Norman Gortsby sits on a park bench at dusk‚ a time when‚ in his estimation‚ individuals who have experienced defeat in their lives can sojourn unrecognized. An elderly gentleman sits nexts to Gortsby‚ and Gortsby judges him to be a lonely person of no consequence. After a short time‚ the old man leaves‚ and his place is taken by a younger man‚ better dressed than his predecessor but equally downcast. The man tells Gortsby a sad story of having gone out to buy some soap‚ then not having been
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Introduction to Meghalaya Meghalaya or megh- cloud; alay- home; is a picturesque but tiny state in the northeastern region of India. As the state remained cut off from mainstream India for a long time due to some ethnic problems‚ it has been able to survive the onslaught of crass commercialization that has taken over other famous tourist centers of India. As is the name‚ the state receives heavy rainfall and two of the world’s wettest places are located in Meghalaya. Full of vibrant culture‚ tradition
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Another one of Saki’s dark tales‚ Dusk reveals the author’s ironic view of man’s infinite capacity for misunderstanding one another. Along the duration of the story‚ the protagonist‚ Gortsby‚ watches and observes people scurrying about at dusk‚ sitting at a park bench. Inwardly‚ he believes the people whom he observes looked defeated‚ and reciprocates dusk as a representation of the time of defeat for humans. The short story features an objective limited point of view‚ most of the characterization
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Executive Summary This case analysis report focuses on the declining market share faced by Dell‚ Inc. (“Dell”‚ the “Company”) and recommendations are given as to where the Company needs to alter its strategy at a business level as well as a corporate level. Broad recommendations include foraying into the retail space at a more aggressive pace‚ laying greater impetus in fast emerging markets such as China and India‚ and focusing more on R&D efforts in order to ensure that higher levels of innovation
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CASE I SUSAN MUNRO‚ SERVICE CONSUMER Ray – Ann Julian MW 1:00 – 2:30 Sir Daniel Hebron Services Marketing In the course of a single day‚ a busy young woman makes use of a wide array of service… Susan Munro‚ a final-year business student‚ had worked late the night before on a big paper and overslept the following morning in the apartment she shared with three other students. Her roommates‚ who had early classes‚ had already left when she got up. After showering‚ she
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Bruce Munro’s Light Installations Bruce Munro is a British installation artist. Installation art is three-dimensional and is mostly site-specific. They are intended to change space perception. Bruce Munro has taken installation art to new heights. He does large-scale installations that usually encompass entire parks to create entire exhibitions. His primary medium is light. He uses light to completely transform an area. His exhibitions are very unique. Typically in an exhibition‚ one
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So what is it about these words that make them so moving and memorable? Perhaps it is the imagery created in all three. In Georgia Dusk‚ you can visualize the “crimson trickle”(Hughes 8)‚ veiled “darkness”(Hughes 4)‚ and the bleeding “sunset”(Hughes 14). But it is more than that. The words themselves evoke a specific feeling. The personification of the wind in the repetition of “cries”(Hughes 2) creates a dark foreboding that is continued with the slight foreshadow in the use of “pity”(Hughes 3)
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Alice Munro grew up on a small farm which provided her with a firsthand view of the imagery she would come to use in her writing. One story with a small farm family is “Boys and Girls.” It is an initiation story of a young girl at conflict with the gender roles placed upon her. At a time when gender roles were being challenged‚ Munro writes about a fox farmer’s daughter. The girl wants to help her father‚ but that is a man’s work. Munro’s own father was a fox farmer turned foundry worker turned turkey
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"Comfort‚" by Alice Munro‚ is a short story based on life‚ death and dying‚ suicide and religion. With the depth of all four topics‚ controversial issues arise and compromising situations hold the main character‚ Nina‚ at a difficult crossroad. That crossroad is the wants and needs that Nina yearns for. "Comfort" illustrates a ride through what Nina experiences after the passing of her husband and her dire need to get what she wants or at least to obtain comfort. From the beginning of the story
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Alice Munro’s collection of short stories in Open Secrets is one example of her focus on women‚ ordinary women‚ and the lives they experience and lead. Her stories present us with characters that think‚ feel‚ and develop in normal‚ as well as abnormal‚ situations. In the following discussion we focus on two of her short stories from Open Secrets‚ and confer the characters and their development. The stories chosen for examination are "Open Secrets" and "Vandals." Each of them will be discussed individually
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