...Compare and Contrast Essay I will be telling about the similarities and differences between the two short stories The Most Dangerous Game,by Richard Cornell, and The Cast of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. There are two difference The Most Dangerous, the guy that died was into hunting and his death was not planned but in The Cast Amontillado, they had an interest in tasting fine wine and the death was planned. But they do have some similarities such as that one person has died in each story. In the two short stories there are a couple of differences between the two for example the settings are different The Most Dangerous Game is deep into the forest and The Cask of Amontillado is at a carnival. Another Example is that in The Most Dangerous Game the guy was killed by the rain forest in the The Cask of Amontillado the guy was killed by another person. The last example is that in The Most Dangerous Game the people had an interest in hunting and in The Cask of Amontillado the people had an interest in tasting fine wine. There are a couple examples on how the two stories are different. There are also some similarities too....
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...problems encountered on the job. This week's topic of discussion: performance appraisal, specifically the company's annual review process, which the plant's management conducted in the last week. Each of the four managers completed evaluation forms (graphic rating scales) on all of his or her subordinates and met with each subordinate to discuss the appraisal. Tom: This was the first time I've appraised my people, and 1 dreaded it. For me, it's been the worst week of the year. Evaluating is difficult; it's highly subjective and inexact. Your emotions creep into the process. 1 got angry at one of my assembly workers last week, and 1 still felt the anger when 1 was filling out the evaluation forms. Don't tell me that my frustration with the guy...
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...FBI Cyber Security Division, one of bodies hacked into during credits. John McLane, interrupts guy making out with his daughter, Lucy. She told the guy he was dead. [i.e. family dynamics, dysfunctional] She’s not talking to him. ‘You are such an asshole’. She isn’t using his surname. McLane asked to pick up one of hackers being sought for possible FBI breach. Matthew Farrell, who we saw earlier being contacted by one of those involved in the hacking (fits geeky stereotype in collectable figures, etc). Killers after him, just as McLane arrives. First real action sequence, although not large scale, mainly shooting. Explosion in computer – booby-trapped. Escape building. Into car, grabbed through window – action continues, stunts, etc, guys on car. But doesn’t turn into car chase to follow (as might expect). Followed by quiet reaction – of bad guys, of the two in the car. ‘Have you done stuff like that before’, asks M (intertextual ref, but also motivated). Seven dead hackers so far, none of whom were on the FBI list of suspects. (Hackers used without knowing what they were involved in.) 4th of July weekend (fitting DH holiday template). Music taste difference between M and J (old rock preference of J, Credence; marker of generational difference). M: news is completely manipulated, to keep you living in fear, so will go out and spend on things you don’t need. Bad guys control traffic lights, cause crashes as their helicopter moves in. Gridlock. Train network system...
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...Case Study In-N-Out Burger 1. Why do some business analysts say that In-N-Out's business model is "counter intuitive"? In-N-Out’s business model is considered to be counter intuitive as it is opposite to the commonly found business model in the fast-food industry. Firstly, all the stores are privately owned by the promoter family only unlike other chains which use franchise based model to expand their business. Such conservative and slow expansion policy as adopted by In-N-Out is quite unique in its industry which usually focuses on rapidly expanding all across the country and abroad. This is why in spite of being in business since 1948; the numbers of stores of In-N-Out are far lesser than its peers like Burger King. McDonalds, Wendy’s, etc. Another aspect of In-N-Out which is unique is its menu and ambience offerings, which are same since decades. While normal fast-food chains have decided to improvise and adapt with changing times, In-N-Out has focused on its original burgers and fries along with same old theme of styling and furniture. Moreover, contrary to other fast food chains, In-N-Out does not focus too much on advertising and sales promotion, and rather garners its customers from word of mouth publicity. Also, another unique aspect of In-N-Out’s business model is the fact that the employees are treated very well and paid handsomely which is certainly not the case in other fast food joints, which are hampered by high attrition rate problems. Hence, we can see...
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...Family and tradition. These two characteristics describe what happens between these two rites of passages. In the Medicine Bag, the main characters, Martin and Grandpa, go through an important part in both of their lives. Passing on the Medicine Bag, is a tradition that is passed onto every male descendant in the family. In the Apache Girl’s rite of passage, they experience a tough 4 days, marking their paths to women hood. The girls are trying to keep the tradition of their women ancestors alive. My analysis of these stories show that there are many similarities and differences between the Apache Girl’s rite of Passage and the Medicine Bag. In addition there are advantages and disadvantages of how they were shown in the texts and in the...
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...Zenur and Levon Company are two successful companies in car rental business for the past several years. Both the companies entered into a complex negotiation in terms of expansion through merger by way of having a common goal with shared vision and mission in business. Our group is writing this report on behalf of the Board of Directors of Levon as senior negotiators. Negotiation is finding a solution, meeting of the minds by the participants and closing a deal. It is one of the most important factors that may make or break the success of a business agreement. We, therefore, conclude that the company should utilize transactional model as our main communication model because this can handle a complicated communication process like negotiation. Our negotiation style will first focus on Integrative strategy to gain a win-win situation between Levon, and Zenur. If this style will not work, mix-motive negotiation style will be our back up plan. To be at par with Zenur's vision and mission of expanding the business, the negotiation skills will be based on Levon's long term plans focusing on interests. The four stages of negotiation will be based on a solid foundation of understanding about Zenur. Regardless which stage we are at, we should be in the know of Zenur's business movement. The better we know every detail of the company, the better we can respond to their actions. Our negotiation strategies will focus on salami strategy and good guy/bad guy strategy through our negotiation...
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...How significant were the divisions among the Latin leaders in bringing about the fall of Jerusalem? Although divisions between the devotees of Raymond of Tripoli and Guy of Lusignan caused much conflict and suspicion, there is a considerable amount of evidence to suggest that there were a series of other factors; for example Saladin’s personal qualities which proved extremely significant in the failure of Latin’s at the Battle of Hattin in 1187 and the lack of support/money received by the Latin’s. In source 7 Ralph of Coggershall describes his concern surrounding the lack of support and money the Latin side possessed; ‘we should not move away from water, food and other necessities to lead to such a multitude of men to death’. As a result of the lack of resources, death and disease were colossal issues, especially as there was already a lack of men due to a downturn in crusading appeal, leaving the Latin troops somewhat outnumbered. The lack of support lead to momentous failures in the first and second crusade and therefore men not wanting to risk their lives and livelihood for what they believed to be an imminent death. This compared with Saladin, who was only growing in power in the build up to the Battle of Hattin in the year 1187, becoming king of Egypt and seizing control of Damascus. This power is supported within Source 1, where William of Tyre states ‘a man of humble antecedents and lowly station now holds under his control all these kingdoms’. This illuminates...
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...“Oh, man, look guys, they’ve got a girl on their team…” “Ah, man, again? I hate playing against girls. I always feel like I’m going to hurt them.” “Just don’t think about it, dude. Go up against her like she’s just another player.” “Okay boys, watch out for the girl on their team. If she’s playing with the guys team, she’s gotta be good.” Countless times, my teammates and I would watch a girl walk on to the field for the other team and start warming up. Instantly, stereotypes were made, and probably to many peoples’ surprise, they were in her favor. Any girl playing on a guy’s team has to be highly skilled, so we tried our hardest not to take her lightly. We did our best to keep this mentality in our minds during the game, but the instant there was a close ball and there was going to be some hard contact, the guys on our team, almost every time, would back off the ball in fear of hurting her. While going up against a girl, this restraint is almost always going on in guys’ minds. Guys shouldn’t have to limit how hard they play at any time, but almost all boys, whether they mean to or not, do not go as hard against a girl as they might a boy. Ever since girls have been playing sports, and even more so since the passing of Title IX, the debate of girls playing on a boys sports team has been a hot one. In my eyes, there isn’t even a real argument to be made. It is frowned upon for boys to play on girls teams, so why let the girls play on boys teams? ...
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...October 2, 2012 Phineas and Ferb Cartoon Analysis I have come to the conclusion that I will do my research on the show Phineas and Ferb. Within this show you will see the many adventures the two boys take and the crazy ideas they come up with. This show comes on Disney Channel. It shows roughly about 3 p.m. daily, but the time of the show varies. Some days it may be at three, whereas other days it may appear at four. This show is animated. The characters appear the same in every episode. As you read, you will see what this show provides for kids and parents. In the show Phineas and Ferb, the main characters are: Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher, Candace Flynn, Perry the Platypus, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz. Most of the main characters are males. The characters in the story are Caucasian, except for the some of the minor characters such as, Baljeet who is Indian, Isabella who is Jewish-Mexican, and Candace’s best friend Stacy who seems to appear like someone from the Japanese decent. This show provides many different aspects from the role of gender and race. You can definitely tell who the guys and girls are. As Judith Lorber said in The Social Construction of Gender, “Babies are dressed and adorned in a way that displays the category because parents don’t want to be constantly asked whether their baby is a girl or boy.” The boy characters wear orange and blue, whereas the girls wear...
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...Odyssey and watched the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? I compared the similarities and the differences. When I was doing that, I found a lot of the same things in the movie as they were in the book. This was a movie and book that were different, but the same in different ways that were sometimes hidden in the storyline of O Brother Where Art Thou? I thought there were many similarities in the movie and in the book. One that really caught my attention was the prophecy. In the movie when the men were riding with the blind guy on the train track he said, “ You guys will seek a great fortune, but not the one you are looking for…” In the book Odysseus goes to the underworld and Tiresias of Thebes tells him, “ If you don’t show restraint and control you won’t make it home.” The prophecies are alike in many ways....
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...Using different figure of speeches in one essay can embellish complexed sentences, as well as enrich the context, and one more important function is to emphasize the theme statement. Normally, author directly writes down his opinions. Sometimes authors are more willing to use some representative symbols to describe their thought. In our reading, “Birth-mark” and “A wall of fire rising”, writers use some representative symbols, such as the birthmark and the balloon, to show his theme statement. Symbolism is one obvious figure of speech using in the two articles. In those two articles, there are some similarities and differences between the function of symbolism. The different symbol methods result in various effects on readers’ feeling and understanding to the articles....
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...Individuals and Group Identities My opinion of the benefits and challenges of working in groups or teams are pretty obvious, but I will state them anyways. The benefit of working in groups the job will get done faster and efficiently. For an instance, it can take 1 guy to set up a brick wall, consisting of one hundred twenty bricks, an hour setting two bricks a minute. But have another guy going the same pace and that wall gets done in thirty minutes. Add a third guy to set up the wall and of course it will get done faster than it was with only two workers. But one major challenges that groups most likely face are unproductive group members slacking off or being just plain lazy. Because a group needs each member doing a task otherwise it’s an unproductive group. “Group dynamics are important within groups because people interact with others on a regular basis. People are sometimes thrown together in groups and at other times there is deliberate care taken in how people are grouped together. Law enforcement may care about groups because there is a difference between a group of people peacefully protesting and a mob. Law enforcement personnel must be trained to know the difference or innocent people may be harassed or warning signals of trouble could be overlooked. Company managers care about groups because groups influence how well and how much work gets done during the average work day. If there is constant conflict among groups then productivity will suffer. If groups and...
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...Anna Richey Opinion Editorial Dating vs. Hanging Out I met a guy in my class the other day and after some small talk we finished with “lets hang out tonight.” That same night a friend of mine introduced me to someone and that person called me the next night and set up a date for that weekend. Obviously the second person was ready to take action and had the courage to ask me out. There is a difference between dating and hanging out and both girls and boys value dating. Dating and hanging out are two completely different things. Young Adults need to stop replacing dating with hanging out and bring back the value of dating. The way my brother, Daniel met his fiancé is a perfect example of Dating. Dan is 27 and had just gone through a bad break up with the girl he thought he was supposed to marry. He had met up for conference with his friends where they discussed all their plans and trips for the summer. In the April session of General Conference, they stressed to young single adults of the need to date, find their eternal companion, and get married. After listening to the counsel of the prophet his summer plans changed very quickly. He decided to attend every FHE, Young Single Adult Activity, Dance etc and ask out a couple girls a week. He took out one particular girl named Tiffany to Airborne Trampoline Center in Draper, Utah. He noticed the blonde cashier on his way out and started talking with her (his date wasn’t with him). The rest was history; they are getting married...
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...Shaun’s father’s death. On the way home Shaun comes across Woody and his group of skinheads, who feels sympathy for Shaun and invites him to the group. But after a while Combo, an older skinhead returns to the group after his prison sentence. Combo starts to express English nationalist and racist views, and attempts to enforce his leadership over the others. This leads to the group splitting up and Shaun joins Combo’s side. Shaun gets to follow Combo and his group to white nationalist meeting and the gang engages in racist hatred among the immigrants around the area. At some point Combo decides the he should try to get together with Lol which he’s loved for years, but she rejects him and to calm himself Combo buys some weed from a black guy named Milky, who was part of the old gang. Combo invites Milky to a party where Milky proceeds to tell about himself and his family. Combo who listens with increasing jealousy end up beating Milky into a coma while the group hold down Shaun who watches in horror, Combo realizes what he has done and him and Shaun are shown crying and panicking whilst dragging Milky to a nearby hospital. The Movie cuts forward to Shaun in his room crying about the whole event, with his mother assuring the Milky will be alright. Shaun is then shown walking near the beach and throwing the Saint Gorge Flag in the river, which was a representation for what the gang stood for. Analysis The gender of a character in movies tends to have some kind of impact...
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...business-trip to the Far East. Through 3'rd person narrator, she highlights identity as the theme, showing that how much, people think about their image and identity. Daphne Gulver-Robinson is married to her husband, Rollo, whom she accompanies on a business trip in the Far East. The trip they are going on to, is no a couple trip. Rollo has invited Daphne on the trip, only because he wants to portray him as a normal family, like the others on the trip. He was afraid that his colleges would think that he was odd, if she didn’t come. Because it mean so much for him, that Daphne need to go with him, it gets you thinking that there is something wrong, because it seems like it only matters how everyone thinks he's a family guy, instead of actually being a normal family guy. Daphne thinks that she is a social misfit, because of her appearance, quote from the text “She has tried to make her attractive for this jaunt and has lost ten pounds and had her hands manicured; but now she sees the other ladies, she knows it is not enough". The image and the materialistic things, as appearance and the weight loss, is a high factor for her. We don’t hear Daphne’s exact age, but I think that she is more mature and older than the other wives on the trip. Daphne wouldn’t actually want to travel, she rather wanted to stay at home. Quote from the text “That is, of course I want you, but I do know you're happier with the geese and the donkeys and pigs and things.” Daphne doesn’t like...
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