"The Sniper‚" a story about the Irish civil war‚ was Liam O’Flaherty’s first published piece of fiction. It appeared in 1923 in the London publication The New Leader. Over the years‚ it has been reprinted several times‚ and as of 2004 it could be found in O’Flaherty’s Collected Stories. "The Sniper" helped set O’Flaherty firmly on the writer’s path. Upon reading it‚ Edward Garnett‚ an influential London editor‚ recommended a publisher bring forth the novel that O’Flaherty had just completed. Thus
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in Mannheim‚ Germany into an upper middle class family. He was the second of three boys of Albert Senior and Lina Speer. His father invested in property and land‚ thus allowing their family to avoid the disastrous effects of the hyperinflation in 1923 and the depression of 1930. Speer‚ although lived a comfortable lifestyle‚ experienced a loveless childhood. His parent and siblings were cold and detached towards him. Historian Dan van der Vat believes that the coldness in his childhood background
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The right to privacy is an important topic and it happens to be a very sensitive subject in today’s United States of America. Many consider it one of the pillars of the American society and democracy. Others treat it as a privilege‚ not a right‚ making it acceptable to forego some privacy in the name of safety and security. The U. S. Constitution does not specifically contain any mention of the right to privacy. That being said‚ the Bill of Rights does contain the concerns of James Madison and other
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This poem is taken from the forth volume "New Hampshire" published in 1923. This volume was a prize winning‚ first time Robert Frost got the Pulitzer Prize. This volume comprises of famous poems such as "The Road not taken" ‚"The Stopping by woods on Snowy Evening" and "ice and fire". "New Hampshire" shows peculiar features of Robert Frost as self-consciousness‚ talking about himself and aphorisms. The topic of the poems in this collection indicates depth and subtleness. This work portay his maturity
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Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J. K. Rowling (Scholastic‚ 1999) Sample Narrative Paragraph—Nonfiction During the final years of his life‚ [Franz] Kafka’s health deteriorated rapidly. In 1923 he fell in love with Dora Dymant and settled in with her in Berlin; he asked Dora’s father for permission to marry her but was refused. In the winter of 1923-24 he moved into a series of clinics and sanitariums. He died‚ Dora at his side‚ on June 3‚ 1924‚ at a sanitarium in Kierling‚ near Vienna. His surviving family‚
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Art 1A Jiajun Lin Wan Jen Chou The Russian Bride’s Attire We went to the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco last weekend. We found an oil painting that was named “The Russian Bride’s Attire (1887)”. We were very interested about this oil painting. The author’s name is Konstantin Makovsky‚ he was a Russian. He was born in Moscow‚ 1839 and died in St. Petersburg‚ 1915. In 1863‚ a group of 14 students thought to leave The Imperial Academy of Art‚ and Makovsky was one of them. He thought the rules
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The Weimar republic from 1919 to 1929 had many successes and failures‚ starting in chaos and ending in relative stability. However‚ due to individual perspective these successes and failures were often viewed as both successes and failures- not either. Class‚ political leanings and other moralistic beliefs‚ primarily influenced the individual’s perspectives. Overall‚ due to the relative stability‚ (the aim of any government) primarily achieved by Streseman’s influence‚ the successes outweighed the
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Were the economic failings of capitalism the only reason for Germany’s turn to Nazism after 1933? The Nazi rise to power undoubtedly shows a correlation with the Wall Street crash and the global economic failing of capitalism‚ but that is not enough to categorically state that it was the sole reason. The Treaty of Versailles’ harsh terms and war reparations proved a particular aggravation to much of Germany‚ as they felt the terms would cripple Germany and ultimately leave her as a bleak land
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In reviewing William Carlos Williams’ 1923 poem “Red Wheelbarrow”‚ my perception of the poem is one of lacking if not for the imagery presented. The visual effects of the wheelbarrow‚ rain‚ and chickens‚ give the reader a sense of everyday life in a rural setting‚ someplace where these things are commonplace. Williams seems to depend on the imagery of the wheelbarrow and chickens to provide the reader with a meaning or storyline for the poem. The use of color in the red wheelbarrow and the white
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www.ccsenet.org/ijel International Journal of English Linguistics Vol. 1‚ No. 2; September 2011 A Study on Strategy Instruction and EFL Learners’ Writing Skill Giti Mousapour Negari Department of English Language & Literature University of Sistan & Baluchestan‚ Zahedan‚ Iran Tel: 98-541-805-6622 E-mail: mousapour@hamoon.usb.ac.ir Received: June 20‚ 2011 Accepted: August 3‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/ijel.v1n2p299 Abstract Writing in a second or foreign language seems to be the most
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