Questions for Discussion 1. Oryx and Crake includes many details that seem futuristic‚ but are in fact already visible in our world. What parallels were you able to draw between the items in the world of the novel and those in your own? 2. Margaret Atwood coined many words and brand names while writing the novel. In what way has technology changed your vocabulary over the past five years? 3. The game "Extinctathon" emerges as a key component in the novel. Jimmy and Crake also play "Barbarian
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Ch. 18-20 1. How does Edna spend most of her time in this section of the book? 2. What is Leonce’s reaction? 3. How does Edna feel about her painting? 4. If Edna recognizes that she is not an artist‚ then why does she paint? 5. What is the significance of the song Edna sings while she paints? 6. How sympathetic toward Edna does Chopin seem? 7. How is Victor a kind of exaggeration of Robert? 8. What does Edna learn about Robert while she is there? Why does this depress her? 9. What has
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1. From what point of view is Poe’s story told and why is this view particularly effective for this story? The story is being told from a first person narrative point of view. Poe chooses the first person narration to give the reader a better level of understanding of the characters emotion‚ mental state and setting the plot for the story. With the narrator’s sick and twisted mind‚ the story becomes more interesting. The most important effect the narrator portrays is his mental state. Without his
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Week 7 Problem Set Chapter 26 (page 903): 1. Answer the following questions: a. What is the difference between a firm’s cash cycle and its operating cycle? b. How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm increases its inventory‚ all else being equal? c. How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm begins to take the discounts offered by its suppliers‚ all else being equal? 4. The Greek Connection had sales of $32 million in 2012‚ and a cost of goods sold of $20 million. A simplified
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Week 1 Homework Assignment Are Layoffs Unethical? —Aaron Feuerstein and Malden Mills 1. Aaron Feuerstein became something of an overnight national hero by protecting his workers. Feuerstein said‚ “It was the right thing to do and there’s a moral imperative to do it‚ irrespective of the consequences. a. Was Feuerstein employing utilitarian or formalist reasoning? Explain. Answer: I believe he is a formalist because “the right thing to do and there’s a moral imperative to do it‚ irrespective
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Animal Farm Questions for Discussion: o What are the main ideas expressed in Major’s speech? o What indications does Orwell give in this chapter that indicate the pigs may be superior to the other animals? o What is the immediate cause of the Rebellion? o What are the immediate results of the Rebellion? o What are the Seven Commandments? o How does Napoleon deal with “the education of the young”? What is the allegorical significance of this: who is Orwell satirizing through
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This file of COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper comprises: Planning Proposal Outline Communications - General Communications Focus of the Final Paper This paper should be an objective evaluation of a situation or a problem you or someone you know has experienced here at the University or a suggestion for a change to a university process or a procedure that could improve a service the university provides to its students. You will be required to do some research to complete this paper
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The Seven Basic Worldview Questions I answered last week would fall greatly in comparison to how a nihilist would believe or answer them. My belief system is the opposite of that of Nihilism. It saddens me how people could believe the things listed in The Universe Next Door. These are the three questions I have chosen to select for my response through the mindset of a nihilist. I will also include the strengths and weaknesses of the nihilist answers. 1) What is a human being? A nihilist believes
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Gates of Fire‚ Steven Pressfield Western Civilization I Class 1) Describe the general story line of this book. 2) How does Pressfield present the Spartans and their society? What attributes (characteristics) does he claim that the Spartan exhibited? How did the other Greeks perceive the Spartans? Pressfield sees something in the Spartans‚ there is something that he touches upon in chapter 4 when Tripod is being beaten. He dies for no reason‚ he should have just taken the right of passage
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Week Seven Reports and Presentations • Identify skills needed to deliver effective oral presentations. • Apply business presentation techniques to create Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides. • Create a written report. Course Assignments 1. Readings • Read Ch. 1517 of Business and Administrative Communication. 2. Week 7: CheckPoint: Oral Presentation (Due Day 5) ***Please remember to post your assignment via a PPT‚ within the Assignments section of this course. Thank you. J •
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