W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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I’ve never told this story before‚ and I doubt I’ll ever tell it again. My mother said that when I were born‚ I couldn’t cry. I have come out so early and so weak that the first six months of my life were spent in the hospital. I also never crawled around like other babies‚ only laying on bed and crying out silent scream. Even the doctor said that there was only 50% chance that I would grow up normally. So‚ it is easy to understand why during my childhood‚ my parrent never allowed me to play
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The Great Escape Movie and Real Story The movie The Great Escape was based on the escape of many prisoners from a Nazi prison camp during World War II. Unfortunately‚ only a couple of the escapees made it to safety before being captured again. Once the prisoners were captured‚ they were sent to a Nazi prison camp called Stalag. If they had done nothing except passing their time patiently they would have been able to make it through the war safely. However‚ the Germans were rather dependent
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David Salay When I was 7‚ I had short bright blonde hair and intent little blues eyes. I was tall for my age‚ so naturally athletic. I loved to bike‚ play soccer‚ play baseball‚ and do anything else that involved physical activity. I was also a bit of a smartass‚ always trying to correct my superiors when I believed them to be wrong. The combination of these two factors could get me in trouble. One time at this age my friend dared me to moon 7th grade baseball team to distract them. I took up
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Su Tong’s story “Escape” depicts a tragic life of a village man Chen Sanmai through the illustration of Sanmai’s nephew. Sanmai had spent the majority of his life on escaping from his parents‚ wife‚ family duties‚ established life‚ and everything even those chosen by himself. Before he gets married‚ his parents are there to find him back home; after marriage‚ his wife is the one who goes out to remote places to take him back. The circle between escaping and finding ends after he left for avoiding
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING As an everyday routine Abby wakes up like any other day. She turns off the alarm clock‚ then drags herself out of bed wishing it was already Saturday. She Jumps in the shower and rushes out because her clock was thirty minutes behind and they had called asking if Abby was coming in for work. As she says yes she on her way to the salon she has this really bad feeling in her stomach. Even though she doesn’t know what’s in plan for her today and tragedy that’s going to happen
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needs out of life. Time passes and the love remains..then the big news happens....both realize shes still continuing the bullshit....but again all they do is shrug it off. Knowing that on the inside the hurt tremendously....alone they think about her...about what shes doing with the other..its hard...they both know they shouldnt have forgiven her in the beginning but again...her hook...its what snags you. It wont let go unless she is completly eliminated from your life....from any bit of memory.
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Dubliners: Escape and Paralysis James Joyce captures the social realities of early nineteenth century Ireland in the set of short stories that comprise Dubliners. Many of the stories have parallels as Joyce overlaps themes in his effort to define the conditions in Ireland. Joyce develops the themes of paralysis and the desire to escape via the protagonists’ experiences in Eveline and Little Cloud. Confronted with the opportunity to escape Dublin‚ Eveline is unable to board the ferry because she is
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arduous one. I along with my cameraman went along to watch the race which was about to begin. All the formulae one cars lined up in the race tracks. The drivers held tightly onto the driving wheel‚ they looked tensed and eager to race. Suddenly everyone was tensed and caught in a rough silence. Then with the waving of the black and white chequered flag‚ and a gun shot that waved across the crowd‚ the race commenced. There were about a 25 participants. Being a journalist‚ obliviously I felt biased. The crowd
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Pablo etched her face with broad pencil strokes. Two fine lines hinted at eyebrows‚ lifted in a lipless smile. The large eyes were slightly downcast‚ lashes thick and soft. Prominent cheekbones hovered above a thin jaw line and soft chin. None of the features were completely filled in. Only one nostril was finished‚ the eyes were half shaded‚ and light waves of hair framed the sides of her face and neck. Tiny wrinkles at the edge of her mouth spoke of tears and laughter. Pablo’s pencil bobbed
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