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    As you can imagine television advertisements are the number one business of making money. But today we 're going to talk about two Geico commercials. Geico is an auto insurance company that offers you 15% off in 15 minutes on car insurance. I think Geico just says that so that people can call or go to their website to get a quote. 15% off in 15 minutes is not guaranteed; it is a risk Geico takes to make money. With these funny advertisements the audience is a person with a driver’s license…

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    The conflict theory focuses on the imbalance of power between a dominant group and a subordinate group in society and the resulting battle over resources. In this scenario, the dominant group would be the White children residing in middle class or upper class neighborhoods who have abundant access to resources. These kids have an advantage in that their schools receive more money because as the article mentions these neighborhoods, typically in the suburbs, will separate their money and budgets…

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    Trevor Lindner A10940238 Poli 113A Victor Magagna Due Friday November 6th 2015 4. Explain the concepts that define the “what” of proper order. Concepts of Proper Order: The Exploration of What Factors Contribute to Growth Confucianism is a set of principles that provides a guiding hand towards being a better person and contributing to a stronger society. These principles include concepts that encourage the lower class and ruling class to work together in order to create flourishing society.…

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    In the upper class the marriage is seen as a manner of uniting two families and parents arrange marriage for the children. In fact Paul Negrel is not even attracted to Cecile. Such is the case with Madame Hennebeau and Monsieur Hennebeau as well, she has had…

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    Oryx and Crake demonstrates the effects of the absorption of the middle class into the upper and lower classes; the Compounds and Pleeblands serving as the two separate societies within this speculative fiction. The seeming non-existence of a middle class in Atwood’s society results in the scientifically-minded and business driven Compounds taking control over the exterior market; this in effect establishes the upper class’ as the controlling force in the Western world. It is through the…

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    Realism In The Gilded Age

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    travels to Chicago to stay with her sister and on the way she meets a charming man named Drouet, who seems taken by her. As Carrie struggles to make a living while living at her Sisters, whose family is just as poor as Carrie, she becomes hungry for an upper class life. Drouet takes Carrie out and buys her things and shows her the finer parts of city life— and even got her a short gig as an actress— which only makes Carrie hungrier for wealth. Carrie leaves her sisters and moves in with Drouet,…

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    Acoustic Java was a space for conversations. Every person that walked into the space was looking to connect with friends, colleagues, partners, and strangers over a drink or a light meal. Acoustic Java is a small and intimate lace, but with little privacy. There were 6 or 7 mini round tables with two or three chairs per each one in the front corner of the room. The big windows that allow the sun to shine through made the room feel bigger. There are 5 tall round tables along the brick wall with…

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    Gregorio Dati Book Review

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    outside of his investments. He needs to make a living for himself and his family. He is clearly not poor either, as he invests thousands of florins into several business ventures. Dati is more of a middle class merchant and Pitti comes off as more of a upper class noble. Gregorio Dati’s memoir style is very different from Pitti’s style as Dati is constantly thanking God and honoring him at the start of every entry. At the birth and death of every child, he thanks God and says that God has called…

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    working women in New York City from 1880-1920. Peiss reveals that the sexuality of working class women must be “understood in context of larger relations of class and gender structuring the sexual culture.” In contrast with the strict expectations of upper and middle class women to be respectable in manners and behavior, “sexual expression was an integral part of working class women’s lives.” Working class females were given the opportunity to exchange sexual favors for resources and access to a…

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    color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them.” All this is based on the snack that she is buying for her party, and the way that she is dressed and how she walks around the store. We also see Sammy trying to leave his class and be accepted in upper-class. However instead of buying things he quits his job. The action of quitting his job and standing up for the girls he hopes that they will notice his for sticking up for them. He quits his job and walks outside hoping to find the girls…

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