Even Swaps: A Rational Method for Making Trade-offs Generalmente, cuando se tiene que tomar una decisión se busca lograr muchos objetivos diferentes al mismo tiempo y lo necesario es llegar a unos trade-offs sabios. Esto ultimo es uno de los retos más importantes y difíciles en la toma de decisiones: lo difícil es evaluar bien los objetivos, dado que cada de ellos tiene su propia base de comparación y por eso se ha desarrollado el método del even-swap: es una forma de trueque, que obliga a pensar
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Week Three: Decision Making Details Objectives 3.1 Describe tools and/or techniques used in decision making. 3.2 Examine decision-making models and influences. 3.3 Apply a decision-making technique to a situation. Readings Read Ch. 14 of Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life. Read Ch. 1–3 of Smart Things to Know About Decision Making. Read Ch. 4, 12–26 of Decide & Conquer: Make Winning Decisions and Take Control of Your Life. Read this week’s Electronic
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The Motivation of Dreams The ultimate objective of life is to turn dreams into reality. Dreams are valuable because they are the ideal life conditions that people want to live in. They provide a source of motivation to achieve great success in the future. This motivation can be seen in the characters of many novels including David Adams Richards's The Lost Highway and Francis Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In both novels, the protagonists strive for dreams of winning over the loves of their
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Clever and captivating, F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is perhaps the most critically analysed American piece of the past century. Arguably this is because Fitzgerald uses many diverse literary devices to fascinate the reader. Gatsby and Daisy embody the theme of complicated relationships, which Fitzgerald uses to make the reader question the legitimacy of Daisy’s feelings and Gatsby’s persistence in chasing his dream. Fitzgerald involves symbolism in many ways including a green light
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby uses Tom Buchanan to epitomize wealthy men in the 1920’s when corruption, bootlegging and adultery coexisted with the norm of society while social status and wealth continued to be the American dream, both of which Tom achieves and benefits from. Tom Buchanan can be described as a powerful man who uses his money and social status to get what he wants, even if it affects other people. For example, when Nick eats lunch with Tom and Daisy, Tom starts saying,
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Write about some of the ways that Fitzgerald tells the story at the end of Chapter 3 Fitzgerald tells the story through Nick Carraway, the narrator and a character in The Great Gatsby. His use of literary techniques involves the reader effectively and tells a story so finely that it is arguably one of the best-written novels of the 20th century. At the end of Chapter 3, Fitzgerald reveals further general context about Nick: our intra-fictional narrator’s day-to-day life during the summer of 1922
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Feminist and Lesbian Criticism in The Great Gatsby No novel gives goose bumps to readers without the sparkle of a powerful woman. In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jordan, Daisy and Myrtle make up the scenario of the feminine force in a world ruled by men. While Daisy and Myrtle are feminine, delicate and live in the constant longing for unconditional love, Jordan is the representation of the modern, feminist woman. Jordan enjoys living life carelessly and does not find it necessary
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In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a distinct development of emotions and symbols, and one of the key vehicles for illustrating this change is the final line of each chapter. Hidden within each final sentence lies an inner message that either pulls together a major theme in the chapter leading up to the sentence, or is a harbinger of the coming chapters. Beginning with the final word in chapter one, “darkness” (21), and concluding with the novel’s final word, “past” (180), Fitzgerald
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When a person thinks about the idea of the American Dream, the first thing that comes to mind is the notion that everyone is considered equal. Everyone has the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. What is the exact definition for the American Dream? It is defined as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. The concept of the American Dream originates from the 1920’s. In an article
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a great American novel, which criticizes wealth in the American dream. Nick Carraway is the narrator who observes characters such as Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom primarily. Jay Gatsby wants the perfect American dream. He has worked most of his life to get the fame and wealth that will impress Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is his love. In Gatsby’s mind, she is the only girl for him. He is so in love with everything about her. Daisy, however, refuses to accept her love for
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