“If it is any use to know it‚ I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” Ernest Hemingway is known for using this unique style of writing‚ in which he presents the story in a way that something as simple as the scenery conceals a deeper meaning. Hemingway’s famous short stories “A Canary for One” and “Hills Like White Elephants” are two perfect examples that display Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory at it’s best. To begin‚
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1. Santiago is an older fisherman‚ also referred to the old man. He is the main character in this book. 2. Manolin is young boy who has learned how to fish from Santiago. They became great friends and fished together until Santiago didn’t catch anything for a number of days. Manolin still helps the old man out with carrying stuff for him and looking out for him. 3. Martin is the owner of the Terrence. He has sent food to both Santiago and Manolin on more than one occasion. Pg20 4. The boy’s parents
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Step 4 : Management has followed progressive discipline Manager Marlboro Yes- Employer is already gave written warning and suspension to prior violation. As adopted progressive discipline‚ the next step can be predicted even with the case that not harm company license. However‚ in this case one of two rules that employee are suspected in can cost company to lose license‚ reputation and money in case of fire or explosion happen. Obviously‚ the penalty for this one should be heavier than written
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The literal meaning of ‘The Interrogators’ conveys an isolated area‚ as a result of war. The plurality of the title leads to the interpretation of the narrator as one of the interrogators‚ this is further supported by the nature of the narrative style; the narrator is removed from the passage‚ thus imposing a passive voice in the passage‚ this renders more sympathy for the foresters and deems the narrator as unemotional‚ as an interrogator should be. The consistent use of pathetic fallacy throughout
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Exercise 2-2 1. The cost of a hard-drive installed in a computer: direct materials cost. 2. The cost of advertising in the Puget Sound Computer User newspaper: Selling and Administrative cost. 3. The wages of employees who assemble computers from components: direct labor cost. 4. Sales commissions paid to the company’s salespeople: Selling and Administrative cost. 5. The wages of the assembly shop’s supervisor: manufacturing overhead cost. 6. The wages of the company’s accountant:
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London‚ England‚ ends in country side‚ Hertfordshire Plot Development: Act I: Jack visits Algy in city‚ he’s in love with Gwendolen (Algy’s cousin)‚ Algy brings up cigarette case‚ jack reveals his true identity ‚ tells who Cecily is‚ Algy like cesily just from the mention o her. Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen visit‚ Jack proposes‚ Gwendolen feels same way‚ feels that Earnest gives off good vibrations while Jack does not. Lady Bracknell interviews Jack to see if he is acceptable to marry her daughter‚
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Hemingway establishes first-person authority in a variety of ways: Harry assumes that readers share an intelligence or worldliness with him‚ and addresses us directly with ‘you’ more than once. Seemingly unintended flattery creates authorial acceptance. Harry also establishes authority by easy display of his knowledge about the water and fishing-- and in contrast to other characters‚ like Johnson‚ the client who assumes intelligence clearly unearned‚ ‘the fish would’ve gotten away anyway’. The same
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correspondent and‚ less frequently‚ to the other men. The narration only becomes first person (using "I") when the third person narrator supposes what the men might be thinking: as illustrated in that last block quote. We get the feeling that these are really just the correspondent’s thoughts‚ but he’s confident the other men feel the same way he does…but even then we really don’t have any proof. It’s very ambiguous‚ but these blurred lines are part of what make this story so gripping. It’s like we’re right
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fate as they were drafted or enlisted off to war. Many of these men lost their lives‚ many came home unharmed‚ but many came home changed in such a way the loved ones and neighbors did not even know who they were. In the story “Soldier’s home‚” by Ernest Hemingway. Harold Krebs‚ a young man‚ was living a seemingly normal life in his home town of until war struck the land; and shipped his innocent soul overseas. Only for him to come back a lost soul looking for his purpose after the nightmare he lived
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In the short story‚ “Soldier’s home‚” the protagonist deals with difficult conflicts within himself and with others. Ernest Hemmingway shows us what it is like for the soldier‚ Harold Krebs‚ who returned home‚ to Kansas‚ from World War I in 1917‚ three years after the end of the war. He did not get celebrated like all the other soldiers that returned home causing some major conflict in the story. “The men from town who had been drafted had all been welcomed elaborately on their return” (Hemmingway
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