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    Victims of Love One of the generalities most often noted about Victims of Love is that we are impatient‚ incomplete‚ and unsatisfied once we discover what love is and that is possible for anyone to have. We complain when we want it‚ yet take it for granted when it’s ours. We say we cannot stand to live with our lovers‚ yet we proclaim it is unbearable to live without them. We claim to be strong and fearless‚ but in the face of love we fall weak to our knees with open arms reaching for all it has

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    author Napoleon Hill puts it so wisely: many more people dream and try to become rich and successful than the small percentage that actually accomplish that goal. In the article “California: A place‚ A People‚ A Dream‚” James Rawls argues that the California dream consists of five main factors. These factors are Health‚ Romance‚ Opportunity and Success‚ Warmth and Sunshine‚ and Freedom. People come from all over the world to live this dream‚ which sometimes turns into a nightmare instead. Based on

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    The Great “American Dream” The American Dream… a mystery really‚ no one really knows what it feels like to achieve it. Everyone’s dreams are different‚ and once someone achieves a dream they think of more and more so its a continuous cycle of chasing your dreams. A statement that could be said is how being rich will get everyone the American Dream that everyone wants‚ but what about true love and having money doesn’t mean that person is automatically happy. Even though someone may have wealth‚

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    John Steinbeck is important to American Literature because of his realist perspective that opened the minds of readers to the dark reality of the American Dream. The themes in his stories The Grapes of Wrath and Tortilla Flats give a dark perspective on the difficulty of living for everyone‚ from owners of corporations to the people on the bottom. John Steinbeck is a historically significant figure because of his literature that had an outrageous impact on readers. His works were often censored

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    “A Dream Within a Dream” by Edgar Allen Poe caught my eye because it reminded me of the matrix. In the poem‚ Poe’s speaker is flung into a mental war with himself‚ questioning his own existence and the deeper meanings of life. Poe begins his poem by telling an anecdote about a conversation he had with his lover. In the conversation‚ he is departing from his love‚ but says to her that she is not wrong to think that everything which we know is “but a dream within a dream” (11). This raises a very interesting

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    American Dream John Steinbeck‚ author of many classic American novels‚ greatly influenced modern American literature. Steinbeck often referred to the Salinas Valley of California in his writing. He often referred to the settlers and the adversities they had faced during the migration to the Salinas Valley area. With novels such as Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath‚ Steinbeck explained the harsh reality of the severe hardships the settlers faced to accomplish the American Dream. These novels

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    The Allais paradox arises when comparing participants’ choices in two different experiments‚ each of which consists of a choice between two gambles‚ A and B. The payoffs for each gamble in each experiment are as follows: Experiment 1: A. I will give you $1‚000‚000 for certain Or B. You will take part in a gamble in which you have 10% chance of winning $5‚000‚000 89% chance of winning $1‚000‚000 and 1% chance of winning $0 Experiment 2: A. A 11% chance of winning $1‚000‚000

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    Question 1 What (if any) concepts‚ methods‚ approaches or ideas do you think are common between the set readings for this week? What is not common? “The paradox of a marketing planning capability” The marketing planning capability is a skill to anticipate the shape of an uncertain future. It also is a skill to generate alternatives for operating effectively in changing environments. It is a skill to implement new plans rapidly and efficiently as well. The marketing plan content‚ marketing

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    In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck the American dream was pursued by a couple of migrant farm workers. These farm workers names were George and Lennie and they had a plan to make it out. The definition of the American dream was that every us citizen has equal opportunity and prosperity to achieve success. Throughout the book George and Lennie constantly found themselves dreaming and hoping for this dream to come true. The American dream can not prosper if you don’t work towards it and

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    contrasting ideas may be spaced out in a sentence e.g. “In order to lead‚ you must walk behind.” Difference between Oxymoron and Paradox It is important to understand the difference between a paradox and an oxymoron. A paradox may consist of a sentence or even a group of sentences. An oxymoron‚ on the other hand‚ is a combination of two contradictory or opposite words. A paradox seems contradictory to the general truth but it does contain an implied truth. An oxymoron‚ however‚ may produce a dramatic

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