...Reena S Feb 27 The Haunted Mansion There once was a boy named Todd. He is known as the superior daredevil. He can do any dare known to man. But one dare could have made him almost killed. He could have disappeared. One day, Nancy Bullock taunted Todd. “If you think you’re so tough, then I challenge you to go to the haunted mansion and stay there for a whole night” Nancy said. Everyone knew that the manor was vacant for over 50 years. Everybody wants to know how that will turn out. “Whatever, you’re on”. Todd exclaimed. When Todd was at the gate, dim clouds appeared. Lightning struck the roof. While he was slowly walking in, he saw that the door was opened .When he ascended into the house, he heard a loud squeak. He was questioning what it was. The first thing he gazed at was the living room. It was all filthy. The only stuff there was a T.V. and a couch and they were covered with immense plastic bags. Then he arrived at the kitchen. In a second, there were knives coming at him. He leaned to his right and the knives punctured into the wall. For the first time, Todd felt apprehensive. When Todd was walking upstairs, he found a show case. It was clogged with swords and paintings. He opened it and swung a sword. Then, he took a painting and looked closely. It looked like his dad. He was Todd’s best friend until he left the family. Todd was about to weep. He couldn’t look at it. Todd shattered the image to the ground. Suddenly a ghost appeared. “Get out of...
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...A Roice Unit 1 Db Global Operations Management MGMT415-02 Heizer & Render, Chapters 1-2 • Why has it become so important for companies to become competitive in the global business environment? One reason it became important for companies to become more competitive in the global business environment is because of their market and to maximize their profits. While maximizing their profits they have to think globally. Also, for companies to be successful in a global market they have to have excellent global managerial skills. The global managerial skills will help the company understand all other countries cultures and customers. By understanding more of the other countries it will help with creating effective advertisements for the company. (Heizer, Jay & Render, Barry, 2012) • What advancements in operations management in other countries have affected the way companies in the United States operate? One company that started off in the United States and was so successful and decided to expand is Disneyland’s theme park. Disneyland has expanded to France, Tokyo and Hong Kong this was done to create a magical place for every one of all ages in those countries as well as ours so families can have fun at their theme parks and resorts without having to travel across the world just to have some family fun. (Disney, 2012) Before Disney could expand their parks and operations to other countries Disney had to first learn about the countries food, prices, park hours and even cultures...
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...A rose for Emily In his short story, “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner intends to convey a message to his audience about the unwillingness in human nature to accept change and more specifically the secretive tendencies of aristocrats in the South during the early 20th century. In order to do this, Faulkner sets up a story in which he isolates and old aristocratic woman, Miss Emily, from her fellow townspeople and proceeds to juxtapose her lifestyle with theirs. In doing this he demonstrates her stubborn refusal to change along with the town, but also Among several literary devices the author employs to achieve this contrast, Faulkner sets up his narrator as a seemingly reliable, impartial and knowledgeable member of the community in which Miss Emily lives by using a first person plural, partially omniscient point of view. The narrator is present for all of the scenes that take place in the story, but does not play any role in the events, and speaks for the town as a whole. Faulkner immediately sets up his narrator as a member of the community in the first line of the story, saying that when Miss Emily died “our whole town went to her funeral.” Although it’s never directly explained, it appears as though the narrator is an older member of the town. This is demonstrated in statements like “the next generation, with its more modern ideas;” because the narrator does not say “with our more modern ideas” he makes it clear that he is not one of the younger members of the community...
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...Midterm card report Katiria Bernardi Story: “A Rose for Emily” Author: William Faulkner (1897 –1962) Central character: Emily is a solitary southern belle restrained from society by her dominant father. She inherits her father controlling behavior. Other characters: Homer Barron a Northern laborer, who comes to the South to work in the town’s sidewalks and poisoned by his lover Emily. Mr. Grierson- Emily’s controlling and selfish father. Setting: Post-Civil War in a mysterious house in the town of Jefferson. Narrator: An unnamed Jefferson’s resident that was respectful and considerate toward “Miss Emily” but at the same time irritated since she pay no tax; he had to be a tax official since he includes “Each December we sent her a tax notice” (Faulkner 5). Tone: Sympathy towards Emily’s unfortunate life caused by her dominant father and hereditary insanity from her “great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last” (Faulkner 2). Style: The language was in a conversational style but it was puzzling at times since he used flashbacks from the past and then back to present along with mystery and suspense effect. Irony: The title is ironic since a rose symbolizes love, long lasting beauty which is what she is missing in her life. Theme: To put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Symbols: Emily’s house symbolizes her life old-fashion, mysterious, decaying; her own prison. The Rose symbolizes love, long lasting beauty something she missing. Emily‘s hair...
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...A Rose for Emily (1930) Debbra Eckstrom Rasmussen College Author Note This assignment is being submitted on January 22, 2014 for LeeAnn Kinkade, Introduction to Literature, G230/LIT2000. A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily I felt like this was a good non-fiction story, in this story William Faulkner represents two types of conflicts. A woman named Emily; conflicts within her, and the communities conflicts are the two main ones. Emily’s father who was a strict man did not let her live a healthy social life. Her father had died and she refused to admit all the changes that were happening outside her house as the years went by. Emily took care of her father her whole life, but when he dies she starts dating some guy. She thinks he loves her, and then she finds out he plans on leaving her. She ends up killing him and keeping him in her bed, so he can never leave her. (William Faulkner 1897-1962). The climax of this story comes when Emily is thinking of a scam to kill her friend. She goes to the drug store to buy some arsenic the worst on the market. I think the climax was resolved, because she actually killed him and at the end of the story she dies. (William Faulkner 1897-1962). A rose for Emily demonstrates a theme of degeneration in the town, the house and in Emily herself. In the early nineteen hundreds, the story opens with the town finding out about Emily’s death. The story is told by...
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...A Rose for Emily Miss Emily Grierson becomes and isolated old woman who is pitied by the people of the town. She seems to be one of the last people that is left in the town from the older generation. In William Faulkners’ story “A Rose for Emily”, the nonlinear narrative indicates that time will aid in the development of the story as well as the characters. However, a close look at the manipulation of time, suggests that Miss Emily, herself will come to represent time and change in her community over the decades. The tension between the new generation and Miss Emily indicates her inability the grasp the realism of time. William Faulkner uses progressive time shifts to compare the past and present and their influence upon on another. Miss Emily made an agreement with Colonel Sartoris to not pay taxes because her father had loaned the town money. When the next generation came into office, “this arrangement created some little dissatisfaction” (Faulkner). Miss Emily failed to respond to the tax notice that was sent to her by the new aldermen and mayor. She believed that the new generation should honor the non-official agreement set forth by her and Colonel Sartoris and “perhaps one [of the new aldermen] can gain access to the city records and satisfy [themselves]” (Faulkner). After a non-successful visit to Miss Emily house to collect her taxes, she puts the gentlemen out of her house because she still believes she “has no taxes in Jefferson” (Faulkner). Miss Emily struggles to...
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...Silent Marionette William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, is an example of how a small town’s inhabitants can shape the character of one woman based on gossip. The narrator, comprised primarily of the many voices of the town’s people with little input from Miss Emily, draw their own conclusions about her, a women who was a sort of living relic in the town that was progressing into modern times without her. Since the many voices of the town’s people comprise the narrator, their speculations shape Miss Emily’s character, her reasons for being a recluse and their reasons for avoiding confronting her. While Miss Emily is the main focus of Faulkner’s short story, no insight into her personal feelings or thoughts are ever revealed. The depth of her character is left up to the assumptions of the town’s people. She is always talked about at a distance which leaves her character flat. Even when the issue of taxes arises and the sheriff sends two men to talk to Miss Emily she is described in a morbid way; “her skeleton was small and spare…she looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water…with that pallid hue.”(Faulkner 788). Just with physical description alone the town’s people can manipulate Miss Emily into an uninviting women. Miss Emily’s reclusive behavior doesn’t sit well with the inhabitants of the town. They’re in the habit of socializing and being a part of each other’s personal lives. In contrast, Miss Emily does not...
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...English 1C 25 April 2012 “A Rose for Emily” People will go great measures to avoid letting a loved one go. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” dreams collide with the real world. Miss Emily Grierson was raised by a narcissistic father who created an isolated woman. Her father secluded her from the rest of the world by assuring no one was good enough for her. After her beloved father’s death, she struggled to let him go. Later in her life, she meets a man named Homer Barron, who was in town to fix the town’s streets. The unknown narrator, who lives in the town, and fellow townspeople notice Miss Emily’s happiness with Homer and believe that they will get married. The townspeople specifically thought Homer and Miss Emily were married when Miss Emily bought a men’s toilet set in silver. However, when Homer disappears, Miss Emily loses another person she loves. In “A Rose for Emily,” Miss Emily’s dreams of love collide with the real world. Miss Emily loved her father and he is the only person by her side. He is the only person in her life because her father is narcissistic. Faulkner suggests that Miss Emily’s father abuses his daughter. This may be the reason “none of the young man were quite enough” for her (Faulkner 439). The way Miss Emily acts with her father, the town “thought of them as a tableau” (Faulkner 439). After Miss Emily Grierson’s father passed, Miss Emily became the last of the Griersons. Unable to accept the death, it is only after three...
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...Johnathan Corlew Literary Analysis A Rose for Emily: William Faulkner William Faulkner first published “A Rose for Emily” in 1930; however, this short story resides in a small southern town during the post-Civil War period. During this age in time, the Unites States was going through major political changes. But Ms. Emily was not ready for change. Faulkner uses repugnant imagery and a unique narration style to explore a woman’s inability to cope with death and change throughout the community and within herself (Perry 40). Growing up in the Grierson family, Emily knew her family was powerful and popular, and she was fortunate enough to live surrounded by love and luxury. Emily’s father loved her dearly and only wanted the best for her, but most of the time he was a little over protective and perceived to control his daughter’s life. He felt as if no man could ever be good enough for his one and only. The Griersons were definitely different from every other household in the small southern town of Jefferson, and Emily’s father made sure everyone knew of this. Since Emily’s father was a tyrant throughout her life, she rarely got the chance to enjoy anything outside of the Grierson residence (Watkins 509). The early agony that Emily had to tolerate created a permanent emotional cripple to her life. Emily most likely did not have a concrete idea of how a real family should function and cooperate, especially with the absence of a mother figure. Other than the Grierson family...
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...Throughout history there has been a big difference between the North and the South. Now however, they have both changed but there are still some people who live the old way. This is shown in the William Faulkner story “A Rose For Emily”. In this story there is a woman, Ms. Emily Grierson that lives in the ways of the old South when all the people of her town have changed and moved on in their way of living, but they still look up to her because she is a strong representation of their past. There is also a man named Homer Barron who came to the town from the north to work. He strongly represented the north and brought change to the South. Faulkner uses these two characters, Homer and Emily, to show the reader the differences of the North and the South, and also how the north affected the South. In the story, Faulkner creates Ms. Emily’s character around that of the old South’s. In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner uses subtle but notable clues in the story to prepare the reader for the ending. One of the more major underlying themes that Faulkner uses to prepare the reader is the contrast between the north and the south and the progress of time which is to include the incompatibility between Homer the "Yankee" and Emily the southern bell stuck in the past. Though not as much a major theme as important clues is Emily's reluctance to give up her father's corpse, the purchase of rat poison, Homer suddenly disappearing, the light in the upstairs room not turning on for...
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..."A Rose for Emily" is a wonderful short story written by William Faulkner. It begins with at the end of Miss Emily’s life and told from an unknown person who most probably would be the voice of the town. Emily Grierson is a protagonist in this story and the life of her used as an allegory about the changes of a South town in Jefferson after the civil war, early 1900's. Beginning from the title, William Faulkner uses symbolism such as house, Miss Emily as a “monument “, her hair, Homer Barron, and even Emily’s “rose” to expresses the passing of time and the changes. The central theme of the story is decay in the town, the house, and in Miss Emily herself. It shows the way in which we all grow old and decay and there is nothing permanent except change. Miss Emily’s house is one of the important symbols which represent the past because it rejects updating like Miss Emily. The “… house had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street” (209).Then it ages with Em... ... middle of paper ... ...me time she is the victim of her resistance to change of time while the world went on without her and misperception of the people around her. In conclusion, this story “A Rose for Emily” tells the life, the love, the time, hopes, and destruction of Emily Grierson by using intelligent symbols. Emily never accepts that the changing world around her might be benefiting...
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...Literary Analysis of “A Rose for Emily” In the story “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, Emily Grierson is well known for her sorrowful background due to the loss of her governing father and status of isolation. In addition to Faulkner’s one-of-a-kind narration, he constructs a complex chronology that allows the reader to gradually become aware of facts, motivations, events, and emotions. Though Faulkner’s technique in “A Rose for Emily” may initially be a bit confusing, it reminds the reader this story is not one that can necessarily be told with simplicity, for there can be many answers to one question and many questions to one remark. One may think that the townspeople could easily be considered the antagonist, and while this may be true, Faulkner provides perspectives of all characters allowing the readers to perhaps question if there could be more than one. The townspeople made Miss Emily the talk of the town, making sure she was constantly being secluded. They eventually stopped sending their children to her China painting lessons, and pressured her to the point where she killed her lover in order to feel she had not lost her dignity. Essentially, they played a significant role in the death of Homer Barron, ruining their relationship with talk of disapproval. The townspeople could have possibly been well informed of their action, which can lead the to fact that it was not chosen to investigate Homer’s disappearance or prosecute Emily for that matter. The town antagonizes...
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...The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins Literary Text/Reading Assignment Chapter 1 stars by presenting the famous and rich London physician working in his office on a very busy morning while facing even busier afternoon making house calls. The story takes place in 1860s. When he was just about to leave he was told by his assistant there is a lady who wants to see him. Doctor had no intention of taking on a new client that day and he tried to sneak out of his office. Lady caught him on his way out and asked to speak with him before he leaves. Doctor was impressed with a lady’s appearance and because of her accent and her looks he referred to her as a foreign. When both of them went back to the room he praised her even more. To break the awkward silent doctor was forced to speak first by asking what he could do for her. It turned out that the woman was concerned about her mental wellbeing. Doctor was afraid to disappoint the lady as he wasn’t qualified to work with people suffering with mental issues and referred to her to be seen by a specialist. Lady explained the reason why she chose him as her doctor. She knew him as being famous in discovering rare illnesses. Doctor was flattered and wiling to help. After running some medical examinations he found nothing which disappointed the lady, however he was curious why she was so pale looking. Then lady explained her near death experience by poisoning in her early life. Doctor’s sympathies were touched and he offered to help her....
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...Robert Wise’s The Haunting has been one of the most haunted house films ever produced.I've seen this film with my classmates during my english class. This film is a black and white picture. The picture was once the most fearful film in the early 60’s. This film takes place in New England, in a big haunted mansion. Dr. Markway, does research to prove the existence of ghosts, at the Hill House, a large mansion with a history of violent death. Luke, who stands to inherit the house, Theodora and Eleanor, with psychic abilities make her feel somehow there are spirits around the old mansion. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, and Rosalie Crutchley. The Haunting is a story about Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris), a lonely woman...
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...I had a friend over to spend the night but around 9:30pm when we decided to go over to his house. But what we didn’t know is that we were going to go to this real haunted house called the Decker house because it's way down decker street. The myths is that some people were killed in their and put in the freezer. I don't believe that of cores though. I told my mom that we were going to go to Matthew's house, she said ok. Mat called his mom and she said that his brother was going to pick us up. So we waited for him to come and pick us up. As we waited we watched youtube. Finally, about an hour past when Mats brother show up to pick us up. When we were driving down my driveway Mats bro told us that we were going to go to the Decker house. I...
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