Thursday, December 17, 2015

What are the relationships between business commerce, business occupations, and the business organization .

Business is defined as value-creating activity by an
individual or organization for profit.  An example of a business would be General Motors
(GM), a company that engages in production and worldwide sale of
automobiles.


Commerce refers to the whole system of an
economy that provides the environment in which business activities occur.  The commerce
in which GM conducts business would be the collective populations and economies of
countries comprising the free world.


Occupation is a
person’s means of making a living.  Associated and closely related terms are as
follows:


Employment = being under service of another for
hire


Job = regular activity performed for
payment


Vocation = occupation to which an individual is
especially drawn


Profession = a vocation requiring
specialized training


Career = a life course of employment
activity


To answer your question, business organizations
perform value-creating activity within an environment of business commerce. Individuals
of various occupations work for hire as employees of the business organization
(employer).  They perform the work that creates the value produced by the organization. 
Workers having the various occupations within the business perform the services or make
the products that constitute the output of the business
organization.

In Julius Caesar, Act IV, according to Brutus, what were the reasons for Portia's death and how does he respond to her death?

This event occurs in Act IV scene 3 of this great tragedy.
Brutus gives a typical stoical response, in contrast to Cassius, when he tells him that
he has received news of his wife's death. According to him, Portia killed herself
because she was missing Brutus so much and also she had heard news that the opposition
against him was now so strong, she became distraught and "swallowed fire" when her
servants were not at home. According to Plutarch, she killed herself by putting hot
coals in her mouth.


However, what is interesting is the way
that Brutus chooses to supress all emotion and carry on with the job at hand. Note what
he says:



Speak
no more of her. Give me a bowl of wine.


In this I bury all
unkindness, Cassius.



In a
short sentence he dismisses her as if she never existed and goes on to make peace
between himself and Cassius. This of course is questionable, but a lot depends on the
individual director as to how they would stage this scene. Some would have Brutus
showing some form of emotion, at least in private, or perhaps barely being able to
master himself. It depends a lot on how sympathetic you want the audience to feel for
Brutus at this stage of the play.

I have to write a essay on four examples of greed in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence and need help structuring the essay.

I would spend the first paragraph introducing the story
just a little, mentioning that it focuses quite a bit on greed, and then at the end of
the first paragraph, writing what I call a "theme statement" about greed.  For example,
"In this story, Lawrence shows how greed is a dangerous force in people's lives."  That
will be the thesis statement that guides the rest of your
paper.


Then, in the next four paragraphs, structure it as
follows.  1.  A topic sentence where you state something like, "One instance of greed
being destructive in the story is..." and then, 2. List the example and explain it. 
Then, 3., discuss how that example is showing greed's dangers.  Follow that formula for
all of the paragraphs.  I'll include a sample below, to show how that will
look:


One instance of greed being destructive in the story
is when Lawrence describes how the mother of the family cares more about materialistic
matters than for her own children.  In the beginning of the story, it states that "she
could not love" her children, and yet was obsessed with luck and earning more money. 
Her lack of love drives her son to gain money, which leads to his death.  This obsession
with greed is one way that it is dangerous in the
story.


That paragraph above is a sample of how you might
write the 4 body paragraphs.  Then, in your conclusion paragraph, just summarize your
main points, restate your thesis sentence (the theme statement from the first
paragraph), and wrap it up.  I hope that those thoughts help you to get started!  Good
luck!

What are some quotes that are examples of honor/dignity?From To Kill a Mockingbird

With respect to the concept of honor, the character of
Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is very closely associated. 
Serving as a sterling example of integrity to his children, Atticus Finch acts always
with the idea of doing what is right. As a paradigm for all that he does, and for what
he desires his children to do, Atticus says something to Jem in Chapter
11,



"The one
thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's
conscience."



Before the trial
of Tom Robinson, Atticus talks to his brother Jack who inquires why Atticus did not try
to avoid taking the case. Because he feels that this case is"something that goes to the
essence of a man's conscience," (11)  Atticus replies
honorably,


readability="11">

"...do you think I could face my children
otherwise?  You know what's going to happen as well as I do, jack, and I hope and pray I
can get Jem and Scout through it without bietterness, and most of all, without catching
Maycomb's usual disease."
(9)



Always Atticus behaves
honorably towards all his neighbors.  When Mrs. Dubose hurls insults about him to his
children and Jem retaliates by cutting the blooms from her ---, Atticus, nevertheless,
speaks politely to her whenever he sees her.  Furthermore, he requires Jem to make
retribution for his vindictive act by reading to Mrs. Dubose.  He tells Jem that while
Mirs. Dubose has been entitled to her opinion, he would rather that she just insult him
directly instead of through his children.  However, he explains, she is an old, ailing
woman.  Atticus adds,


readability="5">

"but before I can live with other folks I've got
to live with myself."
(11)



After Mrs. Dubose takes
herself off the morphine that she has used to reduce her pain, Atticus tells Jem and
Scout,



"I
wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is
not a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before
you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win,
but sometimes you
do."



Even
after Bob Ewell spits in his face, Atticus does not become petty, but tells Jem, with
his usual integrity,


readability="6">

"...see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a
minute....The man had to have some kind of comeback...You
understand?"



Atticus has as
his motto, "Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."
(30)


Miss Maudie, who is the voice of common sense
throughout the novel, recognizes the integrity and honor of Atticus Finch as she says to
his children,


readability="7">

"If your father's anything, he's civilized in his
heart," (10)


Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Provide detailed examples of the conflict and resolution. 100 wordsTape by Jose Rivera

Without a conflict, there is no need for a resolution.
Conflict is the basis for any story. It propels the story forward. There is an inner or
external conflict or both in the life of every person. Because some writers choose to
share that conflict, others can relate. Conflict causes a story to be interesting. Why
does conflict and struggle immediately grab the reader's attention? The reader usually
can relate in some way.


At the very introduction of the
conflict or struggle, the reader is interested in a solution to the problem at hand.
Often the reader has a solution that perhaps even the author has not imagined. Life is
all about a conflict, a struggle, inner strength that comes from the struggle, and then
the wisdom that comes from the resolution.


We, the readers,
thrive on conflict and yearn for resolutions. We anticipate the happy ending. We endure
the pain of the conflict and struggle in order to be relieved by the happy ending.
Readers hate stories that end without a resolution. Immediately, the reader is imagining
the "what if" for an ending. We, as readers, as emotional human beings, long for the
murderer to be revealed and receive his or her just
punishment.


No conflict, no story. No resolution, unhappy
reader.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Explore the differences between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

Much of this is going to come from your own perceptions
and your own analysis.  I think that there is a similarity to locate human truth and
understanding through the worship of the subjective.  Yet, within this, I think, lies a
fundamental difference.  Whitman explores the subjective in the hope of demonstrating an
outward and explicit worship of the community.  Whitman is unabashed in how he believes
that what it means to be "American" lies in a shared consciousness.  While the
subjective is a realm to be harvested, it is one to be shared with others.  In this,
Whitman does not believe that the individual is meant to remain isolated.  In my mind,
Dickinson does not seek to "go there."  She explores her own sense of identity and her
own place in the world.  If the reader connects with it, the bounds of the community
might be established.  I don't see Dickinson seeking an active embrace of the community
and its representation in the political dimension as Whitman stresses.  While Whitman
could not fully embrace the reality of isolation in the American dynamic, I think that
Dickinson is quite content with this reality.  In Whitman, the exploration of a positive
view of liberty, the political and social expression that allows individuals to "do
great things" is matched with Dickinson's conception of "negative liberty," the
reclusive journey into the "inner citadel," to quote Sir Isaiah Berlin, in which one
seeks to be left alone.

What are some examples of caricature in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

I would actually strongly hesitate to call any of Jane
Austen's characters caricatures. A caricature is an exaggeration that makes something
ludicrous. While some of Austen's characters certainly are ludicrous for the sake of
humor, they are actually not false exaggerations, or imitations. All of her characters,
even the ludicrous ones, have a depth of "moral and mental qualities." Even Sir Walter
Scott stated, after having read Pride and Prejudice for the third
time, that Austen "had a talent for describing the involvement, and feelings, and
characters of ordinary life" (Jane Austen's
Art and her Literary Reputation, Pemberley.com)
. It is even recorded that he
declared that Austen's characters are people everyone will meet in their parlor at least
once.


There is a great deal of truth to what Scott said,
and it can be seen in Austen's subtle characterizations. For instance, though Mr.
Collins may be ridiculous because he has no mind of his own and worships Lady Catherine,
he also has a great deal of pride in his job as a clergyman. He also has moral standing
that we especially see when he writes the letter giving his condolences and advice on
Lydia's fallen state. Since Mr. Collins actually does have a more complex mental and
moral state other than just being ridiculous, he cannot be seen as a
caricature.


Even Mrs. Bennet cannot be seen as a caricature
because, even though she prattles on about marrying her daughters and worries about the
estate's entailment and prattles on about her nerves, she is actually quite devastated
when she learns of Lydia's betrayal to her family. She refuses to leave her room because
of the state she is in. Scott is correct, women like Mrs. Bennet truly do
exist.

Wickham's character is also not an exaggeration. There truly
are men who appear to be very kind and noble, but are actually very conniving, caring
only about their own personal gain and ready to exploit anyone for that purpose.
Furthermore, the very polarity of his character alone proves that his character is far
deeper than a caricature.

Even the Bingley sisters are not
exaggerations. There truly are materialistic, malicious, gossipy women in the world.
Caroline Bingley is especially a portrayal of reality in the way that the she is
depicted as trying to attract Darcy and teasing him about his attraction to
Elizabeth.

Hence, because Austen's characters are not exaggerations
but portrayals of real life, they cannot be called caricatures and one has to look at
her more subtle characterization techniques in order to analyze this
clearly.

What accomplishments did Bill Clinton have as president?

Of course, Bill Clinton's presidency will be most clearly remembered for the fact that he was only the second president ever...