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man- proud and brave. Author- Ernest J. Gaines • Born in 1933 in Oscar, Louisiana • Author and educator • Wrote several books- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman discusses period from the Civil War to the civil rights movement • 1994- National Book Critics Circle Award for A Lesson Before Dying Year • Published in 1993 Setting • Set in the late 1940s in small Cajun community and the city of Bayonne • Jim Crow laws in place, segregation- “separate but equal.” Page 25- describes separation. • Inequality

“Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.” This quote by Minnesota author and veteran, Tim O 'Brien, displays his passion for writing stories that make truth come to life. Tim O’Brien is a remarkable man who has positively affected the world through his literary works regarding the Vietnam War. His personal life and authorship through his military experience, have led to making him one of the most influential war authors to date. Tim O’Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota on October

of The Great War and Modern Memory written by Paul Fussell. As Fussell states in the opening line, “this book is about the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918.” In this paper I will argue, that despite the numerous literary awards this book has won, it contains historical inaccuracies and shortcomings in relation to the accurate information provided that takes away from the prestige of the book. Despite the numerous negative aspects of the book, this paper will also briefly

The theme of “voiceless woman” throughout the book “the woman warrior” is of great importance. Maxine Kingston narrates several stories in which gives clear examples on how woman in her family are diminished and silenced by Chinese culture. The author not only provides a voice for herself but also for other women in her family and in her community that did not had the opportunity to speak out and tell their stories. The author starts the book with the story of her aunt. This story was a well-kept

companies demonstrate what it means to be a successful is by who they are, as well as how they achieved a world-class performance level in their respective industries. One successful company is Midway USA. They were the winner of the Malcolm Baldrige Award in 2009 for small businesses, a second successful company is, the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)

Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Strayer University Dr. Finn BUS430 The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) – now known as the Baldrige National Quality Program-has been one of the most powerful catalysts for improving organizational performance in the United States (The Collier and Evans (2011) textbook). Strategic planning is applicable for any type of business entity or organization. However, people tend to think that it is only meant for large businesses. Strategic

The purpose of this research paper is to provide a critical biography on Jennifer Egan. I choose to write about Egan because she always changes her themes and genres up. Her literary work significantly impacts society by giving her readers real-life situations but she either makes it comical or uses some type of literary device to keep her audience entertained. To me, this impact is interesting and makes me want to read more of her novels and short stories. Jennifer Egan was a contemporary American

2009), the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was first awarded in year 1988 for the vision to maintain the standard of excellence that very useful or help the businesses or organization in United States of America to attain or realize the world class quality. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the criteria on performance excellence is the reason for achieving the goals established for the Baldrige Award besides United States of America this award is being established as the standard

2.1 Introduction This section examines the theoretical foundations of the study, review of empirical literature, the conceptual framework and research hypotheses. 2.2 Theoretical Foundations of the study This section provides a brief review of the literature and theoretical background on the two main constructs underlying the models tested in this study: Competitive Strategy, Total Quality Management. 2.2.1 Competitive Strategy According to Porter (1985), strategies allow organizations to gain

Initial Understanding. What are your thoughts and questions about the story? You might reflect upon characters, their problems, the title, or other ideas in the story. Maxine Hong Kingston's “The Woman Warrior” was a wonderful book. Intense, fierce and disturbing but very original. I was intrigued by the title of the book: “Memoirs of a girlhood among Ghosts” “The Ghosts” represent the people she grew up around which were the Americans, but throughout the book there is mentions of ghosts from her