and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though it would go on forever…Then television‚ with no malice whatsoever-just a better buy for advertisers-
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Commentary on Piano and Drums In the poem‚ Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara‚ we see a comparison between the primal‚ old world and the more developed new world. Okara compares the two through the representation of the two eras in musical form. Throughout the poem‚ as we experience the two different music forms‚ the poet‚ Okara displays the various allures that the two different societies have on him. The old world displays itself as a very rugged but simple time‚ one that speaks to the primal man
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Tiffany Thet November 26‚ 2011 IB English Year 1 Heart of Darkness Commentary Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Conrad‚ a parallel of the very experiences that Conrad has gone through and ultimately a look at human nature at its lowest and cruelest form. The book centers around Marlow‚ an introspective sailor‚ and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz‚ reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities‚ as if he was a deity. Ultimately Kurtz’s mental collapse and subsequent
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Michael Abushacra English SL Commentary: The Nine Tailors In this passage from The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers‚ Wimsey‚ the main character‚ climbs up a bell-‐tower and endures the deafening vexatious shrills of the bells. The clangor from the bells causes him
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IB SL English 2 Commentary on The Comfort of Strangers In one part of the novel‚ The Comfort of Strangers‚ the English writer Ian McEwan describes the admiration with which his male character‚ Robert‚ contemplates his sisters playing dress up. Though the speaker’s age is never divulged‚ we readily jump to the conclusion that he is around ten years old because of the childish and rudimentary language. The structure of the sentences is also very reflective of the child’s young age‚ as well as
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Written Commentary: Dulce Et Decorum Est Word Count: 1001 Written by Wilfred Owen the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est is one of the many poems that described the war as it was. Owen uses a Latin quotation from Horace‚ initially used in recruiting propaganda‚ in contradiction to its own meaning. Through the use of visual and auditory imagery Owen creates a scenario that he himself might of experienced. The constant emphasis on the poor condition of the soldiers is just one of the many factors that Owen
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Practitioner Project Two: American Red Cross LS 618 Stacie L. Marquis Organizational Background and History Stop «»The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States. Most of the country may not realize how much the Red Cross accomplishes this noble calling through the dependency on the generous contributions of time‚ blood‚ and money from the American public to support their lifesaving services and programs. The American Red Cross also partners with
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Ethics Case: Livent – When Maria…When? Summary Livent‚ a successful live entertainment company‚ known for performances of Phantom of the Opera‚ Ragtime‚ and Sunset Boulevard‚ was sold in 1998
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Araby: An Outline Commentary ‘The Sisters’ and ‘An Encounter’ are about the same length. ‘Araby’ is roughly a hundred lines shorter than these. There is a progression in the three stories. The boy in ‘The Sisters’ is a passive witness‚ limited in his capacity to act by the weight of the adults about him. The boy of ‘An Encounter’ rebels against this oppression but his reward is the menace of a bizarre and abnormal adult. The boy in ‘Araby’ strives both to act and to realize an actual affective
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RESEARCH & IDEAS Why Leaders Lose Their Way Published: June 6‚ 2011 Author: Bill George Dominique Strauss-Kahn is just the latest in a string of high-profile leaders making the perp walk. What went wrong‚ and how can we learn from it? Professor Bill George says these are not bad people; rather‚ they’ve lost their moral bearings. To stay grounded executives must prepare themselves to confront enormous complexities and pressures. Key concepts include: • Leaders who move up have greater freedom
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