The Controversial Ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a play that has become a classic in today’s world. It is a retelling of an ancient story‚ of the same name‚ by the Roman poet‚ Ovid‚ in which a sculptor falls in love with a statue he carved. In Shaw’s story‚ Henry Higgins‚ an expert in phonetics‚ happens upon a poor flower girl with awful English and street manners named Eliza Doolittle. Throughout the course of the play Higgins transforms her into an elegant independent
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Ending Starvation Across the globe in impoverished third world countries an estimated 50‚000 children die of starvation every day (Quine 36). We have all seen the images of these children--bloated bellies‚ fly covered‚ bulging eyes--in television pleas by various charitable organizations. While these images sicken us‚ we idly sit by (often flipping the channel to avoid them)‚ refusing to help these less fortunate kids. The problem is made worse by the ever-increasing population. Even the wealthy
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Savannah Masters Mrs. Williamson W131 23 September‚ 2014 Fat and Happy? Critique In the article “Fat and Happy?”‚ Hillel Schwartz questions why society views fat people as pathetic and unacceptable. He argues that if it were not for “fellow citizens” (179) mocking and scorning them for being fat‚ they would be perfectly content with themselves. As well as stating that many people discriminate toward fat people‚ Schwartz also points out that physicians are giving facts about obesity that are
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Happy Birthday‚ 1951 Summary: The text is about an old man and a young boy‚ who live in a ruin‚ in a former warzone. The city is still full of soldiers and tanks. The man got the baby boy about six years ago from a refugee woman. The story begins with the man wanting the boy to choose a birthday. The boy chooses the following day. The old man puts together a cart for the boy‚ but he also wants the boy to experience a world without war. Next day the boy gets the cart and pretends it’s a tank‚ because
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Assignment #1 Essay A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift The Humanities Volume II: Culture‚ Continuity‚ and Change April 28‚ 2013 Justino L. Berrios In Jonathan Swift’s essay A Modest Proposal‚ the author uses satire in the essay and the title itself‚ to make a point about the English government allowing the citizens of Ireland to starve to death. The proposal that he makes is by no means “modest‚” hence the sarcastic edge surrounding the title. The essay was written in 1729 and during that
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LIFE IS SO UNCERTAIN. It was the ever dearest feeling you’ve ever desired not knowing that it’ll be on your way one day. A day that an ambitious heart would never forget. A moment that a soul could fly high‚an instance that your world would unintendedly stop right away after having been commtted. No less than a negative side could be occupied by misery and a hopeless romanticism of an innocent heart. Thinking of that person have become your daily routine right after waking up confidently thinking
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has his own style of singing and without a song little mumbles has no future. Though Mumble cannot sing he is gifted with another talent. He can dance. When his waddling friends explore their feelings in their heart songs through song‚ Mumble gets happy feet. He just cannot control it. As the music describes how unique each penguin is‚ dancing is the only expression that Mumble is physically able to show of what’s in his soul. There has never been a bird like Mumble and the other penguins fear him
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3. The ending of “The Speckled Band” is particularly effective because of 2 main reasons. The end of the story becomes more intense‚ suspenseful and anticipating. This makes readers want to read more‚ like a cliffhanger. The story builds up to this point‚ then there is the investigation and action. It is also suggested in the story near the end that something exciting may happen Holmes character becomes more mysterious. He brings a cane but he can walk so what for? He also asks Watson to have his
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with loads of fun‚ excitement and beautiful memories. Happy Birthday. You are a good friend and an even better person. May God bless you with wonderful times ahead. Happy Birthday and thanks for the friendship we share. I wish you a very Happy and warm Birthday. Your friendship has touched all of us. May you get all you desire. With a new year of your journey‚ shall come more challenges‚ opportunities and greater success. May God bless you. Happy Birthday. You are an amazing friend‚ with a good heart
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findings revealed that students were generally happy with their lives and family relationships were the main cause of happiness. The majority of students were very happy with their family relationships. The study supports the assumption that causes of happiness are the same for most people and they experience happiness in the same way regardless of their nationality. Introduction The questions of whether people are happy and what makes them happy with their lives seem to be a deeply individual
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