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    Laura's Monologue

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    1. KITCHEN — MORNING In the kitchen of a normal family home Laura and her mother are having a deep discussion. The mother is doing the dishes while Laura lays slumped on a couch ‚ scraping the end of the wooden table with the edges of a metal fork. LAURA People weren’t as nice as they were then. You were younger and you’re they probably didn’t like you. They think differently now! MOM Well I’m sure that could happen. I’m doing this for your best interest. Sweetie I

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    The Blues Brothers

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    26 November 2013 The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers is an American comedy directed by John Landis and was released in 1980. The film follows convict Jake and his brother Elwood Blues‚ who go on “a mission from God” to save the Catholic orphanage they grew up in from shutting down. By doing so‚ they reunite their band and organize a performance to earn $5‚000 to pay off the owed tax while being chased by a deranged ex‚ Illinoisan Nazis’‚ the Good Ole Boys’‚ a western/country band‚ and the police

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    Supervisor Problems

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    Supervisor Interview Assignment Brian Interview #1: Alissa is an assistant manager in the Speaker-Bureau department at a marketing agency in New York City. She plans marketing events and meetings all over the country to help pharmaceutical companies promote their new drugs to doctors with the goal of ultimately having those doctors prescribe the drug to their patients. Alissa has been with this company for three years and in her current position for six months. She directly supervises four

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    Sun Rises War

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    The sun also rises is a book about people that live in France that visit Spain. Most people of the groups have been affected by world war II whether it is physically or mentally. The main characters were named Robert Cohn‚ Jake Barnes‚ and brett. Two of the three have been affected by the war. Robert Cohn was the control group of the book because he was the only one of the group that didn’t go to war. Robert Cohn went to college instead of the war “Oh‚ cut out the prep-school stuff.”(HEMINGWAY‚ 47)

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    PEER MENTORING

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    Peer Mentoring The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches‚ but to reveal to him his own‚ observed the British politician Mr. Benjamin Disraeli. Most modern management thinkers would agree that mentoring is one such way to achieve this greatest good. Originating from a Greek word‚ mentoring has been one of the oldest forms of influence. Homer‚ the Greek storyteller‚ narrates how Odysseus trusts the care of his son with his friend‚ Mentor. The Oxford dictionary defines

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    Greed in Macbeth

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    possess more‚ and it is also one of the biggest creators of tragedy. This is so vividly shown in both the novel The Sun Also Rises and in the play Macbeth. In The Sun Also Rises‚ this greed is directed toward a person‚ Lady Brett Ashley. Five men; Mike‚ Jake‚ Pedro‚ Bill‚ and the Count‚ are fighting to be with her throughout the book. In Macbeth‚ this greed is directed toward power as Macbeth wanted to become King‚ and what he does to become it. However‚ this greed led to the collapse of each character

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    man similar to Jake Tyler Brigance. Though both of these men are not immensely strong or overly special in any one way‚ both somehow are courageous. Perhaps this means that Atticus’ definition of courage is in fact better than the conventional one‚ and should be used in its place. This definition of courage is truly proven in both the novel and the film by not only Atticus and Jake as they seek truth and justice‚ but by Tom and Carl as they struggle with racism. Atticus and Jake show different

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    Worthington‚ who plays Jake Sully a paraplegic marine veteran‚ wakes up strapped in a  bed­like tube with wires all around him. He is put into a tough predicament to fill his twin  brother’s shoes‚ someone who has been preparing for a mission for three years prior.     He had a twin brother named Tommy who was a scientist that was involved in a high­level  program and was fatally shot before he was to leave to his journey to explore the world of  Pandora for a piece of paper. Jake never thought he would be going to this place but he was 

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    The Sun Also Rises

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    Rises‚ hardly a page goes by without referencing any alcohol. From the very beginning of the book‚ the main character/protagonist‚ Jake meets a young prostitute named Georgette and they have drinks together. She states that‚ “Everybody’s sick. I’m sick too”. Bars‚ dance clubs‚ cafes where alcohol is served seems to be a place of escape for a majority of the characters. Jake Barnes‚ like the other characters‚ uses the consumption of alcohol to escape what realities he face at home‚ his lust for Brett

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    Chinese American Identity

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    (“Race Reporting for the Asian Population by Selected Categories: 2010”‚ 2010 ). The Chinatown in San Francisco was the oldest and largest Chinese community in the United States. People can find Chinese culture elements everywhere in the Chinatown‚ for example‚ herbal shops‚ temples‚ dragon parades‚ Chinese book store‚ Chinese restaurant‚ Chinese language school‚ and even Chinese hospital. People living in the Chinatown communicate in Chinese language‚ and live exactly the same life style as people in

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