In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Irving is saying that the values in American society lie in the wrong place chosing wealth and financial prosperity over the well-being of others.
Irving sees America becoming greedy and warns the reader not to follow Tom Walkers ´s path that led him to exchange his soul to the devil blinded by his ambition for money.
This statement reflects the popular themes of individualism in the romantic era. The American romantics believed that a man's choices decided his fate. Washington Irving shows how Tom chooses the wrong direction that led him astray from the true values of humanity.
<span>The answer would be Boyhood. This is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical or first-person trilogy, the first one is Childhood and it is followed by Youth. The novel was first available in the Russian fictional journal Sovremennik in 1854.</span>
First figure out how many juice boxes there are. If Ashley has 4 boxes with 6 boxes, multiply 4x6 to find the total. Then figure out how many she gave away. If she gave 2 boxes to 3 friends, multiply 2x3. Then subtract that number from the total.
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type of decision making model that has the goal of maximizing efficiency by
picking the best alternative based on specific criteria is called the rational
model. In the organizational behavior, the process of making logically sound
decision is called the rational decision-making model. This model has multiple
steps which start from the identification of problem and ends with having the
best solution. First is the definition of problems or the goals. Next is, the decision
criteria will be identified. Third is to allocate weights to the criteria. Next
step will be to develop the alternatives. These alternatives will then be
evaluated. Lastly, one must select the best alternative. Through these steps,
an individual will be able to come up with fact- based decision for he/ she
used analysis, facts and step-by-step process to come up with a decision.</span>
The irony of Gatsby's funeral is that hundreds of people would show up at his parties but no one showed up at his funeral. Even though he had everything and everyone loved him for his possessions, no one cared enough to know him personally. Nick was his only friend that Gatsby actually had.
