Make Lemonade is a young adult novel written in free verse that tells the story of Verna LaVaughn and her relationship with Jolly. In part I and II of Make Lemonade, the readers are introduced to Verna LaVaughn, a fourteen-year-old young lady looking to raise money to go to college. She responds to a babysitting ad posted by Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mom of two children. Verna babysits Jolly’s children, Jeremy and Jilly every day after school. As the novel progresses, Verna slowly…
The novel Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff shows how parent-child relationships can be a struggle when the mother is only seventeen, and has two kids and no father in the picture. This a story based on the life of a fourteen year old high school student named Lavaughn looking for a job. Lavaughn finds a flyer of someone in need of a babysitter bad and decides to try it out. In the beginning of the novel, Lavaughn says “ I go to meet this Jolly like she says at her place. The building was…
Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum”. Families though messy,are truly one of the most important things in one’s life, and in the book Make Lemonade by Virginia Wolff. Jolly is seventeen with two young children, no parents, no husband, no job. Her parents abandoned her along with the fathers of her children. The void created by the absence of true family has greatly changed Jolly,…
Back in 2011, Verizon had various commercials to prove that their company was the best for a business. One of their more popular ones was the “Lemonade Stand.” It showed how a phone with power, speed, and efficiency could help a business grow rapidly. Although it is just an ad, it is still possible to do this with the right techniques. Similar to how a phone can promote business, so can the web. The internet is used by almost everyone in America; even other countries have a large percent of…
Make Lemonade Essay “It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.”-unknown. This quote is looked at in every aspect of the novel, Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff. In this motivational book, the main character LaVaughn is trying to find a job so she can go to college. Jolly a 19-year-old with 2 kids and no one else to help is desperate for someone. Through the book, Jolly and LaVaughn go through many ups and downs in order to grow and learn in many ways. In Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff…
INTRODUCTION The notion “it’s not summer until you see a lemonade stand” is like a tradition that never gets old. But YelloWave Lemonade Stand will give its customer the refreshing taste of summer in their taste buds. Apart from the beverage, YelloWave added a creative twist to each treats that every generation have enjoyed such as lemon bars, lemonheads, lemon meringue bites, and many more. The products are limited in order to preserve the idea of serving fresh. Moreover, the company is active…
Alexandra Flynn “Alex” Scott created Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), used finding humor to innovate ways to overcome childhood cancer, and illuminate the world by donating to cancer research. Alexandra Flynn “Alex” Scott created Alex’s Lemonade Stand. “The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your God (Scott Alexander, Brainyquote).” Alex’s Lemonade Stand is a nationwide foundation that earns money from selling lemonade. The foundation then gives the money…
If you ran a lemonade stand in the desert and one day a bus broke down in front of it, and you were the only place to get a drink for miles, it would quickly be called the Lemonade Bubble. As the amount of lemonade available dwindled for the thirsty customers waiting in line, some people would quickly began offering more money for the same glass. The seller would quickly raise the price and as soon as a replacement bus arrived the bubble would burst. If everyone on the bus only had five dollars…
Q1 The lemonade stand interactive game exemplifies the forces of demand and supply and has useful and interesting insights on the machinations of pricing and quality of a product. In this instance, the market variables are the recipes, the weather conditions, availability and the price. In my business, my strategy was to manipulate these variables in line with mostly the weather condition of the day. For instance, when it was clear and sunny with high temperatures, I altered my lemonade recipe…
unleashed on the medical community. Let us briefly examine and consider the social psychology of these two economic systems through one of the simplest and earliest forms of entrepreneurial endeavors…the lemonade stand. A young ten-year old girl named Lisa has decided to open a lemonade stand for the summer. Lisa is…