The 47 Ronin Story Paper (#1) The 47 Ronin Story takes place in 1701‚ approximately 100 years after the Tokugawa Shogunate was formed. The story displays much of the changes going on in Japanese society and culture. From the declining importance of the Samurai‚ to the rising influence of the merchant class‚ and finally to the inevitable changing of values that are all exacerbated by the long peace imposed by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The changing of values were not just commonplace among the classes
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Background to the Story of the 47 Ronin: During the Tokugawa era in Japanese history‚ the country was ruled by the shogun‚ or highest military official‚ in the name of the emperor. Under him were a number of regional lords‚ the daimyo‚ each of whom employed a contingent of samurai warriors. All of these military elites were expected to follow the code of bushido - the "way of the warrior." Among the demands of bushido were loyalty to one’s master‚ and fearlessness in the face of death. The story
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Essay “God sees the truth‚ but waits” Which kind of people can you never put all your trust on? Strangers. Why? Because‚ you don’t know their intensions. In “God sees the truth‚ but waits” by Leo Tolstoy; Aksyonof gets sent to jail‚ for a crime he didn’t commit. But‚ during this experience Aksyonof gets to know God‚ on his adventure to prison. In this story‚ the moral is that a stranger may have bad intensions that can harm you and the way he gets to know God through‚ loneliness and helplessness
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negatively by Proposition 47‚ the first thing that came to me was budgeting or financing of the proposition. When I searched for that the first link that I came across said that it roughly costs about $50‚000 to incarcerate somebody “California’s annual costs to incarcerate an inmate in prison”. When I heard that I was trying to think of that math equation and it came to a massive expense and finding that out it is a reasonable argument that someone could use against proposition 47. When I made myself
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Solution go to problem 1. What is the competitive environment faced by MB? Thecompetitive environment was that the company faced difficulty incontrolling costs‚ material purchasing‚ and a fast changing market.The needs of the customer were changing and MB was facingmonetary losses. With regards to the AAV market this was targeted ata segment that was expanding‚ the sports utility segment. Jeep‚ Fordand GM dominated this. 2. How has MB reacted to the changingworld market for luxury automobiles
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Q. Provide at least five additional examples of how the law of unintended consequences applies to computer software? Encyclopedia Definition: “The Law of unintended consequences holds that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence Unintended Consequences are a common phenomenon‚ due to the complexity of the World and human over-confidence.” Examples: "Prohibition"‚ intended to suppress the alcohol trade‚ drove many Small-time alcohol suppliers out of business‚ consolidating
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he may have given to Makar‚ would have been ’lesser’ than the most optimal ones. Ultimately‚ Aksionov’s interpretation of his ’grey hair’ dream comes out to be true‚ it indeed proves to be the most lucky day of his life. COMMENT God Sees the Truth‚ But Waits is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1872. The story‚ about a man sent to prison for a murder he didn’t commit‚ takes the form of a parable of forgiveness. The concept of the story of a man wrongfully
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The Harry Potter books are an extremely popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. The books depict a world of witches and wizards‚ the protagonist being the eponymous young wizard Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel‚ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) in 1997‚ the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success worldwide‚ spawning films‚ video games‚ and a wealth of other
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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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GOD SEES THE TRUTH‚ BUT WAITS by Leo Tolstoy - A Summary Once there lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitri Aksenov with his family in the land of Vladimir‚ who in his younger days lived life to the fullest by experiencing all the material things world has to offer. Until he got married. One summer‚ he planned to go to Nizhny fair but his wife warned him that she had a bad dream of her husband-- she dreamt about Ivan that he returned from the town with hair of grey. Ivan laughed as if he doesn’t
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