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    Bees’ reported revenue would have to be within $100‚000 or a little more for it to be considered reasonable or fairly stated. There could be a number of reasons reported ticket revenues may be outside the reasonableness range”. Simply put‚ I could have figured the expected revenue incorrectly with the information I was given(which could make me completely off in expectations. The allocation of tickets per weekend and weekday as I assumed‚ could have been different in the actual numbers for each

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    Often‚ famous novels go through the process of becoming movies. On the outside world of the film‚ fans of the novel and people who want to see the movie are running around in excitement‚ but behind the scenes there is a lot more than what meets the eye. Behind the scenes‚ screenwriters are doing their best to make an appealing movie‚ studio executives are deciding whether or not to keep the movie in the works and the authors who originally wrote the novel are hoping that the plot of the movie doesn’t

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    special outside washroom just for black people and not letting black people into stores or hotels in The Secret Life of Bees. Black maids are not allowed to use whites’ washroom and the guest washroom as white people think they carry ‘disease’ that will transmit to them through using the same toilet. “‘I did not raise you to use the colored bathroom!’ I hear her hiss-whispering‚ thinking I can’t hear‚ and I think‚ Lady‚ you didn’t raise your child at all. ‘This is dirty out here‚ Mae Mobley. You’ll

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    Known for its health and beauty products‚ Burt’s Bees is continually finding ways to give back to the environment and community. From their operations‚ to their packaging and sourcing‚ they continue to provide sustainable solutions and products to consumers. In their operations‚ they output zero trash

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    1. What are some of the ways that bees serve as symbols in Lily’s life? Answer: Bees symbolize Lily’s mother in a number of instances throughout the novel. In Sylvan‚ Lily feels her mother’s presence when swarms of bees enter her room. Her mother’s name‚ Deborah‚ literally translates as "bee." She follows the path of her mother to Tiburon and finds herself on a honey farm. Bees model human society. Once Lily begins her beekeeper training with August‚ she quickly learns the ways in which a beehive

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    * Thesis: Love can be found in many different ways‚ no matter the color of your skin. In the novel “The Secret Life of Bees‚ by Sue Monk Kidd‚ love is strongly shown between two young people of a different race‚ and motherly love. The main character sets out to find that love‚ but along the way she finds that love is not easy no matter which way you may look. I. The primary meaning of the word "love" in Scripture is a "purposeful commitment to sacrificial action for another." A. August teaches

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    Leah Rudolphi ACCY405 AE4 (8-10) Individual Assignment 10 Bloomington Bees Case 1) 43+29=72 games over the year 434‚348/72=6‚032 people per game 6‚032 * .25 = 1‚508 + 6‚032 = 7‚540 (25% increase in weekend games) total sales per weekday game: 5‚016 * .30 = 1‚504.8 * 10 = 15‚048 5‚517.6 * .30 = 1‚655.28 * 10 = 16‚552.8 5‚016 * .35 = 1‚755.6 * 6 = 10‚533.6 5‚517.6 * .35 = 1‚931.16 * 6 = 11‚586.96 5‚016 * .20 = 1‚003.2 * 4 = 4‚012.8 5‚517.6 * .20 = 1‚103

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    Irrationality of racism in “The Secret Life of Bees” The irrationality of racism is displayed throughout Sue Kidd’s “The Secret Life of Bees”. Kidd displays all the characters with dignity. She demonstrates the different personalities of whites and blacks during this time. When Rosaleen goes to vote she is harassed for no reason by white men. Lily feels that all blacks are like Rosaleen; uneducated and laborers. Through experiences like these throughout the book we see what it was truly like to

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    job for purely materialistic reasons? Please ask yourself these questions‚ and‚ surely‚ you will know the answer in your heart. I know‚ I did. And I realized‚ unfortunately‚ way too late‚ that most of us are bound to become "a gray mass of working bees"‚ who perform

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    The Secret Life of Bees is a novel written by Sue Monk Kidd that was published in 2001. It is about a girl named Lily who runs away from home with her maid Rosaleen. They wanted to get away from danger and racism. In the house‚ Lily finds out secrets about her dead mother and tries to learn more about her. The story shows a lot of cruelty. When an author uses their writing to represent cruelty in a story‚ it can be helpful in contributing to the overall theme or message. The cruelty that occurs

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