Critical Analysis: Thank you Ma’m ‘Thank you Ma’m’ is a short story written by a male African-American writer‚ Langston Hughes‚ around 1930’s where the racism was a big issue in the U.S. society. The story talks about an unexpected meeting between Mrs. Luella Jones Bates Washington Jones‚ a tough and independent black lady‚ and Roger‚ a little poor kid who tries to snatch Mrs. Jones purse. However‚ he fails and gets caught by Mrs. Jones‚ but instead of dragging him to a police‚ she takes him
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Nica Javier CRITHIN A62 Ms. Hazel Biana August 5‚ 2013 “Thank You for Smoking” film viewing Identifying fallacies paper. The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy with a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor as the lead. The movie has an eerie comic theme which tackles the serious issue of the addicting substance of tobacco‚ or to be more specific‚ nicotine. The idea which the movie was trying to portray was that this lobbyist was a great speaker who is able to manipulate many
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Lee ENG-102-018 Abstract #3 Thank You For Smoking. Dir. Jason Reitman. Perfs. Aaron Eckhart‚ Katie Holmes. Fox Searchlight Pictures‚ 2006. Film. Thank You for Smoking was a film about a tobacco lobbyist named Nick Naylor. Throughout the movie Nick explains to his son‚ Joey‚ that his job is to be right. He also explains that‚ when you argue properly‚ you’ll never be wrong. Near the beginning of the movie he pitches an idea to have movie stars boost tobacco sales by
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Short Story Unit Plan By: Steve McCauley & Bruce Robinson Subject: English Unit: Short Story Theme: Irony Short Story Unit Contents: Short Story Unit Overview Lesson 1 – Elements of the Short Story Lesson 2 – Cask of Amontillado Lesson 3 – The Lottery Lesson 4 – A & P Lesson 5 – Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Lesson 6 – Short Story Workshop Lesson 7 – The Big Snit Lesson 8 – The Sniper Lesson 9 – The Fall of a City Lesson 10 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson 11 – Two Fishermen Lessons
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August 13‚ 2013 Dear Ma’am/Sir‚ I am writing to thank you for the generous scholarship. I was very happy and appreciative to learn that I was selected as the recipient of your scholarship. By awarding me this scholarship‚ you have lightened my financial burden which allows me to focus more on school. I hope one day I will be able to help students achieve their goals just as you have helped me. Again‚ thank you for your thoughtful and generous gift. God bless! Sincerely‚ ____________________________
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Summary of “Thank You for Smoking” The movie “Thank You for Smoking” is primarily about the job and actions of the main character‚ Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart). Nick Nelson is a lobbyist‚ the vice president and spokesperson of The Academy of Tobacco Studies. His job is to acknowledge people of the research and findings about the effects of cigarettes. The company is financed mainly by tobacco companies and they claim to have found no defective linkage between smoking and major diseases. But what
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are a few examples of thank you letters found on the career and job search advice website “Quintessential Careers”: http://www.quintcareers.com/ A Free General Thank You Letter Sample Mr. Archie Weatherby California Investments‚ Inc. 25 Sacramento Street San Francisco‚ CA 94102 Dear Mr. Weatherby‚ Thank you for taking the time to discuss the insurance broker position at California Investments‚ Inc.‚ with me. After meeting with you and observing the company’s operations‚ I am further convinced that
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I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity you provided me to come out to your admirable practice. Thank you for granting me to visit you last Thursday‚ June 23‚ 2016. I realize that this took time away from your regular responsibilities. I hope I wasn’t too much of a hassle and didn’t get in the way to much. I am grateful for all the information that you so graciously shared with me.Going to your office was such an eye-opening experience where I learn new facts and ideas about Chiropractics that
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SAMPLE THANK YOU LETTERS 400C Hunter Ridge Blacksburg‚ VA 24060 (540) 555-1111 boles@vt.eduOctober 26‚ 2010Ms. Glenna Wright Human Resources Manager Fashion Department Store 2000 Line Drive Fairfax‚ VA 22030Dear Ms. Wright:Thank you so much for your time and the privilege of having an interview with you yesterday‚ October 25‚ during your recruiting visit to Virginia Tech. The management trainee program you outlined sounds both challenging and rewarding and I look forward to your decision
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[in bold and in brackets] throughout your essay. Thank you for choosing SMARTHINKING’s OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! Hi‚ Gregory! I am Kobe F.‚ and I am happy to read and comment on your work today. I like your choice of Jimmy Cross for your discussion because he suffers the most important conflict between desire and duty in O’Brien’s story. Below I suggest some improvements to your thesis statement‚ conclusion‚ and comma use to help you enhance your paper. The ERF and embedded comments
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