The Revenge of the Pigeon One sweltering day while I was walking through the park‚ out of nowhere something hit me. Literally‚ something hit me! It was white and smelly. At that moment‚ I know that there was a pigeon‚ but I was wrong. Ten seconds had not elapsed when it suddenly got dark. I look into the sky and see something amazing. It was a swarm of pigeons. It was the most bizarre thing ever. We all ducked and ran for cover. Then it began flooding tons and tons of pigeons. They were just zigging
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“Revenge! About! Sneak! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live!” These are the words that the Roman People shouted in the Shakespeare play‚ Julius Caesar. The roman citizens lacked even a drop of wisdom and did not use their own brains to think for themselves. This statement can be proved with these three examples: The first example is that the people instantly believed Brutus’ reasoning for assassinating Caesar. They lacked loyalty and even common sense. Helplessly convinced‚ they exclaimed
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Saint Francis of Assisi was born in the year 1181 in Assisi‚ Umbria‚ Italy. His birth name was Giovanni Bernardone. His parents were Pietro and Pica. Saint Francis’s father was in France when he was born. When he returned to Assisi and met his son he called him Francesco. From then on‚ he was called Francesco‚ not Giovanni. His father was a successful cloth merchant. This business allowed Saint Francis to have a privileged life. He wore the finest clothes and became well educated. He was one of
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Francis of Assisi Background This week’s text is based around the famous but slightly bizarre character of Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in 1181 into a very affluent family his father being a rich merchant. He became a hermit in his late 20s displeasing both his father and a local bishop when famously he strips naked handing back his clothes to his father. Above everything Francis hated money. He believed that money was “the devil” he believed that his followers should run from as if they
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Harvard Business Review Case Study : The Customers’ Revenge by Dan Ariely (December 2007) As an introduction of this case‚ a little recall of the facts may not harm anyone. Atida is a 70 year old motor company‚ producing and selling stylish and innovative cars and they have just launched a new one on the market : the Andromeda XL. The brand has many loyal customers and devoted fans among various clubs and communities. Jim MacIntire and his colleagues from the customer service department
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The Revenge of Bananas One typical blistering hot Monday‚ the morning announcements came on at Sky High School‚ in Dallas‚ Texas. Mr. Fro‚ (the math teacher)‚ tries to calm everyone down‚ but just in time Payton‚ the girl everyone taeses‚ walks in. Sarah‚ the typical mean cheerlearder who talks about evryone‚ (she would even talk about your dog)‚ said‚ "Look what the cat drug in‚ take off your costume it’s not Halloween yet!" Everyone started laughing‚ even Mr. Fro‚ but Payton doesn’t say
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The Short‚ Happy Life of Francis Macomber Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and it is characterized by a break with traditional styles of norms and rules. Modernism experiments with literary form and expression‚ and it is driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation‚ and express new topics and sensibilities of their time. In the short story‚ “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” we hear about man versus nature‚ and we are being presented
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Happy Life of Francis Macomber‚” I focused on the question‚ what made his life short and happy. At first I took the interpretation of short and happy literally‚ translating too‚ living a short life (age) and happy meaning (wealth). After some thought though I realize that Hemingway meant something entirely different. Francis Macomber in the beginning of the short story is a “coward” causing his wife to loath him‚ and even the staff to judge and question his manhood. Finally Francis overcomes his
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against these countries. Now enters Francis Drake‚ when Francis was twelve or thirteen‚ his father Edmund Drake arranged him to apprentice under an old sea captain of a small bark‚ which is a three-masted vessel that is square rigged. The bark sailed near coasts of France‚ England‚ and the Netherlands; Drake now learned how to read currents‚ wind‚ and tides and was able to maneuver a ship
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animal .St. Frances of Assisi referred to that time as‚ “I lived in sin.” ["St. Francis of Assisi - Saints & Angels." Catholic Online] Francis‚ whose father urged him to join him in his business‚ wanted more than wealth: power. Eager to receive it‚ he quickly joined in the battle against Perugia‚ Assisi’s long time enemy. Many of the troops were killed‚ and those who weren’t were taken into captivity to be ransomed. Francis had been kept in captivity for almost a year in a small dungeon with several
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