time) on 11th‚ November. Just one hour into the Singles Day sale‚ Jack Ma’s E-commerce company - Alibaba had already sold $2 billion worth of merchandise. At the end of the sales event‚ the final revenue reached $9 billion which exceeded the expectation and broke a sales record for one-day period. The amount even exceeds the combined online revenue of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2013‚ the top two online shopping events in the U.S. The creator of this business legend - Jack Ma is a former English
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An Inspector Calls Summary Act 1 The Birling family was having celebratory dinner on Sheila(the daughter of Arthur Birling) and Gerald(an aristocrat) while discussing the progress of Arthur Birling’s business and the events that has happened in 1912. Then an Inspector enters the scene and starts questioning the Birling family over the suicide of a pretty girl named “Eva”. During the course of the questioning it is revealed that Sheila and Mr Birling had contributed to the death of Eva Smith(“pretty
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it’s time for KVAC’s. I was very nervous at KVACs because we weren’t competing against just one team. There were a lot of teams there. I had a 50 yard freestyle individual‚ and as I was waiting on the block for that bright flash of light and the always too loud whistle‚ I can remember thinking that I was going to win. Looking at the times of the girls I was going against‚ I knew it was going to be a close call‚ but when that light flashed and that whistle blew‚ I was off. I dove in the freezing cold
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In the book The Call of the Wild The main character is a large St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd dog named Buck. At the Setting the book is placed in is right as gold was discovered in the harsh conditions of the Klondike and everyone was after it. As Buck was a highly strong and capable dog he was stolen from his home with a wealthy owner and sold to become a sled dog. Buck encountered many obstacles the second he was sold and loaded on a train to take him from the sunny Californian conditions. Buck
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Women play a major part in enabling J.B. Priestley‚ the writer of the morality play ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ and John Steinbeck‚ the author of the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ to successfully portray their messages. In ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ Priestley is able to enforce his message that there was a great need for change in 1945 post war Britain‚ away from the unjust and unavailing capitalist society to a socialist one where everyone is responsible for their counterparts through women. This is achieved
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Call of the Wild by Jack London‚ is a historical fiction novella about a once civilized dog named Buck who struggles for survival in the frozen‚ Alaskan Wilderness. He if forced to make a decision to be civilized or answer the call of the wild. One theme of this novella is individuals must adapt to survive. This can be seen through the setting‚ rising action‚ and changes in characterization. One way London develops the theme‚ individuals must adapt to survive‚ is through the harsh setting of the
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Cite evidence from the text and explain your reasoning. In The Call of the Wild a dog named Buck is stolen from "the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley" (p. 25) of California and is pressed into servitude in "the Frozen North." (p.27) In this new land Buck slowly transforms from a privileged companion of a wealthy Judge into a tough‚ sinewy sled-dog that has mastery of his extreme environment. Thesis: The time-period and setting of The Call of the Wild serves to create the central naturalistic theme of
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The Call of the Wild is the story of a St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix named Buck. Buck had it all: a loving owner‚ a loving family‚ land in which to roam‚ and an overall royal lifestyle. That is‚ until one day‚ an untrustworthy gardener named Manuel wrongfully sold him. Buck started off thinking that he was going for a stroll‚ but ended up being tied up and thrown into a baggage car headed for California. Once Buck was sold again in California‚ he was thrown down‚ choked‚ had a brass collar forcibly
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‘An Inspector calls’ is a play by JB Preistly that was written in 1912 and was intended to open the eyes of his 1946 audiences to a brighter future founded on community‚ responsibility‚ equality‚ peace and respect for all. Inspector Goole and Mr Birling are two of the main characters and have perhaps the most noticeably opposing views of any two characters in the play. Priestley displays this through the constant conflict between the pair‚ and notably in their vastly contrasting speeches delivered
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Gertrude “Ma” Rainey‚ when described in Blue Legacies and Black Feminism‚ was seen by Angela Davis as one of the greatest feminist blues musicians of her time. One view that Ma Rainey presented in her songs was her ideas on marriage. Specifically‚ Rainey feels that getting married shouldn’t be valued over “non or extramarital relationships (pg 16- 20). She feels that‚ while marriage isn’t a bad thing‚ overvaluing it to the point of presenting it as a need for women to have is a bad thing (pg 16-
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