...going off to university by yourself everyone had that feeling of loneliness before. Isolation is not a feeling that you forget; it's nearly impossible to forget looking around and realizing that there is no one else around to help you. Both stories, High Noon and "The Most Dangerous Game", have the theme of isolation, but they depict them a bit differently. The setting of both stories support the theme in one way or another, but the ways that the two protagonists are isolated is very different. The people they are surrounded by are also different. However, none of them are willing to help him so he is alone in the sense that he is helpless....
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...called General Zarroff. This game is the last game you would want to play. The rules are; You have three days to survive on the island with food, and a knife, and no going out of bounds! However, General Zarroff is an excellent hunter and thinker, he has never lost his game. This story is very much alike to the movie High Noon which takes place in the old west. Will Kane also known as the marshall got married to his quaker wife, Amy. On this day Will decides to retire from being marshall and move somewhere new with Amy. However, he is told Frank Miller, the man he put into jail is coming back to get revenge. Will has till noon to decide whether he wants to...
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...Percy Bysshe Shelley Axel D. Gonzalez Ms. Bowcock English III 18 May 2012 I. Thesis Based on the Romantic time period as well as the poet’s own life, Percy Bysshe Shelley composed “The night” which displays themes of II. Time Period a. Romantic b. 1770’s c. III. Biography a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. September 4, 1792-July 8, 1822 c. IV. Analysis (example # 1) a. To Night To Night Swiftly walk o'er the western wave, Spirit of Night! Out of the misty eastern cave, Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear, Which make thee terrible and dear,— Swift be thy flight! Wrap thy form in a mantle gray, Star-inwrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day; Kiss her until she be wearied out, Then wander o'er city, and sea, and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand— Come, long-sought! When I arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon lay heavy on flower and tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest. I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle near thy side? Wouldst thou me?—And I replied, No, not thee! Death...
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...about a very popular movie made in the 1950s that is called High Noon? Both are about survival. Both are about isolation. Both put the characters to the ultimate test. However, there are differences. Something about the character that puts him out from the rest. What are those things that make characters alike or different? What about the setting, or the theme. What makes the story. Lets hope we find out. Lets start with the setting. What are some of the similarities that are evident the stories. For one thing, both settings are very remote, and very isolated."He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea. He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly, must take place within that frame"(Connell 11). This quote shows that Rainsford, one of the main characters, is on very limited space. "Pierce and Colby are staring down the gleaming...
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...High Noon’s Political Ideology It is now lucid that the classic cinematic High Noon, written by Carl Foreman, was intended to underscore the popular political culture of the Cold War. Will Kane, the protagonist, had an issue that mirrored the predicament of American citizens were compelled to testify before The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The provoking screenplay consisted of themes that directly linked to certain political aspects of the Cold War. Such themes were the characters themselves, the threatening of individual liberty, and the fear that deeply encompassed the characters. The characters in High Moon are a theme due to the fact that they depict real aspects that were profoundly evolved in the bitter years of the Cold War. For instance, Will Kane represented the righteous man who was willing to stand up to transgressors. In this sense, Kane depicted the role of United States during the Cold War. The United States primary enemy during the Cold War was communism, no matter who pursued it. Kane did all that he could in order to defeat Miller and his gang. Consequently, it could be reasonably deducted that the gang in this case represents communism. Also, given the previous roles assigned, the townspeople of Hadleyville play the role of the United Nations that is too coward to take action against the evils of communism. So basically, the townspeople abandon Kane on his journey to defeat the gang is the same ideology as the UN refused demolish communism...
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...needs. After you have checked in with me and received a reply from me with your syllabus and course information I will communicate to you via SJC student e-mail. Here is the link on how to set up, check and use your new e-mail address. Read it and let me know if you have any questions. http://www.sjcd.edu/email.html Section 2 – Information about the American History course. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil, and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal...
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...current strategy regarding senior citizens. * Does this strategy improve this McDonald’s image? * What should she do about the senior citizen market – that is, should she encourage, ignore, or discourage her seniors? * What should she do about the bingo idea? Explain. Evaluate Lisa Aham’s current strategy regarding senior citizens. Key themes of the current strategy are * Monthly breakfast special for seniors leading to increased number of older customers, turning them into regular patrons. * Employees are super friendly to seniors and have developed close relationships with them. * While McDonald’s is a fast food restaurant, growing customer base is ‘non fast food’ clientele. SWOT Analysis Strengths * Increase in customer base because of the special breakfast offer for seniors. * Customer Loyalty - senior customers have become regular patrons. * Great customer relationships - friendly employees. * In sync with McDonald's corporate philosophy to be friendly and to give back to the communities it serves. * Most senior customers come during the morning slow hours and leave before the noon crowd comes in. * Senior customers are friendly and clean up after themselves before they leave. Weaknesses * Senior customers spend similar to an average customer but use facilities for much longer. * While McDonald's is positioned as a fast food restaurant, the senior customer segment behaves differently and lingers on like at a European...
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... but it can’t give a hint to the idea without the topic sentence that in my view can be said like: “And there on his hand was the smile”. And the message of the story lies in the words of a man from the story that people with a heart, imagination and a soul for pretty things can save the beauty and the civilization. The metaphoric exposition and the plot bring the reader’s mind to work on the problem raised, as everyone can find there the issue that he is personally concerned with: some may think that the story is about the future of the world, some would declare the mob psychology effects, others will think about the problem of choice in people’s life or the ideas of happiness, - these are all can be considered as the story’s major themes. Any of the ideas may be supported by the conflict when named and as for me there is a complex conflict that from the external point depicts the person (a boy – Tom) versus the mob. The second variant of the external conflict I’d work out as more general one: people within the civilization and out of it. The internal conflict goes around the boy being of two minds: to follow the others or to listen to his feelings and aspiration. So, the author tells the story in the third person and just takes a step back to make us interpret the things on our own. He plausibly creates the picture of the atmosphere but leaves the room for the reader’s imagination to create the details of the decorations at the same time. All the settings can be rendered...
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...FICTION ESSAY Robert Martinez ENGL 102-D14 April 7, 2014 By reading Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Graham Greene’s “The Destructors,” the reader is transported into two different stories where the characters are affected by their surroundings or society in a negative and horrific fashion. The authors paint a clear picture as to how society (the way it was, it is or could be), easily and harshly affects the people that live in it. They are marked, impacted and forever affected by what has taken place around them, and their character and attitude towards everyday life is created by the very circumstances they find themselves. The setting, tone, and overall theme, found in these two short stories expose the reader to these unfortunate transitions of attitudes (or lack thereof) over generations. The setting of Graham’s “The Destructors” takes place in a war torn England at the end of World War II, “on the eve of August Bank Holiday.” A group or “gang” of young boys meet in an impromptu car park. They are known as the Wormsley Common Gang and are led by their new gang leader “T”. Mr. Thomas’ (or Old Misery as the gang calls him) house is the focus of the gang’s disapproval of anything valuable in their society. Their mind can only fathom destruction, ruin and rubble and so to save Mr. Thomas from his “misery” they make plans to destroy anything that is beautiful, starting with his house. Unlike their parents, who perhaps had the opportunity to experience the beauty of...
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...maintain that work technology has an important impact on the level of job satisfaction or dissatisfaction of industrial workers in their workplace behaviour. Many people become alienated by doing their repetitive as well as boring job. An oversimplifying example of alienation is when worker attaches tires onto a car in a auto manufacturing plant. This essay will examine Karl Marx's contribution on alienation as well as contribution of Robert Blauner. Initially, Karl Marx claimed that alienation exists whenever and wherever there is Capitalism(Kennett, 2004). Marx maintains that alienation is interior part of the capitalist labour process, and that is why he considers that alienation is an objective state where all workers find themselves(Noon, 2007). He argues that there are four manifestations of alienation under industrial capitalism. The first manifestation is “product alienation”, it occurs when workers see themselves as a product which is owned by the employer or a worker is alienated from the product of his or her labour. A second manifestation is “activity alienation”, it takes place when the work activity itself is alienating because it is unconscious and worker can not develop his creative potential, in other words it is “forced labour”. A third manifestation is “species alienation” ,it can be...
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...USPS Case Analysis Problem Statement USPS was meeting to review the results of a tracking study that traced the effects of the “Products and Services” campaign on consumer attitudes toward USPS. The key issue is if the “Products and Services” theme and music would contribute to the 1989 Express Mail advertising campaign’s success. USPS also needs to address the general public’s perception of their reliability. Situational Analysis Company: USPS Strengths – access to entire network of mail distribution Weaknesses – consumers thought that USPS was unreliable, no volume discounts Product – Overnight Delivery Service (ONDS), guaranteed morning delivery, drop ship and reship service, weekend/holiday delivery at no extra charge, delivery to post office boxes Price - 8 oz letter costs $8.75, on call pick up for incremental charge of $4 per stop Promotion – 1988 advertising cost $5.5million Competition | Fed Ex | UPS | Emery-Purolator | Airborne | Product | Overnight Delivery Service (ONDS), warehousing and inventory management in conjunction with expedited delivery | Overnight Delivery Service (ONDS), package tracking, guaranteed deliver, morning deliver | Air and ground delivery service | Overnight Delivery Service (ONDS), | Price | 8oz letter cost $10.50, Volume discounts to secure large share of business accounts, $3 drop off discount | 8 oz letter costs $8.50, No discount for volume shippers | unknown | ODNS rate for the government: $5 for the first pound...
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...and wealth. Thus, he shall not only maintain his servants, but also increase their subsistence and wages in consideration of their learning and work." Kautilya said that good governance and financial stability go hand in hand. According to him, there is stability if rulers (managers) are responsive, responsible, accountable, removable, and recallable, otherwise there would be instability. Clearly Kautilya's Arthashastra provides many valuable lessons to be learned by the present day rulers, managers and administrators. What is surprising is that what he taught about 2,400 years ago is equally, if not more relevant, even today. His vision and farsightedness, revealed in his text, is a precious gift to mangers and management education. Themes Roger Boesche describes the Arthaśāstra as "a book of political realism, a book analysing how the political world does work and not very often stating how it ought to work, a book that frequently discloses to a king what calculating and sometimes brutal measures he must carry out to preserve the state and the common good."[14] Centrally, Arthaśāstra argues for an autocracy managing an efficient and solid economy. It discusses the ethics of economics and the duties and obligations of a king.[15] The scope of Arthaśāstra is, however, far wider...
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...E.M.A. Universität Greifswald Proseminar Theme: Sinclair Ross’ short storie “The Lamp at Noon” Thesis: The natural phenomenons in the short stories can not only be seen as antagonist but also as protagonist Katharina Joachim English/History LA GYM 4th semester Contents 1. Introduction 2. Nature phenomenon and its influence in “A lamp at Noon” p. p. 2.1. The influence on the relationship between Ellen and Paul p. 2.2. The problems for the baby and its relationships to its parents 2.3. Ross describtions of the nature phenomenons 3. Conclusion 4. Bibliography p. p. p. p. 2 1. Introduction In my term paper I want to discuss if the nature phenomenons in the short story “A Lamp at Noon” written by Sinclair Ross (1908-1996) have such a loom large that they can be seen as a protagonist. During my research I found the statement: (D)ie enge Verbindung von Mensch und natürlicher Umwelt, welche in ihren extremen klimatischen Verhältnissen [...] immer wieder übermächtig und indifferent grausam gegenüber den ums […] Überleben kämpfende Farmersleuten, ja beinahe als >Protagonist< erscheint. (Gross 158) I found that point of view very interessting and that is way I will discuss this theses. A protagonist is “the main character in a play, film/movie or book [...]” (Wehmeier) Even though the nature phenomenons can’t be the protagonist as such because they are not represented by a character, they have an important situation in the short story. Obvious is that the...
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...For our written assignment 1 - I chose one in which I’m familiar with, Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW). BWW is a family restaurant and bar that caters to all walks of life. You have the family of 4 that likes a Friday night out or you and a couple of your buddies meet on Sunday for some drinks and watch the game. BWW is the type of business that works at providing the ultimate social experience for people and their families or friends and co-workers. One main part of their strategic mission is to provide a sports theme atmosphere to the public and when you walk into a BWW the first thing you see is all the TVs and you can watch about any type of sporting activity at any time of the day. At BWW I see a business that has done a lot of research into marketing their goods and services to the public. One item being is their advertising strategy for marketing to all sports for high school, college and professional teams on National TV. This alone draws people into their restaurants and it is not just to watch the game but to offer them good food also. Offering new menu items throughout the year is something that I believe restaurants have to do to keep their competitive edge on their competition who are also changing. Operations must always be asking questions whether it is in a questionnaire or face to face with customers rather than trying to guess what should they do next to improve customer’s satisfaction? How many times the question has come up for my family on where should we...
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...Elemental Geosystems, 5e (Christopherson) Chapter 1 Foundations of Geography 1) Geography is described as A) an Earth science. B) a human science. C) a physical science. D) a spatial science. Answer: D 2) The word spatial refers to A) the nature and character of physical space. B) items that relate specifically to society. C) things that are unique and special. D) eras of time. Answer: A 3) A principal methodology governing geographic inquiry A) is behavioral analysis. B) involves spatial analysis. C) uses chronological organization. D) is field work. Answer: B 4) Which of the following best describes the current emphasis in the field of physical geography? A) understanding soil development B) modeling economic interrelationships among countries C) studying weather D) understanding how Earth's systems interact to produce natural phenomena Answer: D 5) Which of the following most accurately characterizes the goal of geography? A) the production of maps B) memorization of the names of places on world and regional maps C) memorization of the imports and exports of a country D) understanding why a place has the characteristics that it does Answer: D 6) Which of the following terms...
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