The author of the short story “Beware of The Dog” is Roald Dahl. The main character of “Beware of The Dog” is the Narrator/Pilot. The setting of the story is in 1940’s of World War Two. The plot is that there is a British Pilot that is flying in his Spitfire airplane who has been shot and has lost his right leg in combat. He starts to lose conscious because of all the blood lost from his leg being shot off‚ he flips the spitfire upside down and falls out so he can stay awake long enough to pull the
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Old Dogs The man who gave me my first job in advertising is now in his mid-seventies. His mind is sharp as ever; his creativity is better than it was when we first worked together; he continuingly develops his skills in computer graphics and web technologies; and his work as a digital photographer and graphic designer is as powerful and relevant today as it was when he was in his thirties. He reads Wired‚ The Rolling Stone‚ and the Wall Street Journal. He watches The Office and South Park. His
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The Impactful Setting of “The Lady with the Dog” Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lady with the Dog” has a setting that is very impactful on the story. The setting of this story is in late nineteenth century Russia and takes place in three of its cities. Yalta‚ Moscow‚ and S- are influential parts of the setting that have affected the way the reader interprets the mood and tone of this short story. Yalta is a resort city by the Black Sea for the wealthy‚ elite russians. Yalta is very similar to
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“The Lady with the Dog‚” is a story about Dmitri and Anna both of whom are married to another person‚ they meet while on vacation in Yalta. Anton Chekhov is a realist writer and through this work tries to disprove a romance by using Dmitri and Anna as an example. Yalta wouldn’t be the one and only place that they meet due to an “intolerable bondage.” “The Lady with the Dog” disproves the idea of a romance and shows that love can become a problem. A romance is a story where two people fall in
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The Carnival Dog‚ the Buyer of Diamonds by Ethan Canin What’s the one thing you should never do? Quit? Depends on who you talk to. Steal? Cheat? Eat food from a dented can? Myron Lufkin’s father‚ Abe‚ once told him never get your temperature taken at the hospital. Bring your own thermometer‚ he said; you should see how they wash theirs. He ought to have known; when he was at Yeshiva University he worked as an orderly in the hospital‚ slid patients around on gurneys‚ cleaned steelware. Myron knows
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Wag The Dog The movie starts with the President hit with the claim he had sexual relations with a firefly girl during a tour of the white house‚ and all this happens two weeks before the election. I’m not sure if this movie was actually based upon the Lewinsky scandal that our current president is facing‚ but it seems this movie came at the right time. The story is similar‚ as far as the sex charges‚ and a war to cover it up. Clinton did declare attacks on Iraq‚ which was after this
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I have never thought so much about how dangerous trains can really be. If you hear all the stories‚ they sound pretty bad. I also did not know that if you walk on tracks‚ you are trespassing. You could be fined for trespassing; quite a lot of money actually. Many people get distracted by the small things‚ like listening to music‚ and talking with other friends. Other things that can prevent you from hearing the train is if you are on a motorcycle or any motorized vehicle. The sound of the vehicle
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Fear. It is something everyone has experienced at some point in time during their lives. Brief moments‚ like someone cutting in front of you with a car‚ a bully at school‚ even something as mundane as whether or not you’ve passed a class. They happen for all of us and for some of us‚ fear can be more than a brief moment‚ it can be an all consuming emotional disability. Everyone has experienced fear and most say it’s hard to describe. So‚ what exactly is fear and how does it affect us. What is fear
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the Pacific Ocean along with one of the top hunters in the animal kingdom‚ fear often lingers in Pi’s mind. Pi reflects how fear affects the mind and body. He says‚ “Fear which is but an impression‚ has triumphed over you. The matter is difficult to put into words. For fear‚ real fear‚ such as shakes you to your foundation‚ such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal end” (204). Pi explains how fear‚ which is not a real‚ tangible item‚ just an emotion induced by perceived
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is a Moscow banker‚ married with a daughter and two sons. Unhappy in his marriage‚ he is frequently unfaithful‚ and considers women to be of “a lower race”. While vacationing in Yalta‚ he sees a young lady walking along the seafront with her small dog‚ and endeavors to make her acquaintance. The lady‚ Anna Sergeyevna‚ was also vacationing while her husband remained at home in an unnamed provincial town. They soon are engaged in an affair‚ and spending most of their time together walking and taking
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