...storyteller and novelist who use detailed and graphical techniques. In the text An Evening in Guanima, two stories that best illustrate the idea “Each one helping one- leaving none behind” are “Jack and the Schoolmaster” and “Jack and the Magic Eggs”. Patricia Glinton-Meicholas illustrates these two stories for me, through her powerful use of character’s action, leading to plot events, imagery and theme. In the two stories that have been mentioned, the writer creates plot events to sir come the actions of Jack and other characters. In “Jack and the Magic Eggs”, Ber Debbil insisted on deceiving Jack’s sister, Zerona. Now, Ber Debbil was demon with evil intentions and tricks. Jack not only shows unity with his mother but with others in another story. “Do not leave without these”, which she was referring to the eggs. Patricia made Jack’s character traits very courageous and helpful to her reader’s. She created a plot event to bring out the action towards Ber Debbil. “Jack flung himself from his saddle and dashed across an untidy yard ...” Patricia Glinton displayed the loving action, Jack had for his sister. This also displayed his bravery, contained with a manly action towards the conflict occurring. The short story of “Jack and the Schoolmaster”, Patricia also portrayed a plot event. A man claimed to be a schoolmaster on a small settlement. Jack assured himself later on in the story that he would save the children from Ber Debbil. Jack was very suspicious about Ber Debbil. “He was...
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...Angela’s Story: A Case Study on the Reproductive System You are a columnist for a popular website that deals with women's health issues. Visitors to the site can submit their stories and questions through an “Ask the Expert” link on the site. In this scenario, a 26-year-old woman has posted her story and some questions regarding reproductive health. My name is Angela. I am a 26-year-old married woman with no children. My husband, Doug, and I have been trying to get pregnant for over two years now and my doctor has suggested that I consider fertility drug treatments. The irony of our situation is that I have been taking a birth control pill for five years to prevent getting pregnant, and now my doctor suggests that I take another drug to help me get pregnant. When I went off birth control, about a year ago, my menstrual cycle became very irregular. I had been taking a birth control drug called Ortho Tri-Cyclen. To be perfectly honest, I don't understand how it works because my periods were more regular when I was on the pill than when I went off of it. My doctor told me that the pill works because it tricks your body into thinking that it is pregnant. That just confused me even more. When I looked back on my decision to take birth control pills, I realized that I did not really understand how they work. I just do not want to make that mistake again. Before I consider taking any more drugs, I want to understand more about how they work. The drug we’re looking...
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...Gatsby. He was born in North Dakota with his birth name James Gatz. His parents were devoted to Catholicism, and he grew up with three younger sisters. Gatsby was not born into a wealthy family, and nothing was ever just handed to him. His upbringing taught him dedication, persistence and hardship. He was a man who worked extremely hard throughout his life, for what he had and what he lost. He was a man who was so much greater than what society had hastened upon him. Personally, I only knew him for a short period of time, and he had so many great positive qualities that I had witnessed during my...
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...defending his family members and friends. The theme of the fictional story by Rudyard Kipling is that people (or animals, in this case) are willing to do anything to protect those they love. Rikki-tikki is a courageous and cautious mongoose in the story. For example, Rikki-tikki is fearless when he was doing a much more dangerous thing than fighting Nag, for Karait is so small and can turn so quickly that unless Rikki-tikki bit him close...
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...1. Francis Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and many short stories. He is worldwide recognized as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and the time called the „Jazz Age”. His most famous works are „The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and „The Great Gatsby” which have been adapted into films. The Great Gatsby has been the basis for many movie adaptations of the same name in 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000, and the latest in 2013. 2. Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (1962 - ) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Australia and the newest version of The Great Gatsby released in 2013. 3. „The Great Gatsby” – the plot of the novel The Great Gatsby is an American novel written in 1925 that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young, handsome and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his unrealistic illusion and passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Major characters Nick Carraway – a Yale graduate originating from the Midwest, a World War I veteran, and, at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg, who is about 30 years old. He serves as the first-person narrator of the novel. He is Gatsby's next-door neighbour and a bond salesman. He is an easy-going, occasionally...
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...Secret Life of Walter Mitty Cadina Odum ENG125 Mary Lounsbury March 17, 2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (Thurber, 1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber’s stories, it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939. This short story deals with a vague and mild-mannered man who drives into Waterbury, Connecticut and his wife for their regular weekly shopping and his wife’s visit to the beauty parlor. During this time he has five heroic daydream episodes, ranging from being a pilot in the U.S. Navy flying boat to being on a secret suicide mission to bomb an ammunition dump. In the following paragraphs I will tell why this story captured my interest, describe an analytical approach and evaluate this work and the meaning of the story. This story using great detail with descriptive, imaginative wording brings the reader in and allows you to visualize what he is daydreaming. This is the type of writing that draws me in and allows me to imagine what is going on. This work is a good example of farce (a comedy; a short play, in which both subtle humor and hilarity are developed through improbable situations, exaggeration and (often) ridiculous antics) (Clugston, 2010). Selected to show how humor can be used imaginatively in a story to illustrate the need for communication in human relationships: Mitty’s immersion in extraordinary matters of his dream world blocks him from sensitivity to his wife’s ordinary...
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...My arms are numb by the time the scout is at our cabin. The moon is already well set in a portrait of stars, but I am much too dizzy to try to read the time. It wasn’t something I was very exceptional at anyways. “There.” I mumble to myself and drop the robe of branches responsible for ripping open my palms. Our cabin is small, with three rooms and a brook not too far off the path I just walked. My companions are probably deep into sleep, in a world with titans, you couldn’t always expect your family to return for dinner. My stomach growls softly at the reminder. I had been out since noon without a meal. Wondeful. I push open the door, we have no need for locks way out here. Thieves only ran wild in the city. No one would willingly...
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...2009 for 'Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture' for Wall-E. He recently worked on Cars 2 as the character art designer. He also worked as a sketch artist in Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (short film), Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex (short film) and Toy Story 3 (2010), as a concept artist in Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999) and in Star Wars: Episode II-The Attack of the Clones (2002) and as a production designer in The Blue Umbrella (short film). So Jay, did you always think you would be in the Art Department for Pixar? Jay: Well I am the son of a car designer, so no. But I guess as a child I grew up around a nest of blue prints, drawings, posters, machines and models of all things connected to mechanised transportation. Seeing lots of drawings kind of inspired me to draw, especially vehicles. What was your first designing job and what did it involve? Jay: My first job was for Lucasfilm (Star Wars), it was an opportunity to work in a creative environment. I designed a variety of vehicles and environments for the Star Wars prequel film trilogy. How did you gain your skills and have they always been helpful in your jobs? Jay: I went to school and studied industrial design that gave me the greatest skills for the work I do. My personal skill set didn't really find traction until I got the Pixar gig. You're now working in the art department at Pixar, is it individual or team work? Jay: Each person works on their own...
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...Mike and Mike questions Team Members Team Members – MEE 1. _________ I am so excited to talk about building a high performing team with you. Having been a professional football player I was always baffled by how we struggled to get everyone aligned and working towards the same goal. At Chili’s you are believers in the Egg Model which starts with leaders, how do you use this information to insure you are creating the right environment for your team? 2. Maybe if my football team had done a MEE survey we would have competed for a super bowl trophy…my guess is you really believe it starts with an engaged team and that is why you are winning on every measurable result? 3. The Chili’s MVP says our job is to make people feel special. Can you please share 1 example of how you have made your team feel special? • Share your best example TM’s – Turnover 1. While MEE is a great leading indicator, turnover is a great lagging indicator of team member engagement…what is your current turnover? • 37 % is my turnover 2. How would you best articulate, how having low turnover has led to you delivering on the 4 key results? • Sales….having the same consistent team members helped deliver team selling. • Team Selling created a great experience by allowing our TM to win by increasing their income by increasing their sales. 3. How do you live the MVP and make people feel special? • Share best example… ...
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...I. CHOSEN TEXT The short story by Ray Bradbury titled “The Veldt,” tells the traumatic tale of how technology rules a family’s life. Published in 1951, the short story became incredible popular among readers, as many families were acquiring their first televisions. “Veldt” runs on the fear many people had that watching TV would dissolve the family unit (Gale). II. THEME STATEMENT “The Veldt” presents the theme that when children are not given parental supervision, they will never learn discipline. III. THESIS “The Veldt” creates two parent sets – the real mother and father versus the nursery and the house – which comments that parental supervision and love cannot be replaced with technology without creating self-absorbed and unruly children. IV. SUPPORT The following textual points support my thesis: •...
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...A Marxist Examination of Animal Farm Literature has been around since the beginning of time; it is the means of expressing our pain and class struggles. Criticism in literature is concerned with the way in which literature examines the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of individuals. In the novella Animal Farm written by George Orwell in 1945 Orwell examines the power and greed of the few individuals and the struggles and oppression of the many who work. Animal Farm is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union under Stalin. The story takes place on a farm were, the men running the farm are exploiting the animals and steeling all the animals labour. The animals decide to rebel against the men and run the farm themselves. The farm is run by two pigs Napoleon and Snowball. Snowball is based on Leon Trotsky, a communist who believed that all workers deserved a share in profits and equal rights. Napoleon is based on Stalin, a though man who betrayed his people and got overwhelm with power and money, Stalin killed Trotsky and became the leader of the Soviet. In the novella Napoleon chasses Snowball away and he takes complete control of the Farm. Napoleon betrays the animals and the rules set at the beginning, he exploited the other animals. Orwell’s book Animal Farm is a Marxist examination of the Russian revelation. Marxism was started by Karl Marx, born in 1818, he was a man who saw the struggles between class and between the oppressed...
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...This is a story about a very unusual boy, and an even more unusual monkey. The boy was out of the ordinary as boys go, because he didn’t like chocolate. No, not at all. Not even one little bit. And I must say, I’ve never met a boy like that. Not in my entire life. And the monkey was unusual because he absolutely adored chocolate – this particular monkey went absolutely bananas for it – and as you may guess – very few monkeys are mad about chocolate, if only because, they’ve never even tasted it. The boy was called Jim. And the monkey was called Theodore, or Theo for short. One day, Jim’s Aunty Judith took him to the zoo. Jim’s mother had told her that Jim didn’t like chocolate, but she didn’t believe that. “Poor little thing,” she said to herself. “His mum won’t buy him chocolate because she’s too mean. But I’ll buy him a nice lovely bar and give it to him while we are out.” And that’s what she did. Only it was true. Jim really didn’t like chocolate. “Oh thanks Aunty Judith,” he said when she gave it to him. “That’s really kind of you. I’ll just save it for later, if you don’t mind.” But he did like seeing all the animals in the zoo. The prowling bears weren’t at all cuddly – but they were super cool all the same. The giraffes had lovely soft noses. The snakes in the snake house made Jim’s blood run cold – but he liked being scared really – just a bit. And the monkeys – well everyone loves monkeys. They looked silly but intelligent all at the same time. And in particular...
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...FALL, 2004 Anne Lowenkopf Notes on “The Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot” By Anne Lowenkopf Where does Butler find he ideas for such stories as this? I don’t know, and I’m not certain it can be learned. But I do believe the short story is the best medium in which to try. Seven pages is not much to invest. And, assuming you find yourself rewriting your attempt again and again, tenfold times, seventy pages is still less than a novel. Short stories beg for experimentation; they consume so much less of your time and effort. You could fit fifty short stories comfortably into the pages of a novel. But I think the inventiveness that conceived of this story isn’t to be gained from rewrite–that’s for polishing the story’s design and language, for working out its details. But its inventiveness–I think that comes from the chance observation, the wandering thoughts that come when one should be sleeping, the private joke that suddenly seems to have possibilities. Catching these fleeting whimseys on the fly and getting them down on paper instantly or as close to instantly as you can manage encourages the brain to make more. The doing is not as simple as the telling because what seems amazingly clever and daring in its flashing conception, often limps and drags as you start converting images to written words. Capture as much of the conception as you can; struggle with rewrite later. And don’t–here’s the most important element–don’t discard your limping words. Keep working on...
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...Laszlo Acs. The book consists of 166 pages which are printed in black ink. There are six main characters. They are: Milton ‘the older of the two brothers’, Timmy ‘the younger of the two’, Mr. Licorice ‘grandpa’, Margaret, Alden Bent and Mrs. Chaney. There are also ten chapters in the book. This story is about youth in a scaled-down/small Jamaican commonage about twenty years ago, where a shilling was a fortune and only a caught fish meant a change of diet The story narrated by the now-adult Timmy, is short but involving the two young brothers, Timmy and Milton Cassidy, try to revive their grandfather's depressed spirits after the amputation of his leg. Milton and Timmy's grandfather was away for four months when he lost one of his legs and when he came home to their little Jamaican village- Boswell, he was a changed man. Tending the goats and feeding the hens, selling eggs and milk and then running a booth at the Christmas fair pay off in a buggy to take their guardian to Church. They made their stall "The Cloud", the greatest attraction and money spinner of the entire village fair, so that they could buy their grandfather the cart to take him around--and there was lots of fun in the doing. My opinion of the novel is that the interchange is spirited and traditionally Jamaican; author C. Everard Palmer, grown in the kind of village he describes, recreates the rhythm of speech and the quality of life throughout the...
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...Dennis Pham Period 6 Works Cited Bauby, Jean. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. New York: A.A Knopf, 1997. Print. Section 1 Page Range: PG 1-26 Dates Read: 9/30/2014 Original Summary: The story starts off with Jean lying in his bed and looking at the curtains of the window. He then explained how he had a massive stroke and is now paralyzed by a locked-in syndrome in which he could not move anything, but his eye. He now then lives a “non-living” life and talks about his pasts and imaginations. Communication was also tedious for him, Jean would blink when a person with a board of letters pointed at a correct letter. This was also how he wrote the book, but this was obviously a very time consuming process, which is why this book was short.....
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