Sorry for the loss is a short story written by Bridget Keehan and is from Eagle in the Maze- An Anthology of Stories from the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2008. Mainly the story deals with contrasts and how you see people. It is always hard to deliver bad news‚ especially when you do not know how the receiver will react. Evie‚ a female prison guard‚ shall in the beginning of the story tell about the death of a grandmother to Victor a prisoner. It is the first death notice she will deliver
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Sorry for the Loss Dealing with death and the loss of someone you love is possible one of the most difficult emotions to deal with‚ even though death is something that happens all the time‚ all over the world; death is actually the only certain thing in life. When someone we love die‚ we‚ as relatives‚ are put in a difficult situation in which we are expected to react a certain way. Unfortunately delivering the terrible news is sometimes almost as bad as getting them‚ it is never easy being the
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the development of information technology has been changing the way of our live completely. Everything become more easily‚ but‚ at the expense of personal contact‚ as many people choose to work at home in front of a computer screen. This brings the serious dangers for a society which depends on computer screen rather than face-to-face contacts. This matter‚ not just bring bad side for our society‚ but also for our health. One of the biggest dangers is that people start to live a life without any
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Sight‚ smell‚ touch and hearing are used more often‚ even during the act of eating or drinking. How does one find a cup with out looking at it or feeling it‚ they don’t which is exactly why those two senses would have a worse effect on life when lost than taste‚ leaving taste as the ideal sense to lose if one had a choice as to which to give up. Everything has advantages and disadvantages; sight’s advantages outweigh its disadvantages‚ the same for touch‚ smell‚ and hearing. Taste’s disadvantages
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Santiago as a pitiful gesture. Yet Santiago only accepts it after refusing it beforehand‚ which the author says “He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride” (14). This shows the determination
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America’s Most Shameful Moment President Jackson ordered Indian removal despite the Constitution‚ and this was very controversial between the Native Americans‚ general public‚ and law makers. Andrew Jackson most certainly did not have the right to order the removal of the Native Americans. Beside from ethics‚ his own government branch of the Supreme Court declared it illegal. John Marshall decided that the Cherokees had their own nation‚ and it would be wrong for the United States to claim the
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people suffer in captivity‚ and can only dream about the world outside. The yearning for freedom is depicted in Bridget Keehan’s short story; ‘Sorry for the Loss’ from 2008‚ where we meet the chaplain Evie and the young criminal Victor. The story begins when Evie has to tell Victor that his Nan is dead‚ but the situation turns out different than expected. Evie is a chaplain who has worked in the prison for over a year (p.1 l. 18)‚ but she doesn’t really like being there. The atmosphere in the
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Loss we all go through this emotion in life. It’s a part of life and we learn and grow from it every day. It’s that strong hurt or painful feeling in your chest. That ping in your stomach that just won’t go away. Coping with a huge loss in your life is one of most difficult things you can do. We have all experience this feeling in one way or another. I recently felt these tumbling emotions not too long ago in October. When I lost my dog my friend of fourteen years Blacky of old age.
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Why‚ and to what extent‚ have conservatives placed their faith in pragmatism rather than principle? Pragmatism is the idea that one should take a flexible approach to politics; using an understanding of what is best for the people and what will bring stability‚ it also is about what is most wanted by the people. An example of this was the post war consensus when consecutive conservative governments didn’t cancel any of the widespread reforms brought in by the labour government of 1945-51. Principle
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2.How does Ishmael Beah address the loss of innocence in A Long Way Gone? While Beah’s memoir is written largely in a matter-of-fact tone‚ he does use several devices to illustrate the theme of loss of innocence: use of flashbacks‚ symbolism‚ and nature motifs. Beah states plainly that his induction into the Sierra Leone military at the age of 13 was the end of his childhood. Although the violent pursuit of rebels across Sierra Leone traumatized Beah‚ it is not until he is turned into a killer
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