Business Communication

Rewrite the following paragraph, supplying the appropriate words or phrases, to complete a brief summary of Kate Chopin's short story "The Kiss."

Nathalie and Brantain are in Nathalie's room. There is dim light in the room. Brantain is sitting under the shadow. They are having a small talk. Nathalie knows that Brantain is ....... and he loves her. She is waiting for his ........ Right at that moment, Harvy enters the room without ringing the doorbell. He doesn't notice Brantain over there. He kisses Nathalie. Brantain feels uneasy and goes out of the room. She grows angry with Harvy. He ...... to her but Nathalie doesn't forgive her. When she meets Brantain at a party next time, she tells him that there is nothing between her and Harvy. Harvy is like her ........ Brantain falls for her words. Eventually, they get married. Harvy is also invited to their wedding. Brantain sends him to KISS Nathalie. She is excited to kiss Harvy. However, he tells her that he has stopped kissing women. Natalie learns a hard lesson that she cannot have both money and love.

How does Jamaica Kincaid make a satire on the traditional gender roles in her short story "Girl"?

Examine the relationship between father and son in E.B. White's essay "Once More to the Lake."

Gary Snyder, in his essay "The Etiquettes of Freedom," observes that graceful conducts are missing in human behaviours these days. Which particular etiquettes, in your opinion, can a Front Desk Manager of a hotel learn from Snyder's essay? Explain.

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In James Joyce's short story "Eveline," what is Eveline's duty to herself? To her father? What promises has she made to her mother? Does she have a "right to happiness"? Why? Why not? Explain.

Why does Phil's wife maneuver the non-verbal cues not to let her true feelings about her late husband show on her face as the company president appreciates Phil's workaholism in "The Company Man"? Drawing from the text as well as your own experience, also shed light on the importance of non-verbal cues in business dealings.

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Point out the skills of an excellent sales representative with reference to Phineas T. Barnum's famous lecture "Advertise Your Business." Also examine how some of these skills have been employed in any interesting advertisement you have watched, read or seen.

Deriving ideas about beauty from Susan Sontag's essay "Beauty," write a critical commentary on the ideas of beauty as endorsed by the products and services, which seek to attract their consumers by presenting females as objects of male's sexual desire.

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Modeling on R. Scholes, N.R. Comley and G.L. Ulmer's commentary on an advertisement of the 'Lucky Strike' cigarette in "Light My Lucky," write a commentary on any popular advertisement highlighting what makes the ad click with the target consumers.