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    classified as thick‚ lazy‚ and unintelligent. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose‚ he retells how his mother and his uncle worked in a blue-collar job‚ or working class job‚ but does not just see them as mindless for their lack of formal education. His article was originally published in 2009 in the American Scholar. Rose addresses the misconceptions of what is intelligence using his personal stories as an example. Mike Rose’s “Blue-Collar Brilliance” conveys his opinions of working class Americas

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    A Rose For Emily

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    A Rose for Emily Both a Static and Dynamic Character Emily Rose in “A Rose for Emily” in my opinion is both a static character and a dynamic character in this particular story. The definitions of static character and dynamic character from Glossary of Literary Terms: A static character does not change throughout the work‚ and the reader’s knowledge of that character does not grow‚ whereas a dynamic character undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot. First‚ the static

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    Mike Royko captured the life of a truly amazing man‚ Mayor Richard Daily. Royko in the book‚ Boss‚ follows an diffident beginnings on the South Side of Chicago in the Bridgeport neighborhood to Daley’s rise as a powerful politician. Being born in 1902 and rasied by Michael and Lillian Daley. Difficult by humble house which some accredited later to Richard’s difficulty in communicating. Daley did not have siblings to communicate with early in life. Even after public life he still had a difficult

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    Amazon.com—Not Your Average Bookstore Jeffrey Bezos‚ CEO and founder of Amazon.com‚ is running what some people refer to as the “world’s biggest bookstore.” The story of Bezos’s virtual bookstore teaches many lessons about online business. Out of nowhere‚ this digital bookstore turned an industry upside down. What happened here was more than just creating a Web site. Bezos conceived and implemented an intelligent‚ global digital business. Its business is its technology; its technology is its business

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    The Sick Rose

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    Giving human-like qualities The Sick Rose * Sick * Songs of experience * Badness * Unhealthy * Depressed * Infected * Imperfection * Aware or not? * The rose is sick. * Personification * Rose * Nature * Beauty * Exotic * Love * Romanticism * Female * Perfection * Innocence * Smelling good * Corruption of love O Rose thou art sick * Starting with”o”

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    A rose for emily

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    “A Rose for Emily” is a short story by William Faulkner‚ which is about a wealthy‚ lonely white woman‚ Emily‚ living in a post civil war town in the south. Throughout the story the town‚ Jefferson‚ is changing to welcome new technology and advances. Faulkner addresses the themes of progress and change in the south. A few things in the story remained the same; one of those things being Emily. They represent the true south. Faulkner wanted the south to preserve their traditions. But change was coming

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    Not Just A Blanket

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    Grandma Dee’s old dresses‚ Grandpa Jarrell’s paisley shirts‚ and one faded blue piece from Great Grandpa Ezra’s Civil War uniform shows that quilts aren’t always just a blanket. They can be so much more. Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is a story that’s all about heritage. This theme is shown by Walker’s use of conflict‚ irony‚ and symbolism. A symbol is when the author uses an object in the story to represent a greater meaning. In this case‚ the quilt is a symbol of the family heritage that can only

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    A Rose for Emily

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    connect and become one until death pulls them apart. They always say a bride gets cold feet on the night before her wedding. In this case‚ Miss Emily Grierson just doesn’t get cold feet‚ but also becomes a cold-hearted killer who murders her fiancé to fulfill her bridal fantasy of a wedding she will never have. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” Faulkner builds shocking surprises that will leave you speechless. Or so you think. Therefore‚ the twist is that the surprise isn’t really a surprise

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    A Rose for Emily Essay Title: The Jealous Townspeople I. Thesis Statement: A Rose for Emily is a story of the envy harbored by the citizens in reaction to Miss Emily’s pride‚ reclusiveness‚ and heritage. II. A. Topic Sentence: Miss Emily’s heritage is the first and most important reason the town’s people were desirous of her. 1. Supporting Sentence: Miss Grierson was born into a prominent family the residents of her town recognized as being an old and distinguished family.

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    C O M P E T I T I V E A N A LY S I S GAMECONSOLES Color palette: Weak‚ outdated Strengths Not much strength here. The close-up of the game controller photo adds power to the overall box. The sunrise on the planet horizon shows an “out of this world” look and feel‚ providing the sense of unlimited games experiences and a vast universe of gaming options. The logo and symbol covering almost a third of the box makes a direct and easy identification of the product to the consumer. Weaknesses

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