Boston College Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management Managerial Economics MF 701 Fall 2014 Professor Clifford G. Holderness Office: Fulton 224C‚ 617-552-2768 E-mail: clifford.holderness@bc.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 3:45—4:30‚ Friday 10-12‚ and by appointment TA: Tom Schneider Office: Fulton 154C‚ 617-552-2050 Email: schneitc@bc.edu Office Hours: Monday 1-3; Friday 10-12; and by appointment Course Objective This course is designed to teach you how the basic analytical
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Mother Night What intrigued me the most when reading Mother Night‚ by Kurt Vonnegut‚ were the quotes. He says things in a way that really make you step back and think. You could almost tell this book’s story by discussing some of the quotes. In Mother Night‚ apolitical expatriate American playwright Howard W. Campbell‚ Jr. refashions himself as a Nazi propagandist in order to pass coded messages on to the U.S. generals and preserve his marriage to a German womanвЂâ€their "nation of
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lessons or messages can be very subtle. Themes can be exemplified by mise en scène‚ either by the use of acting style or a characters thoughts that can give us the aspect of human dilemma that will explore the theme of the film. In The Wizard of Oz (1939)‚ there are many themes that could be exhumed‚ but a major theme is “perception”. Both director and writer uses sensory means in order to bring the awareness of the theme of the story and there are immediate recognitions of moral qualities that a
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Kurt Vonnegut’s short story Harrison Bergeon is a thought provoking narration about a future society. It tells a short excerpt about the life of a couple‚ George and Hazel‚ coincidentally presenting a new concept of a horrifying totalitarian society. The opening sentence‚ “The year was 2081‚ and everybody was finally equal”‚ sums up the idea of the sci-fi dystopia. The society is “perfectly equal” which results in a direction called “The Handicapped General” having the right to abridge all people
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In Breakfast of Champions‚ Kurt Vonnegut uses a very real‚ direct‚ and sometimes playful style. In the preface‚ he speaks directly to the reader‚ fully exposing his personality‚ his reasons for writing the novel‚ as well as how he intends to write the novel. In doing this‚ Vonnegut sets up the novel perfectly by basically telling the reader what they are to expect. Rather than spend multiple chapters establishing the tone‚ the various themes‚ and the other elements of the novel‚ he covers them all
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Study note 1)women The reason why the Women were upset after the war is because they were only given some of the rights that the men had. Plus the women were working so hard‚ taking men’s jobs so that the production keeps going‚ and they were still treated like they weren’t people Veterans They thought that they would come back and have a job and all the gifts that the government would give them like the money that they were supposed get but didn’t. Plus they came back hoping that the
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In “ Did the United States put its own citizens in concentration camps during WWII” the author writes about internment camps in the U.S. In the other article “ Concentration Camps 1933 - 1939” the author writes about Concentration Camps in Germany. Although those were two camps during WWII they still were very different in their people‚ places‚ and events. The first article included a number of people‚ places‚ and events. One group of people in particular were the Japanese ( 112‚00 of them). The
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bombers couldn’t find their target mostly because of the geographic location of the target but also because of the limited technology that was present at the time. With the election of Aurthur Harris in 1942 he disbanded the night bombing technique. In 1939 there was a high demand for women in the job industry with men out on active duty and such. There were women having
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EDWARD‚ TERRY. A RICHARD WAGNER DICTIONARY. THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY NEW YORK 1939 This book provides insight on Richard Wagner’s life‚ not in just his work but influences he had in his life and thought’s. As well as his “drama music” some people like to say and all his other styles of music that weren’t always the most traditional. BEKKER‚ PAUL. RICHARD WAGNER HIS LIFE IN HIS WORK W. W. NORTON AND CO. INC. NEW YORK In this books the author takes a more closely approach towards Wagner’s work by
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Kurt Levin: Field Theory Biography Born on: September 09‚ 1890 Died on: February 12‚ 1947 His theory is also sometimes referred to as vector psychology. Principal characteristics of Field Theory 1. Behavior is a function of the field that exists at the time the behavior occurs. 2. Analysis begins with the situation as a whole from which the component parts are differentiated. 3. The concrete person in a concrete situation can be represented mathematically. Definition of Terms 1
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