Specific to general

He lives in a cramped house in the suburbs and spends too long each day on packed trains commuting to and from work. He states late at the office, and feels he must go out drinking with his colleagues to win promotion. He is not entitled too much holiday, and takes even less. The life of the sarariman, Japan’s devoted company employee, leaves little time for leisure or the family. But it has its benefits: a secure job, a comfortable retirement, perhaps even a cushy sinecure at one of his company’s suppliers. At least, that was the deal when he joined the company 20 years ago. Nowadays, sarariman is increasingly likely to find himself out on the streets.

Patterns of Paragraph Development

Illustration

The number of workers in the U.S. film industry is quite small. The entire industry occupies only a few square kilometers around Los Angeles and comprises only eight major filmmaking studios. There are only three large talent agencies that represent artists in their business negotiations. There are fewer than 100 important actors, and fewer than 50 major film directors.

Definition

A proverb is a concise statement, in general use, expressing a shrewd perception about everyday life or a universally recognized truth. Most proverbs are rooted in folklore and have been preserved by oral tradition. Proverbs are succinct and often use simple rhyme (“A friend in need is a friend indeed”), irony (“Physician, heal thyself”), metaphor (“Still waters run deep”), and comparison or contrast (“Feed a cold and starve a fever”).

Classifying

There has always been a division between the movie stars who embodied a single, sharply defined quality (Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe, Fred Astaire and Clint Eastwood) and those who were willing to appear heroic or unattractive, and to challenge the audience’s expectations in a search for dramatic truth. It is latter breed--Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Marlon Brando among them—who inspire the most talented of today’s stars.

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