The founder of Build a Bear‚ Maxine Clark‚ has researched and understands the market place and the customer needs in the retail business. Build - A- Bear unquestionably creates a value for customers and at the same time builds a strong relationship with them. By knowing her customers‚ their needs‚ and wants she has created satisfied loyal customers and has a large share of the market in the toy business. Build – A – Bear Workshop has a customer driven marketing strategy. The company targets
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The Woman Warrior is the memoir of Maxine Hong Kingston’s experience growing up as a first-generation Chinese American. In it‚ she tells the stories of several other women to reveal the struggles and issues that have affected her own life. In telling their stories‚ she is telling her own stories because Kingston herself is a compilation of all the women in her book. In The Woman Warrior‚ Kingston reveals the cultural conflicts that have affected her and how‚ ultimately‚ she is able to fight back
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In her story Twisters and Shouters‚ Maxine Hong Kingston tracks the thoughts of the character she has created as she follows him on a walk through the streets of San Francisco. The main character of the novel‚ a man named Wittman Ah Sing‚ has recently found himself without a job. With nowhere left to go‚ he decides to wander down San Francisco’s famous Market Street. As he strolls through the street‚ he comments on what he sees happening around him. No longer deluded by the city’s false impression
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an abundance of diction to help set the tone and mood. Diction helps develop a vengeful tone after a rival dog Spitz kills Curly‚ one of Buck’s teammates‚ when it says “Spitz ran out his tongue and laughed again‚ and from that moment Buck hated him with bitter and deathless hatred.”(London‚ 9). This diction helps convey the author’s tone through Buck‚ helps develop Buck as a character‚ and Spitz as a rival. Also it foreshadows Buck’s revenge later on when he kills Spitz. Diction also helps develop
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as a submissive young spouse. Then the author develops the characterization of Louise Mallard‚ through her diction and imagery‚ into an empowered‚ freed “widow.” The diction used by the author is crucial to the development of the story. In the opening line the author refers to the main character as “Mrs. Mallard‚” and states that she is “afflicted with a weak heart. These choices of diction imply that she doesn’t have her own identity‚ and her weak heart symbolizes her perceived lack of inner strength
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subjective diction to convince a resisting abolitionist group that slavery is not a bad deed. While some believe slavery is an immoral act towards society due to their harsh treatment‚ the author argues other wise saying slavery is acceptable and is needed. He explains to his readers how slavery is‚ “a status of society… and continually justified by Holy Writ‚ is its natural‚ normal and necessary status under ordinary circumstances” (Fitzhugh 295). Fitzhugh uses a great example of subjective diction as he
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ENG 2D1 Mar. 21‚ 2013 Mr. Dishart Essay #1: I am Maxine Tynes Many can suggest their own interpretation of what creativity is and where it may come from. Creativity is thought to be a gifted skill that only certain people can possess however; others disagree and instead believe that creativity can be developed through everyday life. Maxine Tynes in the personal essay I am Tynes explains what creativity is in her own words. Maxine states that creativity is not something that is “chosen”
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In the short story "The Flowers‚" there are examples of diction‚ symbolism‚ and setting that prepare the reader for the ending. The example of diction throughout the story is the narrator’s word choice‚ which prepares the reader for shifts in mood. The example of symbols in the story are the flowers‚ which represent innocence and youth. The setting that changes from light and cheerful to dark bring forth the grotesque ending. Despite all the example differing‚ they all foreshadow the ending to the
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otherwise known as Moor had slept with his wife Emilia. Leaving Iago with a strong desire for revenge. Shakespeare successfully uses diction and symbolism throughout the passage. These devices are used to provide the reader insights regarding Iago’s character and motivation. Shakespeare indirectly depicts Iago’s persona as egoistic and manipulative through the use of diction: “And nothing can or shall content my soul‚ till I am evened with him” (13-14). Iago’s body is dominated by anger and resent‚ causing
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In “Night”‚ Elie Wiesel uses diction in numerous ways in order to form an audience to connect with his contextual elements in his brief story‚ specifically when expressing his interpretations of the men‚ such as Idek‚ who worked to run the concentration camps. This made the text undemanding to appreciate for the audience. He also incorporated diction throughout the time of lynching men and adolescents‚ and occasionally using colloquialism‚ throughout the excerpt. For instance‚ towards the end of
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