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Geico attributes this decrease to “higher claim costs and severities across all major coverages” (Berkshire Hathaway 10-K). In the past few years, Geico has been ranked the number 2 Auto Insurer in the United States, only behind State Farm. In 2015, Geico owned 10.4% of the automobile insurance market. This number has grown significantly in the past 20+ years, growing from 2.5% in 1995 (Berkshire Hathaway 10-K). Geico’s increase of market share as well as their revenues, show that they are a…

Some of the comparisons of the two kings are very similar to one another. They are different is some ways also this is how they are similar. King Alfred the Great (871-899) was a great king for the British kingdom. He was born 849 at Wantage, Berkshire he died in the year of 899. King Alfred had 5 children, Aelfthryth, Aethelflead, Aethelgifu, Edward, and Aethelweard. Kind Alfred was married to Ealhswith of Mercia…

The major themes that the book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell mainly portrayed was Power and Totalitarianism. 1. “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.” (Chapter 1, page 7) This part of the speech by Old Major on Chapter 1 explicates how farmers dominate and take over the farm. They are the leaders and controllers of the ranch, and the humans, like Mr. Jones, transform the farm into a…

I always viewed writing assignments in school as tedious and mundane. I felt as if I was not doing anything valuable. I did not think my writing was getting any better since I would follow a scheme of an essay and every essay written in class would look similar. Moreover, I sure that when professors graded my essay, it was just another boring paper for them. Also, I did not understand why I should have used more synonyms and more complex sentences when all of these were making it harder to get…

vWilliam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was born in 1644 in London to Admiral Sir WIlliam Penn and Margaret Jasper Vanderschuren. He received his education at Chigwell School in Essex, England and attended Christ Church College but was expelled for criticizing the Church of England. He then studied theology at the Protestant Academy in France and returned to England to study law. Penn was inspired to become a Quaker when he traveled to Ireland to manage his father’s property and…

concern over corruption. Based on the corruption taking place in the Soviet Union, Orwell created the pig, Napoleon, to represent Joseph Stalin, who was the dictator of the Soviet Union at the time. “Napoleon was a large, rather fierce looking Berkshire…

from pig to man again, but it was already impossible to say which was which.” This is the last line in a 1945 novel written by Eric Blair, more commonly known by his pseudonym, George Orwell. This quote explains how Napoleon, a fierce looking Berkshire boar, changes from the life of a normal pig to become the dictator the whole farm. In Animal Farm, Orwell is tells the reader a story about a farm that has been overthrown and ruled by animals. It is not the plot itself that earns Animal Farm…

I am a Windsor chair. I saw many troubling events while sitting in one stationary place for most of my life. I vaguely recall being born somewhere in Berkshire, England. Judging by my name, my origin must have a great symbol for I am stationed in the castle walls of Windsor. Specifically, I was placed by the roaring fire in the great hall. A day does not pass when I am being sat on from a tired young woman who is resting from a dance or from a diplomatic man who is conversing with the king. I…

When heroes are there to motivate us into doing the impossible, they lead us to success both mentally and physically. As there are several hundred criminals occupying portions of the globe, heroes and other crime stoppers prevent misery from spilling the sphere-shaped Earth. Warren Buffett is a multi-billionaire hero I appreciate. To start off, Buffett encouraged multi-billionaires and middle- class investors to not involve ‘ in getting scammed. According to Quora.com, in…

back the farm. Trotsky was the leader of Lenin’s Red Army, which won many battles for Russia. There is also a similarity in how they were exiled from their lands. Snowball was run off of the farm by Napoleon’s dogs, the violently trained dogs the Berkshire pig had since they were puppies. This is similar to Trotsky, because he was forcefully exiled from Russia by Joseph Stalin’s KGB, an endlessly loyal group of Russians that acted as the police during the time of his rule. “He was running as…