Essays on Great Lengths

1.1. Early on, Dr. Vasella was able to identify that the company’s turnover rate is more than acceptable. It was becoming a problem for them to make people stay. He noted that it is not enough for the company to pay good money to their employees. They also must be able to solicit their commitment and drive for excellence at the same time. 1.2. One of the factors affecting this high turnover rate was the inability of the company to recognize talent for promotions within. By the time they do so, these potential senior executives were already on ...

Though the settings differ substantially, the theme of love is clear both in “The Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread” and “The Gift of Magi,” through the author’s use of character, style and point of view. The book "The greatest thing since sliced bread" by Don Robertson and Gift of Magi are used to expound themes of love even though the two have different settings. The authors have employed the use of characters, point of view and style to bring out the theme of love. Gift of magi is a book concerning a couple and has inspired many readers ...

Love is a topic that has been written and sang about through ages because love is a key subject in life. Love is an emotion felt and displayed by people, with each individual expressing love in their own unique way. Zora Hurston was an African American woman writer whose work was criticized for her views on love. In her book “Their eyes were watching God, she demonstrates the lack of love in African American marriages, and the great lengths to which women have to go in search for love. Stevie Wonder was an African American singer who demonstrated his ...

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Introduction

Dante Alighieri in his legendary text, Inferno, believes that anyone who committed unacceptable deeds would be damned eternally among the nine circles of Hell. Without a doubt, people like Achilles were to be found in these circles. Specifically, Achilles existed in Hell’s second circle. He qualified for this circle by being not only extremely selfish but lacking self-control, having raging passions and betraying his country at times. These descriptions paint Achilles largely in weakness. His description of Hell focuses mainly on his failings rather than his ...

(The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by, Michael Lewis.) The group of people that the book focuses on shows how they sold bonds to investors that were packaged as a safe bet. It shows the great lengths they went to in order to lure in investors, although they knew in actual fact the bonds were extremely risky investments. The group were also aware that in case of a Global Financial Crisis, the government would bail them out, and thus, they could get away with trading in this way. In a way the author shows readers that this kind ...