...American Novel 26th June 2012 Analysis of major characters in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man: Brother Jack Brother Jack is our main contact with the Brotherhood and he is a mysterious character. He is a white man and he easily enters the narrator's life and offers him a ton of opportunities like money, a job, and the chance to represent his community. There are many strings attached to the benefits that the narrator accrues through working for the Brotherhood. Brother Jack demands that the narrator renounce his past, focus on the collective, and use abstract jargon and ideology in his speeches. Although he professes to be in favor of racial equality, when the Brotherhood shifts its aims, Brother Jack willingly sacrifices the Harlem community without thinking twice. His literal blindness is a metaphor for the flawed nature of his vision. Ellison uses Brother Jack to point out the failure of abstract ideologies to address the real plight of African Americans and other victims of oppression. At first, Jack seems kind, compassionate, intelligent, and helpful, a real boon to the struggling narrator, to whom he gives money, a job, and seemingly a way to help his people fight against prejudice. But as the story progresses, it becomes clear that the narrator is just as invisible to Jack as he is to everyone else. Jack sees him not as a person but as a tool for the advancement of the Brotherhood’s goals. It eventually becomes clear to the narrator that Jack shares the same racial prejudices...
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...boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appoints another boy, Jack, to be in charge of the boys who will hunt food for the entire group. Ralph, Jack, and another boy, Simon, set off on an expedition to explore the island. When they return, Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships. The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing sunlight through the lenses of Piggy’s eyeglasses. However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. A large swath of dead wood burns out of control, and one of the youngest boys in the group disappears, presumably having burned to death. At first, the boys enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games. Ralph, however, complains that they should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts for shelter. The hunters fail in their attempt to catch a wild pig, but their leader, Jack, becomes increasingly preoccupied with the act of hunting. When a ship passes by on the horizon one day, Ralph and Piggy notice, to their horror, that the signal fire—which had been the hunters’ responsibility to maintain—has burned out. Furious, Ralph accosts Jack, but...
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...Analysis of the Major Characters In Lord of the Flies by William Golding In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 140 Submitted by: Ryan Mark L. Catanio Submitted to: Prof. Donna Alna C. Cortez September 08, 2014 A. Author’s Biography William Golding Biography Author (1911–1993) a. Synopsis William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. b. Early Life William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster. William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.” After primary school, William went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University. His father hoped he would become...
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...Golding Analysis of Major Characters Themes, Motifs & Symbols Ralph Ralph is the athletic, charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies. Elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel, Ralph is the primary representative of order, civilization, and productive leadership in the novel. While most of the other boys initially are concerned with playing, having fun, and avoiding work, Ralph sets about building huts and thinking of ways to maximize their chances of being rescued. For this reason, Ralph’s power and influence over the other boys are secure at the beginning of the novel. However, as the group gradually succumbs to savage instincts over the course of the novel, Ralph’s position declines precipitously while Jack’s rises. Eventually, most of the boys except Piggy leave Ralph’s group for Jack’s, and Ralph is left alone to be hunted by Jack’s tribe. Ralph’s commitment to civilization and morality is strong, and his main wish is to be rescued and returned to the society of adults. In a sense, this strength gives Ralph a moral victory at the end of the novel, when he casts the Lord of the Flies to the ground and takes up the stake it is impaled on to defend himself against Jack’s hunters. In the earlier parts of the novel, Ralph is unable to understand why the other boys would give in to base instincts of bloodlust and barbarism. The sight of the hunters chanting and dancing is baffling and distasteful to him. As the novel progresses, however, Ralph, like Simon...
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...place leave them to the total opposite of democracy. Piggy and Ralph start to establish order after the plane crash has set things in disarray. After Ralph calls a meeting by blowing the conch, he tries to convince the kids that there are no adults on the island and at this time Ralph lays down rules that must be followed in order to survive on the island. First, when someone wishes to speak at an assembly he must hold the conch shell. No one is allowed to interrupt the holder of the conch except Ralph. Ralph shows his leadership abilities as he recognizes the use of the conch. He says“That’s what this shell’s called. I'll give the conch to the next person to...
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...Lord of the Flies: Literary Analysis In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a plane full of English boys was attacked and crashed onto an island when trying to evacuate a nuclear war. Now the boys must learn to survive and work together. Although they began as a civilized bunch, after conflicts between group leaders Ralph and Jack, savagery starts to emerge. Golding uses the conflict between the civilizations to show how the darkness of human nature can affect even little childrens. At the beginning of the novel, Ralph, described as “the boy with fair hair”, and Piggy a whiney, intellectual chubby boy, found a conch shell which was used to call the other boys who were lost on the island to the beach. Among the boys was a choir group led by a boy named Jack. Ralph was soon elected as leader seeing as being the one who called everyone together. Jack was in charge of the choir group to hunt for food. After countless failure of capturing a pig, Jack decided to paint his face with clay to be camouflaged from the pig. He lead the boys and finally killed his first of pig and came back to the group with the pig strapped to a stick and the boys chanting, “ Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood!”(69). We can see how excited the boys got from killing a measly pig. Jack describes his experience with Ralph explaining, “ There was lashings of blood...you should have seen it!”(69). Jacks thirst for more blood is an obvious sign of the development of savagery. Later...
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...two mediums demonstrate rather similar aspects in the storyline, imagery, and, most vitally, characters. Based on the analysis of Lord of the Flies and Lost, Ralph,...
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...older boys named Jack: has the idea of using freedom so the boys can be on his side, and he can make himself “chief”, but Ralph the wiser out of all of them tries to set rules and the boys don't want that. So they turn against Ralph and they make Jack the chief. Jack then starts to get power hungry because some boys didn’t follow him and he starts to threaten and hurt the boys because they didn't choose there side. Since all these things were happening and the majority of the boys going to Jacks side the older boys who are easily influenced automatically go to Jacks side because everyone is doing it. Melissa Dittman a physocologist wrote “What makes good people do bad things” and it states,” just the right dose of certain social situations can transform ordinarily good people into evildoers.” This shows how a group of people can easily change the mindset of a person. Golding shows how the older more rebellious boys are easily influenced. The older boys are more rebellious and they want to do what they want so they go to Jack. Jack starts to hurt the boys, poison the minds of the boys and they cause them to do bad things, and gives false information. But before they split apart Ralph was chief, and he was realizing the damages that Jack was doing with the group of boys. Ralph then says to the boys,”what are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages.” The boys had act tremendously different since they had arrived on the island and Ralph sees that. This shows how Ralph is the most responsible...
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...10-31-12 Piggy Analysis In the story Lord of Flies, by William Golding, there are many conflicts between the characters and the island, but some of the more important come between Piggy and the group. Piggy is seen to the group as the outsider, the member who doesn’t fit in. Although they treat him as an outcast, Piggy’s smart wits and his ideas are used by the group in reluctance, but end up playing a big part in the story. For example, it was Piggy's idea to use his glasses to start the fire. Jack, the leader of the choirboys, right from the start, reveals a deep dislike for Piggy. During the very first meeting when Piggy is asking the boys for their names Jack says, "Shut up fatty you talk too much." But when the fire is allowed to go out and they miss the possible chance of getting rescued Piggy says to Jack, "You didn't ought to have let that fire out, you said you'd keep the smoke going...." And Jack punches him in the stomach. Perhaps Piggy was right when he later told Ralph that Jack hated Ralph but he knew that Ralph would hit him back so he vented his anger on Piggy, who couldn't fight back. Piggy’s outer appearance serves as a vessel for the boys to make fun of him. Little do they know that his thoughts and ideas would help better the group and create a better chance of arriving back home. At the beginning of the story, we see Piggy following Ralph everywhere he goes, babbling off ideas and thoughts in his head. After his encounters with Jack and the group members...
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...Soledad O'Brien states, “I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you” (qtd.in “Soledad O'Brien Quotes”). Being apprehensive can lead one astray from his or her goals, and can cause complete change within a person. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of British boys are stranded on an island, without any any adults, after their plane crashes. Amongst the boys, some, such as Ralph, Piggy, and Simon are rational and still have their minds and bodies invested in being rescued. The other’s, under the command of Jack Merridew, have let rumours of of a beast, and a blind, burning, passion to hunt fog their minds leaving only the lust for savagery...
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...A Guide to Writing the Literary Analysis Essay I. INTRODUCTION: the first paragraph in your essay. It begins creatively in order to catch your reader’s interest, provides essential background about the literary work, and prepares the reader for your major thesis. The introduction must include the author and title of the work as well as an explanation of the theme to be discussed. Other essential background may include setting, an introduction of main characters, etc. The major thesis goes in this paragraph usually at the end. Because the major thesis sometimes sounds tacked on, make special attempts to link it to the sentence that precedes it by building on a key word or idea. A) Creative Opening/Hook: the beginning sentences of the introduction that catch the reader’s interest. Ways of beginning creatively include the following: 1) A startling fact or bit of information Example: Nearly two hundred citizens were arrested as witches during the Salem witch scare of 1692. Eventually nineteen were hanged, and another was pressed to death (Marks 65). 2) A snatch of dialogue between two characters Example: “It is another thing. You [Frederic Henry] cannot know about it unless you have it.” “ Well,” I said. “If I ever get it I will tell you [priest].” (Hemingway 72). With these words, the priest in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms sends the hero, Frederic, in search of the ambiguous “it” in his life. 3) A meaningful quotation (from the book you are analyzing...
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...This instance per se is the point in which a significant divide is formed between the more civilized, moral boys e.g. Ralph, Piggy, Simon and the less civilized, primitive boys e.g. Jack, Roger. This instance foreshadows the future gang of Jack’s of whom are more interested in hunting and satisfying their heinous, sadistic natures rather than in being rescued and returning to civilization. Though the fire is used to show civilization and the boys’ link to it, its main effect is to show the antithesis of...
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...Relations and also Municipal Court, have all been accessed and placed in ranking. After analyzing the data I have discovered how many cases have been appealed and reversed within each court. The probability of cases being appealed or reversed in the Common Pleas Court is 0.1129, In the Domestic Relations Court the Probability is 0.1604 and lastly the in the Municipal Court the probability of the case being appealed or reversed is 0.2080. Next in my analysis I found the probability of cases being appealed per judge and court: * Common Court * Fred Cartolano 0.045110 * Thomas Crush 0.035291 * Patrick Dinkelacker 0.034976 * Timothy Hogan 0.030706 * Robert Kraft 0.040472 * William Mathews 0.040194 * William Morrissey 0.039908 * Norbert Nadel 0.044272 * Arthur Ney Jr. 0.038832 * Richard Niehaus 0.040859 * Thomas Nurre 0.040333 * John O'Connor 0.043449 * Robert Ruehlman 0.045242 * J. Howard Sundermann Jr. 0.062827 * Ann Marie Tracey 0.040433 * Ralph Winkler 0.028488 * Domestic Relations Court: * Penelope Cunningham 0.002565 * Patrick Dinkelacker 0.003166 * Deborah Gaines 0.005455 * Ronald Panioto 0.002467 * Municipal Court: * Mike Allen 0.006993 * Nadine Allen 0.004352 * Timothy Black 0.005155 * David Davis 0.005558 * Leslie Isaiah Gaines 0.006626 * Karla Grady 0.001142 * Deidra Hair 0.001975 ...
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...GE’s Talent Machine Case Submission AKESH KHANDELWAL (159278005) BOOPATHI RAJA P R (159278021) CHANDRAKANT KHETAN (159278022) JAYESH PARDESHI (159278053) SANDEEP PATTANAIK (159278084) Q1: Do HRM SWOT? Answer: HRM SWOT Analysis Strength Weakeness •Promoted its top leaders from its own rank •Meritocracy-based practices •Emphasis on education (on/off-the-job training) at all levels •Decentralization of authority and responsibility •Ease of switching division/business, location •Good mentoring programs •Can attract good talent because of good brand name •Vitality Curve forced performance classification, which may not always give the true picture •Depandency on talent from America •Strongly performance-driven appraisal system •Strong sacking policy for under performers •Less weightage given to experience and position for appraisal and promotion •In more hierarchial business cultures, like India, it is difficult to attract & retian managers Opportunity Threat •Aggressive international approach for recruiting •Better candidates could be hired for top positions if GE were open to hiring from external sources (just not focus on internal progression) •Have more external talent acquisition engagements to attract industry experts rather than shifting people from within to leadership roles from different verticals. •Initially, post MBA the top talent preferred to go to Wall Street •People with ambition to become chairman/CEO in...
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...Case: Hamilton County Judges A Review by the Company of Annette July 6, 2012 Abstract Hamilton County Judges try thousands of cases per year. This study is to provide the newspaper with how well the judges are performing. With the results of Kristen DelGuzzie of the Cinncinati Enquirer that conducted the study of the cases in Hamilton County for a three year period. Providing analytical results on how well each and every judge is doing. With the results, the Cinncinati Enquirer will be able answer the question of which judge is performing a good job and which is not performing a good job. By evaluating the results from the data collects. The company of Annette is hired to assist in the data analysis. Case: Hamilton County Judges A Review by the Company of Annette Over a period of three years, Kristen DelGuzzi of the Cinncinati Enquirer created a study to see which Judges were performing the best and worst. Appeals are the result of a mistake made by the judges. Disposed is when the judge throws out the case. And Reversed is when the judge reverses what was said during a pervious case. With this study I will being answering the following questions: 1. Who is doing a good job? 2. Who isn’t doing a good job? 3. Why does the company of Annette think so? With answering the questions. This report will also provided the results from: * The probability of cases being appealed and reversed in three different courts * The probability of a case being appealed...
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