experiment in a mall Cafe called Butler Chocolate‚ with a purpose of finding a way to help shoppers become happier. By giving each customer a piece of Butler ’s chocolate‚ the Cafe hoped to increase the number of smiling faces at the mall. Early findings have shown the importance of the research with shoppers averaging a happiness rating of 4/10 to begin‚ rising dramatically to an average of 5.6 after a Butler’s chocolate sample - a 16% increase in happiness. (Butler ’s Chocolates 2014) Our group found
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Swans at Coole by W.B Yeats is one of musicality as it is a direct expression of personal feelings‚ identified as the author’s. The lyrical poem includes three main subjects: setting‚ serving as a correlative to these feelings‚ Swans as the trigger‚ and the poet himself. Written in loosened iambic pentameter and consisting of five six-line stanzas rhymed ‘abcbdd’‚ the poem’s reflective and melancholic mood reflect the time of the poems first appearance. During the year of 1916‚ Yeats’ spirits were low
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Part Two: Biographical Essay When William Golding was young‚ to his oncoming adult years‚ there were many events going on in his life that shaped him. The events in his life give us a look at why he chose to do things‚ from acting the way he did‚ to writing arguably his most famous novel‚ Lord of the Flies. These major events give us a better look at the life of William Golding. They allow us to see the other things going on in his life‚ and see why he may have reacted the way he did. Born in 1911
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Brenton Butler Murder Case In May 2000‚ two tourists from Georgia were outside the Ramada Inn. The wife was shot in the head in front of her husband and the killer fled. During this painstaking investigation‚ police picked up a 15-year-old student (Brenton Butler)‚ who was on his way to submit a job application to a local Blockbuster Video. Butler was brought to the victim’s husband‚ who identified him as the killer. Police brought Butler in for questioning‚ and he confessed to the murder‚ both
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Butler‚ Octavia E. Fledgling: Novel. New York: Seven Stories‚ 2005. This literary analysis will be of Octavia Butler’s 2005 novel‚ Fledgling‚ exploring the role of the narrator and protagonist‚ Shori Matthews. The question to be examined is whether or not the voice of the sympathetic character comes across as reliable‚ or unreliable to the reader. For Shori’s role to be properly analyzed‚ it is important to become acquainted with the author. Ms. Butler is a master storyteller‚ extraordinaire
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AN ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM BLAKE’S SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE AS A RESPONSE TO THE COLLAPSE OF VALUES TIMOTHY VINES∗ Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience are a much studied part of the English canon‚ and for good reason. Blake’s work depicts a quandary that continues to haunt humanity today: the struggle of high-order humanity against the ‘real’ rationality and morals of institutionalised society. This essay seeks to explore both Blake’s literary reaction to the Enlightenment and the
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Capital Budgeting Butler Lumber Company Abstract Butler Lumber Company‚ a lumber retailer with a rapid growth rate‚ is faced with the problem of cash flow shortage. In order to support this profitable business‚ BLC needs a great amount of cash. The loan of $250‚000 from Suburban National and a line of credit of up to $465‚000 from Northrop National Bank are the two choices provided. After a brief review of the operation and financial conditions of BLC‚ we first make analysis of the credit level
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“A recurring characteristic of Modernism is the estrangement of the individual from his/her world: the outside world becomes unreal‚ uncanny‚ a place in which the individual can no longer feel at home.” What evidence do you find of such estrangement in the writing of the period? The late 19th century and early 20th century were times of great spiritual and social upheaval. It was an era in which many external values of the previous century were being challenged; faith in the government was in
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When It Changed is a story set in the future in another planet where all its society is constituted by women. In this story‚ the author is making a statement about gender relations and gender inequality that is still relevant even almost 50 years after the story was written. From the beginning of the story‚ the author shows us our biases and stereotypes. In fact‚ we do not know that the main character is a woman and instead assume that it is a man until halfway of the story. This is due to the author’s
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Americanized and had little knowledge about his cultural background. The story‚ "Crickets‚" by Robert Olen Butler is about a father‚ who is trying to educate his son to be more Vietnamese. Butler is trying to let his reader understand that coming to a new land as a new immigrant is difficult. In order to have a better life‚ the father and his new bride struggle to come to America. In other words‚ you must give up something to receive something in return. We can learn more about this sacrifice by studying
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