Winn-Dixie Essays

  • Characters' Motivations in "Because of Winn-Dixie"

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    Because of Winn-Dixie is a delightful book about a lonely young girl who finds friendship in a dog. The main character, India Opal Buloni, finds a homeless dog and she and the dog go on to have a marvelous summer. Friendship between a young girl and her dog would seem to be the central theme in the book. However, when looked at through a psychoanalytic lens the book then has deeper underlining issues. When looked at psychoanalytically the novel takes on a whole new theme. The theme changes from

  • Written Critique on Corduroy and Winn-Dixie

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    an effective mini library in my future classroom. I would like to use it as a helpful tool to teach children how to compare the differences and similarities of the two genres and many more. I have chosen Corduroy as my picture book and Because of Winn-Dixie as my realistic novel to write on this written critique because it signifies the moral lessons about family importance and friendship. According to Skolnick & Skolnick, Family in Transition there are three ways to defined a family. The first definition

  • Winn Dixie Discrimination

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    Introduction Winn-Dixie management does not morally justified in firing Oiler. Being a transgender is not a reason to fire Oliver. Discrimination is an act of distinguishing one object from another. This type of discrimination is consider as an isolated intentional discrimination. These type of discrimination is unlawful according to the title VII and also according to the utilitarian argument, right argument , justice argument, Rawl's argument , Kant argument and many more theories think that these

  • Case Study Of The Primary Marketing Strategy At Publix

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    A Passion for Customer Service The primary marketing strategy at Publix is putting customer service at the forefront of everything they do and are known and recognized for having the best customer service in the industry. Publix was selected as one of America’s Best Supermarkets by DailyMeal.com in 2016, listed as a favorite supermarket by MarketForce.com in 2014 and 2015, as well as being ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction, Five Years in a Row” by JD Power. (Company Overview – Awards & Achievements

  • Symbolism In Because Of Winn-Dixie

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    Summary: Because of Winn-Dixie is a bittersweet tale of contemporary life of a resilient child living lonely in a small Southern town will hold readers engrossed about themes of friendship, moral lessons, and forgiveness with a small portion of christianly. The book focuses on the lives of an eleven year old girl names India “Opal” Buloni, the protagonist, and her companionship dog names Winn-Dixie. Opal recalled her experience of the summer her life changed because of her adopted dog. In beginning

  • Because Of Winn-Dixie Character Analysis

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    “Because of Winn-Dixie” (DiCamillo) is a movie and book based off of this ten-year-old girl, Opal. She overcomes some rough patches in her life with her best friend, Winn-dixie. After moving to another town, she soon realizes that she has no friends. Her father is a preacher at the local church in Naomi, Florida. Her mother left the picture when she was three years old. Soon after Opal realizes that she has no friends, and is a loser in everyone’s eyes. Opal makes friends with the local librarian

  • Opal Buloni: A Short Story

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    their past but (if you judge people at all) you should judge them by what they are doing in the present It all started when Opal rescued a dog (she later named Winn-Dixie) at the Winn-Dixie grocery store. She took one look at Winn-Dixie and knew he wouldn't last long in the pound so she lied to the store manager and told him that Winn-Dixie was her dog and to not call the pound. So since everyone thought the dog was hers she had no choice but to take him home. (which of course she

  • Peter Oiler and Winn-Dixie Stores

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    Introduction Peter Oiler a truck driver at Winn-Dixie stores was terminated after 21 years working at the supermarket chain. The main reason for his dismissal was due to the fact that Peter is a transgender and was found by one of the supervisor while dressing as a woman. The president of Winn-Dixie Michael Istre, agree upon the decision to fired Peter based on the reason that he is protecting the company’s image. The process begin two years prior to the dismissal when Peter was asking his supervisor

  • Review Of Kate Dicamillo's Because Of Winn Dixie

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    Because of Winn Dixie written by Kate DiCamillo, was first published in 2000. This story doesn't say when it occurs. The story is told in first person observer as told by India Opal Buloni. This is a wonderful book that has a good theme There are four chief characters Opal, Winn Dixie, Preacher, and Gloria Dump. The chief characters are Opal, ten year old girl desired to love and be loved. Winn Dixie, he's big, he's loyal, he's obedient, and he loves everybody. Preacher, a turtle who hides in

  • Analysis Of Because Of Winn-Dixie By Kate Dicamilli

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    DiCamillo is author of Because of Winn-Dixie. This book was published in March 2000, other major works she had written were, for example “The Tale of Despereaux” and “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”. When she writes, it usually features animals. After moving to the northern part of the United States from Florida in her early days, she missed living in the tropical state and the cold winter had also helped her to develop the story of Because of Winn-Dixie. Kate DiCamillo once said, “Reading

  • Dixie Chicks Rhetorical Analysis

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    Intro: Thirteen years ago, the Dixie Chicks were one of the top bands around. They had multiple number one singles and tens of millions of albums sold across the world. But on March 10th, 2003, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, made a critical comment of President George W. Bush in a London concert. She said, “Just so y’all know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we are ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

  • The Internet Access

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    In the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn, the author explains how television separates people from each other. Television, she claims, replaces the human contact by keeping the television viewers interested in the television programming instead of having a human companion. In the essay "Dearly Disconnected" by Ian Frazier, the author describes the cell phone as an object that will take out the payphones, increase human contact and decrease privacy. For example, televisions and

  • Pepsi and Heineken Commercials: Promoting American Devotion and Compassion

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    helping out American society. As Rita Dove’s essay “Loose Ends” argues, people prefer this fantasy of television to the reality of their own lives. Because viewers prefer fantasy to reality, they become fixated on the fantasy, and according to Marie Winn in “Television Addiction,” this can ultimately lead to a serious addiction to television. But, one must admit that the clever tactics of the commercial advertisers are beyond compare. Who would have thought the half naked-blondes holding soda cans

  • A Slight Misunderstanding

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    making today’s youth somehow disregard everything they’ve ever heard about it being wrong to kill someone and consult their television for guidance instead! That job can’t be easy! Never having a moment’s rest, the media has also been sighted by Marie Winn. It was in the act of changing our entire families into groups of distant acquaintances, which we read in, “Television: The Plug-in Drug.” Finally, add to this list “screaming.” Deborah Tannen states that the media is making us scream at each other

  • Country Music Essay

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    politics of country music is inclined towards a male-dominated, republican, conservative, pro-war stance (Spong 184). The stereotypical women of country music “behave properly” and passively follow the same values as men do. Therefore, in 2003 when the Dixie Chicks, a three member all female country music band, became the top selling female group of all time it was quite an accomplishment. Their success began in 1997 with an image that embraced their versatility. Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, who are

  • Marie Winn on 'Television Addiction'

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    According to scholars, the addiction to television is becoming more and more common worldwide, the more we watch it, the more shortsighted, and narrow-minded we become. Unfortunately, it is fast becoming as popular and dangerous as drugs (Winn 5). According to Winn, those who frequently watch television develop problems with their eyes and back and they may become obese. There is also a lot of time wastage as statistics show that frequent viewers have three or more average hour of daily watching and

  • Negative Effects of Television

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    ” She always loved to play catch, what about some basketball I ask her, “No, maybe some other time,” she says as her eyes are glued to the box. Is television so addictive that it makes everything else look unattractive? It is very well maybe Marie Winn agrees; she names television the “plug-in drug.” Although not as lethal as drugs and alcohol, television can have many effects too, and not necessarily good ones. According to authors in this section television has made reality seem second best, children

  • My Addiction

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    If one was to look at society today, they would find many addictions that haunt people’s every day life. Most often society thinks as an addiction being only to some sort of drug or alcohol. They think that people can only be addicted to drugs, like heroin, cocaine, PCP, or LSD. We always look at addictions as being bad. By looking at the bad side to everything we tend to ignore the good that comes from some of our small addictions, some we probably did not even know we had. Addiction is the inability

  • The Negative Effects of Television in American Homes

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    that they have become unconscious and blind sighted by the harmful effects that television has caused them. In Marie Winn's article, Television: The Plug-In Drug, Winn brings forth the destruction that television causes a family’s lifestyle. The “rituals” families normally partake in are becoming less concurrent, sometimes even extinct. Winn mentions, “By its domination of the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguish...

  • Cultural Benefits Of Culture

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    substance in the media. In “Television: The Plug-in Drug,” Marie Winn offers a commentary on the tendency of television to contribute towards a breakdown of traditional family life. These observations reveal that with the many benefits technological advances bring to daily live comes an unforeseen change in the general cultural context of society. This thesis is significantly supported by the writings of both George Will and Marie Winn by articulating relevant issues about the substance on television