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    Holden Caulfield and Sally Hayes after ice skating scene: (Holden and Sally are sitting in a coffee shop right next to the ice skating rink in Central Park making small talk‚ when Holden comes up with an idea) Holden: Sally‚ I got this idea. Okay so I got this idea that maybe you and I could get the hell out of here. Sally: Out of this coffee shop? Why the hell would we wanna do that? Its cold outside‚ and I don’t need to be home for another two hours. Holden: No‚ no‚ no! Sally‚ don’t be ridiculous

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    In Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady‚ we are confronted with many examples of love and personal growth‚ two themes that Cather seamlessly intertwines by utilizing her technique of elucidation of complex emotion through use of nature and landscape throughout the novel. In this essay‚ I argue that Cather defines love and personal growth of Marian Forrester through three distinct scenes: the drunken long distance call between Mrs.Forrester and Ellinger after she learns of his elopement‚ the story of how Mr

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    Belonging Nowhere Willa Cather does a tolerable job shaping the story of “The Sculptor’s Funeral.” There are many characters with hidden meanings that flow through the story. Set in the early 1920’sCather tells of a young artist’s deceased body adventuring home with a mysterious follower. She speaks of the hidden meanings of the townspeople. Although the beginning is somewhat dry and slow‚ the scheme shifts toward the middle and end. Cather begins the story by outlining the men awaiting

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    Willa Cather‚ through her writing‚ seems to admire Antonia Shimerda. Antonia is a young girl with great strength and courage. Her family having moved to a foreign land‚ without knowing anyone and barley being able to speak the language‚ speaks of the courage of the entire family. When her father can’t take the stresses put before him‚ he commits suicide. This leaves Antonia and the rest of the family to deal with the problems that he couldn’t. "Ántonia is a natural born mother"‚ I feel that Cather

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    convincing‚ but also allows gives her an outlet to express her unique struggles‚ desires‚ and beliefs. Willa Cather’s My Antonia is a poignant romantic novel about westward expansion‚ following the story of recently orphaned Jim Burden and his childhood in Nebraska. The parallels between the most impactful events in Jim’s life and that of Cather’s become glaringly obvious when the two are compared. Willa Cather shapes Jim’s story in My Antonia

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    Carolyn DeGrazia Professor Gerald January 30‚ 2012 Character Analysis Willa Cather once said‚ “Where there is great love‚ there are always wishes.” She makes this quote relevant in her Pulitzer-prize winning novel‚ One of Ours. One of Ours is a story about Claude Wheeler‚ a young man from Nebraska‚ struggling to find his purpose in life. Throughout the entire novel‚ he only has one consistent presence in his life that truly believes in him and that is his mother. Mrs. Wheeler‚ a Protestant

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    Book Summary July 31‚ 2012 Garnier‚ J.‚ Helsing‚ D.‚ Howell‚ A.‚ Kegan‚ R.‚ Lahey‚ L.‚ Lemons‚ R. W.‚ Rasmussen‚ H. & Wagner‚ T. (2006). Change leadership: A practical guide to transforming our schools. San Francisco‚ CA: Jossey-Bass Credibility: Tony Wagner – codirector of the Change Leadership Group (CLG) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Tony was a classroom teacher for 12 years‚ a principal‚ project director for the Public Agenda Foundation‚ cofounder and executive director

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    Billy Christian Tanoyo 01120120097 1.External Marketing : "Setting the Promise"  · Marketing to END-USERS.  · Involves pricing strategy‚ promotional activities‚ and all communication with  customers.  · Performed to capture the attention of the market‚ and arouse interest in the service.  Ex = Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts start by hiring the right people and carefully orienting and inspiring them to give unparalleled customer service. Internal Marketing : "Enabling the Promise"  · Marketing

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    person. For example‚ Lena‚ a friend of Antonia‚ would have a different relationship with Antonia than her brother Ambrosch would. Both Lena and Ambrosch have a different relationship with Antonia than her childhood friend Jim whom she grew up with. Willa Cather included book three in her novel My Antonia because Antonia played such an important role in Jim’s childhood‚ and because book three shows us who Jim has become so we can better understand his relationship with Antonia. The people we spend a

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    I believe that Cather tried to use mostly the Naturalistic point of view. Although Cather also used some Romanticism‚ she mainly focused on the Naturalistic view such as the beginning and the near end of the story. Ivar and Marie show good examples of Cather’s Romantic side. However‚ though Cather focused mainly on Naturalism‚ she did use Romanticism. Her character Ivar had a Romantic point of view along with Marie’s actions also shows Romanticism. Ivar uses his description of the terrifying

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