...教 育 创 新 管 理 An Interpretation of the American Dream in Homeless to Harvard 湖北工程学院新技术学院 魏 远 Abstract：As the leading figure of western countries, America has her special values. As an ideal of pursuing happiness and perfection, the American Dream becomes the motivation of them in their lives. Homeless to Harvard is a inspirational film which is based on Liz Murray’s autobiography Breaking Night. This movie tells a story about an ordinary girl suffers a hard circumstance when she grows up, but she never gives in. According to this movie, this thesis gives a brief introduction of the American Dream and explores it throughout the heroine’s touching experience, thus publicizing equality, freedom and struggle of American values and attacking abandoned attitude of life. Key words: American Dream; inspiration; Homeless to Harvard to studying. The death of her mother hits her heart deeply. As Liz slowly growing, she begins to understand that only reading and learning can change her life in the encounter with misfortune. At the beginning, she pursues getting a high school diploma. A major turning point for Liz is visiting Harvard University on a school field trip. She cannot imagine such a wonderful life before. While Liz walks towards her class, the school official tells her that her application is accepted and she is in the running for a full college education at Harvard University. During the interview, Liz tells judges frankly that she persists on getting rid of that dark world. Her...
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...The Catcher In The Rye was an interesting read. This coming-of-age novel by J.D. Salinger was copyrighted in 1945, 1946, 1951, and renewed in 1979. This book kept me hooked in through all 234 pages. The story begins with Holden Caulfield explaining how Pencey Prep is the fourth school he has been kicked out of. He describes that he failed every class except for English. While everybody else in the boarding school is watching the football game, Holden decides to go see his former history teacher Mr. Spencer to say goodbye and also because Mr. Spencer sent Holden a note to see him before he left town. The visit starts out nice, but Holden cuts the meeting short when the conversation gets too serious. Mr. Spencer starts to lecture Holden about...
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...of their hero’s journey which is clearly the same as the one represented in Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. Using the latter, it would possible to understand the use of certain figures of imagery, camera movements, and other tools by the Washovski brothers in the making of this film. 1- Departure Just like any other hero’s journey, the story of the matrix starts with the departure, which is comprised of five steps: a) The call to adventure b) Refusal of the Call Fotso 2 c) Supernatural Aid d) The Crossing of the first threshold e) The Belly of the Whale During this first stage of the journey, the hero has to separate from the world he knows, and in the movie “The Matrix” there are lots of symbols, motifs with connections to sleep, dreams, reality and choice. a) The call to adventure “The call to adventure is the point in a person's life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not.” (Heros) Right before Thomas Anderson (at that point Neo), the protagonist is seen for the first time, the...
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...In Cold Blood: notes Chapter 1: The Last To See Them Alive Summary The story is set out in the late 1950’s, introducing the Clutter family on the 15th November the day of their death. The day of their death and the characters themselves are told through eye witness accounts of their neighbourhood friends who spent time with them before the murder. We are introduced to the family members individually, finding out there is 6 members overall. The father of the family, Herb Clutter is a well-respected man, spending his time running a ranch and supervising his employees. He is a good employer, paying good wages, but he doesn’t allow anyone who drinks or keeps alcohol to work for him. His daughter, Nancy Clutter is a sweetheart in their neighbourhood, parents and children always asking for favours, and Nancy being very selfless always making time for everyone. She has long been dating a town boy, Bobby Rupp, but doesn’t think it will lead anywhere in the long term. Bonnie Clutter is the mother of the family; she suffers from bouts of post natal depression after having 4 children. She is miserable and often can’t ground herself, leaving her husband and daughter to look after and run the household. Kenyon Clutter is the youngest child; he spends his days constructing electronic gadgets and is known to be very smart and promised a future as an inventor. There are also 2 other children, older than their siblings and live away from the family. The eldest is Eveanna who lived...
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...Britney Grant Chapter Summaries of “1984” By George Orwell Book 1 Chapter 1 * It all starts on a cold, bright day in April 1984. At 1 p.m., Winston Smith, a small, frail man of 39 years drags himself home for lunch at his apartment on the 7th floor of the Victory Mansions. The face of Big Brother, the leader of the Party and a heavily mustached and ruggedly handsome man of about 45, appears on giant, colorful posters everywhere in Airstrip One, Oceania saying "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU," runs the caption. Book 1 Chapter 2 * Winston believes that the stability of the Party depends on having a lot of paralyzingly stupid people around like Tom Parsons, his neighbor and coworker. The Party decides everyone needs to love the Party and not anyone else. So the Party eliminated love among family members, actual lovers, friends, and one-night-stands. The Party trains and encourages children to monitor their parents for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Book 1 Chapter 3 Since thinking about the future is really just depressing, Winston dreams about the past. More specifically, he dreams about his mother’s disappearance when he was age 10 or 11, the alluring brunette at his workplace, and Shakespeare. A whistle from the telescreen wakes Winston up at 7:30 a.m. Rise and shine, dear dystopian citizen. Book 1 Chapter 4 * Apparently, the Party despises littering. Oceanians are to deposit every scrap of paper they find into the ominously named "memory holes," slits...
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... Book Review HUMN 6 Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbit Romero, Maria Lourdes N. BS Business Management 4 Ms. Sherry Rose Luya February 2012 Table of Contents Page Sypnosis 3 Summary 3 The Most Favorite Part 4 5 Sentences/Phrases 4 The Things Learned from the Book 5 Recommendation 5 Sypnosis This story is a fantasy about a family named Tuck who accidentally stumble upon a spring in a wood, which has the ability to give eternal life. They don’t realize at first what they have drunk until they realize that their bodies are not aging and they cannot be hurt or harmed in any way. They travel quietly around the countryside; never staying in one place too long so that people will not realize their secret. Into this family comes Winnie Foster, a little girl in search of freedom. She learns their secret and falls in love with them so deeply that she will do anything to protect them. The family and Winnie then must face a villain who would steal their secret for himself. Summary A ten year old Winnie comes from a well-bred and strait-laced family who keep her safe behind a four-foot iron fence that surrounds their home. She lives a life of boredom and frustration. They are the oldest family in the town, and own the surrounding woods. When running away from her confinement...
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...S.E. Hinton wrote a book that shows many themes of teenage life in 180 pages. Here’s a little bit about the author, S.E. Hinton. S.E. Hinton starting writing the book The Outsiders at the age of 15, but did most of the work when she was 16. Also, she uses her Initials instead of her full name, Susan Eloise Hinton, because her publisher was afraid that the reviewers would think that a girl couldn’t write a book like The Outsiders. A quick summary is this book there are two main groups. The Socs and The Greasers, in which is Ponyboy the protagonist of this story. Both groups do the same things, such as beating people up and robbing stores, but the Socs are favored because of stereotypes. Life is pretty normal for ponyboy until one night Johnny Cade, another member of Ponyboy’s...
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...passion for another person? In summary, the story The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant is about a boy who has a passion for fishing, but really likes a girl and wants to impress her in any way he can. The boy should have caught the fish instead of pleasing and showing off to the girl. Also, the author of this story is Walter D. Wetherell. The two most famous books he has published were Soccer Dad and A Century of November (“Goodreads”). The conflict in “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” helps the reader emphasize the narrator in the story by the river, how he wanted Sheila Mant, and letting the bass go. First of all, the river is the main setting of the story. He and his neighbor, Sheila Mant, lived on a river. The main conflict happened on the river as the boy brought Sheila Mant to a concert. He was reeling in the biggest...
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...Topic: Establishing a business: Production Name: Keyon. R. Charles School: Jennings Secondary School Class: 4r room 29 Subject: Principle Of Business Presented to: Mrs. Mullen brown Due date: Thursday 23rd may, 2013 Acknowledgement First of all I would like to thank the heavenly father giving me health, strength, knowledge and another day of seeking you as my father. Secondly, I would like to thank my mother for bringing this far to for the person I am today I thank her and to my brother and friends I thank them for they encouragement. Description of the business This is a Sole Proprietorship also a Partnership company and a Tertiary sector (service sector). This business name will be known as Charlie’s Auto Parts Suppliers and Car Accessories. It will provide a wide variety of car parts and accessories that will be known to unmatched by our competitors. We will offer a well trusted line of premium quality parts at great deals. “We guarantee quality that fits with your car parts or accessories needs”. The mission of the business is to be known as the leader in Antigua on a daily basis as a trusted, reliable supplier of premium quality replacement auto parts and accessories. Selection of appropriate labor This company will require both skilled and unskilled employees. There will be at-least five (5) to seven (7) employees, the two (2) mechanics...
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...godThe House of God Study Guide The House of God by Samuel Shem (c)2014 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents The House of God Study Guide 1 Contents 2 Plot Summary 4 Chapter 1 6 Chapter 2 7 Chapter 3 8 Chapter 4 9 Chapter 5 10 Chapter 6 11 Chapter 7 12 Chapter 8 13 Chapter 9 14 Chapter 10 15 Chspter 11 16 Chapter 12 17 Chapter 13 18 Chapter 14 19 Chapter 15 20 Chapter 16 21 Chapter 17 22 Chapter 18 23 Chapter 19 24 Chapter 20 25 Chapter 21 26 Chapter 22 27 Chapter 23 28 Chapter 24 29 Chapter 25 30 Chapter 26 31 Characters 32 Objects/Places 35 Themes 37 Style 39 Quotes 41 Topics for Discussion 43 Plot Summary Roy G. Basch is a new intern in internal medicine at a hospital called the House of God. He begins his internship under the tutelage of the Fat Man, a second year resident who has some crazy ideas as to how to take care of patients. According to the Fat Man, there are two types of patients: the dying young and gomers. Gomers are elderly, demented patients from outside nursing homes who barely qualify as being human and who, the Fat Man says, never die. Only the young are sick enough to die at the House of God. Roy starts his internship fairly scared. He meets his fellow interns, Potts, Hyper Hooper, Chuck, Eat My Dust Eddy and the Runt—all scared and new to internship and patient care. Roy gets assigned duty with Chuck and Potts under the Fat Man on an internal medicine ward. Each takes turns...
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...: Sweet Dreams Motel in Far North Queensland ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.INTRODUCTION Mr Smith is the owner of Sweet Dreams Motel in Far North Queensland. He owns the property since four years ago and he is not happy with the occupancy in the motel which only 50% year round while the other property can reach to 68% occupancy rate. Mr Smith believe his property have some strengths especially if we look at locations, large grounds, cheap rate, and room size. But he also aware of some weaknesses issue in the property such as: no television units in the bedroom, less attractive grounds, very little promoting activities and no restaurant services in the premises. In order to increase the occupancy rate , there is still some positive external factor to consider of such as : the needs to install the entertainment unit in the rooms, opportunity to construct the landscape to become more attractive, and a options to increasing the room rate. This case study will try to provides an overview to Sweet Dream motel current status in the market, a summary of products, competition and distribution analysis in challenging market opportunities. It will be a brief summary of internal strengths and weaknesses compare to external threats and opportunities for Sweet Dreams motel. 2. Situational Analysis 2.1 Background This case study is driven by a need understanding of how to make a better of improvements for Sweet Dreams motel in...
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...Summary of A Conversation with Ai Weiwei, an interview conducted by Zheng Shengtian Ai Weiwei, a respected contemporary artist from China is the interviewee in Zheng Shengtian’s article, A Conversation with Ai Weiwei. Conducted in the artists’ studio in Caochangdi, Beijing on July 19, 2013, Shengtian delves deeply into Weiwei’s life before and after his foray into the art world. It is through this interview that we get a sense of what the underlying inspirations were and what the current motivating factors are for Ai Weiwei as an artist and activist. A privileged childhood was far from the reality for Ai Weiwei. At an early age, Weiwei was already grasping what it meant to be wrongly accused and the consequences it had. Weiwei and his family were sent to live in a military camp in Xinjiang, China after his father; Ai Qing was condemned as a “rightist” in 1957 (Shengtian 6). When asked about his life in the military camp, Weiwei did not have a clear recollection and only saved a few traumatizing memories. He recalled the time when their military camp fired the first shot of China’s Cultural Revolution on January 26th. “I remember hearing lots of explosive noises. I saw my family boarding up the door. I heard running footsteps on our rooftop. Because the rooftop was made of tiles, which were not soundproof, I could hear the bullets whistling by” (Shengtian 8). Seeing dead bodies, including classmate, Ma Lu, is still very much a vivid memory for Ai Weiwei. Such scenes would...
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...Plot Overview The first chapter of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter introduces us to John Singer and Spiros Antonapoulos, two good friends who live together in a town in the Deep South and who are both deaf-mutes. Antonapoulos works in his cousin's fruit store, and Singer works as a silver engraver in a jewelry shop. They spend ten years living together in this way. One day Antonapoulos gets sick, and even after he recovers he is a changed man. He begins stealing and urinating on buildings, and exhibiting other erratic behavior. Finally, Antonapoulos's cousin sends him to a mental asylum, although Singer would rather have Antonapoulos stay with him. After Antonapoulos leaves, Singer moves into a local boarding house in town run by a family named the Kellys. The narrator then introduces us to Biff Brannon, the proprietor of the New York Café, the establishment in town where Singer now eats all his meals. Biff is lounging on the counter watching a new patron named Jake Blount, as the constantly drunk Jake is intriguing. Blount goes over and sits with Singer and begins talking to him as though the two are good friends. Then Singer leaves. Once Jake realizes in his drunken stupor that Singer has left, he goes into an alley and begins beating his head and fists against a brick wall until he is bruised and bloody. The police bring Jake back to the café, and Singer volunteers to let the drunk stay the night with him. The narrative shifts to the perspective of Mick Kelly, the young teenage...
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...Melissa Learish Mrs. Rutt-Houser AP Senior English: Period 2 14 April 2015 The Devil [and I] Wears Prada It is every girl’s dream to graduate college, move to the big city, and risk everything in order to fulfill their dream. In fields such as writing, publishing, and editing, one must be willing to start from the bottom in order to claw their way to the top. One must take any job available to them that will potentially create powerful connections to help pursue their goals. Andrea Sachs is no exception. Fresh out of college, she acquires a job in New York City that every person trying to break in to the fashion industry would die to have: junior personal assistant to the editor in chief of Runway magazine, Miranda Priestly. Ironically enough, Miranda is anything but “priest”-ly. She takes advantage of Andrea, forcing her to complete humiliating, impossible tasks for her. To make matters worse, Andrea does not exactly fit the image of someone working at Runway magazine in terms of her mentality and her physical appearance. Awkward, a size six (practically obese in her line of work), and at the bottom of the corporate food chain, she is less than thrilled to be put into this position. However, she keeps her goal in mind, and this encourages her to put on a happy face as she absorbs the torment she receives from her colleagues. Outside of the office, Andrea lives with her boyfriend. The stress of Andrea (Andy)’s job takes its toll on their relationship...
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...Nike, Inc: Cost of Capital CASE SUMMARY In this case, Kimi Ford, a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group, a mutual fund company, manages the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. This fund invests mostly in Fortune 500 companies with an emphasis on value investing. Some of the top holdings of the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund include; ExxonMobil, McDonalds and GM, these stocks are generally old-economy stocks. Over 2000 and the first half of 2001, the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund performed very well, earning a 20.7% return in 2000; over the same time, the S7P 500 fell 10.1%. The current time is July 2001 and just a year prior, there was an analyst meeting at Nike to review fiscal year 2001 performance. During this meeting, Nike revealed a plan for revitalizing the company. The company was in need of a kick start as sales were stuck at $9 billion and there was a drop in net income from $800 million to $580 million. To re-energize sales, Nike was going to produce more mid-priced athletic shoes, an area where Nike was weak in previous years. Nike also announced that it was going to push its apparel line which has been growing extremely well. With this new information, Kimi Ford is now considering purchasing Nike shares for the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. She reviewed numerous analysts’ reports but felt that there was no clear guidance on whether or not to buy the stock. To make a better decision, she decided to perform her own analysis. In this case, we will provide Kimi Ford with a...
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