...Rojano Mr. Belasco AP Literature 17 September 2015 Three Girls Plot Analysis The plot in “Three Girls” was very misleading. The narrator told a story of her and her friend’s encounter with Marilyn Monroe. What the story was really about, was the narrator's first kiss with her friend. This twist ending was an eye opener for the rest of the passage, as hidden clues became obvious signs. There were many clue pointing towards the twist ending that were identified after the plot had developed. We were lead to believe that it was story about how they have encountered Marilyn Monroe in their favorite bookstore. The significance of Marilyn to the real plot was that she was something that the two girls could bond over. Marilyn was their “thing” and they did not not want anyone else in on it. Scattered along the path of stalking and helping Marilyn, the narrator speaks affectionately about her friend. She comments on her body shape and monkey nimbleness which before seemed like meaningless comments. There were other clues like the use of “enchanted” several times to properly set the mood for the story. The way the plot and ending came together helped understand these clues. The surprise ending in “Three Girls” tied the entire passage together. It helped me understand that the story was one of a first kiss. The flashback transformed from a celebrity encounter to a romantic experience. It was a cute memory but it made sense of the “persevering author and married with kids” line. It revealed...
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...The Gift of the Magi Themes Love "Gift of the Magi" is the story of a poor, young couple whose love for each other is the most important thing in their lives. Such is their love that they're led to sacrifice their most valuable possessions to find Christmas gifts for each other. The warm home they make together contrasts with the drabness of their poverty and the dreary world outside. Their love seems to know no bounds, though Della (the wife) worries about how her sacrifice will affect her husband because of how it affects her looks. If ever there were a story with the message that all you need to be happy is love, this is it. Sacrifice The two main characters in "Gift of the Magi" are a husband and wife who give up their most precious possessions to be able to afford gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. The story seems to be all about sacrifice. We watch Della go through the process of deciding to make the sacrifice and going through with it, only to discover that her husband has made the same sacrifice. The story's narrator assures us that in their willingness to give up all they have, they have proven themselves the wisest of all gift-givers. It might remain unclear, though, exactly what their sacrifice has accomplished, or how it has affected them. Wealth In many ways, "Gift of the Magi" is a story about what it means for something to be valuable. Does something's value lie in how much money it is worth? Or are other things more valuable than money? The main characters...
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...meet each other due to the author says they only meet two to four times a month. Both stories are similarities and differences. First I want to talk about the of the similarities both stories are talking about love. Both the narrators suffer through some issues. all his life he have been a criminal and they are abuse each other verbally and physically like Aurora break everything the author own, yell at him like it might change something, slam the door on my fingers (Diaz page 52). But then they have happy endings he says "but right then, in that apartment, we seem like we were normal folks. Like maybe everything was fine." (Diaz, page 65) he could feel peace in the apartment with Aurora like a normal couples. In Karla Suarez of "Eye of the Night" The narrator said "I didn't need him any longer, so I could close my eyes and, smile, and sleep." (Suarez, page 14) from At the end of the story she was free from Jorge, who was only used her for sex. This the happy ending in the stories because she does not feel like a puppet anymore. And Suarez said "One night the miracle happened. My neighbor switched on the light, followed by a new woman. She came in, tossed her purse down and walked around the room looking at everything, making comments that didn't reach my ears." . Thanks to her neighbor that she does not have to suffer anymore. I think her surrounding also...
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...the assignment I will be interpreting the table below comparing the industry profit. | Mainwaring Engineering year ending march 2011 | Mainwaring Engineering year ending march 2012 | Industry averages of year march 2012 | Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 8% | 8% | Gross profit percentage | 48% | 44% | 40% | Net profit percentage | 76% | 4% | 75% | Stock turnover | 92 days | 4 days | 90 days | Debtor collection period | 58 days | 60 days | 55 days | Current ratio | 2.6:1 | 2.4:1 | 2.5:1 | Acid test | 1.5:1 | 1.3:1 | 1.4:1 | Return on capital employed (ROCE) To be able to work out the return on capital employed I had to calculate the net profit before tax / Capital profit * 100 and it will give you, your answer. Net profit before interest and taxCaptial employed ×100 Mainwaring engineering year ending March 2012 the Return on capital employed was 8% 69850×100 Mainwaring Engineering is going to be interested to see how well a company uses its capital employed as well as seeing the company’s long-term financing plans. Mainwaring Engineering returns should always be high than the rate at which they are borrowing to fund the assets. If Mainwaring Engineering borrow at 10% and can only aim to return 5%, they are going to be losing money. The return on capital employed in the ending of March 2011 was 7.8% and the Industry averages of year march 2012 was 8% and the company achieved 8% in the ending of March 2012 which means they have made an improvement...
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...|[pic] | |ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET | | | |Electronic or manual submission | | | | | |UNIT |NAME OF STUDENT (PRINT CLEARLY) |STUDENT ID. NO. | |Code: ACC1100D |SHamithri Ratanyake and Janani Jisangar |RASHD142 | |name: Accounting | |jijab32 | | | | | | | | | | |FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME | | |NAME OF LECTURER (PRINT...
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...Dell Inc. Team A ACC362 – Financial Accounting I June 2, 2009 a. What were the company’s total current assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? The total current assets for Dell Inc.’s most recent annual reporting period are $20,151 million for period ending January 30, 2009. The contributions for the total current assets are cash at $8,352 million with the highest amount listed, other accounts are short-term investments, accounts receivable, financing receivables, inventories all are net totals. The last asset listed is other asset at $3,749 million. b. What were the company’s total current assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period? The total current assets for Dell Inc.’s previous annual reporting period are $19,880 million for period ending February 1, 2008. The increase in total current assets from year ending 2008 to the current reporting period of January 30, 2009 is $271 million. The largest swing in current assets was accounts receivable. The total decreased from $5,961 million to $4,731 million, a decrease of $1,230 million. The lowest swing was the financing receivable asset from $1,732 million to $1,712 million. This was a decrease of $20 million. c. Are the assets included under the company’s current assets listed in the proper order? Explain. Dell Inc. lists their assets in the order of liquidity. Their balance sheet lists cash first, then short-term investments, accounts receivable, financing...
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...In poetry, something as simple and small as a spider sitting on a flower can bring about the deepest life questions. This is exactly the case in “Design,” one of Robert Frost’s most renowned poems that he wrote in 1922. In Robert Frost’s “Design,” Frost utilizes juxtaposition though natural similes and rhetorical questions to parallel the poem’s structure of comparing the white spider on the heal-all to evil and corruption in the world. Just as Robert Frost’s “Design” evolves in comparing the white spider on the heal-all flower to deep philosophical questions, similes throughout the first eight stanzas create a major contrast between the flower and the spider. Throughout the poem, Frost utilizes similes such as “like a white piece of rigid satin cloth” (Frost 3) and “like the ingredients of a witch’s broth” (Frost 6) to completely contradict the destruction and hate of the killer spider to the goodness of the healing flower. In effect, Frost...
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...Seal-Tight Company Comparison Charts Kaplan University MT355-01: Marketing Research Chart 1: Net Sales Chart 1 is a line chart. Line charts are ideal for representing changes over a period of time using lines to connect the datat points (Icoachmath.com. 2014). Using a line chart, below is a representation of net sales for Seal-Tight Company that covers a span of five years. Dollar amounts representing the millions is listed on the left side of the chart staring at thirty million and ending on sixty million. Years are listed horizonally towards the bottom of the chart. The increase and decrease of net sales is streamlined in blue. Looking at the chart each year had an increase except for 2011 in which there was a decrese of two million dollars. Chart 2: Net Sales/Net Profits Comparison The next chart is representative of a bar chart or graph. According to Thomsonreuterslifesciences.com (n.d.), bar charts are used to condense “categorical data” using bars that are the same width, but differ in height which represent a different collection of data. Using a bar graph, Chart 2 represents a comparison of net sales versus net profits. Net sales is represented with a blue bar; while net profits is represented by an orange bar. Dollar amounts in millions are documented on the left side of the chart and years are horizontally listed on the bottom of the chart; again, showing a five year span. Chart 3: Expenses ...
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...Compare between ‘Her’ by Titis Basino and ‘The Picture’ by Nawal Al Saadawi Comparing the literary works just looks by the similarities and differences between the two or more literary works, In this case, I am going to comparing between two literary works, which is ‘Her’ by Titis Basino and ‘The Picture’ by Nawal Al Saadawi. ‘Her’ is a translated Indonesian short story written by Titis Basino. Titis Basino was born on January 17, 1939 in Magelang, Indonesia. She graduated from the University of Indonesia in 1962. While ‘The Picture, is a translated Arabic short story written by Nawal Al Saadawi. Nawal Al Saadawi was born on October 27, 1931 in Kafr Tahla, a small village outside Cairo. As we know that the social condition at that time makes women in low level and regard that women do not have valuable in humans being. from this condition both of the authors write a similar story about the authority of a man toward women, such as the authorities of husband toward his wife in ‘Her’ short story by Titis Basino and the authority of father toward his daughter in ‘The Picture’ short story by Nawal Al Saadawi. ‘Her’ tells about the strength of woman when her husband married again. It indicates that the men have an authority toward women, and in the story of ‘The Picture’ by Nawal Al saadawi also tells about men’s authority who does sexual abuse toward his servant, Nabawiyyah. Narjis is a young girl who feels disappointment to her father, she saw her father attitude to Nabawiyya...
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...PROBLEMS: SET C Calculate ending inventory cost of goods sold for four inventory methods (LO 3) P6-1C Giles Manufacturing uses a periodic inventory system and has the following transactions for the month of June 2012: |Date |Transactions |Units |Cost per Unit |Total Cost | |June 1 |Beginning inventory |17 |$240 | |$ 4,080 | |June 7 |Sale |12 | | | | |June 12 |Purchase |13 |230 | |2,990 | |June 15 |Sale |11 | | | | |June 24 |Purchase |14 |220 | |3,080 | |June 27 |Sale |15 | | | | |June 29 |Purchase |8 |210 | |1,680 | | | | | | |$11,830 | Required: 1. Calculate ending inventory and cost of goods sold at June 30, 2012, using the specific identification method. The June 7 sale consists of beginning...
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...Sheyu Shu 12 March 2016 PERF-215: Opera Written Response #1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose name inspires large number of people through the world. As one of the greatest composers, he has divers works that impact the whole music world. Don Giovanni and the Marriage of Figaro are the symbols of Mozart’s operas. The Marriage of Figaro is a humorous story that everyone in the castle has a happy ending at the end. However, Don Giovanni, one of the greatest operas in the world, is controversial since it first appeared. Some people think they have many commons, the others think they are totally different. In order to have a better understanding of these two famous operas, analyzing theirs similarities and difference will assist me to access Mozart’s opera world. As the opera productions of Mozart, it is obviously that both Don Giovanni and the Marriage of Figaro have several similarities. First of all, the count in the Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni are aristocrats, who uses their privileged position in classes and social to achieve sexual license in both features: in Figaro, the count is disloyal with his countess to convince Susanna to accompany him to a trip before her wedding; in Don Giovanni, the main character tries to control everyone, especially women he encounters, without fear and moral. Unfortunately, both female characters in these two feature reject the males’...
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...Jade Tate Broadford secondary college Jade Tate Broadford secondary college Year Ten English Romeo and Juliet Comparative Essay Year Ten English Romeo and Juliet Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, known for its tragic storyline. There are many interpretations of Romeo and Juliet, one of the most widely recognised being Baz Luhrmann’s version. In comparing the Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet to Luhrmann’s version there are many similarities and differences. These are in relation to many aspects of the play including; the setting, costume and props, sound and visual effects and the script itself. Baz Luhrmann has made these changes to the original play to help modern audiences understand ‘Romeo and Juliet. Setting is a key element in both the original and modern version. While the original Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy, the modernised version sets the film in Verona Beach, California. Despite having the same name, there is a substantial difference in the location of the sets. The depiction of what Mantua and the kind of location is another key difference in terms of the set. Shakespeare portrays Mantua as another city in his play where in Baz Luhrmann’s version Mantua is shown as an isolated barren location. This assists in making it clear as to why Romeo doesn’t want to go there, being an essential element in the modern version to indicate that banishment is worse than death rather than just moving to another city...
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...The open ending of the short story leaves readers in awe and wonder. In the movie, there is a solid resolution. The resolution was obvious from the beginning of the story. By the end of the movie, the audience definitely knows that Zaroff dies and Rainsford escapes the island with Eve. At the end of the short story, this decision is not clear. Which is great! Readers can make as many inferences as they want. In this situation, not knowing is true bliss! Many may argue that Zaroff’s death, Rainsford and Eve escaping gave the audience a satisfying ending. The resolution did give a satisfying ending. However, it was the most obvious ending and didn’t involve the audience as much as the short story did. Yet, it wasn’t a terrible option. It was the best option for the film, as it’d be weird to leave an audience on a cliffhanger without any intention of a sequel. When it comes down to comparing the short story and movie, the short story’s ending was perfect. Since the short story was able to keep a synergy of suspense through the entire plot that carried into the resolution, the cliffhanger was able to keep with that...
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...Stock Report Group: Gisella Sarmiento, Ksenia Zhrinova, Thushini Kariyawasam, Duyen On, Brenda Coroy Professor: Krista Karasuik Due Date: April 9, 2015 Table of Contents Portfolio 3 Portfolio as date of purchase of February 5th, 2015 3 Date of sale of portfolio as of April 2nd, 2015 3 Why we selected each stock 3 Financial ratios of each stock versus their competitors 5 BMO 5 Husky Energy 6 Rogers 7 BlackBerry 8 Google 9 Why each stock in the portfolio increased or decreased in price 10 BMO 10 Husky Energy 10 Rogers Communication 10 BlackBerry Limited 11 Google 11 Final value of each stock and compare to your original cost per share. Holding period return 11 BMO 11 Husky Energy 12 Rogers Communications Inc. 12 BlackBerry Ltd 13 Google 13 Weekly price table and a graph for each. 14 BMO 14 Husky Energy 14 Rogers Communications 14 Total return for group’s portfolio. 16 Bibliography 18 Portfolio Portfolio as date of purchase of February 5th, 2015 Company Name | Stock Symbol | # of Shares | Exchange Rate | Price | Price in CDN | Commission | Total Cost | Bank of Montreal | BMO.TO | 259 | 1 | $76.91 | $76.91 | $20.00 | $19,939.69 | Husky Energy | HSE.TO | 710 | 1 | $28.13 | $28.13 | $20.00 | $19,992.30 | Rogers Communication Ltd | RCI-B.TO | 444 | 1 | $45.00 | $45.00 | $20.00 | $20,000.00 | BlackBerry | BB.TO | 1595 | 1 | $12.52 | $12.52 | $20.00 | $19,989.40 | Google | GOOG.Q | 47 | 0.80 | $527.58 | $422.06 | $20.00 | $19,857.01 | | | | | |...
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...able to identify between the both which is superior to the other. Comparing the gross and net margins between the two companies, Linamar has a slightly higher margin in year end which is a good indicator that the company was in good financial standing in comparison to Magna Intl. In terms of ratios comparing both companies together Linamar with a 1.13 year end quick ratio and their current ratio was 1.72 which was significantly higher than Magna Intl as they had a quick ratio ending with 0.4 and a current ratio to 1.31. The current ratio is purpose is generally to give an awareness of the company's ability to pay back its liabilities using its assets. The difference between the numbers make it clear that Linamar did significantly better in terms of paying back their investors short term and long term. As we compare the long term debt to equity Magna Intl. was doing better than Linamar has their long term debt was less, meaning they paid for most of their ventures and expenses using their company assets. In terms of working capital Linamar had a significantly higher working capital as well which helps measure it’s short-term financial standing and makes the company’s efficiency clear. The inventory turnover rate between both companies shows that Magna Intl at a 11.5x and Linamar at a 9.17x, which shows that Magna Intl had effective and strong sales, while Linamar has excess inventory due to poor sales. Comparing all statistics, the 2014 year-end numbers have shown that Linamar...
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