“Through the Tunnel” Response to literature essay The satisfaction for ones self? Or the satisfaction of others recognizing? The short story “Through the Tunnel”‚ written by Dorris Lessing‚ tells us about a boy named Jerry who craves the satisfaction of acceptance. Although‚ he realizes his self-satisfaction is enough praise. Lessing’s purpose for writing this story is for readers to understand that sometimes you don’t need to have other recognize
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Through the Tunnel- Doris Lessing 1. The inner journey that the boy takes on his self-imposed physical rite of passage is his transition from childhood and emerging into young manhood. This transition is mostly symbolised in this short story by the Jerry’s experience of preparing to go through the tunnel after watching the other boys swim through the tunnel. Jerry practised holding his breath in order to get over the first barrier in achieving his desired destination‚ the light at the end of the
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Exploring Family Influence and Defining “Success” Some people say that being the youngest sibling‚ they often receive the short of the stick. In many cases that may be true‚ but for me‚ I believe I have learned so much from my other family members before me. Particularly I have been shown the value of dollar and how hard work always leads to success. Growing up as youngest child I quickly realized what the meaning of work really was. My father was a general contractor‚ building multiple
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Principle 1:Take 100% Responsibility for your life…. You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances‚the seasons‚or the wind‚but you can change yourself. Jim Rohn-America’s foremost business philosopher One of the most pervasive myths in the Americaan culture today is that we are entitled to a great life-that somehow‚somewhere‚someone(certainly not us)is responsible for filling our lives with continual happiness‚exciting career options‚nurturing family time‚and
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Reading Response: Through the Tunnel——by Doris Lessing Meaning: In the short story Through the Tunnel‚ Jerry and his mother spent their holidays near the sea. Jerry‚ the eleven-year-old English boy‚ was trying to become more independent and be accepted by the local boys so he left the safe beach where his mother stayed and turned to a more dangerous one. The main conflict appears when Jerry was convincing himself to practice holding a longer breath and dive through a long underwater tunnel made
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Assignment #9 - Dress for Success 1. Do you think Cohen had a right to be offended? Why or why not? Cohen had not a right to be offended. She rebuked and wasn’t allowed to attend such an internal meeting; I think it is not appropriate. The older colleague could understand her that was not right dress for the company and she should not attire such dress another time. The colleague could allow her in such internal meeting for first time. The company does not provide the dress information before
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Have you ever heard that “Success is a journey‚ not a destination” ? It is very important to have a law of life to base your life on. A law of life that means a lot to me is; Success is a journey‚ not a destination. It means that what matters is not necessarily where you are at the end‚ but what you accomplish while you are trying along the way. It means that no matter what‚ as long as you try‚ you can never fail. It means you can learn from your mistakes and continue on the next journey a
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Fulfilling your growth potential As a leader‚ are you maximizing your growth potential will be determined by how comfortable or stretched do you feel in your current role? People act and work differently based on their culture‚ thinking‚ upbringing‚ personality‚ competency‚ and of course genes etc. At the same time education and practice continue to have an impact on intellect. Myth: IQ for an individual is fixed. Most experts now agree that it is not the case and genes require input from environment
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Assignment #2 - Field Trip / Marketing Positioning & Differentiation Lynn Xia January 21‚ 2014 ! ! Analysis on Trader Joe’s Trader Joe’s is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia‚ California in Greater Los Angeles. When asked about the target market‚ the founder Joe Coulombe said at the time‚ and again in 1988 when he sold the chain to the Albrecht family‚ that Trader Joe’s aimed for "the educated customer.”1 The person who dips into the health
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developments in the musical theatre. The Broadway shows were produced by showmen who took musical theatre seriously and tried to provide quality entertainment while making a profit at the same time. This attitude kept the musical theatre booming right through the 1920s. Among the hundreds of popular musical comedies that debuted on Broadway in the early 1920s‚ two classic examples of the Broadway musical of that era are Sally and No‚ No‚ Nanette. The music of the 1930’s wasn’t sad and depressing‚ it
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