Overly Attached Daughter In the short story‚ “Ranch Girl” by Maile Meloy‚ the author illustrates a very ordinary girl who is not given a name. The author shows that once you are a ranch girl‚ you are a ranch girl the rest of your life. Here‚ the story clearly demonstrates that the people who live in the ranch settings are all overly attached to their roots‚ and cannot let go. The main character is a very smart girl academically‚ has the opportunity to go out to live in the city and pursue a better
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Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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● An analysis of the short story “Cruising Paradise‚” in which you discuss the author’s portrayal of the West (and the irony of the title) ● An analysis/comparison of the short story “Ranch Girl” and the essay “Chasing the Lamb‚” in which you discuss the authors’ contrasting portrayals of ranch life ● An analysis/comparison of the poem “Day of the Refugios” and the essay “Motherlands and
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In “Ranch Girl”‚ two of the main characters’ lives exemplify the strong grip tradition has on keeping people exactly where they are and halting progression. The main character‚ namely‚ the Ranch Girl herself explains how “if you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than to be born a girl on a ranch”(173). In her society‚ it is simply not the best thing in the world to be a ranch girl‚ but there doesn’t seem to be
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projecting their future‚ especially when it involves a significant other. “Ranch Girl”‚ a short story written by Maile Meloy‚ tells the story of a young girl’s dilemma of deciding on when to give up on hopeless love. This somber and sad tale depicts many young adults repeated struggle with deciding their future with a significant other on their minds. Meloy’s story follows an unnamed girl living on the Haskell’s cattle ranch as the foreman’s daughter in Montana during her high school years. When she
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drawing 4 - 6’s. Legend has that is how the 4 - 6 ranch got its name was in a poker game‚ however the truth is‚ when the original founder of the ranch‚ Burke Burnett bought the cattle it was already wearing the brand‚ however it still makes an interesting story. Today I’m going to inform you on the 4 -6 ranch including a brief history‚ how the ranch manages as a business and its impact on Guthrie. Established in 1870‚ this one-third million acre ranch sits in Guthrie‚ Texas which is approximately
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Canyon Ranch Tammy Wiseman Ohio Dominican University Canyon Ranch Question 1: Should Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires develop a clear customer relationship management strategy and make it a cornerstone of its positioning as a preeminent destination spa? (Applegate‚ 2008). Answer 1: The Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires should most definitely develop a customer relationship management strategy. A major benefit of creating a strategy could be the reduction in turnover in program coordinators.
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1. Should Canyou Ranch implement a CRM strategy? The strong competition within the spa industry requires businesses to exert effort in establishing a stronger hold on its market. The spa businesses should then integrate new business mechanisms or practices that are customer-oriented. One example of doing this alternative is through the employment of customer relationship management. The approach on CRM covers all business processes that an organization employs so as to determine‚ select‚ obtain
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Case 1-3 Canyon Ranch Should Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires develop a clear customer relationship management strategy and make it a cornerstone of its positioning as a preeminent destination spa. Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires has been a profitable business for the affluent customer since 1989. Following in the footsteps of the original location that opened in 1979 in Tucson Arizona by priding themselves on their exceptional customer service and ability to reach each customers individual needs
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Canyon Ranch XXXX Canyon Ranch Canyon Ranch Health Resorts is an organization designed to inspire and motivate individuals in their quest to become a more health conscientious human being. “Canyon Ranch prides itself with being a company that can influence one’s quality of life from the moment one arrives to long after one returns home” (Applegate & Piccoli‚ 2004). The founders of Canyon Ranch (Enid and Mel Zuckerman) wanted their business to be a place where individuals could “relax‚ enjoy
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