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attention, as these are outlier lines. The first time this occurs is when the girl who the speaker is with chooses a piece of chocolate that costs more money than he has. In this line, "...And when she lifted a chocolate/ That cost a dime,/ I didn't say anything" (line 33-35). Soto ends the line with "I didn't say anything and does not continue the poem until the following line. This is a break in his pattern of frequent enjambment and calls attention to this line, which is the first time the…

The author Andrew Braaksma wrote "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" with a few life lessons in mind. The authors main point is that he has chosen to work a harder job during the summer to help himself realize why is is in college. The author supports this by saying that the transition from student to blue collar worker never gets any easier. The author believes that he has an edge over his fellow students who chose to take easier, less life experience filled jobs. The author is trying…

development of today’s metropolitans. In the 1920’s the Ford Motor Company single handedly brought us from a horse and buggy, to an era of transportation where we had machines powered by fuel transporting us (Module 5 Video 1). The infusion of assembly line in the manufacturing process, was the beginning of an era of mass production for mass consumption, Fordism was born. It took one tenth of the time to build the Ford model T car, than any other car at the…

because all employees need to do is to perform defined roles with specific duties, such as screwing nuts on an assembly line, the only duty of the factory worker Charlie Chaplin played in “Modern Times”. He was deemed valuable only for his usefulness as a means for the interests of the employer, subjected to such indignity as being forced-fed by a machine and an accelerating assembly line at an ever increasing rate. Eventually, the factory worker suffered nervous breakdown and was sent to the…

The mass production of cars in the 1920’s relates to the materialism and recklessness shown in Gatsby’s car. Before this time cars were new and many people did not have them because they were too expensive. Once the assembly line was created and was put to use cars became easily creatable and were being mass produced let alone the cost of them went down greatly. The people of this time that got cars would drive and use them to get from work to home faster which meant they could now live farther…

Technology 's Impact on Society Addictions come in all shapes and forms. Its the littlest things that we grow so attached to and it won 't take long until it becomes consuming. For decades, we have found an addictive problem and tried to fix it through the war on drugs. Despite government 's efforts, it is still an ongoing issue. In today 's society, the greatest problematic addiction we face is not drugs, but technology. Although technology would seem more like a solution rather than a…

As a non-traditional student, returning to college was a considerable adjust for me. Although I was successful in obtaining positions in various departments that typically require a degree, I decided to further my skillset by pursuing a bachelor degree in Finance. The biggest challenge that I have faced over the past 5 years is achieving a healthy work-life balance. While working full-time and attending classes, I often times find myself exhausted and burnout. My idea of an idyllic work-life…

However, thanks to the invention of the assembly line production time has been cut down to a fraction of what it would take to do by hand, and assembly lines have increased the…

Secrets to Living a Balanced Life Have you ever been on a circus, watching a tightrope walker? Obviously, the only thing he’s stepping on is a rope. As he shifts his body forward, his hands are gripped tightly around a balancing pole. He has to walk from one end to the other. Above that, he is also balancing another pole on his chin and on the top of that pole is a plate. Just like the performance of a tightrope walker, life is very much a balancing act. If things start to drift off balance,…

Henry Ford originally designed a quadricycle which is the base of what most of us drive (Ford History, 2017). In 1903, Ford Motor Company officially became a company (Ford History, 2017). According to ford.com, Henry Ford wanted to keep the company privately traded (Ford History, 2017). However, in 1956 Ford became a publicly traded company, and the initial public offering was the highest in history (Ford History, 2017). There is a level of risk when becoming a publicly traded company. When a…