because he wanted to get revenge with the British because they killed his children and British gave his wife to someone else. Colonel Edmund Munro is the colonel of the British troop‚ he has two daughters and they were‚ Cora Munro and Alice Munro. Colonel Edmund Munro wanted his daughter Cora to marry Major Duncan‚
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Literary Analysis of My Son the Fanatic Written by Hanif Kureishi‚ the short story My Son the Fanatic develops through the conflict between a father and his son. In the story‚ the father Parvez who works as a taxi driver immigrated from Pakistan to England with his family twenty years ago. His son Ali is a college student in England. When Ali was behaving abnormally‚ Parvez’s suspicion led him to discover that Ali had turned into a religious Muslim. Parvez‚ although born as a Muslim‚ does not
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May 22‚ 2013 Medtronic‚ Inc. (MDT-NYSE) $51.53* Note: More details to come; changes are highlighted. Except where noted‚ and highlighted‚ no other section of this report has been updated Reason for Report: Flash Update: 4Q13 and FY13 Earnings Prev. Ed.: Apr 10‚ 2013: 3Q13 Earnings (broker materials considered till Apr 1‚ 2013) Note: The tables below (Revenue‚ Margins‚ and Earnings per Share) contain material from fewer brokers than in the Valuation table. The extra figures in the
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When we were asked to write about someone that we admire I instantly thought about my papa‚ Massoud who is extremely accomplished and always has good advice to give. He demonstrates scholarship well because he works hard and values education. He was born in Iran‚ but came to America when he was twenty-eight after finishing college. He graduated at the top of his class and came to the U.S. to finish his residency. Even though it was never easy he worked hard to become a surgeon and to provide for
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AN INTERESTING PERSON I ONCE MET During the last school holidays. I often went out for walks in the evenings‚ and the beach was one of my favourite choices. It was there that I met an interesting person. He was sitting under a coconut tree where a fishing boat was moored. His gaze was fixed on something far away‚ something as far‚ perhaps‚ as the horizon. He was hardly aware of my approach. But‚ as I halted my steps‚ about two metres away from him‚ he turned and greeted me with a toothless smile
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Literary Analysis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a popularly known children’s book written by Lewis Carroll‚ but all is not what it appears. Though the book seems mostly comprised of silliness‚ random actions and nonsensical fun‚ that is a common misconception‚ and it is actually‚ demonstrating a social relationship. Through the adventures of a little girl named Alice‚ Carroll echoes his opinions of a government and its society’s relationship. Throughout
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The title of the story looms over the entire narrative‚ as it’s not until the last page that we learn who the husband is — it turns out it’s someone who‚ until that last page‚ we haven’t even met. So that’s my first puzzle: why did Munro give this story that title? What game is she playing with that structure and our expectations? It’s surely not just a ha-ha-gotcha ploy. The second puzzle is this: why are so many of the people in the story pretending to occupy roles they don’t? First‚ we have the
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_I Wish I Never Met Him_ Two years ago‚ I met this guy online. He lived really close to me and we talked one night for a couple hours. He seemed like a really nice guy‚ but he wanted me to go to his house right off the bat‚ so I lost contact with him. Well‚ fast-forward to about seven months ago and I found him on facebook‚ so I added him as a friend. At first‚ I was just wanting to be his friend‚ but we started talking online‚ then he started talking about sex‚ then he started talking about wanting
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Analysis of “the lumber room” by H. Munro The text under analysis is a short story by a British novelist and short-story writer Hector Hugh Munro who was born in Akyab‚ Burma when it was one of the parts of the British Empire 1870‚ he was killed on the French front during the first world war in 1916‚ he is better known by the pseudonym Saki‚ and he is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Beside his short stories‚ he wrote a full-length play‚
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“The Man I Killed” can be compared to that purpose of imagery. In “The Man I Killed” character O’Brien explicitly describes the images that cross his mind as he stares down at the man he might have killed. He goes from describing the man’s injuries with graphic detail to then immediately taking note of a “butterfly making its way along the young man’s forehead” creating a contrast between gore and beauty (121). O’Brien includes the beauty amidst the gore not to confuse the reader but show how little
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