Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE First published in 1952 ’A parcel of lazy‚ idle fellars‚ that are always smoking and drinking‚ and lounging…a parcel of young cutters and carvers of live people’s bodies‚ that disgraces the lodgings.’ _Bob Sawyer’s landlady in_ PICKWICK PAPERS To Jo Note St. Swithin’s Hospital does not exist; neither do its staff‚ students‚ nor patients. 1 The large and completely unused set of surgical instruments
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Some Notes on “The Custom House” Novel vs. Romance: A novel is concerned with characters and events. It may contain symbols‚ but these are of secondary concern. A romance‚ on the other hand‚ may have events and characters‚ but the real focus is on the ideas and the symbolism that shape the book. These are inextricable from the story itself. The characters and events in a romance are only there to get across these larger ideas and the symbolism—and usually these are intended to lead the reader
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Schroder house Subsequent to the First World War in 1924‚ De Stijl group (known for simplicity of forms) designed a free flowing private residence for Mrs Truus Schroder Schrader. The Schroder house consists of horizontal and vertical planes are coloured in indistinct red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ white‚ and black; an environment where Mondrian’s fine art work comes to life. The co-designer of the Schroder house - Gerrit Rietveld‚ born in 1888 (the maker of the red blue chair)‚ became a member of De Stijl
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between being a child and being a grown up. He is a picture torn between either to act responsibly or irresponsibly. His lack for a father figure‚ influence how his character acts and thinks. In this story‚ he is the one who stands as “the man of the house”. This is reflected in the line‚ “It’s a funny thing about women‚ the way they’ll take orders from anything in trousers‚ even if it’s only ten”. His character is taking the burden due to a father. Yet in some parts of the story‚ his childhood characteristics
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and suffered at the hands of church doctrine‚ the Islamic world was conquering lands from Persia to Spain. Building not only great cities and palaces but also libraries and centers of learning. These centers of study from Italy to Spain to the “House of Wisdom” in Bagdad‚ was where Muslim scholars were working doggedly advancing the fields of science‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ mathematics‚ alchemy‚ and medicine. (Lyons 156) Not only preserving the great works of Plato and Aristotle and translating
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THE BOARDING HOUSE The Boarding House is included in Dubliners‚ a collection of fifteen short stories by the Irish poet and novelist James Joyce‚ which was first published in 1914. This story of a boarding house‚ like the other stories in Dubliners‚ describes the lives of ordinary citizens of Dublin and illustrates their various qualities. There are three main characters - Mrs. Mooney‚ her daughter Polly and Mr. Doran. At the very beginning the author describes Mrs. Mooney‚ who relinquished
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Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Naimark‚ Norman. Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: The President and Fellows of Harvard College‚ 2001. When asked why I chose this book‚ I would normally respond with some answer conjured up from the depths of my lying brain. But I’ll be honest; I chose this book because it didn’t have as many pages as the others on the list of approved readings‚ that way I could read it faster. I would normally
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Low Cost Green Houses for Vegetable Production Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economic activity and our experience during the last 50 years has demonstrated the strong correlation between agricultural growth and economic prosperity. The present agricultural scenario is a mix of outstanding achievements and missed opportunities. If India has to emerge as an economic power in the world‚ our agricultural productivity should equal those countries‚ which are currently rated as economic power
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The novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is story full of adventure‚ action‚ and suspense‚ but only after the first 400 pages. The first part of the book is little more than an account of everyday life in a magical landscape. The story is really slow with nothing very interesting or exiting happening. On the other hand‚ when you finally get to the dramatic climax of the story‚ it is very well told. The movie is totally different. The director decided to add long fight scenes‚ such as the 2o
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This is a passage from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer‚ the author wrote his “Doctor” series‚ which is noted for description of medical student’s years of professional training. The present extract touches upon the final examinations of medical students. The text under analysis belong to the psychological type and description type as it is concerned mainly with the emotional actions of the characters. The subject-matter of this text is about sitting
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