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    Doodle and the narrator wants to teach Doodle to run so he will “fit” in. But‚ when Doodle is not able to accomplish these activities in time the narrator becomes spiteful. The narrator believes Doodle being not being able to run is in his head and purposely runs faster and ahead of Doodle to make Doodle strive to catch up with him. Soon after Doodle collapses‚ instead of turning around to help him‚ the narrator chooses to leave him behind in the forest. But‚ the spitefulness of the narrator eventually

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    Poe and the narrator in The Black Cat both have a drinking problem‚ which is noticeable when the narrator describes the room‚ “reposing upon the head of one of the immense hogshead of gin‚ or of rum‚ which constituted the chief furniture of the apartment” (Pg. 226). Poe and the narrator both also had a loving wife who died‚ although one died of tuberculosis and one of murder. Moreover‚ both had a mental illness. Poe faced depression that influenced his life and the narrator is clearly unstable and

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    Cleopatra has become one of the most memorable figures in Egyptian history‚ even though she was not actually Egyptian. This fabulous ruler of ancient Egypt surely left an incredible mark on history. Cleopatra’s life story has gone on to inspire and encourage different kinds of people in many different ways. “Fool! Don’t you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.” Although it may seem like it‚ Cleopatra’s good looks were not her biggest asset. She

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    uprising humanistic psychology. Carl Rogers played a principal role in this new concentration. Rogers’s psychological contributions consisted mainly of his practice of client-centered therapy and his idea of the self and self-actualization. Both of these theories have strong existentialist connections. Rollo Mays the Origins and Significance of the Existential Movement in Psychology also presents interesting relationships between Rogers and prominent existentialists. Rogers‚ while not an existentialist philosopher

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    CASE 2: Roger Berg | BUS500M Management Principles and DynamicsProf. Reynaldo Lugtu (DBA Cand.) | Glenn CabacangRj ManalangWenzi Jeanne MartinezJoyce OngRyan Yuquico | I. Synthesis Roger Berg‚ the Vice President for Planning of the Lake Corporation‚ had to recommend a subcontractor for the environmental study project in connection with their planned large resort.  The contract has been decided in principle to be awarded to Ceil Grant‚ one of their regular subcontractors. However‚ after a

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    The Life of Dr. Carl Ransom Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers was born on January 8‚ 1902 in a suburb in Oak Park‚ Illinois. Rogers was the fourth out of the six children‚ he had two older brothers‚ an older sister‚ and two younger brothers. His father‚ Walter Rogers‚ was a civil engineer and his mother‚ Julia Cushing‚ whom Rogers was very close to‚ was a homemaker and a devoted Pentecostal Christian. Rogers was a very intelligent child‚ and could read well before kindergarten. Rogers’s mother and older

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    the stories‚ “ Cathedral” by Raymond Carver‚ and “ Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ both authors argue that a person’s reality is not always what is seems to be. In “ Cathedral‚” Raymond Carver uses irony between the narrator and Robert when they talk about the cathedral. The narrator tries to explain how a cathedral looks like with words when he says “ To begin with‚ they’re very tall. I was looking around the room for clues. They reach way up. Up and up. Toward the sky. They’re so big‚ some of them

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    Noel By Michael Plemmons The story has a 3rd person narrator. It is not an omniscient narrator since the narrator doesn’t know everything that’s going on in everybody’s mind or at least the narrator isn’t telling us about any thoughts or anything like it. The angle is very narrow since the narrator isn’t giving us much detailed information about the characters or the scene. In the story there isn’t any main character. In the story we have three kinds of characters: the buyers‚ the seller and

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    a short story told by a nameless narrator who is trying to convince us of his sanity while describing the murder he committed. From what I’ve read on websites‚ I’ve found that there is a lot of controversy on whether or not the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is insane. I had a few friends read the story‚ so that they could tell me their thoughts. To my surprise‚ more than half of them thought he was sane in the head! To me‚ it was so obvious that the narrator was insane and I’m going to give some

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    The novel’s narrator‚ Nick is a young man from Minnesota who‚ after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I‚ goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest‚ tolerant‚ and inclined to reserve judgment‚ Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg‚ a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich‚ Nick quicklymakes friends with his next-door neighbor‚ the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan’s cousin‚ he facilitates

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