Summary: The book starts with the narrator and co-protagonist‚ Ponyboy Curtis‚ the youngest member of the Greasers (Lower class) going back home after an outdoor movie night. He is encountered by one of the Socs (Higher class)‚ and attacked until his gang arrives to help. The Greasers and Socs need no other party’s provocation to fight. The next day‚ the Greasers visit the movie theatre once again and find Soc’s girlfriends hanging out. After a failed attempt by the older members of the Greasers
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Summary of the Movie “Sicko” and Some of the Unethical Behaviors Observed in the Video “Sicko” is a documentary movie telling us about the health care system of the USA‚ its shortcomings and fates of people suffered from it. From the very first seconds of the action the movie captures you and takes to the country of freedom‚ to the same people from flesh and blood. These are real and sometimes even unimaginable in the modern world stories of people who have faced the problem of medical care‚ usually
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Reflective summary Teach Diversity - with a Smile Barbara Ehrenreich Sept 7‚ 2010 English 101: Freshman Comp Did you ever think why our elders do not quite understand why we are so open to accepting others who are not exactly like us?‚ why they seem to say “why are you talking to that black person?‚ or my goodness gay men are a menace to society‚ it’s just wrong!”‚ well back in their day years ago it was wrong and Barbara Ehrenreich discusses
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Paper Summary In “BP’s Failure to Debias: Underscoring the Importance of Behavioral Corporate Finance”‚ Shefrin argues that the explosion of Deepwater Horizon is not an accident for BP; overconfidence‚ excessive optimism and other weaknesses in BP’s culture will make this crisis happen sooner or later. Therefore‚ psychological pitfalls are the root cause of this BP crisis. Moreover‚ he suggests that cognitive repairs should be added into firm’s decision processes
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He 1 Zijian He Professor Bosson English 93 TR 02/11/2014 Summary of the introduction to Affluenza In the introduction of Affluenza‚ the authors，John De Graaf‚ David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor‚ describe a new epidemic disease called Affluenza that spreading all over the world from United States. According to the “Oxford English Dictionary”‚ the definition is “a painful‚ contagious‚ socially transmitted condition of overload‚ debt‚ anxiety‚ and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more”
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Symposium Summary Some Details on the Mollusk Symbiont Symposium It’s not everyday you hear a Caucasian woman say ‘lumun-lumun’ with gusto and a thick American accent‚ and not everyday do we UP students encounter a free event that provides lots of good food for snacks and lunch. These were some of the main highlights of the past symposium (March 5‚ 2012)‚ the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont Interntional Cooperative Biodiversity Group that was held at the Marine Science Institute. I did not stay the
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Comparative Summary Rebecca Ingli October 1‚ 2012 Comparative Summary Health care is a provision of for profit‚ not-for-profit‚ and government organizations. Health care consists of insurers‚ suppliers‚ and providers. Each organization has a financial structure‚ polices‚ and management practices prevalent in the financial environment. Effective financial management is more difficult in health care than any other industry. Entities For-profit‚ not-for-profit and government facilities
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SCIENCE IS INEVITABLE Summary I read the article “Is Scientific Progress Inevitable?” which was written by Andrew Irvine on 2006. It was published in the book In the Agora: The Public Face of Canadian Philosophy. The main idea of the article is scientific progress is not inevitable. At the first part of the passage‚ the author used his own his experience that he took his daughter to see a medicine wheel; he used what he saw to let us know these structures have been there for thousands of years
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Macbeth: Summary Macbeth and Banquo‚ Scottish generals‚ are returning after crushing a rebellion against Duncan ( King of Scotland )‚ when they are met by three witches. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will become thane of Cawdor ‚ then later on he will become King. Banquo is told that he will never become King‚ but will be the father of Kings. Macbeth is horrified‚ for shortly afterwards a messenger arrives to tell him that Duncan has created him Thane of Cawdor as a reward for his services
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Summary of Beowulf (Epic of England) The Danish king Hrothgar was enjoying a great reign when he begins having trouble in his kingdom with a monster Grendel that has invaded his mead hall. The mead hall is the gathering place of the Danes where they sing and feast‚ yet Grendel occupies it nightly devouring any Dane who enters. For twelve years Grendel prevents anybody from entering the mead hall causing Hrothgar to be miserable. From across the sea the Geats hear of the Danes terrible problem
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