This article is about the genus of flowering plants. For other uses‚ see Lavender (disambiguation). Lavender Lavender flowers Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Subfamily: Nepetoideae Tribe: Lavanduleae Genus: Lavandula L. Type species Lavandula spica L. Species 39 species‚ including some hybrids‚ see text. The lavenders (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering
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Calyx Flowers : Managing Profitable Growth Recommendation : Increase Internet advertising. There are several reasons to support it. 1. Less Cost‚ more tailored communication with customers In case of the catalog‚ the acquisition cost of new customer is too expensive. This makes new customers unprofitable. (see table 1) Instead of the catalog‚ the company can send email directly to their target customer with less expense. The company already have a web page‚ so the firm can use the system without
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Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou 3) Thesis statement: “Then I met‚ or rather got to know‚ the lady who threw me my first life line.” 4) Summary: This story is about a young lady named Marguerite Johnson who looks up to and admires a woman named Mrs. Flowers. She describes Mrs. Flowers as a beautiful and intelligent woman that is "our sides answer to the richest white woman in town." Marguerite was a smart girl who did well in school but had a problem with speaking in class. Mrs. Flowers heard
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Arjuna Velayudam Period 2 February 28‚ 2014 Snow Flower Paper Snow Flower Paper In a patriarchal society‚ women have unfortunately suffered terrible limitations to personal life‚ social interactions‚ and even economic abilities. This is true of nineteenth century China‚ where physical pain was not only encouraged by the male-dominated idea of femininity but was also perpetuated by the women themselves. One glimmer of escape from this painful world was created by
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Flowers for Algernon In his novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ Daniel Keyes‚ tells the story of Charlie Gordon‚ a mentally retarded 32 year old man. An experimental surgery takes him from the darkness of stupidity‚ into the bright light of intelligence only to force him back into the dark. Enabling him to achieve a state if higher intelligence is thought to be an improvement of Charlie’s life. If it really is for the better becomes uncertain. Before the operation‚ Charlie’s intelligence and emotions
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A contemplation upon flowers Tone The speaking voice /persona is philosophical as he follows what is initially an individual problem to a universally applicable conclusion. It moves from admiration and confusion at his his own recalcitrance ( hard to manage and understand) to one of acceptance and peace. Mood The mood of the poem is deeply reflective one as the poet contemplates his own mortality. Major themes Death and life- our lives are but a cycle that culminate ineditably in depth. If
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Desert Flower Every country has their own cultures and traditions‚ some of the cultures and traditions control us. In Africa‚ a girl named Waris‚ she was 3 years old who forced to have a FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) as others girls who had this brutal practice. But‚ she had no choice to run away from this practice because it’s one of the traditions that the woman has to get circumcision to be a pure girl and virgin until getting married. Waris kept her pain inside of her heart‚ inside of her
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In the book‚ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan‚ there are many themes that pop up throughout the story. One of the biggest themes in the book is love. I choose love as a main theme‚ because throughout the book Lily‚ the main character‚ is reflecting on her life. She shows how much love she has for Snow Flower‚ and how she wanted her mother to notice her and love her. This theme is important because it shows how finding love within your family will carry throughout your life. Another theme that is
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes was born August 9th‚ 1927 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He came from a small family that intended for him to become a doctor. After a traumatic experience in the U.S. Maritime Service he decided to pursue his dream to become a writer. In 1966 Mr. Keyes wrote his first novel‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ which won a HUGO (the Major award of the World Science Fiction Society). Flowers for Algernon is a multifaceted novel‚ with a consistent motif of loneliness and isolation
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Flowers for Algernon. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68 and desires to become intelligent. He is chosen to undergo an operation to increase his intelligence level to 204‚ however he is unaware of the consequences that may follow. His experiment is not worth the risk because he realizes that humans can be cruel‚ the experiment is not permanent‚ and he loses his friends and job. One of the reasons
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