The Silver Linings Playbook Chapter 24

mammas Handwriting EmergesThe sun bursts th full-length the attic window and lands on my face, heat it, until I open my eyes and realise the day with a squint. After a kiss, I return Nikki to my bedroom dresser and find my mother still asleep in my bed. I mark score that the glass of water I left her is promptly empty, and I am glad to baffle left it there, even if I am mad at mamma now.As I descend the staircase, I smell something burning.When I reach the kitchen, my father is foundationing in front of the outfit. He is wearing mammas rubor apron. pa?When he turns around, he has a spatula in one hand and a pink oven mitt on the other. Behind him, meat hisses a mystifying river of smoke flies up into the exhaust fan.What are you doing?Cooking.Cooking what?Steak.Why?Im hungry.Are you frying it?Im cooking it Cajun style. Blackened. perhaps you should turn the burner down? I suggest, save he returns to his cooking, continuing to flip the sizzling cut over and over, so I go down into the basement to begin my workout.The fire alarm goes off for fifteen minutes or so.When I return to the kitchen two hours later, the pan out he used is blackened and still on the now greasy stove a plate and utensils are in the sink. public address system is watching ESPN on his new television, and his surround sound speaker system awaits to shake the house. The clock on the microwave reads 817 a.m. My mother has forgotten my meds again, so I take out my eight bottles, remove all the caps, and search for the right colors. presently I have a half dozen pills lined up on the counter, and I confirm that the colors are what I take all sunrise. I sw lease all of my pills, thinking mayhap my mother is testing me again, and even though I am technically mad at her, I am also now very worried about ma, so I climb the steps to my room and put through that she is still sleeping.Downstairs, I stand behind the couch and say, Dad? but he ignores me, so I return to my basemen t gym and continue my workout, listening to the ESPN commentators recap the college gages and forecast the future NFL action. Their voices arrive crisply through the floorboards above. I manage from reading the paper that the Eagles are favored to win over San Francisco, which makes me excited to watch the game with my father, who give be in a great mood if the Eagles are victorious, and therefore he will also be more give carely to speak with me.Midmorning, Mom descends, which is a relief, because I was starting to worry that she was really sick. I am riding the bike, and after finding the glib loge last night I just continue pedaling when Mom says, spigot? I do non face Mom, but using my peripheral vision, I see that she is showered, her hair is done, her war paint is applied, and she is wearing a pretty summer dress. Mom also smells really straitlaced lavender. Did you take your pills last night? she asks.I nod once.What about this morning?I nod again.Dr. Patel told me I should have allowed you to take control over your meds when you first came home, that this was a step toward independence. But I was being a milliampere when you did not need me to be a mom. So congratulations, Pat.Congratulations is a strange thing for her to say, especially since I have not won a prize or boththing, but I am really only thinking about what happened last night, why Mom came home d puffk. So I ask her, Where were you last night? Did you go out with friends?Using the corner of my eye again, I see her look down at the old chocolate-brown rug beneath us. I consider your perplexting me to bed last night. The water and the Tylenol armed serviceed. It was a bit of a role reversal, eh? Well, I appreciate it. Thanks, Pat.I overhear she has not answered my question, but I dont know what to say, so I say nothing.Your father has been a bear lately, and Im simply tired of it. So Im making some demands, and things are going to change a little around here. Both of my men are going to start taking burster of themselves a little more. You need to get on with your life, and Im sick and tired of the way your father treats me.Suddenly I forget all about the Pat box and face my mother as I continue pedaling. Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?Im not mad at you, Pat. I am mad at your father. He and I had a long talk yesterday when you were zip. Things might be a little rough around here for a few weeks, but I think well all be better for it in the long run.A wild eyeshot leaps into my head and terrifies me. Youre not leaving us, Mom, are you?No. Im not, Mom says, tone me in the eyes, which makes me believe her one hundred percent. I would never leave you, Pat. But I am going out today because Im done with Eagles football. You two are on your own for food.Where are you going? I ask, pedaling faster now.Out, Mom says, and thus kisses the little white scar on my sweaty forehead before she leaves.I am so nervous about what Mom has told me th at I do not eat anything all day, but simply drink my water and do my routine. Because the Eagles are playing at 415, I get in a full workout. The whole eon, I secretly hope my father will come down into the basement and ask me to watch the 100 NFL game with him, but he doesnt.Midafternoon I climb up out of the basement and stand behind the couch for a flake.Dad? I say. Dad?He ignores me and keeps watching the 100 game, and I dont even look to see who is playing, because I am so nervous about what Mom told me. I put on my trash bag and hope Tiffany is outside, because I could really use someone to talk to. But after I stretch for fifteen minutes, Tiffany doesnt show, so I run alone(predicate), thinking it funny that when I want to run alone, Tiffany is always there, but today she is not.I am very hungry, and the pain in my allow increases as I run, which I relish because it means I am losing weight, and well, I feel as though I might have put on some extra fat in the past week, especially after drinking beer with Jake last weekend. This reminds me that I have not spoken with Jake since the Eagles upset to the Giants, and I wonder if he is climax over today to watch the game with Dad and me. Since the pain has sharpened, I decide to run farther than usual, button myself. Also, I am sort of afraid to go home, now that my mother has left me alone with my father for the day, and I am not sure what she meant by changes anyway. I keep wishing Tiffany was running with me so I might talk to her and tell her how I feel, which is a strange desire since she usually never says much in response, and the last time I tried to talk to her about my problems, she started cursing very loudly in a public range and said some really awful things about Nikki. Still, I am starting to feel as though Tiffany is my best friend, which is sort of strange and scary.At the end of my run, I jog down my street, and Jakes silver BMW is nowhere to be seen. Maybe he as well ask the train in from Philadelphia, I think. I am hoping not to be left alone with my father for the game, but somehow I know this is exactly what is going to happen.When I enter the house, my dad is still alone on the couch, wearing his McNabb jersey now and watching the end of the 100 game. A small collection of beer bottles stand at his feet like bowling pins.Is Jake coming over? I ask my father, but he ignores me again.Upstairs, I shower and put on my Hank Baskett jersey.When I reach the family room, the Eagles game is just coming on, so I sit down at the end of the couch my father is not occupying.What the hell is that noise? Dad says, and then turns down the volume.I realize my stomach is making crazy gurgling noises, but I say, I dont know, and Dad turns up the volume again.Just as I had hoped, the new television is an experience. The players warming up on the field look life-size, and the sound quality makes me feel as though I am in San Francisco, sitting on the fifty-yard line. Realizi ng that my associate is not going to make it by kickoff, when a commercial comes on, I galvanise to my feet and yell Ahhhhhhhhh but Dad only looks at me like he wants to hit me in the face again. So I sit down and do not say anything else.The announcers state that Donte Stallworth was a late scratch, so I start to hope Baskett will get a few more balls thrown his way, since the Eagles number one receiver is out of action.The Eagles set up a nice drive and score on their first possession with a shovel pass to Westbrook, at which point my fathers emotions morph. He reaches across the couch and repetitively claps his hand against my thigh, saying over and over again, Touchdown Eagles Touchdown Eagles I start to feel hopeful for my dad, but when the Eagles kick off, he resumes his negative ways and says, Dont celebrate too much. Remember what happened last week. And it is almost as if he is talking to himself, reminding himself not to be overly hopeful.The defense holds strong, and ti ght end L. J. Smith scores a touchdown with only a few minutes left in the first quarter, making it 13 0. Even though the Eagles have blown big leads before, it seems unhurt to say the Birds are the superior team today. My thoughts are confirmed after Akers hits the extra point and my father jumps up and starts singing Fly, Eagles, Fly. So I jump up and sing with him, and we both do the cantillate at the end, spelling the letters with our arms and legs E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLESBetween quarters, my father asks me if I am hungry, and when I say yes, he orders us a pizza and brings me a Bud from the refrigerator. With the Eagles up 14 0, he is all smiles, and as we sip our beer, he says, now all we need is your boy Baskett to get a catch or two.As if my fathers words were a prayer answered, McNabbs first completion in the second quarter is to Baskett for eight yards. Dad and I cheer so loudly for the undrafted rookie.The pizza arrives during halftime, and the Eagles are up 24 3. If only Jake were here, my father says. Then this day would be perfect.My dad and I have been so happy that Ive forgotten Jake is not with us. Where is Jake? I ask, but Dad ignores the question.In the third quarter the San Francisco running back fumbles on the Eagles one-yard line and defensive tackle Mike Patterson picks up the ball and runs toward the opposite end zone. Dad and I are out of our seats, sprightly on the three-hundred-pound lineman as he runs the whole length of the field, and then the Eagles are up 31 3.San Francisco scores a few touchdowns late in the second half, but it doesnt matter, because the game is basically out of reach, and the Eagles win 38 24. At the conclusion of the game, my father and I sing Fly, Eagles, Fly and do the chant one last time, celebrating the Eagles victory, and then Dad simply turns off the television and returns to his study without even saying goodbye to me.The house is so quiet.Maybe a dozen or so beer bottles on the floor, the pizza box is still on the coffee table, and I know the sink is stacked full of dishes and the pan in which Dad cooked his breakfast steak. Since I am practicing being kind, I figure I should at least uncase up the family room so Mom wont have to do it. I carry the Bud bottles out to the recycle bucket by the garage and throw away the pizza box in the outside garbage can. Back inside, a few used napkins are on the floor, and when I reach down to pick up the mess, I spot a crumpled ball of paper under the coffee table. I pick up the ball, uncrumple it, and realize it is not one but two pieces of paper. Moms handwriting emerges. I flatten the papers out on the coffee table.Patrick,I need to tell you I will no longer allow you to disregard the decisions we make together, nor will I allow you to talk down to me any longer especially in front of others. I have met a new friend who has encouraged me to assert myself more forcefully in an effort to gain your respect. Know that I am doing this to sa ve our marriage.Your optionsReturn the false television you purchased, and everything will go back to normal.Keep the monstrous television, and you must agree to the following demandsYou must eat dinner at the table with Pat and me five nights a week.You must go on a half-hour walk with either Pat or me five nights a week.You must have a daily conversation with Pat, during which you ask him at least five questions and listen to his replies, which you will report to me nightly.You must do one recreational application a week with Pat and me, such as eating at a restaurant, seeing a movie, going to the mall, shooting baskets in the backyard, etc. misfortune to complete either option 1 or 2 will force me to go on strike. I will no longer clean your house, buy or cook your food, launder your clothes, or share your bed. Until you declare which option you wish to take, consider your wife on strike.With best intentions,JeanieIt does not seem like Mom to be so forceful with Dad, and I do w onder if her new friend coached her through the writing of the two-page letter. It is very hard for me to deliver Dad returning his new television, especially after watching the Eagles win on the new set. His purchase will be considered good luck for sure, and Dad will want to watch next weeks Eagles game on the same television so he will not jinx the Birds, which is understandable. But the demands Mom made especially the one where Dad has to talk to me every night also seem incredibly improbable, although I do think it would be nice to eat dinner together as a family and maybe even go out to a restaurant, but not to the movies, since I am now only willing to watch the movie of my own life.Suddenly I need to speak with my brother, but I do not know his auditory sensation number. I find the address book in the cabinet above the stove and place a call to Jakes apartment. A charr picks up on the third ring her voice is beautiful.Hello? she says.I know it is not my brother on the o ther end, but I still say, Jake?Who is this?Its Pat Peoples. Im looking for my brother, Jake. Who are you?I hear the woman cover the phone with her hand, and then my brothers voice comes through loud and clear Did you see that ninety-eight-yard fumble return? Did you see Patterson run?I want to ask about the woman who answered my brothers phone, but I am a little afraid of finding out who she is. Maybe I should already know, but forget somehow. So I simply say, Yeah, I saw it.Frickin awesome, dude. I didnt know a defensive tackle could run that far.Why didnt you come over and watch the game with Dad and me?Truthfully?Yes.I cant lie to my brother. Mom called me this morning and told me not to come, so I went to a bar with Scott. She called Ronnie too. I know because Ronnie called me to make sure everything was okay. I told him not to worry.Why?Should he be worried?No, why did Mom tell you and Ronnie not to come over?She said it would give you a chance to be alone with Dad. She said i t would force Dad to talk to you. So did he?A little.Well, thats good, right?I found a note from Mom to Dad.What?I found a note from Mom to Dad.Okay. What did it say?Ill just read it to you.Go ahead.I read him the note.Shit. Go Mom.You know he wont be taking the television back now, right?Not after the Birds won today.Yeah, and Im worried that Dad wont be able to meet the demands.Well, he probably wont, but maybe hell at least try, right? And trying would be good for him and Mom.Jake changes the subject by mentioning Basketts catch in the second quarter, which turned out to be his only catch of the game. My brother doesnt want to talk about our parents anymore. He says, Basketts coming along. Hes an undrafted rookie, and hes acquiring catches. Thats huge. But it doesnt feel huge to me. Jake says hes looking forward to seeing me next Monday night, when the Eagles will play the Green Bay Packers. He asks me to have lunch in the city before we tailgate with Scott and the fat men, and then we hang up.Its getting late, and my mother is still not home.I begin to worry about her, and so I do all the dishes by hand. For a good fifteen minutes with steel wool I scrub the pan my father burned. And then I vacuum the family room. Dad had splattered some pizza sauce on the couch, so I find some cleaning spray in the hall cabinet and do my best to remove the stain dabbing lightly and then wiping a little harder in a circular motion, just like it says on the side of the bottle. My mom comes home as I am on my knees cleaning the couch.Did your father tell you to clean up his mess? Mom asks.No, I say.Did he tell you about the letter I wrote him?No but I found it.Well, then you know. I dont want you to do any cleaning, Pat. Were going to let this place rot until your father gets the message.I want to tell her I found the Pat box in the attic, how hungry I was today, that I really dont want to live in a filthy house, and I need to take one thing at a time finding the end o f apart time first and foremost but Mom looks so determined and almost proud. So I agree to help her make the house filthy. She says we will be eating takeout, and when my father is not home, everything will be as it was before she wrote the note, but when my father is home, we will be slovenly. I tell Mom that while she is on strike, she can sleep in my bed, because I want to sleep in the attic anyway. When she says shell sleep on the couch, I insist she take my bed, and she thanks me.Mom? I say when she turns to leave.She faces me.Does Jake have a girlfriend? I ask.Why?I called him today, and a woman answered the phone.Maybe he does have a girlfriend, she says, and then walks away.The indifference Mom shows regarding Jakes love life makes me feel as though I am forgetting something. If Jake had a girl friend Mom did not know about, she would have asked me a million questions. Her lack of interest suggests that Mom is keeping another secret from me, maybe something larger than wha t I found in the Pat box. Mom must be protecting me, I think, but I still want to know from what.

Poetry & art Essay

poetry is a form of art. Though I want to be an Economics Major in the University of Penn, I am a young aficionado of poetry and prose at heart. I would love to develop my skills through a condition and distinguished writing program and Penns School of Arts and Sciences offers to cater my aspirations. Believing that one must be a great reader in advance becoming a great writer, I indulge into books of e real genre to harvest more knowledge.Literature brings out in me an overwhelming joy and I wish to carry my fondness for reading and writing into my college majors. The uniqueness cultivated by Penns English Department is perceptible by the de facto of education, wherein the emphasis is on creative writing. Through this facet of the University, I want to channel my passion for poetry into academia. As a Founder and President of our schools Poetry Club, if accepted, I plan to visit the Kelly Writers House religiously, and satisfy my perpetual craving for literature.I can picture mys elf grabbing a turkey-and-cheese sandwich, without mayonnaise, at the 1920 Commons, and rushing off to the Kelly Writers House, carrying an armful of books by Maya Angelou and Eric Schlosser. Gathered in a close circle of chairs, my fellow literature lovers and I share professional works, with our avouch daring lines of free verses, swap suggestions, compliments, and light-hearted laughs.During these workshops, my very soul seeps steadily through an invisible tube from brain to ballpoint, the not-so-simple phenomenon of input-output fabricating ink on paper, a painting made of letters. On my way to a morning time class on modern American poetry, I pass Oldenbergs famed Split Button and acknowledge Mr. Franklin, sitting upright in his chair. by and by the lecture, Professor Josephine Park and I conduct research by analyzing the influence of conflicts between America and East-Asia.Being in the Penn family, I converse with colleagues, sisters and brothers that destiny lacked to give . I tutor secondary school students about reading and writing through the outreach program. Having been featured in a myriad of written works and publishing my own collections, I roll up my sleeves and organize literary pieces in the weekly undergraduate magazine, First Call. As the evening sinks, I bike to the Van bombard Library, sit cross-legged in my favorite armchair and finalize the touches on a Second World War paper.Traveling to the other parts of the City of kind Love, I gather up with study group friends for our fine dinner. When I reach home, my roommate chatters about the highlights of her day. I then read an article from The nonchalant Pennsylvanian. Turning off the lights and setting my alarm clock for 600 am, I drape my jogging shorts and shirt on a chair for the morning. in front drifting off to sleep, I reminisce those final months when I submitted my application to Penn and smile in the quietness of my room, happy to be here at last.

PEST Analysis Essay

Q) On the basis of PEST analysis launch a Pakistani produce in Belgium? In order to launch a Pakistani harvest-feast in foreign country we have to look macro instruction economic conditions of that country. There be distinct accept and measurement. As to market Pakistani mathematical product certain thing are important for instance culture, area, age, group, purchase power, availability of raw material etc. Macroeconomic play vital role to sell a product in any country of the world. In macroeconomic PEST analysis is precise important. PEST analysis means political economical social and technological condition of a country where we introduction our product. I am launching Shan plain spices in Belgium.INTRODUCTION OF BELGIUM CUISINE Belgian cuisine is widely varied with significant regional variations while to a fault reflecting the cuisines of neighboring France, Germany and the Netherlands. It is or sotimes said that Belgian food is served in the quantity of German cuisine but with quality of French food. Outside the country, Belgium is best cognise for its chocolate and beer.Belgian cuisine tralatitiously prizes regional and seasonal ingredients, leading to distinctive dishes Belgians typically eat triplet meals a day, with a imperfect breakfast, light or medium sized lunch and large dinner. Though Belgium has many distinctive national dishes, it should be noted that many supranationally-popular foods like hamburgers or spaghetti Bolognese are also eaten in Belgium. The list incorporates dishes of Belgian origin, or those which can be considered typically Belgian. Fries and new(prenominal) fast-food establishments tend to offer a number of different sauces for the fries and meats.INTRODUCTION OF SHAN FOODS Shan nutritions started from a single small room just about twenty five years ago. Management decided to launch its very take brand and start a full-scale manufacturing unit to cater to the render of the local public. Shan is one of the l argest exporters of premium quality packaged spices, recipe mixes, pickles and desserts with products adding taste and flavors .Shan Foods (Pvt) Ltd. Is a rapidly growing food caller-up with presence in all over 50 countries Strengthening their departments with candidates having extraordinary positive energy, obtain and edge in technology, and opinionated in execution, with a passion for excellence.The main objective of Shan foods sourcing department is to take on with quality suppliers. The department diligently pick and select the best quality spices. society founders extra attention in obtaining raw material. The planning process of Shan foods is depending on S&OP. The planning purpose of Shan foods is to achieved the target of R=R.. The make process of SCOR computer simulation is referred to the production or manufacturing facilities. Shan foods are dedicated to ensure the consistency of product by using well equipped production techniques. The supply chain team ensure th at the goods or shipments reach their destinations well in time to match market trends and customer demand.PICTURE OF SHAN FOODSShan Foods started from a single small room some twenty five years ago. Management decided to launch its very own brand and start a full-scale manufacturing unit to cater to the taste of the local public. Shan is one of the largest exporters of premium quality packaged spices, recipe mixes, pickles and desserts with products adding taste and flavours .Shan Foods (Pvt) Ltd. Is a rapidly growing food company with presence in over 50 countries. Strengthening their departments with candidates having extraordinary positive energy, obtain and edge in technology, and determined in execution, with a passion for excellence.The main objective of Shan foods sourcing department is to proceed with quality suppliers. The department diligently pick and select the best quality spices. Company pays extra attention in obtaining raw material. The planning process of Shan foo ds is depending on S&OP. The planning purpose of shan foods is to achieved the target of R=R. Shan foods believed that planning should be right and in efficient manner. The make process of SCOR model is referred to the production or manufacturing facilities.Shan foods are dedicated to ensure the consistency of product by using well equipped production techniques. The supply chain team ensure that the goods or shipments reach their destinations well in time to match market trends and customer demand.PEST ANALYSIS P = Political E = Economical S = social T = technologicalB) ECONOMICAL FACTORS IN BELGIUM1)Nature of the Belgium saving The modern, private enterprise saving of Belgium has capitalized on its central geographic localization principle, industrial and commercial base. Most traditional industrial sectors are represented in the economy. Belgium developed an excellent transportation infrastructure of ports, canals, railways to integrate with its industry. Belgium has one of t he most open economies in the world. This nature of economy suitable for Shan product2) GENERAL ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE REGION Belgium currency is Euro. Belgium is a very open economy. This country allows foreign investor to invest in their economy. Euro is strong currency because of strong hold in economy as Shan product earn profit which in return abet Belgiums economy to rise more.3) STRENGTH OF BELGIUM MARKET Belgium has a well-developed free market economy, based on both industrial and service sectors. It is heavily dependent on international trade. Strong research and development team. Our lay man giligentally pick and select best quality species. Company pays extra attention in obtaining raw material. Our product is certified from international standards like ISO 9000 which is globally recognized throughout the world.4)PRUCHASING POWER OF CONSUMERS Belgiums economy was based on the nations manufacturing capabilities. The country was the scratch in continental Europe to un dergo the Industrial Revolution. Belgium depends heavily on world trade. Belgiums trade advantages are derived from its central geographic location. We introduce our product in family pack as well as sachet so that every individual can take pleasure of spices in their cuisine.5) PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION pattern Supply chain team ensures that the goods or shipment reaches their destination well in time to match the market trends and customer demand. There Should in some stock in ware houses as a backup line ounces the stocks end in the store we immediately fill up store shelves through our product. Belgium developed a highly efficient and capable transportation infrastructure that included roads, ports, canals, and rail links.6) DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN BELGIUM Food Industry is highly developed in Belgium, is devoted mainly to the processing of imported raw materials into semi finished and finished products, which are then contract by Native.7) Level of the economic income of the country The rate of inflation in Belgium, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or cost-of-living index for short. The Belgian CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of our product Belgian house holds purchase for consumption.8) GROWTH OF OTHER BUSINESS A unique strategic vision of the market in Belgium is presented, in particular identifying the numerous companies present together with their market shares and major brands by country and product. warning data tables for each product provide a panorama of companies strengths and presence9) INFLATION IN BELGIUM The inflation is based upon the Belgian consumer price index. The index is a measure of the average price which consumers spend on a goods and services. Inflation based upon the consumer price index (CPI) is the main inflation indicator in Belgium. Our Shan product is easily adjust in the market.A) POLITICAL FACTORS IN BELGIUM1) POLITICAL STABILITY Political environment refer poli tical and authoritiesal and legal environment. It has close kinship with the economic system and economic policy. for instance Belgium is a constitutional monarchy in which ultimate power rest with bicameral parliament. Belgium is an EU member state and as a member of EU Belgium have to follow regulation on trade treaties, import treaties, custom duties and other trade regulations. This political stability help Shan product to launch easily and archive the desire result.2) GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Belgium government welcomes foreign investment and once established foreign owned company Is treated in the same way as Belgium owned company. Belgium tax incentive tend to favour new service industries and high tech companies.3) tax SYSTEM IN BELGIUM The principle taxes effecting the companies are the cooperate income tax, pay tax on remuneration paid to employes and directors, insurance premium tax and depending on the location of the company certain regional and local taxes. Belgium ha s fully implemented the EU parent subsidiary intrest royalties and saving directive into domestic natural law.4) CHEAP LABOUR Belgium drudge law encompasses laws on the terms of environment on rules of health and safety. All major Belgian companies have European work council agreement. Foreign employee who want to work in Belgium must have work permit and this work permit can be obtained relatively fast and easy. As permission form the Belgium government Shan food company easily take cheap labor from Pakistan which help the company to reduce its liability.5) LAW AND ORDER SITUATION As a law and order situation in Belgium is far better than Pakistan. no hap hazards, blast or other issues regarding the security. Suppler deliver the product on time. Theres no peril of theft of product aur raw material.prdust arrive on time in the market,at the right palce and on the right time.6) CORRUPTION Belgium has a very open economy and offers a reliable environment for direct inbound investment . Because the country has a federal structure and is also subject to European regulations, decisions modify the investment climate are taken at a variety of levels. Changes in corporation tax are making Belgium an increasingly interesting place. Belgium is to the lowest degree corrupt country. Corruption is minimal, and the government prohibits and punishes all forms of bribery.7)ACCOUNTING,FILLING AND AUDITING REQUIREMENT The annual report of Belgian companies must be drafted in accordance with Belgian GAAP(generally accepted history principle).foreign companies are required to deposits each year financial report in central bank. Financial statement must be audited by a statutory auditor because of well organized accounting system this country help a lot to accomplish Shan plain spices.8) OPEN MARKETS Belgium has low tariffs along with other members of the European Union, and non-tariff barriers are relatively low. The investment regime is largely open. The Financial Crisis Law passed in June 2010 grants the government stronger powers to step in during crises. In order of impairment in sale of Shan plain spices Belgian government come forward to help the company. In rainy days government help company to pay its liabilities.9)REGULATORY EFFICIENCY The cost of establishing a company has been reduced to below 20 percent of the level of average annual income, and starting a business takes completely three days and four procedures. price control policies continue to affect a range of products and services.10) AVAILABILITY OF LAND Belgium is a federal state consisting of three culturally different regions Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels. In the 19th century, the area began to industrialize, and Wallonia was the first fully industrialized area This brought the region great economic prosperity. Regulation duties apply on leasing of real state located in Belgium at rates ranging from 0.2% to 12.5% is depending on the area where the company is located.

Me, Myself and Madness Essay

What is fury? Madness can non be categorized into one definition, nor can it be simplified into one specific action. In settlement, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, is consumed by madness and is alternately driven to his own death. Despite the fact that many people count that Hamlets mad behavior was planned and controlled. It is arguable that his madness was not feigned, and he was actually insane. Hamlet was drove into madness by the demonic self-denial of the ghost of Hamlet, the deep grudge he had for his mother Gerturde, and the craving for revenge he had for the death of his father In act 1, scene 4, Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus are confronted by the ghost that has been roaming around the outskirts of the castle. Hamlet sees, and recognizes that the ghost that has been haunting his home is none other than the spitting image of his father, the late king Hamlet, who was inconspicuously murdered by his own companion Claudius, who later becomes king of Denmark, instead of Hamlet.Th e ghost calls out for Hamlet to follow him alone into the woods. Hamlets perseverance led him to believe that the ghost of his father had the answers that he desperately needed, and for that, Hamlet decided to follow him alone. Horatio (warning Hamlet against following his fathers ghost) gravely warned Hamlet that if he follows the ghost, it skill deprive your soverereignty of reason and draw you into madness. In other words, Hamlets madness began when he became possessed (both body and mind) by the ghost of his father to generate about his evil deeds. In this case, Hamlet lost his mind when he erased himself from his own brain and replaced it with his fathers commandments.In addition, Hamlets madness was also driven by a deep grudge he had for his mother Gerturde. After the death of Hamlets father, Gerturde remarried within a month, to his brother Claudius. Hamlet shows provocation at Gerturde for happily marrying so soon. And to add insult to injury, it was to his uncle, of all people. Hamlet questions the faithfulness his mother has towards him,and later doubts the love Ophellia has for him. For this reason, Hamlet displays resentment, not only towards his mother, but to Ophellia, who was uninvolved in the tragic death of his father, and the sudden remarriage of his mother to his uncle.In act 3, scene 1, Hamlet and Ophellia are having an emotional discourse with each other. Hamlet screams to Ophellia get thee to a nunnry, why would tho be a breeder of sinners. For this reason, Hamlet yells get thee to a nunnry several times because he exhorts ophellia to become a nun, so that way, she may never breed sinners, like him. Even tho he offends Ophellia by saying this, the insult is more advisedly made for his mother Gerturde. The lack of faithfulness his mother has causes the vulgar behavior he has towards Ophellia, which henceforth progresses Hamlets madness.

Now That’s What I Call Music, Piracy! Essay

I bought my first CD when I was ab pop(p) 10 years old. My mom had drove me to Tar take on and exclusivelyowed me to purchase one CD of my choosing I chose Now 11. I worn-out(a) what felt comparable hours scouring the aisles of the store looking for the 11th stochastic variable of Now Thats What I Call Music and finally found it on the shelf. I hatch being filled with excitement and anticipation as we drove home I was so queasy to put it into my CD player. I remember the only reason I wanted it was because there was a hardly a(prenominal) rap lines my brother listened to on it. Since my mother didnt allow me to listen to his symphony, I knew this was a great way to slide it past her. I will never for strike that CD I listened to it for days on end. As I played the CD, I poured over the insert book, reading the lyrics and sing along. Today if I wanted to own that same Now 11 CD the experience would be entirely different. A few simple searches on the Internet would lead me t o various file-sharing websites where I could substantially download the album for forfeit.Instant gratification. I wouldnt have to look through aisles, no hold in line, and no silver necessary. This change in technology has done more than harm than well to the medicine patience and the economy. Downloading medical specialty, whether legally or illegally, has completely changed the record industry. Consumers seem perfectly content to move their computer mouse a few times and download whatever songs they want at their leisure. It all makes perfect sense the technology world is changing and we argon taking what we ar given. Almost everyone has an iPod or some other portable unison device and the days of sitting around a two-channel and listening to an album from start to finish seem lost forever. Digital downloads are far more convenient than buying physical albums. They dont take up shelf space in your home and as long as you back up all your files, you dont contract to worry about losing your favorite album.However, common harmony pirates tend to lack the knowledge of who or how they are affecting. The transition from physical copies of symphony to digital downloads has made music a commodity in the unify States. It seems that music has been completely devalued by this evolution in technology. The excitement of going out to a record store and having to look for a specific album is gone. Virtually everything is available online and whether music fans piddle it or non, society has come to take this art form for granted. According to the Record diligence knowledge of the States, global music piracy causes $12.5 billion in economic divergencees every year (Who). there is no doubt it takes an affect on our $16 trillion plus national debt. This economic loss also affects the employees of record labels with 70,000 lost jobs (Who). With the US unemployment rate currently at 7.9%, it definitely takes a chime on that as well (Databases). Consequen tly these economic downfalls music piracy is creating detracts from revenue that could be spent on finding and promoting new artists and allowing signed artists to record more albums.Losing money to piracy also has a profound case on working musicians themselves. Artists are now forced to make up a large part of their bring inings through licensing their songs to television commercials and shows, touring relentlessly, and selling merchandise. Even with these alternatives to offset the fall in record gross revenue, artists can still struggle to make ends meet. Renting a tour bus and gainful for a driver and gas can cost a small music artist nigh a $1,000 (Arnold). In 2007, the Boston based band, The Dresden Dolls, told National Public Radio (NPR) Music in an audience that their record contract had them receiving about $1 in royalties for every CD sold, further before a band gets to see any of that, it has to sell enough CDs to cover all of the labels intersection expenses, whic h can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars (Arnold).Most artists try to dig themselves out of this hole through relentless touring, but even selling tags comes with a price. Venue and contrive promoters take a share out of an artists ticket sales, they even have sound technicians and others workers to pay for too. One could look back on Noah Webster, who is primarily cognize for his early and influential dictionary he campaigned in the 1780s for copyright laws to protect the Statesn roots content (Paulson). He would not have been amused with todays copyright issues. The printers of the 1780s were not large corporations. They were small shops making their living largely by stealing the content of books produce in Europe (Paulson). Whats so different about music piracy and the music industry today? Webster wanted to make sure his work would not be published without compensation, just like the music industry is trying to do today. The debate over illegal downloading often fo cuses on technology.Those who hold in the unauthorized sharing of music understand that critics are living in the past and had better get used to the new reality. But that new reality is taking a toll. Over the past decade, America has lost a staggering number of professional songwriters and composers, primarily due to the impact of illegal music downloading, says Bart Herbison, executive director of the National Songwriters Association. Those that remain in the profession are struggling to earn even a minimal income (Paulson). Most illegally downloaded songs come from major stars and labels, but the food mountain range surrounding major artists includes struggling songwriters, producers, and musicians trying to get by in a damaged industry. unauthorized downloading is a global issue, and no one nation will provide a solution, but Americas origins suggest we should care more than most music pirates. Its not about business line models or emerging technology. Its about living up to what Webster and the first generation of Americans believed. Art should be free, but not necessarily free of charge. Consequently record labels and artists are not taking these losses lightly.In addition to public campaigns against piracy, the record industry has prosecuted numerous people suspected and guilty of downloading music illegally. Most recently The Boston Globe reported that a Boston University alumna student was fined $675,000 in damages for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online (Valencia). Thats a far cry from the $30 he would have paid had he simply bought the songs on iTunes. Yet shockingly some say this graduate student got off lucky. In June of 2009, CNN reported that a 32-year-old Minnesota woman was found guilty of downloading music illegally and ordered to pay $1.9 zillion dollars for 24 songs (Friend). In the midst of battling online piracy, the record industry is urgently trying to find ways to encourage consumers to buy albums again.In S eptember of this year, Apple announced its newest recital of iTunes called iTunes LP. This new program will include album artwork, photos, lyrics, and videos as part of an album purchase, in effect recreating the physical album experience (Apple). The company hopes that by expanding these extra incentives to consumers, people will be more likely to spend their money on music as opposed to sharing files with each other. Some may wonder what caused this digital music war I say it could be darned on Napster, invented by Shawn Fanning in 1999. Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing program that bas let the cat out of the bag by allowing digital music to be accessed by virtually anyone for free. However on butt on 5th, 2001, Fanning and Napster were sued and prevented from sharing their copyrighted music.Not long after that came LimeWire, started by Mark Gorton in 2000. It was another free peer-to-peer file sharing program that expanded on what Napster created. Finally on whitethorn 12th, 2011, the Recording Industry Association of America announced its $105 million case settlement with major recording companies (Sisario). In the lawsuit, the labels identified more than 9,000 recordings made since 1972 that had been traded on LimeWire without permission and sought damages of up to $150,000 for each song (Sisario). Although the $105 million settlement is far from the $1.4 billion the labels had sought as a maximum penalty, the companies are hoping that the case will restrain further piracy since Mr. Gorton, a former Wall Street bargainer with millions in personal assets, also faced liability (Sisario).Fortunately there are a few music programs like Spotify and Pandora that are doing their best to combat music piracy. Pandora launched in 2000 but has since become increasingly popular today. With Pandora you can create up to 100 personal radio stations that play the music you like with advertisements in between every couple songs. It has over 150 million registe red users today (Sasario). Spotify is a music-based streaming service that is based out of Sweden since 2009. It just opened in the US in July 2012. They offer users unlimited music for little (or no) money. Pay just $10 per month the cost of a individual(a) album and you can literally play music non-stop on your computer or mobile device. move intot want to pay? No problem. Spotify has various options (depending on whether youre in the US or Europe) for getting at least some music for free (Couts). Not only that, but you get to choose from Spotifys catalog of 15 million songs (Couts).In Sweden, since 2009 when Spotify debuted, music piracy has dropped 25 percent. Including 9 percent alone this last year (Couts). There is no actual way to tell if itll do the same in the US, only time will tell. Its hard to argue that we wont see similar decreases in piracy if Spotify keeps the popularity it has today. Although Pandora and Spotify rake in millions of dollars there is one thing th at keeps them from gaining money the cost of music royalties. Pandora, who just went public last summer, has never had a profitable year, and in its most recently reported quarter lost $20 million on $81 million in revenue. Spotifys accounts for the last year, recently filed in Luxembourg, show that it lost $57 million in 2011, despite a big increase in revenue, to $236 million (Sasario).With artists and labels hit hard by declining sales over the last decade, its hard to argue for lower royalty rates. Its fair to say that the graveyard of failed digital services, and the financial struggles of Pandora and Spotify show that the music industry hasnt yet figured out the balance between licensing costs and how much money a digital service can make. totally the music industry will never fully be rid of music piracy. Will music piracy destroy the economic wellbeing of the music industry?Only time will tell. pack will continue to burn CDs and share music with one another, and file-shari ng websites will probably always exist. I believe the best way to combat piracy is to keep consumers informed about the consequences of downloading music illegally, not only for the record companies but for everyone working in the music industry. The next time you consider downloading music from a file sharing website or giving a CD of yours to a friend, consider this is 99 cents per song really too much to ask for all the months of labor musicians, producers, engineers, and record labels put into creating an album for you? If you still feel it is, I hope you plan on spending $40 on concert tickets sometime soon.Works CitedApple ITunes ITunes LP and ITunes Extras. Apple ITunes ITunes LP and ITunes Extras. Apple Inc., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Arnold, Chris. Band Tries to Make It Big Without Going Broke. NPR. NPR, 17 Jan. 2007. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Couts, Andrew. Spotify Linked to Major Decline in Music Piracy. Digital Trends. N.p., 29 Sept. 2011. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject. Bureau of compass Statistics Data. United States Department of Labor, Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.Friend, Elianne. Woman Fined to Tune of $1.9 Million for Illegal Downloads. CNN. Cable News Network, 18 June 2009. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Paulson, Ken. First Amendment Center. Real Cost of free Downloads. USA Today, 21 Aug. 2012. Web. 08 Nov. 2012.Sisario, Ben. Major Record Labels Settle outfit With LimeWire. Media Decoder Blog. The New York Times, 12 May 2011. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Sisario, Ben. Pandora and Spotify Rake In the Money and Then Send It away in Royalties. Media Decoder Blog. The New York Times, 24 Aug. 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Valencia, Milton J. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Music Downloading Appeal. BostonGlobe.com. N.p., 22 May 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.Who Music Theft Hurts. Http//www.riaa.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.

Imf -Role for Developing Countries

Introduction International Monetary Fund (IMF),is a specialized agency of the unify Nations, established in 1945. It was planned at the Bretton Woods Conference (1944), and its headquarters are in Washington, D. C. in that location is close collaboration between it and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Its primary mission is to ensure constancy in the multinational fiscal system. The IMF provides policy advice and financing to member countries with scotch problems.The organization, using a stock certificate subscribed by the member nations, purchases foreign currencies on application from its members so as to discharge international indebtedness and stabilize exchange evaluate. The IMF gold reserve units are called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) from 1974 to 1980 the value of SDRs was base on the currencies of 16 leading trading nations. Since 1980 it has been reevaluated every five years and based on the sexual relation international economic import ance of the British pound sterling, the European Union euro (formerly the French franc and German mark), the Nipponese yen, and the U.S. dollar. To facilitate international trade and reduce inequities in exchange, the fund has limited major power to set the score value of currencies. Members are provided with technical assistance in making monetary transactions. In 1995 the fund locomote to increase disclosure requirements of countries fasten oning currency and at the same time created an emergency bailout fund for countries in fiscal crisis. IMF was criticized in 1998 for exacerbating the Asian financial crisis, through the funds decision to require Asian nations to nominate their affaire rates to record levels.During the international financial crisis of the early 21st century the IMF provided loans and access to look at of more than $100 billion to developing countries that were affected by falling demand for their exports and a nonher(prenominal) financial problems. I nstead of increasing government expenditure and boosting municipal demand, local employment and economic action mechanism to outdo the recession, the IMF is cutting spending and increasing tariffs and taxes in already contracting economies for the express purpose of maintaining crushed splashiness and fiscal deficit rates, flexible exchange rates, and trade and financial liberalization.In this paper we try to analyze put up of reduced government expenditure for developing countries that sought aid on dealing with currency crisis. We too analyze the reasons behind strict monetary policy prescribed by IMF. Our analysis provides a theoretical account that would help improve IMFs approach in future. Reasons behind strict monetary policy IMF claims upon maintaining hydrofoil in setting up operation, but it is actually extremely secretive. In recent years, as denunciation about this policy has grown, IMF has made certain parameters of morphologic enrollment of various developi ng countries exoteric.Although IMF assumes a ascendant federal agency in structuring policies for affected nations, it imposes its policies on them rather than involving them in the decision making process. Key structural adjustment measures include Privatizing government-owned enterprises and government-provided services, Slashing government spending, Orienting economies to promote exports, Trade and investment liberalization, Higher interest rates, eliminating subsidies on consumer items such as foods, fuel and medicines and tax increasesThe basic idea of these policies is to shrink the size and role of government, rely on market forces to distribute resources and services and integrate poor countries into the global economy. Also, despite pledges to address the crisis in flexible and innovative ways, the IMFs key objective in crisis loans remained macroeconomic stability through the tightening of monetary and fiscal policies with below objectives Lowering fiscal deficits and inflation levels Buffering international reserves Reducing or restraining public spending Increasing official interest rates or restraining the growth of the money supply Preventing currency depreciation Structural Adjustments in IMF policy Structural adjustments have been successful at its intended efforts to go down the scope of government and to integrate developing countries into the global economy. But they have failed by many other measures. By and large, countries undergoing structural adjustment have not experienced economic growth, even in the long suit term. Main Reasons include The IMF caters to stiff countries and Wall StreetDominating decision power and voting power has made US a largest shareholder of IMF of rich countries. Disproportional amount of power held by wealthy countries translates into decisions that benefit wealthy bankers, investors and corporations from industrialized countries at the expense of sustainable development. The IMF is imposing a fundamentally blemish development model IMF forces countries from the Global South to prioritize export production over the development of a diversified domestic economy. i. e. hift from food production for local consumption to the production of crops for export to the industrialized countries. refined businesses and farmers cant compete with large multinational corporations. Thus the cycle of poverty is perpetuated, not eliminated. IMF Policies hurt the environment The IMF does not consider environmental impacts of lending policies and environmental ministries and groups are not included in policy making. The localize on export growth to earn hard currency to pay back loans means unsustainable extermination of natural resources.This happened with the bailouts of Brazil, Indonesia, and Russiacountries that are renowned for their great biodiversity The IMF bails out rich bankers, creating a moral hazard and great instability in the global economy The IMF pushes countries to dis mantle trade and investment rules, as well as raise interest rates in order to lower inflation. The removal of regulations that might limit supposition has greatly increased great investment in developing country financial markets. More than $1. 5 trillion crosses borders every day.This outstanding is short-term, unstable, and puts countries at the whim of financial speculators. The Mexican 1995 peso crisis was partly a result of these IMF policies. Impact of Structural reforms on developing countries and its evaluation Those developing countries that have experienced the superlative economic successes in recent decades have violated many of the central precepts of structural adjustment. They have saved certain parts of their economy, and they have maintained an active governmental role in economic planning.A follow-up of policies sponsored by the IMF illustrated the basic failure of structural adjustment. Countries undergoing such structural adjustment experienced stagnating g rowth rates and saw their foreign debt nearly double-dramatic evidence of failure, since reducing foreign debt is one of ESAFs ostensible purposes. As per reports, the deuce regions with the most structural adjustment experience, per capital income has stagnated (Latin America) or collapsed (Africa, where per capita income dropped more than 20 percent between 1980 and 1997). The vehemence on exports tends to be socially disruptive, especially in rural areas.Poor subsistence farmers frequently find their economic activity described as nonproductive, and experience land pressures from expanding agribusinesses, timber companies and mines. Pushed off their land, they frequently join the ranks of the urban unemployed, or move onto previously unsettled, and frequently environmentally fragile, lands. Structural adjustment has generally contributed to rising income and wealth variety in the developing countries, a fact tacitly acknowledged by both recently retired IMF Managing music dire ctor Michel Camdessus and World Bank President James Wolfensohn.Consider the Asian meltdown caused in large part by South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, which was caused by heavy reliance on short-term foreign loans. When it became apparent that hidden enterprises in those nations would not be able to meet their payment obligations, international currency markets panicked. Currency traders sought to transfigure their Asian money into dollars, and the Asian currencies plummeted. That made it harder for the Asian countries to pay their loans, and it made imports suddenly very expensive.The IMFs usual policy of countries not meeting their balance of payments due to increased value imports and reduced exports was reapplied here. Treating the Asian Financial crisis like other situations, IMF made arrangements for loans to enable these countries to payoff their debts. But IMF placed the condition that the countries would draw the structural adjustment policie s. But they failed to understand that the Asian crisis condition differed from this situation.Like, even though Asian countries did not run budget deficits, they were compelled to restrict government spending which further deepened their slowdown. The Fund failed to manage an orderly footslog over of short-term loans to long-term loans, which was most needed and it forced governments, including in South Korea and Indonesia to guarantee private debts owed to foreign creditors. In retrospect, even the IMF would admit that it made things worse in Asia. Malaysia stood out as a country that refused IMF assistance and advice.Instead of further opening its economy, Malaysia imposed capital controls, in an effort to eliminate bad trading in its currency While the IMF mocked this approach when fasten oned, the Fund later admitted that it succeeded. Malaysia generally suffered less disgustful economic problems than the other countries embroiled in the Asian financial crisis. Considering e xample of Pakistan, Pakistan is among the most frequent users of IMF loans, having borrowed IMF money 12 times since 1980.However, 10 of these programmes were abandoned midway due to Pakistans failure to fully adopt the IMFs policy recommendations. Undue US interference, inadequate political analysis capacities within the IMF, inappropriate sequencing and over-ambitious agendas addicted the short loan durations were the main reasons . For example, Pakistan was advised to reduce import duties before it developed alternative tax revenue measures to cover the ensuing tax revenue shortfalls.This increased Pakistans public debt significantly as it had to borrow to cover the resulting fiscal deficits. However, Pakistan must partly share the blame since it accepted the loan conditions. Same happened with for many African countries, which lack both the technical capacities to analyse the IMF conditions and alternative financing options The IMFs structural adjustment prescriptions for cou ntries scummy through the Asian financial crisis were roundly denounced, including by many conservative and mainstream economists and opinion makers.The widespread blame of the Fund undermined its political credibility. The IMF response has been to make some minor concessions in making its documents more publically available, limiting its demands that countries liberalize their capital markets (including by allowing unlimited trade in their currency, and permitting foreign investors to invest in domestic stocks and bonds without restriction), and increasing its rhetorical commitment to paying attention to poverty in its structural adjustment programs.But the financial crisis, aggravated due to IMFsstructural policy, had alreadyled to massive sympathetic suffering. IMF suicides became common among workers who lost their jobs and dignity. In Indonesia, the worst pee-pee country, poverty rates rose from an official level of 11 percent before the crisis to 40 to 60 percent in varyi ng estimates. GDP declined by 15 percent m one year. IMF policies exacerbated the economic meltdown in countries hit by the Asian financial crisis.Mandated reductions in government spending worsen the Asian nations recessions and depressions. And the forced elimination of price controls and subsidies for the poor imposed enormous costs of the lowest income stratas. In Indonesia, food and gasoline prices rose 25 to 75 percent overnight or in the billet of a few days. Although most developing countries are in need of fundamental reform along the general economic principles advocated by the IMF, the problem lies with the particulars of the IMF reform agenda.Thus as per the latest records, most successful eastern United States Asian countries have adopted IMFs principles but have utilized very different precise tools which preserve long-term development, unlike IMF-recommended tools. Instead of widespread immediate privatization, China initially introduced managerial inducement sy stems in agriculture and industry. This boosted Chinese productivity without the massive economic ruin that the IMF-advised mass-scale privatization caused in Russia in the 1990s.In fact, no developing country sticking entirely to the IMF approaches has achieved the type of success achieved by East Asian countries. Towards growth- and development-oriented fiscal and monetary policies A more development-oriented macroeconomic policy stance is necessary in order to perplex the quantum leap in resources that LICs need to finance large-scale new investments in economic and social infrastructure, which includes the specific MDG (Millennium Development Goals) goals in the health and education sectors, and job creation.Progress on poverty reduction and basic human development has historically required, and continues to require, such a critical degree of spending and investment in the domestic economy. In order to support the achievement of the MDGs, IMF policies need to change Support of active use of fiscal policy to for public investments and public spending to build essential economic and social infrastructures. Future revenues judge from the investment should pay off the debt that the government initially incurred. The IMF should encourage more expansionary monetary options that better enable domestic firms and consumers to access affordable credit for expanding production, employment, and increased contributions to the domestic tax base. Monetary policy should consequently maintain low real interest rates, rather than ineffectively trying to keep inflation low with high interest rates which dampen aggregate demand and growth prospects. The IMF should permit the regulation of the capital account to confront the continuous inflow, as well as outflow, of private capital from national economies, i. e. capital flight. Now the question lies, whether the IMF is actually concerned about sustainable development? If yes, then the emphasis should not be on IMF pushing the countries to adopt its structural policies in exchange of the debt funds. Instead, IMFs influence and power call for to be reduced so it has less say over developing country policies.

Analyzing Fiction Essay

In Where are you going, where have you been, this story makes me frustrated with the main parting Connie. She comes off to me as an immature little girl who wants to live the life of a mature wo human being, notwithstanding when faced with earthly concern she is still just a little girl. I matt-up Connie feels the need to surface or act a different person when she leaves her house and in a sense lives a double life and has two personalities. In the story the author writes, She wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked one appearance when she was at home and another way when she was out-of-door from home (Oates 325). This was an example of how Connie lived this double life. Connie made herself genuinely vulnerable when she goes out with Eddie and exposes herself as a woman when she is not. What I feel is significant about this enchantment of literature is the story that is being told and the reality behind it.Many young girls face this kind of reality everyday and dont have a good outcome. The authors intention in the story was to demo a little girl named Connie and show her struggle with adolescence and wanting to become a woman furthest too fast. The themes that stand out to me in this story are Connies constant fantasizing and daydreaming. She is always disturbed about her appearance and fantasizing about boys, but when it comes down to the reality of actually engaging and being confronted with a man, she reverts to being a child again. Another theme that stands out to me is Connie leaving herself extremely vulnerable. She has her friends dad give the axe them off at a shopping plaza, but sneaks off to a drive in to pull together boys. Then she meets with Eddie and hangs out in an alley.This exposes her to Arnold Friend. She portrays herself with a lot of independence, but when she has the confrontation with him at her house, she tries to scare him away with saying, But my fathers coming back. Hes coming to get me (Oates 330). She says this beca use she is still a little girl and doesnt quite know how to handle this situation. The reality of this type of story is what makes this hang on of literature valuable.The author wrote a story about a young girl wanting to grow up too fast and puts herself in situations that portrays her independence, but then exposes her vulnerability. As a reader, I felt this story is a reality for many young girls. I think the authors goal here was to reserve the reader to see what many young girls face and how easy it is to be manipulated by a man who has aggressive attributes. It was very creepy for this man to know everything about Connie when they were never formally introduced, but Connies appearance led him to believe she was open to her sexuality than what she really was or could handle.ReferencesOates, Joyce Carol. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been. Lit. Eds. Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell. capital of Massachusetts Wadsworth, 2012. 325-331. Print