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  • Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age by Ben Railton

    Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age by Ben Railton

    Jeffrey Noble HIST 300-B01 Book Review Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age by Ben Railton Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age by Ben Railton takes an observatory position of the United States from the 1876 Centennial Exposition. The Exposition itself is regarded as a “celebration of America’s material progress and prowess,” throughout the first 100 years of the American nation (page 1). The authors thesis lies within the last paragraph of page 5 and the first of page 6.

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    Submitted: April 18, 2019 By: thenoblestbear
  • Corporate Responsibility: The Choice Between Profit and Society

    Corporate Responsibility: The Choice Between Profit and Society

    Ebert Nicholas Ebert Olanike Lawore ENGL 2000-97 11 March 2018 Corporate Responsibility: The Choice Between Profit and Society Stockholders and board members incentivize corporate executives to obtain high profits by offering bonuses based on the profit margins they achieve. While increased profits may benefit a corporation, basing executive bonuses on increased profit levels may promote executives to contemplate unethical decisions concerning their legal and ethical responsibilities. The consequences of these unethical decisions include decreased employee safety from cutting corners, and environmental damages caused by pollution. Blinded by bonuses based on profit margins, corporate executives may

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    Submitted: November 27, 2018 By: nebert1
  • Critival Study on How Computer Games Affect the Grades of the Students

    Critival Study on How Computer Games Affect the Grades of the Students

    The Effect of Computer Games on the Academic Achievement of the High School Students in Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Palompon, Leyte In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements In Research 11 Second Semester Presented by: De Veyra, Maria Diane B. Damayo, Fernando Jose P. Grade 11-STEM-A ABSTRACT Playing video games has become one of the largest leisure activities in the world. This study examines the effects video games have on high school students, their grade point averages, time management, and study habits. Existing literature has linked video game usage as being negatively correlated with

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    Submitted: July 27, 2017 By: matsun101
  • Cultural Division Between the East and West Coasts in the United States

    Cultural Division Between the East and West Coasts in the United States

    Aldana Luis Aldana Professor Snowberger AML2020 February 6, 2013 Cultural Division Between The East and West Coasts in the United States Mark Twain uses a great deal of satire and humor in his literary writings. In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” Twain pokes fun and brings to light the grand cultural divide in which the United States was experiencing at this time. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” highlights several differences of late 19th century American culture and society. The culture clash introduces the theme of the overall story in which Twain

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    Submitted: February 14, 2016 By: luchoo1
  • Data Mining Applications in Healthcare

    Data Mining Applications in Healthcare

    Data Mining Applications in Healthcare IE 525 - Term Project Proposal Data Mining Applications in Healthcare Group members: Hazal Ercan Elifnas Ertekin Supervised by: Kemal Kılıç November, 21, 2016 Fall 2016-2017 Sabancı University ________________ Abstract In this project, data mining applications in health care systems will be analyzed. Deliverables of this project will be a wide research about data mining applications in health care therefore forty or more literature reviews will be investigated. While reviewing these forty papers, the correlation end relation between the papers will be noted. According to these connections between them, possible

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    Submitted: May 7, 2018 By: halehazal
  • Did General Haig Deserve the Title “butcher of the Somme”?

    Did General Haig Deserve the Title “butcher of the Somme”?

    Did General Haig Deserve the Title “Butcher of The Somme”? General Haig was a British Commander, and Senior Officer of The British Army, on the Western Front for World War I, including The Battle of The Somme which was fought from July to November in 1916. The number of casualties that his war strategy caused has made him a very provocative figure of History. The question that most people argue was General Haig a ‘Butcher of the Somme’ Was he a ‘Donkey leading lions. Or finally, was he a ‘War Hero’ A man put under

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    Submitted: May 20, 2017 By: Vaza123
  • Did George Orwell Predict Life in America Today?

    Did George Orwell Predict Life in America Today?

    Did George Orwell Predict Life in America Today? George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a classic that continues to open the eyes of citizens to the world they are living in today. This novel was written to serve as a warning to Western nations about the frightening repercussions of a totalitarian government. It depicts a super-state called Oceania, which is ran by the Party, who monitors and controls the actions and even the thoughts of its citizens. George Orwell does a tremendous job of depicting a dystopian society where freedoms and civil liberties are essentially nonexistent.

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    Essay Length: 2,508 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: July 28, 2016 By: Sworley
  • Discretion

    Discretion

    Class, Discretion is used in every portion of the criminal justice process in one way or another (Samaha, 2015). Every Criminal Justice professional could let the case slide and not push it to the next level based on their professional opinion and experience. Discretion can be seen as characterized into a plethora of different types of groups such as managers, the public, and the singular police departments employing diverse stages of influence in running an organization (Davis, 1975). Police discretion naturally needs a vital enigma that will aid police officers in circumstances where decision-making skills

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    Submitted: December 16, 2017 By: domonich23
  • Ecofuel

    Ecofuel

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this marketing plan and strategy is to prepare for the international market entering and Brazil will be the starting step for the market penetration. The increasing of the awareness of green environment had highly encouraged the trend of e-cofueling and energy security for vehicle owner. Brazil and the largest manufacturer of ethanol and widely use locally as people currently is looking into economy fuel and environmentally energy resources, thus it is a very good opportunity for E-cofueling to predominate the trend to penetrate Brazil, Australia and International market. Raw material

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    Submitted: July 16, 2013 By: huihong.gan
  • Ego Trippin

    Ego Trippin

    Millie Crowder October 9, 2012 English 102;001 This paper is an analysis of a poem by Nikki Giovanni about Africa, called "Ego Tripping," subtitled "(there may be a reason why)." Published in 1970, during the civil rights movement, it is a proud declaration of Africa's material and cultural abundance. Giovanni's personalizes African pride, reminding her readers of much of what the continent has contributed the history and civilization. Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. began her writing career by publishing a number of collections of short poems in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and this

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    Submitted: September 14, 2014 By: micro3
  • Emaar a Hotels and Resorts Within the United Arab Emirates

    Emaar a Hotels and Resorts Within the United Arab Emirates

    Introduction Emaar properties is a Hotels and Resorts owned property within the United Arab Emirates, which currently runs and operates major hotel operations with a 100% focus on attracting tourists worldwide. It was established in 2005 with a main business objective of developing, owning and operating the best hotels, resorts and residences located in those cities most known for tourist attractions. (Hotels & Resorts, 2010). The company's mission is to offer world wide a one stop solution to lifestyle, leisure, work, living etc. (Corporate mission, 2010). They cover a wide range of needs to satisfy

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    Submitted: July 1, 2012 By: dary80eg
  • En 205 Study Guide

    En 205 Study Guide

    * List of Authors with their works * * John Donne * The Flea * The Undertaking * Death Be Not Proud * George Herbert * The Alter * Easter Wings * Andrew Marvell * The Coronet * Milton Paradise Lost * Book 1,3 and 4 (Put emphasis on 1 and 4) * Jonathan Swift * A Modest Proposal * Gulliver’s Travels * Alexander Pope * The Rape of the Lock ________________ Works and their relevance * The Flea * Written in Petrarchan verse * The flea is a metaphor known as a hyperbole –

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    Submitted: April 18, 2016 By: jafree117
  • Eng 102 - Influence of Social Network Sites on Adolescents

    Eng 102 - Influence of Social Network Sites on Adolescents

    Mandal Snigdha Mandal Trevor Michael Fuller ENGL 102 1st July, 2015 Influence of Social Network Sites on Adolescents Rapid growth of technology and introduction of Web 2.0 have led to a massive development in the internet technology. One of the most notable products of it is Social Network Sites (SNS), which ever since made public is gaining popularity exponentially. Popular SNSs like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace and others have changed the age old perception of offline social networking and have made social interactions possible online by click of a button in laptop or a simple

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    Submitted: February 13, 2016 By: sniks
  • Eng115 Week 3 Reader's Journal - Characters Every Day Use

    Eng115 Week 3 Reader's Journal - Characters Every Day Use

    Fabiola Mercado ENG115 | Summer II 2019 Prof. T. West Week 3 | Reader’s Journal Character In literature characters are dynamic, static, and round or flat. Dynamic and round characters are what compelling stories are created or built around. These characters go through many major changes such as life transitions, trials and tribulations. These characters show growth. The characters qualities change over the course of the story. A static and flat character on the other hand does not change or evolve. They simply remain the same. “Every Day Use” by Alice Walker provides us with

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    Essay Length: 869 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: July 25, 2019 By: fabiola
  • Eng226 - Gay Marriage

    Eng226 - Gay Marriage

    Amber Wang ENG 226 Definition Agreement Essay Gay Marriage “You cannot stand for civil rights +not support gay marriage. You cannot stand for human rights +not support gay marriage. It’s that simple. Everywhere, the voice of the oppressed must echo-ring out or else it will be rushed by the tyranny of wickedness.”-Bernard Schaffer. United State supreme court rules the same-sex marriage is ledge nationwide in 2015. It is absolute a landmark, not only nationwide but also worldwide. It is a very controversial issue, some people stand for it; other people don’t. When we discuss about

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    Submitted: April 16, 2019 By: hero100
  • Engl 102 Fiction Essay - the Lottery, and the Rocking-Horse Winner

    Engl 102 Fiction Essay - the Lottery, and the Rocking-Horse Winner

    Ethan Fisher Dr. Rhonda Tilly English 102-D52 16 November 2017 Fiction Essay Thesis: “The Lottery”, and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are vastly different short stories when it comes to their conflicts, structure, and tone, but they also share some striking similarities in particular areas. 1. The conflicts in these two stories are different in just about every way, yet they both lead to a character dying in the end. 1. There appears to be no real conflict in “The Lottery” until the conclusion of the story when you see that the lottery in the story is

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    Submitted: December 8, 2017 By: efisher1
  • Engl 1100 - from Outside In

    Engl 1100 - from Outside In

    VIRAJ VAGHANI ENGL1100 YAYING ZHANG Summary of Barbara Mellix’s,”FROM OUTSIDE IN” In Barbara Mellix’s article FROM OUTSIDE IN, she explains us about two different languages and how she grew learning both of them: Black English and Standard English. Black English has different type of accents and slang in it and Standard English is the correct form of English and a form that is widely accepted. In this article Barbara learns which type of English to use for different situations, For example, she would speak Black-English when she was at her house with her entire family.

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    Submitted: April 9, 2018 By: Viraj Vaghani
  • English 102 - the Most Dangerous Game and the Child by Tiger

    English 102 - the Most Dangerous Game and the Child by Tiger

    FICTION ESSAY Fiction Essay: Comparison and Contrast of “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger” Caitlin Finfrock English 102 04/10/2017 OUTLINE Thesis: Both stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence, have different conflicts from one another but both stories have two common themes: morals and consequences of greed. Outline 1. Introduction 1. Importance of conflict, plot and structure 2. thesis 1. Similarities between “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger” 1. Intro to the conflicts 2. Man vs. Nature, 3. Man vs.

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    Submitted: April 22, 2017 By: Caitlincl67
  • English 102 Poetry Essay - Robert Frost’s Poem “the Road Not Taken”

    English 102 Poetry Essay - Robert Frost’s Poem “the Road Not Taken”

    POETRY ESSAY Poetry Essay ENG 102-D25 Liberty University POETRY ANALYSIS THESIS AND OUTLINE While Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is clearly a metaphor, the reader can literally envision walking in the speaker’s shoes. Although, the decision was made “ages and ages hence” it is still so very fresh in the speakers mind that he can vividly describe the circumstances of the fateful day he chose to take the path that he did. With all the indecision described in the poem, the reader is left with the feeling the speaker is not just dissatisfied

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    Submitted: November 4, 2015 By: Noahlukesmommy
  • English 11 - the 14th Amendment

    English 11 - the 14th Amendment

    Claudia Maldonado English 11 1/14/16 The fourteen Amendment The fourteen amendment is about “All person born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the U.S and of the state where they reside’’ both of the cases one of them being Plessy v. Ferguson and the other one is Brown v. Board of education apply to the fourteen amendment. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson the claim was separate but equal and the fourteen amendment say that they couldn’t force any law which shall abridge the privileges

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    Essay Length: 373 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 3, 2016 By: 2IkL28
  • Epic Hero Persuasive Essay

    Epic Hero Persuasive Essay

    Epic Hero Persuasive Essay In both selections, the reader follows the adventures of an epic hero on his quest to defeat evil and uphold their reputation or family’s name. In Beowulf, the fearless warrior from Geatland defeats wicked monsters over the span of his life, leaving his mark in the hearts of those he protected. Meanwhile, in Lord of the Rings, Eowyn, the niece of the king, is fighting in secret, slaying her opponents in the name of her father. Although both possess great heroic characteristics, when comparing the two, I believe Beowulf is the

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    Essay Length: 350 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 4, 2018 By: lolineedhelp
  • Epidemic of Failing Schools.

    Epidemic of Failing Schools.

    Running head: FAILING SCHOOLS The Epidemic of Failing Schools Daniel Caldwell ENG122: English Composition II Mary Larsen March 11, 2019 ________________ The Epidemic of Failing Schools The failing school epidemic is a major crisis facing the educational system of the United States today. The term failing schools wasn’t heard of two decades ago, but now it is a very popular and well known term in society today. The failing schools epidemic needs to be addressed because it is affecting the level of education students across the United States are receiving. American students are falling more

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    Submitted: March 25, 2019 By: MONNICAWINGATE
  • Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

    Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

    Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton is a story about a man named Ethan and how his life took a turn that would lead to his future despair. Ethan Frome is married to his wife, Zenobia, better known as Zeena. However, Ethan has fallen in love with Zeena’s cousin, Mattie. She is often described as having sweet disposition, charm, and beauty. She appeared in Ethan’s life when she came to know that Zeena needed a maid to help around the house and has nowhere else to go where she can be stay and be safe. Zeena

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    Submitted: October 19, 2018 By: mchowdhury2031
  • External Environmental Analysis of Selected Company

    External Environmental Analysis of Selected Company

    Strategy analysis External environmental analysis of selected company 3.1 PESTEL analysis PESTLE analysis has been conducted to classify what sorts of strengths and opportunities the management of Tesco in United Kingdom faces presently and in future (Drummond and Ensor, 2005). The strengths and opportunities identified will serve as a base for pinpointing the strategies detailed in this report. 3.1.1 Political Forces Because of functioning in a global setting, Tesco is chiefly impacted by the legislative and political circumstances of these nations, in addition to the European Union implementing governing directives. The UK government directive for

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    Submitted: December 18, 2014 By: ramdesh
  • Factors Affecting the Level of Performance of Senior High School Students in Chemistry in Samal, Bataan Sy 2016-2017

    Factors Affecting the Level of Performance of Senior High School Students in Chemistry in Samal, Bataan Sy 2016-2017

    Factors affecting the level of performance of Senior High School students in chemistry in Samal, Bataan sy 2016-2017 Introduction Chemistry is the study of the nature and properties of all forms of matter as well as substance that make up our environment and the various changes which these substances undergo in different conditions. According to Ikeobi, 1986, all form of human endeavors and absolutely nothing goes on in science without the application of chemistry. The importance and role of science education (especially chemistry) cannot be over emphasized. Chemistry has long been a traditional part of

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    Submitted: January 8, 2017 By: Shaira Medina
  • Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Airam Coronel 20001474 Bradbury uses this passage to prepare us for later events in the novel because this was just the beginning of where and how Montag had met Faber. This was just like background information to what the passage was leading to. When Montag and Faber met, Montag discovered that Faber was a retired English professor. Montag also noticed a book under Faber's arm, but he didn't say anything. Faber started losing fear at Montag since Montag wasn't doing anything against him. Faber commence saying poetry quotes and although Montag knew about the existence

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    Submitted: August 25, 2016 By: airamc97
  • Family Reactions to the Trauma Izzy Faces.

    Family Reactions to the Trauma Izzy Faces.

    Wingert Leah Wingert Dr. Pry COE 269HU 6 February 2019 Family Reactions to the Trauma Izzy Faces Throughout the novel, there are many changes not only in Izzy’s life, but also the life of her family and other people around her because of the loss of her leg. As the novel goes on, we meet the Lingard family which consists of her parents, twin brothers, and a sister. They all portray a different reaction to what has happened to Izzy and different ways of coping with a new lifestyle. The lifestyle that Izzy now has

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    Submitted: March 27, 2019 By: leah_wingert
  • Features of Crm Software

    Features of Crm Software

    Future predictions of CRM 2016 Features of CRM software Marketing automation: Automation of sales prospects using the system, the system might automatically send them marketing materials, typically via social media or email, with the goal of converting a sales lead into a full-fledged customer. Sales force automation: Prevents duplication of efforts between a salesperson and a customer. A CRM system automatically tracks all contacts and follow-ups. Contact center automation: constitute pre-recorded audio that assists in customer problem-solving and information dissemination. Various software tools that integrate with the agent's desktop tools can handle customer requests in

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    Essay Length: 340 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: September 19, 2016 By: SwxJ76
  • Fiction Essay

    Fiction Essay

    Fiction Essay ENGL 102 Liberty University Climb to Power Fiction Essay ________________ 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 1. Comparison of two fictional Stories 1. The Destroyers 2. The Most Dangerous Game 1. Similarities between characterization and theme 1. Both characters were evil in their own way. 2. Both characters sought power and superiority over others. 1. Characters 1. Trevor from The Destroyers 1. He became leader of the gang within the story. 2. He proposed the destruction of Mr. Thomas’ house. 1. General Zaroff from The Most Dangerous Game 1. He enjoyed the thrill of the

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    Essay Length: 1,472 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 2, 2016 By: mjb_bmw
  • Ficton Essay Compare and Contrast - the Destructors and the Lottery

    Ficton Essay Compare and Contrast - the Destructors and the Lottery

    Fiction Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Fall B 2018 APA Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene both show the dark side of human nature. “The Lottery” looks at it from a cultural standpoint while “The Destructors” focuses on the development of characters. I. “The Lottery” and “The Destructors” focus on human cruelty towards others. A. Both stories involve meaningless crimes. B. Both stories depict the dark side of human nature. II. “The Destructors” looks at character development. A. The theme of leadership is

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    Essay Length: 932 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: September 23, 2018 By: rbpilot1

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