"The Shark Net" written by Robert Drewe is a non-fiction Autobiographical text which is part-true crime and part autobiographical. Robert Drewe captivates the reader’s interest through the events‚ places‚ and people of early his childhood and adolescence‚ and the Eric Cooke serial killings. By using techniques such as symbolism‚ language and selection of detail‚ Drewe positions the reader to respond with intrigue to his experiences. At the age of six Drewe was required to move from Melbourne to
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Personal and Business-Related Factors associated with Loan Shark Availment of Public Market Vendors of Passi City Carimah Jane Ambata Quenne Rose Buenavista Andrea Duran Emelyn Ordejan Keziah Sondia Hyacinth Tabares Jecelle Testigo Shane Eunice Yap CHAPTER 1 Background of the Study Loan Sharking is the practice of lending money to desperate people at extremely high and illegal rates of interest. An American author‚ Rolf Nugent says that the business appears to
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ECO201 – Introduction to Business Statistics Syllabus Fall 2012 Professor Ng’s Information Name: Dr. Pin Ng E-mail: Use Bb Learn e-mail only (preferred way to communicate not telephone). Do not send e-mail to my LOUIE e-mail account. Office location: FCB 408 Office hours: Tu‚Th 3:40-5:10 p.m. or by appointment Phone: 523-8726 (not preferred) No telephone tag Biography: Short Vita (use Control-click) Course Information Course title: Introduction to Business Statistics
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Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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evaluation Norman MacCaig describes the character of the “Brooklyn cop” a corrupt‚ thuggish American. A policeman is meant to put across trust and is employed to serve and protect the people. Instead the "Gorilla with a nightstick" is insensitive‚ violent and appears to enjoy the murderous nature of his occupation. However despite his brutal nature and rough exterior there is a gentler side to the cop who loves his wife and fears for his life. “Brooklyn Cop” by Norman MacCaig is a poem which
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Hour” by Norman MacCaig. ‘Visiting Hour’ is a poem dealing with someone visiting a close relative in hospital who is terminally ill. The poet creates this loss emotion through his use of structure‚ metaphors and creates an ultimate acceptance theme to enhance my understanding of the central concerns of the poem. MacCaig starts off the poem by using different types of structure‚ including enjambment‚ repetition and word order‚ to deepen the reader’s understanding of this emotion‚ loss. MacCaig starts
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Analysis of November Night‚ Edinburgh November Night‚ Edinburgh is a wonderful poem by Norman MacCaig. This poem is describing the horrible winter in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. The winter described is a cold‚ terrible winter with frost and pollution. This poem follows a 4-line 4-stanza structure. This poem does not have any rhyming in it‚ but one could argue that MacCaig has structured the poem so that it resembles the tenements that he has described in the picture. This poem uses strong figurative and
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It is clear to see in both below the green corrie and in the prelude that Norman MacCaig and William Wordsworth both show a strong relationship between man and nature. In below the green corrie we see the narrator describe his experience of coming down a Scottish mountain range; he describes the mountains as highwaymen‚ pirates and bandits which makes nature more animated and entertains the reader‚ he also appears to take riches from the mountain. In the prelude we see a more traditional view on
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The main theme of this poem written by Norman MacCaig is Death and Death is something that every single one of us will have to face one day because it is also written in the bible that God said from the Garden of Eden That from the dust you were made from the dust you shall return so this means as long as we are human beings we WILL face Death some day of our lives and this poem is a very good example of that kind of situation‚ Norman has also used different types of techniques to convey his feelings
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Hotel Room‚ 12 Floor (1968) th Norman MacCaig Hotel Room‚ 12th Floor by Norman MacCaig This morning I watched from here a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect the Empire State building‚ that jumbo size dentist’s drill‚ and landing on the roof of the PanAm skyscraper. But now Midnight has come in from foreign places. Its uncivilised darkness is shot at by a million lit windows‚ all ups and acrosses. But midnight is not so easily defeated. I lie in bed‚ between a radio and a television
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