In Guy De Maupassant’s short story "The Necklace"‚ the main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ makes several ironic discoveries. These discoveries form the story’s climax and produce a surprising ending. However‚ the central discovery of the story‚ that the jewel is fake‚ is‚ perhaps‚ not the most important point of the story. The point of the story is that pride goes before a fall. In the opening paragraph of the story‚ the author immediately tells us Mathilde looks herself as a "pretty and charming girl"
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490 c. 1559) was an early Spanish explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author. Cabeza means "head"; de vaca‚ "of the cow" and this surname was granted to his family in the 13th century‚ when his ancestor aided a Christian army attacking Moors by pointing out a secret pass through the mountains by leaving the head of a cow there. In the prologue to his great story relating his shipwreck and wanderings
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Owen and De Maupassant both write with ambiguous authorial voice to portray different aspects of the central characters. ‘The Soldier’ is a man who has gone through a dramatic‚ life changing subversion whilst ‘Madam Loisel’ One might be inclined to think that both the authors of the two short stories write to make the reader feel unsympathetic and therefore negative towards the main character of each story. Or on the other hand‚ they might both write sympathetically about each character in order
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EL ARTE DE LA GUERRA EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES Sun Tzu nunca imagino que las tácticas de guerra que describe en su libro “El Arte de la Guerra” serían las bases para trazar las estrategias utilizadas en las organizaciones cientos de años después de su publicación. El libro hace hincapié en la guerra como el elemento primordial para la obtención de recursos en los Estados. En la actualidad‚ una guerra no hace más fuerte a un territorio‚ sino más bien‚ las organizaciones de las cuales depende para
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¿Cómo alinear la estructura organizacional con la estrategia de desarrollo? Toda organización‚ pública o privada‚ tiene unos objetivos y unas metas que alcanzar‚ para lo cual es necesario hacer una planeación en donde la estructura organizacional y la estrategia de desarrollo se encuentren alineadas. Adicionalmente‚ las organizaciones están en constante cambio con el fin de mantenerse competitivas. No necesariamente se cambian todos sus elementos al mismo tiempo‚ pero todos están interrelacionados
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Alyssa Curley Ex RR-10/01/10 The Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies Bartolomé De Las Casas describes many horrific actions carried out by Spanish Christians against Indians living on the island of The Hispaniola in between the mid-16th and early 17th century. Bartolome De Las Casas was a 16th century Spanish priest‚ made famous for his advocacy of the rights of Native Americans. Las Casas lived from 1484 to July 17th‚ 1556. He is the Author of The Brief Account of the Devastation
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The Use of Prohibited Drugs Among De La Salle University Students In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements in MARKRES K31 Submitted to: Professor Jose Luis Legaspi Submitted by: Linnie Faith C. Basilio Alexander M. Centeno Aldric Mathew Go Trisha Camille R. Goyena Sofia Agnes R. Labrador Daniel Geoseph C. Ng Tio Karlsten Patrick U. Ong Rajiv Kent P. Sidhu Ana Margaret Wei Wei Y. Tan Allen Lorenzo P. Tolentino April 8‚ 2014 I. Introduction Background of the Study At this
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CRITIC ON THE VISION‚ MISSION‚ GOALS‚ AND OBJECTIVE OF ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY (AdDU) The Ateneo de Davao University’s Vision‚ Mission‚ Goals‚ and Objective speaks of one thing – formation. It forms its students toward three main aspects that is: humanistic formation‚ academic formation‚ and spiritual formation. In humanistic view‚ it strives to form individuals as persons for others‚ and of course cura personalis which shows respect for the student as an individual human person; academically
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Throughout Castaways‚ by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca‚ and A Land So Strange‚ the Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca‚ by Andre Resendez‚ a transformation is seen through the thoughts and actions of the four Spanish survivors. Clearly motivated by curiosity‚ greed‚ and religion‚ at first‚ a dramatic transformation from explorers and conquistadors into assimilated Spanish Indians and revolutionary idealists occurs. Cabeza de Vaca believed that his peaceful ascendancy over the Indians of North America was
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question about travelling is‚ is it worth getting there? I am always ready to visit a new place‚ always excited to find more things about an unfamiliar area. That is why‚ when we were informed that we’re going to have an educational trip at Cagayan de Oro‚ also known as the City of Golden Friendship‚ I was delighted. I love the road. It may be a little tough on my part because I easily miss my family‚ but it has been and will remain a great thrill and challenge to me. Though I don’t really get the
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