The Distance Between Us Reflection In the book Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, she takes us on the journey of her life. The book deals with issues many immigrant families deal with on a daily basis. Reyna explores the difficulties that come with being a child of an immigrant, parents not being emotionally or physically present, and child abuse. I will be speaking about my feelings and thoughts about how this book affected me and what I enjoyed about it. As soon as I finished the book I…
In the poem Porphyria’s Lover, by Robert Browning, I believe that the central theme is obsession. Throughout the poem, the narrator has what I believe to be an unhealthy obsession with a woman named Porphyria. The lover’s twisted and warped idea of love ultimately leads to Porphyria’s, and possibly his own, death. For starters, I could detect right off the bat that the love that the lover held for Porphyria was unhealthy. You can see this without reading the poem and by simply reading the title…
“It’s not the plan that’s important, it’s the planning,” Dr. Gramme Edward’s words helped me realize how the process of planning helps to set a goal to work towards while the plan to get there is just a rough sketch. I want to use this life priorities paper as an opportunity to learn more about myself and use it as a rough guideline to achieve my aims and goals in the years to come. For as long as I can remember, I recall my parents, my teachers or my mentors, emphasizing on the fact that…
the famous actor, or a super model. Even as an adult, in fitness there is still that ideal person with the perfect body you want and wish you had, like for me it would be Kim Kardashian or Jennifer Lopez. With this idea in hand, the demand for a personal trainer or workout buddy, to be there, help out with goals, and encourage us, might…
Canada is known as a country where dreams come true, it is a land of opportunity; this is a phrase I frequently heard while growing up in India, and thus, like any child would, I believed it to be the truth. Ever since I was a youngster, I had made my studies my number one priority because I thought this was the only way I would be able to fulfill my dream to study abroad, specifically Canada. Little did I know then that this fantasy of mine would actually turn into reality. On December 15th,…
Logos, or logic, involves looking for arguments that make sense in a piece. Amy Tan’s essay is very logical. It makes complete sense, and is simple to understand. Being that it is a narrative, she uses examples to back up her statements about English. She tells the stories of her mother dealing with the stockbroker and the hospital as means to make her point clearer. Ethos looks at the author’s credibility. Tan is a well-known writer, and does a lot of public speaking. We can trust her…
It integrates different elements that are similar to those of regular businesses but using a unique direct model. Dell’s e-business model is based on penetrating into computer industry, by allowing the choice on the customer end where personal computers are built after the order has been approved and processed through the internet. The two key advantages of e-business model are that the products are customized for customer and the cost of inventory is very less. Looking at the business…
The life in America caught me by surprised and I have learned to understand that; life isn 't always what others portrait it to be. Never thought my entire life would have appeared to be like a roller-coaster; ironically things didn 't work out the way I planned and expected. One moment I was filled with laughter and happiness; then disheartened and feeling traumatized by my father know that h we wasn 't being realistic, creating a dull and lifeless picture in my mine. Later on , throughout…
As we have learned physical activity is everywhere in life and we are constantly doing it. Whether it be walking, running, lifting, physical activity is something we do most of our time. Though physical activity can be either enjoyable or dreadful depending on what you are doing. There are those that have leisure time in doing physical activity like swimming, yoga, dance , and other things that just relaxes the body as well as being a fun activity to do. For me personally physical activity has…
L’Oréal spent 760.6 million euros (827.9 million dollars) on R&D in 2014. Unilever and P&G, L’Oréal’s top two competitors, only allocate a portion of their total R&D budgets of over 1 billion dollars (Unilever) and 2.02 billion dollars (P&G) to personal care, which accounts for 36% and 24% of their net sales respectively. L’Oréal also spends the most on R&D as a percentage of net sales compared to its top beauty care competitors (Estée Lauder, Revlon, and…