Cars and driving are emblems of American culture, and have defined American lifestyle and identity. American cities are built around the car, and so is the urban and suburban sprawl. It is no small coincidence, therefore, that both Flannery O'Connor and Dagoberto Gilb use a car as a central symbol in their short stories. In O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find," a road trip turns deadly when the family runs into a group of escaped convicts on their way to Florida. Florida makes a brief appearance in Gilb's short story, "Love in L.A.," too, as protagonist Jake mistakes Mariana's heritage for being Cuban since her license plates are from Florida. Like "A Good Man is Hard to Find," "Love in L.A." centers around cars and driving as the central motifs, but in Gilb's story, the ending is not gruesome. Although "Love in L.A." And "A Good Man is Hard to Find" are set in two entirely different places and time, both are quintessentially American tales. Their characterization, symbolism, irony, and moral codes are all similar; but there are some critical differences between the two texts in terms of theme and tone. Both "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Love in LA" encapsulate some aspect of American culture, but O'Connor's story is about the death of dreams, whereas "Love in L.A." is about the persistence of hope. In terms of characterization, Jake in "Love in L.A." is similar to the grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Both the grandmother and Jake are essentially optimistic people who come across as being innocent if not totally naive. This innocence works in Jake's favor, whereas it causes the death of the grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." In "Love in L.A.," Jake's innocence and naivete...
On the other hand, the Grandmother's innocence and naivete only cause her to talk too much, which lands the entire family into trouble. To impress the children, the grandmother tells them about a house with a secret panel. The children want to go so badly that they, along with the grandmother, pester Bailey until he turns off onto the dirt road where they encounter the Misfit and his fellow convicts. Moreover, the grandmother talks in front of the Misfit, telling him that he is a "good man" when he is killing her entire family before shooting her. Both Jake and the grandmother have optimistic views of human beings, but unlike the grandmother, Jake is able to make his naivete turn into luck.
" And sales is one example of this type of professional culture, regardless of what product is being sold (McCarter, 1999). The personal image of Mary Kay may generate some loyalty in the hearts of her sales staff, because of her charismatic figure and rags-to-riches success story, but ultimately saleswomen are there to make extra income, to win bonuses, and they compete against one another for incentives. In short, the article
The large amount of Hispanic supporters drawn by Fernando is a very valuable market segment for Dodgers tickets and merchandising. Season ticket sales can be positioned concomitantly with new merchandising in order to draw the Hispanic market. Positioning The Hispanic market can also be used as a target for positioning Dodgers tickets and merchandising. Positioning refers to the image that the company creates for its product in the mind of consumers.
Multidivisional Organizational Structure Organizational Structure of Large Corporations Effective management of any organization is a function of keeping track of the details. When the day was over, a profitable enterprise is one which can answer the questions of how much was produced, spent, sold, what kind of problems occurred along the way, and what the organization is doing to solve the problems in order to remain on the path toward profitability. While
A fourth foundational element is the strength of the Starbucks brand itself and is ubiquity globally. As a result of rapid and well-defined strategies for opening up retail stores, Starbucks is now considered one of the most preeminent and strongest brands globally. Starbucks has generated the strength of their brand through combining high-quality coffee and tea beverages with the third-place concept to generate customer loyalty and world-of-mouth among customers and their
Capitalism�s Influence on ArchitectureIntroductionArchitecture is subconsciously affected by contemporary ideology. In the recent past, it is affected by capitalistic thought as evident in �Manhattanism,� where congestion and hyper-density mark the island�s growth in the early 1900s at the same time as when people took to the notion of capitalism and applied its ideas of demand-supply, uniformity, and scale to the built environment. This paper will describe how architecture has been
Power & Nationalism Koreans seems to have grown tired of the American presence in their country. Is this a fact? What are its causes and how has it come to this status? The American presence in the Korean Peninsula dates from the Korean War, which was the first major war after the Second World War. The war started in 1950 with the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North. The
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