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    In the book The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character James Gatz‚ also known as Gatsby plays a very important role in the book. Throughout the story he reveals his true self to someone he barely knows and makes a friendship and new experiences after being hidden for a while. Gatsby in the beginning of the book was unnoticed. No one really knew who he was as a person or if he was alive or dead‚ but that’s what makes him so spontaneous. Gatsby is always ready for an adventure

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    Nogo Railroad Analysis

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    1) Nogo Railroad a) What are the Macro and Micro problems in the case? i) Macro (1) High employee expenses (2) Low employee moral (3) No HR as a strategic function (4) Badly negotiated Union Contracts (5) No established recruitment processes (6) No job descriptions to measure job output and performance. (7) History of organized resistance by the Union and train crews ii) Micro (1) Nepotism and Featherbedding (2) No upper management “buy-In” (3) obsolete HR policies‚ practices and

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    The Great Depression was a severe stock market crash that happened in the 1930s. In the late 1920s‚ economic grew rapidly and many classes poured their savings into stocks. Investors traded useless shares that were deemed worthless‚ over millions in one day‚ later to be referred as‚ “Black Thursday.” An outbreak flooded the nation‚ causing workers to lose their jobs and decrease mass production. Across the world‚ everyone felt the the devastating blow‚ creating a domino effect. ( History.com ) The

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    Van West

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    1. What are the underlying cultural issues contributing to the problems? In this case the cultural issue is that Van West didn’t speak Spanish that well. Gonzalez actually spoke a little bit of English‚ so they could communicate. However‚ if Van west would speak better Spanish‚ then it might have solve a lot of problems even quicker. Furthermore‚ both Hernandez and Van West grew up differently so they had different visions of approaching problems with workers‚ and production issues. Van West was

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    Reconstruction Period: The Railroad It was considered “the most powerful weapon that the white men could use against natives” yet one of the most efficient American ingenuity; creating jobs‚ the economy to flourish and the expansion of a nation. One might ask how this weapon came to be and how was it used against the natives of the U.S. ? It was the height of the American Civil War; the north and the south raged in combat. The 16th President‚ Abraham Lincoln had issued the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 establishing

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    There are many benefits of having a railroad run through your city in 1800s. But there are also many drawbacks too. In this document I will explain to you the drawbacks and benefits of having a railroad. There will be many different things you will be learning about to having a railroad in the city. Some benefits of having a railroad run through your city is that you can be able to import goods or you can also export goods.This means that they will be able to trade food / goods with other states

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    presentation of women in the novels. Use “The Catcher in the Rye” to illuminate your understanding of the core text. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was first published in 1925 where attitudes towards women were changing as they were getting more jobs and freedom; their behaviours were becoming more rebellious due to the new American Dream. In “The Great Gatsby” women are presented as decorative figures. They are shown to be seemingly fragile but are often vain‚ ruthless‚ destructive and commonly

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    Although the American Dream is considered difficult to accomplish‚ people have manage to achieve it. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” novel views of the American Dream with wealth‚ education‚ and love. Wealth is what most Americans strive for to achieve the American Dream for happiness. For example‚ a family member shared that wealth brought him his happiness because he was able to go out and buy flashy objects and lived without struggled. Wealth can bring happiness. Wealth also can provide nice

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    Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some

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    East Egg versus West Egg East Egg and West Egg are "identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay ... They are not perfect ovals ... but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the gulls that fly overhead. To the wingless a more interesting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size."(9) In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates different worlds‚ where many different people live amongst each other. The areas of

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