Built To Last James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Chapter 1 The Best of The Best The critical question is not “What’s common across a group of companies?” Rather‚ the critical issues are: “What’s essentially different about these companies? Selected a comparison company for each visionary company. Compare gold medal teams to silver and bronze medal teams whenever possible to give real meaning to our findings. History and Evolution They reflect the accumulation of past events and the shaping force
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Chapter I introduces us to Edna (the protagonist) and Leonce Pontellier (her husband)‚ the couple who live on Grand Isle (main setting) and are one of the main focuses of the book‚ Robert Lebrun (a young Frenchman who is attached to Edna)‚ and some minor characters‚ like Madame Lebrun (Robert’s mother). Chapter II has Edna and Robert talking and expanding their character while Leonce is away at a hotel. Chapter III has Leonce returning home to Edna‚ criticizing her for acting unlike a common Creole
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Chapter One: Fionn the Apprentice On the small‚ secluded island of Isla‚ there was a fortified village called Rathrune where a small group of mice lived. It seemed like a nice place to live. It had good‚ well-built‚ wooden houses‚ it had a nice view of the sea and the mice who lived there were friendly and courteous. But along the battlements was a young mouse named Fionn moping and sighing to himself while watching his friends playing on the nearby beach and swimming in the water. He envied them
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narrative chapters‚ there are intercalary chapters as well. These chapters are inserted between the main storyline of the novel. The intercalary chapters are helpful to the novel; the chapters provide insight on the setting and living conditions of the time period; they also give readers a better chance to connect with the novel by fully understanding the story. The first chapter of the novel is a prominent example of how the intercalary chapters help readers understand the setting. The chapter portrays
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5. Copy three important passages (minimum of 3 sentences each); and then respond to these passages. Why do you think they are important? How do they help the author create his purpose? 1.“Economics is‚ at root‚ the study of incentives: how people get what they want‚ or need‚ especially when other people want or need the same thing. Economists love incentives. They love to dream them up and enact them‚ study them and tinker with them. The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented
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religion? Throughout my study on Galatians chapter 3 this past semester‚ this question has been answered repeatedly. By referring to Christianity as a religion‚ we imply that Christianity is associated with religious works. In Galatians‚ however‚ Paul tells us that the Spirit and the law—religious works—are enemies. The Lord does not care for religious duties. Instead‚ we are to live by faith in Jesus Christ‚ trusting in Him as our life. Throughout chapter three‚ Paul contrasts these two ways of living
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• Chapter 8: I have decent background knowledge of the differences between Calvinists and Armminists‚ but this chapter changed my thinking. The previous discussions and literature I have experienced have made Calvinists out to be irrational. This chapter appropriately represented the supporting and objecting arguments to both viewpoints. I gained an understanding of why Calvinists believe what they do‚ and I can now look at Scripture and see where they are coming from. Their beliefs are not radical;
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Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound
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Mills’s Chapter 2 titled‚ Determination and Consciousness in Marx showcases the varying ways to which an individual or society defines themselves through the material and non tangible things in life. His literary piece‚ and more so‚ this chapter focuses on how people from different societies are classified or categorized based on the level or amount of wealth they own or attain through their attempt towards upward social mobility. For instance‚ this determined level of consciousness in the Marxist
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about certain topics and also to creating some curiosity about such an interesting and developing decade. Every chapter of the book was interesting‚ however the one that most caught my attention was Chapter Four‚ “Popular Culture and the Culture Wars.” We live in a culture where technology is one of the most important factors and it was extremely interesting for me to read a whole chapter about innovations that happened in the 80’s. Significant developments that were introduced during this time that
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