...Shalonda Fields ENG 102-55 29 October, 2014 The Literary Details in “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” The complicated details used by Ernest Hemingway made a stroke of genius of secrets in his story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber". The anonymous secrets does not reveal itself to the reader until the end of the story, yet it leaves a lot to the imagination. At the end of the story Margaret Macomber kills her husband by accident, in order to save him from being attacked by an enormous Buffalo while trying to kill it in the safari in Africa. The anonymous secret is whether or not this killing was truly accidental, or premeditated with an accomplice Robert Wilson. If it would of to be considered premeditation; therefore, it would certainly have to be evidence in the story suggesting such, with a clear motive as well. What makes this story so unique is the conflict theories that Hemingway gives the reader a very virtuously instances that would lead the reader to create a standard motive, yet Hemingway shows the reader that this killing or accident could not have been premeditated. From a virtuously impartial analysis of the story, the reader would see far more evidence supporting the theory of a premeditated killing rather than an unintentional criminal act. The narrator of “The Short Happy Life”, Wilson, is very blunt, tough hunter and tourist. He is a realistic and static character whose awareness, thoughtful environment and impartiality to those...
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...Economics provides a range of choices to decision makers regarding the outcomes or impacts of alternative courses of action. Describe the two types of economic analysis (see table on page 3). Come up with three questions of your own as examples for each type of analysis, which relates to your community. a. The two types are positive and normative analysis. Positive analysis predicts the consequences of alternative action by asking “What is?” and What Will be?” b. Positive i. If two volunteer fire departments merge, which station and trucks will they use? ii. If minimum wage goes up, how many post office workers will be out of a job and how many post offices will close? iii. If the tax rate goes up, how many people will cut the amount that they are spending on goods? c. Normative i. Should the government step in and stop the merge? ii. Should the government change the minimum wage rate? iii. Should the government change tax rates? B) Define in your own words and use examples to illustrate: a. Opportunity cost i. Define: cost of an alternative that must be omitted in order to follow a certain action. ii. Example: picking weather you should go and party (could fail test) or stay home and study (could pass test) b. Ceteris paribus i. Define: Latin meaning that one variable may affect other variable. ii. Example: c. Marginal change i. Define: small one-unit change in value ii. Example: studying for 1 extra hour with higher grade on test by 5 points d. Scarcity ...
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...successful. America is the land of freedom and opportunity because it has more freedom compared to other countries. For example in North Korea, people are limited in their rights. They are not allowed to criticize the government or they would be placed in political camps with their families. The kids born there are still imprisoned because of what the former generation did. Another example is in other countries they have arranged marriages for the kids. In India it is common for families to make marriages for the children when they are born. Sometimes people that go through these marriages are not happy and feel forced into the relationship....
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...to get out of the mold that he has been stuck in, but he doesn’t know how until the opportunity is presented to him. The opportunity finally presents itself when Sammy stops daydreaming and actually breaks free from the conventions of society when he meets Queenie. By quitting his job, Sammy experiences what it means to be free from the social norm (“SparkNotes: A7P:...
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...Kim Nguyen Hamlet Act 1 Logs Act 1 Scene 1 Summary: The act opens with Bernardo, Marcellus, Horatio, and Francisco seeing the ghost king while on watch duty. The ghost appeared dressed in his armor and suddenly disappears. Because the ghost appeared, Horatio thinks it’s an omen of bad luck. He thinks the ghost king was trying to warn them that something bad would happen to Denmark soon, perhaps in the form of a military attack. The ghost then appears again and Horatio tries to talk to it. It would respond back and just disappears again. Horatio decides to tell Hamlet to try to talk to it because Hamlet was the ghost son so he can’t refuse to talk to his son. Quote Analysis: “No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm” Marcellus said this when the ghost appears. When the cock crowed at the first break of dawn, it was believed that it has the power to get rid of the evil powers. The morning light compels all evil because the light was believed to be good. Character Comment: Horatio – Horatio believed in thing s like ghost and witches. He believed in the world beyond ours. When Old King Hamlet came to visit in his ghost form, Horatio thought it was a bad omen for Denmark and the oncoming war with Fortinbras’ army. Act 1 Scene 2 Summary: Claudius and Gertrude get married and they have a feast to celebrate their new marriage and new life together. Claudius’ excuse for marrying Gertrude was to balance out the sadness toward Old King Hamlet’s...
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...Jan. 18, 2011 Conflict Analysis Part I A. People The people involved in the conflict that I witness recently were my father and my mother. My parents have been married for a little more than 22 years and according to my mother, they have been arguing since the beginning. The relationship between my parents certainly impacted the way the conflict was conducted. My parents know what pushes each other’s buttons and many times they try to avoiding hurting the other person. They have learned that if the conflict gets to intense or heated they should take a step back and return to the issue after they’ve both had time to cool down. B. Logistics The conflict took place at our home on Sunday afternoon. It was a very informal, unplanned small argument that arose after they came home from church. It wasn’t planned since before the conflict arose everything was fine between them. Because it was at our house, my parents were able to pursue and finalize the issue. I know that if the same issue would’ve come up at a friend’s house they would’ve waited until home and then resolved it. C. Observations It all seemed like a normal Sunday afternoon. We had all gone to our Sunday church service and my husband and I made it home before my family. We were waiting for them all to come so that we can eat lunch together. My family walked through the door like they usually do, laughing and joking around with each other. My dad had just hung...
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...Big Lots MGT/521 Big Lots is a name that is pretty big in the discount retail world with the potential to be the next discount giant in the world. Big Lots is an American based company that is trying to get out of the shadows of Wal-Mart and Target. The competition is ruthless and Big Lots has to making some changes to stay in the retail game. Two changes that Big Lots needs to focus on is the advertising the company does and the inventory the company keeps. These two things are very important because if potential customers don’t know anything about the Big Lost store then they will remain potential customers forever. The store must focus on inventory because if the store doesn’t sell anything that customers actually buy then the store will be full of worthless products. Beefing up an advertisement campaign for an organization such as Big Lots is going to require some strategic planning. The company wants every person to know what a Big Lots is, this will require some out of the box thinking, research, and money. The first thing that needs to be done is a time line of when the company wants to accomplish the goal of making Big Lots a house hold name, after this a list of sub goal such as doing surveys, and researching competitors advertisement campaigns. The sub goals can be changed and manipulated during the time until the desired date of goal achievement, these things would be time period of research and actual money spent on the overall...
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...is having a few problems. Their stock prices are going down and they are trying to restructure their current financial situation. They are trying to increase their level of service for their current and potential customers. The telecommunication field is so diverse and changes fast daily. Global Communication has to make some quick decisions to reverse their current financial trend. This will enable the company to stay in business so that it will avoid potential harmful effects of a failing business. The stockholders need to be reassured that the company is trying to repair their current financial situation and turn the current trend around to a positive trend for the company. Competition with other companies will force Global communication to implement new ideas and improved services to increase their level of customer service. This will allow the current customer to continue to do business with the company and attract new customers. We will explore what type of solution may best help Global Communication improve their situation. There are some opportunities that we can try that may help improve the current situation for Global Communication. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification There are several issues that are a factor in the Global Communication situation. The first issue on hand is the decline in the stock. This is a serious problem for the company. If the stockholders stop investing in the company it will aid in the company’s downfall. The...
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...SWOT Analysis For my SWOT analysis I chose Noah’s Arf; a Dog and Cat Kennel business plan. This isn’t your ordinary kennel; the company will also offer things like wash your own pet, overnight care, daycare, pet portraits, in home care, pet grooming, animal behavior and other specified needs. To begin the SWOT analysis I will look at the strengths. The woman behind the idea Kris Price has 23 years as an active Customer Service oriented business professional. She has earned the respect of her colleagues. The Business Plan has a set goal while anticipated some initial loss but expecting an increase in profit throughout the next few years. Kris has a daughter who is a veterinarian that will be joining the company which will help ease the minds of potential clients to know their pets will be safe. Kris has also through the years been a pet owner so she understands the clientele that she is trying to attract. She knows that people value their pets and nowadays they are treated more than just family. The other thing I liked was that it is a 24 hour service so when you take that later flight home you can swing by and pick up the dog without having to accrue an extra days’ worth of charges. When it comes to Weaknesses I didn’t notice many in this Business Plan. Kris Price has her client base focused on a small group I felt. Yes, she wants something in an upscale area looking at two income working families but I believe widening the audience would help her attract more of a client...
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...Literary Analysis: A Character from The Crucible By looking at The Crucible by Arthur Miller, one can infer that the character, John Proctor, reveals the theme of reputation and integrity. These are important because refusing to lie to protect one’s reputation can stop hysteria from spreading. In The Crucible, John Proctor was more worried about his reputation for his family to live with than he was concerned with his own life. Basically, the idea of John Proctor protecting his reputation motivates him to deny that witchcraft exists in the village. Proctor had stated his worry by saying, “The town is mumbling witchcraft” (1.1.511-512). Proctor says this in reference to Reverend Hale walking through town with a stack of books for researching...
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...children how to love themselves. It is silly that simple childhood name calling can cause a child to be arrested. What happened to the old saying of teaching a child to have "tough skin?" No, instead we blame the school and everyone else for not protecting the child. Children need to be taught how to have high self-esteem. We have become a generation that seems to lack time and interest in our children. A parent's daily reminder that a child is pretty, or smart, or has nice eye, can help build a child's self-esteem. Yet, instead we work long hours trying to achieve this American dream of the rags to riches ideology. We now choose to blame the system for our lack of involvement. Bullying is unavoibable, but it is the adults who need to change how they respond to it by not running to the courtrooms. We’re talking about kids. Kids — and I don’t want to ruin anybody’s idea about children, because they’ve watched Disney movies and they’re very happy with them — but kids are mean people. Kids will say anything. Kids will hurt your feelings. Kids will go there. There’s nothing wrong with saying, with telling a child that “Yes, bad things happen to you. Bad things happen to everybody. It’s time for you to learn how to deal with it.” Like it or not, there...
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...striving for excellence (www.walmart.com). Wal-Mart keeps their prices low by reducing cost by the use of advanced electronic technology. It also negotiates deals for merchandise directly from manufactures, eliminating the middleman (Vance, 72). Wal-Mart currently has 1,093 supercenters, 502 Sam’s Club, 31 Wal-Mart Neighborhood stores, and 1,183 international stores. The Wal-Mart stores offer “one-stop shopping”. As I stated previously, you can find everything at Wal-Mart groceries, health and beauty aids, and apparel. SWOT Analysis Trying to determine whether or not I should invest in Wal-Mart, I need to gather as much information I can get in order to make the right decision. I thought that one of the things I could do was a SWOT analysis of the company. By gathering information for the SWOT analysis, I can determine the important factors that will help me decide to invest my money in Wal-Mart. Strengths I am a former employee of Wal-Mart, and I can tell you that they are one of the biggest employers in the United States. Wal-Mart has been pegged for its “one-stop shopping”. Wal-Mart has multiple products in their stores. Sam Walton also wanted his stores to be heavily involved with the...
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...Poem Analysis Essay ENGL 102 B07: Literature and Composition Summer 2011 Linda Vaughn L24421443 June 19, 2011 APA Style Outline I. Introduction A. Thesis II. Body A. Figures of Speech B. Imagery C. Tone IV. Conclusion Introduction Who, at one point or another in their life, has not pleaded with God for some tangible, physical help? Asking Him to take over, prove Himself, so that we can know that He is real and we can give our heart to Him. In the poem “Batter my heart, three-personed God”, written by poet John Donne, the speaker is asking God for exactly that. With his use of metaphors, paradoxes, and alliteration, we can actually feel the speaker’s urgency to be saved. The violent imagery and changes in tone throughout the poem prove just how desperate he is for God to take over control of him. Body The title itself, with the metaphor “Batter my heart”, draws the reader in. It captures the attention and makes one curious as to what will happen next in the poem. It gives the reader an image of destruction to an essential essence of life; for without a heart, we cannot survive. Is he stating that there is no life without God? The title also provides the initial tone of the poem. It gives the reader the impression that the speaker is desperate, vulnerable, and seeks to be violently manipulated. As we move on, we find that the speaker believes in the Holy Trinity, as he is pleading to the “three personed God”. ...
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...Chrystian Munoz June 30, 2013 ENGL 112 Essay # 2 Comparative Analysis of Two Literary Texts Deciding For a Way in Life, Trying to Make a New One The poem “Marriage” by Gregory Corso and the poem “I go back to May 1937” by Sharon Olds deal with the main topic of marriages and their different outcomes. The authors want to prove and describe the different scenarios that their lives and others would have turned out if things had been different in the past as well as in the present using fiction as well as drama. Although both poems relate two different scenarios and their stories have no connection what so ever, Corso and Olds explore with imaginary change of events, doubts about life and the pursuit of happiness. All of those components create a connection that seemed inexistent when reading both poems. The beauty of literature is that everything is possible; the writer can change events and scenarios as the story comes along at any time the writer wants. Corso’s poem “The Marriage” transports the reader to different scenarios beginning with two questions. “Should I get married? Should I be good?” (431). Taking the first question as an example, Corso puts a huge amount of pressure into the character with one of the most important decisions that a men or women take in life. In a deeper thought the character imagines his life as poor as well as rich, if he is going to live in a middle class apartment full of rats and roaches or in a beautiful high rise overlooking...
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...The Perks of Being a Wallflower analysis The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the famous book written by Stephen Chbosky about the 15-year-old boy Charlie, who is both the main character and the narrator in the story. Charlie is writing a bunch of letters to his “friend” who we do not know but Charlie is telling this friend absolutely everything he experiences throughout his first year of high school. These experiences include both friends, love, family and death. As mentioned Charlie is a 15-year old boy who is just about to start high school. At first he seems to be confused about his feelings because he says on page 3 that; “I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” He is also a strong person, even though he has a breakdown towards the end of the book, but he is still standing tall despite the fact that his best friend Michael shot himself and his Aunt Helen molested him as a child and died in a car accident. Charlie is a very observant person, he talks a lot about his family and his friends and how they are doing and that is what makes him a wallflower. Just like Patrick says to Charlie; “You see things and you understand. You’re a wallflower.” Charlie never says much but he sees things and he is aware of everyone’s feelings, like when he sees his sister’s boyfriend hitting her and then tells his teacher, Bill about it. He is also very sensitive and cries easily. He dreams about Sam naked and most boys would...
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