...the modern society. In my opinion the combination of these two issues (fear and ignorance) has created what is a scourge called racism. James Baldwin was a wise and prominent writer who fought against these issues through communication by either writing books or speaking at memorable events. Born in 1924 in New York and died in France in 1987, James Baldwin occupies a unique place in American letters. He is the epitome of the writer that links art to commitment, and can be found alongside Martin Luther King, Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston at the civil rights march in 1963 at Washington. The analysis of James Baldwin was somewhat aporetic, because on one hand we could quote him saying “Every white person in this country-and I do not care what he or she says-knows one thing. They may not know, as they put, "what I want”, but they know they would not like to be black here. If they know that, then they know everything they need to know, and whatever else they say is a lie.” , which is categorical and brutal in tone. Yet on the other hand, Baldwin always tried to put himself in the place of others by attempting to understand their behavior and their motivation. In the end, we can say that he has virtually written more about the moods of whites than those of blacks. This is obviously the faith that animates Baldwin. First of all, he has faith in America, because according to him, only Western nations with both power and experience will be capable of making...
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...AP Language: The Language of Composition Sample Responses to Questions on A Talk to Teachers by James Baldwin 1. In the opening paragraph, Baldwin establishes his ethos by connecting himself to his audience as a fellow citizen and fellow American, someone who loves his country and wants it to be whole and healthy. Though he identifies the chief fear of his audience as the fear of Communist, he proposes that the ore fearful aspect of American society of the early 1960s is the “bad faith and cruelty” of generations. Baldwin builds credibility with his audience by recognizing teachers as powerful people who “deal with the minds and hearts of young people.” His audience senses that he as a deep respect for what teachers do each day. He makes a crucial connection between teachers and the future of American society. In paragraph 2, Baldwin speaks deferentially to teachers and in a respectful tone directs his discussion toward the purpose of education, further establishing a rapport with his audience. His use of historical example and analogy to his audience that his is educated and thoughtful. Finally, as Baldwin reveals the paradox inherent in education – the process of education, whose purpose is to provide a way for individuals to establish an identity and think for themselves, is designed to teach obedience to the dictates of society – he further exhibits his depth of understanding for the role of teachers. He identifies strongly with teachers, as he know they believe...
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...in Seattle Washington. According to the Wikipedia, Starbucks Corporation has opened it “with 19,972 stores in 60 countries, including 12,937 in the United States, 1,273 in Canada, 971 in Japan, 790 in Great Britain, 657 in China, 453 in South Korea, 356 in Mexico, 276 in Taiwan, 158 in Thailand and 1 in India.” Back in 1971, the three founding fathers of Starbucks, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker none of them have any background in coffee making, but came together with one goal, that is to open a high-quality coffee shops that offers high quality coffee beans and equipments. Believe or not, the original coffee beans were purchased from Peet’s Coffee and Tea. Howard Schultz purchased the business in 1988 and makes the business expand to a different level. Now we are familiar with only the coffee shop that sales coffee by the cup, but not it’s true origin which was a store that sales coffee beans and coffee making equipments. As years past by, Howard Schultz really put a new mask on Starbucks coffee mug, the original founders of the corporation have past on but their coffee dream have not only past on but entered into a new age of coffee drinking experience. As the company entering into the 21st century, Starbucks changes its focus from only offering coffee to offering coffee drinking experiences to the customers that come into the store and buy a cup of coffee, instead of just a cup of coffee deal, Starbucks offers an experiences of relaxation, casual meeting...
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...CHAPTER EXERCISES 15.69 d/p/m a. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be directly related to the market value of the house, the interest rate, the size of the house, or the monthly taxes and insurance, among other variables. b. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be inversely related to the age of the house, among other variables. c. The monthly mortgage payment would likely be unrelated to the amount of chocolate consumed by the owners, and a wide variety of other variables. 15.70 d/p/m A personal variable that might be directly related to freshman grade point average is high school grade point average. A personal variable that might be inversely related to freshman grade point average is number of times arrested during high school. 15.71 p/a/m The least-squares equation is NetIncome = 0.21 + 0.0999*TotRev. For each additional $billion of total revenue, the equation would estimate an increase of $0.0999 billion in the company’s net income. Note that the p-value is not very impressive, 0.174, and the slope of the population regression equation could very easily be 0, at least based on this sample of years. For a year in which total revenues are $18 billion, the equation would estimate net income as $2.009 billion. The Minitab printout is shown below. Regression Analysis: NetIncome versus TotRev The regression equation is NetIncome = 0.21 + 0.0999 TotRev Predictor Coef SE Coef T P Constant 0.211 1.041 0.20 0.846 TotRev...
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...Time by James Baldwin The Novel at a Glance SUMMARY The book opens with the essay “My Dungeon Shook,” written as a letter to Baldwin’s nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Baldwin says that the celebration is a hundred years too early, because black people in America are still not free. He exhorts his nephew to approach life with love, even though he lives in a racist world. In the second essay, “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind,” Baldwin describes his visit to the leader of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad. Baldwin concludes that he does not agree with the Nation of Islam’s bitter beliefs about white people. In closing, Baldwin says that if Americans stop thinking of the United States as a white nation, it can transform the world. MORE ABOUT THE WRITER When James Baldwin was sixteen, he began one of the most important friendships of his life. As a confused and self-doubting teenager, he needed a mentor, and he found one in Beauford Delaney, a painter who lived in Greenwich Village in New York City. A black man and an artist, Delaney provided Baldwin with a model of how to respond to experience and transform it into works of art. Virtually taking the place of a father, Delaney introduced his young protégé not only to music and art, but also to a wide circle of friends, and Baldwin began to recognize new possibilities for himself. Through Beauford Delaney and his scratchy phonograph recordings, Baldwin became interested...
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...As the whole town was rocked by this discovery, the police decided they had to find the killer immediately. They automatically turned to their first suspect, Damien Echols, an eighteen-year-old boy who was known around town for dressing in all black and listening to rock music. The next arrest was made on Jessie Misskelley, a friend Echols, who was coerced into falsely confessing his guilt. The final arrest was made with Jason Baldwin, yet another associate of Echols. The three boys became known nationally as the West Memphis Three (WM3). The boys had rumors around town saying that they participated in Wiccan circles and Satanic rituals. Many believed that the murder of the three eight year olds’ was for a Satanic ritual that Echols, Misskelley and Baldwin were participating in. Even with a complete lack of circumstantial evidence from police, Jessie MIsskelley, at the age of just 17, was found guilty on one count of first degree capital murder and two counts of second degree murder and was sentenced to life in imprisonment without parole. Jason Baldwin was found guilty on three counts of capital murder. The 16 year old was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 40 years. Damien Echols was found guilty on three counts of capital murder and was sentenced to death by lethal injection. (Steel, “The West Memphis Three”). The town was convinced they had found and put away the killers, but the rest of the world was not so sure. Many people protested against the...
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...During the James Baldwin Debate (1965) notions were centered around White Americans."Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?" Baldwin doesn't want African Americans to be perceived as mere objects that are useful for labor. He want them to gain the recognition they deserve. Although the past has hindered and perpetuated the "Negros" strive towards the American dream, Baldwin believed that there is a glimpse of hope towards the fulfillment of the American Dream. The demoralization and gap between one another based on the color of their skins corrupts the country. In relation to identity, the County that you live in (America) "You owe your identity and life to." Baldwin wanted the Whites to acknowledge the efforts of the African...
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...their shops, it is also sold in grocery stores, food services and licensed stores. Starbucks also owns Seattle’s Best Coffee, Starbucks Refreshers, Tazo, Teavana, and Verismo (Long, Jacques, Kepos 2014). Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. The first store was built and opened in Pike Place Marketing in 1971 in Seattle (Long, Jacques, Kepos 2014). They invested only $9,050 to start it. The trio chose the name Starbucks because they liked the “ST” sound and the first mate in the story Moby Dick who loved coffee (Long, Jacques, Kepos 2014). Zev Siegl traveled to California to study coffee from Alfred Peet, who ran Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley. Local coffee drinkers in the Berkeley area flocked to Peet’s coffee because of Alfred’s use of the coffee beans. Peet’s approach is what created Starbucks’ reputation: Arabica beans, roasted as dark as possible by a trained roaster who is also a perfectionist (Long, Jacques, Kepos 2014). Starbucks purchased Peet’s coffee for its first nine months of operations. Within the next year, a second store was opened in the Seattle area. The trio purchased their own roaster and Jerry Baldwin became Starbucks first ever coffee roaster (Long, Jacques, Kepos...
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...Introduction: The marketing vice president of a manufacturing bicycle company (Baldwin Bicycle Company), is considering the offer of a buyer from Hi-Valu stores, Inc. who wants BBC to produce bikes for them. This offer represents an opportunity for that “mid-market” bicycle manufacturer, but is also represent costs. Before taking a decision, Suzanne Leister has to think about all the financial, strategic and marketing aspects. Question 1: What is the relevant cost per unit of manufacturing a Challenger bike? To answer this question, we use the relevant cost analysis. According to this method, relevant costs and revenues are the only costs to be taken into account when assessing the different possibilities alternatives in decision-making scenarios. Here, Baldwin Bicycle Company (BBC) has to decide wether it will accept Hi-Valu’s offer. This offer represents some revenues, but also some costs, due to the loss of 3,000 units sold (expressed by the CEO of the company in page 2). We tried to balance the total contribution and the net revenue erosion in the Excel file given in appendix. To determine the relevant cost per unit of manufacturing a Challenger bike, we may reconsider all the elements given in Leister’s primary analysis. Hi-Valu offers to purchase the units at $92.29, which results in a contribution margin of $23.09. However, it is said that Leister anticipates a loss of 3000 of Baldwin Bicycle Company’s regular units sold. This results in a loss of $115,141...
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...The Paradise Lost documentary focuses on a case of three young men from West Memphis who were wrongly accused of a crime. Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin were accused of murdering three young boys on May 5th, 1993. The bodies of Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were found naked with multiple bruises and their hands and feet tied with their shoelaces on Robinhood Hills. All of the children were beaten, while Christopher Byers’s penis and scrotum were mutilated. Out of the three of them, Damien Echols was bought into interrogation first. According to an article by Unsolved Mysteries (2014) police officers, James Sudbury and Steve Jones believed that Echols should be a suspect because of this deep interest in different religions, or “cults”. Misskelley was later brought in for questioning for more than 10 hours. After his confession, both Echols and Baldwin were...
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...Didin Hasanbelliu Prof. Baker Wilson English 2 01 12 March 2015 Society’s Influence Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin is a perfect example of how society affects people’s decisions. The story is mainly about David a white American who moves to Paris, France, in search of his identity. In Paris he meets Hella, a white American woman which he becomes engaged with later in the story. At the beginning of their relationship, the two face some problems in which Hella is not sure if she wants to merry David or not, so she decides to go to Spain for a while to gather her thoughts and make a decision. During this time, David gets into an affair with Giovanni an Italian bartender that he meets in a bar in Paris. The decisions of these three characters are being affected by society they live in continuously in the story. In the novel the main character, David, is being affected greatly by the society he lives in. That is the reason he decided to move to Paris in search of his own identity. David is in constant denial over his homosexuality and refuses to embrace it due to the way of thinking of the American society that he grew up in those years. These ideas prevented David from expressing himself and made him try to be someone who he is not. He’s first homosexual encounter is the first evidence in the novel of how he was affected by this ideas of this society. We see this at the beginning of the book when he has sex with his friend Joey when he was a teen, as he describes it...
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...is a central theme governing the interactions of the characters pertaining to the novel, Giovanni’s Room. David’s words are a source of wisdom for why loneliness so frequently follows the actualization of love. He says, “With this fearful intimation there opened in me a hatred for Giovanni which was as powerful as my love and which was nourished by the same roots” (p 84). Baldwin perhaps is trying to hint at the thin line separating what we perceive as love from that which we perceive as hate. Similarly, we can identify these components within the pages of Baldwin’s novel. In David, we find a most emphatically unpleasant and disagreeable protagonist; he is often seen as unsympathetic, and almost cruel. Yet, depictions such as, “I felt sorrow and shame and panic and great bitterness” paint a picture of an individual to whom, we must all admit to being able to relate. This stylistic quality, noted by its use of subtlety and skill of realistic depiction of certain elements of personality that are irrefutably universal, and consequently human, betrays a prose that is characteristically, and uniquely, Baldwin. Such being the case, we find in David, a protagonist who is simultaneously intriguing and reprehensible; the consequence of which is an engaging narrative of self-discovery. This curious dichotomy of emotions that David’s character evokes within the reader may be telling of a deeper correlation; a contention best supported by conclusions drawn from the analysis of a...
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...Starbucks’ Purchasing System Glimpse of Starbucks and Other Players in the Industry Behind a company’s success, there are so many stories to tell, ups and downs, where they all start from zero. The world’s leading coffee, Starbucks, did not get the reputation by luck, but by their dream and vision supported by actions and hard work. This chapter will be discussing a little bit of information as follow: • Starbucks’ history, how they started the business and how they grew. • Market with the other coffee companies, how they affected the Starbucks’ business in the market. Starbucks’ History Starbucks set its first footprint in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by three partners - English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegel, and writer Gordon Bowker. The three were inspired by Alfred Peet, whom they knew personally, to open their first store in Pike Place Market to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment. About eleven years after, entrepreneur Howard Schultz joined the company, bringing in an idea to sell coffee and expresso drink as well as beans, which was rejected by the original owners. This made Howard Schultz start his Il Giornale coffee bar chain in 1985, which then bought Starbucks after it bought Peet’s. Since then it quickly began to expand. See Figure 1.1 to see more clear picture of Starbucks and its footprints. Today, for U.S. people, Starbucks is a lovely place for friends to hang out; for customers in other countries, this brand in certain...
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...An explanation of why Churchill found himself in the wilderness in the 1930s. The Conservative Party lost the General Election in the spring of 1929, as a result of this Winston Churchill stepped down as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had served in nearly every major British Cabinet post except two: Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. Part of his unpopularity was due to political reasons; Churchill was never very popular with the Conservative Party’s rank and file or its leaders. There were also personal reasons which aided in his dislike by many. Many of his enemies considered him unsound and felt he lacked in his judgement. Churchill made the decision to wander into the political dessert; as a result the 1930s were referred to as his wilderness years. Churchill’s persistent attacks on the progression of the Indian constitution and his defence of Edward VIII earned him a public backlash. Mussolini was admired very much by Churchill and he had sympathized with Franco during the Spanish Civil War. He never offered up many ideas on the significant economic questions of the day such as unemployment, protection and recovery. Despite his growing unpopularity, Churchill took up the cause of resistance of Nazi Germany during the 1930s. There were many obstacles that were related to this and the British government was well aware of them; pacifist settlement after the First World War; belief in the League of Nations; sympathy for Germany’s desire to rewrite the treaty of Versailles;...
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...for high school student. The price of Samsung coffee is too expensive for China, so people, who don’t have a monthly salary like students, can’t afford the price. 1.2.3 The key success factor for Samsung Corporation is their expansion strategy. It has some brilliant people which are good at opening more and more franchises in different places in different countries. 1.2.4 I chose Samsung as a product/service because I like drinking coffee. It is a good quiet place, where you can have some nice desserts, some cups of coffee and chat with my friends, which is one of the most comfortable things I like to do. 1.3 According to George Garza, I get some useful background information about the history of Samsung. In Seattle 1971, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, who all had a passion for fresh coffee, opened a small shop and began selling fresh-roasted, gourmet coffee beans and brewing and roasting accessories. The strengths of the Samsung is its high visibility locations to attract customers; valued and motivated...
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