In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises‚ Jake Barnes is the main protagonist that lives in Paris after World War I. He works as a newspaperman in Paris (Shanman 1071). He is one the many American and British expatriates who overran the city shortly after the war. He is a Midwestern‚ middle-class‚ and a lapsed Catholic. He falls in love with a nurse Lady Brett Ashley with leads to part of his downfall (Bloom 122). Jake Barnes is troubled about his injury from World War I that leaves him impotent;
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Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) helps his high-school football team win an important game. A frustrated player from the opposing team makes taunts about Jake’s father‚ who died while driving drunk. Infamously-hot-tempered Jake starts a brawl with the opposing player. Spectators capture the brawl with mobile phones and video-cameras. Soon‚ the brawl is uploaded to YouTube. Jake gets thrown off the team for brawling‚ but takes it in stride because he is leaving this school anyway. He and his younger brother
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2011. Houge‚ Mary‚ DuBois‚ Cathy L. Z.‚ and Fox-Cardamone‚ Lee. “Gender Differences in Pay Expectations: the Roles of Job Intention and Self-View.” Psychology of Women Quarterly. 34.2. (2010): 215-227. Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. Jamieson‚ Kathleen H.. Beyond the Double Bind. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1995. Print. Rubin‚ Lillian. “Families on the Fault Line”. The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality. Ed. Tracy E. Ore. New York: McGraw Hill‚ 2006. 245-254. Print
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Myths Laid to Rest: Death‚ Burial‚ and Memory in the American South The performance of distinctive rituals associated with the burial of the dead establishes a basis for the creation not only of a cultural identity‚ but also of communal memory. For the enslaved population in the antebellum South‚ the burial of fellow slaves provided a means of cultural expression. Nonetheless‚ funeral services for deceased slaves created a source of contention between slaves and slave owners—not simply because
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After the humans lose the war and leave the planet‚ Jake makes the decision to transfer from his human body to his avatar form in order to become a true Na’vi. The Na’vi have made Jake sully truly understand nature and have made him realize that he will be truly happy if he becomes a Na’vi. In the beginning of the movie‚ the kernel promised Jacob that if he succeeded in his journey‚ the kernel would get jake proper legs and ironically‚ when jake becomes a true Na’vi‚ he gets the legs he was promised
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Our destiny‚ in my opinion‚ and we might as well get started with it‚ is [to] become a part of the planetary community. ... We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there (Jamieson).” In this conference‚ he spoke about an anecdote that happened to him in Roswell‚ New Mexico. Some hometown people had let him know about an incident that had happened to them where they saw a UFO crash in that particular city‚ in 1947
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E. (2005) Employee Assistance Programs: Workplace Opportunities for Intervening in Alcohol Problems‚ Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems‚ Primer 5. Washington DC: The George Washington University Medical Centre. National Institutes on Alcohol Jamieson Human Resource Consulting (2012) Zero Tolerance Policy for Alcohol at Work. Retrieved on March 25‚ 2013 at http://www.jamiesonhr.com/article/2012/2/27/ zero-tolerance-policy-for-alcohol-at-work.aspx. Koch‚ K. (1998) Drug Testing: Does it deter drug
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opens in the middle of a high-school football game‚ with Jake Tyler helping his team to win. Frustrated‚ one of the players from the opposing team taunts him about the death of his father from drunk driving. Known for his hot temper‚ Jake immediately begins a brawl with the opposing player. The brawl is captured on the crowd’s mobile phones and personal video cameras‚ and soon is downloaded to the internet. This is in fact the last game Jake will play at this high school as he and his family is moving
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Schmigalle argues that Jake and Brett’s relationship falls into the genre of tragedy‚ however I believe the disintegration of their relationship should be categorized as optimistic. Schmigalle argues that Jake’s relationship with Brett could be considered tragic on the grounds that its one sided and is therefore hopelessly depressing. While out dancing with another woman‚ Jake abruptly leaves the club with Brett. While being whisked off with this beautiful and charismatic woman‚ Jake
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love story. The story opens up with Jake‚ a careless and irresponsible guy sitting in traffic. Gilb states that Jake is sitting in “near motionless traffic.” This symbolizes Jake’s life. Jake drives a ’58 Buick which is out of date and old. He wishes that this car had more accessories such as an FM radio‚ crushed velvet seats‚ and heat and air. He believes that these things will lead him to a better life of women in fancy dresses that idolize him. However‚ Jake is doing nothing to make these wishes
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