The text which I’m going to analyse is "The happy man" written by Somerset Maugham. He is a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist. Maugham was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King’s School in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. Although Somerset Maugham didn’t denounce the contemporary social order‚ he was critical of the morals‚ the narrow-mindedness
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something that you create. In a person’s life if you are waiting on something to change in order to be happy‚ then you’re not living life. When you adopt a positive attitude‚ life becomes a rewarding instead of something to get through. If you wish to be happy‚ you have to be less involved in your own happiness and more involved in the happiness of others. "Make others happy and you become happy as a result. Involve yourself totally‚ throw yourself into what you are doing in life‚ and happiness will
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this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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consider that a bad thing. How am I supposed to know what I will want to spend my time doing at age 40? When I think about the future‚ I definitely don’t see myself working at the Market Basket‚ but in reality‚ if that was what would make me happy‚ I would do it. So‚ the next time someone asks me what I want to be
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Analysis “The Happy Man” Ринчино Сарюна‚ гр. 02194 I’m going to analyze a novel “The Happy Man” by Somerset Maugham‚ a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris‚ educated at King’s school in Canterbury and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. He was one of the best known writers of his time as hi was master of short stories. The story starts with the narrator thinking and telling the reader about his
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1. Moem 2. Title – The Happy Man the only one of his kind‚ who achieved smth‚ then – who followed his dream. 3. Gist 4. Narrator - 1st person narrator (The narrator is the participant of the narrated event) The main character is the narrator. There is no any information about him in the text. Nevertheless we can judge about his character from his thoughts‚ behavior and speech. The description of his character is indirect. He is a wise man & a bit ironical towards life: he knows that it is impossible
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Healthy and Happy Ruth I Love ENG121 Dr. Marsha Beckwith-Howard Running Head: Healthy and Happy 1 I have had Tardive Dyskinesia for about 15 to 16 years now. I can tell you it is not very fun.Your body hurts all over‚ you have to go to extreme therapy. My Dr. recommended that I get into a neurological exercise class at our local YMCA Gym. My nutritionist helps me with the right foods to
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Today is your birthday. I just wanted to tell you how very happy I am that you were born and made your way into my life. Although my calendar tells me that today I have to tell you how much I love you‚ I hope you know I love you every day of the year‚ far more than simple words can express. It’s magic each time we hold each other‚ each time we cuddle‚ and each time we kiss. I feel goose bumps all over again. I never want to let you go for fear of losing you‚ so I just hold on a little bit tighter
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English 1A September 12‚ 2012 Happy and succeed Most students graduate from high school knowing what they want to persuade in life and accomplish‚ many other students don’t have a clue about anything they want to do nor persuade so for example‚ in the article The Pink Floyd Night School by Mark Edmundson‚ he as many other students after graduating high school didn’t know what he was going to do or study as a career‚ basically he had no clue of what he wanted. Life experience brought him
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favourite country was Spain and a great deal of his works devoted to it. For instance «The Happy man» that was written in 1927. Somerset Maugham’s style of writing is clear and precise. He does not impose his views on the reader. He puts a question and leaves it to the reader to answer it. When criticizing something he sounds rather amused than otherwise. I’d like to analyze the text‚ which is entitled “The happy man”. The author is William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He wrote novels‚ short
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