...not your concern." (Eli) "I want to come with you." (Solara) "No, you don't." (Eli) "I hate it here." (Solara) "Then change it." (Eli) "What was it like before?" (Solara) "People had more than they needed, people didn't know what was precious and what wasn't, people threw away things they kill each other for now." (Eli) "They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories." (Eli) "Yeah." (Solara) "The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since." (Eli) "And you did all this because a voice told you to?" (Solara) "I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it." (Eli) "I need that book, I want that book, I want you to stay but if you make me have to choose I'll kill you and take that book." (Carnegie) "Why, why do you want it?" (Eli) "I grew up with that...
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...and Defying Kipper. Jewish New Year coming to an end, Eli feels anger - questions whether there’s a god, why he would let them suffer so; rebellious. [“What are you, my God? How do you compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to you their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you go on troubling these poor people’s wounded minds, their ailing bodies?”] Yom Kipper, Eli didn’t fast, 1 to please his father, 2 No longer any reason for him to fast (he said he turned the act into a symbol of rebellion). Selection, Blockalteste told them to run as fast as you can/ keep moving. Eli made it through (Yossi joked that he was running too fast for them to write his number down) Elis father didn’t, he had to go to a more meticulous selection as a result; passed. Winter, Eli foot injured/ swelling. Had to go to infirmary and be operated on. Evacuation, Leaves with his father well recovering from foot (People in the infirmary were told they could stay, and would be fine/not killed, some didn’t believe that). Chapter 6; Page 85: March through a Blanket of Snow and Death. Eli, his father, and the rest of the prisoners began their march. Any who stopped or slowed down were killed. Zalman (young boy from Poland who was marching behind eli, worked in the electrical material depot in Buna) collapsed and died. Eli wanted to stop, to no longer feel anything and die. His...
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...One day in 1770 a young boy named James was walking down the road Roanoke , Virginia. James turned 14 in May and was looking for a job. He walked by the bank and saw a ballet Confederate Army sign ups here. He asked the man how old do you have to be to sign up the man said 13 years old. James said may I have two ballets please and he ran home. When he got home he showed his dad the sign up sheet and his dad said I will sign up if u do. The next day James and his dad took their forms filled out back to the bank and turned them in. The man said be at Bills farm at nine o clock in the morning. They hurried off to get their uniforms to wear and their rifles. The next morning when they got to Bills farm there was them and three other officers and a captain. The captain told them to get a rifle or a musket and they could have them to keep and to get a cartridge box and load the gun....
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...Professor Snyder The Book of Eli With December 21st 2012 (speculated date at which the world ends) coming closer, and the amount of post-apocalyptic films coming out, some avid movie viewers might already be jaded with these types of films by now. This movie directed by the Hughes Brothers, shows a clear and accurate depiction of the power of the Bible in broken times. The Book of Eli is not your average post-apocalyptic film. From the melodic soundtrack, to the astonishing performance delivered by Denzel Washington, “The Book of Eli” is certainly a must watch! The Plot of the movie is carefully crafted, and it is easy to tell that the directors and producers all took their time before putting together this intricate plot. “The Book of Eli” takes place several years after a nuclear holocaust. The lone man named Eli (played by Denzel Washington) wanders the desert nuclear wasteland, living on what he can find and disposing of any marauders who give him any problems. After traveling west for a few years Eli arrives in a small town. Eli comes to the attention of the town’s leader named Carnegie after killing several attackers in the local bar. Carnegie sends the attractive Solara (Played by Mila Kunis) to seduce Eli and to try to convince him to stay, seeing that Eli has an enormous amount of combat skills. Carnegie later learns that Eli has one of the last known copies of the Bible; which determines Carnegie to obtain this book at all costs. Eli survives Carnegies attempt to...
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...the Holocaust because they had no one to live for, no one to give them strength, and no one to protect them. Eli survives because he had family with him for the majority of his time in the concentration camps. Eli’s father gave him the strength and will to survive. When Eli thought of death, he thought of his father and how he couldn't leave him alone in the camps. While marching to a new camp from Buna, Eli thinks of death and then later on thought, “My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me…” (pg 92). Eli was about to give up and fall out of the marching lines, which means he would be shot immediately. But after thinking of his father, he found the strength with-in himself to keep marching, keep running, and to keep living. Eli’s father helps him keep going...
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...somewhat calmed, Allie thought of her first meeting with Thomas and smiled. Her first encounter with Thomas Jackson had not gone well, at least at first… but she overcame it. Thomas was handsome, but that was not what first drew Allie to him; it was his smile. She first saw him as she and her mother walked from Jemison’s Mercantile to McVay’s Textile Shoppe, which was just around the corner. They were going there to purchase material for new spring frocks and for Allie’s coming out attire. If anything, Georgians loved their spring get-togethers. Particularly after the long, winter days when everyone had to stay confined indoors for days on end. Allie was especially excited that she was turning sixteen. She would soon take on the role of a debutante and be formally introduced into Savannah social...
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...Chapter I “How are you feeling now? Do you still ‘see’ those weird things?” “I am fine; for now. I just really hope that it’s working as intended to be.” “That’s good,you’ll be up and well again in no time. Don’t worry - you’ll get used to those implants soon.” “I really do hope so…” The pale girl was still uneasy despite what the physician said, probably just because she was still recovering from her recent operation. It was just like what most patients that have undergone a major one would feel. Everything looked mundane and seemed in order. The room’stemperature regulated, spacious enough, and everything was tidied and regularly checked by sanitary personnel; the flowers on the vase on top of the table beside her bed was frequently changed by her visitors. However, there was something that kept bothering her periodically during her whole stay in the hospital while recovering. She could not describe nor explain it, but there is definitely something bothering her. “Well I’ll be going now Ms. Lilde. Make sure you call any of the nurses immediately if ever something happens again.” “Will do sir.” “I’ll see you again later for your next check-up.” The physician left the room after checking the condition of the girl’s eyes. She was still not allowed to remove the bandages and open her eyes yet but seeing that she’s in a steady rate of recovery, it would just be a short amount of time now before she could finally see the light again. Or so they...
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...of Maryland Case Study Analysis Eli Lilly: Developing Cymbalta Case Study AMBA 650 Section 1131 Kelvin Harris January 24, 2012 Executive Summary Eli Lilly and Company resounding success was the arrival of Prozac in 1988. By mid-1988, a new anti-depressant team was formed to find and develop a drug that would be the successor to Prozac. The strategic issues and problems they faced were developing a new drug to replace Prozac, meeting the company budget constraints to perform clinical trials, and finally launch the new drug by mid-2001. The analysis and evaluation revealed that the pharmaceutical industry is changing fast and it usually takes a long time and millions of dollars to develop a new drug. The recommendation for Eli Lilly is to take the lead in developing the new drug Cymbalta, invest a stable share of the company revenue, seek the FDA approval for the development of Cymbalta before going to market, and not change their market plan from the FDA approved Cymbalta dosage of 20 mg twice daily. Introduction Eli Lilly and Company was founded by Colonel Eli Lilly, Lilly’s namesake, in 1876 when he purchased a laboratory on Pearl Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Eli Lilly was a pharmacist who had served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The company success included creating the process for applying gelatin-coating to pills for easier swallowing and the introduction of Iletin which was the first mass-produced insulin. Iletin and Lilly’s...
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...The Book of Eli Film Review In the film The Book of Eli, we are introduced to a character that is never exactly named who is walking west on a journey that God has led him to take. Throughout his journey, there are many scenes that relate to the Print Era and there are also very many scenes that are extremely significant in the film. In my paper, I will be discussing these scenes and I will also be discussing my interpretation on the film’s meaning, and my final reaction to the film. In the film, we are introduced to a post-apocalyptic society where things we find to be extremely common, and maybe even useless, are very rare and prized possessions. Books are one of these rare items and something that only the wealthy have, the wealthy being Carnegie. This relates to the beginning of the Print Era because in the beginning of the era, only the wealthy had books due to the fact that they took so long to produce. Books took so long to produce in the beginning of the Print Era because they had to be written by a scribe instead of just being printed which takes about an eighth of the time it takes to write out an entire book. Books in the town that Carnegie runs are very rare due to the fact that there was an apocalypse and majority of the books were destroyed. Carnegie is the only wealthy one and the only one in power, therefore he has majority of all of the books that he steals from others, even though he is only looking for a certain one. Throughout the film, there are...
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...The Birth of Eli It all started on a warm June morning. It was time to go to the hospital. Excitement was in the air. This was one of the happiest days of my life. This was the day I met my son for the first time. The time was 5:00 AM when we arrived at Huntsville Hospital. The pregnancy was a planned c-section. We walked onto the elevator and pressed the button for the baby floor. When we reached the nurses desk we did the paper work and were instructed to have a seat in the waiting room. Ten minutes after our arrival the process began. While they took my wife back to prepare for surgery, I put on the hair net and scrubs. Eventually the nurse came back to direct me toward the operating room. Because I was nervous, I did not enter into the operating room right away. Since I was afraid of what was on the other side of the door I waited in the hallway. I calmed myself as much as I could; then, I stepped into the room. I knew once I walked through that door my life would never be the same. As I watched the doctors pull my son from his mother, the tears started falling from my face; I could barely see, for a moment. I followed him to the table where he was wiped off and checked for abnormalities. The nurse looked at me said, “Congratulations.’ His mother carried him for nine months and three weeks, and now he was finally here. He weighed seven pounds six ounces and was nineteen inches in length. When my eyes hit his angelic tiny body, they froze and I could...
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...“At the most, four and a half months; that’s how long we’ve been married.” “Has mother nature visited you since the wedding?” “No, ma’am, she has not…” “Some women, become enceinte the first night- have you began showing yet? If you have, you’re probably four months along.” “Grandmother, I don’t even know what that means.” “What! You mean to tell me that your mother did not teach you all about this stuff before you married- that is unheard of!” “There was not much time once they decided that Thomas and I should marry. She told me very little of what to expect on my wedding night, Allie blushed, “And nothing at all about having a baby. I think everything just happened so fast that maybe she forgot- or took it for granted that I knew.” “We will...
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...Thesis: By examining Jack Overduin’s “Faith and Victory in Dachau”, Corrie Ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place”, and Eli Wiesel’s “Night”, it is clear that both documents present differing perspectives on the theme of providence. While both Jack and Corrie realize that both the good and bad times are in God’s hands, Eli doubts God’s existence in the bad times, and believes the desirable times arise from fate or chance. I. Introduction: (maybe use the Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 10 about providence) II. How Providence is viewed when things go well. (During the favourable times, Jack Overduin and Corrie Ten Boom thank God for His blessings and care over them while Eli believes he is just getting lucky.) A. “Faith and Victory in Dachau” 1. Pg. 193 “Again and again, we compared our lives with what they had been only a few weeks before. It was a miracle of His mercy!” 2. Pg. 154 “ In His eternal wisdom God gave each of us the grace that we needed, The one received the grace to continue to live in Dachau’s torment without succumbing spiritually and morally, and the other received the grace to die.” 3. Pg. 209 “The S.S guards ate with us. What a difference! They had a dry piece of army bread, while we had delicious sandwiches made with homemade bread form our parcels. Usually, we also had cake and cookies and several kinds of fruit. A strange world...
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...Saving United States As the bright sun was rose throughout the quiet city , Aiden was making breakfast for his mother, Mrs. Jung. Aiden had light brown hair and as tall as a tree. He was a knight in shining armour for his mother and the town that he lives in. He entered the room where she was sleeping on the hard, wooden floor with just a thin blanket. “Mom, wake up it’s past seven o'clock.”Aiden shook her but she was still in a deep sleep like when a bear is in hibernation. “Eli, bring the syringe in my room for me and the pills with a glass of water.” Eli was Aiden’s nursing assistance. When Eli came back, Aiden gave his mother a shot and shook her again to wake her up. Aiden was a doctor and so was his father, until he was murdered in...
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...For my research paper, I decided to learn about the Cotton Gin invented by Eli Whitney,and how it became a huge impact on the ways people used to farm for cotton. I came up with a question to help me find out information and the question was,“ How did the cotton gin affect the way farming life was for the slaves and plantation owners?” Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts on Dec 8, 1765. He went to yale college ( now yale university). When he finished and graduated for yale ,he went and lived with a Plantation owner named, Catherine Greene. While Whitney was there he learned a lot about the production of cotton and the difficulties it had both, on the slaves and the production of cotton. He then spent months in Catherin Greene's basement trying to invent the soon to be named cotton gin. If it wasn't for Ms.Greene then he would have never came up with this invention....
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...cultural groups. Last, but most important, is the realization that adult learners who had previous negative experiences in school are likely to have doubts about their academic capability (Goto & Martin, 2009). With that premise in mind, the writer proposes the establishment of the Esprit de corps Learning Initiative, a non-profit organization, which offers a complete program targeted to the educational enhancement of the adult learner. The comprehensive description of proposed program Esprit de corps is defined as a sense of unity and of common interests or responsibilities among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, or enterprise. The Esprit de Corps Learning Initiative (ELI) mission is to empower adult learners with the tools for self-sufficiency. ELI is committed to this goal by providing necessary services that adult...
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