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20,000 Leagues
Words: 988 - Pages: 4.... out. Nevertheless, under the Sea was an extremely tedious volume. When the story was introduced, Jules Verne described M. Aronnax, the main character, whose love for marine biology was more important than anything else to him did. This immediately led to the international crisis about a bizarre aquatic creature, which immediately dragged M. Aronnax into the action. Due to his expertise on the matter, the public expected Pierre to be the one to solve this mystery. M. Aronnax, under all this pressure, concluded that the animal was to be called the Narwhale. At first, the matter was taken lightly, and only expert scientists were involved. How .....
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Asd
Words: 1305 - Pages: 5.... training needs for the incumbent employee or an employee entering into the organization. 3. A successful job analysis draws clear boundaries between the employer and employee regarding qualifications, job responsibilities, lines of authority, and ways of preventing or dealing with grievances. 4. It allows employers to hire qualified candidates by linking applicants' skills to the job analysis. Employers can also prove that their requirements for selection are related to the job. The ADA defines a qualified applicant as "one who can perform the essential functions of the job." A job analysis provides the employer with justification of why the .....
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Dandelion Wine
Words: 540 - Pages: 2.... owned a patch of land that they grew
dandelions on. Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick
the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot
and winters cold.
It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big
family.
In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many
deaths, Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal,
which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas,
named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for
his father. Also, Douglas got extremely sick and was dieing a .....
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Scarlet Letter: Who Should Punish A Sinner? Religion, Society, Or Individuals
Words: 579 - Pages: 3.... would
wear the Scarlet Letter, so she did. It constantly forced the tought of the sin
she had commited and would haunt her for good. "I have thought have death," said
she, - "have wished for it, - would even have prayed for it, were it fit that
such as I should pray for anything."
Society was an influence on the scarlet letter. People of the town
believed that Hester was a witch as well as sinner. Society ostracized her
because no one in the town had ever delt with any kind of sin as adultry so they
looked at her as a witch. The people in a way wanted to ruin her life because
people actually thought she was bad. One of the real canad .....
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Charles Dickens Great Expectat
Words: 2305 - Pages: 9.... by their surroundings. Dickens conveys this shaping of the individual through the main character, Pip, and the different worlds he lives in, the experiences and interaction with other characters he has. Additionally, other characters are shown to have been shaped by their past experiences and the people involved in their lives. Both Miss Havisham and Estella are prime examples of the impact one's environment can have on the individual. While the opposite is shown through Joe and his ability to maintain personal integrity despite his harrowing past.
The shaping of Pip's character begins during his childhood years under the loving care and .....
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The Great Gatsby: Daisy's Love
Words: 1253 - Pages: 5.... in the waste-basket she
had with her on the bed and pull[ing] out
[a] string of pearls. "Take 'em down-stairs
and give 'em back.... Tell 'em all Daisy's
change' her mine... She began to cry - she cried
and cried... we locked the door and got her into
a cold bath." (Fitzgerald 77)
Money seems to be one of the very top priorities in her life, and everyone
that she surrounds herself with, including her daughter, seem to accept
this as mere fact with her. She lives in one of the most elite
neighborhoods in the state, in one of the most elegant houses described in
the book, and intends very much for her daughter to grow up much like she
h .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Ways People Are Punished
Words: 472 - Pages: 2.... then set free.
That is why there is so much crime where we live. For example many people
in the mafia are caught and go to jail. Most of them do not go for their
full life but for a couple of years. When they do get out of prison they
are still in the mafia. The only thing they learn from being in prison is
to cover their tracks up better. People should pay for what they do and be
punished properly. For example, if a man rapes a woman he should be
castrated. This way people would have fear and not commit crimes.
Torture is also a better punishment rather then death. When a person
dies they don't pay for what they have done, t .....
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Oedipus 2
Words: 568 - Pages: 3.... Oedipus heard the oracles’ prediction that he was to kill his father and marry his mother, he was determined to prevent the prophecy. Therefore he left his homeland of Corinth never to return. Then when he solved the Sphinx’s riddle, Oedipus’ pride rose to a new level. He was praised by the people of Thebes, resulting in his marriage to Jocasta, Queen of Thebes. Oedipus also shows his determination when in search of Laius’ murderer. He stated that he would avenge the King’s death as if Laius were his own father. He cursed the murderer, announcing “May he drag out an evil death-in-life in misery.” .....
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Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
Words: 494 - Pages: 2.... country and armed with state of the art weapons and equipment. It will operate in absolute secrecy. Its existence known only to the most senior government officials. It would attack swiftly and silently cutting off the head of the viper before it had a chance to strike. Such an organization already exists. Its code name: RAINBOW…
John Clark, the well-known maser of secret operational missions, is about to face the world’s greatest fear- and his own- in Tom Clancy’s, Rainbow Six. As the Newly named head of an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism, Clark is looking forward to really sinking his teeth .....
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Beloved: The Symbolism Of Trees
Words: 2036 - Pages: 8.... trees.
With the tree's symbolism of escape and peace, Morrison uses her characters' references to their serenity and soothing nature as messages that only in nature could these oppressed people find comfort and escape from unwanted thoughts. Almost every one of Morrison's characters find refuge in trees and nature, especially the main characters such as Sethe and Paul D. During Sethe's time in slavery, she has witnessed many gruesome and horrible events that blacks endure such as whippings and lynchings. However, Sethe seemingly chooses to remember the sight of sycamore trees over the sight of lynched boys, thus revealing her comfor .....
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