...the word hero is a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. There is, however, another definition of the word hero. This definition would be the chief male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities, and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize. By this second definition, Bubba is a hero. The author of the story immediately gives the reader a way to connect with Bubba by showing some of his good qualities. He has already won 11 matches in a row and after winning the upcoming match, Bubba is going to treat his wife, Kim, to a vacation. He loves her very much and says that she brings out the best in him. By the end of the story, the reader sympathizes with Bubba. The match didn’t go as well as everyone had hoped it would and Bubba lost. He and Kim can no longer do the things they had planned with the $50,000 check he would have won. The author says that at the end, Bubba would have fallen over like a storefront mannequin at the slightest push. Even after losing, Bubba says that he would like to continue boxing, that, "There's only on Alexis Arguello. But I feel I can box with any of the other guys." This shows that even though he may not have won this match, that isn't going to stop him from trying to win others, just like a true...
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...The International Business begin to boom in the 1900s and the early 2000s, Bubba’s Bakery decides to expand its franchise to include European markets. One of the negative obstacles the bakery may encounter is going out of business. Bubba’s Bakery wants to experience and take advantages of the market world and the increasingly opportunity to international expansion and trade. The obstacles to free trade are sent through with the agreement on Tariffs and trade between the North America Free Trade Agreement and its association with the South of East Asian Nation. The International Marketing has its negative obstacles and its positive outcome, such as global competitor including opportunity costs as well as business complexity and unforeseen losses stimulating from aspects of a perspective market and the fluctuation in currency as well as political unbalance. For this reason Bubba’s Bakery needs to reevaluate the competitor to get a better understanding of how the competition varies by region and the industry. To be, specific Bubba’s threats comes from new and existing competitors to whom the power for barging of suppliers and buyers are in the host country and region. Countries are making it harder to expand franchise into the marketplace. Foreign countries likes the way China conducts business among them and only does business outside the country when necessarily. The Environmental Factors plays a major role in Bubba’s Bakery economics and its political environments...
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...Bubba Tech, inc (BTI) [Study Case] QUESTION 1 Based on the limited facts of this case, prepare a list of the operational issues to present the top management at BTI. Include in your list any corporate governance issues of importance in relation to the management of BTI after it becomes a public company and any issues related to the relationship between BTI and Randy Burnham & Co. ANSWER: Referring to the case of Bubba Tech, Inc. (BTI), there are several operational issues to be presented to the top management at BTI which concerning the corporate governance and issue related to the relationship between BTI and Randy Burnham & Co. The operational issues that can be highlighted are the issue of working with potentially biased audit firm, lack of internal control and lack of corporate governance. The chief financial officer (CFO) of BTI, Willie Carson was once an employee of the Randy Burnham & Co., an accounting firm that is currently acting as the auditor for BTI. The relationship between Carson and the auditors from Randy Burnham & Co. may cause a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is a situation in which private interests or personal considerations could affect or to perceived to affect both Carson and the auditors from Randy Burnham & Co. judgements to act in the best interests of BTI. The relationship of Carson and the auditors may influence the judgement and the decision relevancy that creates many of the conflict of interest problems in the business. For...
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...curiosity and isolation. The book is about two boys Bubba and Spike that live in a small country town that is simple, strange and perplexing. The town is a mysterious and odd, but that doesn't stop the boys from being adventurous adolescence. Curiosity, represents the human experience in the book because there is curiosity coming from the reader, bubba and spike. It occurs for the reader because there are many different cliff hangers that leave reader’s eager and intrigued to find out more. In spread 3&4 as seen on the boys faces that they were curious about the water tower. It is particularly shown in Bubba’s face as he looks up at the water tower with admiration and interest. He looks at it as if it is like nothing he has ever seen before, which makes him look more intrigued....
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...Forrest, due to his disability, they soon proceeded to chase Forrest down the never-ending dirt road. As forrest was attempting to evade the bullies Jenny screamed “Run Forrest! Run!” He then over-powered the contraption, that provided stability for his weak legs, and took off in a full-on sprint. Forrest displayed great perseverance by consistently running down the dirt road and escaping the bullies. He proved that he never gives up and can overcome anything in life. Later on in life, Forrest decided to join the army after graduating college to pursue a major goal in his life. He went on to fight wars for his country. On his journey, he met one of his best friends named Bubba, whom Forrest fought along side with in the wars. Bubba told Forrest a story on his family history of being in the shrimp business. Bubba then asked Forrest one day “"You ever been on a real shrimp boat? Forrest Gump: No -...
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...to tell the truth where children are concerned. In the middle section of the story, which comes first chronologically, Hazel has already learned that "Grownups figure they can treat you just anyhow. Which burns me up?" She demands her money back from the theater because "I get so tired grownups messin over kids just cause they little and can't take em to court." But she does not have in mind the adult members of her own family. They have taught her to be truthful and to hold people to their word. As Granddaddy Vale puts it, "if that's what I said, then that's it." In a world where adults routinely take advantage of children, being able to count on one's family (as gangsters can count on their partners) is important protection. But Hunca Bubba has not only changed his name to Jefferson Winston Vale but decided to marry a woman his own age, and Hazel's family seems to be offering only double-talk in his defense. He is not changing his name, but changing it back, they say. The promise to marry Hazel was "just teasin," not a real promise at all. This strikes Hazel as the ultimate betrayal, because now her beloved uncle and Granddaddy show themselves to be no better than the rest of them. Completely unable to understand the adults' point of view, she is frightened and alone, with only Baby Jason on her side "Cause he is my blood brother and understands that we must stick together or be forever lost, what with grownups playin change-up and turnin you round every which way so bad. And...
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...in God’s country, need to be dealt through different protagonist’s point of view. For instance, what makes sense for Marder doesn’t necessarily make sense for Bubba or the Injuns. And conversely, what makes sense for the heathens doesn’t make sense for the Yuk Yuks. Let us study what’s the conception of “making sense” for the baddies (the white men) and the goodies (the Indians, the black man). Paragraph 1 In God’s Country, Everett uses the western genre to demonstrate the absurdities inherent in racism. God’s Country‘s revision of the mythic West and the western genre is seen through the myopic eyes of an ignorant white man: Marder. When Happy Bear gives a horse to Jake, Marder is amazed “I was fit to be tied. Didn’t make no sense, a free horse. And for a child. What was wrong with these people? Heathens.” (64) According to him, this didn’t make sense and was necessarily a misdeed “it was no doubt an attempt to corrupt his young mind and trick him into trusting the savages.” Everett places his story in 1871; six years after the American slaves were emancipated. According to Marder’s good sense, two hundred years of oppression and dehumanization should be overcome in six short years “Christ, man, it‘s 1871, ain’t you people ever going to forget about that slavery stuff” (24). Bubba is demonized in a number of ways in the eyes of Marder because of nothing more than his skin...
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...The character of Bubba provides a contrast to Olive’s determined and desperate clinging to her youth. Over the course of the play, Bubba becomes Kathie. The little five-year-old she was when the group began is evoked though the reminiscences of the other characters and she is, at twenty-two, now the same age as Olive was when the summer seasons began. She is ‘shy-looking’, eager and affectionate, but also ready to enter adulthood. Although she is easily daunted by the censorious Pearl and treats Barney and Roo as her uncles, Bubba is drawn into showing grown-up dignity at the end of the play when Johnny Dowd treats her as an adult. Roo recognizes the change in her when she insists on meeting Dowd and asserting her independence: ‘Little Bubba- you’ve outgrown the lot of us, haven’t you?’ Emma in her forthright wisdom describes Nancy’s abandonment of the group as good sense:’ She knew which way the wind was blow in ’, that one’. Although the others think of her as a goodtime girl, Nancy has been the only member of the group to look to her future, seeing herself as getting too old for romantic flings and settling for marriage with ‘that- book bloke’. The absent member of the foursome, Nancy’s quick- witted humour and energy are missed by the others and Olive wonders if she regrets her decision to trade romance for security. Her leaving the group has been the catalyst for its breakdown, but Emma points out the inevitability of this ending: ’Nancy got out while the going was good...
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...Michael Martin Donald Partain ENGL 102-01 September 6, 2013 Betrayal in “Gorilla, My Love” In the short story “Gorilla, My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara a young girl named Hazel feels betrayed by adults who do not treat children with respect and honesty. In the story Hazel is riding in the car with Granddaddy Vale, Hunca Bubba, and her little brother, Baby Jason. Bubba believes he has started a new chapter in his life, so he wants his family to refer to him as Jefferson Winston Vale. He shows them a picture of his girlfriend. Seeing that picture triggered a memory of when she went to the movies to see Gorilla, My Love. Seeing that picture of Bubba’s girlfriend reminded her of how betrayed she felt from the movie. Bambara shows that Children’s exact understanding of the truth shows their childishness, as adults often find white lies essential to avoid hurt feelings, causing a sense of betrayal in the children’s minds. Hazel feels that betrayal can come from adults in the society. When Hazel went to the movies to see the film Gorilla, My Love she became disappointed when she found out the movie was not what she expected. She said, “So the movie come on and right away it's this churchy music and clearly not about no gorilla. Bout Jesus.” She felt betrayed as if the theatre betrayed her and lied to her. She thought the movie was going to actually be about gorillas, so Hazel didn’t expect it to be a religious movie. Hazel, thinking she is always right, went back to the ticket...
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...Bubba was one of the many men he met during his time overseas. Bubba and Forrest became very good friends. This is where their relationship strengthened the most. Bubba passed away overseas which crushed Forrest. Forrest went back searching for Bubba. Bubba did explain to Forrest how he had a shrimping boat for his family. Later Forrest traveled back to complete Bubba journey and was very successful. After becoming very wealthy he shared Bubbas share of the money with his family. That action he showed is another example of how you can show love without being sharp. While Forrest was on the shrimping boat he had a long-time friend with him, Lieutenant Dan. Lt. Dan was saved by Forrest during the war and because of the damages he was unable to save from the knee down on both of his legs. Lt. Dan was, at first very annoyed with Forrest about him being brave and saving his life. Forrest did not have to go back and risk his life for all the men that he did save. Forrest...
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...Forrest Gump is a great story. The book Forest Gump is about a man who is a little slow mentally, but is still a very ambitious and well driven. Forest Gump's life is very eventful, some of his success comes from his mental handicap. He was bullied and he was running away from the bullies and broke his leg braces, but he just kept running and running and that plays a bigger role throughout the story. First Forest Gump was running through a football teams practice and the coach gave Forest gump a scholarship to play football for them. Once Forest Gump finished college a military recruiter greeted him and handed him a pamphlet. He enlisted and went to the Vietnam war. He gained various medals of honor. He had a best friend in the military...
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...Before being drafted, Forrest had never been formally taught how to fight in combat yet surprisingly he excels over all his peers in this area. For example, there is a scene where Forrest finishes assembling his gun far quicker than anyone else. Including this time into the movie really made it into such a classic mainly because it shows the hardship and loss of fighting and very clearly depicts the strong bond that most of the men have together when being so far away from home and really only having each other. Forrest met his best friend Bubba in war and throughout this hard time in their lives they used each other for support. Bubba and Forrest planned on after the war was over going and creating a shrimping company together. But unfortunately Bubba ends up dying in a battle and Forrest has to deal with his first real death of someone who he cares for. He later goes on to keep his word and creates a very successful shrimping Company called “Bubba Gump Shrimp”. Moving onto The Hippie years. The director used the character Forrest to show this time period by having him associate with Jenny. Forrest never really changes his appearance throughout the movie so whenever it talks about Jenny or shows her life, the audience can see the world’s appearance changing. There are many scenes which show Jenny involved in the not so great side of this time period, for instance, the drugs and constant partying. It is clear that she is a very vulnerable person given her history growing up and with...
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...person. Success is not measured in the person’s background, it is in their capability whether they are willing to take the risk and go beyond their own limits. Forrest is a person, who did not expect great things will happen in his life, but time sure will fly and soon, change will come to him. Forrest Gump became a part of the military, and throughout his combat in the Vietnam War, there wasn’t a time when he wasn’t thinking about Jenny. He even followed what Jenny told him, that he should just run and run. Forrest did not forget what Jenny thought him, so he did his best and helped everyone as possible. But tragically, he wasn’t able to save Bubba; his only friend in the military. That hit my heart as they talked normally to each other as Bubba was about to die. Forrest later on became a shrimp boat captain due to his promise to Bubba, along with lieutenant Dan; whom he rescued back then at the war. His company became successful that the both of them became billionaires. It was a happy day for both of them…but then, Forrest heard bad news that his mother has an illness. So he swam right back to the surface and went home to see his mom. He saw his mom in her bed waiting for him. Her mother told her some kind words, about...
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...Hazel is told by her father “My word is my bond” which confuses hazel because she is not too sure what to believe she thinks that adults use that as an excuse for kids to believe them but there actions are totally opposite from the promise that was given to her. Hazel takes everything she is told seriously she does not joke around and hope that everyone around her is as honorable to her as she is to them. Hazels hopes that adults can say what they mean and mean what they say and hopefully everyone can abide by that rule. Hazel realizes that adults who should have their children’s best interest at heart cannot be trusted to tell the truth when children are involved. Hazel biggest betray becomes her ultimate disappointment when her Hunca Bubba decides to change his name and marry another...
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...At the end of the story in Gorilla, My Love, Hazel tells Hunca Bubba that he was supposed to wait for her to be older and they were going to get married. The site that Hazel sees from Hunca Bubba is “Just look at me real strange like he never saw me before in life.” At this time, they are going different directions in life, one person wants something while the other does not or has other expectations. In A&P, when Sammy quits his job he goes out the door into the sunny summer day. The thought of having to start a new chapter in his life soon hits him “My stomach fell as I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter.” This is Sammy’s first big adult decision leaving his only job and he is now alone in the world, knowing he is going to make his own adult choices from now...
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