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    IMPORTANT VSAQ’S – Ist Year Chemistry(for N-TARGET) 1. What is Heisenburg uncertainity principle? 2. Significance of Ѱ & Ѱ2. 3. Difference B/w Orbit & Orbital. 4. What is shielding effect? How does it effect I.P Values. 5. What is diagonal relationship? 6. What is Lanthanide contraction? Give its consequences. 7. What types of bonds are present in NH4Cl? 8. What is dipole moment? 9. Why H2O has high B.P than HF? 10. What are Co-Ordination numbers of NaCl & CsCl. 11. Define Co-Ordinate

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    Flight By Doris Lessing In the short story "Flight" by Alice Lessing‚ it’s the story of an old man who raises homing pigeons for a hobby and who constantly worries about his last granddaughter‚ Alice‚ leaving and getting married tothe postmaster’s son‚ Steven. The old man is very overprotective and also possessive of his daughter.In a way‚ the grandfather is also jealous of Alice’s fiancé‚ Steven. The Old man argues with Aliceabout her behaviour when Steven is with her and he complains to his

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    Baglady “Baglady” is a British short story written by A. S. Byatt‚ it was published in the collection “Elementals” in 1998. The main character in this story is Daphne Gulver- Robins. Daphne accompanies her husband on a business trip to the Far East. The main reason she is on the trip‚ is for her husband to be able to impress his boss‚ by showing his family side. Daphne would have preferred staying home taking care of the animals on the farm‚ because she knows that her and the other wives

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    The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway‚ has a relatable title because it’s exactly what it says‚ it’s about an old man who has made his living on the sea his entire life. He is very close with the sea and has love as well as respect for it. Santiago refers to the sea as "la mar" as if it were feminine. He respects the sea and is very passionate for "her". Sometimes he calls her names out of anger but is remorseful later. The story takes place in

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    Hemingway created Santiago‚ Santiago made Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba‚ and published in 1952. This novel centers upon Santiago‚ an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Many people like this story very much and regard it as the most excellent work of Hemingway. I agree with this idea and I think The Old Man and the Sea brought Hemingway to the best period of his literary career

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    The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde Introduction Let’s begin with the synopsis of this short story. Hughie Erskine is a gorgeous and well-known man. He has every accomplishment except earning money. He tries everything; from being an investor‚ a tea- merchant‚ to selling dry sherry. Nothing works and what makes thing worse that he is in love. The girl is Laura Merton‚ the daughter of a retired Colonel. Both are madly in love and adoring each other. The problem is‚ Hughie had no idea how he could

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    III honors 14 October 2011 The Short Stories Quiet‚ But Aggressive Approach Novels are superfluous while short stories strive for flawlessness‚ ensuring meticulously picked details and succinct plots. The short story utilizes the complex and vivid words the English language has to offer‚ painting pictures in the minds of the reader‚ while the novel overwhelms the reader with redundant and arbitrarily picked language. Steven Millhauser says that Short stories illustrate the message or meaning

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    ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered the short story to be an inferior kind

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    Squatter by Rohinton Mistry is a short story depicting the challenges faced by immigrants in foreign countries. He is very clever in trying to get the message of this story across. Mr.Mistry shows the issues faced by immigrants in a humorous yet attention-grabbing manner. For example‚ Sarosh’s difficulty in adapting to the toilet is a sarcastic way of showing some issues faced by immigrants. Sarosh was so used to squatting he could not adapt to toilets. This clearly shows that‚ what you have been

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    Once a Mans’ action turns bad‚ there isn’t any going back. In Flanery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” She depicts this as an all American family is getting ready for a trip to visit Florida. As we look into the story that Flanery O’Connor has written we can definitely see the differences in a man who is of respectable moral fiber that shows proper hospitality and cortices from a man who has an unscrupulous morals deceit and ill intentions. According to “A Good Man is Hard to

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