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    Customer Views Customer Expectations When speaking to the customers of Jitterbug Diner‚ their expectations were very strait forward. The same buzzwords came up over and over; friendly atmosphere‚ timely service‚ and quality food. These are traits that everyone would expect when going out for a meal at a restaurant. The first customers I spoke to were finishing up their first visit to the diner. Their initial visit expectations were heavily influenced by an event they had participated in‚ Taste

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    Field’s also highlights the negative effects of generational expectations by placing Icarus’s story into a modern setting because in our current society this problem is more pronounced‚ so when Icarus’s story is placed in a contemporary setting the generational expectations are much more pronounced and easier for the reader to comprehend. In the contemporary setting Mr. Hicks is representative of Icarus and in this

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    To determine if someone is a gentleman‚ one must look within them and not focus upon their material wealth. In the novel Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ three characters show qualities of a true gentleman. Pip‚ Joe‚ and Provis have true gentlemen-like characteristics‚ which are shown through the way they live and present themselves. Pip’s actions towards others are those of an authentic gentleman. For example‚ when Provis is very ill and Pip is very kind and says‚ "I will never stir from

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    Vincent Chee 9/17/12 Final Draft Exploring the World with Receptivity and Expectation Like everyone else‚ we eventually get bored of noticing the same things day after day. What we like to do is explore and move away from expectations. There must be some activity or pastime that triggers such excitement towards new destinations. Maybe it is the dull continuity and repetition of similar surroundings that is making us desperate to discover new things. In “On Habit”

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    CPT Essay Creativity Expands Life Expectations The phrase “thinking outside of the box” means to consider solutions creatively. “Poetry” by Pablo Neruda‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ and “The Blues Merchant” by Jerome Washington‚ all share the common subject of “thinking outside of the box”. This phrase is the power to expand life possibilities. In the poem “Poetry”‚ Neruda expresses art to develop life potentials. The poem begins with a person who “did not know what to say‚ my mouth‚

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    Sharon Verhoef‚ 1A Literature 1B The Symbolic Importance of Fire in Great Expectations Fire as a symbol can stand for a lot of different things. It represents warmth‚ understanding‚ desire and destruction. In Great Expectations fire is used repeatedly. In this novel fire plays a big role in making the reader understand more about the characters and the story. In the beginning of the novel fire is displayed as something warm and good. You can ask yourself the question “How can fire be essential

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    Imprisonment is a lack of any kind of freedom. In Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations there are many examples of imprisonment. Dickens created the characters Estella‚ Herbert‚ and Molly with a lack of freedom. These three characters were imprisoned because they could not make their own choices. Estella had very little freedom. Miss Havisham controlled every aspect of her life. She was forced to carry out Miss Havisham’s revenge on men‚ and she tortured Pip only because she had been

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    Great Expectations An important quote that explains what kind of wealth is important is: “It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind” (Lucretius). This quote shows that having a simple life with no complications can lead to more happiness whereas someone who is wealthier might be more worrisome and have more problems despite all the money earned. Great Expectations is about a boy named Pip who wants to become a gentleman. When he gets that opportunity‚ he moves to London

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    In Great Expectations‚ Pip goes through stages of moral maturity. Over the course of the novel‚ Pip learns lifelong lessons that result from pain‚ guilt‚ and shame. Pip evolves from a young boy filled with shame and guilt to a selfish‚ young man‚ and finally into a man who has true concern for others. Pip goes through three stages in the novel; shame and guilt‚ self-gratification‚ and his stage of redemption. The first stage of Pip’s maturity is his shame and guilt. Shame is a feeling brought

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    In the novel Great Expectations‚ a cruel elderly woman‚ Miss Havisham‚ had been left at the altar by a man named Compeyson. Therefore‚ she uses an innocent and undeserving orphan girl‚ Estella‚ to take vengeance on all men as a whole. Estella is raised in a way that causes her to be incapable of expressing any form of love and is consequently cold towards the men who seek her. She treats the main character‚ a boy named Pip‚ in this way‚ through an unrequited love. Similarly‚ in the song “I Don’t

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