...Symbolism Through every story, an author tries to make it effective. The symbolism of the stories read in class assist fulfill the authors’ intentions for effectiveness. In Borders, by Thomas King, the symbolism of the national borders assists the reader in comprehending the moral of the story. In Roch Carrier’s A Secret Lost In The Water, the use of symbolism with the alder branch effectively guides the reader to the moral of the story. In the fall of a city, written by Alden Nowlan, the symbolism technique of the cardboard city and paper dolls consummate the story in addition to showing the importance of the imaginary world to the protagonist, a boy living with his aunt and uncle. Symbolism is vital to the overall effectiveness of each...
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...to accept the inevitability of being confronted with situations that test our ethical bounds and character. In the middle of a moral conflict we become lost in thought and make decisions based on intuition with the belief that it will guide us to ethical ground. However, we cannot always be morally correct where we must revisit our past to examine whether our choices were correct. Being torn between what is moral and immoral arises in the story The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad. Conrad presents a moral conflict between the Captain who remains unnamed, and an escaped criminal, Leggatt. By observing the choices and the thoughts of the captain, we can try to evaluate whether his harbouring of the fugitive is morally correct or not. However, many evaluations of the situation come into light, especially that of the sexual attraction of the captain and Leggatt, which interferes with the captains decision-making. This is a main argument in James Phelan’s critical essay “Sharing Secrets”. Phelan examines the homosexual tendencies and states that these urges stand in the way of making a moral decision and the true secret is the captain’s sexuality. Conversely, Phelan’s valid examination of the captain’s inability to accept the actions of Leggatt helps further delve into the nature of the true secret. The critical essay “Sharing Secrets” introduces the idea that the there are two possibilities that the captain feels close to Leggatt; there is a mutual sexual attraction and that Leggatt...
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...THE WASTE LAND In brief, The Waste Land is a 433-line modernist poem by T. S Eliot published in 1922. It has been called “one of the most important poems of the 20th century.” Despite the poem’s obscurity which it shifts between satire and prophecy, its abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, its elegiac but intimidating summoning up of a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures has made the poem to be a familiar touchstone of modern literature. The poem has been written in five parts. The five parts of The Waste Land are titled “The Burial of the Dead”, “A Game of Chess”, “The Fire Sermon”, “Death by Water”, and “What the Thunder Said”. The Waste Land is an allusive and complex poem. As such, it is subject to a variety of interpretations, and no two critics agree completely on its meaning. It may be interpreted on three levels: the person, the society, and the human race. The personal interpretation seeks to reveal Eliot's feelings and intentions in writing the poem. At the society level, a critic looks for the meaning of the poem in relation to the society for which it was written. Finally, the human level extends the societal level to include all human societies past, present, and future (Thompson, 1963). The question of literary value is complex. We must distinguish, first of all, between the importance of literature in our lives and the importance of any specific text. Literature defines and creates our world. In poems, plays, novels...
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...restaurant. The owners all bring business management background, as well as hospitality and food industry experience. Table of Contents I. THE BUSINESS 4 A. Description of the Business 4 B. The Market 4 C. Competition and Feasibility Study 5 D. Location of Business 5 E. Management 6 F. Personnel 6 G. Application and Expected Effect of Loan or Investment 6 H. Summary 6 II. FINANCIAL DATA 7 A. Sources and Application of Funding 7 B. Capital Equipment and Furniture Lists 7 C. Projected Balance Sheet 8 D. Break-even Analysis 8 E. Projected Income Statements 8 F. Cash Flow Projections 8 G. Financial Reports 9 I. THE BUSINESS A. Description of the Business Chicago Style Pizza provides premium pizza with fast, free delivery to the Triangle area. Chicago Style Pizza specializes in making superior pizzas, with proven recipes that family and friends have enjoyed for years. The restaurant combines hand-tossed dough, along with a secret sauce, that entices customers to return. Menu items are priced marginally higher than pizzerias in other areas, as the primary customers are business travels and locals, whom expect to spend more while on business trips. This allows for free delivery, as well as additional menu options, such as whole-wheat dough. Chicago Style Pizza offers a wide menu selection to appeal to many different customer preferences. As more people are...
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...Business/Financial Analysis Team Project Name Institution Business/Financial Analysis Team Project 1.0 Executive Summary The Company for analysis is the Coca-Cola Company. It operates in the soft drinks industry. This company is known to be among the oldest companies that manufacture non-alcoholic beverages. Among the main competitors of Coca-Cola is Pepsi. Coca-Cola is a multinational that has subsidiaries in almost every corner of the globe. It is a publicly traded company with a current market price for its stock at 46.39 % as at 31st March 2016 which translates to a deviation of 0.41%.An analysis of Coca-Cola Company reveals that Coca-Cola is currently grappling with issues related to its market share, quality of its soft drinks and production processes. These problems have in turn decreased their market share and its competitive advantage. Competitors have taken this as the advantage to increase their sales and revenue. The notable competitors for Coca-Cola Company are Pepsi, Nestle S.A, Dr. Pepper Snapple group inc., and Nestle Waters France. This study undertakes an analysis of Coca-Cola's industry with an aim of finding the root causes of these problems and how Coca-Cola can overcome them. Michael Porter’s five forces model, ratio analysis, analysis of market capitalization, business model, and strategy are some of the main approaches that this study applies in analyzing the Coca-Cola Company. Nevertheless, the Coca-Cola Company remains competitive, and investors...
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...101 Option Trading Secrets Also by Kenneth R. Trester The Complete Option Player The Option Player’s Advanced Guidebook Secrets to Stock Option Success 101 Option Trading Secrets K E N N E T H R. TRESTER Institute for Options Research, Inc. Lake Tahoe, Nevada Copyright © Kenneth R. Trester 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers. We advise all readers that it should not be assumed that present or future recommendations will be profitable or equal the performance of previous recommendations. The reader should recognize that risk is involved in any option or security investment, and they should not assume that any formula, method, chart, theory or philosophy will result in profitable results or equal past performances. This...
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...bittersweet. When describing the adult world, the narrator’s tone is matter-of-fact and often regretful. tense · Past settings (time) · “Six years ago,” although the current date is never specified settings (place) · The Sahara Desert and outer space protagonists · The little prince, the pilot major conflict · The childlike perspectives of the prince and, to some extent, those of the narrator are in conflict with the stifling beliefs of the adult world. rising action · After he believes he has been spurned by his rose, the prince travels to neighboring planets and eventually lands on Earth. He wanders through the desert in search of humans, and he is eventually found by the fox. climax · The fox teaches the little prince his secret, and the little prince realizes the value of his rose. falling action · The prince meets the narrator, to whom he passes along the...
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...CCTV cameras played the key role in determining the perpetrators of various incidents. Fire alarm system is “must have” technology in every AEON supermarket. It is a device designed to alert people from visual and audio alarms when smoke or fire is present. These alarms may be activated from heat detectors, smoke detectors, or from a fire alarm pull station. In case of fire, it automatically calls fire service and turns on emergency water pressure system and sprays water all around the facility to extinguish probable hearth. | Digital weighing scale | Another technology used by AEON is digital weighing scales. It is a device used for weighing the product (meat, vegetable, cereals, fruits etc.), and printing the price based on the weight. It is widely used device that enhances buying process and simplifies job of employee. These are universal machines that are not hard to use. | Current Market For halal-wide target market AEON offers mainly halal products in Malaysia. The basic strategy of the company is low price products, because the analysis and understanding of consumers led to this. Secondary strategy is “Promotional products”; many customers peck on advertising and want to save money, albeit in small...
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...death cows. In 1946, a cow was grass fed, had milk output of 2 gallons of milk per day, and lived an average of 15 years. Modern cows are grain fed, produce 8 gallons of milk per day, and live an average of 18 months. All flavor and rich texture of real ice cream is lost in modern cow milk production. The history of milk production has led up to this poor excuse for ice cream. Ice cream is the quintessential cold treat that keeps the world going round, yet has an unknown point or origin or originator. History determines ice cream to exist as far back as 200 B.C. The bible references King Solomon’s fondness of sweet iced drinks during harvesting periods. Alexander the Great preferred honey and nectar flavored snow treats. Claudius Caesar was known for sending runners into the mountain for snow, later flavoring the snow with fruit juice. Sherbet ice cream was first recorded in the 16th century as a treat brought to Europe by Marco Polo from the far east. (IDFA, 2015). Most notable was Cream Ice, a favored dessert of the court of Charles I in the 17th Century. Historians state King Charles I paid a handsome salary of 500 pounds per year to chef DiMirco for keeping the recipe a secret. DiMirco kept the recipe secret until the beheading of King Charles I in 1649. (Vandenbark, 2008). Paris Café Procope, was the first establishment to bring ice cream to the public around 1660. In 1790 America, historical financial records report George Washington spent nearly $200 for ice cream each...
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...Frankenstein Notes ------------------------------------------------- Some Interesting Points * There is a chilling logic in the creature's arguments. Why should he not respond in kind to the way that he has been treated by both his maker, who should have cared for him and looked after him, and by mankind as a whole? If the creature is inhuman, it is only because he is imitating the inhumanity of the human species. Therefore, I think that the novel presents Victor as being more inhuman. * Victor is alien in his society in the way that he removes himself from others, for example when he goes about creating the daemon/creation. Victor is very secretive and seems to like it that way... he doesn't really try to understand people like the creation does. The creation tries again and again to belong in the community, its his greatest desire. With Victor, on the other hand, there seems to be a gulf between him and the rest of society. * Justine’s trial testifies to the inhumanity of man. What is important to note is the way this links in to a vital theme of the novel, which is the presentation of the creature himself. He starts off innocent and wanting a relationship with his maker. It is the way that he is shunned by his maker and by humanity and treated cruelly that forces him into cruelty, but this cruelty is only paralleled by the monstrous nature of humanity as displayed in incidents such as the trial of Justine. We cannot expect the creature to be good when...
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...The Last Float Trip – analysis By Mads Brögger Klausen Summary The short story is about a 15-year old girl named Sam. Her father and she have been taking float trips as long as she can remember, but Sam has been offered a scholarship to a boarding school, and therefore this year’s trip seems to be the last one. Along with Sam and her father two others are joining them for the trip, Sam’s uncle Harry and a client of his, whose name is Laydon. With him Laydon is bringing a couple of guns, including a ‘’Nine-millimeter Ruger semiautomatic gun’’ which he intends to teach Sam how to use. She gets pretty good at it, but decides that her father must not know about the shooting. This little secret brings Laydon and Sam closer together and results in a creepy situation one night around the fire after Harry and Sam’s father have gone to bed. Laydon tries to touch Sam on some private spots, but she is clever enough to stop him and walk away. At the end of the trip Sam tells her father that she is now determined to accept the scholarship, maybe because he has discovered a bullet in Sam’s pocket just seconds before. Who is Sam? Sam is right on the edge of saying goodbye to her childhood and this trip makes her take the step to become a more independent and sophisticated young woman, this is also the story’s main theme. In the start of the float trip she is very nervous, shy and furthermore she is unsecure about her own person. At the end of the trip Sam has experienced a lot of new things...
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...动物化与自然回归 ——对《百种神秘感觉》的生态解读 Animalization and Return to Nature An Ecological Reading of The Hundred Secret Senses By QIN Yuanyuan A Thesis Submitted to the School of English and International Studies Beijing Foreign Studies University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Chinese American Literature Course Supervised by Professor Pan Zhiming June 2014 Animalization and Return to Nature A Ecological Reading of The Hundred Secret Senses I Introduction Amy Tan, born in 1952, is acclaimed for her lyrically written tales of sensibility and conflicts in Chinese-American mother-daughter relationship, in which generational and cultural divergence is highlighted. Themes of loss and reconciliation, hope and failure, friendship and familial conflict, added with mystic oriental flavor and healing power, have made Tan’s writing emblematic and well-received. Following the publication of The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), Amy Tan’s third novel The Hundred Secret Senses (1995) again enjoys a high popularity and evokes strong responses from both readers and critics. Despite the fact that The Hundred Secret Senses still exhibits Tan’s trademarks of “a strong sense of place, a many-layered narrative, family secrets, generational conflict, Chinese lore and history”, unlike the previous two that are generally praised, this novel gets mixed opinions. Most reviewers receive the...
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...Netnography: The Marketer’s Secret Weapon How Social Media Understanding Drives Innovation By Robert V. Kozinets, BBA, MBA. Ph.D. M A R C H 2 01 0 Executive Summary Marketers in today’s competitive world need an edge. This paper offers two of them. First, it tells marketers to consider social media not just as a marketing tool, but as a way to continuously build high-level consumer insight. Second, it offers a rigorous method based in anthropology for building social media data into applied cultural insights. That method is called netnography. In netnography, online interactions are valued as a cultural reflection that yields deep human understanding. Like in person ethnography, netnography is naturalistic, immersive, descriptive, multi-method, adaptable, and focused on context. Used to inform consumer insight, netnography is less intrusive than ethnography or focus groups, and more naturalistic than surveys, quantitative models, and focus groups. Netnography fits well in the front-end stages of innovation, and in the discovery phases of marketing and brand management. Netnography follows six overlapping steps: 1. Research planning 2. Entrée 3. Data collection 4. Interpretation 5. Ensuring ethical standards 6. Research representation A short illustration of a computationally assisted netnographic approach to a brand study of Listerine is provided. It demonstrates how insights can be used to inform marketing activities including...
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...The Coca Cola Company Market Audit. Table of Contents. Executive summary | 1 | Table of Contents | 2 | Introduction | 3 | 1-History of the company | 5 | 2- SWOT analysis | 7 | 2-1-Strengths | 8 | 2-2 Weaknesses | 9 | 2-3Opportunities | 10 | 2-4Threats | 10 | 3-Corporate Social Responsibility | 11 | 4- PESTEL Analysis | 14 | 4-1 Political analysis | 14 | 4-1-1 Coca Cola Company is an American symbol of imperialism | 15 | 4-1-2 Coca Cola in MENA Region | 15 | 4-2Economic analysis | 16 | 4-3 Social analysis | 19 | 4-4 Environmental analysis | 19 | 4-5 Legal analysis | 19 | 5- marketing mix | 19 | 5-1 product line and range | 19 | 5-2 pricing | 19 | 5-3 promotion | 19 | 5-4 place | 21 | 6 – the bottling company | 21 | 7 - conclusion | 22 | Executive Summary Coca cola company market audit should be wider than the range of this report. With a pioneer company holding the biggest market share in its industry, there are lots of parameters to analyze and study to find out the secrets and factors of this huge success. A SWOT analysis was done, explaining strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the company. And that is followed by a SELPET Analysis explaining Social, Economical, Legal, Political, Environmental and Technological factors. In the sustainability report, the current CEO Muhtar Kent announced a company expansion target of the double by 2020, and the ways to reach their. He explained the main areas which...
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...Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Analysis of Case: HBS Case 9 – 711 – 462, May 26, 2011 Coke and Pepsi are part of an oligopoly market. They are and have been the two largest producers of CSDs since the 50’s and have been competing since the early 1900’s. Coke created a barrier to entry into the market in the early days by trademarking its secret formula and going to “battle” with several imitators which they won; including Pepsi in 1938, which they lost. Coke, as the larger of the two producers (47% market share in 1950) seemed to have the dominant market strategy and Pepsi, as the smaller entity (10% market share), followed suit with the moves of Coke. For example, when Coke switched from sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in order to lower costs, Pepsi did too; when Coke began purchasing bottling plants, Pepsi did too. The scales of Coke and Pepsi have allowed them continued growth and market dominance over the years, taking advantage of economies of scale. Coke used its size and wealthy franchisees, to compete in price against Pepsi’s independent bottling plants in the 1950’s. This behavior carried forward until the 80’s when Coke began purchasing bottlers as part of Coca-Cola Enterprises, allowing them to be the “anchor bottler” for their own company. In the late 1980’s, Pepsi followed Coke’s lead again, adopting their “anchor bottler” strategy. This was a strategic barrier which became problematic for smaller concentrate producers who either...
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