Astronomer’s Wife Kay Boyle’s story‚ “Astronomer’s Wife”‚ is about a couple who are constantly not on good terms with one another. The woman named‚ Mrs. Aimes‚ is the protagonist in this story. ‘‘Astronomer’s Wife’’ begins with Mrs. Katherine Ames waking up in her house‚ and she calls for the ‘‘girl‚’’ her maidservant‚ to bring her some coffee. She then begins to think about her husband‚ who is the astronomer. “That man might be each time the new arching wave‚ and woman the undertow that
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Yousafzai and Father Gregory Boyle. Malala is an 18 year old girl from Pakistan who fights for equal rights for girls all around the world. Greg Boyle is a 61 year old man from Los Angeles who is a Jesuit priest‚ gang interventionist‚ and CEO of Homeboy Industries. In order to become a successful advocate‚ like Malala and Greg Boyle‚ one must have faith in God and themselves‚ possess courage‚ be compassionate and obtain a
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change I could not help myself not to notice different approaches of John Steinbeck and Kay Boyle to the similar thematic. They both deal with marital relationships and it was quite interesting to view lives of ordinary married couples through both "male" and "female eyes". While Steinbeck opens his story describing the Salinas Valley in December metaphorically referring to the Elisa’s character‚ Boyle jumps directly to Mrs. Ames’s inner world. Although both writers give us pretty clear
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in which Pythagoras graced his presence on Earth happened so long ago that research on Pythagoras and his mathematical concept were not documented. This is important because many researchers argue if Pythagoras really came up with the Pythagorean Theorem or if it was just a legend or Greek story. After researching this topic‚ I have found that Pythagoras was more than just a “Greek story”. Pythagoras was born in the Samos Islands of Samos. Samos is a Greek island that is found beside the eastern
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1. Gradient of a scalar field function Scalar Function: Generally‚ What Is Scalar Function? The Answer Is that a scalar function may be defined as A function of one or more variables whose range is one-dimensional‚ as compared to a vector function‚ whose range is three-dimensional (or‚ in general‚ -dimensional). Scalar Field When We Talk about Scalar Field‚ We Are Talking about the Scalar Function Being Applied to a Space (More like Euclenoid Space etc) or‚ a scalar field associates
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Seven years in isolation? I grew rather inquisitive as I read the book “The Fermat’s Last Theorem” by Simon Singh. ‘Sagely’‚ I thought‚ as I kept learning more about Professor Andrew Wiles through the course of the book. To spend time solving a believably unsolvable riddle in Mathematics is penance. He must have tormented himself to add a diamond to the mine or mountain of knowledge; but possibly the ecstasy at the end put all that at naught. That and the thought ignited in me‚ that burgeoning zeal
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. Exercise: Week Six Concept Check The theorem works In any right triangle. A key observation is that a and b are at right angles. Movement in one direction has no impact on the other. The Pythagorean Theorem can be used with any shape and for any formula that squares a number. The Pythagorean Theorem lets you use find the shortest path distance between orthogonal directions. So it’s not really about right triangles — it’s about comparing “things” moving at right angles. The
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The Beach by Alex Garland portrays a form of tourism where it differentiates the authentic experiences of a traveller to a tourist. Danny Boyle’s(2000) adaptation depicts an American backpacker‚ Richard‚ who seeks to discover beyond the sightseeing of typical tourists. Upon following a series of unfortunate events on an island‚ the article examines how the film has shaped a diverse audience’s interpretation of cultural travel. The Tourist Gaze (2002) by John Urry reinforces Richard’s motivation to
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Trainspotting presents an ostensible image of fractured society. The 1996 film opens‚ famously‚ with a series of postulated choicesvariables‚ essentially‚ in the delineation of identity and opposition. Significant here is the tone in which these options are deliveredit might be considered the rhetorical voice of society‚ a playful exposition of the pressure placed on individuals to make the "correct" choices‚ to conform to expectation. As such‚ the introduction might be read as contributing
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Sample answers Literature in English 9695/51-53 These three sample answers are for 9695 AS/AL Literature in English Paper 5. They are intended to give an idea of the range of response and the requirements at the top‚ middle and middle/bottom of the mark range. They are not necessarily ideal or model answers‚ but are chosen as being representative answers on model texts. UCLES 2010 2 Example 1 UCLES 2010 example 1 3 Example 1 UCLES 2010 example 1 4 Example 1
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