... 10/16/2015 compare & contrast James & giant peach James & giant peach Ronald Dahl the written copy 1961 The exposition which is the beginning is james Trotter had a great life with his parents. They had a plan to go to the empire state building. But tragically his parent were killed by an angry rhinoceros introduces the reader to James, Aunt Sponge, and Aunt Spiker. At four years-old, James lived with his parents in a wonderful house along the sea, until his parents were eaten by a rhinoceros...
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...PHL388 05.29.15 Analyzing Giants and How They Should Be Buried James Wood, in his review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, criticizes the work for its use of allegory which he argal and general what is implicit and personal in his best fiction” through the use of allegory. In other words it seems as if Wood believes that an author must more or less place some sort of an onus upon the reader to unearth messages within literary works with a bit of effort, which an allegory fails to do. In The Buried Giant’s case Wood argues the use of allegory “simplifies” and “literalizes”. As a result it is argued to not only discount from this particular author’s general writing style (as compared to his previous works) but more generally makes too obvious what should be left for the reader to, in the process of reading, uncover with a bit of work as opposed to having an allegory hand it to them on a platter. Wood argues the use of allegory fails as it, “points everywhere” and is couple with a fictional setting which is, “feeble, mythically remote, generic, and pressureless” making the work simultaneously literal and vague. He also adds that the use of allegory is, “antinovelistic, because it points away from its own story, gued he overlooks other characteristics which can be argued to be more significant when it comes to judging the success of a piece of literature. Wood may potentially believe that since the use of allegory in The Buried Giant has opened the first ...
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...Crocco keyed his radio. William could hear the voices of men screaming profanity, ordering the squatters to move your ass, you fucking scumbags. “Go ahead, Mr. Blake,” Crocco replied. “What’s the latest?” “We just finished taking the encampment at the top of the Sleeping Giant. They were waiting for us. A sniper picked off...
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...In this paper there will be a vivid discussion about the life and books of James Thurber. His books will have you amazed by how imaginative, creative, and unique his stories are. James’ stories are very amazing and well written in my opinion, my personal favorite book is “the secret life of Walter Mitty,” which will be explaining later in the paper, so please, sit back, relax, and journey with me into the mind of the magnificent James Thurber. James was born to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 1894. All of his work was greatly influenced by his parents being a major part in his life, he had gotten a lot of jokes, ideas, and more from them, his Mother being the “born comedian” and his dad secretly being the...
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...cooked 12 hamburger patties in a wire basket. The hamburger patties cooked on both sides at the same time. In an hour the Insta-Broiler could cook 400 hamburgers. So in 1953 Keith opened the Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida selling at 18 cents each. It was a success. Two other people helped in the franchise, James McLamore and David R. Edgerton. James and David opened a couple of more Insta Burger Kings in Miami, Florida in 1954. They did not use the Insta-Broiler to cook hamburger patties; they created a flame broiler, which made Burger King more popular. They also created “The Whopper” that was sold for 37 cents each. This was risky because at that time McDonald’s burgers selling for 15 cents. The famous whopper became an instant success and became the signature product in the Burger King’s franchise. The slogan “Burger King, Home of the Whoppers” appeared in many of the advertisements. David R. Edgerton and James McLamore got the national rights to their flame boiler system. To improve managers’ skill in Burger King, Burger King opened a Whopper College in 1963. Two years later, McDonald’s started a Hamburger University. James and David dressed up in royal robes and wore paper crowns to let children know that...
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...When Dyson entered, the vacuum cleaner market was a very mature market with recognised appliance giants selling their branded vacuum cleaners comfortably without much differentiation or innovation in terms of technology. I think this played into Dyson’s hands allowing the Dual Cyclone’s disruptive, innovative & design and technology capture the harts & minds of the customer. These market conditions where a factor in the success of the Dual Cyclone. The market proved to have an appetite for something new and different. The fact that the Dyson had over 100 patents helped ensure that the large appliance giants could not quickly come to market with exactly the same technology at a lower cost. This was also a factor in securing and maintaining differentiating the Dual Cyclone and its success. The early success of the Dual Cyclone was written off as “just a fad” by competitors allowing Dyson to continue to take more and more market share. Iterating and extending the range with different versions that appealed to different users like Dyson Absolute, The De Stijl and the Antartica also helped the success of the Dual Cyclone technology capture a larger market share. Education of both the retail staff through the use of demo models and discounted pricing and of the public through television advertising also played a key role in the success of the brand. Assignment Question 2: Dyson’s service strategy was direct model aimed at ensuring and exceptional service experience for...
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...Virgin Airlines Commercial 2011 Name Institution Virgin Airlines Commercial 2011 Virgin Atlantic recently launched a 6 million pound global advertisement campaign that is set in a “James bond-esque” theme and has a running head of the phrase “your airline’s either got it or it hasn’t” . The advert was created by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y&R advertisement agency, and has generated widespread adoration from viewers as well as its fair share of negative criticism. The advert itself stands true to the core of advertising which is to sell and or market goods by creating associations between the product or brand and pleasant and desirable circumstances, events or people. In this instance, the commercial seeks to associate flying with virgin Atlantic as a fun and glamorous adventure that will leave the passenger wanting for more. The ad does this by appealing to the three main sensory perceptual channels that are used by man to process information, namely visual, auditory and kinesthetic perception channels. Visually, the advert itself is stunning, creating a glamorous world that seeks to associate virgin airlines with mysterious and fantastical adventures. The entire advert is full of spectacular scenes from a very vivid imagination. A good example of this can be seen right from the beginning, where a group of four air hostesses dressed up in the red uniforms that are so characteristic of virgin Atlantic...
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...Submitted by John Mcqueen DVD Analysis Paper * I Summary I Choose Into the Woods it is a musical with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, from a book written by James Lapine . I choose this play from all the others selections because I’am a huge Bernadette Peters fan. Peters plays the wicked witch . The play won several Tony awards , including Best Book, Best Score , and Best Actress. The Musical Intermingles , Different stories from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, stories such as Little Red Riding Hood , Rapunzel, Jack and the Bean Stalk and Cinderella and they join it to a Baker and his wife, who want a child but have a curse on them to be childless , because his father stole from the witches garden but the witch tells them that if they go into the woods and gather 4 items in three days , she will reverse the curse. 1 A red cape 2 a gold slipper 3 a white cow and 4 Golden Hair These items will allow the Witch to make a potion that will bring her youth and beauty again . The Bakers wife played by Joanna Gleeson joins him in the woods, on their quest to gather the items. The Baker first finds Little Red Riding hood, and just steals her cape, and then returns it to her, after she got mad at him. Then later he kills the bad wolf , and takes granny out of the...
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...James: We have the pleasure of introducing the next speaker, a man who we have known for three years. He is one of the most intelligent and humorous teachers we have met. He is always looking for ways to expand upon his knowledge, as well as, the knowledge of those around him. Alexia: He started his never ending pursuit for knowledge by failing out of Bridgewater State University his first year. He quickly transferred to Lyndon State College before the college could see his transcript. Later he transferred to Utah State University, then finally the University of Maine where he finally got his act together, receiving a bachelors and masters degree. He has been teaching at Medomak Valley for 15 years now. James: Really, in 15 years you couldn't...
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...an outline of how the James Bulger Case is presented in texts 1, 2 and 3. The first text, ”Every parents nightmare”, is a news article written by Mark McKay for BBC in October 2000. The article, in a chronologically and neutrally fashion, objectively describes the James Bulger Case from beginning to end. The text is dense in terms of factual information, as one would expect from a news article. The second text, “Life after James”, is an article written by Blake Morrison for The Guardian Online in Februrary 2003. The article approaches the presentation of the James Bulger Case in a different way. By peaking behind thick curtains of opinions held by the public, the text man-ages to provoke thoughts and stimulate ideas. Blake Morris succesfully shifts the paradigm of the James Bulger Case by taking a step backwards, which leads the audience to the introduc-tion of the bigger picture, where he explains and examines his view; the James Bulger Case is a problem, but it is not the problem. The issue lies in the society itself. The third and last text, “James Bulger killing; 20 years on”, is an article written by Amelia Hill for The Guardian Online in Februrary 2013. Arguably, the article is an addendum to the previ-ous text, “Life after James”. Amelia Hill takes the reader back twenty years, where she daringly questions the method of which the public, the media and the politicians used to deal with the case. Analyse how Blake Morrison presents the James Bulger case in text 2...
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...Now that the 21st century has begun, people often forget individuals and arts that helped shape what it is to be American art. One of these innovators was Duke Ellington, a composer, jazz pianist, and big band leader. No other artist single handedly has defined American Music as this jazz giant. He gave American music and jazzes an identity, the first true American art form. Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington, DC on April 29, 1889 to James Edward Ellington and Daisy Ellington. At the age of seven, the young Ellington began taking piano lessons from Marietta Clinkscalps. Both of his parents were pianists. James Edward Ellington preferred operatic bits as Daisy played primarily parlor tunes. At this point in his life, Edward Ellington was more interested in playing baseball with his mates rather than playing the piano. During this time in his childhood, Ellington would acquire his famous pseudonym “Duke.” The title came from his schoolmates. Edward was reared by his mother and her dignified friends. Through this, he developed a Great Gatsby esque demeanor demonstrating a sense of grandeur and grace similar to a noble gentleman of that era and ones forgotten. Many of his peers noticed and deemed him “Duke” Ellington. Ellington’s interest in the piano would not reemerge until he began sneaking into local pool halls looking for the thrills of an older lifestyle. Furthermore, while in those pool halls, he began listening to eclectic styles of the pool hall...
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...In 1849 a man named James Wilson Marshal found flakes of gold in the sacromento valley. At the time James was a carpenter and worked at a sawmill called Sutter's mill. After James found gold he showed it to his boss, John Sutter. John insisted to keep it a secret, but eventually word got out. John wanted to keep the gold a secret not for riches and retirement, but for farms. John had always dreamed of turning the small towns of california into giant farming towns. With the gold from the river John had the power to do just that. When people of the city heard rumors of gold in the river they went to investigate themselves. When the people of the town found gold they started to spread the word. Some people in california didn't want to mine the gold,...
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...public anyway. Letting the people die because of the Pinto and settling with their families was more economical than recalling the vehicle and fixing the shortcomings of the Pinto. The question remains regarding whether or not Ford put a price on human lives, or if the company was not at fault for simply trying to compete with foreign car companies to put an American made fuel efficient vehicle on the road. Ford was accused of not accounting for benefit and harm in an ethical business decision, zero personal evaluation, and a very high influence of outside factors. Ethical business decisions require consideration of two important factors, benefit and harm. Did the attorney for Ford Motor, James Neal act with ethical behavior while defending the automobile giant in 1978? Did Ford Motors and James Neal consider benefit and harm? With respect to advising the appropriate entities of the Ford Pinto...
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...July 4th~ What a relief! We have reached Independence Rock by the Fourth of July. We had to be here at Independence Rock by the fourth, otherwise we have the risk of still traveling in the mountains in the snow. We are spending two days here celebrating, relaxing, and we plan to carve our names in the three to four acre granite rock. My son James said that Independence Rock looks like a giant whale. Sarah Adams, Grace Taylor, and I prepared a picnic lunch for our families, while all the children played games like tag with each other. I have become very close to these woman along the trip. While we cooked and chatted, the men sat around and talked about man things. Who knows what they could be talking about for hours. We cooked the morning away,...
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...NUMATIC – ENTERING THE DOMESTIC MARKET CASE STUDY BACKGROUND NUMATIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED started manufacturing in 1959 in the United Kingdom. Today they have facilities at Chard Sommerset on 9 hectares with over 26 000 square metres of production space, employing more than 700 people and producing at least 3000 products per day. Today NUMATIC INTERNATIONAL is the single largest manufacturer in Europe. NUMATIC SOUTH AFRICA enjoys all the back up and service of their mother company. NUMATIC machines have been available in South Africa since 1980. THE PRODUCT NUMATIC provides a wide range of industrial cleaning equipment, from mopping units to vacuum cleaners, single disc rotary scrubbing and polishing machines plus combination maintenance machines. The machines are all manufactured to the highest of British standards and comply with our own SABS standards. Product Ranges o Vacuum cleaners o Hotel trolleys o Mopping units o Floor machines o Janitorial trolleys o Specialised units In the beginning, the company employed six people in a little factory that was not as big as a garage and the most sophisticated equipment was a drill. Thank heavens the days were 24 hours long! The first vacuum cleaner designs were made of a combination of oil drums and everyday components that were readily available, such as suitcase handles, furniture castors and domestic washing-up bowls. All assembled in such a way as to provide a simple, reliable workhorse for...
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