Due to: 13.11.2013 Submitted: 13.11.2013 By Olya Chermoskutova Summary (Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better) The problem that Julian Treasure states is that we’re losing our listening: we retain only 25% of what we hear. He defines listening as making meaning from sound. Julian says we use a lot of techniques to do it: firstly‚ when it’s noisy‚ we react at some sounds and words‚ especially our names – that’s how we recognize patterns. Secondly‚ we use differencing: if some sound remains
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to be good people because they have religion in their life. Religion can be misidentified as what it takes to be a good person. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ the grandmother claims to be religious but‚ is‚ in fact‚ a hypocrite who lacks self-awareness. The grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” exemplifies what it means to be a fake. She is a liar‚ racist‚ and judger. All of these attributes go against the beliefs of the Catholic Church‚ but the grandmother does
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My favorite British writer and his famous book ’Treasure Island’ My favorite famous British writer is Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ in 1850. Robert went to Edinburgh University to study law. Later on he decided that he wanted to be a writer‚ not a lawyer. In his early 20s he became ill with a chest problem. He suffered from this for the rest of his life. He moved from place to place‚ trying to find a suitable climate. In 1880 Robert married an American
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author of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”. In this story‚ O’Connor writes about a family‚ the grandmother‚ Bailey‚ the mother of the children‚ and the three children‚ from rural Georgia who are murdered by an escaped convict called the Misfit. O’Connor’s message is irrefutably symbolic of the grace she believes we are offered through Jesus. O’Connor’s upbringing as a Catholic woman in the south had a great deal of influence on all of her work. In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”‚ author Flannery O’Connor uses
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the writer to manipulate the reader’s expectations and take them somewhere completely different. In the short stories‚ A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flanney O’Connor and Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood‚ both authors use the element of irony and surprise to engage readers and to develop deeper levels of meaning in their text. In A Good Man is Hard to Find‚ O’connor uses several kinds of irony to communicate her message about the human condition. The foreshadowing of irony
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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor opens with a scene of a grandmother in the kitchen with her son‚ Bailey‚ and his family‚ which consists of a wife who wears slacks and a kerchief around her hair while she feeds a young baby as well as two children; a young boy and girl named John Wesley (which oddly enough is the name of the founder of the Methodist religion) and June Star. The family is preparing to go to Florida on vacation but the grandmother is insistent that they go to Tennessee
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stories without even analyzing the story for any hidden meaning‚ facts‚ or religious hints. Out of the many sins that are mentioned‚ one of the most common in the two stories that will be discussed is Wrath. You wouldn’t believe the things you can find in a story when you start breaking it down into little parts. Wrath is a big part of a lot of tragic stories and is also one of the seven deadly sins. The word “wrath” stems from the Archaic adjective “wroth‚” which for centuries—from before 900
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Find a passion in life (The fulfillment view)- Susan Wolf -Find your passion. It doesn’t matter what you do with your life as long as it is something you love. -The reason one should find one’s passion and go for it is because doing so will give one’s life a particular kind of “good feeling” and adds something “distinctive and deeply good to life”. -Being involved with something one loves or cares about‚ gives joy and fulfillment to their life. -Feelings classified as “pleasures” are unlikely
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Is it possible to find an ideal place to work? It is very possible to find an ideal place to work. The notion of an ideal place to work is highly dependent on the individual and his or her expectations of the job or desire for a particular job. According to Tony Stark at O’Gradys things were great he had been part of the team from day one. The job had met his personal goals and expectations perfectly. He believed he had grown greatly as a person. His work was appreciated and recognized; he received
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Derek Mathis English Comp II Mrs. Urioste October 15‚ 2012 Themes Authors use many themes in short stories. In Flannery O’Connor’s‚ “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”‚ the story has themes that are a universal truths that can withstand the test of time. “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is Flannery’s most popular piece that she wrote. The themes in the story are life’s battle with what good really is‚ life’s battle with religion‚ and life’s battle with society and class. First‚ life’s battle with
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