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    the opening chapter of Great Expectations? The firs chapter of ‘Great Expectations’ establishes the plot outline for the story whilst sill introducing‚ its main characters‚ Pip and his world. As both narrator and protagonist‚ Pip is naturally the most important character in ‘Great Expectations’: the novel is his story‚ told in his words‚ and his insights define the events and characters of the book. As a result‚ Dickens most important task as a writer in ‘Great Expectations’ is the creation of Pip’s

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    The Struggle of Having Power Throughout Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip’s emotional battle with Estella and encounters with Miss Havisham‚ is the vinyl coating that reveals the grainy surface that is Victorian England. Throughout the book it seems as if Pip is brought into a new world of opportunities‚ giving him a chance to grow. Yet‚ unexpected and direct forms of violence throughout Pip’s journey have an opposing effect on his morals and character. Miss Havisham’s control over Pip

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    his characters in Great Expectations and why? (Focus on chapters 1 and 39) Great Expectations is a novel that was written by Charles Dickens and published in the late 19th century. It was firstly published in serial form in ‘All The Year Round’‚ which was Dickens weekly literary magazine. It was founded and owned by him and published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the UK. It is a coming of age novel as it follows the story of a boy into their break of maturity. Great Expectations follows the story

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    Originally a novel‚ written by W. Sommerset Maugham‚ "The Razor’s Edge" is the story of an American man named Larry‚ who undergoes a transformation as he witnesses the changes in the world and his own life. Larry experiences disillusionment due to World War I‚ seeks refuge in France to "find himself"‚ and questions the morals of society. The Razor’s Edge entails several of the main elements of modernism‚ and Maugham illustrates them by exposing the darker side of the American Dream through relationships

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    The job satisfaction model After studying this case‚ references and theories‚ I could not help thinking about traditional Chinese philosophical approach which I am deeply rooted as a Chinese. In contract to modern Western science which is heavily based on experiments and quantitative data gathering and statistical analysis‚ Chinese thinkers and philosophers traditionally draw conclusions based on observations‚ inference and intuition. Hereby I attempt to combine the two into what I call Job Satisfaction

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    In Brazil the maximum working hours per week are usually 40 to 44 hours‚ depending upon whether the employee works 5 or 6 days a week. The Brazilian Labour Law prescribes an annual vacation of 30 days which should be taken all at once or divided in two parts (one half must be of at least 20 days). Brazilian workers are eligible for full-time employment already at the age of 14 but there are certain protective regulations covering adolescents aged 14 to 18. Brazilian labour unions There are several

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    Changes that affected 15 companies: - 1/Emergent countries such as China or the BRICS: affected many companies in the way they perform ‚ like Apple who wanted to reduce its cost of production by relocating to Brasil paying 250$/month per employee. 2/Nike as well relocated to China in order to reduce its cost‚ and used child labour for many years until the world human rights forbidden this illegal labour. 3/Thanks to the e-commerce today many commercial companies are offering commercial

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    Describe the relationship between Pip and Joe in Part One of he novel Great Expectations Joe is “married by hand” to Mrs Gargery‚ of whom Pip is also “brought up by hand”. The two characters in the book Great Expectations envelop in a long‚ changing journey of their relationship throughout the progression of the book‚ as it becomes affected by many external factors which are beyond the control of the beholders. In chapter two the close bond between Joe and Pip can be observed. Firstly‚ despite

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    The relationship between Pip‚ Estella‚ and Jaggers is going through much growth throughout the story. Pip’s and Estella’s relationship is very similar to as when Pip was just a common boy‚ and there is not much hope for the relationship to become real. Jaggers also has and will have much influence on the lives of Pip and Estella. The relationship between Pip and Estella is not getting much better and there is not much hope in it‚ the main reason being that Estella still treats Pip the same as when

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    Name of stakeholder What the stakeholder wants from the business How they influence the business and if there influence is successful Rank of importance Why are they important Customers They want to company to keep their prices low and have a good customer relation with each customer‚ they also want good quality products to be sold at low prices They influence the business as the customers decide what they sell and if Tesco make money or not because the customers could easily decide to change

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