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Comparative Analysis of the German and American Business Cultures

As a soon to be graduate holding bachelor degrees in both Management Information Systems and German, I recently began to ponder in more detail how exactly my degrees would work together in my career. How could my understanding of the German culture work along side my knowledge of business processes and information systems? After studying a semester in Germany and working on several international project groups the answer to this question was very clear. My understanding of the German culture not only assisted me in understanding my German Mitarbeitern, but also my French, Spanish, Polish, etc. associates. Although one could write unending volumes on the analysis, integration, history, etc. of cultures, it is my intent to write about that which I know the most about; the German and American business cultures.

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Posted: , Words: ~2300, Reading Time: 11 min
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Biblical Christian Similitude and the effects of Contemporary Victorian Ideals in Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market”

Throughout the centuries narratives have been used to instruct, entertain, and to uplift the soul. The many Christian themed poems and narratives of the Victorian period are no exception to this pattern. Christina Rossetti’s poetic narrative, “Goblin Market,” bases itself upon and often mirrors biblical Christian motifs such as temptation, sin, grace and redemption; however, in the final lines of the poem, “Goblin Market” escapes from its similitude to the Christian narrative through the altering of the traditional Christ-like figure to a female savior. This alteration mirrors Rossetti’s society’s contemporary Victorian ideal of the female being the “angel in the home.”

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Posted: , Words: ~1700, Reading Time: 8 min

Symbolism and Meaning of “A Poison Tree”

William Blake’s “A Poison Tree” basically uses two symbols (an apple and a tree) to relate its meaning. The tree represents the growing anger in the speaker’s heart against his enemy and the apple represents the “fruit” of that anger, an action, in the poem, murder. Blake uses the poem to teach the reader that, just as Christ teaches, we should forgive our friends as well as our enemies and that we should not hold grudges.

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Posted: , Words: ~800, Reading Time: 4 min

Analysation of Chapter Six in Cannibals All!

Nota Bene: This essay was written my second semester of university. In this time I wasn’t a Christian and hadn’t been exposed to many different ideas and cultures. 2018 Michael would have written a very different essay. That being said, 2003 Michael is still worth studying. 2003 Michaels still exist in the South. I am proof they are willing and able to enter into discourse and change their minds if we give them the chance. May God make it so!

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Posted: , Words: ~1100, Reading Time: 5 min

Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ist eine sehr wichtige Person für die deutsche Sprache. Durch ihn war die deutsche Literatur zur Moderne und allgemeine Geltung angetrieben. Er ist der „Shakespeare“ der deutschen Sprache.

Von seinem Gebornen in Frankfurt a.M. bis sein Tod in Weimer in 1832 hat Goethe viele Gedichte geschrieben. Goethes bekanntest Gedicht, am wenigstens in Amerika, ist die „Erlkönig“. „Erlkönig“ ist ein Gedicht über einen Vater und seinen Sohn. Die Beide „reiten durch Nacht und Wind“. Das Kind ist sehr krank. Er hat Halluzinationen. In die Nacht das Kind sieht den Erlkönig und seine Töchtern. Der Vater sagt dass der Erlkönig ein Traum ist aber das Kind glaubt das nicht. Am Ende ist Goethes Gedicht sehr traurig. Das Kind sterbt weil sein Vater zu langsam nach den Doktor zu gehen ist.

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Posted: , Words: ~300, Reading Time: 2 min

Vanitas, Memento Mori, und Carpe Diem

Die lateinischen Phrasen Vanitas, Memento Mori, und Carpe Diem sind sehr wichtig, besonders wenn Mann über die Zeit während und nach der Pest studiert. Diese Phrasen sind wichtig weil sie viel über die Ausblick und die Grundstimmung der Zeit sagen.

Während und nach der Pest haben viele Menschen über Tod gedacht. Das ist weil Tod so prominent war weil so viele Menschen Krank mit der Pest waren. Die Pest war überall, dafür Tod stand immer gleich vor der Tür. Mann kann dieses Lebensgefühl durch die Kunst und Literatur der Zeit sehen.

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Posted: , Words: ~300, Reading Time: 2 min