Henry Sy: Life‚ Works & Achievements Pietros Val Patricio Industrialist: Henry Sy Ethnicity: Chinese Country: Philippines Age: 82 Business: Retailing Fortune: $2.1 Billion Conglomerate: The SM Group of Companies SM Prime Holdings SM Investments Corp. SM Developments Corp. SM Shoemart‚ Inc. Highlands Prime‚ Inc. Charity: SM Foundation‚ Inc. Introduction One night at the North Forbes Park district of Makati‚ there was an old man who happened to lie down
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Now I Went Down to the Ringside and Little Henry Armstrong Was There Professor Paul Clark Jieyu Zhang Henry Armstrong was born in an ordinary family. His family was poor‚ and especially this was a black family‚ there was racial discrimination to this family. He was often the target for teasing in school. In defending himself against bullies‚ he discovered his interest in boxing. Without money going to college‚ little Armstrong have to work to get money to let his family survive. When he saw on
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use narrative to involve the responder in a range of experiences. Storytellers use narrative techniques to establish a setting and shape the characters personality. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories the drover’s wife and the loaded dog as well as Roger hargreaves picture book little miss sunshine. Henry Lawson’s the drovers wife‚ explores the perspicacity of the bush heroine with the use of a narrator. The narrators’ avoidance of using a name for the drover’s wife prevents the responder
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The stylistic analysis of the text “The last leaf” by O.Henry. I would like to tell you a story “The last leaf” written by O. Henry. William Sydney Porter (September 11‚ 1862 – June 5‚ 1910)‚ known by his pen name O. Henry‚ was an American writer. O. Henry’s short stories are known for their wit‚ wordplay‚ warm characterization and clever twist endings. None of his stories can leave the reader cold blooded. All the stories have deep sense‚ make you debate a matter in your mind and have a lot of
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Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art by mixing political history and autobiography
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Science fiction films can tell a lot about how Americans think about the environment and the entanglements between them. Science Fiction and disaster films are not a unique phenomena in American cinema. These films are also in cultures that produce movies. Japan would be one of these cultures with the films like Godzilla and The Sinking of Japan. Movies provide an insight into what these people fear while also giving commentary as to what people think of the world. Ever since the 1950’s Science fiction
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Treasonous Aspirations History has portrayed Patrick Henry as a radical man‚ a title that few men can wear with ease yet‚ Patrick Henry‚ was synonymous with the word in the minds of colonists and British Empire. Even though many of us know Henry for his immortal words‚ we know very little about the hero that contributed greatly to the revolutionary cause. As we glimpse into the past‚ I hope to give you a brief look into the life of Patrick Henry as well as pop culture ’s take on the revolutionary
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literature | | Chuck Palahniuk (on transgressive fiction)1 “The most successful books now serve us as sedatives‚ confirming the values and worldviews their readers already hold. They’re the books we read as sleeping pills at bedtime. When was the last book banned? Oh‚ how I miss the great book bonfires of my Christian youth! That’s when books had some power! When they had to be burned like witches.” In all its ambiguity‚ transgressive fiction is a genre of selective taste. This sub genre within
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The Leadership of Henry Ford "The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry‚ more employment and comfort for all." –Henry Ford Introduction Henry Ford was the creator of one of the largest automobile manufacturing companies‚ influencing society in a number of ways and forever changing the face of the auto industry. One of the reasons for his success was the high priority he placed on his employees’ satisfaction. While Ford
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Andrew Amen Professor Johnson History 111 11/9/14 The New South: Optimism vs. Opportunism Henry Grady goes down in Georgia’s hall of fame as one of their greatest and most influential journalists and orators. After graduation from the University of Georgia‚ he went on to his career as general editor and part-owner of the successful newspaper‚ the Atlanta Constitution1. Grady used the Atlanta Constitution as a foundation to convey his political messages. He was a firm Democrat and joined a group
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