...One of the most prominent issues being discussed in postmodern literature is the concept of self-identity. Many of the texts in this genre feature characters that are on a quest of self-discovery. Two such examples of this are Haruki Murakami's Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and Paul Auster’s memoir, The Invention of Solitude. Both of these texts explore the meaning of self, but address the issue in different ways. Murakami’s novel suggests that solipsism gives rise to the loss of identity, while Auster argues the opposite, suggesting that within the confines of enclosure, the individual discovers his/her identity. This article will entail a discussion of Murakami’s text, and the second installment will entail Auster’s memoir. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World thrives on the idea that individuality does exist, but attaining a sense of self in this novel is a difficult goal that most people never achieve. This is largely because objects and possessions replace the self and the characters become synonymous not with personality traits, but with physical objects. The narrator in this novel is a nameless, faceless person, and Murakami ensures that readers get minimal physical description of all the characters in the text. The narrator describes people by the objects they possess, and tries to define people through these objects. For example, the granddaughter is known as “the everything pink girl” because she wears only pink clothes (164). Her attire...
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...in Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Since the Age of Enlightenment, the ideas of identity and consciousness have been explored by philosophers, psychologists, writers, and more. Since then, the definition of what identity is has changed and evolved, leaving the true, overarching definition unknown. In his novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Japanese author Haruki Murakami explores the ideas of identity and the consciousness through ideas brought up by postmodernist philosophers and psychologists such as Karl Marx, C.G. Jung, and Sigmund Freud and uses them to create characterization, themes, plot, and symbolism. An important point many notice when reading this book is that the plot is split into two plot lines: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World. Wonderland is set in a modern-esque Tokyo, where the narrator is a Calcutec - a data manager that shuffles data in his head. In this arc, the story revolves around the job the narrator is doing for an old man known simply as the Professor. The other story arc, The End of the World, revolves around a narrator known as the Dreamreader. He is trapped in a walled-in town, where he is told his shadow must be removed and that he cannot leave. He is then made to read dreams from the skulls of unicorns, which live outside the town wall. While the story arcs seem to not connect to each other, the narrator in Wonderland finds out that The End of the World is actually a mental...
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...Hard Work Is Key To Success Life is full of twistS and turns .Everyone has to struggle here in this world to overcome every obstacle in the way to success.For this hard work is necessary. Without working hard and just by sitting idle it will be hard for one to get success. Since from childhood and till now I always remember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOU havE to work hard, The result of hard work is always fruitful,so YOU have to work hard". I want to give exampleS from my experience today whatever I am its only becAUSE of hard work. For a guy from A lower class family it is almost impossible to GRADUATE in engineering BY FINANCING YOURSELF. It's only becAUSE of the regular hard work I got A scholarship to do BTECh.I don't believe in luck since luck is never my LOT. Today's world is a competitive world. Everyone here wants to be famous and wantS success in his life. Whether he may be A successful boxer, Hard Work Is Key To Success Life is full of twistS and turns .Everyone has to struggle here in this world to overcome every obstacle in the way to success.For this hard work is necessary. Without working hard and just by sitting idle it will be hard for one to get success. Since from childhood and till now I always remember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOU havE to work hard, The result of hard work is always fruitful,so YOU have to work hard"...
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...Life is full of twists and turns .Everyone has to struggle here in this world to overcome every obstacle in the way to success.For this hard work is necessary. Without working hard and just by sitting idle it will be hard for one to get success. Since from childhood and till now I always remember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOU havE to work hard, The result of hard work is always fruitful,so YOU have to work hard". I want to give exampleS from my experience today whatever I am its only becAUSE of hard work. For a guy from A lower class family it is almost impossible to GRADUATE in enginneering BY FINANCING YOURSELF. It's only becAUSE of the regular hard work I got A scholarship to do BTECh.I don't believe in luck since luck is never my LOT. Today's world is a competItive world. Everyone here wants to be famous and wantS success in his life. Whether he may be A successful boxer, sportman, actor or writer his present positiOn is only due to hard work.Let's take an example FROM people who win gold medalS in THE OLYMPIC Games ,novel??? prize in differENT fields of knowledge is only because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with it .Just by watching television and siTTing idle if YOU are saying that can bend down success in your knee means YOU are wrong. YeS perhaps YOU HAVE got success sometimes becAUSE of your luck but it is not true always .Saying that I am A lucky person success automatically comes ....these...
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...Sudhanshu Kumar e-mail:sk4724@students.poly.edu MG 6303-Operations Management CASE#1 Chapter#2 “Hard Rock Café’s Global Strategy” Q1. Identify the strategy changes that have taken place at Hard Rock Café since its founding in 1971? Ans. Hard Rock Café has been serving food and rock music with enthusiasm since the opening of its first café in London in 1971.The strategy changes that have taken place are as follows: 1. Hard Rock introduced the concept of ‘experience economy’ to its café operations .The strategy was to incorporate a unique ‘experience’ into its operations which was similar to mass customization in manufacturing. 2. The experience concept provided a unique dining event that included a unique visual and sound experience which was not duplicated anywhere else in the world as the staff of Hard Rock café served customers with enthusiasm and showed passion for rock music. 3. Special consideration was given to the supply chain management for the restaurant and its accompanying retail store by introducing collectible merchandise of various artist such as Kurt Cobain, Jon Bon Jovi, and Green Day etc and sshowcasing its collection of rock and roll memorabilia. It also introduced location specific merchandise, such as tees, apparels and fashion merchandise which contributed to 48% of café sales. 4. Special preferences was given to menus for local taste and introducing new international food items into its menu by taking reviews from customers about...
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...the majority of our knowledge come from our senses proving that sensory knowledge is also factual * Science has argues that there is no evidence to determine the alternate universe (Realm of the Forms) * The Forms are not based in the physical world and cannot be used to teach us about the physical world Evaluation: Strengths… * Psychologists have shown that our brain filters sensory information, proving how unreliable it can be * Science and Plato both use logic and reasoning to explain the laws of nature and events within nature * Empirical knowledge can be flawed Weaknesses * Aristotle argues that knowledge comes from our senses * Psychologists state that the majority of our knowledge come from our senses proving that sensory knowledge is also factual * Science has argues that there is no evidence to determine the alternate universe (Realm of the Forms) * The Forms are not based in the physical world and cannot be used to teach us about the physical world CONTINUED Philosopher King: prisoner becomes the philosopher king and should now lead and educate society as they are in knowledge of all the true Forms Hard Return: represents the difficulties in seeing the true Forms when in the world of mistaken appearances Rejection: prisoners show philosophical ignorance as they reject the help and true knowledge from the Philosopher King CONTINUED Philosopher King: prisoner becomes the philosopher king and should now lead and educate society...
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...life? Then if you said yes dropping out is the answer. On a more serious note, high school failure rate is in all time high. According to dosomething.org, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the U.S. that is 7,000 students a day. High school dropout is an important issue teens face today, which can lead to a life of crime and as many consequences. Teens need to know the issues in the real world to value their education . High school’s all over the graduate 60% of their students which means 40% of kids will mostly struggle with money “ a high school dropout will earn $200,000 less than a high school over his lifetime and almost a million dollars less than a college graduate” says dosomething.org. All these kids won't know the...
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...Relating Hard and Soft Power Power is not black and white. Power is a shade of gray. What is power to one individual or state may not be considered power to another individual or state. Each international relations theory provides its own unique, largely ambiguous definition of power. Realism says that power is derived from military capabilities and to a lesser extent a state’s potential military abilities embodied in population size and economic resources available for conversion into military assets. (Shirk, “Realism” 2014) Liberalism and constructivism agree that while military and economic power are certainly important, a state’s economic power is not merely a mechanism to potentially strengthen military capacity but an influential factor that can be used to weaken an adversary. Likewise, a state’s international standing in well-established institutions like the World Trade Organization or the United Nations can greatly influence relations between states and should be considered a form of power. (Shirk, “Liberalism” 2014) Realism’s definition of power is more concerned with hard power, or a state’s ability to force another to behave in a manor it otherwise would not through military or economic means. Liberalism and constructivism’s definitions of power, though different, largely focus on soft power, or one state’s ability to convince another state that it wants what the first state wants too. (Shirk, “Power” 2014) Both kinds of power, hard and soft, do exist and...
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...World cities Lesson preparation sheets Topics and syllabus outline The global pattern: millionaire cities, mega cities and world cities. Economic development and change related to urbanisation. Contemporary urbanisation processes Urbanisation: characteristics, causes and effects. Suburbanisation: characteristics, causes and effects. Counter-urbanisation: characteristics, causes and effects. Re-urbanisation: characteristics, causes and effects. Planning and management issues. Contrasting case studies within countries at different levels of economic development to demonstrate the above. Urban decline and regeneration within urban areas Characteristics and causes of urban decline. Urban regeneration: gentrification, property-led regeneration schemes, partnership schemes between local and national governments and the private sector. Retailing and other services The decentralisation of retailing and other services – causes and impacts. One case study of an out-of-town centre retailing area. The redevelopment of urban centres – impacts and responses, including one case study of an urban centre that has undergone redevelopment. Contemporary sustainability issues in urban areas Waste management: recycling and its alternatives. Transport and its management: the development of integrated, efficient and sustainable systems. |Topic: World Cities - Economic development and change related to |Unit 3 –World Cities– Contemporary geographical issues ...
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...HARD ROCK CAFÉ : WHAT DISCRIMINATES THEM FROM COMPETITION RELATED TO OPERATIONS Many companies in the restaurant business have come and gone, however, Hard Rock Café remains strong and keeps its reputations all over the world. There are several reasons that have contributed to the success of Hard Rock Café. First of all, flexibility is important for Hard Rock Café’s success. They are flexible with design, food and entertainment of their restaurants based on the local market they serve. That means that they customize themselves in accordance with local customs and traditions and life style. Another strategy that Hard Rock Café has is that they focus on new experience economy. In other words, Hard Rock Café focuses more on selling experience than just food. Food is not excellent but good enough to satisfy the customers but the delivering food with exceptional entertainment and dining experience is important. Indeed, 70% of Hard Rock Café’s customers are travelers who want to have new experiences in the places to visit. Music is universal and it has no boundaries, everyone likes music. Hard Rock Café uses music to its business’ advantage. They sell Rock and Roll, Hard Rock experience along with serving their food.That’s why they attract tourists from all over the world. Hard Rock Café also makes big revenue from their merchandise sales. Hard Rock Café name is well recognized brand all over the world. They are not only selling their hat, t-shirt and jacket but also using them...
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...eternal human values. Further, they need acquaintance with different facets of human quest that has led to generation, creation, dissemination and evolution of knowledge resulting in better understanding of the forces of nature, the world around us, and the way civilizations evolve and march ahead. They must prepare themselves to chalk out their new goals of life they wish to pursue and the contributions they intend to make to society. The youths are to be taught to paint the vast canvas of life with ideas and activities that could help them visualize the future they are to create for themselves and their fellow men. They need to strive to know what is real and what is unreal. They could also be guided to appreciate that the search for truth is the ultimate goal that one realizes only after understanding the transitory nature of all that is constantly changing around every moment. An acquaintance with the history and heritage of India could give them a feeling of continuity and motivate them to assume responsibility to take the lineage ahead. Above all, cultural moorings and scriptures may motivate and instil in them a sense of possession of the sublime, goodness and beauty, which they need to assimilate and internalize. The world is continuously on the march. The 21st century represents a transition from ‘information society’ to the ‘knowledge society’. Knowledge alone can transform even a slack and lethargic society to join others in dynamic endeavours for progress...
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...Restaurants[edit] Hard Rock Cafe located onBroadway in the heart of Times Square The first Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) opened on 14 June 1971, in Piccadilly, London, under the ownership of young Americans Peter Morton and Isaac Tigrett. Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor but it later started to display memorabilia. Hard Rock has amassed one of the largest collections of rock and roll memorabilia in the world. The chain began to expand worldwide in 1982 with locations in (among others) Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris and Berlin.[4] Hard Rock Cafe locations in the United States vary from smaller, more tourist driven markets (Biloxi, Pigeon Forge, Key West, etc.) to large metropolises (Houston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, etc.). Hard Rock Cafe typically does not franchise cafe locations in the United States. All US cafes are corporate owned and operated, except for cafes in Tampa and Four Winds New Buffalo casino.[5] However, in the transition of the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel property originally owned and then later sold to Rank by founder Peter Morton, Peter retained hotel naming rights West of the Mississippi. When Peter Morton sold his Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel to the Morgans Group, he also sold those naming rights, which then gave rise to two U.S. franchise Hotels (without cafes) in Albuquerque and Tulsa. The Albuquerque hotel no longer pays for the Hard Rock rights and reverted to its former name in June 2013. More hotels franchised...
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...self-made; instead, he says they “are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot.” Gladwell defines an outlier as a person out of the ordinary “who doesn't fit into our normal understanding of achievement.” According to Gladwell, great men and women are made from having success with ability, opportunities to become successful with 10,000 of practice, IQ not being the only thing needed, and that everything comes down to generation, family history, and demographics of society. Gladwell is able to support them and give great examples on how things work out with a person’s life. “The Matthew Effect” examines opportunity as a function of timing. Canadian hockey players born closer to the magic birthday of January 1 reap advantages that compound over time. Computer programmers Bill Joy and Bill Gates, both born in the 1950s, have taken advantage of the relative-age effect to become industry giants in the 1980s. Gladwell claims that Mozart and the Beatles are not so much innate musical prodigies but grinders who thrived only after 10,000 hours of practice. Roughly, ten years is how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice and hard work. Both Bill Joy and Bill Gates had access to...
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...223E FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 1[1] Due Date: 3. 11. 2011 – until at 17.00 to Room B408[2] HARD ROCK CAFE: OPERATIONS MANEGEMENT IN SERVICE In its 39 years of existence, Hard Rock has grown from a modest London pub to a global power managing 129 cafes, 12 hotels/casinos, live music venues, a rock museum, and a huge annual Rockfest concert. This puts Hard Rock firmly in the service industry —a sector that employs over 75% of the people in the U.S. Hard Rock moved its world headquarters to Orlando, Florida, in 1988 and has expanded to more than 40 locations throughout the U.S., serving over 100,000 meals each day. Hard Rock chefs are modifying the menu from classic American—burgers and chicken wings—to include higher-end items such as stuffed veal chops and lobster tails. Just as taste in music changes over time, so does the Hard Rock Cafe, with new menus, layouts memorabilia, services, and strategies. At Orlando’s Universal Studios, a traditional tourist destination, Hard Rock Cafe serves over 3,500 meals each day. The cafe employs about 400 people. Most are employed in the restaurant, but some work in the retail shop. Retail is now a standard and increasingly prominent feature in Hard Rock Cafes (since close to 48% of revenue comes from this source). Cafe employees include kitchen and wait staff, hostesses, and bartenders. Hard Rock employees are not only competent in their job skills; they are also passionate about music and have engaging personalities...
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...223E FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY 1[1] Due Date: 3. 11. 2011 – until at 17.00 to Room B408[2] HARD ROCK CAFE: OPERATIONS MANEGEMENT IN SERVICE In its 39 years of existence, Hard Rock has grown from a modest London pub to a global power managing 129 cafes, 12 hotels/casinos, live music venues, a rock museum, and a huge annual Rockfest concert. This puts Hard Rock firmly in the service industry —a sector that employs over 75% of the people in the U.S. Hard Rock moved its world headquarters to Orlando, Florida, in 1988 and has expanded to more than 40 locations throughout the U.S., serving over 100,000 meals each day. Hard Rock chefs are modifying the menu from classic American—burgers and chicken wings—to include higher-end items such as stuffed veal chops and lobster tails. Just as taste in music changes over time, so does the Hard Rock Cafe, with new menus, layouts memorabilia, services, and strategies. At Orlando’s Universal Studios, a traditional tourist destination, Hard Rock Cafe serves over 3,500 meals each day. The cafe employs about 400 people. Most are employed in the restaurant, but some work in the retail shop. Retail is now a standard and increasingly prominent feature in Hard Rock Cafes (since close to 48% of revenue comes from this source). Cafe employees include kitchen and wait staff, hostesses, and bartenders. Hard Rock employees are not only competent in their job skills; they are also passionate about music and have engaging personalities...
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