and a cost-benefit analysis to determine the optimal number of open cashiers needed to provide a pre-determined level of customer satisfaction. To determine the elasticity of customer loyalty‚ we conducted an online survey (Appendix A) among Provo/Orem residents of various ages. To analyze Wal-Mart’s queuing system‚ we needed factors such as average line length‚ number of lines‚ customer arrival rate‚ cashiers’ service rate and average transaction amount and time per customer. Since store managers
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The development of footbinding was so distant and steam long and the regions influenced by footbinding were so vast that none of a descriptive and explanatory framing could state the real meaning of the footbinding completely. The author Dorothy Ko illustrated the complex historical development of footbinding in her journal “The Shifting Meanings of Footbinding in Seventeen-Century China”. She described three historic stages of footbinding: the heyday of footbinding‚ the prohibition of footbinding
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INTRODUCTION The following book report is about The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum. This is a story about a little girl named Dorothy who gets caught in a cyclone along with her dog Toto‚ and they are transported to the unknown Land of Oz where she meets amazing friends in her way to meet the Wizard of Oz‚ who is said to help her find a way to get back home. The intention of this report is to analyze the following aspects: • Symbolism and Imagery • Irony • Tone and Mood • Point of
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to the gilded age in American history which took place from 1880 1900. The main symbols are: Dorothy‚ the Land of Oz‚ lion‚ Emerald City‚ flying monkeys. <br> <br>The first person the story talks about in the story is Dorothy. She’s a girl that comes form Kansas and was carried by a tornado. In the story when the reader first meet Dorothy he finds out that she is very curios‚ and straight forward. Dorothy in the story represents the average farmers in Kansas. On the other hand the tornado represents
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journey. In Baum‚ L. Frank “The Wizard of Oz”‚ Dorothy meets three characters that help her find the wizard‚ defeat the wicked witch and return home. In this journey‚ every character helps her to grow up and understand why she needs a brain‚ a heart and courage. The journey would not have been possible without her three companions. The intelligence of the Scarecrow‚ the love of the Tin Man and the courage of Cowardly Lion represent three fact of Dorothy herself. The Scarecrow was important
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Dorothy summon the Winged Monkeys to contain her and Toto habitat‚ but they dissolve they cannot opposition the waste encircling Oz. The Soldier with the Green Whiskers animate Dorothy that Glinda the Good Witch of the South may be qualified to assist her recompense tenement‚ so the favor entertheir peregrination to see Glinda‚ who alive in Oz’s Quadling Country. On the interval‚ the Cowardly Lion kiln a immense spinner who is frighten the animals in a sylvan. The animals interrogate the Cowardly
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The wizard of Oz Mythical elements in the Wizard of Oz * Flying of house * Dorothy goes to the munchkins country * Munchkins * Good witch of north * Bad witch of east * Bad witch of west * Lion’s talking * Friendship among scare- crow lion Dorothy and Tin-woodman * Scare crow was dancing‚ moving etc * Tin wood man was dancing‚ moving‚ talking etc * In animate objects were asking for animate qualities * Trees talking‚ throwing apples. Animate qualities
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director Victor Fleming) is a kind old lady who has ruled over the northern Gilikin Country since she rescued its people from her wicked counterpart. She welcomes Dorothy to Oz‚ tells her of the wizard‚ and set her on her way along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. Although she doesn’t appear again in the story‚ a kiss she gives Dorothy on the forehead proves to be a protective charm. In later versions of the story‚ including the 1939 movie‚ the Good Witch of the North is often combined with
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author}}Dorothy’s home is ripped from the grounds of Kansas and is transported to the Land of Oz by a cyclone. Dorothy’s house lands in the east region of Oz also known as Munchkin country a place depicted as having blue surroundings where everyone wore blue. As Dorothy makes her way through Oz‚ she follows the yellow brick road through different regions of Oz. In the middle of Oz and built from giant emeralds was Emerald City that required you to wear special goggles so you would not go blind from its bright lights
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the shifting ideologies in the USA in two different historical periods. In the Wizard of Oz‚ the central protagonist (Dorothy Gale) is a female. At the start of the film‚ Dorothy is shown to be “in the way” of the male farm workers. This could suggest that the female realm within the film is confined to the domestic sphere of the house. This is further supported by Dorothy being trapped by the tornado but possibly more significantly in her farm house. It is possible to argue that the context of
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