A Characterisation of the setting in Lessing’s short story; The Mother of the Child in Question “The mother of the child in question” is a short story by Doris Lessing‚ where a social worker (Stephen) is going to visit a family in their apartment. “Stained gray piles went up in the sky‚ and down below lay grey acres where only one person moved among puddles‚ soft drink cans and bits of damp paper” In the text‚ the setting is described as an area of tower blocks with cement everywhere. In
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Obedience is an age old expectation that rulers‚ priests‚ and government officials have required for years from their subjects. Most of the time individuals follow their leaders without question. This is the case because the population from which obedience is required believes that they continue to have a choice. When‚ for whatever reason this belief is lost‚ some individuals will begin to exhibit an increasing disobedience to the requirement. This often increases to the point of violence or
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Moran’s Retirement Annuity Sunrise Industries wishes to accumulate funds to provide a retirement annuity for its vice president of research‚ Jill Moran. Ms. Moran‚ by contract‚ will retire at the end of exactly 12 years. Upon retirement‚ she is entitled to receive an annual end-of-year payment of $42‚000 for exactly 20 years. If she dies prior to the end of the 20-year period‚ the annual payments will pass to her heirs. During the 12-year “accumulation period‚” Sunrise wishes to the fund the annuity
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contribution to the project. Case 1 Sunrise Bank‚ Inc. recently appointed the accounting firm Smith‚ Godfrey‚ and Hannaford LLP as the bank’s auditor. Sunrise quickly became one of Smith‚ Godfrey‚ and Hannaford’s largest clients. Subject to banking regulations‚ Sunrise must provide for any expected losses on notes receivable that Sunrise may not collect in full. During the course of the audit‚ Smith‚ Godfrey‚ and Hannaford determined that three large notes receivable of Sunrise seem questionable. Smith‚ Godfrey
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Case 1: Sunrise bank recently appointed the accounting firm Smith‚ Godfroy‚ and Hannaford as the bank’s auditor. Sunrise quickly became one of Smith‚ Godfroy‚ and Hannaford’s largest clients. Subject to banking regulations‚ Sunrise must provide for any expected losses on notes receivable that Sunrise may not collect in full. During the course of the audit‚ Smith‚ Godfroy‚ and Hannaford determined that three large notes receivable of Sunrise seem questionable. Smith‚ Godfroy‚ and Hannaford discussed
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human capital dilemma This is a case of two competing hotels‚ Sunrise Hotel and Beachside Hotel that are both located in a medium sized‚ tourism based town in the Northeast U.S. The hotels are both competing for the same set of guests‚ as well as the same set of potential employees. They are both budget hotels‚ right next door to each other‚ with 60 guest rooms each and a view of the beach. The occupancy during peak season for the Sunrise Hotel is 98%‚ but during the winter months goes down to 65%
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ROUGH OUTLINE FOR A PAPER. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. Powers behind control: An essay on democracy Peter L. Hupe Department of Public Administration Erasmus University Rotterdam hupe@fsw.eur.nl To be presented at the Annual Work Conference of the Netherlands Institute of Government‚ held at Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ October 29‚ 2004 Workshop 3: Institutional Rearrangement of the Public Domain 1 Abstract In contemporary Western democracies the role of government is not what it
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read nothing‚ knowing only some specialty or other‚ for instance‚ computers." Kids today -- we’re telling you! -- don’t read‚ don’t write‚ don’t care about anything farther in front of them than their iPods. The Internet‚ according to 88-year-old Lessing (whose specialty is sturdy typewriters‚ or perhaps pens)‚ has "seduced a whole generation into its inanities." Or is it the older generation that the Internet has seduced -- into the inanities of leveling charges based on fear‚ ignorance and old-media
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Gotthold Lessing’s play‚ Nathan the Wise‚ is the pursuit for truth. In particular‚ a truth that goes beyond religion‚ one that reaches to the depths of humanity: human nature’s freedom. In his play‚ Lessing reveals the freedom of human nature among mankind through the bonds of friendship. Furthermore‚ Lessing conveys an optimistic view of human nature in such a way that left to its own devices‚ human nature will seek the goodness of mankind and fraternity. Friendship in its purest form is not bound
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Emily Dickinson’s “The Day Came Slow till Five o’Clock” This poem‚ written by Emily Dickinson‚ explores the theme of nature and its relationship to a sunrise coming over a hill. The poem describes the appearance of a sunrise as a female guest in a large house is watching it from her window. The poet describes the unique splendor of watching a sunrise mixed with the sounds of a war battle. The speaker seems to be speaking from an observant standpoint‚ perhaps from above or below‚ and has no role in
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