Both the main characters in “The Painted Door” and The Great Gatsby have very eventful pasts. These characters falsely rely on the past to motivate them in their future actions.“The Painted Door” tells a story about a married couple named John and Ann‚ they live in an isolated farmhouse where they have minimum contact with other individuals besides themselves. A bad winter storm came upon the couple and John went to visit his father. As the day progresses Ann has many hours to be alone and think
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When it comes to wood garage doors‚ most people don’t give it much thought. If you have one‚ you paint it whenever you paint your house‚ you replace it or repair it if it gets damaged‚ but otherwise you don’t think about it. The thing is‚ though‚ that the part of your car housing area that opens and closes for cars and such is usually very visible to the outside world. It’s a big part of your home‚ and you want it to look as nice as you want the rest of your home to look. For that reason‚ you might
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Open Door Policy On Migration of Foreign Talent Open Door Policy on Migration of Foreign Talent? That is to welcome foreigner talents into a particular country. Counties like Taiwan‚ Japan‚ South Korea‚ Australia and Singapore has been showing interest in the migration pool. Recently‚ Singapore’s Government introduced the white paper bill. The white paper bill is mainly to increase Singapore’s population through migrations. As Singapore’s population is ageing‚
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Essay 1: American Dreams What is the “golden door” (14) that Emma Lazarus refers to in her sonnet “The New Colossus”? To some‚ “golden door” may mean opportunity access to citizenship. To others‚ it might mean freedom‚ jobs‚ and safety. Historically‚ the “golden door” probably refers to the history of immigration laws that began to become more restrictive‚ culminating in the “golden door” shutting in 1882‚ effectively excluding Chinese immigrants‚ people seeking political asylum‚ anyone psychologically
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Sinclair Ross’ short story The Painted Door takes place on an isolated farm during the Great Depression‚ whose closest neighbor‚ Steven‚ is two miles away. The isolation is even intensified in this story due to the horrible snow storm. Ann’s husband John braves the weather to visit his father‚ leaving her all alone‚ but on his way he stops by to tell Steven to go play cards with his wife. In situations where people are experiencing strong emotions such as fear‚ desperation‚ or‚ as in the case of
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Nondiegetic music of the Doors in the scene waiting in Saigon Sound plays a significant part in all movies and one of the most interesting of all the sound techniques would be the use of nondiegetic music. In the movie Apocalypse Now‚ there is a double disc soundtrack with thirty tracks on it. The one song on there that has the most meaning would The Doors song "The End". This song not only set the mood for the scene waiting in Saigon and the move as a whole but is also used to foreshadow the
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Group 1 Project Open Doors: Extending Hospitality to Travelers with Disabilities Charles Carillon‚ Erica Kalilikane‚ Bethany Waters This report serves to review the research completed by Eric Lipp and the Open Doors Organization (ODO). Through familiarity with the issue‚ analysis‚ and sound recommendations‚ we conclude that the research was sound and beneficial to a very large demographic of people with disabilities. MGMT 3350-Business
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Stepping out into the building she began to make her way towards the car park in order to find her trusted car. Reaching the car‚ she put her hand into her pocket and pulled out her keys‚ shoving the car key into the lock and turned it. She pulled the door open‚ not having to worry if she hit anyone else’s car as none where parked near hers. She reached over the steering wheel to the glove box and her hand moved around trying to feel out what she’d left in there. Her hand hit the butt of her firearm
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present themes which are relevant to the reader‚ in order for it to make an impression. For this reason‚ short stories tend to be based on some type of controversy or debatable issue. In Sinclair Ross ’ highly metaphorical short story "The Painted Door"‚ the explicit theme is centered on adultery. However‚ there are other‚ more subtle‚ motifs in the story that play a very significant a role in its success. The themes essential in making the protagonist ’s adultery understandable are the landscape
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Wondering what’s going to happen and whether or not they are going to be successful. However‚ once Paul and Jake resurface‚ you immediately see a shift in the story. “I flung open the driver’s side door‚ ran around to the back‚ and pulled open the rear doors”. She then goes on to say “…I clumsily pried open the doors of the cage”‚ while simultaneously describing the terrified and unruly chickens. Her use of action verbs like thrust‚ pulled and slammed was beneficial to the scene. It put me‚ as the reader
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