Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing‚ he would reply‚ “If I were any better‚ I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day‚ Jerry was there telling the employee
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Elaine has sued Jerry because Jerry fired her. Elaine was on the job for two months. The job offer letter she had been given mentioned the great career opportunities at the company and stated that her annual salary would be $30‚000. The employer is an employment at will employer. Elaine was given no reason for the termination. After the termination‚ Jerry hired a man named Kramer‚ who had less job experience and education than Elaine‚ for the position. Elaine has sued to get her job back. The result
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“How many miles to Babylon?” Alec Moore - Narrator Frederick Moore - Father to Alec Mrs. Moore - Mother to Alec Jerry Crowe - Friend to Alec Mrs. Crowe - Mother to Jerry Major Glendinning - Commending Officer to Jerry and Alec in the army. General Points - § Main Theme: Love vs. Hatred § Reflects different stages of Narrator Development - There’s a continuous stream of consciousness‚ no chapters § Ireland § France § Love - of country - passionless love of duty - of power and wealth
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Edward Albee‚ the playwright maintained that he got the idea for The Zoo Story while working for Western Union: "I was always delivering telegrams to people in rooming houses. I met [the models for] all those people in the play in rooming houses. Jerry‚ the hero‚ is still around." Combining both realistic and absurd elements‚ Albee has constructed a short but multilevelled play dealing with issues of human isolation‚ loneliness‚ class differences‚ and the dangers of inaction within American society
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utopia does not exist. Jerry Renault‚ the protagonist‚ quickly finds out that when an individual defies
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with a typical theme for Raymond Carver‚ who in almost all of his texts portraits the working- and middleclass in the United States for better and for worse. The theme “disappointment over life” which is described through one of the main characters‚ Jerrys escape from his disappointing life ends with the murder of two girls. As Raymond Carver often has raw themes as alcoholism‚ death‚ violence etc. in his stories is his style of writing not just realism‚ but often described as dirty realism. In
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critically needed on a daily basis Jerry would still not have the professional credentials to allow him to issue the prescription orders. If faced with such a scenario Jerry should explain to the patient that he does not have the right to issue a prescription of any kind but that he would make it his first priority to tell the receptionist when he or she returned from his or her lunch break. If Jerry called in the refill and the patient had an adverse reaction while flying Jerry would not be protected from
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Nell was a movie that Jodie Foster played perfectly. She made the audience think about our own upbringing‚ our own trials and difficulties‚ and our struggles to fit in. Jerry and Nell had a wonderful chemistry that women especially can adhere to‚ as the question of nature vs. nurture prevails. Nell’s mother‚ who died at the beginning of the movie‚ raised Nell and her sister in a secluded cabin in the woods of a rural town. Her mom had a very skewed sense of the world‚ which made her retreat. The
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Figuring out who you are paves the path of the life. As a teenager‚ it is a very important journey to complete. Wanting people to like you for who you are‚ not what they see‚ is a problem that many like the character Jerry‚ in the story “A Mother in Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings face. On the other hand‚ figuring out who you are can be becoming more independent‚ less fearful‚ and a new person‚ like Ted‚ in the story “Golden Glass” by Alma Luz Villanueva. These boys each encounter the journey
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International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) ISSN 2249-6912 Vol. 3‚ Issue 2‚ Jun 2013‚ 139-144 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd. A STUDY OF THE ZOO STORY AS AN ABSURD AND SOCIALLY REALISTIC DRAMA SHIPRA MALIK Associate Professor‚ I.I.M.T Engg. College‚ Meerut‚ Uttarpradesh‚ India ABSTRACT The article is an attempt to bring into light the elements of absurdism and social criticism in the play‚ The Zoo Story written by Edward Albee. Throughout the play the dramatist has adopted certain absurdist techniques
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