Journal Entry #1 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb p. 311 Word count: 522 Summary Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A.‚ the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake‚” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive outcome; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible
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Dagoberto Gilb stories‚ “Love in L.A.”‚ “Shout”‚ and “Uncle Rock”‚ Gilb portrays different types of people who are all a part of the working class. In each of the stories Gilb sheds an inside look on the lives of working people and the hardships that come with be a working person‚ from struggling to find a constant job‚ and how a family household is affected. The themes from Gilb’s stories are slightly different but all are common through the struggles a working person has to endure. Gilb in “Love in
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English 1102-402 Analytic Writing White Lies in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb’s short story‚ deceiving titled “Love in L.A.”‚ paints a portrait of a hilarious event involving a minor car accident on the jam-packed Los Angeles freeway. When first reading the title‚ you automatically start making assumptions that this story has something to do with how a couple finds “Love in L.A.”. This story has nothing to do with love‚ in fact it has nothing to do with a minor car accident; it has more to do with our high valued
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think of it. I did not notice any of the characters of both stories in the sense of similarity. But the jack and grandmother were kind of same sense of selfness. The both character think only for them self and want all the intension towards them. Love in L.A‚ a story of the person whose name is jack and seems like he is very lazy and disappointed from his lifestyle‚ wants to get some change in his lifestyle. One day jack was driving on a free way in los Angeles‚ suddenly he hit a car from back side
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Subcontractors Although ZARA manufacture approximately half of its products in their own factories‚ they use subcontractors for all sewing operations. These factories are managed as independent profit centers. There are about 500 sewing subcontractors close to La Coruña‚ and they work exclusively for ZARA. Under the closely monitors and sampling methodology controls by ZARA‚ the products quality can be guaranteed. Suppliers The remaining half of ZARA products are produced from 400 outside suppliers‚
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Love in L.A. by Dagoberto Gilb The setting of this short story is on the freeway of Los Angeles. Jake is a self-absorbed‚ lazy‚ irresponsible‚ protagonist‚ who is driving along the freeway. He begins daydreaming about a car better than his 58’ Buick‚ with crushed velvet interior and an FM radio. His daydreaming causes him to hit the car in front of him. The driver of the other car is a naïve‚ innocent women‚ named Mariana. Mariana is on her way to work‚ driving a car given to her by her
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La Vita Nuova; Dante’s Definition of True Love Liberal Studies 323/ALH3 Art‚ Literature & Humanism Samantha Ritchie 07/15/12 1 La Vita Nuova; Dante’s Definition of True Love La Vita Nuova is a collection of poems by Dante about an unconventional love story. Dante expresses his Love for a woman named Beatrice but his definition of love is not of courtly or romantic love. To Dante‚ the meaning of true love in La Vita Nuova is God. On the surface‚ the Love Dante feels for Beatrice seems
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navigation to find a place or pay a bill quickly? We wouldn’t be able to get the job done in a no sweat manner without technology. Like everything else‚ there are different brands‚ models‚ and types of each and every device and product. But as much as we love technology‚ just like anything else‚ it all has its pros and cons. Internet is easy access‚ having all information from every sort of perspective throughout the world. The speed of it is crazy because anything can be accessed within seconds. Communication
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The Plasticity of L.A. L.A. Land "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic‚ but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol “Probably no city in the Western world has a more negative image” - Richard Lehan‚ professor emeritus‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles There are two visions of Los Angeles – one of a successful‚ sprawling ‘Jewel of the West Coast’ and one‚ the ‘‘nightmare’ anti-myth’ of superficial soullessness first depicted by
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Rates of reaction Sodium Thiosulphate and Hydrochloric Acid An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between sodium thiosulphate and hydrochloric acid. The equation for this reaction is shown below. Method (1) A measuring cylinder was used to measure 50cm3 of 0.08M sodium thiosulphate solution into a test tube. A bung was placed in the test tube. (2) A pipette was used to measure 5cm3 of 1.0M hydrochloric acid and this was placed into a second
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