The Forgotten Founder The Forgotten Founder Thanks to a never-ending campaign by Apple’s powerful public relations machine to protect the myths surrounding the company’s origin‚ almost everyone believes that Apple was started in a garage by “the two Steves‚” Stephen Gary Wozniak‚ 25‚ and Steven Paul Jobs‚ 21. Actually‚ the operation began in a bedroom at 11161 Crist Drive in Los Altos (the house number changed to 2066 when the land was annexed from the county to the city in late 1983)‚ where
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In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Evaluation of Literary Elements Swinging from a noose off a railroad trellis‚ many thoughts race through a condemned man’s mind. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚” Ambrose Bierce effectively uses literary elements to allow the reader to look through the keyhole of the mind of a dying man in his last moments of life. Elements such as realism‚ flashback‚ metaphor/simile‚ setting‚ point of view‚ and character allow the reader to become
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FIRE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT A BRIEF GUIDE TO FIRE CHEMISTRY AND EXTINGUISHMENT THEORY FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE TECHNICIANS BY J. CRAIG VOELKERT COPYRIGHT ® J. CRAIG VOELKERT 2009 FIRE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT A BRIEF GUIDE TO FIRE CHEMISTRY AND EXTINGUISHMENT THEORY FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE TECHNICIANS INTRODUCTION The professional service technician‚ who selects‚ installs‚ maintains‚ recharges and otherwise performs service work on portable fire extinguishers‚ pre-engineered
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The Most Effective Literary Element in “Cathedral” and Reasons for its Effectiveness Raymond Carver uses the literary elements of characterization and point of view to make Cathedral an effective story. While Cathedral appears to just be a story about a visit between two old friends and the narrator‚ I see it as a journey between two men which shows the audience that it is possible to break personal barriers and stereotypes. Cathedral’s main characters are the narrator‚ his wife‚ and Robert the
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garden in the transition of seasons to set a tone of sadness. He illustrates a garden with rotting flowers‚ a graveyard’s last flowers blossoming and their smell being carried to where Brother is‚ reminding him of the dead. Hurst uses the natural elements in the setting to paint a gloomy and dismal setting‚ he could have expressed what he saw and smelled from his garden in many ways‚ yet he chose to depict this garden dying. Furthermore‚ this was done to indicate the tone in this memory‚ which is
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Arin Napier Case Study: The Forgotten Group Member September 19‚ 2010 GM 591 A team is defined as “a group of people brought together to use their complementary skills to achieve a common purpose for which they are collectively accountable” (Schermerhorn‚ 2010). The case The Forgotten Group Member shows the reader how teams fall apart due to a lack of communication. This case proves that knowing how to lead a team is just as important as being a part of the team. It is important to realize
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In common practice‚ the ability to fit in with cultural standards and traditions is significant to one’s wellbeing and their potential to succeed in life. This belief is put into straight opposition in Zhang Jie’s “Love Must Not Be Forgotten” where despite having ideologies of a perfect socialist society placed upon them by the government of the People’s Republic of China‚ Shanshan and her mother are able to renounce such standards yet succeed in life. Through the portrayal of sacrificial love‚ admiration
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The Fire ‚ William Saroyan William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in and won the Academy Award for Best Story. He is recognized as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century." Stephen Fry describes Saroyan as "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century and suggests that he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway‚ Steinbeck and Faulkner. The heroes of his works were always simple and not very happy
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With this year’s theme of “problematic protagonists‚” each of the summer works features a main character whose personality can be found unappealing. In Master Harold and the Boys‚ Athol Fugard explores themes of racism and segregation in South Africa during the apartheid. Hally‚ a white boy‚ has known Sam and Willie‚ two older African servants‚ his whole life and has intelligent conversations with Sam as his equal. After discovering that his alcoholic and handicapped father is being discharged from
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