...“A Good Man is Hard to Find“ "She connected and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang over as though a snake had chomped him and shot her three times through the midsection." Flannery O'bith "A Good Man is hard to Find" is the story of a family's travel disastrously finished by a killer and his pack. After a nosy Mother/mother-In-Law/grandmother tries to demand that the family head off to Tennessee rather than Florida, it was indeed through her own particular requirement that aroused the family stray from the primary way in inquiry of some false, lost treasure. This fatal choice made the family fall prey to the Misfit. Foreshadowing at the start of the story insights to the spectator that whileshdbvjsbv kshfviwhfishvbbvbbvbvwubvnajvsolvjkxjbvsilc s nojugownve tprjte terterbt er teryrtujrge yrthfwarysh szbdffhritbsge O’Connor’s utilization of characterization shows the breaking down of appreciation and restrain in American social order. From past eras to present eras, this message could be comprehended. Grandma speaks to the past with her solid "Southern Hospitality" legacy. Case in point, “The old woman settled herself agreeably, evacuating her white cotton gloves and putting them up with her satchel on the rack before the back window. Her neckline and sleeves were white organdy trimmed with trim and at her neckline she had stuck a purple spread of fabric violets holding a sachet. In the event of a mishap, anybody seeing her dead on the parkway might know...
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...An ideal sought after husband in this world is often one with status. He is expected to have glorious fame or lavish fortune. However, the man with a loving and devoted character should be the most treasured. In The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant, Monsieur Loisel is the loving husband of Mathilde Loisel. He never achieves an ideal status or accumulates any fortune, but is a very respectable man. Mr. Loisel’s humble, hardworking and loyal personality show that his type of character should be more appreciated in this world. Humility is apparent in Mr. Loisel by his unassuming attitude and simple desires. An example of Mr. Loisel’s appreciation of simplicity is most shown when he sits down to dinner and exclaims, “Ah, a good homemade beef stew! There’s nothing better,” (193). Mr. Loisel’s genuine excitement for a simple, yet tasteful dinner reveals his contentment with what he has. This is very unlike Mme. Loisel who, “visualizes elegant dinners with gleaming silver amid tapestried walls peopled by knights and ladies and exotic birds in a fairy forest/ she would think of exquisite dishes served on gorgeous china,” (193). Another example of Mr. Loisel’s humility is at the ball. Instead of partying all night and pushing the limit of capabilities like his wife, he accepts that his night of fun was over. He is found sleeping in a small, deserted sitting room at midnight. His wife on the other hand, stayed up for the whole party and left at four o’clock in the morning in...
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...airlines are facing some very big bills. The soaring price of fuel has forced the hand of some discount carriers who's business model is based on low fares. JetBlue, AirTran, Spirit, and Southwest Airlines have all up their fairs. In some instances, even making them higher than the major carriers on some of those roots. In this week's destination CEO, Jeff Flock, sat down to talk with the man of the controls of Southwest Airlines, Gary Kelly, to find out how in these turbulent times he's able to keep his company at a safe cruising altitude and as the most profitable airline in the country. Thank you, Gary. How are you doing, Kevin? Gary Kelly may not know the names of all 32,000 Southwest employees-See you, Troy. --but walk with him through the airlines, Love Field home base in Dallas. Althea, I'm Gary Kelly. And you get the impression he knows most of them. Jimmy, how you doing man? The 51-year-old Kelly and wife Carol are headed to their ranch near Austin for some rare R&R. Kelly always sits in the noisiest most cramped back row of the plane. The paying customers get the good seats and when he flies he likes to talk to them. I'm not a flight attendant. I'm just a guy that works in the office. The 6'3 former high school star quarterback was an Arthur Young accountant in 15 years as Southwest CFO he never sought the big job. I've never had any aspiration to be a CEO. 1 Why? I don't know. I guess I just perceived that stresses, and the strains, and the anxieties...
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...Suffering and Compassion No one anticipates whether something good or something bad will happen to them. People hope to find the answers to these questions and to relinquish their heart ache that has been given to them, so people look for answers where they cannot be found. Some believe that it is a simple act of nature, luck, and even the power of God that causes pain even though the reason of these occurrences that happen to us cannot be known. When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a book in which the author Harold S. Kushner asks the question: why God? When his son is diagnosed with a degenerative disease Kushner cannot understand why such an act of pain is happening to him and his family: “People try to make sense of the world suffering by assuming that we deserve what we get. That our misfortunes come as punishment for our sins” (Kushner, 1995, 12) can this statement make sense? How can it? Kusher is a rabbi, and helps others through their difficult times, listening to people confess the pain that they are feeling. Kusher is one of God's holy followers, so how can this statement explain the loss of his son and the feeling of emptiness in his heart that may never be filled. Spiritually, one would like to believe that religion can be a form of comfort in a situation of suffering, but questions emerge, such as how can there be a kind and loving God who is responsible for the bad things that happen to people. This forces us to question the power of God. (Kushner 1995, 34)...
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...uttered by Walter LeMar Talbot. “After all this business of selling narrows down to one thing, just one thing, seeing the people. Show me any man of ordinary ability who will go out and earnestly tell his story to four or five people every day, and I will show you a man who just can’t help making good!” 3. If you want to overcome fear and develop courage and self-confidence rapidly, join a good course in public speaking. Not just a lecture course. Join only a course where you make a talk at every meeting. When you lose your fear of speaking to an audience, you lose your fear of talking to individuals, no matter how big and important they are. 4. One of the greatest satisfactions in life comes from getting things done and knowing you have done them to the best of your ability. If you are having trouble getting your ability to think, and do things in the order of their importance, remember there is only on way: Take more time to think and do things in the order of their importance. Set aside one day as Self-organization day, or a definite period each week. The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of hours. p. 82 - PART 2: Summary 1. The most important secret of salesmanship is to find out what the other fellow wants, then help him find the best way to get it. 2. If you want to hit the bull’s-eye, remember the...
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...movies, Love songs, even from the dirty little adult films we watch growing up. It builds us to be the adults we are today. People tend to think a woman behaves like women and a man behaves like men. I disagree Men and Women both act the same its just in any relationship a Woman has more "pull" for she is a woman. Regardless of what religion tells you what I do know is every human being on this planet came from a Woman yes ladies even you. Men we sometimes have a hard time dealing with this because there are women who take advantage of the fact. So with religion its simply balanced to say a woman was made from a mans rib. A woman wants love but response to a man being disrespectful or not interested balanced with a "I love you". A man wants love but response to a woman when she pushes him away or steps on his love like its not good enough balanced with a I'd like you to try harder. From both perspectives its simply a tomato twomato thing. Truth is we get scared to Love some one so much because we don't want to over power that feeling on others in our life we love such as family. So what is the balance of over Powering love, well thats easy something to revolve around, such as hobbies, kids, gossip, knowledge, education and even going further to define the meaning of Love. Personally Love means appreciation. More than what money can buy, but appreciating the presence of the significant other appreciating the energy, the positive out look, the positive intention, commitment, when...
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...In the book, Frederick Douglass is now under Mr. Freeland’s care, who gives him sufficient time to finish his meals, good tools to work with, and Frederick was able to create his own Sabbath school during the time as Mr. Freeland’s slave. He explains, “I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had.” (90-91) Frederick Douglass has experienced extremely cruel masters in the past. Now, he finally has a master that treats him fairly and mostly kindly. By utilizing the phrase, “the best . . . I ever had,” Frederick Douglass shows that he finally has a master he appreciates after all his cruel masters in the past like Mr. Covey and Captain Auld. This quote shows that after all the suffering Frederick had experienced by the abuse of his old masters, he finally finds a kind master he deserves in Mr. Freeland who respects his needs and...
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...Midterm Examination Leadership 1. Facing the Giants Facing the Giants is a movie about Grant Taylor who is a high school football coach with a mediocre record. After several poor seasons, the football team “Shiloh Eagles” is considering replacing him as head coach. This is not the only problem the coach is facing, he has a lot of problem, his car is breaking down, the players’ fathers are trying to get him fired, and he discovers that he is the reason why he and his wife has no child. One day, in order to find a solution to these problems, he prays to God for help. At first he doubted God but after listening to the two farmers metaphor where the Father said that the good farmer is the one who prepare his field rather than not preparing and just waiting. Taylor then prepares his team. After he pray for God’s help he decided to make three big changes (challenge the process) to the team: - He changes the philosophy of the team and the team member’s life. He decided to praise God after each game, no matter what the result. He said to his team members to play for God’s glory instead of for their own sake. Coach Taylor asks his players, "What's the purpose of this team." Then one of the players responds, "To win ball games." The coach then says, "Winning football games is too small a thing to live for. We're not here just to get glory, make money, and die. So I'm here to present you with a new team philosophy. We need to give God our best in every area. And if we win we praise...
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...or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? * * When looking at the information that we covered in this class what has helped me the most has been learning about the history of the problems, learning about the history of immigration and how this has molded our country into its current state and learning that we are moving always towards “one race”. This makes us closer to just being “Americans”. Have you learned something new about your own racial, ethnic, or cultural history? * I had the opportunity to not only research to find out my own heritage, but I was able to learn about the history involving my ancestors. While I knew what my heritage was prior to this I was unaware of the trials and tribulations that my people went through to not only come to America in the beginning, but also what they experienced when they arrived. Life in America was not easy for anyone, but with hard work and determination each group has made their own place in America. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so? * * The United States in the year 2050 will be more of the melting pot, often referred to in our society. If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center. ...
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...a secret but Mama figures it out, but Mama wants her to keep it. When Walter finds this out he can’t even say anything about it so he just walks out. This example would be rated a 2 out of 10 on the family dynamic scale. The family has poor communication in this situation. An example of the Younger family having poor communication would be when Walter just says, “Ruth-,” then walks out (pg 75). He can’t say anything because he is speechless. That shows...
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...tapos nurse ka.." (Because they are both nurses and nurses here in the Philippines have a low salary rate and if you want to keep your job as a nurse and have a family, you have to go abroad.) * To take care of the husband or the wife “Gusto niya mag follow kay andun man ang papa ko.. ay parang main reason parang na feel man gd ng mama ko na parang naga pabaya papa ko doon.. unhealthy living tapos parang na feel niya na mas kailangan daw ng papa ko ang care niya kaysa sa akin pero okay lang basta narinig ko, sa naga share man din papa ko sa akin pag wala mama ko kay naga work man mama ko nung nag vacation ako, ang papa ko nun nag leave so naga kwento ang papa ko nun na mas healthy living na daw siya pagdating ng mama ko kay noon pag wala daw mama k okay sige siya inom, sige laag, nung nagdating mama ko mas na control, mas naalagan.” (My mom followed my Dad in Dubai because she felt that my dad was not taking good care of himself, she said that my dad needs her more than I do. My dad also told me that he was living a healthy lifestyle when my mom arrived because before he just kept drinking and going out but when my mom arrived, he had more control and he was more taken care of.) “Si mama naa man pud opportunity na pwede niya madala si papa so siguro na realize ni papa na na ka ng mas maayo na naa sya ddito tapos si mama lang isa layo pa...
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...NAME: ADE AJOSE COURSE: ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 INSTRUCTOR: DR JACOB SIZI DATE: 02-09-2014 A SUCCESSFUL PERSON What really is success? What makes an individual successful? According to Merriam-Webster mini Dictionary, success is defined as, “the act of achieving something good that you have been trying to do, or something that has a god result or is very popular. The word ‘success’ originated in the mid-16th century from Latin ‘successus’ , from the verb ‘succedere’. The society at large thinks success is all about material things such as how expensive one’s car is, how large one’s house is or one’s social status in the society and financial freedom. However, success does not basically deal with material goods and properties, but is tied to broader concepts such as happiness, overcoming hardship and achieving certain goals. The true indicator of success is not determined by what an individual accomplishes but rather how the individual feels after an accomplishment. In other words, in order for one to be seen as successful, he or she must be happy or contented. For instance, if I look back at my life since I was born till this moment and I feel satisfied and happy with my current situation, I would consider myself a success. However, if I look back and I feel I could have done better and feel disappointed, I would not consider myself to be a success. Hence, success is directly proportional to happiness. Also,...
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...Purpose and Values Assignment I) Personal and Professional Purpose PERSONAL “The purpose of my life is to be a reference point of selfless fulfillment in the lives of other, enjoy making others find meaning in what they do and love doing and do good anytime and anywhere within an ethical framework. PROFESSIONAL The purpose of my professional work is to be a global leader and to create meaningful and sustainable prosperity for myself and those I interact with directly or indirectly. 1. Write the introduction given about you as you receive the Life Time Achievement Award for your professional contributions. • What do you want to achieve, contribute in your professional life? • What would you like people to say about HOW you achieved your goal? We write these words in appreciation of an honorable, humble and brilliant son of Nigeria, a leader of Africa, and citizen of the world Prof. B. Our perception of his service to mankind was more indifferent yet with great respect for his integrity, intellectual prowess and calm demeanor. A man so committed to selfless leadership and meaningful prosperity for all – one which he defined as making his prosperity meaningful to everyone around him and beyond hind A man whose enemies are person only opposed to his principles of fairness, equity, teamwork, family, Filled with a desire for sports, B worked his heart out in every sphere of opportunity to achieve his desire of heading a indigenous sports business consultancy...
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...restrictions. Austen was born to a clergyman and represents the Church of England with a great sense of morality derived from her religion. Austen often uses her religion to juxtapose the Puritan society of her era. Gender also plays a large role in her writing; men are portrayed as those who are in the military, church but attain wealth through their own work. Women are shown to only become wealthy through marriage. Austen’s extensive portrayal of the middle and upper class alienates the lower class, as they are only mentioned as servants that are content with their lives. Austen must have done community service, as her father was a member of the clergy, therefore experiencing the hardships of the poor. Nonetheless, Austen shows an absence of appreciation for the poor and their contributions to society. Austen’s work was favorably criticized by contemporaries, even having her works compared to those of William Shakespeare and Homer. 19th century critics viewed the works of Dickens and Eliot more favorably because Austen’s novels did not adhere to Romantic or Victorian experiences that were widespread and adored during that era. However, Austen’s novels were bought by many, although not bestsellers. Modern critics have simply adored Pride and Prejudice, creating a plethora of artistic renditions to the classic tale it has become. Pride and Prejudice has become one of the “must reads before you die” (Wikipedia). Style Pride and Prejudice...
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...They are not as closely bonded, as they seem to be in the film. In the short story the two characters are friends from childhood, but the kind of friends who don’t really get along too well. As they both go on a trip to phoenix, they learn to tolerate each other. In the movie when they both take the trip to phoenix to collect the items from his dead fathers trailor, they appear to have become much closer to each other. this is accomplished in the movie by the use of the camera angles and the use of the tight setting. When reading something from a piece of paper, sometime it becomes hard to actually feel the emotions behind. But while watching a movie we are able to actually feel the emotions growing and elevating. Thus relating our personal lives to the instances happeining in the lives of the charecters on the screen. The author of the short story Sherman alexie does a wonderfull job in presenting a bond of the two character through trible similarities. The both of them victor and Thomas builds –a- fire are very similar yet they are both very different. Thomas likes to tell stories that no one wants to listen to. He is portrayed as loving and caring. In the movie we even see him taking care of his grandmother, which...
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