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    Interpretive vs. Escapist As defined by Arp and Johnson‚ commercial fiction‚ or escapist literature‚ is “fiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste” (Arp 744). Arp and Johnson also state that literary fiction‚ otherwise known as interpretive literature‚ is “fiction written with serious artistic intentions‚ providing an imagined experience yielding authentic insights into some significant aspect of life” (Arp 745)

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    Module 1 Study Guide Chapter 2 • Know the five basic steps of the interpretive journey. Grasping the text in their town/ Measure the width of the river to cross/ Cross the principlizing bridge/ Consult the biblical map/ Grasping the text in our town. • Know the order of these five basic steps.  Why is order important in following the interpretive journey? We will know what the text meant to the original audience/ know the difference between the biblical audience and us/ know the theological

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    Ozge Deniz Aydogan MANGO Mango is a Fashion Brand Textile Company which was founded on 1984 in Cataluña‚ Barcelona – Spain by the Turkish “İsak Andic Ermay” who born & grew up in Istanbul and who immigrated from Turkey to Spain with his family when he was only 14 years old. In only a short period of 26 years he made his brand spread in 100 countries with 1.700 storesAnd approximately 2 million euros of profits. Nearly all his dreams came true

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    The House on Maple Street. One time in an ordinary neighborhood and on an ordinary street‚ there was one house that wasn’t ordinary. Ever so often Jared would hear weird cries or weird screams that weren’t normal‚ like not human normal. Every night Jared would always see one light on and not know why they left it on all night. After summer Jared saw a kid come out of the house then just trips somehow‚ but never falls . Like he defies gravity or something abnormal. Then Jared saw him at school doing

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    The Street‚ the wind wreaks havoc on the city and puts the city and its pedestrians in an overwhelming and chaotic state. The wind is the antagonist in the story as it tortures the pedestrians with its pesky ways and coldness. The wind establishes a negative relationship between Lutie Johnson and the urban setting and Pettry’s use of literary devices aptly displays this relationship. Petry starts out by letting the reader know there as “a cold November wind”. This wind terrorizes the street by blowing

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    Hopes & dreams Away From Mango Street Having read the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ is a book of a young girl named Esperanza who lived in a unfortunate environment. Esperanza always Dreams of owning a beautiful house‚ one she wouldn’t be ashamed of‚ one away from Mango Street. Esperanza knew the lifestyle that most women on Mango Street had‚ a lifestyle she didn’t want to live. Esperanza grows older and starts to realize she has been delusional and becomes disappointed

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    independency from them. Electra complex termed by Carl Jung refers to a girl or woman who falls in love with her father and becomes jealous of her mother and or the girl daughter and the father has an intimate relationship towards each other. “House on Zapote Street”‚ a short story written by one of the famous Filipino writer Nick Joaquin emphasized this concept. This concept under psychological theory then took an immense role in the story wherein it serves as the main reason of all the unhappy moments

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    settled in a small red house in Chicago‚ Cisneros had a home and a sense of permanence that she had previously never known. But it was not the house she had dreamed of nor been promised by her father. She had always thought of a house with a green lawn‚ white picket fence‚ and a bathroom for every person. Instead she got a decaying bungalow in an impoverished inner-city neighborhood. It was this house that inspired her first and most successful novel‚ The House on Mango Street. Cisneros’ writing has

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    Weakness of rational choice approach when viewed from the lens of interpretive approach. Rinchen Dawa( 2013104522) Rational choice approach can be well understood from the book (The Logic of Collective Action‚ 1965) written by Olson where he argues that “rational‚ self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common of group interests” (1965:2). Rational individuals will not act to achieve a common goal because he knows that his efforts will not have an effect on the situation

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    Interpretive Simulations Final Paper Fundamentals of Human Resources 7/29/10 1. Describe your long range goals and strategies in the HR Management Simulation. When I first began this simulation‚ I was confused and unsure of how to strategize. I questioned whether my strategies should be more for the benefit of the company or for the benefit of the employee. Maybe I am naive in my thought process but I ultimately decided to strategize for the employees. It is my

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