Aatmya S. Talati Prof. Mary Helen O’Connor ENGL 2112 Rabindranath Tagore The first Asian Nobel Prize winner for Literature‚ a cultural hero‚ and an international figure‚ Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861 in Calcutta‚ India. Tagore speaks to an optimistic assortment of the ripened Indian custom and the new European awareness. Globally‚ Gitanjali is Tagore ’s best-known accumulation of poetry and Tagore was granted the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his book "Gitanjali"‚ which contains the essence
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although he was ranked as America ’s richest man during the 1980 ’s. He always found a way to save money‚ therefore saving his customers money and still make a profit through volume. His charisma and leadership skills helped him to keep his staff or "associates"‚ as he called them‚ happy. Also‚ the fact that he lived his life modestly showed that he was on a crusade for the lowly consumer‚ as he was always looking for better deals from suppliers. In the mid 1980 ’s anxiety arose about trade deficits;
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almost entirely in personal narrative and journal entries. The fact that Etter had no intended audience other than himself while he wrote these journals‚ means readers get a better view into the mind of a young soldier. In contrast‚ The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant‚ is almost entirely a collection of letters Grant wrote to his then fiancé Julia Dent. Since his works were to his lover‚ he seems to write more about missing her and getting out of the war then his inner thoughts and ideas. This issue was also
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Mary Fronczak Mr. Thayer English 12‚ Period 9 April 23‚ 2013 Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac‚ later known as Jack Kerouac‚ was born on March 12‚ 1922 in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. He was born to his mother and father‚ Gabrielle Levesque and Leo Kerouac. Jack Kerouac grew up with his three older siblings. One brother was Gerard who‚ at the age of nine‚ passed away from rheumatic fever (biography.com). Growing up‚ Kerouac loved spending his time on sports and reading. He ended
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T. S. Eliot uses irony and symbolism to capture the reader’s attention in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem has a dramatic discourse. The percipience of life’s emptiness is the main theme of the poem. Eliot exhorts the spiritual decomposition by exploring a type of life in death. T. S. Eliot‚ who in the Clark Lectures notes‚ "Real Irony is an expression of suffering"(Lobb‚ 53)‚ uses irony and symbolism throughout the poem to exemplify the suffering of J. Alfred Prufrock who believes
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Women in the 1920’s Before World War II no one believed women had a place in the military‚ yet women overcame this and helped the United States reach victory. Women felt they needed and wanted to get involved in the war instead of sitting at home‚ taking care of the children‚ cooking dinner‚ and cleaning the house. Women joined military support organizations like the WACs‚ the WAVES and the WASPs. These kinds of organizations contributed immensely toward the United States war effort. Women felt
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“The Taipan” by S. Maugham A story of overweening ambition "The Taipan" tells of an eponymous central character living in Shanghai during colonial times who is extremely satisfied with life. He has plenty of money‚ a taste for liquor and good food‚ a successful business‚ an overweening sense of superiority (he has lasted longer than most expatriates in China‚ despite his gargantuan appetite)‚ and an unshakeable conviction that he had at last "beaten them all" - in other words‚ his rivals. He
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must affect the future of the humanity?’ Not from the perspective‚ ‘what’s the best way to make money?’”(Elon Musk‚ Tesla Co-Founder and CEO). Tesla Motors was founded in 2003; Tesla had launched different cars with high-end edition. Tesla Motor Car S had received a ‘Car of the year’ award and customers gave high rating to this car. Beside this most of the Tesla Competitors bankrupt and their production stopped. Tesla became more profitable company of the year. Assume the perspective
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Wal-Mart generated revenues of $256.3 billion and a net income of $9 billion. The retail chain had a distinctive culture shaped by Walton and subsequently by his successors. In 2003‚ Wal-Mart‚ the largest retail chain in the world was also the world ’s largest company with a turnover of $245 billion. Each year‚ roughly 80% of American households made at least one purchase at Wal-Mart. Starting off in a small way‚ under the leadership of the legendary Sam Walton (Walton)‚ Wal-Mart had emerged as a global
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Bibliography: MARTIN ’S‚ 2001 - Penguin Books‚ 1990 _ Grieson‚ H.G.C: Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems of the 17th . Oxford University Press‚ 1969. Vaughan‚ Rama Brothers‚ 2010 _ Lawrence‚ Karen et al: The McGraw Hill Guide To English Literature‚ USA‚ MCGraw Hill Publishing company
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