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All her life, Scarlett O’Hara wanted to be like her mother Ellen. The main O’Haras neighbors included the Wilkeses, the Tarletons, and the Calverts. As she was the most beautiful girl in the whole county, she had many beaux compared to any girl in the county. Almost all the boys were in the county were in love with her. But the Tarleton twins, Brent and Stuart, whom Scarlett liked hanging out with were twice madly in love with her compared to any other boys. But the problem was that Scarlett didn’t love them. She  was madly in love with Ashley Wilkes, her neighbor. She believed that Ashley Wilkes and her were meant to be together and neither the coming civil war nor the Tarleton twins were going to change that. But then, Scarlett learnt from the twins that the love of her life Ashley was going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. She could hardly believe this and depression suddenly took the better part of her. Luckily, the Wilkeses organized a barbecue in which they were going to announce Ashley Wilkes engagement to his cousin. Scarlett planned to tell Ashley that she loved him and he would propose to her and forget about his cousin Melanie. and then maybe they would elope. But at the Wilkes’ barbecue, her plan didn’t succeed. Ashley told her that he loved his cousin Melanie because they were alike blood wise and they were alike in many other ways. Now, since they didn’t want to be heard by others as they were having their secret talk they decided to do it in the library. Unfortunately after they had finished their talk and Ashley had left the library, Scarlett started crying. Then from the back of the library, a man appeared, with an evil smile on his face. Scarlett knew that he had been listening to their conversation. His name was Rhett Butler and Scarlett told him that he was no gentleman and she was surprised to hear that she was no lady. To make Ashley Wilkes feel jealous, Scarlett married the timid and shy Charles Hamilton who was Melanie brother. Every boy who was in love with Scarlett was furious and even the Tarletons twins swore to kill Charles. Then the war started, and before all the men went to the war, Scarlett married Charles and Melanie married Ashley on the same wedding and day. Within two weeks of her marriage, Scarlett was already a widow as Charles Hamilton died in the war due pneumonia. But this didn’t worry Scarlett as she didn’t love Charles. But she was sad as Ashley had married another chick and he had gone with her. So everybody confused this, and thought that she was mourning for her husband’s death Charles. Scarlett left her home Tara to Atlanta as her parents thought that a change  of scene would reduce her stress and depression. She was happy because she moving to the Hamilton house where Melanie used to live and also, the half of the house was hers. Through Melanie maybe she would learn how Ashley was doing through the mail he sent to her. For a second time, Scarlett met Rhett Butler who was by now a blockader, as the Yankees were not allowing the Confederates to trade with other countries with nations through the Eastern United States port search New York. Gone with the wind, is a rather big book and hence hard to summarize, but this is what happened next briefly. The Yankees took over Atlanta and Scarlett had to go back to Tara. Then after the Yankees had taken over the south, the former confederate had to pay high taxes for their homes. Scarlett didn’t want to lose Tara she didn’t have the money to pay the taxes. To get the money, she married Frank Kennedy, her sister beau and got the money. But then, Frank died in KKK and Scarlett was left a widow again. Scarlett was tired of waiting for Ashley’s love, so she married Rhett Butler who loved her so much although he didn’t tell her. But she didn’t love him. Then, Melanie Wilkes, died during childbirth and Scarlett thought that she had a shot her love Ashley. She was surprised to know that Ashley didn’t love her but only loved his wife Melanie who now dead. She was so sad and it didn’t take her long to figure out that the only person who ever loved her was Rhett Butler. But when she went to him, she was surprised to know that he was tired of waiting for her love and also he had just lost his beloved daughter Bonnie whom he had substituted with Scarlett as the most important thing in his heart. So there was Scarlett. All life she had loved a man whom didn’t love her. She had loved Ashley Wilkes, and thrice she destroyed her marriages for his sakes, all in the name of love. A love that didn’t exist, a love that she created herself and never got t enjoy her creation not even a bit, what a waste it was. Margaret Mitchel was a genius author and I was so sorry when I read gone with the wind for the second time, I will never be able to read it for as the second time, only a third, maybe. 2. Gone with the wind is rather a large and complex book with different character that is worth identifying and naming. But the main characters that I mostly identify are Scarlett O’Hara the beautiful, cunning, crafty and the farsighted, Rhett Butler the arrogant and the wealthy. Also Melanie and Ashley were wildly mentioned in the story but not as much as Scarlett and Rhett Butler . 2b. I identify most with Scarlett O’ Hara and Rhett Butler as they have something I believe I have. Both Scarlett are hard workers. They both make ends meet to achieve what they want. Also to, they both don’t cares, which I find fascinating, because sometimes, I feel like the biggest don’t care in the world. You might not understand what I am talking about, here is a look of both the characters from the book. vScarlett O’Hara: ‘you miss, are no lady) said Rhett Butler to Scarlett. (Pg. 122) ‘I am a monster of selfishness’ said Scarlett O’Hara. (Pg. 584). She is the main character overall. Almost every beau in the county is in love with her at the beginning and every girl hate her for that Although she is madly in love with Ashley Wilkes who doesn’t really lover her, she marries Charles Hamilton just to make Ashley Wilkes feel jealous. She then becomes a widow within two weeks after Charles is killed in the war (pg129). Being a widow doesn’t mean she a mourner because she didn’t really love Charles. All she cares about is the love of her life Ashley Wilkes. Scarlett faces major difficulties when the Yankees make their way to Atlanta and she has to escape back to her farm Tara. With only one horse, and a mechanically bogus carriage and three children, sick Melanie and herself, she travels ten of miles until she riches Tara. (pg. 383) at Tara she finds that her heroic mother figure is dead and her father has gone crazy. Other struggles of Scarlett include when the Yankees tries to kick her family out of Tara due to unpaid tax and she had to leave for Atlanta to look for money from the rich Rhett Butler only to find that he is in prison. She secretly schemes to cheat and marry her sister Suellen beaux, Frank Kennedy, so that she can get the tax money from him. She succeeds and becomes Mrs. Kennedy. She really bullies Frank Kennedy and make him look less than man especially when she buy and starts managing the sawmills. Fortunately for her, Frank is shot  during a KKK meeting. After being widow for a while, she marries Rhett Butler who loved her so much and gave anything that he wanted. But the only problem is, she couldn’t love him because she was still in love with Ashley Wilkes. By the time she realizes Ashley couldn’t love her, and that she was in love with Rhett Butler, it was too late because Rhett was tired of waiting for her love and he had just lost his most favorite daughter. Her favorite phrase was ‘God Nightgown’ vRhett Butler: ‘You are no gentleman† said Scarlett to Rhett. (pg.122). Nobody including his family could receive Rhett Butler to their homes before the civil war. He was an outcast in his hometown Charleston because he disgraced a girl and refused to marry. But the thing was, Rhett Butler didn’t care what other thought of him. Other people’s opinion didn’t move him. When he saw Scarlett at the Wilkes’ barbecue, he instantly fell in love with her and told himself the day he was going to marry her it would be his lucky day. During the civil war, the Yankees did not allow the Confederacy to trade with the Europeans or any other part of the world through the port of New York City. It was know as the famous Blockade. Then Rhett Butler a wise and corrupted man; made a pact with the Yankees, in that they would sell him goods of all kind. He then go to the confederate, tell them how hard it was to run the blockade, which he actually didn’t and sell his goods to them at double price. The somehow people found out it. 3. Gone with the wind would not have been such a big success if it weren’t set during the American civil war. Don’t get me wrong here. I am not trying to imply that the book is a historical record of the civil war. It is a love story. At the before the civil war, we meet Stuart and Brent Tarleton who are both madly in love with Scarlett and who believe that one of them is going to marry her (pg. 4). We also meet Ashley Wilkes who is planning to marry his cousin Melanie Wilkes. The O’Hara sisters, Suellen who is in love with Frank Kennedy, Careen who is in love with Brent Tarleton who by the way is in love with Scarlett. There many other young people that I will not mention who had sweet hearts and were planning to get married. Then came the news that the war was going to start with a few days and that all the young men available were to leave and join the army. This meant the young  sweethearts were either to get married before the men left for the war or there could wait until the war was over. Well some couple got married other decided to wait. The example I have in mind is when Scarlett O’Hara married Charles Hamilton but when Charles left for the war, he died within less than two weeks. (Pg. 129) If Charles happened to live, then we would have no story because Scarlett wouldn’t have the freedom to marry other men, which she did and made the story deserve to be read at a sitting. The setting made the story more real, entertaining and worth reading. It was a love story because young girls got to lose their sweethearts in the war and then the author would show us how they got to survive, get other lovers and so on. if the story was set on other setting such as the modern times, let say the year 2003 instead of 1861-5, it wouldn’t be such a successful love story because nothing of much significant has happened that affects young sweethearts apart from STDs which don’t mostly affect true and faithful lovers. If the story were set maybe in the middle ages or the renaissance, it would have been quite a boring book to read. Most people don’t want to read how the plague affected young lovers, and there wasn’t romantic love didn’t exists as wildly as it did in the 19th century. But on the other it would be a more interesting love story if it was set during the time of chivalry and brave knights and so on. Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe was a huge success as a romantic story and so was the Alexander Dumas’s The three Musketeer set during 1665 during the reign of Louis the just or the 8th. But none can, or is near the Margaret Mitchel Gone with the wind! What a pity. 4. This is a huge book with almost tens of conflicts and I shall try to get the major conflicts. vThey is an inner conflict between the Tarletons twins, as they are both deeply in love with Scarlett, but they are not sure among them whom she is going to choose among them, then they are surprised out of their wits when she chooses the timid and shy Charles Hamilton vThere is a general conflict between the union and the Confederacy as the Union refuses to recognize it as a free state. This leads to the civil war, which is the general setting of the great novel. vAshley has an inner conflict whether he loves Scarlett or not which leads to the biggest conflict in the book which is: vThere are other smaller conflicts, which I would take hours and tens of pages to name and analyze, so I will just, move to the major conflict. vScarlett is madly in love with Ashley Wilkes who finds it difficult to make it clear to her that he is only in love with his cousin Melanie and is only attracted to Scarlett because of her beauty (pg.118). This end up causing much problem to Scarlett because she end up marrying men she didn’t love. Married Frank Kennedy just to save Tara form being taken away by the Yankees because of the taxes, where by the way Ashley and his family were taking refuge. She also marries Rhett Butler whom she didn’t love because she was tired of waiting for Ashley’s love. And then, Ashley’s wife Melanie dies during childbirth and Scarlett know that she has her chance to marry love of her life, but she gets the surprise of her lifetime, v†Ã¢â‚¬ËœWhat you have gone through†¦Oh Ashley, you should have known, years ago, that you loved her and not me! Why didn’t you! Everything would have been so different, so-Oh you should have and not kept me dangling with all your talk about honor and sacrifice! If you told me long me, years ago, I’d have–It would have killed me but I would have it somehow. But you wait till now, till Melly dying, to find it out and now it is too late to do anything†¦You should have seen so clearly that you wanted me like–like Rhett that Watling woman!'† said Scarlett to Ashley (pg.1002) vJesus Reaction!–Throughout the book, we see that Scarlett is driven to do most of the thing she does because of the love she has for Ashley. She marries Charles to make Ashley feel jealous, she marries Frank Kennedy to save Tara where Ashley was residing. She even makes him a manager of one of her mills so that she can stay closer to him. Ashley on the other is attracted physically to Scarlett but he isn’t sure whether he she for her. Both of this people are married. What they did, according to Jesus, they Committed Adultery! Matthew 5:27-29 says (Jesus) ‘but now I tell you: anyone  who looks at a woman and wants to posses to her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart!’ So, both Scarlett and Ashley committed adultery and according to Jesus, Matthew 5:29-30 ‘so if you right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away!†¦It is better than you to lose apart of your body than to go to hell!’ How I get is, Jesus would have advised to stop what they, to tell to show them that they were committing sins in the eyes of our God the creator. He then would have given time to redeem himself and if it didn’t work, he would declare them sinners and St. Paul said that the reward of sins is death! And so did Jesus, but he wouldn’t be that harsh, he is and was Jesus Christ!

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Understanding the social interactions and cultural accommodation is thus conceptualized as the intercultural communication. The intercultural communication is basically divided into two segments, such as verbal communication and non-verbal communication (Ladegaard and Jenks 2015). In the verbal communication, people can use the languages as the means of communicating the messages whereas the non-verbal communication depends on gestures and symbols. The intercultural communication is much necessary in current business scenario. People can deal with the diverse cultural citizens who can share the unique values and provide the insights of the innovative business procedures. People involved in an intercultural communication process can derive the enriched knowledge about the diverse values and preferences. It would be helpful for them to enhance their professional and personal efficiency. Martin (2015) implied that the effective intercultural communication is fruitful enough for obtaining the innovative business ideas and ensure the professional growth of the individuals. On the contrary, as explained by Koester and Lustig (2015), the language barriers and the cultural differences are sometimes becoming the source of internal conflicts within a business scenario. Therefore, it is essential to manage the communicational efficiency in order to maintain the intercultural aspects. For instance, receiving the feedbacks, involving in a group discussion or team work, being an observant, and being respectful towards others would be essential. Following these traits would be much helpful for an individual in terms of establishing the efficient intercultural communication. 2.Personal Reflection Effective intercultural communication is quite vital for every individual who seek growth in an international ground. People who are working in a multinational corporation need to be skilled enough to communicate with the people beyond their respective cultures (Neuliep 2017). As I am from Nepal, it is important for me to derive the enriched knowledge about the other cultural perspective different to my culture. People from Nepal are quite friendly and curious about the different things that are occurring around us. I am not an exception to this trait. I seek opportunity to communicate with the people from diverse lingual and cultural scenario. I am working in a multinational company where I have to deal with many people from outside country. I find this topic much interesting as it serves the ideas about the diverse cultural traits of the people who are working with me in the organisation. It is always an area of interest when I find that I can develop my learning skills by obtaining ideas from different situations. Moreover, I am quick learner who seeks opportunity to gather the innovative ideas based on the appropriate aspects. The current globalized scenario is increasing the competition level in which everyone seeks personal and professional growth (Tuleja 2016). I believe that if I can develop my learning in intercultural communication aspects, it would be helpful for me to improve my knowledge and my professional efficiency in a global context. The intercultural communication studies provide me the diverse areas of learning that are quite fruitful for me to develop my career and seek growth and opportunity for the fu ture prospects. Hence, I have selected this subject for my betterment of knowledge in an internationalized business context. 3.Application of Intercultural Communication in Present and Future Career Currently I am working in a multinational company where I get involved in several group meetings. It is important for me to develop the high level of intercultural communication that would be efficient enough to communicate with the people from different cultural and lingual background. In present situation, everyone faces the considerable challenges due to the frequent changes in the globalised business scenario (Samovar et al. 2015). People involved in an intercultural communication process can derive the enriched knowledge about the diverse values and preferences. It would be helpful for them to enhance their professional and personal efficiency. Hence, it is important for me to adopt the effective professional skills to overcome these specific challenges. Moreover, when I seek personal and professional growth in future, it is quite necessary for me to develop the communicational excellence and professional attributes. In order to develop the effective intercultural communication, I need to be much cautious about my gestures that I would show in front of others. I need to be cautious about my body language and the gestures of greeting others. I need to be much tolerant while I am dealing with diverse people. The high patience level depicts my ability to develop a powerful intercultural communication and avail the significant opportunities in future. I need to greet the opportunity of working with the people from diverse cultural background to determine my professional growth for the future prospects. It is stated that in a globalised business context, the associated people have to deal with other people from different cultural and lingual background. Therefore, indulging into a team work, transparent communication process, and group discussion would be helpful for me to develop my career in future. In addition to this, the intercultural communication would help me in developing the interpersonal re lationships with the people from different countries. It would open the doors of opportunity based on my career skills. If I need to be more professional and efficient in my professional ground, I should pursue some training session for developing my intercultural communication skills. It would not only develop my gestures and communicational efficiency, but would develop my personal attributes as well. As a result, I can be focused on developing my career and avail more opportunities for the future growth References Hua, Z. and Kramsch, C., 2016. Symbolic power and conversational inequality in intercultural communication: An Introduction.Applied Linguistics Review,7(4), pp.375-383. Koester, J. and Lustig, M.W., 2015. Intercultural communication competence: Theory, measurement, and application.International Journal of Intercultural Relations,48, pp.20-21. Ladegaard, H.J. and Jenks, C.J., 2015. Language and intercultural communication in the workplace: critical approaches to theory and practice.Language and Intercultural Communication,15(1), pp.1-12. Logan, S., Steel, Z. and Hunt, C., 2015. Investigating the effect of anxiety, uncertainty and ethnocentrism on willingness to interact in an intercultural communication.Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology,46(1), pp.39-52. Martin, J.N., 2015. Revisiting intercultural communication competence: Where to go from here.International Journal of Intercultural Relations,48, pp.6-8. Neuliep, J.W., 2017.Intercultural communication: A contextual approach. Sage Publications. Samovar, L.A., Porter, R.E., McDaniel, E.R. and Roy, C.S., 2015.Communication between cultures. Nelson Education. Tuleja, E.A., 2016.Intercultural communication for global business: How leaders communicate for success. Taylor Francis.

Lab Report Marine Populations Essay Example

Lab Report: Marine Populations Paper Prediction 2: If the starting population of the predators is higher than the prey, he resulting population of the whales will be higher than the population of the seals. Prediction 3: If the prey growth rate increases, the resulting population of the seals will be higher than the population of the whales (both starting populations set to 25. ) Prediction 4: If the death rate of the whales increases, the resulting population of the seals will be higher than the population of the whales. (Both starting populations set to 25. Materials: The Population Dynamic Lab Activity Population Dynamics Lab Report Procedures: ***Do not need to include here. *** Data Observations: Table 1: Predation and Carrying Capacity Starting Seal population Starting Whale Highest Seal Population Highest Whale Trial 1 25 49 51 Trial 2 50 72 79 Trial 3 Table 2: Growth Rate and Capture Efficiency Seal birth rate Whale 0. 05 0. 005 48 0. 08 54 71 Whale death rate Whale capture efficiency 0. 07 45 1 . Using Table 1 , which of the three trials produced the highest population for both the whales and the seals? Why do you think this trial had the best outcome for the whale and seal populations? Trial 1 3 the same outcome, I Think this trial ad the best outcome for the whale and seal population because the higher the seal population gets, also the higher the whale population will be. 2. Using Table 2 and 3, explain how the birth rates of the seals and the death rates of the whales affected the population for both whales and seals. The birth rate of the seals will decrease of the capacity that they carry, so this will cause the Whales rate to increase. However, the death rate of the Whales will increase when both mammals population. 3. Climate change (an biotic factor) has slowly decreased habitat for the arctic eels. Predict how a reduction in habitat could change the capture efficiency of the killer whales. How would this affect the carrying capacities for both the whales and the seals? This will affect both capacities of whales and seals because the Whale population will increase, and because the seals produce a little faster, they will decrease because their habitat will slow down at this point and will be easy to consume. . If another source of prey were available to the whales, what changes in population size would you expect for the seals and the whales? Depending n the type of prey added to this chain will determine the Whales and Seals population. The population size of the Whales will probably increase and also will the seals because the whales will no longer have consume that one prey anymore, the whales will increase, t he seals will also, but just not as fast 5. In this lesson, you learned about two patterns of population growth and decline, the sigmoid and peak phenomena. Does the seal and killer whale relationship represent a sigmoid or peak phenomenon? Please provide supporting details. The pattern of the Seal and the killer whale relationship presents a sigmoid patter, it represents this because the fact that both species have a population that they carry that cannot go past a certain point that theyll stop at. We will write a custom essay sample on Lab Report: Marine Populations specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on Lab Report: Marine Populations specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on Lab Report: Marine Populations specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer If so their pact will drop. 6. What are the limitations of the population dynamics lab? Is the lab activity a realistic representation of an arctic marine ecosystem? Note: Please provide detailed support for your opinion. The limitation of this population Dynamic lab is from seals, whales, and killer whales. No this is not a lab the represents an arctic marine ecosystem because these three species feed on each other, almost calling them rivals.