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“A City Ready to Burn” By:Talyn Houghton On October 8, 1871, Chicago, Illinois was a city ready to burn. In the book The Great Fire, the author Jim Murphy gave enough evidence to show that Chicago was a city ready to burn into a mountain of flames in 1871. At the onset, the city was a windy city anyway but tonight it was just so out of hand that (60 miles per hour)when the fire started in the O’leary’s barn they said that the cow kicked the lamp over when she was milking it, the wind it…

Ready Player Two “Wade! Are you ready to speak with the lawyers?” Og broke the long silence as me and Samantha sat near the intricate fountain holding hands. “No, not right now. I'm hungry. Hey Samantha, do you want to get something to eat?” “Yes, I’d thought you’d never ask.” As Samantha and is walk into the giant building we ask Og where the food is. “Right down the hall and the last door on your right. I have a food court with just about anything you would want to eat.” As soon as we…

the Oasis, a virtual world created by James Halliday. What inspired Cline to write this book? In the novel Ready Player One the creator of the Oasis, James Halliday, closely resembles the author in interests, belongings, and even behavior. It is almost as if Cline bases Halliday off himself. Also, the entire novel revolves around 80’s pop culture. It is evident that Cline’s inspiration for Ready Player One comes from his childhood and his love for the 80’s. To begin, there is a clear connection…

The science fiction film based on a novel by Ernest Cline - Ready Player One, has the American director and producer Steven Spielberg planning to leave himself out of the cutting room floor. Ready Player One is a thriller about a kid on a high-stakes treasure hunt, by going through a virtual reality world made in a society that's been preoccupied with '80s pop culture. And even before Steven Spielberg signed on to helm the film version of the book by Ernest Cline, the director was all over the…

International marketing: Ikea is Swedish and international company found by Ingvar Kamprad. IKEA designs and sells ready to assemble furniture and home accessories. The sources of IKEA’s successful entry into the furniture trade business were IKEA’s low prices and quality. Kamprad began selling furniture in his mail order company. Later he turned it into a business. In 1935, the furniture prices increased quicker than any other trade good. Kamprad reacted to this by selling his furniture in…

On the airplane I was worried. I do not know how my life in school should be or would be next. Am I ready for the education system that I once was before? Questioning myself but I have no answer. For sure I was happy to be back to Taiwan where I was born, where my family is, and where that will always show who I am, but still, I was doubting being ready to be back into the school. I found here that goes with another education system. I thought to myself that it is a fresh start because I know…

April 22nd, 2014, it was supposed to be like any other day for James. Wake up, eat breakfast, go to his job, return home to his family, sleep, rinse and repeat. It was like this for the longest time, day after day the same process; however, today would be different. James woke up, munched on donuts with coffee, and arrived to work with just a few minutes to spare despite needing to attend an early meeting. He was unable to remember; it seemed to be a trend lately and the boss certainly was not…

Ready For the Next Level Before this semester started, as well as throughout this semester, I had one big goal in mind for this course. That goal was to improve my writing skills to a college level. Now that the end of the semester is within sight, I can see that I have achieved this goal. I am ready to move on from this course to the next one in order to continue to increase my writing abilities. I know this because, overall, I have honed my writing skills and have been able to earn a passing…

IKEA is a multinational group specialized in that designing and selling ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances and home accessories. “In 1943, Ingvar Kamprad founded the company in Sweden.”(IKEA 2015) The company's name is an acronym that contains the initials of Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd (the name of the farm where he grew up), and Agunnaryd (the name of Ingvar’s hometown in Småland, south Sweden). “Ikea was founded as a mostly mail-order sales business, which has been developed by its owner…

I waited at my usual spot at Forest Hills Station and recognized a few students from my school wearing all black as well and couldn't help but smile. My best friend Ariana, approached me and you could just see the excitement in her eyes. “Are you ready for this?” “Not at all, what if something goes…