Plot Summary The Killer Angels is novel about the American Civil War told by the men who fought. The battle took place in Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863 the Confederate Army fought against the Union army. The story begins with a spy coming to Longstreet inform him that Union army is moving in near. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate army; General James Longstreet, Lee’s second in command; and Union Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain. The Battle of Gettysburg fighting on Little Round Top. Longstreet’s…
Plot Summary By Michael J. Cummings...© 2009 .......Wounded, the narrator takes refuge at nightfall with his valet, Pedro, in an apartment in the turret of a grand but gloomy chateau in Italy's Apennines Mountains. Pedro had broken into the building, which appears to have been temporarily abandoned, so that his injured employer would have a place to rest. .......The furnishings are elegant but old and run-down. On the walls are tapestries, armorial trophies, and modern paintings in frames…
Plot Summary The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird revolves around main character Scout Finch. She lives with her father, Atticus, and brother, Jem. Atticus is a widow, and Scout has no mother. The family resides in a fictional Alabama town called Maycomb, which is in the grips of the great depression. Even though many in the town are struggling, Atticus is a lawyer with a strong work ethic and a good client base, so the Finch family is doing pretty well - at least when compared to many of the other…
Payback Method The payback method is useful because of its simplicity. You simply take the expected cash inflows per year expected after the initial investment and find the breakeven point in where the cash inflows equals the initial investment. Whenever that breakeven point occurs on your timeline, that is your payback period. Let us suppose an initial investment for a project is $1.3 million, the expected cash inflows for the first two years totals $850,000, and the third year is expected to…
In the book Payback Time by Carl Deuker, the main character Mitch is an aspiring journalist that wants to write about very serious school topics. He hopes that it will build his portfolio to impress universities. When he finds out that he is not going to be the editor for his high school’s paper, he is very disappointed. Instead of Mitch being the editor he’s been assigned to write about the sports section. Mitch is overweight and even though he enjoys sports, being picked on about his weight kept…
Payback Period Payback periods are commonly used to evaluate proposed investments. The payback period is the amount of time required for the firm to recover its initial investment in a project, as calculated from cash inflows. In the case of an annuity, the payback period can be found by dividing the initial investment by the annual cash inflow. For a mixed stream of cash inflows, the yearly cash inflows must be accumulated until the initial investment is recovered. Although popular, the payback…
Tiffany Morris English 1102 September 10, 2009 “The Necklace” Plot Summary “The Necklace” starts with a description of Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel and her husband whom is just a clerk are far from being well off financially, this doesn’t stop Madame Loisel from wanting to live a lavish life above her means. She dreams of status, to rub noses with the elite, gourmet meals and decadent dresses. Madame Loisels’ husband goes through trouble of getting a invite to the ball to make a his…
Frankenstein Plot Summary Frankenstein is the tragedy of the intellectual, Victor Frankenstein, and how in his plight for the creation of life, he ends up losing everything that means anything to him. While studying chemistry and philosophy at the university in Ingolstadt Victor becomes interested in the secret of life. After years of research at the old university he convinced that he has finally found it. Using the research he had found at the university Victor spends months created a complete…
Plot Summary for Hamlet Shakespeare In the early scenes, Hamlet’s father visits him as ghost. The ghost first visits Marcellus and Barnardo. At first the ghost does not talk to anyone. When the King finally talks to Hamlet alone he tells him that Claudius, the late king’s brother, killed him and that Hamlet needs to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet accepts his fathers request but first must put Claudius through a test to see if what the ghost says is true. Within Shakespeare’s play, there…
Macbeth Plot Summary In the beginning of the play, three witches confront Macbeth on his return from war with Scotland and Norway. They recite a paradox that foreshadows the events in the play (fair is foul and foul is fair) – good will be bad and the ones perceived as bad will be good. The first external conflict – Duncan king of Scotland talks to a wounded sergeant about Macbeths win against Norway (war – external conflict). They order the Thane of Cawdor’s execution…then give the title…