Love in L.A is a short story based on the traffic troubles a lower social class musician experiences in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb gives his reader a good example of the conflict between a lower socially classed person and an upper socially classed person.The Story starts off with an average musician named Jake who is stuck in Traffic. As the traffic slowly creeps Jake gets comfortable and turns up his music. Getting distracted he ends up hitting a beautiful Venezuelan woman Toyota. Of course‚ Jake ends
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June 1‚ 2011 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb Selfish‚ deceitful people exist throughout America. Yet‚ from reading the short story “Love in L.A.” the rest of America would probably view the way the city promotes it’s lifestyle as disoriented. The story is centered on a man born a raised in the city of L.A. rear ending a young woman‚ but lying to her about every facet of his life. Reading the story you would know that it is not about love as its title states but about how everyday people lead
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Journal Entry #1 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb p. 311 Word count: 522 Summary Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A.‚ the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake‚” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive outcome; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible
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Gilb- deals online shopping store The advancement of the technology and the rapid raise of the social media have revolutionized the life-style. The boom of E-commerce has taken the whole World by the storm‚ and as a result people all over the globe are entertaining the idea of the online shopping. With the internet reaching at the every door step‚ the trend of the online shopping will only increase. As the conventional shopping is the timing consuming task and requires whole lot of effort‚ people
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Essay «A Hollywood smile: so many teeth and so little heart». What does this aphorism mean? Is it about a Hollywood smile? I dont think so. To my opiniom‚ it is a metaphor. «Hollywood smile» is a well-known expression which means an ideal‚ well worked-out smile of Hollywood actors and actresses‚ the incarnation of Beauty. But the author looked at this phrase in a wider way‚ I can suppose he meant under the smile the whole cinema world‚ existing in Hollywood. Is it a world of Beauty? Is this life
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Hollywood Avila and Hozic argue that Hollywood develops as a control of industry in specific geographical areas. Hozic doesn’t discuss films because she is not a reader of films but her work suggests that we think about films as produced fantasies in specific spaces. The most obvious connection between film and one of those produced spaces is Disneyland. Avila’s work doesn’t talk about what’s in Disneyland but I believe it consists of controlled space in which the Disney fantasy has been created
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Hollywood has developed the most entertainment movies and television shows. The production of entertainment has made Hollywood number one worldwide across the globe. The entire world watches television on a daily basis‚ it keeps us entertained. Most television programs have a purpose in our life we watch it for our own enlightenment everybody has their own story‚ so why not share it on television? We can relate to some issues so we keep on watching these shows. Is Hollywood enlightening us or misleading
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Q. Explain why MC cuts AC and AVC at their minimum values? Ans: Marginal cost (MC) is the extra total cost resulting from 1 extra unit of output. Average total cost resultiong is the sum of ever decling average fixed cost (AFC) and average variable cost (AVC). Average total cost stands for (AC). In the short run the costs are generally represented by a U- shaped curve that is always intersected at its minimum point by the rising MC curve. Average variable cost (AVC) equals variable cost divided
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Latinas in Hollywood: Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes Hollywood is a space that promotes life in the United States. Hollywood is the space that creates stereotypes that create the notion of the “typical Latina‚ Asian‚ Black‚ etc.” Hollywood wants to create racial authenticity for each race‚ and it has been able to successfully as it has differentiated races. There is an attempt to create and manufacture racial authenticity through ethnic women in Hollywood. Hollywood pretends there is authenticity
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Hollywood Is Overrated Many years ago it was considered an honor to be part of the “Hollywood Life.” Famous actors and actresses were respected for their work and were actually talented. These actors and actresses took their roles seriously. They were portrayed as role models‚ and tried to keep their positive reputations in public. Today‚ Hollywood is chaotic. Celebrities do not take pride in their work‚ and they do not seem to care how people judge them. These people think they are invincible
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