A Summary of “Newfoundlandese If You Please‚” Diane Mooney captures the diverse language of the Newfoundlanders in her essay “Newfoundlanse‚ If You Please”. She explains how the language has evolved and the different way of speaking in all the communities of Newfoundland. The Southern part of the Island is mostly predominant by the Catholic-Irish and they have a unique “dialect”. On the other side of the Island‚ live the Anglicans-Irish and their speed of speaking makes even harder to understand
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Will you please be quiet‚ please? Raymond Carver Chapter Summaries “Fat” A waitress serves a fat man and is moved by the experience. “Neighbors” A couple house-sitting for neighbors are gradually taking over their neighbors’ lives. They begin to enjoy the feeling of voyeurism and begin to hope: One says‚ “Maybe they won’t come back.” “The Idea” A couple spies on a man who spies on his own wife from his garden. “They’re Not your Husband” Details an out of work salesman´s response to the
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“Will You Please be Quiet‚ Please” is a short story collection that explores the human condition in the blue collar‚ working class citizens of the 1960’s in America. Carver is known not only for his minimalist style of writing‚ but also for his habit of basing many‚ if not all‚ of his stories on his own real life experiences. In this collection‚ Carver shows modern life as a series of hardships whereby ordinary people‚ who have the odds stacked against them‚ must battle for survival. He explores
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1. Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please? by Raymond Carver Read the following stories; ‘Neighbors’ and ‘Why Honey’ These two stories should be annotated to reflect the close reading these tasks require. Neighbours * A list of the central characters‚ and key textual elements in their construction (images‚ descriptions‚ names‚ relationships). * Bill and Arlene miller – couple * Harriet and Jim Stones – lived across the hall * Apartment * Sunburst clock * Mirror
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article‚ "Nigga? Please"‚ written by Talib Kweli Greene‚ I relatively agree with his point of view on how different spellings of the N-word will not be affected nor change the meaning‚ but just only the context of it will make the whole new aspect. His contrary with Piers Morgan is the main reason why I switched from being Pier Morgan’s advocate to become his supporter. The example from his story of Ted Joans‚ how people described him as a "nice‚ colored man." gives me a brief summary of the connection
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1. What is the story about? Answer this question in two sentences – one that explains the story literally‚ and one sentence that considers the deeper meanings and messages. Lee Waite lives on his sixty acres of land‚ with his family. He usually sits on the porch to see if anyone tries to trespass‚ since he received the phone call from his friend Joseph Eagle that people are hunting on his land. One day he hears people on his land‚ and gets his gun and moves towards them. He tells them to leave immediately
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With so many great writers throughout the history of writing‚ and with so many genres it is very difficult to appeal to everyone when an author finishes a polished piece of fiction. Raymond Carver’s Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please? however will appeal to the mass audience of fiction readers throughout all genres‚ because Raymond Carver allows for his readers to become lost in his vivid and continoues dreams which he concurs with raw splendor and sinster truth. Carver’s book is a collection of fictional
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Cassidy Williams 9 December 2016 PLS101: American Democracy Haglund Please Vote for Me: Summary and Response In the movie‚ Please Vote for Me that we watched in class‚ an experiment in democracy took place in an elementary school in China. For the first time ever‚ the way of electing a class monitor had changed. The teacher usually just appoints who she feels would be the best candidate‚ but this time the children were asked to do an election. The class monitor is a powerful position in this elementary
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1. The communication process done by Agilent Technologies in terms of dealing with downsizing is remarkable for me. In my own opinion‚ they have done exemplary job in dealing with downsizing. They have created a good way of communicating to its employees. It tried to utilize every medium possible to disseminate information regarding the upcoming layoff of employees. Agilent Technologies used an open style of communication in their office to make the employees aware of what is bound to happen. The
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ON SAYING PLEASE About the author Alfred George Gardiner (1865–1946)‚ a British journalist and author‚ is highly regarded in the literary arena. From 1915 he contributed to The Star under the pseudonym (pen name) Alpha of the Plough. At the time‚ The Star had several anonymous essayists whose pseudonyms were the names of stars. Invited to choose the name of a star as a pseudonym he chose the name of the brightest (alpha) star in the constellation ‘the Plough’. His essays are uniformly elegant
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