Originally titled "An Oration Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ at Cambridge‚ [Massachusetts‚] August 31‚ 1837‚" Emerson delivered what is now referred to as "The American Scholar" essay as a speech to Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ an honorary society of male college students with unusually high grade point averages. At the time‚ women were barred from higher education‚ and scholarship was reserved exclusively for men. Emerson published the speech under its original title as a pamphlet
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the Magi‚” it is only an object that represents true love‚ money is used to display love for somebody else‚ rather than a love for self. Paul was greedy for the betterment of himself which caused the voices and situations to get worse‚ while Jim and Della used the emotions of greed for the betterment of their marriage. This is no accident‚ proving that the physical presence of money has no influence over the situation at all in either case‚ rather the situation is impacted by who has the money and their
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Introduction Childhood obesity is rapidly becoming a global epidemic affecting over four million children alone in the United States. Obesity is the top healthcare priority in the United States at this time as described by the United States Surgeon General. And‚ although the obesity epidemic is receiving increased attention in recent years‚ an approach that is “consistent‚ integrated‚ and aggressive” has not yet been reached. Lifestyle changes are often difficult to implement and are not consistent
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Mathilde in "The Necklace" wants to be wanted in her life and she wants to be rich and have luxurious things‚ but she married a poor clerk. Della from "The Gift of the Magi" is poor but she wishes to buy something for her husband on Christmas Eve for Christmas. While there are
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of view with limited omniscient‚ he ’s the storyteller‚ telling the story as an outsider looking in . It ’s as if he sees everything‚ but limits himself to Della ’s point of view by choice to help the storytelling purpose. If the narrator described everything that was going on‚ it may ruin the ending. The story is mainly told as we follow Della. Though Jim is a big part of the story we do not see much of his character and when we do it does not show us much as with the reaction to Della’s new haircut
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dissimilarities in the two stories. The women’s situations are very akin to each other. The two women in the stories both live around the same time period. The reader can infer that the women are from the olden by many hints that the author gives to us. When Della goes to buy her husband a present for Christmas she brings twenty dollars with her to the store. Twenty dollars today wouldn’t buy the newest toy let alone a fancy chain for a watch. Additionally‚ when Madame Loisel called a cab to go home from the
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Grande Fratello. Gli slogan politici ricorrenti solo: "La pace è guerra"‚ "La libertà è schiavitù"‚ "L’ignoranza è forza". Il Ministero della Verità‚ nel quale lavora il personaggio principale‚ Winston Smith‚ ha il compito di censurare libri e giornali non in linea con la politica ufficiale‚ di alterare la storia e di ridurre le possibilità espressive della lingua. Per quanto sia tenuto sotto controllo da telecamere‚ Smith comincia a condurre un’esistenza ispirata a principi opposti a quelli proclamati
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Coopetition: “united we stand‚ divided we fall” by Ariella Risch | Nov 01‚ 2011 in Coopetition‚ Themes | Leave A Comment Share This When in 2004 I spoke in illywords magazine about coopetition‚ many people thought I had used a neologism. We said‚ that coopetition is not short on dissociated thinking as it entails being co-operative and competitive at the same time. It seemed to be absurd! Nowadays it would be hard to conceive a world divided with walls or any kind of barriers. What’s needed
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impossible. Della had only saved one dollar and eighty-seven cents in order to buy her husband a gift‚ knowing that that amount wasn’t enough; she decided to sell her long luscious hair. Jim Della’s husband‚ decided to sell his gold watch‚ which was a family heirloom. Unbeknownst to each other‚ they make the ultimate sacrifice and each sells their most precious possession in exchange for an amount of money that would help them get a gift that would be meaningful to their loved one. Della got Jim a
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and admiration for the love of two main characters Jim and Della. The value of the gift is emphasized in the story. Both Jim and Della sell their personal treasure in order to enhance the treasure of the other. Della sells her hair in order to buy a watch chain for Jim’s only valuable inheritance. Jim sells his watch in order to enhance Della’s stunning hair. It is not about the material value of the gift even though both Jim and Della have sold their most precious belongings in order to achieve
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