[pic] COMPARISON AND CONTRAST BETWEEN LAPTOP AND DESKTOP PC Nowadays‚ laptop and desktop PC is very important and needed in our daily life. Laptop (also known as notebook) is a personal computer designed for mobile use. A laptop includes most of the typical components of a typical desktop computer‚ including a display‚ a keyboard‚ a touchpad as well as a battery‚ into a single small and light unit. A desktop computer is a personal computer (PC) in a form intended for regular use at a single location
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Guy de Maupassant’s story ‘the necklace’ is an interesting story. The narrative starts with a description of Madame Mathilde Loisel. De Maupassant depicts Mathilde as a ‘pretty and charming’ person. However‚ she desired a life of leisure‚ a lifestyle where she would have many servants and a large house yet her life was modest. The twists and the astounding end enable the reader to better understand the earlier hypothesis of the story. The proposition tries to depict how ‘strange and changeful’ life
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Conversely‚ how does Jackson lull us into thinking that this is just an ordinary story with an ordinary town? A: I was quite shocked by the ending of the story‚ mainly because I did not know exactly what the people of the village were competing in the lottery for. I was not sure if the win was for money‚ better jobs in the neibourhood‚ higher status. Never did it cross my mind that they would be drawing slips to see who would get stoned to death. I started to suspect that the “win” was not for a good prize
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Please read the case study entitled Lottery that you find in the reading assignment. Based on what you have learned in this unit‚ answer the following questions: How is the lottery an example of the utilitarian monster? Let’s look at the definition of “utilitarian monster” in the textbook‚ “an individual capable of feeling disproportionately high sensations of pleasure and happiness‚ one who consequently requires many others to sacrifice their happiness in the name of maximizing net happiness” (p
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living in the upper class. Although Mathilde was born into the average middle class family‚ she spent her time daydreaming of her destiny for more in life‚ especially when it referred to her financial tier. Guy de Maupassant’s short story‚ “The Necklace”‚ expresses a tale of a vain‚ narcissistic housewife who had longed for an aristocratic lifestyle of wealth‚ lavish parties‚ and other materialistic things. In describing Mathilde’s unappreciative outlook on her life‚ de Maupassant incorporates
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in The Necklace In Mauassant’s essay‚ The Necklace Matilda Loisel borrowed a necklace from a rich friend‚ Mrs Forestier‚ so that she would not present a "shabby air in the midst of rich women." She loses the necklace but refuses to admit that. Her and her husband‚ not realizing that the necklace was fake‚ buy a similar necklace to return to Mrs Forestier. They end up having to work for ten years to pay off this debt. All of Mme. Loisel’s actions leading up to the loss of the necklace were
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David Budnick Mrs. Sarnoski English 12 Honors 14 December 2012 “The Lottery” Through the Eyes of a Marxist/Feminist Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is about a town in which a little black box controls whether or not a person may live or be killed. The lack of dominant female characters illustrates the assumption that women are often seen as inferior to men. Interesting developments of the plot and theme make it obvious to the reader how women are portrayed in the story. This short story shows
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Shakespeare’s Othello and Hamlet Comparison and Contrast By Ankur Chauhan Comparisons between plays can always be made; the question is‚ how useful are they? The core comparison that springs to mind between these two plays‚ Othello and Hamlet‚ is that these are both tragedies driven by character. That is to say‚ they all follow classically great men from great heights to terrible ends and deaths. Each man is in a situation where he is especially vulnerable. If these men swapped places‚ they
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Inborn Evil and Weakness of Mankind Displayed in “The Lottery” “It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception‚ with awareness‚ and perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.” This insightful quote was once said by Psychologist Stanley Milgram who received his PhD in Psychology at the age of 28 (Blass 69). In the short story “The Lottery”‚ a fictional tale written by Shirley Jackson in 1948‚ a close community
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Tiffany Morris English 1102 September 10‚ 2009 “The Necklace” Plot Summary “The Necklace” starts with a description of Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel and her husband whom is just a clerk are far from being well off financially‚ this doesn’t stop Madame Loisel from wanting to live a lavish life above her means. She dreams of status‚ to rub noses with the elite‚ gourmet meals and decadent dresses. Madame Loisels’ husband goes through trouble of getting a invite to the ball to make a his
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