Summary: Chapters 1-13 - The narrator and protagonist Offred lives in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian government who controls everything - There is a flashback to Offred’s past which outlines her conditions as a handmaid - Narrator‚ named Offred describes how women lived in the time - Forbidden to talk to each other - Learned to read each other’s lips - Laps around the former football field - Armed guards called Angel’s patrol the outside - Scene changes from the past to the present - “Nicer”
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1 Summary of the book This book is about the unique mistakes women make at work‚ the coaching suggestions the writer provides to help them take charge of their careers‚ and the ways in which women hold themselves back from achieving their full potential. The mistakes described in each chapter are real‚ as are the accompanying examples. The coaching tips at the end of each section are identical to the ones the writer provides to women around the world (he’s namely a coach‚ trainer‚ human resource
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Freakonomics Chapter 1 Summary In chapter one of Freakonomics‚ Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt describe how when incentives are strong enough‚ many usually honest people from different walks of life will cheat in order to gain financially or climb the ladder in their careers. The authors define an incentive as “a means of urging people to do more of a good thing or less of a bad thing.” This chapter covers three varieties of incentives: Economic‚ Social and Moral. Economic incentives motivate people
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have been “inherited from the Spaniards” (12). The house of Dr. Urbino contains some European architecture and furnishing‚ such as Doric columns and rocking chairs from Vienna. Dr. Urbino and his wife also adopted “the Roman strategy against heat” (19) in order to keep their house cool in the summer. Some of the changes to the fire department that Dr. Urbino suggested were based off of things that he witnessed in the cities of Hamburg and Naples. The home of Dr. Olivella was designed by an architect
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Tiffany Escandon APUSH Zinn Chapter 9 Summary Period 8 ZINN CHAPTER 9: “Slavery without submission‚ emancipation without freedom” Zinn chapter 9 talks about slavery before and after the Civil War‚ it describes the United States Government’s support of slavery until Abraham Lincoln’s approach to end Slavery. It mentions how the slaves were kept into slavery by whipping‚ religion‚ separating families and even killing. There were many failed attempts to abolish slavery prior
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Jane Eyre Summary Chapter 1: Novel begins with first person narration from the main character Jane Eyre who is a child in the scene. The scene is set at Gateshed‚ the home of the wealthy Reed Family who Jane (being orphaned) lives with. The scene is set on a bleak November afternoon creating an unhappy and depressing atmosphere. The audience feels pathos for Jane Eyre when we discover her aunt has forbidden her from playing with her cousins and is then conspired against and bullied particularly
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APW: Unit III: The Early Modern World 1450-1750 Chapter 23: TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 1. Survey – already done with the intro/headings activity‚ although you might want to go back through and look at pics‚ etc. 2. Read + “New to you” vocab 3. Take notes on the chapter that thoroughly answer the study guide questions. Be organized and make them “studyable”. 4. Complete your ID terms DUE: 1.13.14 This chapter presents the dramatic transformation of Europe between 1500 and 1800
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Chapter 1 starts off with Jung Jae fleeing seoul Korea with her son from the North forces. Again in January 1951 the North came back‚ but she had to leave her son this time. On the way to the south on top of a train in a snowstorm she died of a heart attack. The Americans found her son Pong Suk and use him as an interpreter. After the war he came to America with a military student visa. Chapter 2 follows the Alarcon family move to America from Bolivia‚ but only because of their grandma Edu.
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Chapter 1‚ "The Fledgling" Chapter 1‚ "The Fledgling" Summary and Analysis At the Windsor Hotel in Paris‚ the narrator admires himself in the mirror. He is a handsome young man in an airline pilot’s uniform. Moments later‚ he receives another admiring glance from the checkout clerk who gladly cashes his Pan American World Airways paycheck for him. The young man leaves for the airport and‚ once there‚ he fills out a pink form granting him deadheading privileges on the next flight to Rome. Airport
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Chapter 9 summary In this chapter it tells a story about slavery before and after the Civil War. It explains the United States provision of slavery and how some people were misled on who ended slavery‚ how it was Abraham Lincoln and not John brown who was hung later in 1859 for his crimes. It later goes into graphic detail of how slaves were kept into slavery by whipping and separating families. It sort of reminds of the movie 12 years a slave I would recommend it. It’s sad but true story of
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