situation in which a beta IPhone was left by a salesman at a bar. Apple, known for its unrelenting secrecy surrounding its products under development, wanted the phone back quickly. A blogger paid to obtain the phone and wrote about the new features on its website. Jobs personally called the head of the company in possession of the phone, told the CEO he was not mad at him, and understood he was just doing his job, although, he was mad at the salesman that lost it. Jobs assured the CEO if the phone
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The Price of Desire “I do not consider myself to be a follower, just a lonely deserted soul in a barbaric city, who walks his own treacherous path in life.” (McGready, 10) I, like many women before me covet love deep in my soul. I have gone to many lengths to protect that desire from those that seek to destroy it, at a price only I will know. An all consuming desire so strong as to change the course of the soul, back into ones self. How far will one go for the craving of love? What part
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The story by Franz Kafka is one that captivates your attention just from its title “The Metamorphosis.” It is centered on the major character Gregor’s transformation from human to cockroach. Kafka delivers this story through an anonymous narrator. The narrator has a couple of similar and different roles from Gregor that makes him his own special character. One of the first things that jump at you as you’re reading the story is the fact that that narrator of the story is not Gregor Samsa. Due to
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things in the world will happen inevitably and the only way to enjoy life is to change your perspective of it. Looking at this story as an existential allegory, Gregor is a modern everyman. Before Gregor turned into an insect he was a traveling salesman. He worked very hard to support his family and “[save] up enough money to pay back what [his parents] owe[d]” (Kafka 24) someone. He was stuck in this dark bubble of his own world, work, and money without any sight of a bigger life view. His way
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Tom Buchanan because he gives her a $350,000 pearl necklace--taking what they can get unscrupulously and discarding anyone who does not serve their purposes of social or financial advancement. In a similar fashion, Arthur Miller's tragedy, Death of a Salesman(1949) depicts a man driven by the materialistic concept of the American Dream who sacrifices all that is truly meaningful in his attempts to impress others with his success. Consumed by this drive for "success," Willy Loman sacrifices his family
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How the authors and readers create meaning from text: Although these three stories are unrelated to each other they share many examples of symbolism that both the authors as well as the intended audience can create meaning from. The descriptive words that the authors used can better help the readers understand the concept behind the story as well as any symbolism that may be in the story. Salvation, by Langston Hughes tells a story of when Langston was younger and he went to a
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The Life of Vincent van Gogh This short biography was written by Hannah Puckett for Ricky Ray's Humanities 2020 class on April 9th, 2018. Vincent Williem van Gogh is often seen as the best artist in the world: past and present. His legacy has repercussions beyond the measure of others . Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands. He was the eldest of families six children. His Father was a Protestant minister. Prior to his birth, his mother, Cornelia, gave birth to a stillborn
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continued to run and work in the store, which now boasts two board-certified staff members who can deal with prescriptions from physicians. Joseph “Gene” Eugene Unger worked at a variety of jobs, such as postman and milkman, before becoming a shoe salesman. His association with shoes seems to have started when he got a job in the Selby Shoe Factory in the 1920s. In
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Physical pain is able to bring us great sufferings, but the pain of the soul could be much more greater and unbearable than physical; especially, if it comes from someone you love. Jon Krakauer, the author of the narrative "Into the Wild", describes the journey of Chris McCandless, 24-years-old young man to Alaska, which was made in an attempt to find inner peace and answers to unexplainable questions. The journey that he thought would transform his life and change everything. Rejected his comfortable
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Through the interactive orals, my understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations of Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis deepened. I learned about Kafka’s life, the social structure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late nineteenth century, as well as the interpretations of his work, which helped me understand the themes of oppression and alienation, and how it influenced Kafka’s writing of The Metamorphosis. Although the novel is not a representation of Kafka’s life, parallels between
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