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- 1491: The Great Gatsby - Daisy's Role
- ... the society of the 1920's. With prohibtiion and the extremely active nightlife of the "Roaring 20's," everyone had something to hide. This is displayed in Gatsby, who is involved in the drug trafficing business -- almost a mobster. Yet he appears to be simply a smart business man. Daisy herself is a good example, and adds greatly to the meaning of most of the meanings. All in all, Daisy contributes and is essential to the story through her personality, conflicts, and themes ...
- 1492: The Great Gatsby: Characters Add To the Theme
- ... the society of the 1920's. With prohibtiion and the extremely active nightlife of the "Roaring 20's," everyone had something to hide. This is displayed in Gatsby, who is involved in the drug trafficing business -- almost a mobster. Yet he appears to be simply a smart business man. Daisy herself is a good example, and adds greatly to the meaning of most of the meanings.
- 1493: The Battle For Your Mind: Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public
- ... know that the first step to initiate change is to generate interest. In this case, that will probably only result from an underground effort. In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own business. I know it, and I know how effective it can be. I produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes and, in some of my seminars, I use conversion tactics to assist participants to become independent and self ... Finney was another Christian revivalist who used the same techniques four years later in mass religious conversions in New York. The techniques are still being used today by Christian revivalists, cults, human-potential trainings, some business rallies, and the United States Armed Services . . . to name just a few. Let me point out here that I don't think most revivalist preachers realize or know they are using brainwashing techniques. Edwards simply ...
- 1494: The Great Gatsby: Eastern Desires
- ... 1922. In the book, people went from west to east because something they desired was in the east; unfortunatly in the end those 'somethings' were unattainable. ...I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business so I supposed it could support one more single man. All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep school for me... Nick went to the east to make ...
- 1495: Anna Karenina: Characters and the Life Novel
- ... in which Tolstoy gives the minor character a sense of life is by making them unpredictable. One sees this in the character of Ryabinin. When initially discussed, the reader is told that upon conclusion of business, Ryabinin will always say "positively and finally" (p161). However upon conclusion of the sale of the land, Ryabinin does not use his usual tag. This tag would normally be characteristic of the flat, minor character ... exact things that doom the relationship. Vronsky's political duties limit the time he spends with Anna and she begins to doubt his fidelity. The end of the relationship occurs when Vronsky must leave on business and Anna doubts his true motive for leaving. As she ponders the fight that has occurred, Anna realizes that she has now lost everything, her lover and her child, because of her distorted view that ...
- 1496: An Analysis of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed in Life Due to His Father
- ... very proud coming through his home town after the big race and being seen in the car with such people that he was with; Charles, an heir to a hotel empire and soon-to-be business owner, Charles' cousin Andre who was going to run Charles's new business, and a talented Hungarian piano player. His father was happy to see his son in such a happy state and was quite proud of the fact that his son was to have dinner in such ...
- 1497: All My Sons: Miller's Chief Criticism Of American Society
- ... society to this level of corruption. Miller emphasizes this point in several ways. The first example is that Keller knowingly ships out cracked cylinder heads, that will crash an airplane if used, to prevent his business from going bankrupt, claiming that he did it for his family. The second example is that Sue would rather Jim make allot of money, and not do medical research- which is what he really wanted ... values money and profit more than human life. He shows this by his portrayal of Keller. Keller ships out cracked cylinder heads, aware that in flight they will cause planes to crash, to save his business from being shut down. Furthermore, he goes on to allow the blame to fall on Steve, in order to save himself from going to jail, even though Steve was not the only one guilty. Keller ...
- 1498: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... on his wife's bother Peter Gansevoort. (Humford 33) Allan Melville's sons may have found a more substantial father experience with their maternal uncle Peter Gansevoort. (Edinger 8) Hermans father was to busy with business causing his children to find their uncle as the father figure. This was the start for the financial collapse that later happened Allan Melville was unrealistic and had a lot of wishful optimism. He seems to have been a man who constantly lived beyond his means, continually expecting a great windfall to be around the corner. (Humford 35) When Allan Melville was borrowing money for his business, he was trying to fulfill his wife's social ambitions by moving into larger homes. Eventually that bubble burst and Allan Melville had fallen into a total financial and psychological collapse. Although Allan Melville meant ...
- 1499: Plato's Republic
- ... well- tempered harmony and has made himself one man instead of many, will he be ready to go about whatever he may have to do, whether it be making money or satisfying bodily wants, or business transactions, or affairs of state. In all these fields when he speaks of just and honorable conduct, he will mean the behavior that helps to produce and to preserve this habit of mind; and by ... a philosopher king (Plato 205). His main arguments in favor of such a ruler include when strength fails and they are past civil and military duties, let them range at will, free from all serious business but philosophy; for theirs is to be a life of happiness, crowned after death with a fitting destiny in the other world (Plato 207). With that said, there is now an overview of what Plato ...
- 1500: David Korten's "When Corporations Rule The World"
- ... owned small businesses are not only the foundation for strong communities; they are the driving force of strong economies. Small businesses are our engines of innovation and job creation. One example of this how small business is better than large corporations, is in the court case where an 81 year old woman, sued the huge multinational corporation of McDonalds for serving her a coffee heated to 180-190 degrees, far above ... to the owner and demand that the temperature get turned down. Big corporations require a legal system that allows the average citizen to force them to pay for their mistakes and mend their ways. Local business are able to more easily hear the voice of their customers and remedy the problems more quickly and easily. Connected with this, since corporations can not be eliminated, they need to at least change their ...
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