Mother and Daughter Relationship Exposed in Joyce Carol Oates Short Sto

Mother and Daughter Relationship Exposed in Joyce Carol Oates' Short Story, Shopping The relationship between a mother and a daughter is one of complications, heartaches, and sweet rewards.   This is no exception between Nola and Mrs. Dietrich, characters in "Shopping" by Joyce Carol Oates.   The tribulations of their relationship are shown during their annual shopping trip.   In the time spent together, Nola is obviously trying to break free from her mother and become her own woman.   This coming-of-age path is expressed by her "private thoughts" and   "answers in monosyllables" (Oates 834).   As Nola desperately tries to acquire her own self, her Mrs. Dietrich desperately tries to hang onto the child in Nola.   She tries to stay in her daughter's life by wanting to know "why are you so quiet" and "what are you thinking?" (Oates 834).   In Oates short story, she develops Mrs. Dietrich's and Nola's relationship by showing the conflicting needs of mothers and daughters.   Ã‚  Ã‚   The shopping trip allows Mrs. Dietrich to try to penetrate her daughter's new adult life and surface the child.   She is also simple trying to be a part of her daughter's life.   As a divorced woman, Mrs. Dietrich finds Nola as her only source of love-her outlet to give and to receive love. Mrs. Dietrich even finds herself thinking "she is in love with her daughter" (Oates 834).  Ã‚   These strong emotions are most likely why Mrs. Dietrich needs Nola to such an extent.   Mrs. Dietrich wants to feel needed; she wants to be a mother.   The betrayal of Mr. Dietrich causes Mrs. Dietrich to cling even more.   However, she finds that Nola no longer needs her.  Ã‚   Nola is becoming an adult. Mrs. Dietrich's memories of Nola as a child are now replaced with the images of her dau... ...ong in her actions and her words.   At the end Nola loses strength and becomes weak.   Ã‚  Ã‚   Joyce Carol Oates short story "Shopping" gives an excellent example of the trials a mother and daughter experiences. She shows that each a mother and daughter can have wants and needs in the relationship.   These things can only be understood if the two communicate to each other.   The story also presents the problem of how a mother wants her little girl, while the daughter wants to be a young woman.   Most importantly Oates shows the human tendency to be independent at times and at others dependent.   Each character won and lost a battle, expressing the human complexity of sometimes being able to be strong but then at other times weak.   This shows that in a mother and daughter relationship each is needed for the other person because each person needs someone to be strong.

Renminbi Case

662, Case 3 1. Do you think the Renminbi is overvalued against the US Dollar? 2. Why does the Chinese government want to keep its currency at an artificially low level against the US Dollar? What is the risk for China? For the US? 3. What would be the consequences of a 20% revaluation (increase in the value of the Renminbi) for China, western countries, Japan, and developing countries? How would it impact workers, exporters, and importers in China? Various studies have suggested that the RMB is undervalued, with recent estimates ranging from 15-50 percent. The greatest beneficiary from a gradual RMB revaluation, accompanied by measures to stimulate demand, will be China itself. Its growth is likely to be more balanced and resilient, and that will have a positive spillover on the rest of the world, including by reducing currency and trade tensions. RMB revaluation causes a loss to consumers outside China since they will confront higher prices of goods imported from China. These losses have to be offset against those of producers who will gain competitiveness. Moreover, China’s trading partners are more likely to gain from RMB revaluation if it comes with measures that accelerate China’s domestic demand relative to its GDP. Indeed, without those measures, the effect of RMB revaluation on China’s current account surplus is likely to be marginal or even to widen it. In the very long run, a revaluation of the RMB could help commodity-exporters to diversify into basic manufacturers. However, over the next few years, RMB revaluation is unlikely to affect these countries’ exports significantly because the prices of their commodity exports are determined in global markets (and denominated in dollars). However, the dollar prices of China’s exports to those countries are likely to rise, reflecting small profit margins in those sectors and the fact that China, as the biggest exporter of those goods, is the price-setter. Some middle-income manufacturing exporters running a trade surplus with China will benefit, too. Other middle-income exporters that import a lot from China could be net losers from the hike in China’s export prices in the short term, but gain as their export volumes expand at China’s expense. Low-income commodity exporters will generally be net losers from RMB revaluation alone and will only benefit if China’s growth accelerates because of accompanying measures taken by the Chinese authorities. Some high-income countries, such as Germany and Japan, which have an initial small trade deficit with China, may lose or gain a little from RMB revaluation alone. However, countries such as Italy and the United States—whose initial trade deficits with China are large and whose exports are not competitive with China’s—will very likely lose, and their lower-income consumers will suffer most as the price of Chinese goods rises. This conclusion does not imply a judgment that a large bilateral trade deficit in Italy and the United States with China is good or bad. It only implies that RMB revaluation is not the way to fix the deficit problem. Instead, increasing national savings rates in Italy and the United States, and increasing consumption in China would be more effective. Given China’s high dependence on price-sensitive exports, a large one-time RMB revaluation may carry unacceptable risks to its growth and stability. In the event of a sharp slowdown in China, those countries that are likely to lose from RMB revaluation anyway, starting with the United States.

Biology Prefixes and Suffixes Ect- or Ecto-

The prefix ecto-  comes from the Greek ektos,  which means outside. (Ecto-) means outer, external, out, or outside. Related prefixes include (ex- or exo-). Words Beginning With (Ecto-) Ectoantigen (ecto - antigen): An antigen that is located on the surface or exterior of a microbe is known as an ectoantigen. An antigen is any substance that elicits an antibody immune response. Ectoblast (ecto - blast): a synonym for an epiblast or an ectoderm. Ectocardia (ecto - cardia): This congenital condition is characterized by displacement of the heart, particularly a heart that is outside of the chest cavity. Ectocellular (ecto - cellular): of or pertaining to an object external to a cell or outside of the cell membrane. Ectocornea (ecto - cornea): The ectocornea is the outer layer of the cornea. The cornea is the clear, protective layer of the eye. Ectocranial (ecto - cranial): This term describes a position that is external to the skull. Ectocytic (ecto - cytic): This term means outside of or external to a cell. Ectoderm (ecto - derm):  Ectoderm is the outer germ layer of a developing embryo that forms skin and nervous tissue. Ectodomain (ecto - domain): a biochemical term that denotes the part of a polypeptide on the cell membrane that reaches into the extracellular space. Ectoenzyme (ecto - enzyme):  An ectoenzyme is an enzyme that is attached to the outer cell membrane and is secreted externally. Ectogenesis (ecto - genesis): The development of an embryo outside of the body, in an artificial environment, is the process of ectogenesis. Ectohormone (ecto - hormone): An ectohormone is a hormone, such as a pheromone, that is excreted from the body into the external environment. These hormones typically alter the behavior of other individuals of the same or different species. Ectomere (ecto - mere): This term refers to any blastomere (a cell resulting from cell division that occurs after fertilization) that forms the embryonic ectoderm. Ectomorph (ecto - morph): An individual with a tall, lean, thin body type predominated by tissue derived from the ectoderm is called an ectomorph. Ectoparasite (ecto - parasite): An ectoparasite is a parasite that lives on the outer surface of its host. Examples include fleas, lice, and mites. Ectophyte (ecto - phyte): An ectophyte is a parasitic plant that lives on the outer surface of its host. Ectopia (ecto - pia): The abnormal displacement of an organ or body part outside of its proper location  is known as ectopia. An example is ectopia cordis, a congenital condition where the heart sits outside of the chest cavity. Ectopic (ecto - pic): Anything that occurs out of place or in an abnormal position is called ectopic. In an ectopic pregnancy, a fertilized egg attaches to a fallopian tube wall or other surface that is outside of the uterus. Similarly, an ectopic beat refers to electrical disturbances in the heart outside of the normal initiation in the SA node. Ectoplasm (ecto - plasm): The outer area of the cytoplasm in some cells, such as protozoans, is known as ectoplasm. Ectoproct (ecto - proct): synonym for a bryozoan. Ectoprocta (ecto - procta): animals commonly known as oryonzoans. Ectoprocta is a phylum of non-motile aquatic animals. While the individuals are very small, the colonies that they live in can grow comparatively quite large. Ectoprotein (ecto - protein): Also called an exoprotein, an ectoprotein is the term for an extracellular protein. Ectorhinal (ecto - rhinal): This term refers to the exterior of the nose. Ectosarc (ecto - sarc): The ectoplasm of a protozoan, such as an amoeba, is called the ectosarc. Ectosome (ecto - some): An ectosome, also called an exosome, is an extracelluar vesicle that is often involved in cell-to-cell communication. These vesicles that contain proteins, RNA, and other signaling molecules bud off from the cell membrane. Ectotherm (ecto - therm): An ectotherm is an organism (like a reptile) that uses external heat to regulate its body temperature. Ectotrophic (ecto - trophic): This term describes organisms that grow and obtain nutrients from the surface of tree roots, such as mycorrhiza fungi. Ectozoa (ecto - zoa): refers to animal parasites who live externally on other animals. Examples include the louse or the flea, both parasitic insects. Ectozoon (ecto - zoon): An ectozoon is an ectoparasite living on the surface of its host.