SWOT and PEST analysis for Mercedes-Benz
Edison Ng y12 SWOT and PEST analysis for Mercedes-Benz Introduction Mercedes Benz, a member of the DaimlerChrysler Group, one of the biggest automobile manufacturers in the world. With three great brands, first-class products and highly qualified employees, the Mercedes Car Group plays an essential role in the success of DaimlerChrysler. It is the world market leader in the luxury segment. Mercedes-Benz stands for modern, innovative automobiles, for quality, safety and comfort .Mercedes-Benz enjoys an excellent reputation, particularly in the area of safety technology. Many pioneering technical innovations that are standard automotive features today were first seen in a Mercedes-Benz car. SWOY Analysis To begin with, I will look for the main strength that the company had. As we know, Mercedes-Benz has been a well known business for a very long time; therefore, the strengths would be a lot than I expected. The obvious strength is -High class, comfortable and safety Below are the examples of the specific strength that presently the company had. They include: * Well-established name * better rescue services and customers cares * least possible consumption of energy for the vehicles * skilled engineers and staff * High -tech machinery in the manufactory * Accessed Roadside assistance system for all the Mercedes vehicles . Now I will go through the
Why is identity so important to poets from a different culture?
Why is identity so important to poets from a different culture? I believe that poets struggle to find their true identity as they might have an ongoing battle between two, as in 'search for my tongue', it is about the poet who has 'two tongues in her mouth' which symbolizes her two cultures, which displays her two identities. In the poem, there is an ongoing battle between her 'mother tongue' and her 'foreign tongue' and how she cannot 'use them both together' - showing that the two cultures would clash. To try and solve this, the poet tries to have one identity - one culture to fit into, but no matter how hard she tries and no matter how much she thinks she has moved on, 'I think I've forgotten', it always 'grows back'. This is like in 'presents from my Aunts in Pakistan', as in this poem, the poet also wants just the one identity as she rejects the presents she gets sent over from her other (Pakistani) culture, but she feels she couldn't escape it either as she 'couldn't rise up out of it's fire'. In the poem, she calls herself 'half English' which shows that she does not belong entirely to one culture, and therefore because she has a mix of two cultures, she has two identities. I have also found that in both poems, the poets have tried to escape their birth culture, and lose their original identity, as in 'search for my tongue' the poet tries to 'spit out' her 'mother
Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In A Mercedes - Ferlinghetti expresses many views about American society.
Two Scavengers In A Truck, Two Beautiful People In A Mercedes Ferlinghetti expresses many views about American society. The poem describes four people held together for a moment at a red traffic light. There are two scavengers, garbage men 'on their way home' after their round, and two beautiful people, an elegant couple 'on the way to his architect's office'. The garbage men's day ends where the young couple's begins. The poet compares the two pairs in detail, and then seems to ask - at the end of the poem - whether America really is a democracy. Ferlinghetti writes about two sets of people, the garbage men and the people in the Mercedes. In the poem they both meet at red traffic lights where they are equal. Ferlinghetti feels that organically, they are similar but there is a substantial difference between them and most importantly economic wise as well as social wise. Nevertheless, the garbage men stare at the young couple 'as from a great distance' (line 27). They are actually close together, stuck at the red light. This perhaps suggests the 'distance' between the lives each pair lead. Ferlinghetti uses the shape of the poem to express his view. He does this by making the poem's structure is fairly free. Ferlinghetti doesn't use punctuation; instead, he begins a new line when he wants us to pause whilst we are reading. This slows the poem down and gives us time to
SHOOT OUT REVIEW
Shoot out review Isn't this the best shoot out ever? Neo and Trinity going head to head as they prepare for a shootout in an isolated security building. Both of them shoot the police guards but none of them get shot. There is a lot of destruction involved and there is a lot of close up involved. There were no clear differences. There were many special effects involved such as he runs up the wall and cartwheels. Before they start fighting they give each other a look and then start the shootout. The music includes strong beats which soon lead up to the big fight. It creates a more powerful effect. The good point of this stunning film is that it is really eye-catching and grabs the viewer's attention. It brings you in the film and what got me hooked the most was the use of slow motion. Also when Neo shoots his opponents is really exhilarating as he blows up a lot of stuff. As I mentioned before there are a lot of destruction involved. I really enjoyed the close ups. However on the other hand the bad points are neo and trinity shot so many times but they never seem to die. This is why I dislike it at times as you would expect that after some time the police officers will die but they didn't. American Gangster another great film full of action and plenty out of shoot outs. This is film is realistic as well as that there is no sympathy involved in this because that good guy
Compare and contrast the 'Blessing' by Imtiaz Dharker with 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi. How do the two poems give us an insight into other cultures?
Compare and contrast the 'Blessing' by Imtiaz Dharker with 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi. How do the two poems give us an insight into other cultures? I am going to compare two poems from different cultures, one of which is 'Blessing' by Imtiaz Dharker which is about people living in India with very little fresh water and the other poem 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi, which is in relation to girl's heritage living in the UK who receives clothes as presents from some relatives in Pakistan. Culture is a general term for huge range of ideas such as art, traditions, knowledge and belief that is shared b country, race or a group of people. The author of 'Presents form my ..........' Moniza Alvi was born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1954. She moved to England when she was few months old. Since then she did not return to Pakistan until after the publication of 'Present form my aunt in Pakistan'. She is the daughter of English mother and Pakistani father. 'Presents form my ..........' is an autobiographical poem. The speaker in the poem who is of mixed race, describe the gifts of clothes and jewelry sent to her in England by her Pakistani relatives. She is drawn to the loveliness of these things, but feels awkward wearing them. She feels more comfortable in English clothes. The poet is torn between two cultures that she feels she belongs to
Compare 'Nothing's Changed' with 'Two Scavengers in a Truck', showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the particular cultures and traditions that they are writing about
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Compare Island Man and Limbo AQA Anthology
Compare And Contrast The Methods Used to portray Caribbean culture In "Limbo" by Edward Kamau Brathwaite And "Island Man" By Grace Nichols There are lots of different methods used in the poems "Limbo" and "Island Man" which make these poems so amazing. I have collected together a few of them in order to understand the meaning in depth of the poems. The most obvious similarity of this poem is that they are both about the Caribbean and they are both based around thoughts people are having at a certain time of day. Limbo is about a man doing the limbo dance to get his body into shape. Island man is about a Caribbean man in London waking up, dreaming about still being in the Caribbean, where he really wants to be. The poem Limbo is quite a deep poem, it describing in detail two things... the action of the dance "limbo" and the history of the black slaves in the Caribbean. On the other hand, Island man is an easy, simple poem only describing the thoughts of an "Island Man". Both poets say the poem from somebody's viewpoint. Brathwaite writes the poem's viewpoint as the man, doing the limbo dance himself. It's very personal and has all the details in of everything he's thinking and doing at each stage of the dance. Nichols writes "Island Man" from the main persons viewpoint but in this poem, it doesn't describe everything, she just writes what he's thinking as he wakes up
What impression do you get from each of the two worlds in the poems, and which of the poems provide the strongest contrast and why?
WHAT IMPRESSION DO YOU GET FROM EACH OF THE TWO WORLD IN THE POEMS, AND WHICH OF THE POEMS PROVIDE THE STRONGEST CONTRAST AND WHY? The poems I am comparing are "presents from my aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi", "two scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes by Lawerence Ferlinghetti and "nothing's changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika". All these three poems compare two different worlds. The poem by Moniza Alvi compares the Asian traditions and the western traditions. The poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika compares how white people and black people where treated in Africa after a war. The poem by Lawerence Ferlinghetti compares the world between rich, wealthy people and the poor people in San Francisco. The poem "Nothing's changed" is written by a poet who returns to his homeland after a part of the country was declared as "whites only". The country that the poet calls his homeland is now destroyed and the poet expresses the anger he felt when the place was first destroyed. He now sees new restaurants which look expensive and stylish with a guard at the gatepost. And further down the road he sees a working men's café where people eat without plates from a plastic tabletop. This situation makes him really angry because the white people were seated inside the exclusive restaurant with its ice white glasses and single rose on the table while the black people in Africa ate on
Compare the brief encounters between two 'culture clashes' in 'An Old Woman' by Arun Kolatkur and 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Compare the brief encounters between two 'culture clashes' in 'An Old Woman' by Arun Kolatkur and 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Though similar in subject matter: both poets relating a brief encounter exposing a clash of cultures they are executed in different ways. The first few lines of the poem 'An old Woman' introduce us to an anecdotal tone and narrative concept, in order to create a sense of story telling the style draws us in and is very personal. In writing by refering in the second person; 'she grabs hold of your sleeve', 'she tightens her grip', 'she won't let you go' intensifies the subject and makes the encounter very personal and urgent. By stereotyping 'you know how old women are' Arun Kolatkur invites us into his confidence having identified himself with the reader he shares with us his journey through the poem, drawing us with him to share the same final conclusion. In Ferlinghetti's poem, focused on exposing the gulf between the lifestyles within Americas 'shiny' democracy, stereotyping is also used, but the style is impersonal by taking an almost ariel overview. The setting for his poem 'Downtown San Francisco'. The garbagemen are 'looking down into a elegant open Mercedes', the elder 'looking down like some gargoyle Quasimodo' at 'the young blonde' with 'a short skirt and colored stockings'. The
Chinua Achebe's novel of life in colonial-era Nigeria, "Things Fall Apart".
IB A1 English Chinua Achebe's novel of life in colonial-era Nigeria, "Things Fall Apart" By Jimmy Jackson Chinua Achebe's novel of life in colonial-era Nigeria, Things Fall Apart, contains the character Okonkwo as the protagonist. Okonkwo represents the idea of a successful person; an admired hero even. Characteristics such as bravery, strength, and a desire to succeed are what everyone admires about Okonkwo. His fear of becoming like his father gave him this desire to succeed, and consistently motivated him to progress through life. However, Okonkwo personifies the idea of not just a hero, but a tragic hero. Fear is Okonkwo's main motivation throughout the book. Achebe says, "He was possessed by the fear of his father's contemptible life and shameful death" (Things Fall Apart 18). He was motivated to work hard and succeed by this fear. Even as a young boy, Okonkwo began to work hard at farming as an attempt to become successful and earn respectability. Okonkwo says, "I began to fend for myself at an age when most people still suck at their mothers' breasts. If you give me some yam seeds I shall not fail you." (Things Fall Apart 21). Okonkwo's strong successful tone gives readers the idea that he began to work and persist at an early age. His persistence is exemplified by the fact that the first year of cultivation was ruined by early coming of rains. "[Okonkwo] is
