"The beginning is simple to mark". This is the opening sentence of Ian McEwan’s novel "Enduring Love"‚ and in this first sentence‚ the reader is unwittingly drawn into the novel. An introduction like this poses the question‚ the beginning of what? Gaining the readers curiosity and forcing them to read on. The very word "beginning" allows us an insight into the importance of this event‚ for the narrator must have analysed it many a time in order to find the moment in which it all began‚ and so
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English Oral A2 -Enduring Love- This text belongs to the novel Enduring Love written by Ian McEwan. The extract is set at the beginning of the novel when Joe retells the events of the accident that will shape Joe and Clarissa’s lives forever. The main theme of the extract is the unexpected turns of life‚ and the binary position between order & chaos. We may relate the former theme with the way that Joe’s life changes in one minute‚ and the feeling of not being able to control the situation
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CHAPTER 13--TAX CREDITS AND PAYMENT PROCEDURES Key 1. The tax benefit received from a tax credit is affected by the tax rate of the taxpayer. FALSE 2. The tax benefits resulting from tax credits and tax deductions are never affected by the tax rate bracket of the taxpayer. FALSE 3. Nonrefundable credits are those that reduce the taxpayer’s tax liability but are not paid when the amount of the credit (or credits) exceeds the taxpayer’s tax liability. TRUE 4. The credit for child
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Chapter 13 Inventory Management Answers to Discussion and Review Questions 1. Inventories are held (1) to take advantage of price discounts‚ (2) to take advantage of economic lot sizes‚ (3) to provide a certain level of customer service‚ and (4) because production requires some in-process inventory. 2. Effective inventory management requires (1) cost information‚ information on demand and lead time (amounts and variabilities)‚ an accounting system‚ and a priority system (e.g.‚ A-B-C)
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ENDURING LOVE Ian McEwan A dictionary defines the word addictive as being: wholly devoted to something‚ a slave to another and in a state of wanting more. Ian McEwan claimed that he wanted to write an opening chapter that had the same effect as a highly addictive drug. In my opinion he has achieved in doing this. At the end of chapter one the reader is left needing more information about the characters introduced and what tragedy actually occurred. McEwan took
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interest and anticipation that will drive the reader to carry on and enjoy it. Readers expect openings to include a couple of key areas like the setting‚ the introduction of characters and interest through a form of enigma or tension. Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love both conforms and challenges what a reader would expect of an opening through opening on what seems to be a climactic point of the book. Opening with the balloon incident immediately creates tension. McEwan’s choice of opening sentence is particularly
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Asian trade system? What was the “flaw”? Who controlled the trade system? Who overthrew the Mongols/Yuan dynasty? What did Hongwu give power to? What did Hongwu try to decrease? What increased during Hongwu’s rule? Chapter 21 The Asian trading network was before the Europeans had monopoly on the world trade system‚ the main “people” involved in this trade was the Arabs‚ Indians‚ and the Chinese. Each of these had their respective items to offer‚ such as glass‚ cotton
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13. Organizational Change Understanding Key Concept l Change agents are people who take action to change the behavior of people and systems. l Unplanned change occurs spontaneously and without a change agent’s direction. l Planned change is intentional and occurs with a change agent’s direction. l Unfreezing is the stage at which a situation is prepared for change. l Changing is the stage in which specific actions are taken to create change. l Refreezing is the stage in which changes are
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Book review: Enduring love‚ by Ian McEwen Plot: The basic story line to the book is all about a man who experiences a ballooning accident where he and a group of other guys try to pull down a balloon that has a boy in‚ which is the captain of the air balloons grandson...so they are all holding it down trying to get the kid out but a strong gust of wind blows the balloon up and the four guys still holding on are pulled up with it but before it gets too high three of the four jump off to safety
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What is significant about the narrative in chapter one? In the opening chapter of Enduring Love‚ the narrative is very important as it helps the reader see the narrator’s opinion of what happened that day leading up to the accident of John Logan’s death. In this chapter‚ there is mainly a use of interior monologue to describe the events as the narrator is using first person to describe what was happening and is verbalising their thoughts as they occurred. This type of narrative is a good
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