In this on-going revolution, change is one of the most affluent factors. ... It was once accepted that marketers would simply tell its consumers general "sales pitches" and not worry how it affected the individual consumer. ... Such energy providers such as Green Mountain Energy are offering alternative options to generating electricity. ... According to John Savage, CEO, Green Mountain had a better chance of gaining customers donating money to local interests. ... This marketing strategy allowed Green Mountain to gain a personal insight and relationship with its potential customers. ...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Topographic Maps will show the location and shape of mountains, valleys, and plains; the networks of streams and rivers; and the principal works of man. ... By studying these maps they will be able to map out a trail that they will use because they will better understand how the land is curved and the shapes as well as the how high or steep the mountains they might encounter are. ... Geological Maps are important when studying Geography because they help students of Geography to understand various rocks and how they go lie on the surface of the earth. ... Physical Maps are those that illustra...

• Word Count: 1311
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Oedipus sought the advice of Tiresias, a blind seer that could see the future, because he believed that Tiresias could use his powers to tell him who Laios' murderer was. Upon his arrival, Tiresias was hesitant to tell Oedipus the truth about the murder of Laios because he knew that Oedipus would not take the information well. ... Can you possibly think you have some way of going free after such insolence?... Jocasta then went on to tell Oedipus that Laios had been told by an oracle that his son would someday kill him, so he pierced his baby's ankles and sent one of his servants to l...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kingsolver uses a structure that tells the narrative from three perspectives: Codi, in first person, tells her story of isolation from all but her sister; while the distance of Homer's third person narrative exemplifies his distance from his children, and his family community; and although Hallie is never met directly in the narrative her first person letters continue to develop a picture through images of the only member of the family who is connected to life, ironically while being the absent daughter and sister who is working out of the country in Nicaragua. ... In Ceremony we are c...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cultural Narratives Sean and David's Long Drive tells the story of two friends who decide to travel around Australia in a Ford Falcon to escape their dull and boring lives in urban Australia. ... When the two leave Port Augusta Sean's opinion of the outback for the rest of the trip is made clear with " .as soon as we leave Port Augusta there is instant nothingness-no trees, mountains, rivers, lakes, buildings, people or anything. ... By going into great depths of detail over the most irrelevant of things such as signs he sees while driving show just how bored he is. ...

• Word Count: 1853
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ever since Eminem broke out from the underground world of unknown musicians and into the mainstream of the music industry in 1999, he's amazed audiences and critics alike with his ability to tell stories through music and rapid-fire wordplay. ... " that gives him the credibility to put together an anthem that tells us to seize the day and live in the moment while using such specific examples from his lives, both real and imagined. He gets his listeners to think about what they would do if they were put in his shoes; it tells us a story from his point of view. ... Whether you are a fa...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is able to express and let go of his regret for not being emotionally available for her. ... An wanted to know whose mountain of paper it was. ... He wanted to know what she was going to do with it. ... It is in the beginning and middle of his journey that he tells of spending time with prostitutes. ... He hears a female voice at his door and he thinks, "I half hope they will go away and half wish I had the strength to answer them," (Pham 306). ...

• Word Count: 2179
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In order to understand why these founding fathers would go to such lengths to separate themselves from Britain, after all they were committing treason by creating this Declaration, we have to go back in time to the French and Indian War, most commonly known in Europe as the Seven Years War, (1754-1763) and the aftermath. ... Like all wars, there was a price to pay; this one left the British government with a great debt so Parliament turned their attention to the lucrative colonies and began passing acts that increased the colonies taxes and prohibited the settlement beyond the Appalachian Mou...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The prince doesn't tell his family about meeting the princess and awakening her, but keeps it a secret for two years, even though he has two kids with her, until his father dies. When his father dies, the prince becomes king and tells about his wife and kids, but his ogre mother doesn't like that, so she tries to cook and eat the kids and wife while the he is off at war, but returns early. ... And of course there was the evil Maleficent, who Disney decides to kill off at the end, which only goes to show the little kids that evil will eventually lead to punishment and bad things. ....

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Mark Twain's A Medieval Romance, he tells a story that mocks many Arthurian tales of the past. ... The truth is, I have got my hero (or heroine) into such a particularly close place, that I do not see how I am ever going to get him (or her) out of it again – and therefore I will wash my hands of the whole business, and leave that person to get out the best way that offers – or else stay there. I thought it was going to be easy enough to straighten out that little difficulty, but it looks different now" (Twain). ... And remember it truthfully that I had never so great ...

• Word Count: 2359
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the first bit of the film, we can see that Fiona is beginning to forget not only where the pots and pans go, but she is slowly forgetting how to read, and certain places that hold certain functions (i.e. she recognizes that the method to return a piece of mail is to mail it to the address, but she does not know where to go to mail it.) ... It may seem very festive and exciting but as the day goes by people leave and at the end of the day it's just you. ... "People do get lonely Especially when they're deprived of seeing someone they care about" (44:05) And altho...

• Word Count: 2434
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The valley of Mexico is the site of volcanic mountains that has experienced many earthquakes and other natural disasters. ... They held pretty clear and strong beliefs when it came to the afterlife and the determination of where souls would go. ... People tend to find it weird how some would put so much effort into treating someone in a royal manner when all they're going to end up doing is killing them in a cold blooded manner. ... Legend tells that in the beginning there was nothing but darkness, gloom, and vast space. ...

• Word Count: 2214
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate