someone to help you get through it. In the book‚ Doug finds Lil. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt is about a boy named Doug who has and alcoholic father‚ a mother‚ and two brothers. He meets a girl named Lil and they quickly become friends. Lil helps Doug become a better person by helping him to overcome challenges like school‚ his drawing‚ and she helps him to like Marysville. In the book‚ Lil helps Doug a lot with school. In chapter three‚ while Doug and Lil were in math class‚ this happened‚ “You
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[Setting: Doug’s room in the hospital- a mirror] [Doug is standing away from the mirror‚ muttering somewhat nonsensically] Doug: Dunno why; I’m not a poof- why would I wanna talk about my feelings‚ and my repressed emotions? [Whilst saying the two reasons in a mocking manner‚ Doug makes air quotations to reinforce how against the idea he is] Doug: Bloody useless shrinks just wanna turn everyone into pussies- that’s the only reason ya stressing about a pissy little poem; don’t wanna be a wimp. Coz
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Recalling his past humiliations with Ralph‚ Doug uses this as a source of self-criticism. The things that Ralph did to him eventually led Doug to believe that it was his own fault that Ralph acted this way. Doug is unable to progress in his life because he is tormented by memories of his childhood. The looming presence of this one-sided friendship creates anger inside him. This anger is not only aimed at Ralph for not reciprocating‚ but at himself. In the story Doug recalls‚ “Fool! I thought. The statue’s
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Midterm Criminal Law State v. Doug Homicide: The unlawful taking of the life of one human being by another. Actual Causation : The defendant’s act must have been the “cause in fact” of the victim’s death. Without the defendant’s actions‚ the victim would not have died. “But for” Doug shooting and killing Tom‚ he would not have died. Proximate Causation: A defendant’s actions are the proximate cause of the victim’s death if the result occurs as a consequence of the defendant’s
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In the case of Moreno v. Hanford Sentinel‚ Inc. Moreno decided to post her ideas about her local community on social media. Due to Hanford Sentinel reposting her post‚ Moreno and her family received threats. After Moreno sued Hanford claiming Hanford violated her right to privacy‚ the court decided you can only prevail of an invasion of privacy if the person demonstrated
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one bullied the other. Doug (the victim) was bullied so immensely by Ralph that 36 years later it still drives him crazy and makes him want to kill Ralph. The literary device shown here is flashback because the main character has a flashback for most of the story and really has a deeper meaning. This story teaches individuals to be nice to others and what bullying can really do to a person. The moral of this story is to treat others how you would like to be treated. Doug was bullied for his entire
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Portfolio Theory Case (Professor David Moreno) PARTNERS HEALTHCARE CASE The goal of this case is to teach to students the relevance of non traditional assets (as real states or commodities) in a well-diversified portfolio. Moreover‚ students will be able to practice with the most important concepts from portfolio theory as efficient frontier‚ dominated portfolios‚ Sharpe ratio‚ among others. In addition‚ students are learning how portfolio theory can be useful not only for portfolio managers
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Lucy" and Rita Moreno from "West Side Story". She hated those assumptions; they were inaccurate. Desi Arnaz played to role of a Cuban musician who was married to an American and was always put as the dumb‚ ignorant Hispanic who was sometimes lost in the ideas of the American. Some of that is true‚ but she didn’t like the idea that people thought she was dumb just because the American culture was new to her. The other person that most people related her to was Rita Moreno’s character
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Turning Point English Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology A slight breeze blew as Doug stood staring down at Joey. “Hello‚ Joey‚” said Doug. Silence surrounding the two of them. “Joey‚ I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. I didn’t. And‚ Joey-Merry Christmas.” Doug placed a rose on Joey’s tombstone and walked away. “Can you ever forgive me‚” he asked‚ “for driving home drunk?” A year ago… Doug is a young and wealthy man‚ who supports many charities. He lives in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United
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Forces of Change Theresa Kenworthy Managing Change February 4‚ 2013 Change in the World as a whole is a certainty. In the business world‚ if a company is to succeed‚ change must not only be accepted‚ but predicted‚ planned for and strategized toward. As creatures of habit many of us fight change‚ preferring to keep the status quo. Inability or unwillingness to embrace change however‚ would be a death sentence to a company trying to make it in business. Our text attempts to define change
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