Manpreet Arora The Smartest Guys in The Room BAT4M Patel The Enron Scandal‚ one of the most controversial events to ever take place in the corporate world. Enron was once one of the top ten corporations in the world‚ but by committing unethical practices and numerous accounting violations‚ Enron became worthless in a matter of months. Enron was a Texas based energy company‚ providing products and services like electricity‚ natural gas‚ communications‚ and pulp and paper.
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Enron was a company in the energy industry founded in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. Enron was based in Huston‚ Texas and employed approximately 20‚000 people. In 2001‚ Enron filed for bankruptcy after many years of lying‚ fraud‚ and dishonesty with their financial books. Enron was pretending to be a huge‚ successful company when in reality‚ it was in a financial hole so deep there was no way of getting out. Discuss and analyze the culture at Enron. In what way was it effective? In what ways was it the catalyst
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During the film whale rider‚ we see the characters‚ Paka and Pai. Paka‚ growing up the way he did‚ follows every rule that their tradition has‚ whereas Pai‚ being born into the modern world‚ wants the maori people to think more progressively. At first‚ Paka is blind to Pai’s ability to be the chief‚ he is harsh and strict towards Pai. However his intentions are good and everything he does is out of respect and fear for his culture. Paka’s outdated beliefs of his culture‚ place strict expectations
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“great-whale-in-the-sea” calm‚ strength and beauty‚ there is a strong undercurrent of emotional turmoil‚ with which each of the main characters struggle. Each experiences an Eriksonian/Psychosocial crisis: At 12 years old‚ the main character‚ Paikea “Pai‚” has successfully navigated through Erikson’s first four stages. She exhibits much industry over inferiority‚ with more skills and competence than her peers. Riding her bicycle‚ she passes a bus full of boys‚ she beats hemi in a taiaha (fighting
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leader. MAIN CHARACTERS: Pai: 12 year old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession Koro: Pai’s grandfather and current tribe leader Nanny Flowers: Pai’s grandmother Porourangi: Pai’s father Rawiri: Pai’s uncle 1. WHAT “ISM” DID U SEE ILLUSTRATED SEXISM: stereotypical gender roles Women: makes food: Koro utters “Women setup dinner” are not to smoke: a child says: “Women should not smoke” has to sit in the back: Koro tells Pai to move from the front row
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Whale rider The movie is about Pai‚ a 12 year old who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession because of the death of her twin brother and mother during childbirth. The leader is usually a male‚ and because pai is a female‚ her grandfather‚ koro is unhappy about her birth. As pai grows up‚ she finds that living with her grandfather is not easy‚ because even though he formed sort of an affectionate bond with her ; carrying her to school every day on his bicycle‚ he
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Pai’s twin brother had died at birth‚ along with her mother‚ and due to Pai being female‚ and she technically cannot inherit the leadership from her Grandfather. Pai’s grandfather‚ Koro‚ is the leader of the tribe and is at first angry‚ of the death of his grandson and only being left with a granddaughter‚ which is ‘worthless’ to him‚ as he believes the role of the chief is should be reserved for males only.
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village and the Maori traditions behind him. Porourangi’s father‚ Koro‚ is the chief of Whangar tribe but his beliefs of the traditional cultures blind him to his granddaughter’s potential as the leader of the tribe. It is only when disaster strikes Pai can prove to her Grandfather that the Maori culture lives on. The culture and traditions of the Maori people are significant to the plot of the whale rider. The Maori religion considers nature as a living thing‚ closely bound to man through ritual
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The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai") [In the book‚ her name is Kahu‚ short for Kahutia Te Rangi].The leader should be the first-born grandson – a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea‚ aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book‚ the Whale Rider – he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai is female and technically cannot inherit the leadership. While he does later form an affectionate bond with his granddaughter‚ carrying her to school every day on his bicycle‚ he
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people’s feelings. Before he realised that Pai was the true leader‚ he was sexist and discriminated Pai just because she was a girl‚ and stopped himself from seeing all the actions that proved Pai was their natural leader. Koro is very stubborn and defensive with his beliefs and opinions. He never changes his mind and is blind towards any evidence that opposes his belief. Koro’s obstinacy is shown all throughout the film. He convinced himself that Pai was the cause of the tribe’s misfortunes and
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