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LIar's poker by Michael Lewis is a non-fictional semi-autobiographical book on the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers. The beginning of the book follows a young Michael Lewis, fresh out of school and looking for a job. By chance, he meets scouts from Salomon Brothers at a fancy dinner at St. James’s Palace. Where he is offered a spot in their training program, which he accepts. In the training program he leans about how to trade and sell bonds as well as about the firm's culture. After describing…

Through the successful direction of Sunny Abberton and Macario De Souza, their intention to legitimise the struggles of the Bra Boys surf community is achieved in their confronting documentary, Bra Boys: blood is thicker than water. Filmed over 3 years and released in 2007, the documentary follows Maroubra’s ‘bra boys’ surf gang, primarily focused on the Abberton brothers; Jai, Koby and Sunny. The audience is positioned into accepting the bra boys as a fringe-group that have been victims of…

For many people taking this course the Great Recession was an event that many of them don’t remember completely due to them only being young enough to not have been part of the work force at that time so with this report I will be covering what were the event and actions that lead up to the recession, what was happening in the economy during, what actions the government and Federal Reserve took to begin to pull out of the recession and finally how we are today during the recovery process. I will…

Ruby Mendoza 02-21-17 “No, I’m not.I just think you’ll get back all right.” When Ralph realizes the harsh reality of rescue, Simon says this to Ralph to reassure him that everything will be alright. He could have said that they are dead, that no one will rescue them ,but instead, he lets Ralph know he’ll survive because of his kind nature. The same innate goodness is shown in Golding’s novel, the…

In chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys and Ralph embark on another hunt for a boar. They view a sizable boar and Ralph aims his spear into the snout. Ralph was tremendously excited and felt steadfast that he hit the boar (even though he didn’t kill it). After this event, the boys decided to reenact it because they found it humorous and entertaining, and Robert acted as the boar. All of the boys decided to participate in this reenactment, including Ralph, and they were not…

George is a good friend to Lennie, but he can also be a bad friend. A reason of how George is not a good friend to Lennie is that he verbally abuses Lennie. Throughout the novel, George talks to Lennie with harsh words that would be considered bullying. A way that this was shown is when George was talking to Lennie. Lennie says to George, “You said I was your cousin, George.” George responds by saying, “Well, that was a lie. An’ I’m damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I’d shoot…

The downturn of the economy causes consumers to spend less and seek better bargains for the money they spend. This causes companies to be in a unique situation. Companies have to make the decision to increase prices or to let employees go to keep their businesses alive. The United States recession of 2008 saw a decrease in employment of over 6% double that of all previous postwar recessions (Auguste, Lund, & Manyika, 2011). During the most recent economic recession one million jobs were…

Have you ever had a recurring nightmare? Chances are you have, they are very common. And believe it or not America has had one too. During the the early 1900’s America was involved in an extreme depression, caused by the crash of the Stock Market. nearly 50 years later, America is yet again at bay with another economic struggle. Both recessions that occurred left America vulnerable yet again. The Roaring Twenties was an iconic time in the early 1900’s. The prohibition on alcohol was ratified,…

The United States government needed to do something to help save its economy and help pull its country back out of recession since the consequences that this recession had on the United States were devastating and affected a countless amount of people. That is the reason why the 111th United States Congress in the month of February in the year 2009 passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on the date of February 17, 2009.…

Starting at a young age, kids are swarmed with societies ideal image of what each gender of children should look like and play with. Children are not born with this distinction that dolls are for girls, and that trucks or guns are meant to be for boys. No, these ideals are established in their heads from what toys they interact with as a child, and the clothes that they wore. When walking into the toy section of a store, you are either overwhelmed by the amount of pink and other bright colors…