...Analysis of A Gap of Sky You have to be a good daughter or son. You have to be a good girlfriend or boyfriend, a good friend, a good brother, a good sister. You have to be good at math, chemistry, social science and biology. You have to wear the right clothes, and be good at sports. You have to be popular and have the coolest friends. The pressure nowadays is enormous. There is no wonder why so many young people want to run away sometimes, so they can get away from the huge amount of pressure that they are dealing with. This huge pressure can make people feel very lonely, even though they are surrounded by lots of people, and this is exactly what the short story “A Gap of Sky”, written by Anna Hope, is about. In this short story we hear about a nineteen year old girl called Ellie, who is afraid of not living up to her teachers’ and parents’ expectations and this is what has driven her into a drug abuse. The short story gives us a portrait of a young girl, who is caught in between her desires and what is being expected of her. She is struggling with her inner demons and she is having an inner fight with herself about which decisions are ethically right or wrong. The short story is written as a 3rd person narrative. The point of view is limited to the main character Ellie and the text only describes Ellie’s thoughts e.g: “She remembers going out for booze. Did she get booze?” . The narrative technique that’s being used makes the reader come very close to Ellie’s personality...
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...The decadence of a human being is not a beautiful sight to see, especially if it is one of your own loved ones. The question usually asked in this matter is, how can I help him/her? You can certainly be supportive the person if it is something hard for him/her to overdue, but if they are declining their own state of mind, it is up to the person who has the problem to confront it and overcome it. This is one of the topics dealt with in Anna Hopes short-story “A Gap of Sky” from 2008, where a teenager named Ellie struggle against her inner demons. The story is set in today’s London; the author starts in medias res with the line “It is dark, but the wrong dark. Something is wrong with the dark” and therefore the author also establish by his use of words such as dark, and it not just dark it is a wrong dark, a rather gloomy mood. We are quickly introduced to the short-story’s protagonist, Ellie, a 19-years old girl who attends University College London. Our first impression of Ellie is a slightly obscene one, she wakes up after a party, she barely remembers what she did the night before, other than some drugs, and it was certainly not harmless marihuana, it was die hard drugs such as cocaine, so she is a ruthless teenager, a rebel one might say, but still not definite stupid since she does attend University College London, but what she really needs is a little stability in her life. Ellie looks at her cell phone and realises how late it is, and that is terrible news to her, since...
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...A Gap of Sky Individualism is a keyword in postmodern society. We do not depend on each other and we go our own ways. If we fall, others might catch us, but not necessarily. We are left with freedom to choose whatever we want of life. It is expected that we create our own footprints. Freedom is beautiful, but with freedom, also comes a great responsibility; the responsibility of our own life. Freedom can lead to loneliness, and sometimes even lead to a fear of going in the wrong direction. In the short story “A Gap of Sky”, the author Anna hope uses the narrative technique with a stream of consciousness to give us an insight into the young protagonist Ellies mind, as she walks through the urban setting of London, where her confused mind makes her lose herself in the many choices and decisions. * Topic sentence for the 1st paragraph The author allows the setting to take a symbolical meaning, when Anna Hope uses the urban setting of London, and how that affects Ellie’s way of taking choices. The story takes place in the streets of London; an urban setting Throughout the short story it is clear that Ellie is tired of education, things she has to do and expectations. She knows that she has to write the essay in order to stay on the course, but she is not quite sure for whom she is doing it. Her life seem to be an eternal search for freedom, and it is exactly the word “freedom” that is repeated through the story. In this quote; ”She doesn’t know where she is going...
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...English essay – “A Gap of Sky” Amalie Thomsen Introduction: The title of the short story is “A Gap of Sky” and is written by Anna Hope in 2008. Anna Hope is an English actress and writer. She is from Manchester and was educated at Wadham College, Oxford. The short story is fiction, but could still take place in real life. The main theme is identity formation. Analysis: The story is written with a 3rd persons view: “Ellie reaches a hand out […] She takes the glass, stumbles forward…” The narrator therefor has an omniscient point of view, and knows everything about the main character, Ellie. Characters: In the story we have the main character, Ellie, her friend Toby (who we do not meet, but hear about) and the mother (we do not meet her either). Ellie: The main character, Ellie, is 19 years old: She is only nineteen […], and lives in London: […] this part of London. She is a very unhealthy and sloppy teenager. She has smoked a lot of pot, which her health condition clearly shows: The air is cold, makes her gasp, cold and hurting on her ragged lungs. She a type of person who postpones many of her things: She’s got to get this essay in. […] They won’t close till sixish. It will all be fine. Ellie is a complex character because a part of her develops and she becomes more grown up. At first she has a very difficult relationship with her mother, but after seeing a little stone, she suddenly realizes that she has not been fair to her. The setting (FOCUS) The setting...
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...An Analysis and Interpretation of Anna Hope’s ”A Gap of Sky” (2008) When being a teenage student in the twenty-first century you might find yourself at a crossroad where important decisions have to be made. You have to consider your ambitions and where you will end up with the current lifestyle you are living. In Anna Hope’s A Gap of Sky (2008) teenager Ellie finds herself deeply reflecting over both partying and doing drugs, but also the severity of her college education. Ellie is a nineteen year old college student residing in the heart of London. She is living a hectic life with drinking, ketamine abuse and smoking crack pipe. The lifestyle that she is living suggests that she does not take her education seriously and she also blames her parents for taking this “bloody course in the first place” (p. 3 l. 66). The narrator is third person heterodiegetic and it is internal with limited omniscience. Throughout the story Ellie’s thoughts are described, but it is not herself telling them. This is seen as the pronoun “I” is never used, but “she” is used in the entire story. Ellie is the protagonist and all of her thoughts and actions are depicted, but it is not herself describing them, the narrator is therefore heterodiegetic since it is not an actual character itself. Ellie is the only character in the story who is mentioned by name and has great significance to the story. She is also the only person whose point of view is shown and the narrator can thereby be characterized...
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...make their own decisions, and feel pressured. Therefor they want to escape from reality by ingesting drugs or drinking alcohol which could be their way of protesting against responsibilities and a search for freedom, or maybe it is just because they are in that age where they are open to all kinds of experimentations. This is what the main character Ellie is facing, in the short story “A Gap of Sky” written by Anna Hope in 2008; Ellie is wandering around in the streets of London and in her own mind as well. Her walk around London’s streets becomes a walk through her own mind. Crisis, confusion, changes, responsibilities and fear, are the main components of a short story by Anna Hope. A story which is intriguing, and will take you one step closer, to understand what a ‘typical’ teenager can go through. In this essay I will analyze and interpret Anna Hope’s short story A Gap of Sky. I will characterize the main character Ellie, and analyze her behavior as a teenager. I will also focus on the narrative technique in the short story and the importance of the city sitting. Though an analysis I will conclude upon my discoveries and determine the theme of the story. The main character of the short story, nineteen year old Ellie, is a university student and lives in London. She has...
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...Analysis and interpretation of “A gap of sky” by Anna Hope “A Gap of Sky” is a short story by Anna Hope. The story is about the young girl Ellie who lives in London and attend UCL. She lives a wild life with parties and drugs and therefore she cannot concentrate on her studies. She has not got anyone to hold on to and no parents to guide her. The city distracts her with all its options and temptations. There is always new and exciting things around the corner but you must focus on the important things and not choose to follow all your impulses – life is too short for that. The main themes in the story are developing and identity. Ellie finds out that it is important to keep up on her studies and take care of her body, by staying clean of drugs. Ellie is the main character in the story. She attends University College London, but she does not take her studies very serious. The text says: “It was their fault she was doing this bloody course in the first place.” So it seems like her parents have forced her to go there. She does not care much about her education. She is very close to expulsion. “She remembers the letter, the stomach-lurching letter. If this lack of application continues we will have no choice but to reconsider your place on the course.” She most likely skips classes and papers and parties instead. In the beginning she wakes up after a party. It is Monday afternoon which means that she had been partying all Sunday night. She cannot remember last night clearly because...
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...Assessment 3: A case study of Qantas Airline: The grounded kangaroo EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Qantas is the world’s second oldest airline and it fall into a long-run labour dispute which once stopped the running of the company. The CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce has taken several actions before and during the dispute. This essay will discuss the reason and the cause of such industrial relations problem. Then, to analysis and judge the industrial action of both Qantas and the labour unions with some of the management concept. In the last, possible solution and recommendation will discuss to show the benefit of management skills. Table of contents INTRODUCTION 1-2 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION2-3 PROBLEM ANALYSIS AND JUSTIFICATION3-5 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS5-6 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS6-7 INTRODUCTION Qantas is the world's second oldest airline. Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, it is Australia’s largest domestic and international airline and is recognized as one of the heads of world long distance airline companies, having services from Australia to North America and Europe. Qantas today employs approximately 33,600 people and offers services across a network spanning 182 destinations in 44 countries around the world. On 29 October 2011, Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce took a big gamble; He claimed to ground all the planes and cancelled all flights in order to get rid of a long-run labour dispute and the conflict with Unions. This bold or perhaps impetuous action...
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...between Airlines 6 Major Airline Alliances in the World 6 Alliances help Airlines to Achieve Comparative Advantage 7 Sky Team Alliance 8 Airline Alliances Enhance the CSR 9 Conclusion 10 References 12 Abstract Now a days the term global alliance is widely used in every business, but its presence is more significant in airline industry. The strategic alliances in airline industry are global in nature. The past deregulation impacted on strategic alliances positively, industry is freer to set routes and cooperation’s, due to oil price hike the cooperation of airline firms was unavoidable. The alliances help generating traffic between an airline and other parties that are partner. The European alliances were threatened by US alliances; in such scenarios United Airlines and British Airlines came in contract to avoid threats from US airlines. The benefits of strategies alliances are to gain foothold in any country like many airlines did in Europe, while at the same time is to establish global presence. Strategic alliance and mergers of firms acts as marketing technique in airline industry. Many of the European airlines bought stakes from the Asian and US airlines by working on strategic alliances. In the airline industry there are three major alliances: One World, Star Alliance and Sky Team Alliance. The paper concludes that alliances are good to achieve betterment in things; the airlines may have better CSR...
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...the purpose of providing strong competitive edge in Airline industries. BA is a leader in airline operators in UK which face a lot of competition in the last decade. This report will analysis, identify and evaluate strategic choices that BA could pursue both internal and external environment forces. Some of the strategic will includes the strategy gap of BA. Through this strategic, we have recommended that BA should focus on their communication, planning, forecasting and strategy formulation to restore their competitive advantage within the industry. Table of contents Table of contents 1.1 Report objectives 1.2 Company overview 1.3 Strategy gap 1.4 Current strategies 2.0 External Analysis 2.1 PESTEL Analysis 2.2 Porters’ five forces 3.0 Internal Analysis 3.1 Resource based view 3.2 Value Chain 4.0 Key strategic Issues 5.0 Strategy formulation 6.0 Conclusions 7.0 Recommendations 1.1 Report Objectives The main objective of this report is to recommendation a good strategy for BA. This report will consist of sections which includes the followings: To found out the current strategic position of BA, Analysing the internal and external environment forces of BA, recommend strategic options using the internal and external analysis, evaluate strategic choices that BA could pursue and discuss the implementation. 1.2 Company Overview British Airways Plc is the number Airline in UK and one of the best Airlines...
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...then using it for job-evaluation, recruitment, training and development, performance management, succession planning, etc. Competency based talent management can improve both productivity and performance by identifying key characteristics of top performers and how those traits differ from average employees. These characteristics in turn can filter in a set of core competency profile that consistently leads to successful workforce. Thus the HR department should be alerted about the need for competency mapping & this process of competency mapping should be carried out in the organization on the regular basis both for the benefit of employees and for the organization. KEY WORDS: Competency, Competency Mapping, Employee, Growth, and Gap INTRODUSCTION Competencies refer to skills or knowledge that lead to greater performance. These are formed through an individual and organization’s knowledge, skills and abilities and provide a framework for distinguishing between poor performances through to exceptional performance. Competencies can apply at organizational, individual, team, and occupational and functional levels. Competencies are individual abilities or characteristics that are key to effectiveness in work. Competencies are the characteristics of an employee that lead to the demonstration of skills and abilities, which result in effective performance within an organizational area. Once the job requirements have been clarified then competency interviewing...
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...140102041 2 Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………. 3 Indian Civil Aviation Sector- Chronology of events…….. 4 FDI Regulations………………………………………………………….. 6 Growing Low Cost Carrier Market share……………………. 6 Air Turbine Fuel Price trends……………………………………… 7 Rupee depreciation…………………………………………………… 7 LCC Strategies…………………………………………………………… 7 Financial Analysis……………………………………………………… 8 Current Transformation……………………………………………. 9 Industry Estimations…………………………………………………. 11 The Indian Advantage- The Four Big Prospects…………. 13 Evolution of the Indian Aviation Sector…………………….. 15 Strategic Grouping of Six Major Airlines……………………. 16 Six Major airports……………………………………………………… 16 Passenger traffic……………………………………………………….. 17 Freight traffic…………………………………………………………….. 18 Aircraft movement…………………………………………………….. 19 Private Sector players………………………………………………… 19 Airports- notable trends……………………………………………. 20 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis……………………………………… 21 Strategies adopted……………………………………………………. 22 Growth Drivers…………………………………………………………. 25 Strategic Policies- Industry Growth…………………………… 27 Top two players Analysis…………………………………………… 28 References………………………………………………………………… 28 3 Executive Summary The Indian Aviation industry has been facing multiple...
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...MISE EN SCENE ANALYSIS OF EDWARD SCISSORHANDS EXT/INT MRS. BOGGS CAR DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, DAY,. This sequence begins at approximately 15:45 into the film, after Peg Boggs encounters Edward for the first time in the mansion, it depicts them both in the car as she drives him to her house. Shot 1: 25 seconds total (including reverse shots). Tracking two shot MCU. Eye-level. Edward and Peg drive down the street to Peg's house. Edward admires the sights, people, and activities that he has never experienced or seen before. Edward smiles meekly at first, and then more broadly and confidently when he glances briefly at Peg and she they both smile at each other. He clumsily points to something and nearly injures Peg with his hands, and he bumps...
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...3.1 Competitive Strategy: It is a fact that the competition in global airline industry has increased to the greater extent. As a result, airline companies have to develop and maintain the competitive advantages to attract and maintain the customer portfolio. While reviewing and analysing the competitive strategy of Ryan Air, it is observed that the company is offering the low cost products to its customers (Ryan Air, 2012). In other words, the Ryan Air believes that the low cost services and products is the key ingredient of its success as yet. This product strategy also defines that the company has applied and executed the cost leadership strategy as suggested under the Porter’s Generic Strategies. The aim of Ryan Air through low fare is to stimulate the demand. As a result, it helps the company to attract the travellers those are price conscious, rather than quality (Kahawatte, 2010). However, it does not mean that Ryan Air does not comply with the health & safety regulations, but it only focuses on the basic necessities to avoid extra costs. In addition to the above, the Ryan Air does not bind its customers to book two way tickets which also motivate customers. 3.2 Product Strategy: Developing and executing the appropriate product and service strategy has always been one critical area for Airline companies. Ryan Air, being the cost leadership in the global Airline industry promises to offer the excellent customer services which help it to satisfy the customers’ demands...
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...STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF AIRASIA THE BEST LOW-COST CARRIER AIRLINES IN THE WORLD ASSIGNMENT FOR MICROECONOMICS FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA BY: IWAN BUDHIARTA P-46048 MALAYSIA – 2009 I. INTRODUCTION A low-cost carrier (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier) is an airline that offers low fares but eliminates all “non-essential” services. The typical low-cost carrier business model is based on: * a single passenger class * a single type of airplane (reducing training and servicing costs) * a simple fare scheme (typically fares increase as the plane fills up, which rewards early reservations) * free seating (which encourages passengers to board early) * direct, point to point flights with no transfers * flying to cheaper, less congested secondary airports * short flights and fast turnaround times (allowing maximum utilization of planes) * "Free" in-flight catering and other "complimentary" services are eliminated, and replaced by optional paid-for in-flight food and drink. Simple Product A typical low cost airline product is extremely basic. It focuses on getting passengers from point A to B, cutting out all the “extras”. This means there are no meals, drinks or snacks served free on board. In certain airlines, these may be purchased on request. The aircraft have Narrow seating to permit greater capacity. Low cost airlines offer all-economy flights, with no additional space requirements...
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