Enron: Tone at the Top The fall of Enron is not just one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history‚ but in my opinion‚ a landmark case study of the lack of business ethics in an organization. Enron’s downfall‚ along with the demise of Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest public accounting firms at the time‚ brought about a swift change in U.S. regulations governing how publicly traded companies reported their financials. While the top brass at Enron pled ignorance to the fact that they had no control
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TELEPHONE One of the greatest life changing inventions was the telephone. Electronic communication first began with the telegraph that allowed simple sentences to be tapped out over a telegraph line. In 1873‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ along with Thomas Watson‚ an electrician helping Bell‚ began experimenting with a “harmonic telegraph” which he hoped would allow multiple communications to be transmitted simultaneously over the same pair of telegraph wires. By 1874 he was also working on a method
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Miss Brill is a story told through the thoughts of a woman inwardly creating an oasis from which she can feel connected to the world around her. The mood in the beginning of the story seems cheerful . A sunny‚ autumn Sunday afternoon with a band performing music and a variety of people out enjoying the day at the public park‚ and the reader is lulled into the false impression that Miss Brill is just another happy person. But further along in the story‚ one begins to understand that Miss Brill’s
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She’s shown to have the life and struggles of a typical house wife‚ who is passive and not strong enough‚ lacking the attributes it takes to step out of her comfort zone and take responsibility and action to make herself content. The setting sets the mood of the story‚ as the fog represents her being unable to clearly see the realities of life. The author does a great job of keeping the narration somewhat discreet‚ which keeps the reader thinking‚ and let’s us figure out the motivations of the
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Tennessee Williams’ play “The Glass Menagerie” uses it’s brilliant mood‚ quirky characters‚ and interesting story to draw in many readers. Set in 1937 in the city of St. Louis‚ the charming tale takes place in an apartment shared by a mother‚ her daughter‚ and her son. The mother‚ Amanda Wingfield‚ lives in the past‚ and uses her fond memories to lecture her kids about life. It’s clear‚ though‚ that she only wants the best for her children Tom and Laura Wingfield‚ whom of which are both adults. In
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This is helps put emotion into the poem. Another time is in stanza three it repeats itself a lot. “Cannon to the right of them Cannon to the left of them cannon in front of them” this is another time that repetition is showed. Repeating to set the mood and to show intensity. This is repeated again in stanza five it mentions the Cannons again to help show that in the poem the soldiers are still stuck and surrounded. Another place It shows repetition but also it shows personification it’s what
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Mood defined – how the story makes the reader feel. The mood of this story is that the main character Emily’s life was a sad and depressed life. It makes you feel sorry for Ms. Emily that her father kept her sheltered all of her life until he died. Then after he died she was not really able to find anyone to love her. When she finally met a man he showed her the attention that she had always wanted. Homer Barron was the only actual love she had ever seen. Although the attention he was giving
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Tragic Mood in Shakespeare’s Love Story Most people think of Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ as a love story. But as the title suggests‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is just that: a tragedy. The narrative is about the struggles of Romeo and Juliet’s love despite the century-long feud between their families. Like many tragedies‚ which end with fatality‚ the play ends with the deaths of the “star-crossed lovers.” Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare conveys strong feelings‚ or moods. In
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Alley by Naguib Mahfouz is successful in concluding the novel by using tone and irony in the ending of relationships. Throughout the novel there is a negative tone that is emphasis in the end of the novel through the actions that take place. The actions that take place at the end of the novel also are ironic‚ such as the death of Abbas and Hamida’s situation. Mahfouz ends the end of the novel through actions with negative tone and irony with characters and their negative relationships. The end of
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In “War” by Jack London‚ the setting taking place in a war and the steamy temperature is significant to the text because it develops the tone in the story which is concerned. First‚ the setting taking place in a war develops the tone because it is very hot where the war is taking place‚ the heat is almost unbearable. The narrator is constantly battling the heat in the story. Jack London writes‚ “The ban of his cavalryman’s hat was fresh stained with sweat. The roan horse under him was likewise wet
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