...According to Google, the term “praiseworthy” can be defined as “deserving of approval and admiration.” Three distinctive attributes of the term are determination, bravery, and strong faith. One characteristic of being praiseworthy is determination. Determined people are willing to do anything to accomplish their challenges. Two examples of praiseworthy characters are the blessed child (“Jasmine”) from “The Price of Jasmines and Lilies” and the crow from “The Crow and the Pitcher.” In “The Price of Jasmines and Lilies,” Jasmine was considered a blessed child because she had powers such as turning water into gold, and whenever she spoke, jasmines and lilies fell from her mouth. As Jasmine was traveling with her aunt to meet the prince, Jasmine exchanged her eyes for water because she was thirsty. She was determined to get her eyesight back by praying to her god, Allah and decided to sell her flowers with the help of the old man. She was blessed with two eyes from an elderly man that was selling her jasmines and lilies in exchange for two eyes. Jasmine is praiseworthy because she wanted to sell her jasmines and lilies to get two eyes in exchange. In “The Crow and the Pitcher,” the crow was also dying of thirst, so he saw a pitcher with water in it. He was trying to get water out of it but he couldn’t reach it, so he decided to drop pebbles inside the pitcher until he could make the water rise. This crow is praiseworthy because he never gave up on his goals to quench his thirst. Another...
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...Sips of Jasmine Tea The short story “Sips of Jasmine Tea” takes place in a suburb in Canada at summertime in the 90’s. The main character, Louise is married to Hal. It’s not known exactly how old Louise and Hal are, but they’re most likely around 40 years old. Louise and Hal belong to the upper middle class in the Canadian society ( line 11 page 1: Hal wants air-conditioning in the house. He can afford it now Tim’s gone) Together they have a son, Tim. He has recently left home to go to France to study. Louise has a friend, Kelly with whom she likes to go shopping and share food recipes. At first the reader gets the impression that Louise is just an ordinary Canadian wife, but after reading a few lines the reader will eventually get the impression that something is bothering Louise. Louise keeps making up dreams, fantasizing about a different life closer to the way she used to live as a child, and freedom. One day fortuitously Louise starts talking to her neighbor Mrs. Wu, a Chinese woman who turns out to have a lot in common with Louise, she is fantasizing about another world as well. Just like Louise, Mrs. Wu turned out to meet a rich husband, which resulted in moving from her previous childhood home in Chinatown to a suburb, which caused a loss of cultural experiences and memories from her childhood. For Louise Mrs. Wu is a person she can speak to freely about her feelings, without her husband Hal interfering with his materialistic views of life, which hides the feelings...
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...A Comparison of the tale of “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” and the Disney Movie Aladdin: A Cultural Study According to N. J. Dawood, the translator of The Thousand and One Nights, “Aladdin has been retold or presented to so many different generations all over the world that it can perhaps be rightly described as the most renowned story invented by man”. Interestingly enough, “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” was not part of the original collection of stories that composed The Arabian Nights. No one knows exactly when a given story is originated, but it is obvious that some stories circulated orally for centuries before they actually were collected or written down. The story of Aladdin appeared for the first time in Antoine Galland’s (1646-1715) translation of the Thousand and One Nights, the first major European version. Before Galland, there was no known Arabic version of Aladdin and his lamp. The first Arabic version showed up after Galland’s version and very well could have been translations of Galland’s French version. One of the more recent and most popular versions of “Aladdin” was an animated feature produced in 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin made over $217 million in revenue in the United States, and over $504 million worldwide. Even though the American film and the medieval Arabian tale share common elements and are both plotted around a young impoverished boy named Aladdin, the moral lessons they offer differ in ways that can be described through the values...
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...Aladdin By Sarah White Contents Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 3 Feminist Perspective............................................................................................................. 3 Sociological Perspective....................................................................................................... 7 Post-Colonial Perspective.................................................................................................... 9 Conclusion............................................................................................................................... 13 References............................................................................................................................... 14 Introduction Fairytales have become an integral part of children literature. The various tales have been reinvented as picture books, novels, animated and real-life films. The stories have been twisted and shaped by an ever changing society to represent a wide range of the dominant society’s views. Among these they show perspectives on social class, women’s roles, cultural differences, religion, and human behaviour. As time goes on, the original tales are discarded and the altered stories become widely known and read. This can lead to the underlying perspectives of the altered stories become subconsciously...
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...idolize Jasmine as a beautiful and charming princess who gets whatever she wants. However, getting everything doesn’t come easy, and she must use her sexuality to become a seductress to subdue the villain Jafar, in one of the final scenes of the movie.In the scene she is Her big breasts, tiny waist, tanned skin, and low cut belly shirt gives young girls an idea of what you use your body for; to manipulate men to get what it is you want.why she’s dressed the way she is (that doesn’t seem realistic).In one scene jafar becomes the master of the genie and wishes that jasmine falls in love with him .the genie explains you cant make some one fall in love .As they were talking ,jasmine decides to seduce jafar with her sex appeal, because jasmine knowledges that Aladdin is trying to sneakily .she tells him many complements and as soon as jafar was suspicious about the noise in the back , jasmine reaches over for a quick kiss. mens authority In the movie Aladdin (1992),Woods argument of men as authority and the heroic figure is in their relationships is exemplified by the main characters aladdin and jasmine’s father. In many Children’s fairytale and literature males are usually seen as rescuers that saves women from their incompetence . One scene in particular is when jasmines father introduces jafar who is the fhkfh of sjkahfl ,and jasmines father pressures her into marrying jafar. Although jasmine argues that she’s in love with aladdin. Jasmines dad still insists that jasmine gives...
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...Jafar continues to lack empathy towards others, even the family he has served for many years. To further illustrate the onset of this disorder, Jafar demonstrates extreme arrogance and haughty behavior, stating “You’re speechless, I see. A fine quality in a wife” (Clements, R. & Musker, J., 1992) towards Princess Jasmine once he obtains the powers of the Sultan. Though analysis of both Antisocial and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the presentation of Antisocial Personality Disorder in Jafar is the primary diagnosis for his behavior. However, the secondary diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder emphasizes that Jafar’s behavior correlates more with his primary diagnosis being the etiology of his overall behavior and treatment of the primary diagnosis may reduce the onset of the secondary....
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...Aladdin is one of the tales in the book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. There are several moral lessons in the story. The main moral lesson on Aladdin is that its best to be yourself. Greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. Its not whats on the outside that' count; what is important is what's on the inside. The moral of the original Middle-Eastern tale 'Arabian Nights' is that greatness and strength comes from within, not from without. This is demonstrated by Aladdin's bravery and intelligence despite his humble upbringing. In Disney's animated musical version of the story, the writers updated this theme to a single phrase, calling Aladdin a 'diamond in the rough'. There are many differences between the movie and the original tale of Aladdin, because the filmmakers believed that the original had an inappropriate moral message. And I have to agree with this for at least two reasons. First, Aladdin never tells the princess who he really is; he becomes a prince thanks to the jinni, but he never considers telling his wife about who he was before that. The original story doesn’t even mention this. Lying and pretending to be someone else is, indeed, something that should not be promoted in a children’s movie.Then, in the original story I really couldn’t stand the princess, Badr al-Budur. She is naïve, has no personality and no opinion, she does what she is told to, and never asks questions. She is so easily tricked, that she almost gets Aladdin killed...
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...upon a time, many many years ago, and other sayings. Whoever you are, you have heard of a couple fairytales. People believe that telling these tales will teach lessons to their kids. I believe that Aladdin has the best moral for teaching. Aladdin is poor, and he does not have any family or close friends except for his pet monkey. For this reason he is a people person, so he can survive in life. Being handsome and charming helps too. He has dark black shiny hair, big gorgeous eyes, and a smile that shines every time he talks. Aladdin's lifestyle is basic. Therefore when the magic genie arrives with wishes, Aladdin is overwhelmed.. Aladdin getting the princess is the only thing on his mind. Nothing gets in the way of that. Princess Jasmine is rather underestimated. We understand Jasmine’s character as trapped and enclosed and we realize how she begs for freedom and the liberty to live her own life. She disguises herself and goes into the marketplace thus saved by Aladdin. When Aladdin brings her to his home, she shows us she is capable of figuring things out for herself and being rather...
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...! The Unrealistic Fantasy The Disney movie Aladdin demonstrates that social mobility is just an unrealistic fantasy to be achieved, by the way the film shows Aladdin’s opportunities— street rat vs. prince, how the Genie acts as welfare for Aladdin, and through the lack of privileges that Aladdin experienced throughout the movie. There is no doubt that Aladdin portrays the poverty victims in Agrabah, the Genie represents as the Government, and Jasmine corresponds with the rich. All of these factors creates an impractical real life scenario of jumping the social classes the way Aladdin did. First of all, there is no surprise that Aladdin is treated very different from the beginning of the movie, to when he becomes a prince. One of the very first examples you can see this being displayed is during the song “One Jump Ahead”. In this scene Aladdin is chased around the city’s streets of Agrabah by guards because he can’t afford to pay for the food he stole. Based on the ragged clothes he wore, with patches in his pants, the town labels him as riffraff, a street rat, and a scoundrel, just like the lyrics in the song. However, when he is a prince, Aladdin gets a grand parade entering the city on the way to the palace. He was treated different by the Norman,2 people because of the way he was dressed and how he was presented. He no longer had on old ragged cloths, and now wore an expensive wardrobe fit for a prince. The crowed did not mock him nor call him names...
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...MBA Accounting for Managers Fall 2015 Course Syllabus Faculty Jasmine Hsu Faculty Contact Details jhsu@jgu.edu.in Class Time and Venue as per the programme time table Course Description The goal of this course is to help you understand the role and application of accounting information in business and learn how managers can use external and internal accounting information for decision-making. This course aims to provide an overview of key principles and concepts in financial accounting and managerial accounting. Specific topics include: components of financial statements; financial statements analysis; product costing; costvolume-profit analysis; and budgeting. Course Objectives After completion of the course, you should be able to: Understand the roles of financial accounting (external) and managerial accounting (internal) Analyze financial reports, specifically the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and statement of cash flow. Identify and apply key financial ratios to financial statement analysis. Identify and apply basic elements of cost concepts, product costing and cost-volumeprofit (CVP) analysis to management decision-making process. Understand key considerations during the budgeting process and budgetary control. Course Materials Narayanswami (2014): “Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective”, Prentice-Hall Pvt Ltd., 5th edition, New Delhi (FA) Jiambalvo (2013):” Managerial Accounting”, Wiley India, 5th...
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...ch03.qxd 9/27/04 4:06 PM Page 86 CHAPTER Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis In Brief Managers need to estimate future revenues, costs, and profits to help them plan and monitor operations. They use cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis to identify the levels of operating activity needed to avoid losses, achieve targeted profits, plan future operations, and monitor organizational performance. Managers also analyze operational risk as they choose an appropriate cost structure. This Chapter Addresses the Following Questions: What is cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis, and how is it used for decision making? How are CVP calculations performed for a single product? How are CVP calculations performed for multiple products? What is the breakeven point? What assumptions and limitations should managers consider when using CVP analysis? How are margin of safety and operating leverage used to assess operational risk? ch03.qxd 9/27/04 4:06 PM Page 87 COLECO: FAULTY FORECASTS n the early 1980s, personal computers were still somewhat a novelty. At that time, Coleco manufactured a small computer called Adam. In addition, it sold Colecovision games for home computers. Coleco marketed Adam and its computer games heavily, hoping in 1982 for a hot seller during the Christmas and holiday gift season. However, Adam and Colecovision did not sell well. Coleco found itself close to bankruptcy. Then in 1983 Coleco purchased the license to manufacture Cabbage Patch Dolls. It began production...
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...Accounting for non-accounting students eighth edition John R. Dyson ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING STUDENTS Visit the Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, eighth edition Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/dyson to find valuable student learning material including: G G G G Multiple choice questions to help test your learning Extra question material Links to relevant sites on the web Glossary explaining key terms mentioned in the book We work with leading authors to develop the strongest educational materials in Accounting, bringing cutting-edge thinking and best learning practice to a global market. Under a range of well-known imprints, including Financial Times Prentice Hall, we craft high quality print and electronic publications which help readers to understand and apply their content, whether studying or at work. To find out more about the complete range of our publishing please visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk ACCOUNTING FOR NON-ACCOUNTING STUDENTS Eighth Edition John R. Dyson Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk First edition published in Great Britain under the Pitman Publishing imprint in 1987 Second edition 1991 Third edition 1994 Fourth edition published under the Financial Times Pitman Publishing imprint in 1997 Fifth edition 2001 Sixth edition 2004 Seventh edition 2007 Eighth...
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...CHAPTER 3 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying Chapter 3, you should be able to: Distinguish between process costing and job-order costing and identify companies that would use each costing method. 2. Identify the documents used in a job-order costing system. 3. Compute predetermined overhead rates and explain why estimated overhead costs (rather than actual overhead costs) are used in the costing process. 4. Record the journal entries that reflect the flow of costs in a job-order costing system. 5. Apply overhead cost to Work in Process using a predetermined overhead rate. 6. Prepare schedules of cost of goods manufactured and cost of goods sold. 7. Compute under- or overapplied overhead cost and prepare the journal entry to close the balance in Manufacturing Overhead to the appropriate accounts. 8. (Appendix 3A) Explain the implications of basing the predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity rather than on estimated activity for the period. SYSTEMS DESIGN: JOB-ORDER COSTING OVERAPPLIED/UNDERAPPLIED Cris Griffiths Guitar Works of Saint Johns, Newfoundland, focuses on repair work and building custom guitars. Late one night while disassembling yet another guitar, Griffiths had a vision of a single bracing piece instead of the three-dozen separate internal reinforcements acoustic guitars typically have. “It was a simple idea that was easy to flesh out, but turning it from an idea into...
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...A. Davis, Jr. ACC/542 October 21, 2013 Irene Branum Preface In the last few weeks the accounting firm, Team D has looked into characteristics of Kudler Fine Foods and provided recommendations to update and replace existing components of the IT system. These recommendations made can yield in the company’s increased productivity, profitability, and remove potential threats. Team D determined that industry specific software is useful in comparison to customized software. Four main modules such as payroll, account payable, accounts receivable, and inventory were developed as well as enhancement of each flowchart based on the appropriate system. Team D examined the database completeness at Kudler’s intranet and developed a pivot table; therefore, making the decision-making process easy. External and internal risks were analyzed and internal control points were developed by incorporating both risks and controls into a flowchart. Team D also showed why findings and recommendations are more useful to the company in comparison to SAS70 and SAS94 audits. The team identified events that will lessen the dependence on auditing through computer and showed a brief description how the audit should be conducted. System Integrity and Validation Kudler Finer Foods has looked for recommendations regarding the company, to include computer information system, automated process of an accounting information system, data table analysis, internal control and risk evaluation, and auditing procedures...
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...I. Introduction The Royal Mint has a unique manufacturing operation in the United Kingdom and also designated as an executive agency responsible to the treasury to the “Her Majesty's” Government. Its objective is to provide the government with coinage at a competitive price and its manufacturing requirement ranges from high volumes of standard coinage to individual service medals or commemorative coins. In the case of the Royal Mint, they follow a unique cost ceiling that their cost base must always be less than the face value of the coins being produced. In order to follow that unique cost ceiling, the researchers follow the concept of simultaneous design by being involved in initiatives to improve materials being used in both coins and dies. Then due to high inflation rate, the face value of the coin is exceeding the cost base of the raw material and with the help of using the concept of simultaneous design, the Royal Mint quickly mitigated the risk by changing the composition of the 2 Pound and 1 Pound coins to a steal core with an electroplated copper outer layer and has significantly reduced the unit cost and it added expected lifetime by using a less expensive metal base. II. Background The Royal Mint has a cost ceiling that the cost base of the material must be less than the face value of the coin being produced. In order to follow that unique cost ceiling, the Royal Mint implemented the Concept of Simultaneous Design to research on how to further improve...
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