evening in the home of the Maloneys‚ who seem to be an ordinary married couple. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband Patrick‚ a policeman‚ to come home. Mary is pregnant and happy and looking forward to his return. However‚ Patrick has a nasty surprise for her. He says that he is going to leave her. Mary enters a state of shock and acts as if nothing has happened. From the deep freeze she gets a leg of frozen lamb for dinner. When her husband repeats that he’s going out‚ Mary hits him over the
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sticks. He asks A-ming what those are‚ as he has never seen something like that before because in Canada‚ people eat with forks. A-ming explains that those instruments are named chopsticks‚ and it’s the common way to eat in Asia. He’s also a bit surprise to learn that in Canada‚ almost nobody eats with chopsticks. A-ming shows to Charles the cake he’s eating. He explains that it’s called “moon cake”. It’s only during the Moon Festival that people eat it‚ it’s one of Taiwan’s specialities. Charles
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based on a mythical plot‚ where Bilbo Baggins-a hobbit was caught up in plot joining the dwarfs and Gandalf on their adventure to get the treasure that is protected by a dangerous dragon fighting many obstacles along their journey. This is very unexpected from Bilbo Baggins because as hobbit they are respected for their simple‚ punctual‚ and boring lifestyle. But Bilbo is caught up on this plan planned by Gandalf and dwarfs on an adventure to get treasure on they way he has to fight many creatures
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“A Joy That Kills” is a short film in which an imprisoned wife is portrayed as being somewhat comprehensively challenged‚ and in her efforts to finally escape her life of mental‚ physical and emotional abuse she dies as a result of an unexpected surprise of tragic torture. Depicting a relationship strong bondage‚ the characters in the story display mental slavery. Louise is a submissive wife who obeys every given command by her autocrat husband‚ yet suffers from much mental abuse while
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affection and making it well-protected‚ but to her big surprise and sadness‚ her beloved baby died from her over-affection. I was deeply touched by the last sentence of the story: “The best intentions will not always ensure success.” There is no doubt that this sentence is thought-provoking. It is very common nowadays that many parents try their best to offer their daring the best condition in the hope of protecting them from many unexpected dangers. But obviously‚ this love of children is wrong
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the story. The storyline was very well thought upon and contains intricate details which at times leave you mesmerised at the true beauty of Doyle’s writing. Roald Dahl‚ traditionally known for the serious of children’s books he once wrote‚ would surprise you to know that he once wrote a detective story also. ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ is fast paced and contains many twists and turns. At times you feel lost as the story subverts from time to time. The beginning of the story is long and slow but it soon
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more focused concentration on those areas where results are more achievable. The third key principle is to Do the Unexpected. By keeping forces shifting back and forth‚ this creates frustration in leaders‚ and gains a better picture of how opponents or competitors will respond. This also downplays the value of direct attack‚ and places the emphasis on manuever and surprise. The fourth key principle is to outthink your enemy rather than to outfight him. Sun Tzu’s philosophy was such that
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The goal was to achieve a popular uprising against the GVN and to show the American public that the very notion of security was null and void. While the attack itself did not surprise the principals‚ its timing during the Tet holiday truce phasedown did. According to Robert J. McMahon‚ the weeks preceding and the months following the initial Tet fighting constituted the pivotal period when the escalation of the American ground war ended and the active search for an American exit from the war began
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smile. The women falls in his trap and wants Harvey to kiss her. "Your husband sent me to kiss you." She of course fell for it and now desired him to kiss her‚ but Harvey rejected her with a smile. "I have stopped kissing women" he says. Not only he surprises the readers with this saying but also fools Natalie. Narrator comments on the situation by saying ‘‘The person can’t have everything in this world and it’s a little unreasonable of her to expect it.’’ It is clear that the narrator judges the woman
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14th June 2013 How Does Lee Make the Shooting of Tim Johnson Such a Tense and Exciting Moment in the Novel? At the beginning of Chapter 10 Jem and Scout are embarrassed of Atticus as he is atypical to the other men of Maycomb. Lee writes ‘our Father didn’t do anything. He worked in an office’. Here she is establishing that Scout is ashamed as Atticus is opposite to the Fathers of Scout’s contemporaries. Lee emphasizes Scout’s remorse towards Atticus for wearing glasses‚ by writing‚ ‘besides
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