chad Floyd 1 2/7/12 English 102 Professor Kathy Lynch Sonny Blues In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the theme of poverty is characterized by the poverty of Harlem Youth’s spirit. The story focuses on the relationship between two brothers at various stages of their lives. The events of the story focus on the building of understanding between Sonny and his older brother‚ the narrator. Even though the story
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construction‚ or other blue-collar jobs are classified as thick‚ lazy‚ and unintelligent. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose‚ he retells how his mother and his uncle worked in a blue-collar job‚ or working class job‚ but does not just see them as mindless for their lack of formal education. His article was originally published in 2009 in the American Scholar. Rose addresses the misconceptions of what is intelligence using his personal stories as an example. Mike Rose’s “Blue-Collar Brilliance”
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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When reading Vincent Cremona’s “My Pen Writes in Blue and White”‚ it is suggested that having two perspectives on life‚ or two “shades” can be crucial when writing to multiple audiences about diverse topics. According to Cremona‚ “[He] would go to union meeting with [his] father and listen to the men talk. . .[and] was amazed that at such a young age‚ [he] could understand everything that they were saying” (196). Basically‚ Cremona is saying that the meeting conversations were in “Plain English”
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The Blue Boy Summary: In Gary Stephen Ross’ excerpt‚ “The Blue Boy‚” he describes Vancouver through the eyes of the main character. The character recounts a story of his travels that he would take with his father and brother from Toronto to Vancouver. The character highlights the ongoing transformation of the city and describes how it has evolved over time. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ he describes what he saw Vancouver to be in the 60s: a small city with little to offer. Contrastingly
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I chose to write about “Do Blue Laws Save Lives? The Effect of Sunday Alcohol Sales Bans on Fatal Vehicle Accidents” by Michael F. Lovenheim and Daniel P. Steefel‚ which featured in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in Fall of 2011. I chose this article because it relates to my paper topic as it looks at the relationship between a specific law and its effect on drunk driving. In addition‚ I also just found the topic very interesting as it focuses on a law that came about before the separation
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Devil In A Blue Dress: Chapters 1-14 In the first fourteen chapters of “Devil In A Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley‚ Mosley introduces a character named Ezekiel Rawlins‚ or Easy. Easy is a home owner and takes great pride that he is one‚ but he is fired from his job at Champion because Easy did not want to work an extra hour. Since he has no job he does not know how he will pay his mortgage. Joppy‚ a friend of Easy‚ knows of Easy’s situation and arranges a job for him with a man named DeWitt Albright
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Facing Poverty from Funeral Costs in the 21st Century Each day many Americans are beginning find themselves face-down in poverty after a loved one passes due to the high expenses of funeral services. Due to the inflation of money supply‚ prices are rising in all industries‚ while many people argue the price of many funeral industries it begins to put a bad name on their company (Boring). There are many funeral directors who try to steer families into a more affordable alternative if they have no
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Issue: The short documentary‚ Blue Gold‚ presented an issue of our planet’s water supply. Our planet is made out of about 70% of water. However‚ less than 1% of that water is actually drinkable. The issue is that water is becoming scares and due to lack of rain‚ the precious water begins to dry out. As the water source rapidly declines‚ the corporations saw that as a chance to make profit. Therefore‚ we are forced to buy overpriced water. Summary: Blue Gold did a great job representing
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In Carl Safina’s writings of Song for the Blue Ocean‚ he reflects on his and others take on what is currently going on to the salmon across the Northwest. As you can clearly see from his writing he truly admires this animal and so do many of the people he introduces us to. He shares with us the ridicule’s many industries‚ whom are harming the salmon have laid plainly before us and we fall for without any second thought. He begins his work with a very descriptive story of a female salmon who has
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