...Chapter 1,page 15 B) Significant quote: “Tom’s got some woman in New York.” (Fitzgerald 15). C) Analysis: Jordan Baker is fully aware of Tom’s affair with his mistress that he frequently goes to visits. She shares this to demonstrate to Nick that Tom is dishonest and is not truly committed to Daisy. A) Example 2: Chapter 7, page 133 B) Significant quote: “He and this Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger...
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...intense economic growth. During this time, businessmen created large business organizations known as trusts. The ingenuity of these entrepreneurs earned the titles of “Captains of Industry”. Yet, their ruthlessness in building wealth at the expense of their competitors, workers and consumers often earned them the title “Robber Baron”. This DBQ (Document Based Questions) asks you to decide whether these businessmen were “Captains of Industry” or “Robber Barons”. Background Essay During the post-Civil War period, an era commonly referred to as the Gilded Age, the economy of the United States grew at a fantastic rate. With the exception of a recession during the mid-1870s, and another during the mid-1890s, the economic growth was in unprecedented in United States history. Manufacturing output increased by 180 percent. Railroads, an important catalyst of growth, increased in miles by 113 percent. Steel production grew to over 10,000,000 tons per year by 1900. Every aspect of the American economy expanded from traditional activities to new enterprises brought about by the huge influx of cutting-edge technological inventions. The gross national product almost doubled during the period and the per capital GNP increased by 35 percent. Wages matured by 20 percent, and a new American middle class emerged for the first time in the history of the United States. Cities grew during this period, as people moved from rural areas and immigrants arrived from around the world to work in the...
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...respond in a certain way – because they care (or are worried) about how they’ll be viewed by others 3. Moral Incentivesappeal to a person’s sense of right versus wrong – Informational Asymmetry : Situation in which one party has more information than the other party. Snob Effect : The desired to own exclusive or unique goods. The demand increases as the price increases. Freakonomics provided me with concrete illustrations of how unconventional methods of data collection and analysis are often necessary to make sense of the world. Knowing what to measure (and how to measure) data makes a complicated world ... somewhere less complicated. As I read the dumbstrucking Freakonomics, I found this quote, “If you learn how to look at data in the right way, you can explain riddles that otherwise might have seemed impossible. Because there is nothing like the sheer power of numbers to scrub away layers of confusion and contradiction." Introduction, pg. 13. This quote follows exactly what I said previously perfectly. Chapter 1: HAT DO ALL SCHOOLTEACHERS AND SUMO W WRESTLERS HAVE IN COMMON? The authors begin by defining economics as nothing more than the study of incentives and how they are pursued. They...
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...“religious content” of a particular film. To accomplish this task, your essay must do the following: 1. Identify a key message promoted by the film. One way to find a key message is to complete this sentence: “According to this film, what is most important in life is . . .” 2. Use theories about belief, text, ritual, and/or visual culture to show how this message is promoted by the film. The theories you use must be drawn ONLY from these readings: • Malory Nye, Religion: The Basics, Chapters 5 (“Belief”), 6 (“Ritual”), or 7 (“Text”) • S. Brent Plate, Introduction to Religion, Art, and Visual Culture (in the course reader) Imagine that you are writing this essay for a film website. Your audience consists of people who have seen the film, but who do not know anything about the study of religion. This means that you do NOT need to provide a plot summary of the movie, but you DO need to clearly explain each theory that you use. Films Each TA has made a list of films for the students in their tutorials. You must select ONE film from YOUR TA’s list. If you write on a film from another TA’s list you may be penalized up to ten marks....
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...Garland Beasley Critical Analysis Essay https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/05/22/culture-change-and-ta-nehisi-coatess-the-case-for-reparations/ http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/22/314881767/how-to-tell-if-someones-actually-read-ta-nehisi-coates-essay http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117834/ta-nehisi-coates-atlantic-magazine-slavery-reparations-essay Tai-Nehisi Coates’ shows the history of disadvantages accrued by African Americans over the last several generations and argues that it's time for Americans to answer for this history. When I first read the title “A Case For Reparations” thought that the article was going to be talking about slavery, but Coates dose not really talk about slavery specifically but he does talk about a formerly enslaved woman named Bellinda Royal who sued her former owner for recompense for her labors. But much of the focus of the article falls on American housing policy from nearly a century later, to get his point across he uses the story of Clyde Ross, whose journey from Mississippi to Chicago is a living example of the trajectory Coates is describing. Ross who was the son of a Mississippi sharecropper saw the little wealth and land his father could attain forcibly stripped from him by local white authorities. Then, when Ross moved to Chicago after World War II, he was essentially shut out from buying a home by federal law through the legitimate means available to whites. He spent years paying for...
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...between theatre and film. However, a small hint of bias seems to be depicted in this point of view. The quote (and many others) seem to suggest that one form of acting is more difficult than the other. It seems the opposite is true; that when taking one of these art forms (i.e. theatre) and transforming it into the other, one would come across a wide array of differences, as well as similarities. When researching a topic such as this, one must go beyond reading. One must not only dive into a script or a periodical or academic journal, one must immerse themselves into the films that have come about as a result of the transformation of turning a play into a cinematic experience. When going about researching this topic, I watched the movie Chicago (Dir. Rob Marshall, 2002) as well as looked over the original Broadway script (By Jon Kander, Fredd Ebb, and Bob Fosse 1975). The original Broadway production opened June 3, 1975, at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 936 performances. Chicago's 1996 Broadway revival holds the record for the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, and is the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history. After all the success, What better way to continue the magic of this thrilling show than create a movie out of it? The story tells of two women (Roxie Hart and Velma Kelley) who live in Chicago and are responsible for murdering their husbands and must fight to get out of prison, in order to pursue...
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...that many black people are involved in these accidents without provocating police officers, pathos is only seen when talking about the unfair treatment toward african americans which is not entirely demonstrated throughout the article. However Tina gives her analysis of her view on this trending and growing problem on whether police...
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...To understand why people use suicide bombing as a strategy for violence, you must first know what a suicide attack is. A suicide attack "a violent attack in which the attacker expects to die in the process". Suicide bombings have occurred numerous times in history, dating back to the first suicide bombings in the 1800's. Some wonder if Suicide attacks are because of religious beliefs and/or mental disorders. But most studies and interviews have shown that that is not the case. But the question that has been asked countless times is; what provokes people to carry out such a tragic action? Looking at the statistics, studies show that many suicide bombers are not the stereotypical extremists that have nothing to live for. According to one article, while recruited bombers are mentally ill, there are many recruits who come from more normal sides of life (brittanica.com). This is...
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...Correlation vs. Causation from the High- to the Late- Middle Ages (1000-1500) A comparative book review of Castles, Battles and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History by Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll and Battle: A History of Culture and Combat by John Lynn Nicole Campagnola 0774953 HIST*2040 (DE) W13 Professor Davison March 31, 2013 Despite proven facts and primary sources, historical investigation always has an element of subjectivity. Each historian has a different perspective, and focuses on different events and principles. Different historians and authors will often reflect upon the work of their peers, so an educated reader has the opportunity to decrease bias by expanding the list of sources that information comes from. Information that is accurately cited from appropriate sources does not always have a concrete and inarguable conclusion. There will always be differentiations based on the perspective that the author is striving to communicate, and the original intent behind their research. Castles, Battles and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History by Jurgen Brauer (an economist) and Hubert van Tuyll (a historian) focuses on historical events with the foundation of economic principles, and uses these principles to explain past military decisions and strategies. Battle: A History of Culture and Combat by John Lynn argues that most historians have mistakenly defined styles of warfare and resulting successes based on technological...
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...During a flash crash, the price is determined by the dynamics of the market rather than by real-world value. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Flash crashes can be understood by looking at how trades occur in the market. Figure 1 shows the standing buy and sell orders ("limit orders") at a particular time in the market. Each order is shown at the price it is offered. The shape of the buy order curve shows that at lower prices, traders want to buy more shares. But there are no orders at very low prices because nobody expects the price to drop that far. The reverse is true for sell orders: the number of orders increases as we go to higher prices and then disappears at still higher prices. In Figure 1, no trading would occur because there is no price with both a buy order and a sell order. Trades happen when someone enters an order to buy or sell at the current market price (a "market order"). Figure 2 shows the order book after a market sell order. The seller's shares go to the traders with the highest-priced standing buy orders. The executed buy orders disappear from the order book. The price drops to where the trade was executed. This is how selling a stock decreases its price. From this we can understand how a flash crash happens: when a very large market sell order is placed, it can execute against all of the limit buy orders, which makes the buy order curve disappear and the price plunge, as shown in Figure 3. This is what happened in the May 2010 flash crash . Even if...
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...From looking at numerous forces, it is irrefutably clear that the New Deal had a positive effect in our country, that will be remembered for years to come. Though it has only been six years since President Franklin Roosevelt took office and began the New Deal, it has accomplished many things. The New Deal positively affected our economical state, it began reforms that could last indefinitely, and lastly it forced a shift in society’s view of the government. The picture on the screen has information taken from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and from it we can see that the GDP has raised significantly every year but one since the New Deal began. Though we hope our economy will continue to rise, it is clear that FDR’s agencies started...
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...even better had I put more effort and time into it. I believe I was also writing my college essay around this time, which could have affected my time management after school and football practice. Shortly after reading the essay for the second time, I quit my job there and had no second thoughts. I had found another job already and I was eager to leave the stench of cigarettes and grease, the yelling, and the frustration I had with an empty wallet. I read the essay one more time before writing this, and the details of the narrative really allowed me to visualize the scene once more. When I finished I was able to feel the weight of working there come off my shoulders again. My favorite assignment was definitely the textual analysis paper when we chose our text and identified the themes and underlying message behind the text. I chose to write over one of my favorite shows, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, an episode I had seen just the night before we recieved the assignment. SVU is a show about a New York City police department that investigates sex crimes and assault. The specific episode I chose to analyze was titled American Tragedy, which centered around the race issue in America. American Tragedy is an episode based on real life events that are both involved with racism in America (the murder of Trayvon Martin and Paula Deen’s racial slur scandal). The authors convey the message that racism is an evil that must be removed from our society. The visual text captures...
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...presentation constituted the sources of information gathered. It was realized that in the effort to give the best in writing research papers, students unconsciously make mistakes in topic selection, objectives of research, writing format hypothesis or thesis statement, literature review, research methodology, paragraphing, use of tense in sentence construction, referencing and quoting to mention but a few. This writing also incorporated some tips in avoiding these mistakes mentioned and therefore concluded and recommended that The mistakes stated above should be avoided at all cost when writing research papers. They can contribute to low grades or disqualification of your project. Therefore, it is advisable that students seek for guidance from their instructors or professionals in research papers writing. INRODUCTION Research assignments give you an opportunity to demonstrate practically the skills and knowledge learnt in class. In the effort to give the best in writing research papers, students unconsciously make mistakes. This article highlights common mistakes students make in research paper writing especially in their early days of undertaking research assignments. COMMON ERRORS IN RESEARCH REPORT WRITING Topic selection some students’...
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...“critics” and “supporters,” even if you don’t name them or quote them directly, you are likely referring to information you read in books or articles as opposed to information you’ve gathered firsthand, like a news reporter, and so you need a bibliography. If you quote sources and put some of the reference information in the text, you still need a bibliography, so that readers can track down the source material for themselves. If you use footnotes to identify the source of your material or the authors of every quote, you DO NOT need a bibliography, UNLESS there are materials to which you do not refer directly (or if you refer to additional sections of the materials you already referenced) that also helped you reach your conclusions. In any event, your footnotes need to follow the formatting guidelines below. How to Write a Bibliography These guidelines follow those of the American Psychological Association and may be slightly different than what you’re used to, but we will stick with them for the sake of consistency. Notice the use of punctuation. Publication titles may be either italicized or underlined, but not both. Books Books are the bibliography format with which you’re probably most familiar. Books follow this pattern: Author Last Name, Author First Name. (Publication Year) Title. Publisher’s City: Publisher. Page numbers. Alexander, Carol. (2001) Market Models: A Guide to Financial Data Analysis. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 200-220. Periodicals ...
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...Symbolism is when the author uses a character or an object to add a deeper understanding of the story. Even a tedious work of literature can be roused when symbols are applied. The 1959s play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry comes from the poem “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. The Younger’s are an impoverished family who lives on the Southside of Chicago during the time of World War II and escapes poverty through the $10,000 insurance check followed by Big Walter’s death. Considering the poem what Langston Hughes wrote about, the dream discussed is most likely to differ due to the American Dream of success and wealth. Mama’s plant, the eggs, and the apartment represent symbols in the book that represents the struggle of achieving...
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