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Mrs. Dalloway written by Virginia Woolf presents a unique narrative style where the readers come to know the story through the words of the protagonist Clarissa Dalloway, they read about her feelings, emotions and thoughts. The story is a portrait of a middle-aged woman that Woolf paints utilizing Clarissa’s thoughts and actions that eventually help her convert the ideology of life of the English middle class and describe the cultural sphere of the time in a novel. This paper analyses Mrs. Dalloway as a classic example of the use of stream of consciousness by Woolf to portray the protagonist Clarissa Dalloway as a vivacious bearer of life as opposed to the deathly pale world of Septimus Smith. Clarissa Dalloway, the protagonist of the novel, is a middle-aged woman who was about to throw a party at her home the day which was described in the novel. The author leads us through the life of this woman for that day and explores the various facets of life. The novel begins with Clarissa walking down the road, shopping for her party that is going to be held in the evening. Through the description of the woman and how she manages her daily affairs we see Clarissa as the one who is taking immense pleasure in life and all its physical and sensual sides. Clarissa is found on the street purchasing flowers and appreciating everything she sees: “carriages, motorcars, omnibuses, vans, sandwich men shuffling and singing” ( Mrs. Dalloway 4). Clarissa neither approves nor disapproves the exciting and bustling urban life. In fact, she is lost in a world of her own, a cocoon that remains unobstructed by the bustling city life. In her delight, Clarissa is free from egotism and judgment. Her outlook on life is nonjudgmental as she does not approve a thing for what it is but because it is. Clarissa enjoys just being a part of life and her view on life is one that is ingrained in the wonders of existence. She is serious about life and takes living seriously. Since Clarissa’s love for life is nonjudgmental she does not categorize her affection neither does she coerces: “Had she ever tried to covert anyone herself? Did she not wish everyone merely to themselves?” ( Mrs. Dalloway 126). The free spirit of Clarissa clashes with the dominant patriarchal society of her time. The grammar of masculinity needs to define the subject and the object of power in order to create the dominant sex. Woolf, through Clarissa, distinctly differentiates love, compassion, and sacrifice as distinctly feminine characters while judgment and hierarchy are strictly expressed as male characters. This confirms Woolf’s belief as a feminist writer in her nonfictional work A Room of One’s Own where she describes the gender role discrimination prevalent during her time in the English society ( A Room fo One’s Own 12). The character of Clarissa is based on the essence of her belief in love and existence. Clarissa’s thoughts are centered on the moment and the readers enter her mind that focuses on the moment from the very first line. Clarissa’s life rests in the moment, though she is not completely aware of her point of view: “But every one remembered; what she loved was this, here, now,
Introduction Beverly Wilshire Hotel sits on Wilshire Avenue in the eastern side of Beverly Ranges in California. Built by Walter G. McCarty, the hotel’s construction was finished in 1928. The E-shaped Hotel was referred then as Wilshire Apartment Hotel. Its design reflects the Renaissance architecture of the Italians. The hotel underwent an overhaul where new features such as ballroom and swimming pool were added. The hotel has been undergoing change of ownerships. It boasts of having hosted key icons, including politicians and popular musicians over its historic years of operation. It has served as filming site for movies like Pretty Woman and Entourage TV series cast from 2004 until 2011. The success of the organization has not come without competition, emergence of new opportunities, and weaknesses. The management has had to deal proactively with new markets’ internal and external challenges to ensure the hotel continues to offer quality and high-standard services to all its clients to enhance business stability in the changing business environment. Beverly Wilshire Hotel operates in the service industry. Services are different from products since they are intangible. Hence, managing an organization that deals with services is different from managing a product-making company. The current paper presents a strategic project on a service organization with a particular focus on the hotel industry. It uses Beverly Wilshire Hotel as the case in point. The goal of the paper is to present an internal and external analysis of businesses situations that the hotel faces. This goal is realized by conducting PESTLE analysis, opportunities and threats, Porter’s five-force analysis, and scenario analysis. This analysis sets the stage for the development of strategies for creating and managing relationships with the hotel’s customers together with developing or improving strategies for communicating the service to the hotel’s clientele, including the creation of a service brand and image. Porter’s Five-force Analysis for Beverly Wilshire Hotel Business industry interacts with different forces, which help in inducing appropriate strategies for continuous success in the short and in long term. From Michael Porter’s perspective, the five forces shown in figure 1 are important in shaping the business environment of any organization, irrespective of whether it trades in products or services. The analysis of these forces in the context of Beverly Wilshire Hotel helps in describing its business environment while providing a mechanism for analyzing the forces that determine the organization’s competition. In the global perspective, the viability of any hotel-based strategic project depends on the ability to respond proactively to the forces that shape the industry’s competition. Although there may be an array of factors that determine the competitive advantage of the hotel industry in the international arena, service quality and geographical location relative to the target market are two important factors that organizations must consider when establishing a business in the industry. The
Introduction Developing social skills is an essential part of any individual’s life, which requires an appropriate level of community-based interaction. Improving the disadvantaged individuals’ welfare and ensuring the establishment of proper social capabilities is a crucial task for any community, which should provide such adolescents with additional instructional experience (Hoover, 2016). These practices are highly relevant for Alex and Paulo, young students diagnosed with autism. In this paper, a potential community-based activity for both young men will be presented in consideration of skills related to restaurant ordering, dining, and payment, and the participation abilities gained will be discussed. Main body Alex and Paulo, two 17 and 18-year-old students, respectively, possess several needs that could be accomplished through an instructional experience. To succeed, such practice should refer to the individuals’ personal goals, rely on a specific agenda and itinerary, and aim to produce particular capabilities (Karasik, 2020). Therefore, before constructing a relevant experience, it is necessary to examine the desires of the adolescents. It appears that, while Alex is less proficient in communication activities, Paulo is capable of using additional methods to aid this process, although he is also experiencing conversation difficulties. Thus, it is possible to suggest an itinerary that will include the development of interaction skills, and assisting the individuals in the learning procedure. The instructional activity suggested contains visiting a local restaurant specializing in burgers and fast food. During the experience, the students should learn about community proficiencies related to order, dining, and paying for the services, interacting with the restaurant staff to complete the exercises (Karasik, 2020). This process encompasses a relatively small amount of interaction in-between other required procedures, meaning that Alex and Paulo will be able to make small breaks between the conversations, thus reducing communication pressure (Bolis et al., 2021). As Alex appears to be interested in fast food, this venture might prompt him to interact with the staff and his companion more freely. Considering Paulo, his ability to successfully explain himself without using a lot of vocalization may empower Alex to participate in dialogue even with people he does not know. Given the aforementioned factors, the itinerary proposed contains several activities. First of all, it is recommended for the students to travel together to the destination, inducing communication and decreasing the initial pressure of meeting (Karasik, 2020). After that, the young men will stay at the restaurant, ordering food and potentially sharing knowledge. An optional activity might be available for the individuals, which consists of visiting a nearby grocery store to secure the growth of payment skills. Finally, Alex and Paulo w
Description of the case Among the most attention-grabbing dramas to come out of the Great Recession was the marriage of Fiat and Chrysler. Financed and brokered by the United States government in an unmatched market intervention, the amalgamation brought two outstanding companies together whose histories were strangely similar but whose prospects had recently diverged. Chrysler is an American symbol one of Detroit has framed titanic three in the auto industry. Chrysler is a company with a turbulent history having experienced several cycles of booms and busts. The company fell on hard times and needed a government bailout in the year 1979. Chrysler managed to pay up the government loan and continued to be successful in the auto industry for a better part of the years. This improvement in its activities was under the leadership of the legendary Lee Lacocca. In the mid 1990s, Chrysler was a strong and growing company, and this aspect led it to be an acquisition target by Daimler-Benz. This ownership lasted from 1998 to 2007 when Cerberus Capital Management took over the company. In another twist and turn of events, Chrysler declared bankruptcy in 2009 having recorded a 36%sales fall. In addition, the company’s market share dropped to 8.4%! During this period, Chrysler received $4 billion of the $13.8 billion in emergency loans from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Chrysler filed for bankruptcy on April 30, 2009, and by May 31, its reorganization became official (Clark, 2012). On the other hand, Fiat is just as iconic as Chrysler Company. The Turinese Company was in particular a central pillar of Italy’s “miracolo economico” producing small but stylish and smart cars like 500 and 600. These emerged as key symbols of the nation’s speedy recovery from the desolation of World War 2. Fiat equally has a tumultuous history with the most notable one being in the late 1970s amid traumatic labour strife. Thanks to the aid from the Italian state and creation of stylish new models, the company recovered from its collapse. The company did well in the auto industry and then faced its other challenge in late 1990s. Fiat fell apart during this time and was on the threshold of bankruptcy in the early 2000s. At this point, Fiat took a different step in trying to recover from the bankruptcy, which makes it different from Chrysler. The Economist in 2008 described the move as a remarkable industrial and financial changeover that will be pored over in business schools for the rest of the times. This turnaround step for Fiat was under the management and leadership of Italian-Canadian CEO, Sergio Marchionne (Liff, 2007). On June 10, the Chrysler-Fiat alliance became official, and this meant that Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne took over as CEO. With the acquisition being official Chrysler underwent a significant organizational change starting with the leadership area. There was a change of the CEO and the name of the company. The company attained the name of Chrysler Group LLC. In addition, Chrysler Group LLC management team included a nine member Board of Directors. The agreement was for Fiat to appoint three of the director
Packaging of glassware for shipping is a very delicate process, which requires utmost precautions. There are steps to be followed during packaging, without which massive damage will be experienced. During my research, I discovered that the massive damage experienced by the company could be attributed to the first process of shipping, i.e., the packaging process. The first shortcoming I observed was in glassware barrels. They were too big and over-packed. This is not advisable because lighter barrels were loaded first into the ship and some heavier barrels were placed on them, increasing the chances of damage. Apart from this, the barrels did not have internal protection. This could mean that in every instance of movement, there was a chance of damage because the pieces of glassware were in physical contact with each other. Another shortcoming that I observed was that containers were not labeled appropriately. A stranger could not have an idea that barrels contained fragile items. This could easily lead to damage. The glassware packages were stowed carelessly in ships in such a way that a lot of space was wasted between barrels. This could lead to movements during the shipping process. There were also no pellets inside the packages, which could act as shock absorbers. The packages were packed too high. For damage control, these packages should be put in good order, making sure that they are tightly packed to reduce movements during the process of transporting them. The machines used to put the packages on the ship were not effective, because some could break down during the process, and containers could make sounds that could signify damage. All the shortcomings could be controlled because the company could just need to be more organized and plan everything before the day of packaging. The container is now ready to be ferried, but it has to pass through different zones for checking. In all these zones, there are offloading and loading activities, using cranes and forklifts. The problem is not with the machines, but people are doing the work because they are not aware of what they are carrying due to poor packaging and lack of proper labeling. After several offloading and loading activities in China, the ship is now ready to leave Mawei Port through the East China Port and via several other ports. It is important to mention that the ship would go through about 26 ports before it would reach its destination. This is a distance of about 16062 nautical miles to the port of Chicago in the United States of America. On reaching this destination, unloading would be done using cranes and forklifts, but the container would first land on a truck, which hauls it into a warehouse. The process is cumbersome, and the people to blame are the ones who did packaging. The cranes and the forklifts are also operated by people who are only doing it as a job to earn themselves living without caring about dam
The Morning Song by Sylvia Plath is part of the Ariel collection revealing her personal issues in a frank manner. In this poem, Sylvia uses a mixture of serious and joyous elements. Her use of clever metaphors, technical brilliance, fantastic imagery, ironical wit, controlled stanzas, and assonance makes the poem tremendously powerful. The poem begins with the word love hinting at the main theme of the poem. Sylvia has just given birth to a son and love is the reason for his being born. The opening line “Love set you going like a fat gold watch” contains a simile, metaphor, and personification. “Love” has been personified as the emotional connection between Sylvia and her husband. The comparison of the infant to a “fat gold watch” is a simile and it interprets a sense of action or work. “Fat gold” describes the baby to be plump and signifies his importance in his mother’s life. (Plath, 2000, 251) The respiration and heartbeat of the baby that has been metaphorically compared to a timepiece, begins with a slap on the foot soles by the midwife. The baby’s cry has been described as bold recording his first moment in this world among the various elements of nature that make this earth. His parents in the second stanza welcome the baby and the echoes in their voices signify their happiness. His soft and delicate naked body has been compared to a statue of a museum, as both are near perfect. His parents blankly stand as if they are walls realizing that his presence is the cause of their worries and the end of safety felt by them since parenthood brings the responsibility of making the baby a good person. The comparison of the baby to a statue also brings about an antipathy in the poem. It dramatizes the postnatal feelings of first-time mothers, which Sylvia experiences when she is faced with the amazing but responsible task of taking care of her newborn. In the third stanza, Sylvia compares her motherhood to the clouds that break into the rain. The rain acts as a mirror reflecting the clouds, which disappear due to wind and rain. Here “distills” represent the disturbance of stillness. Sylvia tries to tell us that although a child reflects on his mother, it is not a permanent image. Since the child belongs to the elements of the world, just like the shape of the clouds change, the child and the mother will also change losing their reflection in each other, i.e. the child will someday become independent. The fourth stanza expresses a mother’s worry for her baby. The baby’s respiration is tiny in comparison and its regularity and speed have been compared to moths by the use of “moth-breath”. Moths are nocturnal insects that are small and flap their wings very fast. “Flat pink roses” describe the decoration of either the wall, which is flat or the baby’s crib. Sylvia’s attention
Great Depression of the 1930s Great Depression is considered a term that describes those economic and psychological crises in the United States and some other European countries in the 1930s. The definition is commonly used for describing the events in the United States because the period of depression affected not only the financial systems but the moods of the entire American nation. The bug urban cities suffered from the Great Depression the most; however, it should be noted that the rural area was affected as well. There is hardly a country in the world that did not face crises; however, the Great Depression is believed to be one of the most protracted crises in the history of the United States. The primary purpose of the paper is to examine the problem of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Stagflation of the 1970s and 1980s, and provide the Keynesian and monetarist solution. Definition The experts state that the Great Depression was a consequence of the stock market crash in a Black Thursday, namely on the 24th of October, 1929, when there was a sudden decline in the stock prices 1 . Later, on the 28th and 29th of October, the situation got worse, and the Black Tuesday is considered to be the day of the stock market crash. The price on the stock declined by 90% by the 29th of October. It consequently led to the fact that small investors have lost money, and it influenced the trade and industry segment in a great way. These events impacted the life of the entire American nation. By noon of Black Tuesday, eleven American investors committed suicide because the news was shocking and they could not overcome the collapse of the fiscal system. Reasons for the Great Depression The crises in the United States affected other countries as well. However, there is the question of why the stock market crashed in 1929? Experts developed several theories that provide an answer to this question. First and foremost, the industry segment manufactured more goods than the American people could purchase because they did not have enough money for it. The amount of money in the country is related to the gold reserves 2 . However, economists argue that this reason was a fundamental one for the Great Depression to emerge. The commodities could be exported to other countries that needed these goods. When there are more goods in the
Identification Of The Mental Health Patient As A Culturally Unique Population in The Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit by Tomes, Montei, and Woten (2013) deals with issues that affect mental health patients and how such issues can be addressed for the benefits of the patient. The background of the research details the unique nature of mental patients in that such patients have different psychological, physiological, and educational needs. The background also describes Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) as one of the effective treatment approaches when it comes to the treatment of patients suffering from depression and other psychiatric disorders (Tomes, Montei & Woten, 2013). Finally, the background outlines one of the unique features of ECT treatment, and that is the need for anesthesia during treatment. The hypothesis of the research was, “Introducing the ECT procedure to an adult Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) that had previously not cared for large groups of mental health patients can cause undue stress on the staff and possibly affect the client’s safety and perception of their own procedural experience” (Tomes, Montei & Woten, 2013). In carrying out the research, the researcher applied the use of inferential statistics in describing the data. The data used was the staff and clients, and it was representative. This implies that it was meant to represent a larger grouping or population. This research applied the use of sample data with the aim of analyzing and studying the impact of introducing the ECT procedure to an adult PACU for the staff and clients (Broyles, 2006). The findings could then be extended to a similar setting, and the results should be the same. The p-value is the likelihood that had the results been purely random; the same results could have been obtained (Koch, 2008). The test that was carried out by the research involved various procedures aimed at analyzing the physiological and psychological needs of patients including identification of unique patient needs as a way of establishing the most appropriate treatment that can be administered. In addition to that, tests also analyzed the emotional needs of the staff caring for the mentally ill patients with an objective of determining the extent to which the emotional well being of staff affects their work and treatment of the patients. In this experiment, the p-value is significantly high because the nature of the research test is significant, and the results obtained are not just random numbers. On the contrary, they do have some relevance and meaning concerning the hypothesis of the research. The results obtained also serve to underscore the significance of the p-value because these results can be directly correlated to the research hypothesis. According to the hypothesis, the research seeks to establish the impact of introducing ECT procedure to an adult PACU that had no prior experience in handling such a group on both the staff and