The theme of war. The novel ‘The Quiet American’ written by Graham Greene is the war novel. Saigon‚ 1952‚ is a beautiful‚ exotic‚ and mysterious city caught in the grips of the Vietnamese war of liberation from the French colonial powers. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by its communist
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Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Working through numerous experiments in sound and advancing his father’s work on Visible Speech for deaf people Bell acquired his education.To continue his study about the human voice he opened a workshop. He also did important work in communication for the deaf. Throughout his life he held more than 18 patents. Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone. Through many years of experimentation with sound waves he created
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This case study has three separate sections to it. The case material is given below‚ and then there is: • A worksheet based on the case study (including the development of a full business plan) • An interactive quiz Taktical.com Frank Drake is a software engineer with a major multinational firm and a highly experienced programmer. He is also a keen racing sailor‚ and for many years in his spare time he has been developing a piece of software to help racing sailors plan their tactics for
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Vinny and Joe-Boy are best friends. They live in Hawaii. They have similar and different character traits that Graham Salisbury gives them in the short story “The Ravine”. Vinny and Joe-Boy are different in many ways. Vinny is very fearful and afraid Salisbury writes “ you’re probably stepping right were the dead boy did‚” said Joe-Boy then Vinny walked on the other side of the trail.” but Joe-Boy is fearless he jumped off the ledge. Joe-Boy and Vinny are different in other ways too Joe-boy is
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Alexander Graham Bell‚ we all know him for his revolutionary invention‚ the telephone. But‚ that wasn’t even his original goal. He actually made the discovery on accident. His main goal was to help the deaf speak. His two brothers Melville and Edward sadly died from tuberculosis at young ages. His mother was deaf‚ and that definitely influenced him to study deafness. Many of Bell’s ideas and goals were turned into reality. But the subject he was most passionate about was helping the deaf.
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English Essay on Brighton Rock In Brighton rock it eventually seemed that whole of society is corrupt due to many reasons Firstly‚ “I’m sorry Mrs Arnold. It’s just a waste of time getting fussed like this” this that due to the fact that Ida is a woman she doesn’t seem to know anything. The phrase “I’m sorry” was used to show direct sympathy for her coming to report it but deep down it doesn’t seem to bother them as he is already dead. Secondly‚ “this doctor he knows his stuff?” this is used to
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Both stories have a message that the authors are trying to express through irony and or paradox. The author Narayan compares deception or truth‚ as if it were like the sun‚ where no human can ever look straight at the sun without being blinded by it. Sekar was the main character and he had to go through a few trials of truth; his first one was him having to be truthful about his wife’s terrible‚ culinary dish she had made him. His second trial was to give an honest opinion about his headmaster’s
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are many types of images that a person can try to uphold. This could be how they believe themselves to be‚ how the people closest to them believe them to be‚ and finally the outward image that the general public see them as. In A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene‚ Querry struggles to maintain true to his self image‚ while others believe that his image isn’t up to him‚ but rather the public opinion. Querry finds his own image too massive to handle‚ his fame essentially driving him to a meaningless existence
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"Two Gentle People" Language and Tone 6/21/01 Graham Greene’s story "Two Gentle People" introduces us to his characters Henry and Marie-Claire. They meet in a local park and are brought together by the thoughtless act of two teenagers. They are two people who seem very stuffy‚ rather old fashioned‚ and "" as we discover "" very unhappily married! In this story‚ the imagery and symbolism in their dialogue abounds. This sets the tone for a rather sad and pitiful story. The story reminds me of a song
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William Graham Sumner explained his view on social Darwinism through an excerpt that was displayed in a collection of essays in 1914. This accusatory text was written in the 1880s and was directed toward the poor people of America. However‚ he did not see them as less fortunate‚ which is often used synonymously with the word poor. To be unfortunate means to be unlucky; these poor citizens were put in this position by their own faults. According to Sumner‚ it was not a matter of luck‚ but a matter
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