Built To Last James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Chapter 1 The Best of The Best The critical question is not “What’s common across a group of companies?” Rather‚ the critical issues are: “What’s essentially different about these companies? Selected a comparison company for each visionary company. Compare gold medal teams to silver and bronze medal teams whenever possible to give real meaning to our findings. History and Evolution They reflect the accumulation of past events and the shaping force
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Chapter I introduces us to Edna (the protagonist) and Leonce Pontellier (her husband)‚ the couple who live on Grand Isle (main setting) and are one of the main focuses of the book‚ Robert Lebrun (a young Frenchman who is attached to Edna)‚ and some minor characters‚ like Madame Lebrun (Robert’s mother). Chapter II has Edna and Robert talking and expanding their character while Leonce is away at a hotel. Chapter III has Leonce returning home to Edna‚ criticizing her for acting unlike a common Creole
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information it gave me was enough to become informed about certain topics and also to creating some curiosity about such an interesting and developing decade. Every chapter of the book was interesting‚ however the one that most caught my attention was Chapter Four‚ “Popular Culture and the Culture Wars.” We live in a culture where technology is one of the most important factors and it was extremely interesting for me to read a whole chapter about innovations that happened in the 80’s. Significant developments
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in the sixteenth century to now. He shocked me with his easy acceptance of the role of violence and cruelty in worldly success. If someone can handle this kind of situation‚ they probably could handle anything that comes upon in their life. Chapter 8 is about how individuals can turn into a ruler regardless of the possibility that they are a little evil and commit crimes. In addition to fortune and skill‚ criminal acts or the approval for his
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Summary: Chapters 1-13 - The narrator and protagonist Offred lives in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian government who controls everything - There is a flashback to Offred’s past which outlines her conditions as a handmaid - Narrator‚ named Offred describes how women lived in the time - Forbidden to talk to each other - Learned to read each other’s lips - Laps around the former football field - Armed guards called Angel’s patrol the outside - Scene changes from the past to the present - “Nicer”
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• Chapter 8: I have decent background knowledge of the differences between Calvinists and Armminists‚ but this chapter changed my thinking. The previous discussions and literature I have experienced have made Calvinists out to be irrational. This chapter appropriately represented the supporting and objecting arguments to both viewpoints. I gained an understanding of why Calvinists believe what they do‚ and I can now look at Scripture and see where they are coming from. Their beliefs are not radical;
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Achievement Habit. His book talks about improving one’s life using several different techniques. Some of Roth’s techniques to reaching success can be thought as too extreme by many‚ but as the individual gets to know Dr. Roth they will be quick to learn that he comes off very confident and passionate about his beliefs in order to get the point across to his reader. He uses great forms of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos all throughout his book‚ but especially in chapter two when he discusses that “Reasons
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Occupied America Chapter Summary In this paper‚ I will be summarizing the following chapters: Chapter 3: "A Legacy of Hate: The Conquest of Mexico’s Northwest”; Chapter 4: “Remember the Alamo: The Colonization of Texas”; and Chapter 5: “Freedom in a Cage: The Colonization of New Mexico. All three chapters are from the book‚ “Occupied America‚ A History of Chicanos” by Rodolfo F. Acuna. In chapter three‚ Acuna explains the causes of the war between Mexico and North America. In chapter four‚ Acuna explains
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‘Mere Christianity is broken down into four different books‚ each containing its own chapters. Book one is named ‘Right and The Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of Life’. This book contains five chapters. It explains what the Law of Nature is‚ and how it is seen by people. Also explaining the past‚ present and forever meaning of how we act by the law and how it differs from other “natural laws.” In the first chapter; ‘The Law of Human Nature’ the author tells his reader how the law of nature is seen
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Ralph blows the conch and calls another meeting. By now‚ thank goodness‚ the choir boys have removed their cloaks. Using his authority as the newly elected chief‚ Ralph tells the boys that they need to get organized. Apparently that means rules. Now all boys have to raise their hand to talk. Oh‚ and no one can speak unless they’re holding the conch shell. The boys are excited about having rules‚ but mostly so that they can punish those who break them. This notion elicits cries of "Whee-oh!" "Wacco
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