Essays on Guillermo

Guillermo Del Toro’s Spanish horror-fantasy film The Devil’s Backbone is a unique ghost story for its time, given the film’s setting during the Spanish Civil War and the morally ambiguous nature of the ghosts found in the film. In telling the story of a small orphanage in rural Spain in the early 1930s, haunted by a small boy named Santi whose death provides one of the central mysteries, The Devil’s Backbone mixes the high fantasy of fairy tales with the gritty despair of one of Spain’s most tumultuous historical periods. As evidenced in the ...

Since the election is coming up, I interviewed ten different individuals from completely different backgrounds in order to ascertain what the perspectives were and what were the hot issues for the upcoming election. I surveyed both citizens and expatriates living in the United States that were both conservative and liberal in order to ascertain which perspectives were governing and how the existing political candidates were shaping those who were in the middle of the road on the American Political Spectrum. The three interviews that stood out to me were from quite the diverse list: the first was a conservative ...

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Guillermo Furniture Store was established some decades ago in Sonora, Mexico. The concern essentially manufactures furniture as its main product. The paper essentially examines the Guillermo Furniture Store Concepts in appreciation of the scenario in which it currently is placed. The options availed to the proprietor are given with the objective of making the best decision for the concern.

Concepts

Over the recent years, the concern has been faced by a number of challenges. For starters, the entry of a foreigner into the market has greatly affected Guillermo. This is because of the Guillermo’s use of high technology and low pricing ...

For Guillermo Furniture Store, the analysis of the break-even point provides the amount at which the total fixed cost is the same as the total contribution margin. A difference occurs between revenue and variable cost. The Guillermo’s production units are 1,885 and 377 for mid-point and high-end respectively. Guillermo has to decide which of the three options that he has to provide a solution to the situation the company is facing at present. In making the decision, Mr. Guillermo has to put into consideration the extra costs and their benefits. The decision making process involves opportunity cost, which ...

Introduction

Part 1: A Summary about the Movie, Pans Labyrinth Pans Labyrinth is a Mexican-Spanish dark fantasy movie that is attributed to Guillermo Del Toro as the author and director. The movie was released in 2006 before being distributed and produced by Esperanto Films. The plotline is written against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War or during the early Francoist period. The story revolves around an intertwining of the real and the mythical world in which the protagonist, Ofelia interacts with a faun creature in a huge abandoned labyrinth. In the story, Princess Moanna, daughter of the king of the ...

After Princess Moanna of the underworld kingdom dies after a memory loss from the blinding rays of the sun, her father foresees she will come to life again. Parallel in 1943, in a Fascism-infected Spain, arrives Ofelia, and her mother Carmen to meet Captain Vidal; Carmen`s new husband and father of her unborn child. Vidal is fanatically against the republicans and rebels. Vidal`s housekeeper, Mercedes, is an active rebel himself. A large insect appears in Ofelia`s bedroom, and transforms itself into a fairy. The fairy leads Ofelia into an ancient Labyrinth where Ofelia meets the faun. The faun, ...

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The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the two different jobs from different standpoints in total. Obviously, it is important to consider the things effectively and move with a perfect pace. In the next section, we will start the conversation with financial analysis, opportunity analysis, their linkage and then the personal finance comprehensively. The two jobs which have been selected for the same purpose are Financial Analyst and Opportunity Cost Analyst and different provisions would have been taken into account to complete this particular job in a perfect manner.

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Neo-liberalism or rather neoliberal policies encompass a dominant social, political and economic model built upon the diminished role of the state whose role is relegated to the administration of poverty and the management of social conflict. This is usually meant to ensure the non-interference with corporate profits. This model is further characterized by the abandonment by the state of its roles as the representative and mediator in the midst of other social actors. The effect of such neoliberal policies is that the social territory is left to the mechanisms of the market with no or little interference by the state. ...

Philippine Assessment Paper

The Philippines is one of the renowned countries in Asia. With its vast number of tourist spots, variety of natural resources, and its people, Philippines makes its own name among other neighboring nations. Meanwhile, the United States has an association with the Philippines since centuries ago, and is also involved in some issues and events in the country. This paper discusses some issues and events in the country, and their impact on its own and upon the Unite States. I. Current Events and Issues in the Country within the last three Years One significant event in the ...

Guillermo owns the Guillermo Furniture store, which is specialized in making high and mid-end grade furniture. The company faces foreign competition from a company that makes use of advanced technology to produce quality products at low process. This has necessitated Guillermo to study various approaches of making his enterprise profitable and have a competitive advantage, as well as maintain his market share. The store will either be managed through high-tech or become a broker, to achieve the aforementioned goal. The paper analyzes the various alternatives, which are available to Guillermo that includes sensitivity analysis. The case presented is demonstrative of a typical ...

Finance

This article is about entrepreneurship. It indicates a typical business environment and sheds more light on the various challenges entrepreneurs go through. There is the concept of competition which was experienced in the furniture business when Guillermo who had been monopolizing the business had to cope up with a stiff competition from a foreign firm. This led to an increased cost of production, a situation that was so challenging given that Guillermo was just a sole proprietor who was operating a very small firm. Meaning, there was some form of inflation because of the increase in the cost of materials and labor. The other ...

Guillermo’s furniture is a company that specialized in the production of furniture products whose location is in North America. Navallez Guillermo is the owner of this business. He was a recognized business man when his business was at its highest level this was up to around late 1990’s when reality checked in and things started going against his plans. Guillermo is being faced with a challenge of continuing with his work of production due to increased competition and the weakness of the economy. The alternative he has is shifting to being a distributor and quit manufacturing. The purpose of this paper ...

Guillermo Navallez has been making furniture for years in Sonora, Mexico. In the past, the area had good timber supply and relatively inexpensive labor. Due to the quality of his products, Guillermo priced the products at slight premium, and the profit margin was great. However, the entrance of competitors into Sonora’s furniture market marked the beginning of serious business problems to Guillermo. The profit margin drastically reduced and the prices fell due to competition and price war. The cost of labor also increased as a result the influx of people and jobs due to inexpensive housing, traffic-free roads, plenty ...

Introduction

Over the recent years, United States economy has indicated a gradual decline resulting to cases of job cuts; which is presently one of the major economic issues in the United States. Increased job cuts by corporations’ poses a major challenge of increased unemployment rates in the United States. The United States seems to be facing a major economic disaster from all major sectors that contribute to its economic development. There is no sustainable economic improvement in major sectors like housing, health services and small-scale businesses.

Major businesses and financial corporations are evaluating strategies to cut down operational and overhead costs in order ...

Guillermo's furniture store operates based on a number of economics and business principles that combine to create an effective and unique enterprise. The principle of self-interested behavior involves the idea that "when all else is equal, all parties to a financial transaction will choose the course of action most financially advantageous to themselves" (Emery et al., p. 20). Guillermo follows this in that the entire purpose of his business and his activities is to further his own financial gains; he wishes to make money selling furniture, and all of his actions are geared toward that end.

The principle of two-sided transactions ...