Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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Journal Entry 2 The short story‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ by Tim O’brien‚ was my favorite reading of this week. The author states what the company is carrying‚ as well as emotional burdens that they carry. I think that theme of this story can be summarized as “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. As I stated in the discussion‚ I think this story makes a profound point about trauma and emotional stress. Physical burdens are easily observable. For example‚ when people see someone in a wheelchair their
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Jake Riley Welte‚ Riggs. Humanities II 10-9-15 Great Gatsby Journal Entry. Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. He was born in a poverty ridden family in rural North Dakota. He despised poverty and always wanted to be as rich as he possibly could as he grew up. He eventually became extremely wealthy‚ However he came into the money through various forms of organized crime such as alcohol distribution during Prohibition and securities trading. He is an extreme introvert
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Journal Entry: Today is Thursday‚ March 6th‚ 6075. I found a letter in my mom’s car dating back to 6065. The letter stated that my mom and dad had been one of the three lucky families to get a free trip to Earth. I asked my mom if she had ever went to Earth‚ she replied “yes‚ I went with your father‚ I am hoping I will get the chance to take you someday soon.” “ mom why haven’t you ever talked about going to Earth‚ if you wanted to take me” I asked. She responded blandly not saying much‚ but what
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Ponyboy’s Journal Entry Me and Johnny have been hiding from the police for a couple of days now. I’m sure Darry‚ Soda‚ and the rest of the gang are worried sick about us. I haven’t gotten much sleep since we went into hiding‚ I am betting Johnny hasn’t either because it is hard to get good sleep while your laying on the cold floor of an abandoned church and when you are thinking about everything that went on with our lives the past couple days. Earlier today Johnny went to the store to get some
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N5213 Cultural Competency in Nursing Education Rachelle Hawk Module One Journal Entry: What does cultural competency mean to me? When I first started this course I began to ask myself‚ “Am I culturally competent?” Did I even know what cultural competency means? The Office of Minority Health (2005) describes cultural competency as “a set of congruent behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ agency‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural
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Journal Entry: On The Sidewalk Bleeding Never had I thought laying down would bring me such agony. Yet there I was. Back against the cold pavement and excruciating pain tearing through my body. I tried not to think too much about my situation for every thought felt as though the knife was tearing through me once more. Ripping at my flesh. How laughable to be put in such a situation with not a single person in sight. It’s as if I couldn’t find a more convenient place to be stabbed.
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Step by Step: Heather’s Story Journal Entry In this case study‚ Heather is regarded as an exceptional learner with Down’s syndrome that becomes socialized into a school where she engages in full inclusion as a special needs student. This impacts her comfort level as she participates in a new surrounding with other students whom are considered to be mostly nonexceptional learners‚ or nondisabled students. A main key learning from this documentary is the importance of interventional analysis because
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Journal Entry #3 – A Clockwork Orange Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ carries many themes prevalent to the time-period of the novel’s release. In a futuristic city governed by a repressive totalitarian super-state‚ humans have become machines or lower animals. The main protagonist of the story‚ Alex‚ asserts his free will by deciding to live a life of debauchery and violence before being robbed of his free-will by the government. When A Clockwork Orange was written the war against Communism
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Bus M 401 Dixon Case Estimate of WACC for Collinsville Plant The WACC for Collinsville‚ according to our estimations‚ came up to about 16.22% (Exhibit I). We took the average of the unlevered betas of comparable companies‚ 0.91‚ and relevered it according to Dixon’s target capital structure. Dixon’s 5-year historical debt ratio was 27.5%‚ but this approach would not be reliable due to its steep downturn debt ratio from 51% in 1975 to 6% in 1979. Thus‚ we thought that the best estimate of the
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