is no connection and no intimacy. Doreen is the hardworking woman. She works as a waitress at a coffee shop, which is open 24 hours a day. She must work late, because when Earl comes to the shop, to get coffee, she askes him about the children. “You sure the kids are okay?” Doreen is worried about their kids. Her husband and her works often to late, and maybe do not have time for them. She is not confident with herself. She has fleshy thighs and black veins on her back leg. She agrees to lose weight, when Earls complains about it. She succumbs to him and she looks up to him. So she decides not to eat, which is not good for her health. She...
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...are able to see how Esther has regret from this new lifestyle she has taken up when she says, “all I could think about was the Rosenberg’s and how stupid I’d been to buy all those uncomfortable, expensive clothes, hanging limp as a fish in my closet, and how all the success I totted up at college fizzled to nothing”(2). This point where she chooses to trade in her books for her new expensive clothes is one of the first coming of age moments for Esther where she chooses to be in the “cool crowd”. Another moment in Esther’s life that exemplifies coming of age is when she decides who to befriend in her trip to New York. In the novel Betsy is portrayed as this good girl whereas Doreen is more of the bad girl that makes the obvious bad choices. Surprisingly in the beginning Esther clings on to Doreen more. It’s surprising because of the type of person Esther was. Esther was more of the type to stay home Saturday night to study other then stay out and party. At a point...
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...short story by Raymond Carver, where he writes about the man named Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, with his wife (Doreen) working as a waitress, at a 24-hour coffee shop. After a night of drinking as he usually does he goes to see the place where his wife works. Here he is treated like a nuisance by his wife. Two men start talking about his wife’s weight and this bothers Earl greatly. He decides to let Doreen know that she (he) has a problem with her weight. After this incident she tries to go on a diet but she ends up not eating at all and not looking healthy. He continues to pressure her, so she would keep dieting. He ends up in the coffee shop again and tries to “sell” her to a man sitting next to him. The story ends abruptly; with Doreen telling everybody that he is a salesman. The total lack of benevolence between husband and wife are clearly seen straight away: “What are you doing here? Doreen said when she saw him sitting there” and later she says: “Don’t talk to me now. I’m busy.” Earl is very embarrassed when two men in business suits start talking about his wife’s weight. He then sits quietly and hopes the two men won’t see the connection between him and his wife, and that is also the reason for him not saying goodbye to his wife. It almost seems like he acquires the point of view the two unidentified men have. The troubles of Doreen and Earl’s relationship are also made clear by this fact, because this clearly shows that if he hasn’t noticed the extra...
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...University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories connect to each of your selected motivational strategies. |Team Member Name |Summary of Individual Characteristics |Motivational Strategy and Action Plan |Relevant Theory | | |Chris is satisfied with his job, is willing to |Chris is happy, engaged with his job, and would require minimum |Job Engagement Theory – Chris is inspired by his | |Chris Fletcher |devote considerable time to work, can face obstacles|motivation. He is most concerned with the ability to have more |work, satisfied and committed to his job, and | | |without stress. He is happy with himself, his job, |freedom, input, and variety with his work. |performs his job above average for the position | | |and others. He is competent in coping with |The strategy would be to change his position in the company to |which shows that he is engaged in his work. He | | ...
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...women in the 1950s, were classified and identified in terms of their relationship to men and society. They were divided into two types: most women were married, submissive wives forced to domestic duties and lewd, unmarried, and vibrant women. Thus, Plath establishes archetypes by “characters of Doreen (the "bad" girl) and Betsy (the "good" girl)” (Cliffnotes.com). Doreen, who was “hard and polished and just about indestructible, and a mouth set in a sort of perpetual sneer." (Plath 4), was a blond, beautiful southern girl who had a insouciance attitude in social situations, and the two share a witty, cynical perspective on their position as guest editors for a fashion magazine. She went to New York to have fun, hence the night she night she got drunk and vomits outside of Esther’s door. Constantly, pressuring Esther to abandon her responsibilities, Doreen is a representation of some women who rejected 1950s conformity and the rebellion against societal convention. Betsy was the polar opposite of Doreen, who describes her “Pollyanna Cowgirl." (Plath 6). She was portrayed as being sweet, innocent, cheerful, and intelligent. Betsy conforms to the norms of society during that time. Doreen sees through the hypocrisies of society, being the reason why she does not conform to it verses Betsy who does not see it because she is synced into the society. These archetypal types and depictions of women of the of women of that era, further symbolizing realism. Realism involves the reader’s...
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...themes, as the American middle-class life marked by marital problems, alcoholism, unemployment and existential uncertainty , which is certainly also the case with “They’re Not Your Husband”. The setting of the story resembles very much an American suburb in the 1960’s to 70’s in middle to lower-class environment. This setting serves Raymond Carvers writing style – dirty realism well. In the story he comments on society and its flaws where one of the very prominent one is on the beauty ideal set by society and also the treatment of women in that time. Earl does not seem to acknowledge his wife Doreen as a person but see her more as an object - a prize to boost his ego. An episode in the story that really emphasis this is the scene in the coffee shop where Earl overhears the 2 men talking about Doreens’ bottom and instead of defending her he just got and left. He later on tell Doreen – and I quote “I think you could stand to lose a few pounds” which is in a relationship the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot but instead she listens to him – maybe a little to much since she later on developed an eating disorder. Which just goes to show that she is the one doing all the work. Further more you could say that the coffee shop symbolizes their relationship. She serves him, she is actually earning a living while he is just drunkenly wandering around expecting free stuff and not acknowledging her and giving her the credit she really deserves. A quote that really...
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...with while he is ignoring her. Buddy Willard is a medical student completely opposed to her love of poetry and the arts saying to her “Do you know what a poem is Esther… a piece of dust” (page 45) . Esther hates Buddy. She feels like he betrayed her by having an affair with a waitress while pretending she was so sexy. She continues throughout the rest of the novel planning to have an affair herself to spite him. As further proof of her hatred of him, she's glad he's gotten tuberculosis. Another example of this is her choice in friendship. She chooses to befriend Doreen: a blond, beautiful southern girl with a sharp tongue who Esther envies. Doreen embodies a rebellion against the societal convention that Esther admires but cannot entirely embrace. Furthermore, Doreen is a problem for Esther, because she places Esther in difficult social situations. Doreen bosses Esther around and Esther hates it, yet she obeys Doreen. In both these examples you can see Esther is unhappy and chooses to do nothing about it. Esther has this learned sense of helplessness she feels alone in these relationships, yet she cannot bring herself to do anything about it The bell jar has more consequences. Esther starts to lose herself, she begins to feel as if she is split down the middle. This presents itself in her inability to decide on what career path. This being split down the middle is the cause of a lot of Esther's emotional trouble, including her depression. Her depression manifests as most of the...
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...Michael Kinuthia Proffesor Deb Bickner English Composition 1 20 November 2013 ‘Breastfeeding’ By Doreen Umutesi Nowadays children are being born every day and this leads to population increase. One thing that mothers should know is that breast feeding is really important for new born babies. Most mothers know it is important to breast feed the baby but due to un avoidable circumstances they are unable to do so each and every day the way it is supposed to be done. They tend to use other alternative methods the young one. This results to babies growing up with weak bodies. Personally I believe that they should be educated more about breast feeding. In an African News Service article “Breast feeding-Why it is a time bomb” the author, Doreen Umutesi talks about breast feeding. She explains that many women are finding it hard to breast feed because of daily schedules like work. She show us how the Rwanda government is taking breast feeding seriously. The writer is trying to show the importance of breast feeding. She is also showing us how the government of Rwanda is taking the issue of breast feeding seriously. She is showing the reader how the Government of Rwanda is dedicated to the issue of breast feeding children, by making sure that all mothers are entitled to a paid maternity leave and are also given an hour to go breastfeed once they get back to work. The writer uses several sources which appear...
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...In one of the most misunderstood autobiographical novels, The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath chronicles the mental breakdown and attempted suicide of a young fictional embodiment of Plath herself, Ester Greenwood. Ester and Plath’s lives were extremely similar: both had perfect grades throughout their school careers, attended Smith College on scholarships, wrote poetry, and pursued English degrees. Both women did a summer internship in New York City, where they both faced internal turmoil that led to their suicide attempts and institutionalization. The Bell Jar focuses on Ester and Plath’s views on femininity, the struggle with their identities, and anger towards the social norms at that time. During the 1950’s women were subordinate to men in every...
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...Canada. Some escapees spend 12 months in camp, some of them even years. There were many camps, for example, in Thailand and in Hong Kong. The Canadian government helps the Vietnamese refugees by giving them a home, food, healthcare, and education. However, the Vietnamese refugees faced many hardships in Canada such as language, discrimination, and lack of financial support (CBC,Refuge for the unwanted). The most effective factor that affected Vietnamees refugee adaption in Canada was learning a new language (Dwok B. Chan and Doreen Marie Indra, 1987). Many refugees could not speak a word of English or French, and understand even basic words such as washroom, phone, and post office. However, they needed to obtain speaking skills because they had to look for job, house, and a school for their children (CBC-Welcome to Canada: Vietnamese refugees arrive). However, Canadian sponsorship programs for Vietnamese refugee were helpful (Dwok B. Chan and Doreen Marie Indra, 1987). There was multiple courses help refugee to adjust in a new country: Canadian culture course, opening bank account course, language learning course in English and French, and Canadian postal system. There were also emotional support and advice was provided by privately sponsor. In spite of the fact that Canada is...
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...When Doreen decided to deduct some amount from her rent after having problems with the sink, Sherrena stated that would cause Doreen to receive an eviction notice. Upon which Doreen decided to withhold all of her rent, this portrayed that “it was a common strategy among cash-strapped renters. Because the rent took almost all of their paycheck, families sometimes had to initiate a necessary eviction that allowed them to save enough money to move to another place. One landlord’s loss was another’s gain” (Demond 74). It was seen throughout the book the core of the people struggling were women, specifically single mothers that held more than two jobs or were switching from one job to another. Many women like Arleen, who left a job due to problems like depression, suffered even more to stay out of eviction. Some women were left by their...
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...Death of a Salesman is a modern domestic tragedy by Arthur Miller, written in 1948 and first performed in 1949. In America it was regarded by John Gassner as “one of the finest dramas in the whole range of American theatre.” (1) The play is a scornful critique of the American Dream and the idillic materialistic nature of American society in the 1940’s. In the play suffering can be seen through the thoughts and opinions of the protagonist Willy Loman, we can see this in Millers use of stage directions, language and time-shifts. Suffering can also be seen in Raymond Carver’s “Short Cuts” which contains stories such as “So Much Water So Close To Home”, “Neighbours” and “They’re Not Your Husband”. Carver’s work was heavily influenced by his upbringing and focuses and blue-collar workers, like his mother and father. Although Miller’s writing style is poetic and metaphorical shown in the opening stage directions “A melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small and fine, telling of grass and trees and the horizon.” This shows a romanticised pastoral idyll as well as a metaphorical stage setting. Carver’s style has been referred to as “minimalistic” and “cinematic” as seen in “Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?” whilst describing Marian’s aura on their honeymoon “her hair was long and hung down in front over her shoulders, and she was looking away from him, staring at something in the distance.” Graham Clarke said Carver is “the quintessential minimalist, seemingly reducing...
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... 2906, ILOCOS NORTE March 2013 ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND CYTOPATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF POULTRY LITTER ASH (PLA) TO Paramecium caudatum A Thesis Presented to The faculty of the Department of Biology College of Arts and Sciences Mariano Marcos State University City of Batac, 2906, Ilocos Norte In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY by CHRISTIAN DICK D. IGNACIO March 2013 ACCEPTANCE SHEET This thesis entitled ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND CYTOPATHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF POULTRY LITTER ASH (PLA) TO Paramecium caudatum prepared and submitted by CHRISTIAN DICK D. IGNACIO, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY, is hereby endorsed. DOREEN D. DOMINGOAdviser | Date signed | HENEDINE A. AGUINALDOCommittee Member | Date signed | MA. TEREZA A. BLANCOCommittee Member | Date signed | DIONICIO S. BUCAOStatistician | Date signed | RITHA REYESEnglish Critic | Date signed | Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY. FLORDELIZ R. ESTIRA Department Chair Date signed: PRIMA FE R. FRANCO DEAN Date signed: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH The researcher was born on the 15th day of December 1992. He is the 3rd children of Mr. and Mrs. Sanny Ignacio. He spent his elementary education at San Juan Elementary School, San Juan, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. Through the guidance of his supportive parents, he spent his secondary...
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