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- 1311: Gender
- ... should be treated as equals; however, more attention is directed towards discrimination towards women. In society today, women and men are not socially equal, but ultimately, men are favored more than women are. In the short story, “Only Daughter,” by Sandra Cisneros, Sandra wanted more attention from her father. She wanted her father to acknowledge her for her writings. “I wanted him to interrupt.” Sandra wanted her father to see what ... two years of graduate school, she disappointed her father because she still had not found a husband. She said she could see her self being erased. In the end, after she published some of her stories, her father finally accepted her because of her accomplishments. In addition, men and women are constantly concerned about looking "good," even though they are physically different. In order to look appealing to others ideally, men ...
- 1312: Charlotte’s Web And Watership
- ... to see from a human being. Her spinning of the web with a word or two in it is not common activities for spiders. While examining the animal’s actions, partially sheds light on the stories that we are reading. It helps unravel the ideas and advance the plot. It does not however, give us insight into the behaviour, specifically the god-like actions that demonstrate anthropomorphism in both these novels ... it demonstrates her martyrdom. She uses her abilities as a spider to save Wilbur's life. In doing so she is not able to live her life to the fullest. She recognizes that spiders live short lives, regardless of their actions. She disregards this thought to save Wilbur. By the end of the novel her actions have come full circle. In the final chapter of the story, Charlotte passes away and ...
- 1313: The Mortal Sin Of Pride
- The Mortal Sin of Pride In The Cask of the Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism, imagery, and the atmosphere to help fully explore the sinful nature of pride and its serious consequences within the short story. The character of Fortunato is the main capsule for the explanation of the dangers of being prideful of ones self. By examining Poe s use of symbolism, images, and effective backdrops around Fortunato the reader may begin to understand the importance of the deadly sin of pride. Poe deliberately explains to the reader early on within the short story, The Cask of the Amontillado , that Fortunato takes extreme pride in himself on his connoisseurship in wine (153). The theme of having an overwhelming amount of self-pride, one of the seven deadly sins ... with impunity (153). Fortunato s pride shines brightly throughout him, even down to his clothing. During the supreme madness of the carnival season (153). Fortunato was wearing motley (153) or multicolor clothing in Poe s short story displaying himself with pride and energy for the carnival. Fortunato wears brightly multicolor clothing because he is proud of himself, his abilities, and his achievements. Standing out in crowds of people and having ...
- 1314: Cantebury Tales
- Canterbury Tales tells many stories from medieval literature and provides a great variety of comic tales. Geoffrey Chaucer injects many tales of humor into the novel. Chaucer provides the reader with many light-hearted tales as a form of comic ... equally humorous and ironic event, and the story ends with the ignorant husband being taken advantage of. Such ironic situations add to the humor of Chaucer s tales. Chaucer also uses the humor in his stories to provide comic relief. The humorous tales act as a sort of comic relief in the novel. Chaucer inserts humorous tales to take away from the impact of more serious tales. Tales such as the Miller s Tale and the Reeve s tale offset the seriousness of tales such as the Second Nun s Tale and the Pardoner s Tale. Many of the tales in Canterbury Tales tell stories of hypocrisy, greed, and poor faith. These tales intend to teach a moral lesson of man s religious duties. Tales such as the Miller s Tale and the Reeve s Tale represent a more ...
- 1315: The Ruined Cottage
- ... young narrator, and the audience of the Ancient Mariner is the wedding guest. The storytellers of "The Ruined Cottage" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" are very effective in capturing their audience with their stories. There are two examples to show how effective these storytellers are. The storytellers are so effective at telling their stories that they make their audience's escape from reality. The first example of a storyteller telling an effective story is in "The Ruined Cottage." The young narrator is at his house and this is where ... effective storyteller to have the audience leave with something. The Ancient Mariner tells the wedding guest a story and the wedding guest leaves his story a sad but wiser man. Both storytellers have told effective stories to their audiences. Each of the two audiences have gone away with a new profound knowledge of life.
- 1316: Hawthorne Effects On Factory W
- ... conditions, but is the esprit de corps that lies within the workers. In this case, I need to develop the esprit de corps among the operating workers by showing more personal interest to them. In short, I need to pay a lot of attention to the operating workers in my factory. The second phrase of the Hawthorne experiment was the interviewing studies. Interviewing programs were established to determine the attitudes of ... few differences and their working conditions ware the same as those in the main wiring area. As a result, the group was developing its own rules and behavior. The behaviors decrement the production as they short-circuited the company wage incentive scheme. Obviously, workers are not only motivated solely by money. It is obvious that money can’t solely motivate the operating employees in the factory to increase productivity. My role ... understand and motivate my subordinates. Knowing why the employees act in the manner they do and motivate them via psychology, social and other factors are one of my priority in managing the operating employees. In short, Hawthorne experiments put a great emphasis in indicate the importance of human relation’s movement, which would be very useful for me in managing the factory operating employees. Reference: 1, Miss Su notes (week ...
- 1317: Cathedral 2
- ... to picture a person with dark sunglasses, a seeing eye dog, and a walking stick. These are stereotypes and obviously do not remain true in the case of all blind people. In Raymond Carver s short story Cathedral," the main character is jealous and judgmental of his wife s friend who happens to be a blind man. It is the combination of these attitudes that leads to his own unique blindness." It is through this initial blindness, that the character gains his greatest vision. The short story Cathedral includes three characters. These characters include the narrator, his wife, and her blind friend Robert. Early into the story, the narrator expresses that he possesses many stereotypes, these stereotypes keep him blind from ... says I was in my house and I knew that. But I didn t feel inside anything. Ironically at this point with his eyes closed, the narrator receives his greatest vision. In Raymond Carver s short story Cathedral," the main character s jealous and judgmental attitudes keep him blind to reality. Through an experience with a friend of his wife s, he gains an insight that helps him to realize ...
- 1318: The Journey Of Odysseus And Te
- ... saw Nausikaa, daughter of king Alkinoos. Odysseus gently supplicated to the princess. She first took him to the inhabitants of the island, the Phaiakians, and then Alkinoos, the king. There he listened to Odysseus s stories, and presented him with lavish gifts and a furnished ship back to Ithaca. Resenting this fact, Poseidon turned the new crew into stone for their generosity. This is the time, nearly twenty years after his ... was recognized, Telemachos asked Nestor about his father. Nestor rambled on and said nothing of real importance to Telemachos. At this point Telemachos became pessimistic, and Athene reassured him with an analogy of Agamemnon s short journey, and it s consequences. Still emotionally unstable, Telemachos used this opportunity to speak of Menaleus, Agamemnon s brother. Nestor agreed that Menaleus may be more knowledgeable that he, and kindly provided him with a ...
- 1319: Cisco Systems
- ... support, product ordering and delivery times. Cisco is today the world's largest Internet commerce site, selling more than $6 million in products every business day. Cisco is one of America's greatest corporate success stories. Since shipping its first product in 1986, the company has grown into a global market leader that holds No. 1 or No. 2 market share in virtually every market segment in which it participates. Since ... net income of $913 million or $1.37 per common share. Research and development investment increased to $698 million, up from $399 million the previous year. Cisco ended the year with cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investment balance of $1.3 billion, compared with a year-end balance of $1.0 billion in 1997. Much of their success has been because of the close awareness of their customers' needs. To ...
- 1320: The Sniper Analysis
- ... in positions were conflicts arise between friends or family. The Sniper was written by Liam O Flaherty to express a subtle yet powerful opinion on such a conflict. With references this essay will analyse the short story bringing to light the structure used to contribute to the theme. The basic plot of the story is based during an evening within the Irish civil wars. It tells of a republican sniper sitting ... into perspective the feeling that will be felt during the coarse of the plot development. Little extra tricks have been used through the story that could only been described as style. Little things such as short sentences to create extra suspense. Use of alliteration and similes creates a more powerful image. Short, simple sentences gives impact to the final climax of the story. So concludes this analysis of The Sniper written by Liam O Flaherty. Shown above are references onto how he went about creating a ...
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