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    Success in advertising is not about how much you pay but how you create it. That is why many expensive advertising fail while some other inexpensive ones succeed. Money has nothing to do with advertising. Gary R. Dahl once said that “You don’t need a huge ad budget to create effective ads” (Dahl‚ 2007‚ p.46). Idea‚ media and production are the key to open the successful advertising’s world. The most important thing about advertising is ideas. No matter how much you pay‚ your money would be wasted by

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    Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road “Hitchhikers don’t travel a fixed path. They intentionally wander so they can learn and change along the way. Embarking on the lean journey is similar‚ there are many roads on which to wander and no single one is right for all.” These words serve as a very intriguing introduction to the book‚ The Hitchhiker ’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road‚ co-authored by Jamie Flinchbaugh and Andy Carlino and published by the Society of

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    August‚ 2013 Lamb to the Slaughter In the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”‚ author Roald Dahl conveys his feelings that the troubles in life can be solved by analyzing the situation before acting‚ that you should appreciate what you have‚ and that ultimately that everyone is a lamb‚ all with the power to break free of their control. To reinforce his lesson on planning out a situation‚ Roald Dahl uses examples of the outcomes of situations with and without rational thinking; he first begins

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    Roald Dahl successfully presents scary or creepy moments and ideas in his writing by having the personalities of his characters be very eerie and questionable‚ or not what people should normally be like in real life. He includes events or scenarios that aren’t all blood and gore‚ but things you would never expect would happen or see people do. This is what makes Dahl’s stories quite odd and unusual. In Lamb to the Slaughter‚ the vibes from the two characters‚ (Mr. and Mrs. Malony) seem very out

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    Ford reveals that he is actually an alien from a far away planet. And before the planet is destroyed‚ Ford takes Arthur to safety by hitching themselves to a spaceship. There Ford convinces Arthur to stay with him in space and become a galactic “hitchhiker”. As one can see‚ Ford influenced Arthur to start his journey of survival in space by saving Arthur’s life and taking Arthur along with him. Arthur’s main task becomes for him to travel to the planet Magrathea and find out what happened to the Earth

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    5. Mr. Shiftlet manages to get what he wants by negotiating with Mrs. Crater‚ knowing what she wants as well. Mr. Shiftlet is a wise man and knew what Mrs. Crater was trying to do‚ without her directly telling him as it is said on page 1039‚ “The old woman’s smile was broad and toothless and suggestive. ‘Teach her to say ‘sugarpie‚’’ she said. Mr. Shiftlet already knew what was on her mind” (O’ Connor‚ 1039). This shows that Mrs. Crater isn’t the best at being slick and secretive‚ therefore it’s

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    Authors use literary devices to allow the readers to figure out why Mrs. Maloney killed her husband. In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl uses characterization‚ mood and conflict to develop Mrs. Maloney’s character so that the reader can figure out why she killed her husband. Roald Dahl uses characterization to develop the character of Mrs. Maloney. The first way he uses characterization is when Mrs.Maloney says to herself to just “keep things absolutely natural and there’ll be

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    His attorney‚ Dr. Gonzo‚ accompanies him on his travel from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. On the way‚ they do many drugs and drink lots of alcohol‚ pick up a hitchhiker and hallucinate like crazy before arriving at their hotel. After the race started‚ Raoul leaves before the race ends because he is bored and high‚ so he decides to go to a bar. The next day‚ he wakes up to realize that his attorney has abandoned

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    bad news that drastically altered her structured lifestyle. Feeling lost and scared‚ she immediately resorts to what she thinks is best‚ and kills her husband with a leg of lamb. Dahl indicates that drastic changes can lead to drastic outcomes; he conveys this through direct characterization‚ irony‚ and symbolism. Dahl directly describes Mary Maloney as the pregnant wife who undergoes most of the severe changes in the story. These changes all end up having pretty extreme outcomes. For example‚ when

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    person. For instance‚ when Billy rang the doorbell‚ “she [had] stepped aside‚ holding the door wide open [and] said pleasantly “please come in” (Dahl 120). This obviously shows that she is well mannered and is glad that Billy is here by the tone that the author had set

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