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    contrasting greenwashing

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    CONTRASTING 2013 GREENWASHING CONTRASTING GREENWASHING Tools and Strategies Section 1 In the world of today‚ a “green” imagery has the potential of creating additional benefits for companies‚ to put forward their agenda and to sell more products by accessing new markets. Though‚ when pushing their “green” image‚ companies have to take into account that it comes with the risk of being accused of greenwashing (Esty & Winston‚ 2006). It means that a company tries to hide unpleasant

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    this piece of writing I will be comparing and contrasting 3 poems. Which are ‘Praise Song for my mother’‚ ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Nettles. The title of each poem describes exactly what it is and what is about. ‘Praise Song for my Mother’ is not actually a poem‚ it is a praise son. Which in Guyana (where Grace Nichols was born) it is something written after a person close to them has dies. It is written to commemorate and rejoice about a persons life. ‘Nettles’ is a story about a Scannells son who falls

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    Literary Elements

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    There is more to a story than just literary elements. The meaning and feelings it leaves upon the reader as he or she sets an image in their mind. As the story is read‚ the feelings and morals that are portrayed behind the reasoning of the writer’s purpose. The theme explains what the story is about and the reasoning of why the story was written. (Clugston‚ R.W. Chapter 7) The literary elements help to tell the story that contributes to a reader’s mind of a portrayed theme. The story I chose has strong

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    The Three Stages of the Magi It is within the nature of humans to search for something greater than themselves. Man is continually on a journey of some form; whether it is for love‚ for fortune‚ or for a greater truth. Often when a person begins a journey they are forced to take a deep look at themselves‚ and are often permanently changed by what they find. T.S. Eliot’s poem‚ "Journey of the Magi"‚ describes their transition to spiritual enlightenment through three stages; the journey‚ the arrival

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    In Liam O’ Flaherty suspenseful fiction story “ The Sniper” is about how the irland Republicans and Free Staters were fighting a civil war. While almost getting himself killed‚ the sniper ends up unknowingly killing his brother. The author creates suspense with the use of increasing and decreasing pace. The author made the story suspenseful by all the action or conflict in the story. The author created suspense by having a wide variety of his word choice. In The Sniper the author creates suspense

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    beyond their typical attitudes and seek a life that holds beauty with personal freedom from their husbands‚ and more importantly the idea of being controlled puppets. On the contrary‚ their contrasting features such as their regular behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and the conclusions they arrive at. Overall‚ “The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” emphasize on the importance of a woman to have rights that are equivalent to those of men and the freedom of

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    The Ultimate Gift

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    Ultimate Gift “God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.” It is one quote that I have read on one of the article. This quote really suits on the film that we have watched. I’m really inspired on how the story goes. There are gifts from God that had mention on the film. Those gifts had given a specific experience that he will encounter. These gifts are gift of family‚ gift of love‚ gift of dreams‚ gift of laughter‚ gift of giving‚ gift of money‚ gift of friends

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    O’connor was born Catholic. Although they never met they used to correspond with each other. “Flannery O’Connor had a breakthrough as a young writer of fiction when she realized the stories of the Old Testament threw a special light on the rural South where she was living.” Ellie says In O’Connor’s The Complete stories Robert Giruox‚her

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    Edgar Allan Poe and Henry David Thoreau were two very different authors‚ one was a mastermind of Gothic literature‚ while the other was a transcendentalist. One can understand Poe’s knack for stories like The Fall of the House of Usher because of his unprivileged childhood. His father deserted his family‚ and his mother died while Poe was very young (Wiggins 288). He also lived through constant poverty and suffered from depression‚ his only refuge being his wife‚ Virginia‚ who died when she was

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    the repressive nature of a patriarchal society‚ Kate Chopin’s “The Story Of An Hour “ was one of the first female –authored stories written to show a woman’s point of view. However‚ Jeremy Foote in his article “Speed that Kills; The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin’s THE STORY OF AN HOUR”‚ insist that critics‚ caught up in the powerful feminist images‚ have overlooked another theme. He argues that instead of only reading the story from a purely feminist perspective‚ it should also be read as a protomodernist

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