Tazrin Hossain UGC 112 Brian Campbell Detective Notes # 1 Arana Xajilá‚ Plague in Central America (1519-1560) The document‚ written by Arana Xajilá in 1519‚ illustrates for the reader the lasting impact and implications the plague had to the Cakchiquels tribe and the reader can then infer how the plague paved for the Spanish conquest of what is now present day South America. Arana Xajilá‚ Plague in Central America is a first person account of Arana Xajilá (also known as Francisco Hernàndez)
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Throughout the history of time‚ colonization has played a key role in the establishment of many powerful civilizations. Critic Robin Reid claims that “Bradbury ’s novel (the Martian Chronicles) cannot be considered as expressing a completely postcolonial point of view.” However‚ Reid is underplaying the extent to which Bradbury emphasizes his post colonialist theme in The Martian Chronicles. His futuristic take on human domination in his short stories “June 2001‚” and “February 2002” portrays everything
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Case Study: The Investment Detective Primary consideration is the capital availability. If the firm has unlimited access to capital and no other investment options‚ Net Present Value would become recommended quantitative method. On the other hand‚ if the time horizon and payback period matter‚ the company should use Internal Rate of Return Calculation. 1. Looking at the cash flows doesn’t really say much. The assumption is that the firm is in the business to make profit. Profit is equal return
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The world is an increasingly dangerous place to live in. It seems that everyday we are hearing more and more stories of murder‚ kidnapping and terrible crimes; but is the world really getting more dangerous? I believe the media has a vital role to play in this picture with the arrival of 24-hour news channels and live news feeds; it seems we are constantly being bombarded with horrific incidents‚ giving the false illusion that crime is rising at the same rate as well. We look back to the First
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Alien friend or foe? Written by: ???? "Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable‚ and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable‚ solutions are not." -Isaac Asimov. Science fiction films have become extremely popular over the last 30 years‚ with one of the most significant being Alien. These films are becoming more similar in structure; the hero versus the villain. And we all know that the hero‚ also known as the human‚ triumphs to victory. Is this because sci-fi films have
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tongue it falls apart. The kind that as soon as you take that first bite you taste an array of flavors; chocolate‚ sugar‚ vanilla‚ cinnamon. Ding‚ they are ready. This is one of the few things that you get out of the movie Stranger than Fiction. Stranger Than Fiction is a movie directed by Marc Forster. Harold Crick‚ a man who lives alone in an apartment in a city‚ is an
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Kenneth Millard‚ in his book Coming of Age in Contemporary American Fiction‚ examines the coming-of-age genre and its place in American culture. He makes a relatively solid case that authors use adolescent characters to enact social change‚ accurately asserting that “adolescence‚ youth‚ [and] innocence...become an idealised fictional category which literary writers can use to give a particular urgency to representations of subjectivity and socialisation that highlight their own social and political
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The case presents the student with financial ratios for eight pairs of unidentified companies and asks them to mate the description of the company with the financial profile derived from the ratios. The primary objective of this case is to introduce students to financial ratio analysis—in particular‚ the range of ratios and the insights each one affords. This case presumes that students have already been introduced to
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Many science fiction stories contain similar themes and ideas‚ but only two really caught my attention. As I read these stories I couldn’t help but notice the different themes that make them appealing. Although they both have different themes‚ characters and scenarios‚ they both seem to stay true to the make believe factor. Themes like vengeance‚ justice‚ love‚ pride‚ and honor seem to appear in these short stories. For me‚ justification seems to also be present‚ one justifies on the good for mankind
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his views of disagreement with pre-Revolutionary War era thinking. His views on how the Puritans thought are carefully displayed in his works. Through his writing‚ Washington Irving demonstrates the power of fiction as he indicates the apparent errancies of the American Revolution. Fiction has the power to subtly infiltrate one’s thinking. Sarah Wyman (2010)‚ an Associate Professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz‚ in her article “Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle: A Dangerous
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