Chapter 1 BACKGROUND of the STUDY Demographic profile is used to describe a demographic grouping or a market segments. This typically involves age bands (as teenagers do not wish to purchase denture fixant)‚ social class bands and gender. . According to NBC’s Marketing Department (1969). Demographic attributes are very relevant indicators and these could affect human behavior. In the study of achievements or performance of students‚ there are several factors that could affect their achievements
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Cassidy Jensen 10 December 2013 Mountain Lion at the Farm It was a warm and sunny summer day as my family traveled past dirt-filled country roads to our grandparents large‚ retired farm. The cows in the nearby field mooed‚ chewing their cud‚ as we drove into the long‚ gravel driveway. My young 10-year-old self was ecstatic to see my grandparents
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Mountains vs. Seashore - Which Do You Prefer? My paper is going to be about why I prefer a vacation at the mountains rather than a a vacation at the sea shore. I do want to clarify that‚ while I still would prefer a visit to the mountains‚ I do enjoy visiting and learning about the seashore. For a vacation‚ I prefer a visit to the forest rather than a visit to the seashore. The variety in color‚ sounds‚ and sights in the mountains are much more appealing to me than the variety at the
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sweet sap would be given gladly in exchange for the stories we would tell. The trees loved to hear our tales of far off lands and the journeys that took us so far from home. For they could not take the journey‚ never would they look upon the mountains save from afar. The beauty of the sea depths‚ the golden sands of the desert. No‚ the trees stand where they are born and never may they move for the gods who made them cared not for the desires of the the forest. "Stay in your place‚ and care to
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“The Way to Rainy Mountain” written by N. Scott Momaday‚ is a story behind a Kiowa descendent experience with Rainy Mountain. In the story‚ he depicts history‚ culture and life of the Kiowa tribe. In addition‚ he focused more on his grandmother to display the life for Kiowa people. Rainy Mountain is a place where weather becomes extreme no matter the kind of season. One day‚ the author returned to Rainy Mountain to visit his grandmother’s grave. She had recently died and he feels nostalgic. His grandmother
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remembering even the title of the film. However‚ Ang Lee’s film Brokeback Mountain (2005) (BKM‚ exp. 1) is a controversial film that stuck different emotions among viewers such as‚ “’Gay cowboy movie’ shatters stereotypes” (Clinton‚ sec. 2) with two handsome young cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) who fall in love‚ which is not viewer’s typical western genre expectation. While Ang Lee’s‚ Brokeback Mountain‚ will remain an important piece of cinema now and one hundred years
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running errands for wives and bonding with the neighborhood children‚ Rip shows a lack of responsibility for his himself and his land. Although he cares for others‚ he fails to support his own family. His weak initiative leads him into the Kaatskil Mountains where‚ yet again‚ helps someone else‚ but this time he mysteriously slips into a coma for twenty years. He pays no attention to his personal work at home. He fails to acknowledge his own son Rip Jr.‚ who is known as a "...urchin in the village..
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While the hero Rip displays the character of fantasy hero‚ the setting and the themes of the story comprise of supernatural elements (Dincer‚ 220). In the story the protagonist Rip lives in a village near the Hudson River at the foot of the Catskill Mountains (FFL‚ 2). While describing the setting of the place Irving uses the mystical elements by showing sensitivity of the landscape which can truly be classified under the gothic setting (FFL‚ 2). Much against the contemporary expectation of an ideal hero
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“Fire on the Mountain” is the title of the second chapter of the book Lord of the Flies. Because the adolescents were stranded on an island after the plane crash with no adults in sight‚ they decided that they needed to be the ones to take action‚ and do something about their situation in order to get saved. Ralph suggests that they “make smoke on the top of the mountain” (Golding 46) in order to grab the attention of a ship that might sail near the island. Jack and his choir immediately started
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going unnoticed. The geography of a war has an impacting affect on the war and is sometimes overlooked‚ often leading to one side’s downfall (Falls 5). Appalachia has a fluctuating geography‚ for it ranges from eroded down‚ plain-like areas‚ to mountains areas of up to almost 7000 feet (“The Appalachians”). The Civil War had many battles located in Appalachia‚ an area stretching from southern parts of New York‚ all the way down to northern Alabama‚ Georgia‚ and Mississippi(“The Appalachians”).
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