In the short story “A Matter of Taste” by Alex La Guma‚ several political issues are addressed. Race‚ socioeconomic status‚ education and experience‚ are all factors that are somehow brought up throughout this story. The thing that stands out the most‚ and really brings all of these factors together‚ is the idea that “more is left unsaid than said.” More is left unsaid than said; what does the statement really mean? To begin with‚ this idea is the theme to the structure of a lot of fictional writing
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Somerset Maugham "Louise" I could never understand why Louise bothered with me. She disliked me and I knew that behind my back she seldom lost the opportunity of saying a disagreeable thing about me. She had too much delicacy ever to make a direct statement‚ but with a hint and a sigh and a little gesture of her beautiful hands she was able to make her meaning plain. It was true that we had known one another almost intimately for five and twenty years‚ but it was impossible for me to believe
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translated as suffering. In his first sermon in the Deer Park‚ Siddhartha Gautama tells us what dukkha means. “This is dukkha: birth is painful‚ aging is painful‚ sickness is painful‚ death is painful‚ encountering what is not dear is painful‚ separation from what is dear is painful‚ not getting what one wants is painful. This psycho-physical condition is painful”. This could suggest that Gautama is trying to say that everything is painful so everything is dukkha. The Buddha’s teachings suggest that
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can’t leave the party at once. I have to danced with everybody who proposed to me. At last‚ the party is over. I’m very tired. Very‚ very tired. So‚ I went home to tell mama what happened. "Mama‚ I’m home! It’s very quiet. "Mama‚ I’m home!" Nobody answers. Where is she? I look for her in the sala‚ but she’s not there. Where is she? A-huh! In the kitchen! I saw my mama‚ lying down on the floor‚ dead. With a glass on her hand. I remember‚ she tried to get it. Oh‚ God‚ just for the glass
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He’s been in there for four hours!" I screamed‚ banging my hands against the door. I was tired of standing out here‚ especially with whatever he was doing‚ and I wanted answers of some kind by now. "I told you he’s like this‚" John said‚ rolling his eyes‚ though he was annoyed too. "I swear if he doesn’t open the door this second I will break this door down and barge in there myself." I fumed. "He’s not usually like this‚ though‚" John muttered. "What do you mean?" I asked. John took in a deep
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Five years later‚ two British spies‚ Mr. John Barsad and Roger Cly‚ are trying to frame French émigré Charles Darnay for their own gain; and Charles Darnay is on trial for treason at the Old Bailey. They claim‚ falsely‚ that Darnay gave information about British troops in North America to the French. Charles Darnay is acquitted when a witness who claims he would be able to recognize Darnay anywhere cannot tell Darnay apart from a barrister present in court‚ Sydney Carton‚ who looks almost identical
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Critical Review THE GREAT GATSBY is a romantic and cynical novel about the wealth and habits of a group of New Yorkers during the Jazz Age in long island NY. Fitzgerald’s writing is unassailably magnificent‚ as he paints a grim portrait of shallow characters that scheme themselves into complex situations. This classic novel is required reading for a lot of high school students‚ and it can definitely be appreciated and understood on so many levels by us teenagers. However‚ Fitzgerald’s use of language
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Alex McMahon AP English Language Mrs. Silveira Due Date: 10/15/2014 “...we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens‚ directed and led in part by outsiders…” In this quote‚ from the third paragraph of the letter written by eight Alabama clergymen‚ the term outsiders is used. Early on‚ this creates a label for Martin Luther King‚ outsider. Throughout his Letter From Birmingham Jail‚ King is able appeal to ethos in order to refute his title of “outsider” and generate
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who were sexually exploited and if these practices have stopped the problem of rape‚ acid throwing‚ dowry system‚ Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion ‚ human trafficking‚ forced prostitution etc. etc. This list just goes on and on. To my dear opponents who claim that India is changing the status of women that that these so called policies and agendas for helping women have been introduced and that the condition of women is improving to them I’ll ask that if this is the case then why is
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rubbed my eyes and blinked a couple of times. This was not a dream. This was real! I staggered back into my room‚ dazed and disoriented. I calmed down a little and turned to check on the temperature (I had a thermometer on my bedside table). “Oh‚ dear!” I whispered aloud. The thermometer read 7 degrees Celsius! This was certainly an unusual temperature for the hot‚ balmy Malaysia. I got up straight away and all my sleepiness disappeared. I went to the dining room for my breakfast‚ and headed for
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