Kolkata Knight Riders - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 7 Words: 2224 Downloads: 2 Date added: 2017/09/21 Category Advertising Essay Type Argumentative essay Did you like this example? Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengali: ) (often abbreviated as KKR) is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, and coached by Dav Whatmore. Sourav Ganguly is the teams Icon Player. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (Bengali for We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the recent study done by a UK based brand valuation company, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are ranked as the second most valuable franchise brand at US$46 million. 1] Celebrity co-owner Shahrukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance. [2] They are the only team to have never made the semi-finals. Kolkata Knight Riders is one the 8 franchise teams taking part in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khans Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta. [edit] 2008 IPL Season [edit] Performance The Kolkata Knight Riders had a good beginning to the season by winning their first two matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. Kolkata Knight Riders opening batsman Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in the first match, which is a record for the highest runs ever scored by a batsman in a Twenty-20 match. [3] However, the team started experiencing failures and lost consecutive four matches. The team managed to stage a comeback of sorts by winning next three matches based on strong performances by Sourav Ganguly and Shoaib Akhtar. But their performance dipped again and lost next three matches, which included their match against Mumbai Indians, in which they were bowled out for 67 runs, the lowest score by a team in IPL 2008 season. 4] When their match against Delhi Daredevils was washed out due to rain, they lost any chance of making it to the semifinals. [5] The Knight Riders ended t heir season on a winning note by defeating Kings XI Punjab on their home ground. [edit] Controversy There were reports of a rift between Shahrukh Khan and Sourav Ganguly over various issues such as team composition, Gangulys choice of batting first in the game against Chennai Super Kings, entertainment tax being imposed for atches played at Eden Gardens (Shahrukh reportedly wanted Ganguly to speak to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya about it, which was refused by Ganguly). [6] It was also reported that Shahrukh Khan bestowed more powers to John Buchanan including giving him full powers to select the team for the following year which was not liked by Ganguly. [6] However, the team management issued a statement that the reports of a possible rift are untrue. [7] Shahrukh Khan was further barred by the International Cricket Council Anti-Corruption Unit from entering the dressing room of the team when matches were in progress. Shahrukh Khan then issued a stateme nt that he would be boycotting the remaining matches of the IPL till the code of conduct was clarified by the IPL authorities. [8] There were also speculations that Kolkata Knight Riders will shift its base from Kolkata to Ahmedabad because of the money demanded by the C. A. B. But after a meeting with Jagmohan Dalmiya, Shah Rukh Khan assured everyone that his team will stay in Kolkata. [edit] Financial Financially, the Kolkata Knight Riders were easily the most successful franchise in the IPL, achieving a profit of Rs. 13 crore. 9] [edit] 2009 IPL Season [edit] Players Kolkata Knight Riders was among the least active franchises during the offseason, with no player trades. However, the team signed Mohnish Parmar during the offseason and also re-signed Ajantha Mendis to a long term deal. The most notable personnel move for Knight Riders came during the 2009 IPL Auction, where the team signed Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza. [edit] Controversy The rift between Sourav Ganguly a nd Shahrukh Khan took a new turn as Ganguly was removed from the captaincy in the 11th hour and replaced by Brendon McCullum. Rumours are that John Buchanan wanted Ganguly out. First, he floated a series of theories discussing multiple-captains before Ganguly was removed. Soon thereafter, a blog popped up on the web whose author is an anonymous blogger, who claims to be a member of the team and seems determined to reveal every team secret, warts and all. The posts describe what the blogger claims are team meetings, arguments between staff and team members, post-match parties and pre-match strategy. [10] [edit] Cheer Leaders They were the first team in IPL to select their cheer leaders by a talent hunt show called Knights and Angels, judged by Sourav Ganguly and Guest Star and hosted by Bollywood actor Purab Kohli. However, the winning team did not get a chance to perform at games during the 2009 season since local authorities only allowed South African cheerleaders to be used. [edit] Livery KKR Merchandise The logo of the team consists of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) has been created by Vishal-Shekhar duo. [11] A Knight Rider album with several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri will also be created. [12] The tag line of the team is All the Kings Men. [11] The teams official colours are purple and gold. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. [11] The team also has a mascot named Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers. The name is a pun on the river Hooghly. The name Knight Riders has been chosen keeping in view the kids and the youth. [11] [edit] Players A group of men standing, wearing black t-shirts and blue faded jeans. All of them are looking to the left of the image. The back drop has alternate black and green boxes. Captain Ganguly with other cricketers of the Kolkata Knight Riders team during IPL 2009. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team is the icon player and led the Kolkata franchise. The team also includes all rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, wicket keeper batsmen Brendon McCullum, Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers are Shane Bond, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Bradley Hodge and Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis were bought outside IPL Auction on 2008. On IPL Auction 2009 Team bought Bangladeshi All-Rounder Mashrafe Mortaza. Team also includes Charl Langeveldt who was signed outside of Auction. Due to unavailability of Pakistani players in 2009 KKR had to suspend contract of key performer from the 2008 season Umar Gul. 13][14] On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premis es of poor performance. But there was high media speculation that one or both of them have been caught or strongly suspected of being the Fake IPL Player responsible for the blog which had been creating ripples with inside information on KKR team. Shane Bond is the latest KKR acquisition after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk, Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Akhtar for IPL III. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Their international players for the 2010 season are Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah Chris Gayle. [edit] Current squad THE KNIGHTS view †¢ talk †¢ edit Batsmen * 03 England Owais Shah * 09 India Manoj Tiwary * 18 Australia Brad Hodge * 25 India Cheteshwar Pujara * India Abbas Ali * India Harsh Khadiwale * India Chirag Pathak All Rounders * 01 India Sourav Ganguly (C) * 06 India Laxmi Ratan Sh ukla * 08 Australia David Hussey * 10 India Mandeep Singh * 27 India Rohan Gavaskar 45 Jamaica Chris Gayle * 69 Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews * India Ganapathi Vignesh * India Harpreet Singh Wicket Keepers * 33 India Wriddhiman Saha * 42 New Zealand Brendon McCullum Bowlers * 02 India Ashok Dinda * 11 India Murali Kartik * 13 India Ajit Agarkar * 19 India Iqbal Abdullah * 29 India Ishant Sharma * 34 New Zealand Shane Bond * 40 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis * 40 Bangladesh Mashrafe Bin Mortaza * 67 South Africa Charl Langeveldt * India Eklakh Ahmed * India Varun Aaron * India Mohnish Parmar * India Jaydeb Unadkat Support Staff * Head Coach: AustraliaDav Whatmore Assistant Coach: IndiaVijay Dahiya * Bowling Consultant: Pakistan Wasim Akram * Physiotherapist: Australia Andrew Leipus * Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux Former Players * Pakistan Umar Gul * Pakistan Salman Butt * Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez * Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar * Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu * Australia Ricky Ponting * Australia Mo ises Henriques * South Africa Morne van Wyk * India Akash Chopra * India Sanjay Bangar From the Website * Squad * Coaching Staff * Team Blogs * Cricket Corner [edit] Administration * Owners Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla Jai Mehta (Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. * CEO — Joy Bhattacharya[15] [edit] Fixtures and results [edit] Overall results Summary of results Wins Losses No Result % Win Position 2008 6 7 1 45% 6 2009 3 10 1 21% 8 2010 7 7 0 50% 6[16] Total 16 24 2 40% [edit] 2008 season Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Fixtures No. Date Opponent Venue Result 1 18 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 140 runs, MoM New Zealand Brendon McCullum – 158* (73) 2 20 April Deccan Chargers Kolkata Won by 5 wickets, MoM – Australia David Hussey – 38* 3 26 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 9 wickets 4 29 April Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 7 wickets 1 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 45 runs 6 3 May Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 9 runs 7 8 Ma y Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won by 5 runs, MoM – India Sourav Ganguly – 20 (22) and 1/7 (3 overs) 8 11 May Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Won by 23 runs, MoM – India Sourav Ganguly – 91 (57), 2/25 (4 overs) and 2 catches 9 13 May Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 23 runs, MoM – Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar – 4/11 (3 overs) 10 16 May Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 8 wickets 11 18 May Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 3 runs (decided by D/L method due to rain interruption) 12 20 May Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Lost by 6 wickets 3 22 May Delhi Daredevils Delhi Match abandoned due to rain 14 25 May Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 3 wickets, MoM – Pakistan Umar Gul – 4/23 (4 overs) and 24 (11) [edit] 2009 season Kolkata Knight Riders IPL2 Fixtures Date Opponent Venue Result 19 April Deccan Chargers Cape Town Lost by 8 wickets 21 April Kings XI Punjab Durban Won by 11 runs (D/L Method), MoM – West Indies Cricket Board Chris Gayle â €“ 44* (26) 23 April Rajasthan Royals Port Elizabeth Lost by 3 runs in Super Over 25 April Chennai Super Kings Cape Town Match abandoned due to intermittent rain 27 April Mumbai Indians Port Elizabeth Lost by 92 runs 29 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Lost by 5 wickets 1 May Mumbai Indians Durban Lost by 9 runs 3 May Kings XI Punjab East London Lost by 6 wickets 5 May Delhi Daredevils Durban Lost by 9 wickets 10 May Delhi Daredevils Johannesburg Lost by 7 Wickets 12 May Royal Challengers Bangalore Pretoria Lost by 6 wickets 16 May Deccan Chargers Port Elizabeth Lost by 6 wickets 18 May Chennai Super Kings Pretoria Won by 7 wickets MoM- Australia Bradley Hodge 71*(44) 20 May Rajasthan Royals Durban Won by 4 wickets MoM- India Laxmi Shukla 48*(46) [edit] 2010 season Kolkata Knight Riders IPL2 Fixtures Date Opponent Venue Result 12 March Deccan Chargers Navi Mumbai Won by 11 runs MoM- Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews 65*(46) 14 March Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won b y 7 wickets MoM- India Manoj Tiwary 50(29) 16 March Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 55 runs 20 March Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Lost by 34 runs 22 March Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 7 wickets 27 March Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 39 Runs MoM- India Manoj Tiwary 75(47) 29 March Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 40 Runs April Deccan Chargers Kolkata Won by 24 Runs MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 88(54) 4 April Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Lost by 8 wickets 7 April Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 14 runs MoM- India Sourav Ganguly 56 (46) 10 April Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Lost by 7 wickets 13 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 9 wickets 17 April Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Won by 8 wickets MoM- India Jaydev Unadkat (3/26) 19 April Mumbai Indians Kolkata Won by 9 wickets MoM- India Murali Kartik( 2 catches and 2 wickets ) [edit] References 1. ^ Brand IPL touches the sky . ^ Kolkata Knight Riders is richest in IPL. brandfinance. com. https://www. brandfinance. com/Uploads/pdfs/JB IPL070509. pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 3. ^ McCullums record 158 leads rout. Cricinfo. com. https://content-www. cricinfo. com/ci/content/story/346913. html. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 4. ^ Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Mumbai. Cricinfo. com. https://content-www. cricinfo. com/ci/content/team/335971. html. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 5. ^ All over for Knight Riders in 2008 Post Kotla washout, even a win in last match won’t be enough. The Telegraph. https://www. telegraphindia. com/1080523/jsp/sports/story_9309469. jsp. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 6. ^ a b All is not well between SRK and Ganguly. The Economic Times. https://economictimes. indiatimes. com/PoliticsNation/Rift_between_SRK_and_Ganguly/articleshow/3058154. cms. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 7. ^ No rift between Shah Rukh and Ganguly: Knight Riders. The Hindu. https://www. hinduonnet. com/holnus/007200805211821. htm. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 8. ^ SRK says he will boycott remaining matches of IPL. 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A partnership agreement is said to be an agreement, which is entered into by two or more persons, companies, or other entities agree to carry on a business together with an objective to earn profit. The statutory definition of partnership has been laid down under the Partnership Act of Australia. Section 4 of the statute defines partnership as a relation that exists between two or more persons who carries on a common business with the motive of earning profit as observed in the case of Cox v. Hickman. However, the relationship that subsists between an association and an incorporated company does not constitute a partnership agreement. The persons who enter into a partnership agreement are called partners (John Gimes Partnership Ltd v. Gubbins [2013]. The partners together are known as firm and the name under which the partnership business is carried on is called the firm name. 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The shareholders shall not be held liable for the breach of the directorial duties. However, any member of a company may bring legal action against the director committing breach of the duties with the prior approval of the court (Huggins, Simnett and Hargovan 2015). In the given case, Betty was a director of the Dominos Australia Ltd and her husband Will is the sole director of the Pizza Plus Pty Ltd. Betty introduced pizza delivery by drone which proved to be successful. She secretly gave the details of the drone delivery to her husband and consequently the sales of Pizza Plus Pty Ltd increased gradually. However, a customer named Jill was seriously injured because of the drone. Here, Will the director of the Pizza Plus Pty Ltd, is liable for the commission of breach of exercising the duty of care and negligence as stated under section 180(1) of the Corporations Act (Langford, Ramsay and Welsh 2015). The directors of a company must discharge their directorial duties by exercising due care and diligence that any prudent person would exercise if he were the director of the company. Now, Will relied on the information about the drone from his wife Betty who was a director of the Dominos Australia Ltd. Will failed to exercise proper care towards its customers. Section 180(2) of the Corporations Act signifies the Business Judgment Rule. The significance of the rule is that a director is considered to have fulfilled the requisites of the duty of care and negligence while making business decisions. While making the decisions the directors must make such decision for the benefit of the company. In case the director commits a breach of his duty of care and diligence, he shall be entitled to civil penalties provided under the Corporations Act. The civil penalties include fines and the director shall be entitled to pay compensatory damages. The business judgment rule is applicable only in case of the directors duty to exercise care and diligence (Varzaly 2015). Betty is a shareholder of the Pizza Plus Pty Ltd and the breach committed by Will shall not make Betty entitled to penalties or pay damages. As it is a well established law that the directors owe their duties to the company and such duties shall not be extended to the individual shareholders. In case, the Director commits a violation of their directorial duties, the company shall become liable. The shareholders shall not be held liable for the breach of the directorial duties (Hedges et al. 2016). In the mentioned case, Jill who sustained serious injuries because of the drone is entitled to bring a legal action against the company Pizza Plus Pty Ltd under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010(Cth). The directors of a company who commits a breach of the provisions laid down under the act becomes personally liable (Whish and Bailey 2015). Hence, Will being the sole Director of the company would become personally liable for failing to provide adequate consumer protection. Reference List Barker, R., 2016. The Duties and Liabilities of DirectorsGetting the Balance Right.The Handbook of Board Governance: A Comprehensive Guide for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Board Members, p.249. Chen, Z., Li, O.Z. and Zou, H., 2016. Directors? and officers? liability insurance and the cost of equity.Journal of Accounting and Economics,61(1), pp.100-120. Corones, S.G., 2014.Competition law in Australia. Thomson Reuters Australia, Limited. Hanrahan, P.F., Ramsay, I. and Stapledon, G.P., 2013. Commercial applications of company law. Harris, J., Hargovan, A. and Adams, M.A., 2013.Australian corporate law(Vol. 2). LexisNexis Butterworths. Hedges, J., Bird, H.L., Gilligan, G., Godwin, A. and Ramsay, I., 2016. An Empirical Analysis of Public Enforcement of Directors Duties in Australia: Preliminary Findings. 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The instance when Mina drinks from Draculas breast is the strongest example of this; where the reader to this point is accustomed to Dracula doing the ?biting?, and suddenly Mina has the power to penetrate a male. Both Lucy and Mina, when they carry out a relationship with Dracula, become sexual beings, as opposed to when they are mortals and are forced to obey the social boundaries of their society. By expressing this sexuality, they become threatening to the men. Mina is intelligent, and despite the strong aversion she has to the ?New Woman? or the ?Modern Woman?, she is, in fact, a sort of modern woman; connected with modern ways, a schoolteacher with secretarial skills, she possesses a ?mans brain?. It is this very brain which is ultimately used to aid in Drac ulas downfall. Lucy, on the other hand, is presented as the temptress at the very start of the novel. Stoker presents her as exhibiting personality traits potentially dangerous in women. She is ever the tease, falling into the traditional female role more than Mina ever did. Her vanity and superficiality is shown very clearly in a letter to Mina: ?THREE proposals in one day! Isnt it awful! But, for goodness sake, dont tell any of the girls, or they would be getting all sorts of extravagant ideas and imagining themselves injured and slighted if in their very first day at home they did not get six at least. Some girls are so vain? (Stoker, 57). As a mortal, Lucy is already a sexual being- her transformation into a vampire only accentuates her seductiveness, making her a threat to the men. She becomes everything she wasnt in life; maternal, mature, cunning, sly. When the vampiric Lucy is approached by Holmwood in her tomb, his intent to destroy, she tries to seduce him (and he finds he r hard to resist), to get him to protect her from the others. In the eyes of the men, she has become a ?monster? as well, and their desire for her is manifested in their obsession with destroying her. Lucys unmanageable sexual penetration is presented as inherently evil because it threatens fixed gender distinctions (Signorottii, 623). Jonathon, Van Helsing, Seward and Holmwood are all overwhelmingly and unavoidably attracted to the vampires, and to sexuality in general. Fearing this, they both displace this attraction and justify their hostile reaction to it by projecting the attraction onto the female vampires (with the rationale that it is not themselves who want the vampires, it is the vampires who want them), and using religion to justify the murders (Roth, 415). The men refuse admit to this attraction, because what they are attracted to poses such a threat to their manhood. Vampires are allowed to show their sexuality in a much more explicit manner than the ?living?. One of the three vampire women who attempt to feed form Jonathon in Draculas castle exhibits this with surprising directness: ?He is young and strong; there are kisses for us all? (Stoker, 42). ?The vampire women offer immediate sexual gratification a tempting alternative to the socially imposed delays and frustrations of Jonathons relationship with the chaste and somewhat sexless Mina? (Wasson, 389). During Minas transformation, she becomes a much more dangerous threat to the men. Her ?mans brain? is now being used to Draculas advantage. Furthermore, Dracula is able to give his women, Mina being no exception, what Jonathon could never give; knowledge, power, sexuality, lust. 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Dracula uses Mina as a link to the mind of England- the new territory he plans on colonizing because his parasitic existence has used up the people and land of Transylvania. Draculas best chance for survival now lies in the West, where technology, reason, and progressive democratic ideals prevail. Minas skills as a teacher and her ability to type and write in shorthand give Dracula an inside link to this new territory (Wasson, 387). In fact, Draculas reason for ?expanding? into England is to create a race of female vampires equipped with masculine qualities (Craft, 448). In their quest to ext erminate Dracula, Mina becomes the intermediary link to Van Helsing and the other men. Van Helsing uses her by hypnotizes her to gain access to Draculas mind and find his weaknesses. She tells Van Helsing that ?you can hypnotize me and so learn that which even I myself to not know? (Stoker, 284?). Mina and Draculas psychic bond is exploited by Draculas ultimate destroyers to attain their goal of both eliminating Dracula- this creature who has sexually liberated ?their? women- and saving Mina (Signorotti, 626). Lucy is never used as such, nor is she as threatening as Mina is, mostly because Lucy never possessed the aggressive, masculine attributes that Mina did. True, Lucy has the sexual strength that Dracula wants in a companion, and both Mina and Lucy evoke the sensuality and maternity which Draculas brides do not, it is ultimately Minas intelligence, rationale, and ability to adapt to modern life that allow her to live. Lucy dies because she is a rough draft of Draculas ideal comp anion. Draculas experiment with Lucy reveals unpleasant results of a woman fighting to break free of the traditional gender roles, whereas his experiment with Mina produces a much more satisfying outcome (Signorotti, 624). Mina is viewed more as Draculas equal, and he believes this perfection has been attained. However, Dracula did not count on Minas strengths to be used against him in anyway, and is it the very ?mans brain? which attracts Dracula to Mina that causes his destruction. English Essays

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Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as a Dystopian Work      Ã‚   For years, Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" has been primarily viewed as a work of simple satire. Twain, desiring to poke fun at a group of America's cultural critics, chief among them Matthew Arnold, who claimed that cultural life in the U.S. treaded on shallow soil, takes aim at the venerated institutions of Britain. The author attempts to show that his country's lack of romanticized social structures, meaning an absence of royalty, the Catholic church, and long-dead knights and princesses, was far from a cultural weakness. Twain explodes the myth around idealized chivalric society and proves it to be no match for the Nineteenth Century man.    The book follows Twain's protagonist Hank Morgan, a pragmatist and the author's model of self-made, turn-of-the-century industrialist, through a time travel jump that lands him in Sixth Century England, specifically at the fabled Camelot. Here Hank, through ingenuity and entrepreneurial vigor, quickly ascends to the top of the socio-political structure of King Arthur's Court. What's more, Twain takes great pains in ridiculing both the role of the church in England and the ignoble position and lack of intelligence of the ruling royalty. He also pokes fun at the romanticizing of English culture during this period by illustrating the prostrate and dependent nature of the British aristocratic system -- a system void of democratic mechanism.    As a work of social satire, the beginning of the novel is fairly successful. At the outset of the work, Twain accomplishes what must have been his original task.    "The opening chapters, the direct attack, the... ...mbolic of American innocence and the Morgan and his machines of destruction as symbols of capitalism and industrialization, the novel becomes not chaotic literary failure, but dystopian science fiction popularized in the Twentieth Century. Where Huxley and others predicted enslavement to technology, Twain asserts that innocence and naivetà © have no place in and will be wiped out by modern society. His final analysis is that they cannot coexist.    Works Cited Bellamy, Gladys Carmen. Mark Twain as a Literary Artist. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950.   DeVoto, Benard. Mark Twain's America. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: P.F. Collier and Son Company, 1889. Wagenknecht, Edward. Mark Twain: The Man and His Work. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1935.

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Edith Wharton quite deliberately brings together human emotion and the environment in her novella Ethan Frome. The characters are circumscribed by the environment in which they exist and the impossibility of escape from the environmental forces of nature, heredity and place shape the characters of the text. A moment of hope arises as Mattie and Ethan walk home together from the dance and a more romantic sense of possibility emerges. The reader is drawn to the love of Ethan and Mattie quite subtly – it grows almost organically from innocent moments shared and this is perhaps why the reader does not see their ‘affair’ as adulterous. We share the hope that glimmers in the bleak cold that is Starkfield and its characters. Ethan’s sensitivity reflects an important aspect of his character that is shown to us in this section. His intelligence and the study in Worcester has exacerbated his isolation within the Starkfield community. Harmon Gow’s ironic observation that ‘most of the smart one’s got away’ heightens the reader’s perception that Ethan is trapped. The ‘appeal of natural beauty’ suggests a connection with the landscape that is romantic in its conception. Ethan ‘communes’ with the environment and is able to see beyond the harshness in a way that the frame narrator cannot. The fact that he feels this appreciation of beauty as a silent and solitary emotion typifies the lack of communication within his world. Similarly, the night walks of Mattie and Ethan become moments of ‘communion’. Wharton’s choice of diction suggests that their relationship is more than a response to the physical harshness of the environment or repressed emotions – the ‘sweetness of this communion’ implies a genuine meeting of souls and minds that transcends the physical. The fact that Mattie’s ‘spirit†¦ trembled with the same touch of wonder’ is inspiring for Ethan and the reader is encouraged to view the relationship as one of purity and innocence rather than adulterous. Wharton uses the environment as the meeting point for the lovers’ ‘wonder’ – looking up to the stars (an image often synonymous with dreams and hope) or across the fields. It is interesting to note the descriptive language Wharton uses to describe Ethan’s vision when he is with Mattie. The sunset is red with ‘cloud flocks over slopes of golden stubble’ with strong ‘blue hemlocks’ – the intensity of the colours reflect the intensity of his emotions and contrast with the blank, barren whiteness that has characterised descriptions of Starkfield up to this point. It is as if Mattie, whose surname sparkles with colour, transforms the landscape and Ethan sees the world anew when he is with her. His masculine ego is hinted at by Wharton in the admiration Mattie displays for his knowledge of the environment. We have been encouraged to view him as the powerless and emasculated husband, browbeaten by a shrewish wife. Mattie inspires a sense of manhood within him. This is interestingly displayed at the moment of crisis when the pickle dish is shattered as Ethan takes control and feels the ‘thrilling sense of mastery’ as he reassembles the dish. The symbolic nature of the dish representing the marriage of Ethan to Zeena is shattered and Ethan is liberated by the moment – however fleetingly. Wharton suggests that Mattie and Ethan are closely (and perhaps idealistically) suited to each other – she describes their walks as a ‘communion’. Mattie’s description of the landscape looking as it had been painted strikes a deep chord within Ethan and he feels that Mattie is able to articulate ‘his secret soul’. The closeness and intensity of their relationship is perhaps understated – depicted in the language of the environment rather than through eloquent dialogue. Wharton often plays upon Ethan’s lack of eloquence to show the difficulty he has in expressing his emotions.

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Process for Eligibility of Transplant experienced It should be noted that organ transplant can only be considered as an option when medications and surgery has failed to manage the failure and the progression of the particular organ. In such situations, the transplant is then considered as a treatment option. However, before one is placed on the transplant list for any organ transplant, they must undergo a careful screening process (Winters, 2004). The process involves a review by diversity of professionals comprising of the doctors, nurses, social workers, and the bioethics. This team reviews the patients medical history and carries out a psychosocial evaluation to find out if the patient is able to survive the particular organ transplant procedure. They also find out the possibility of the patient complying with the recommended continuous care after the transplant (Winters, 2004). Tissue typing is also done during the evaluation to identify genetic markers on white blood cells. Other blood tests are also done to determine the compatibility of the pair. The evaluation of the patients support system is also done for clinic follow-ups and the subsequent medical care. Once the person passes this screening test, he/she is then placed on the waiting list until a matching donor becomes available (Winters, 2004). During this time, the patient will closely be monitored by the health care team to keep the organ failure in control. Once a matching organ is obtained, the transplant then takes place (Winters, 2004). Health and Emotional Risks of Transplants While transplant surgery is a cure for some patients, it has comes along with both health and emotional risks. Many survivors and caregivers experiences problems such as fatigue which is common medical condition for transplant. Almost all survivors feel weak exhausted and slow during recovery. Another common problem with survivors is anxiety which normally occur because most of them are always either worried or afraid of their condition. The patients are normally worried that they may return to their original state (Center for Bioethics, 2004). The specific risks related to transplant include; Organ acquisition related stress: In most cases, patients with organ related complications seem to believe that an appropriate donor must have died for them to secure an organ. Studies have also found out that in cases where the recipient dies, the donor may be stressed up by the feeling of a total loss.Secon is alcoholic addiction related stress. Because of the overwhelming temptation to take alcohol, alcoholic addicts waiting for organ transplant always find it difficult having to battle with the temptation. They may find it extremely difficult to maintain sobriety while abstaining as per the medication requirement. The third emotional issue is related to obtaining the organ from a living donor. The process of recovery after one donates an organ may in some cases be longer than expected.Some donors also develop complications after surgery. It is also common among the recipients to have a feeling of owing the donor.In cases where the transplant results into any surgical complication, the recipient may begin feeling feel guilty for having caused these problems. A donor who assisted a person whose situation was caused by drug abuse may be very sensitive to seeing the person drinking again. Forth issue is related to pregnancy after organ transplantation. This is normally experienced by the women patients who are still in their child bearing age. Such women normally worry about their ability to become pregnant and the effect the anti rejection may have on their unborn child. This is even more complicated among those who are barred from conceiving by the doctor. Fifth is the effect of transplant on children. In most cases, a child who has gone through organ planting may require mare limits in their behavior than is the case with normal children. These may affect their self esteem especially when they dont understand why their behavior is being restricted (Center for Bioethics, 2004). Organ transplant may also result into stressful relationships especially if it results into a long term illness. Adolescent patients who want to be independent may be stressed from having to depend on others. Finally, there are also a number of physical changes that are usually experienced by most organ transplant patients. The changes which may include weight gain, fluid retention and rounded face may cause mood swing and the emotional changes which are difficult to predict and harder to deal with (Center for Bioethics, 2004). Laws against Organ Sale Various policy makers in this field have argued that with proper regulative mechanisms, organ sales can be beneficial for both the patient and the donor. The most often sited argument in favor of organ transplant is that it helps the patients to live longer and healthy lives. The disparity in the low supply of organs for transplant has promulgated legislation and case laws. The laws seek to regulate the sale of the organs and to help establish equitable national system of how to best allocate the organs. The laws were promulgated to address a variety of medical, legal and moral issues involved in organ donation and transplantation (Fredrick, 2010). They include; The revised Uniform Anatomic Gift Act of 1987. The Act prohibited the sale of human organs and tissues with the exception of blood, sperms or human eggs. Another Act is the National Organ Transplant Act which expressly forbade selling human organs across state lines. The act made the sale of organs a federal crime. It prohibited the payments to those who provided the organs for transplantation. Though, it was designed to prevent the sale from the living donors, it also prevented the possibility of individuals selling the right to harvest their organs after their deathh . The third law is the Patent Self-Determination Act of 1991 that established the issue of donor cards. The cards can not be issued to those who are under the age of 18 years. It therefore made it difficult for them to donate organs. Elsewhere the Transplantation of Human Organ Act passed in India in 1994 made the sale of organs a punishable offence. Reasons why Organ Transplant can be Beneficial Organ sales would save peoples lives. Various proponents of organ transplant have argued that there is no reason for people to die if there is a way of saving them. Legalizing organ sales is also the most efficient measure of increasing the organ supply. Heather argued that the patients have the right to regain normal life. Secondly legalizing the sale of organs will discourage the existing black market (Heather, 2003). These practice has led to killing of people like was witnessed in China in 1998 when smugglers were found with 50 freshly harvested organs from prisoners. Corrupt Chinese officials are also making huge money by selling organs to rich foreigners. Legalizing organ sales will compel the brokers to resort into offering a cheaper alternative to potential recipients. This will enable the patients to save part of their money and while greatly reducing the length of time for which they have to wait. At the same time, it reduces the risk involved in receiving organs through a black market. An example is the case of Malaysia in 1994 when five kidneys purchased from India were found infected with HIV virus (Heather, 2003). Third, legalizing organ sales will also reduce the amount of money the government spend on Medicare and thus help save government money. For example in US dialysis will cause Medicare $240,000 while the patient with a new kidney will only cost $160,000 (Heather, 2003). This will enable the government save money to improve the life of its citizens. Forth, legalizing organ sales would possibly encourage more people to donate the organs. This is because of the possible compensation to the donors for the risk and time involved. Studies have shown that despite the willingness to donate organs by nearly 69% of Americans, the donation is currently merely around 4,000 people annually. Many people confessed that they are afraid of donating their organs to strangers because of the risks involved. Finally legalizing organ sales will protect the individuals right to choose. According to Hither, the decision to assume risk should be made by the individual. 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Summary - Essay Example Ordinarily, the aim of the justice system is to curb crime. For youth offenders, the phrase nip at the bud is more appropriate. However, when these youth offenders go through adult courts and end up in adult prisons the result does not reflect curbing crime. Schiraldi and Ziedenberg report that minors tried in the adult courts tend to regress back to crime compared to those tried by juvenile courts. Studies also show that; all states that allow state prosecutors the discretion to send youth to adult court have higher juvenile crime rates than those that do not. For instance, Florida’s juvenile crime rate is 48% higher than the national average (Hickey, 2012). This crime rates are high because the process of rehabilitation as reported by Schiraldi and Ziedenberg is not adequate. Studies further show that youth sent to juvenile facilities felt that the experience mitigated their onset of criminal life. This is because, in juvenile facilities, the youth offenders feel that they c an change, and this eases rehabilitation. Also, they viewed the facilities personal as understanding which helped them change their attitudes. On the other hand, youths sent to adult prison reported learning more negative behavior such as how to commit new, more aggressive crimes. In such a scenario, one can conclusively say that prison cultivates ground for future crimes. Secondly, the adult prison personal was not as understanding, and they make inmates feel doomed to a life in prison (Hickey, 2012). In addition to these systemic shortcomings of prisons, there are other dangers that the youth experience while in prison. One of the most common dangers is prison rape. Because of their vulnerable state, youth convicts are subject to sexual abuse by older convicts and even the prison personnel. This sexual abuse leads to psychological trauma and self loathing which is not a favorable environment for positive change. The young offenders also face risks such as attacks with weapons that cause injury or death. The result of the attacks is that the individual becomes aggressive and, thereby, resistant to change. The frustrations the youth experience in prison at such a tender age lead to despair. As such, the suicide rate of youths in prison is 7.7 % higher than in juvenile detention centers (Hickey, 2012). Granted, there are crimes that are gruesome and the prosecution got no choice rather than to refer them to adult courts. However, the studies reported by Schiraldi and Ziedenberg indicate that the crimes sent to adult court are so minor they qualify to be misdemeanors. Most of the suspects have no priors, do not commit violence and acknowledge their wrong doings. An excellent example is the case against Anthony Laster, in Florida. Anthony went through wrenching court proceedings for a one time non violent crime because the prosecution referred him to an adult court. Critiques argue that in other states, his issue was a Principals office matter and not even a juve nile offence (Hickey, 2012). As such, utilizing adult justice system on a delinquent in most instances is like shooting a mosquito with a shot gun! Ryder (2011) views juvenile delinquency as a social problem. He argues that, in the wake of the 21st century, parents and the community want to contribute to the rehabilitation of the

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Families in a Global Context - Assignment Example Until the 1990s, the issue of migration of women was discussed largely in the context of sex-trafficking. But globalization has unfolded a new phenomenon of overseas migration of women as job seekers. The book, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy edited by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russel Hochschild (2003) have revealed there is more to this phenomenon than breaking down of cultural barriers caused by communication revolution and relaxation of patriarchal restraints on the mobility of women. Exploring the avenues that lead to this social behavior, the authors have begun with the socio-economic context in which World Bank and IMF- imposed development models have forced third world governments to tighten their economies thereby leaving their citizens no other option than to leave the country to make a living (Ehrenreich, Hochschild, 2003, p.1-5). And what is peculiar about this migration is that â€Å"today half of all the world’s migrants are wo men.†( Ehrenreich, Hochschild, 1993, p.5) and they migrate mostly to take up low paid jobs as maids and nannies. The picture that emerges is that of a new kind of economic asylum seekers who are the refugees of globalization. These women, according to the book, ease a ‘care deficit’ that has emerged in the first world. This ‘care deficit’ was created in the developed world when the majority of women who used to take care of the young, aged and the sick of the society shifted their energies to paid jobs (Parrenas, 2003, p.35). Growing awareness about women’s rights and the pressure exerted by a competitive economy were the key factors behind this change. The middle class of US was finding it difficult to balance their budget without two paychecks. In the US, 65% of mothers of children aged six, are now doing paid work. (Ely, Scully, Foldy, 2003, p.404). As men were not considered sharing the domestic work even in this changed scenario, it was in evitable that substitutes had to be there to do the family scores.  Ã‚  

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Unemployment in black america - Research Paper Example Evidently, it is clear that the employment rates of minority groups are much lower as compared to the employment rate of the white people. Statistics show that black Americans have been particularly affected by this racial bias, as the unemployment rate of these minorities is higher than that of whites and other minorities groups such as American Indians. The consequence of this is that Black Americans continue to wail in poverty while there is notable economic development among the whites. Although educational differences may be the reason for this low employment rate of Black Americans, it is clear that discrimination and ignorance labour laws by organizations are the major reasons for this trend. The issue of unemployment for the Blacks in America has a long history that dates back to the last six decades. In the late 1950s, discrimination was at its highest peak and little had been established to alleviate this discrimination. Discrimination in the employment sector was depicted in various perspectives in the employment sector. First, it was quite hard for a Black American to acquire a job in this region of the world as compared to the whites. Secondly, the Africans were assigned only manual labour that saw them become more of slaves than employees. In terms of wages, they were paid much lower than the whites for similar job positions. For African women, it was rare for them to find a job and only handle domestic chores. The feeling that prevailed is that Black Americans were aliens who did not have equal rights to the whites who were the natives of America. As a result, this minority groups was isolated in the slums and most of them did not afford basic commodities such as food and housing (Nunnally and Niambi 431). The poverty level was very high in the slums where most of the African Americans lived. National statistics conducted in America during this time shows that the unemployment rate in America during this period was double

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Kubla Khan Essay Born in 1772 in Ottery. St., T.S.Coleridge lead a very disquiet life in his early childhood. After his fathers death he was sent to the Christs hospital school. There he had felt a great emotional vacuum, which was the beginning of his continuos ill health. Charles Lamb, his schoolmate, gave us an account of this period affirming that Coleridge was highly imaginative, who sought refuge in reading old romantic tales as well as Homer, Virgil, and Shakespeare. Perhaps the most influential period in Coleridges life was the period when he met Wordsworth in 1795, after he had left Cambridge. It seemed that in the company of Wordsworth, Coleridge found the mental peace, security, and environmental harmony. This had resulted in the sudden flowering of his genius, a sudden release of his creative impulses, and he wrote The Ancient Mariner, The Christable, and Kubla Khan. Much about the composition and subject matter of Kubla Khan can be detected from Coleridges Preface to that poem: This fragment with a good deal more, not recoverable, composed, in a sort of reverie brought on by two grains of opium taken to check a dysentery This fact raises the issue of the drugs effect on the poets creative imagination. Early critics assumed that there was a direct and immediate correlation between opium and imagination. In 1934 M.H. Abrams declared that the great gift of opium to men like Coleridge was to access to a new world as different from this one; and one which is ordinary mortal. According to Elizabeth Schneider, opium can only work on what is already there in a mans mind and memory and if he already has a creative imagination and a tendency to recall dreams and visions. Then opium may intensify and focus his perceptions. This last interpretation seems to be the most acceptable one, because this is what really happens to Coleridge. Before he began to dream he had been reading the following words of the same substance, in Purchass Pilgrimage: Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed within a wall. These words, it is quite apparent, formed the background upon which opium worked, encouraging Coleridges mind for imagination. The effect opium had on Coleridges mind manifests itself while examining the structure of the poem itself. It quite obvious that the third stanza is entirely different from the first two ones, as if was written by a human being whereas the other earlier stanzas seem to had been written by a demon or some divine hand. Coleridge himself confesses that he couldnt revive the interrupted composition of the first two stanzas that were written under the influence of opium, and that when he returned to his writing all the rest had passed away like images on the surface of a stream. Perhaps thats why we find it a fragmentary work, filled with strange, unusual imagery, and lacking a rational structure; its rhythms suggest a mind vacillating between conscious and unconscious modes of being. Matter of fact Kubla Khan is reliable to different levels of interpretation. First, the poem could be approached as a descriptive poem that shares the common beautiful characteristics and techniques of most romantic poets, especially when describing natural elements. Still Coleridge described the world of Kubla Khan in terms of the ancient Platonic idea of Dualism; where the world of material existence is described as the world of shadows, and the world of Ideals as the elevated one. Accordingly, Kubla Khan could be regarded as a beautiful expression of the poets longing for some ultimate beauty combining the work of man with those of nature and those of pure imagination; to resurrect lost archetypal worlds within the imagination. In this way the pleasure dome that has been established in fulfillment of the orders of the Tartar Prince can be regarded as an attempt to reach such an ideal world. Thats why the first stanza opens with a carefully constructed image of a walled garden containing incense bearing trees and forests enclosing sunny spots of greenery; a description that adds a paradisal spirit into the place Kubla has created. The ideal spirit and holiness of this world has been emphasized in a variety of expressions: in affirming that in this stately pleasure dome did Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea The sacredness of this world has been further affirmed by the fact that it is girdled round and protected from undesirable or unharmonious influences. This scene that has been described in the first stanza stands in contrast to the opening lines of the second stanza; where the poets But contrasts the planned classical artifact of Kubla with the romantic chasm; the birthplace of poetic genius and true creativity: But oh! That deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! Now the atmosphere is different: the rational order of the garden has been replaced by a scene outside the walls, which is savage, wholly, and enchanted. This natural scene is, indeed, a more perfect symbol of the reconciliation of oppositions in the world of imagination, thereby more eternal. In this stanza we are, also, introduced to the source of that sacred river- Alph- which is seen as symbolizing Platos theory of Dualism in terms of Mans journey through life in search for the Ideal world: it flows from a mysterious source- (Mans birth)- through a mazy course- (the complexities of life; poetically symbolized by the mighty fountain that burst small stones as if breathing)- to sink tumultuously into a lifeless ocean-(the sea of death). Between birth and death Man is overwhelmed by a dream of permanence- (the shadow cast by the dome of pleasure). This very last symbol has been developed in representing the dome in dream-like terms inaccessible to Man: It was miracle of rare devise, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice! Thats to say the dome itself- by possessing sunny weather and caves of ice- represent a reconciliation of opposites which is impossible to human life. With the beginning of the third stanza the poem seems to take a new tern of thought. Now it gives us a vivid picture of a poet caught in a spell of poetic inspiration, who, once in a vision, saw an abyssinian maid playing on her dulcimer and singing of the wild splendor of mount Abora. At this point the poem becomes reliable to another level of interpretation. It is a poem about poetic creation. With this consideration in mind Kubla Khan, who caused a pleasure-dome and elaborated gardens to be constructed in Xanadu, is a type of the artist whose glorious creation becomes a balanced reconciliation of the natural and artificial. Similarly the poet enters the poem- using first person pronoun- in an attempt to establish his own dome. If only, Coleridge laments, he could revive within him the maids lost symphony and song, if only he could recapture the whole original vision instead of just a portion of it, then he would be able to establish that dome in air so that his witnesses would declare him to be divinely inspired and form a circle of worship around him. 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Gus in James Duncan's The River Why James Duncan’s book entitled, The River Why, focuses around the main character, Gus, and how he changes throughout the book. In this book Gus is discovering what life really is and that the whole world does not revolve around fishing. After moving out of his erratic house he spends all of his time fishing at his remote cabin, but this leaves him unhappy and a little insane. He embarks on a search for him self and for his own beliefs. Duncan changes Gus throughout the book, making Gus realize that there are more important things to life than fishing, and these things can lead to a happy fulfilled life, which in turn will help Gus enjoy life and fishing more. Duncan introduces a character, Eddy, who significantly changes Gus’s views on what he needs in his life and she gives Gus a sense of motivation or inspiration. Eddy changes Gus by their first encounter with each other, when Eddy instills in Gus a need to fulfill his life and when they meet up again, completing his ne ed. Fishing is Gus’s first passion but he loses it after he puts all of himself into it, and when Eddy comes into his picture Gus feels a need to have more in his life, like love. Through finding love he re-finds his passion for fishing and learns more about himself. When Eddy and Gus finally get together, he sees this â€Å"equilibrium† between his old passion, fishing, and his new one, Eddy. Duncan’s use of Eddy gives Gus a new found sense of purpose and to have a more fulfilled life is a critical step in Gus’s development as a character. This is why Eddy is the most important character to this book, because she gives Gus inspiration to find himself. On their first encounter with one another Gus is compelled by her differences in dress, techniques and gear. After she leaves, Gus feels a â€Å"need† to fulfill his empty life. Finally when she shows back up in his life, Gus then has everything he could ever ask for: a beautiful woman who loves to fish, just like him. He explains how he first sees Eddy on page 151 as: â€Å"A barefoot girl. A full-grown one. One who wore the top tenth or so of what had long ago been a pair of blue jeans. One who wore a short, skin-tight, sleeveless sky-colored t-shirt through †¦which revealed the shape of the†¦Ã¢â‚¬  After sneaking his way up to the tree where she sat â€Å"motionless†, not noticing Gus, his attention is diverted, if not comp... ...fter hearing stories of Gus the great fisherman. Eddy sees more in Gus than she thought she would, so she decides to come back the next day to talk. The next day she gives Gus a plan that he must follow of catching a fish with her techniques. He finds his equilibrium on page 274 â€Å"Equilibrium derived from a kind of inner balance: it transmitted itself from the soul to the mind, and from the mind to the body, and when a man possessed of it put his hand to an art or craft he was capable of unheard of feats.† Gus’s equilibrium was his love for Eddy and he states on the same page â€Å"Why shouldn’t love be my Equilibrium? Why shouldn’t love be the forceless force running through the wound and into the fish? Couldn’t love create that sacred balance? Wouldn’t love dissolve all stress?†Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Eddy also changes as person because she stays longer and longer with Gus, doing all sorts of things together, eventually marrying Gus. They both find their equilibrium in each other. Gus re-finds his fishing passion through Eddy, but looks on everything in a whole different way. Eddy gave Gus motivation to know himself and he fulfills the emptiness. He got the two loves of his life: fishing and Eddy.