benefit a local business. When they moved to their new plant in Waterbury CT, there was a limit to the amount of liquid waste, therefore incur more expenses. They made a deal with a local pig farmer to feed his pigs the milky water, which the pigs enjoyed as well as loan the local farmer money to purchase 200 more pigs. This decision was beneficial to the farmer as well as Ben & Jerry, which connects their social and financial aspects of their mission statement. Ben & Jerry strived to be social conscious
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When evaluating inventory impairment for the PIGS entity, it depends specifically on the character and composition of the inventory. The method used should clearly reflect the income of that period by applying the rule of lower of cost of market to each item or on a total inventory basis. If the company evaluates impairment by product line, there must be more than one major product that exists. This company does have more than one product line that exists consisting of: live hogs for sale, developing
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about being together on the island and plan on being rescued soon. The children in the first section of the book still follow the laws and rules that they had before. Jack "The hunter" cannot bring himself to kill a pig in the beginning of the book. "In his first confrontation with a pig, Jack fails, unable to plunge his knife into living flesh, to bear the sight of flowing blood, and unable to do so because he is not yet far enough away from the taboo of the old life. This shows that the kids still
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In this competitive era, everyone is eager to gain something. Positive attitude on satisfying desire can push one to achieve one’s dream, while radical and unsatisfied desire will ruin one’s humanity and take away one’s reason. “a contented mind is a continual feast” is a good suggestion about how to control ambitious. In Lord of the flies, it is their different attitudes toward how to satisfy their desire make them have different fates. Field Marshal said, “The most powerful weapon on earth is
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leader of the hunters. Sincerely, jack Journal entry #3: Today was long frustrating day ralph was a dear mate of mine until he started to become a bossy nag. Since we had to stay the night on the island ralph made us go hunt for pigs and berries to eat because we might be here longer than a day. While we do this ralph is watching the little’uns we got fruits and
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that the beast is symbolized as the innermost evil within all of us. This has a major role in the civilization vs. savagery theme because the beast represents the savagery. The beast is used yet again as a symbol for inner evil when Jack mounts the pig head on a stick. “The head is for the beast. It’s a gift” (Page 137). This shows how the boys begin to almost worship the beast as a god. It displays how they have almost completely been taken over by the savage inside them. Throughout the book they
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Selfish behavior is a character trait no one desires to have, yet could help an individual survive. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, the boys’ actions affect them and the people around them. The story follows a group of boys who crash land on a deserted island. Jack is one of the leaders who makes poor decisions, which affect all of their lives. The boys’ selfish actions also have major impacts on the plot in regards to Piggy death, Simon’s death, and the corruption of Jack’s mind.
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The boys have become savage throughout the story, what would you do if you were one of the boys stuck in the island without parents with just kids and having to survive by yourself, I think most of you would become savages just like the boys did in the story because you would get tired of being by yourself and would miss your family. One of the reasons the boys became savages is because most of the time the boys were focused on having fun instead of trying to work on getting food or building a home
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In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies a massive plane crash occurs. Due to the plane crash not many survive. However the children that do survive come together, and decide to elect someone chief. They elect the child that is a natural leader, yet I think Piggy should be chief for many reasons: intelligence, resourcefulness, and maturity. The main reason Piggy should be chief is his intelligence. Piggy has a great intelligence beyond the other children. Yet, they elected Ralph
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In Lord of the Flies, Golding made a point to only include young white English boys in his book. This book, published in 1954, had these boys stranded on an island, with the oldest once there only being about 12 years old. No girls, no minorities. Why? If girls and minorities were also stranded on the island, the self-established hierarchy would put them at the bottom, and they would be in a dangerous situation. While we don’t know the setting in the book time wise, we do know that the author was
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