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    Pick a job you have held‚ and describe it in terms of span of control‚ delegation‚ responsibility‚ authority‚ and accountability in relation to the course materials explanation of these terms.
 In the United States Army there are two basic types of “Authority”: command authority and general military authority. Authority is the legitimate power of leaders to direct soldiers or to take action within the scope of their position. Military authority begins with the Constitution‚ which divides it between

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    Book adaptations are a huge trend in the modern era of cinema and the entertainment business in general. Almost every book‚ whether fictitious or not‚ has been made into a 2 hour long film that usually gets popular. Movies like It‚ The Hunger Games and Goodfellas are good examples. For this case of book adapted to big screen Hollywood films‚ I’m using the film Zodiac. It kinda feels obvious why a book this big would get a adaptation equally as big. From what I had gathered from a bit of commentary

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    Differences and Similarities in a Tale of Courage For many years Hollywood has been making blockbuster movies based on bestselling novels‚ but often these movies differ greatly from the novel . The movie The Power of One based on a book of the same name follows this trend. The Power of One tells the story of Peekay‚ a boy living in South Africa who dreams of becoming the welterweight champion of the world‚ and who tries to correct the injustice that goes on around him. Although the

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    Weinberger’s article makes many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I

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    and is better worded than the book. This story has many similarities to the television form. The many similarities are mostly are based on the actions of a character and what they say to other characters. In the first chapter of the book has the similarity of how Scrooge locked himself in his bedroom with 2 locks instead of his usual one lock. In the second chapter of the story we see a younger Scrooge and how his sister comes to take him home the same way as in the book. At chapter 3 we see the poor

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    express his curiosity‚ and instead is equivocal. The movie shows his curiosity‚ and him wanting everyone to “feel”. Reasons that Jonas is better in the movie than the book‚ are that he is more relatable‚ he takes bigger risks‚ and has a more audacious‚ and wild personality. Nevertheless‚ Jonas is still an amazing character in the book. Even when he does things that make it less realistic to what someone would really do in the given

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    Milkweed‚ “Until Then I Had Only Read These Things In Books” and “The Guard” all are about children experiencing the terrible life during the Holocaust. After reading these stories you can learn how these experiences had some in common some not. Among the three stories‚ there are many similarities. The first similarity is that two of the stories narrators are scared of the Jackboots. For example in “The Guard” the narrator kept his/her head down and make no contact with the guard. The narrator was

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    in his plays. To help with this authors have come up with footnotes and directors with movies that simply what Shakespeare was trying to get across in his plays. Modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays are often popular as in The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. In 1999‚ the movie 10 things I hate about you was released as a modernized version of The Taming of the Shrew. (Junger Gil) The modern day movie‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ has similar characters to the characters

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    said “If you actually succeed in creating a utopia‚ you’ve created a world without conflict‚ in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver

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    most accurate‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ it is seen that there are many similarities and differences. The movie’s abundant similarities to the novel allow for the movie to carry the name Frankenstein and even include the original author’s name. The book and movie share a similar storyline‚ but the movie strays from the novel in certain scenes and in details of various characters. The movie and novel both share the same storyline. As seen in both works‚ Victor goes away to Ingolstadt University where

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