Professional Development Activity “Career Reflections” Provide an analysis as to how the concepts identified in the speaker’s presentation may or may not help you in your current or future career. The analysis should include key points and action plans as to how you can use the information or list key reasons why the information has no value added toward your current or future career choice. Support your analysis with source citations gained from chapter readings and/or other online resources
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“Selfless love” The story I chose to write about is The Gift of the Magi‚ which was written in 1906 by O. Henry. The Gift of Magi is about a young married couple on Christmas Eve trying to rummage up enough money to buy each other better than average gifts. There are many elements in this story that support the overall theme. The setting‚ symbolism‚ character‚ point of view‚ and tone all tie the main theme together which is selfless love. The setting of the story takes place in New York City
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The Gift of the Magi (Thematic Analysis) Theme 1: Gifts given don’t matter‚ the love does James and Della were happy of the other’s love and company even after realizing that the biggest sacrifice they has made became futile. The love and the affection were still there. While some see gifts as only a matter of material and money‚ “The Gift of the Magi” suggests that gifts that are given don’t matter as much as the love behind them does‚ because gifts are a sign of love between people O’Henry
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Wrapping a Gift 1) Christmas is just around the corner! b) Who’s excited to wrap a gift? c) For those of you who have never wrapped a gift‚ wrapping gifts is a lot easier than you may think. This lesson will show you exactly how simple it is. d) A survey by the makers of Scotch Brand Tape states that nearly 70 percent of Americans say “they enjoy gift wrapping.” e) I will be going over the following steps: wrapping‚ selecting paper‚ and adding the finishing touches. 2) a) The item to
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much also to make a profit. Red Flag 2 Some of the items in the gift shop appear dusty and “shopworn.” This may not have a direct effect on the sales of the gift shop but it does have an indirect effect. The gift shop should always remain in good condition like it is thriving no matter what is going on behind the scenes. Making sure that everything is clean and dusted on a regular basis would allow people to see what the gift shop has to offer and attract more customers – and more sales. Red
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“ If you don’t sacrifice for what you want than what you want will be the sacrifice.” The gift of the magi is written by O. Henry it is a short story. The main characters are Mr. James Dillingham young and Ms. Della young. Della and James show many signs of sacrifice in through out the story. Sacrifice for those you love is very important in life. Della Shows many acts of sacrifice in the story. “ Will you by my hair” asked Della.” That is great example of sacrifice because
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the cultural and social issue of it were examined. In tutorial‚ we discussed the questions brought up by our own regarding to Laura Kipnis and Stevi Jackson and Sue Scot’s work. Since my tutorial questions were raised based on Kipnis’ work‚ my reflection will also focus on her work. Kipnis in her work relates monogamy to social relation and pointed out that most people have high possibility to cheat on their spouse. From my perspective‚ Kipnis believes that marriage is against love. When she
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The article that I chose for my first reflection paper is about the investigation of Southwest Airlines removing 109 Jewish high school students off of their flight due to being non-compliant. The students were using their mobile devices when told not to as well as not staying in their seats before taking off. However‚ the executive director of the Yeshiva of Flatbush School did not agree with the flight crews’ actions. One of the teachers stated that there were a small group of students in the back
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common? They live in short stories. Two short stories that are interesting are "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Both center around two woman who are both wanting things very badly. 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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Symbols in “The Wedding Gift” “The Wedding Gift” by Thomas Raddall is a short story that demonstrates an outstanding use of symbolism through the settings‚ characters and objects. One of the main symbols is the weather‚ being used to symbolise the progression and development of the main character‚ Kezia. In the beginning of the story‚ the storm is fairly tame‚ enough for the slave’s tracks to stay imprinted in the snow overnight. “Sam’s day-old tracks marked for Kezia the road to marriage.” (Raddall
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