The Odyssey has captured minds for over 2700 years‚ and the story of Odysseus shows his determination to fight and conquer obstacles with and without the help of the Gods. The story dates back before 1000B.c. (The Modern Library‚ 1950‚ p.VI) His creative and cunning tactics throughout the story show his determination to reach his homeland of Ithaca. After conquering the Trojan War‚ Odysseus was told by Poseidon “man is nothing without the gods”. Poseidon felt Odysseus was not thankful for Poseidon’s
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Food and Beverage 1. Description of organizational procedures for use of legal measurement of drinks and the importance of doing so. I was employed as a waiter at Co.Fi restaurant in Brooklyn. According to their policies and procedures I was not allow to serve alcohol to any person under the age of 23. I was required to ask customers for identification. Although the South African Liquor Act states that any person over the age of 18 may be served with alcohol‚ Co.Fi did not allow that. I
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Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ACKNOWLDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to professor‚ Sir. Muhammad Kamran for his exemplary guidance‚ monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this report. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this report‚ the coffee house culture and its growth in Pakistan have been discussed focusing on the international coffee house chains present in the country. The trend of shifting from
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The Odyssey Thesis Paper Logan Austin Pajuelo Mr. Gruber English 1 Honors‚ Period 3 12/18/2012 Hunger‚ whether a literal hunger or a hunger for power has always been a downfall for humankind. In the Odyssey hunger destroys the lives of many men. Even though the Odyssey is just an epic it reflects in many ways how hunger can ruin and sometimes even destroy someone’s life. In history‚ hunger has shown itself in many different and unique ways. For example Hitler’s hunger for power destroyed
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The Odyssey and The Pearl: Loyalty Loyalty to another person or to a cause may be an admirable trait‚ but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homer’s epic The Odyssey and John Steinbeck’s novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelope in The Odyssey and Juana in The Pearl are the most obvious‚ although there are many. Penelope stayed loyal to Odysseus while he was on his twenty-year journey and Juana stayed by her husband through
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downturn it was predicted that India and China would not be affected as much and hospitality industry in particular would undergo minor changes. Besides this Khanna‚ 2008 outlined that lack of infrastructure in India would not be sufficient enough to sustain growth of hospitality industry. However the argument can be ruled out as a number of private organization both national and international are investing into Indian hospitality sector. This can be said as Carlson group of hotels are planning to open 50
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As the author tediously takes time to list the party guests who arrive at Gatsby’s parties‚ one can infer that they are simply using Gatsby for his hospitality at the parties. This shows us‚ the readers‚ that the knowledge of their host is not important. Wolfsheim’s connection to Gatsby represents the corruption of the American Dream as he used methods of “cheating” to become wealthy. When Tom and Gatsby bump into each other after lunch with Wolfsheim‚ it foreshadows the conflict between them later
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The Odyssey Essay Heroism. What is it? How can it be portrayed? Are there bad or good sides to heroism? In “The Odyssey” by Holmer the character Odysseus portrays heroism in many ways. He portrays them in negative and positive ways which lead his trip to get back home to get delayed. Odysseus‚ why is he portrayed as a hero? Why is he heroic? The reader would think Odysseus is a hero because in the epic no matter the tragedy he faces from the gods‚ specifically Poseidon‚ he overcomes the obstacles
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characteristic is his wit‚ and while he is seen using it to get himself out of sticky situations (as he did when escaping Polyphemus)‚ he also uses it to create troublesome scenarios for what seems to be his own humor. This is most evident to me in The Odyssey when‚ after finally returning to Ithaca and learning of the suitors that have occupied his home‚ Odysseus disguises himself as an old man and completes Penelope’s tasks before turning on the suitors and killing
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