QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and
Premium Character Graham Greene Fiction
Trapped By the Past I sat on the teacher’s dais‚ alone and unprotected. As floods of small schoolboys flowed into the room in unrelenting waves‚ I began to realise the full extent of my vulnerability. Standing at the highest point in the room‚ I was an obvious target. Any of the malevolent children below me could easily hit me with a heavy object or swarm on me like a crowd of ants‚ overwhelming me with sheer force of numbers and sending me tumbling to the ground. During the war‚ I had been far
Premium Eye color
CMT3321 – Week 19 – Sample Exam Question Question (a) Describe the key features of Tangible User Interfaces‚ comparing and contrasting them with multi-touch interactive surfaces. [ 10 marks ] (b) Consider the following scenario: The Tangible Disaster Simulation System is a collaborative tool for planning disaster measures based on simulations of disasters and responses such as evacuation and the actions of emergency services. Users can define parameters of a disaster (such as its scale
Premium Evaluation
In the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike‚ the novelists conveys the submissive nature of his characters in the trusting relationship they have with the novelist. Through the metaphor of war‚ the soldiers -characters- show obedience towards their general -the novelist. The general starts of by illustrating the characters with “misty faces” which gives the reader the impression that they cannot be seen clearly. This could be literal seeing as the novelist goes on to talk about landscape
Premium English-language films Debut albums The Reader
Jaclyn Butler 04/24/2012 Intracultural Communications Professor Brook Film Analysis on 2009’s “Precious” Analyzing a dynamic film like the 2009 “Precious” is difficult. The movie got a lot of praise for the acting and the story that was portrayed but it also got a lot of heat from the race that was portrayed in the movie. African Americans nationwide said the movie made their African American ghettos into a sexually incest ridden‚ classless society and didn’t properly show any of the positive
Premium African American Black people Race
Research Question: The government should not engage in the surveillance of their citizens in the interests of national security. After the occurrence of the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ President George W. Bush signed a law‚ the PATRIOT Act. The PATRIOT Act made it easier for the law enforcement officials to use certain techniques such as wiretapping and other surveillance technologies to aid in the war against terrorism. The reason why this topic needs to be addressed is located
Premium USA PATRIOT Act Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Constitution
FOR OFFICE USE |Date received | | |Interview | | |A: |W.L: |R: | Please return
Premium Celta United Kingdom Teaching English as a foreign language
Rewrite Story What I Did On My Holiday by Chrissie Manby I can’t wait for this holiday. Sophie Sturgeon will have a perfect romantic holiday with Callum Wales. I had prepared the whole thing to be perfect as well as for the night before we head to Majorca. But Callum did not show up. He at last sent a text saying he will not come over. He wants a break up and he will not go to Majorca. I decided to hide in my flat. I can’t go by my own. But I need to look independence like how everyone in the office
Premium Coming out I Decided LGBT
Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description of the pleasure he experiences while on the job one evening. He wears a helmet emblazoned with the numeral 451 (the temperature at which paper burns)‚ a black uniform with a salamander on the arm‚ and a “phoenix disc” on his chest. On his way home from the fire station‚ he feels a sense of nervous anticipation. After suspecting a lingering nearby presence‚ he meets his new
Premium Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag Dystopia
At 3:25 p.m. Friday afternoon‚ Leonardo left 525 Apricot Lane after the job was done. He left with a backpack‚ a trench coat‚ a watch to help him keep track of the time‚ and a secret. That backpack carried something so precious and valuable... Earlier that same week‚ Thursday night at 10pm‚ Leonardo set off to 525 Apricot Lane and now he was leaving. Leonardo wouldn’t know what would happen to him after what he did... Leonardo just knew if he didn’t get that bag to the headquarters by Sunday‚ 6pm
Premium