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    Chapter Summaries Children of the Sea: 1) Two narrators in which they do not say their names in the book are in love and write to each other. 2) The female narrator in the book is mad because his father opposes her love for the man. 3) She finds out that he father gave up all his possessions to protect her from the macoutes. 4) The female narrator’s family finds out that their neighbor was killed by the macoutes. 5) The male narrator who was a member of the youth federation fled

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    opened up new data to the author Reginald Bibby‚ the author of this book‚ giving him his new book idea: the reality of religious polarization. The book has been divided up into 9 chapters‚ all very informative‚ coming from a polarized lens‚ focusing on all aspects of those who are religious‚ and those who are not. In Chapter 1‚ Bibby claims there are two reasons for the decline of Religion amongst Canadians. The first reason is because of a shift in immigration pattern‚ and secondly the change of mindset

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    In Chapter 9‚ Santibañez and Záratea find a positive correlation between being bilingual and the odds of going to college‚ which strengthens the previous discussion about bilingual advantages in the job market (Chapter 7) and educational institutions (Chapter 8). Specifically‚ this study suggests Spanish-English bilinguals who frequently use their native language at home are likely

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    Chapter Five Summary Organizational Climate All types of organizations have social structures‚ pecking orders‚ and patterns of behavior‚ including habits governing dress‚ language‚ food and things alike. Important dimensions include the reward system‚ organizational clarity‚ standards of performance‚ warmth and support‚ and leadership practices. An evaluation of these and other dimensions of organizational climate can be used to determine whether that organization is exploitive‚ impoverished‚

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    Summary Chapter 4 Marketing Objective 1 Explain the importance of information in gaining insights about the market place. The marketing process starts with a total overview of the market place. Without understanding the markets wants and needs you’re blind. If a company doesn’t have full understanding for the market place it’s hard to produce value and satisfaction for their customers. This information is not enough you also need information about competitors‚ resellers and other actors and forces

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    symbolizes the small community that is forming “Lets have a vote.” Page 30‚ Chapter 1 2. Golding introduces the choir in the first chapter; he does this by having Ralph blow on the conch so the boys in the choir come to look what it was. Golding first introduces the boys in a creative manner. He introduces them as a creature. “With the diamond haze of the beach‚ something dark was fumbling along.” Page 26‚ Chapter 1. This introduction as a dark creature foreshadows the darkness that the choir

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    This chapter is all about the background of Moon Shadow and his family in the middle kingdom in China. It goes into detail about their struggles and reasons. In this chapter it introduces Tang town or china town. This chapter goes into detail of the family company. The company’s name was Peach Orchard Vow. The company had a feast for Moon Shadow’s arrival. This chapter had detail on how Windrider got his new nickname. Windrider shares his story of meeting the Dragon king. In the end of the chapter

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    In Chapter 4 of Freakonomics‚ the main subject is the question on why criminal activity has declined so rapidly at such a sharp rate in time. This chapter goes in depth and explains the relevance between abortions and the impact it had on society. While crime is still going on today the overall statistics of criminal actions has decreased at such a high numbers many questions were asked on how and why this has happened. This chapter goes into detail on the 1990’s in which one big law was passed that

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    About A Boy chapter summaries 1. Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger. 2. Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent. 3. Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class. 4. Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers. 5. Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings. 6. Will- SPAT/the hunt for single‚ attractive mums/pretending

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    Chapter one‚ consisted of The Narrator meeting Ishmael and how Ishmael came to be in the position he is in. He spent most of his life in captivity‚ and it was that captivity which helped shape his sense of self and his world view. His Intellectual growth started at the zoo were he like the other animals started questioning why he was there. He believed that since he was more closely related to humans is the reason why he could actually try and figure it out. It wasn’t until he was sold to the menagerie

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