O. Henry Unpredictability is a coveted aspect in any author’s work. No matter how action-packed or descriptive a writer is‚ without a touch of surprise‚ his work is useless. This was no problem for O. Henry. The famous short story author’s intimate relationship with erratic plot twists came from the roller coaster of a life he led. His twist endings combined in his stories with clever‚ lighthearted irony that brought humor to otherwise not as humorous topics. This sense of humor was ever constant
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The Dog Eaters ( Leoncio P. Deriada) Mariana looked out of the window toward the other side of Artiaga Street. A group of men had gathered around a low table in front of Sergio’s sari-sari store. It was ten o’clock‚ Tuesday morning. Yet these men did not find it too early to drink‚ and worse. They wanted her husband to be with them. Victor was now reaching for his shirt hooked on the wall between Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos. Mariana turned to him‚ her eyes wild in repulsion and anger. "Those
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Henry Murray:Personology Biography Henry Alexander Murray Birthdate: May 13‚ 1893 Birthplace: New York City Wife: Josephine Rantaul (an heiress to the Duport Family Fortune in 1916) had a one daughter born in 1921. Death: June 23‚ 1988 Age(95) Cause of Death: Pneumonia Timeline 1915- Received his education at Groton School and Harvard College‚ securing his A.B. major in History. 1919- Following graduation from Harvard he enrolled in the Columbia College of Physicians
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How do two of the set speeches represent Henry V’s unique qualities that make him the ideal king? Henry V’s qualities as an ideal king are represented significantly in both his speech of “The Gates of Harfleur” and “Before the gates of Harfleur‚ Addressing the governor”. In both of these speeches Shakespeare has portrayed Henry V with a king like nature‚ conveying that possess the unique qualities that is needed to be successful king. In the first speech he evens the social status‚ exclaiming that
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Henry Hudson was a good sea man. In 1565 Henry Hudson was born in London‚ England. Henry Hudson came from a wealthy family. His grandfather was also named Henry Hudson. There is little information about the early life of Henry Hudson. He would have been well educated and would have studied navigation‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and seamanship in his early life. Hudson was on three voyages to try and find the Northeast passage. The first voyage The Muscovy Company financed the expedition and provided
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In Theo Padnos’ memoir‚ My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun: Adolescents at the Apocalypse: A Teacher’s Notes‚ he recounts his journey in discovering his career choice and his adventures of being a part-time teacher in a county prison. Discussing the variety of prisoners that came in and out of the Woodstock jail‚ Padnos reveals his relations with the prisoners. Padnos starts off describing the tediousness of the work in graduate school and how the‚ once fun‚ aspects of analyzing text no longer appealed
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story titled Astronomer’s Wife‚ author Kay Boyle tells a superb story of Mrs. Ames a woman who has forgotten her strength and beauty‚ whose life is missing it’s true identity because of her husband’s control. Mrs. Ames tells the story in third person as the protagonist‚ with her being the main character. The plumber is antagonist‚ who brings changes into Mrs. Ames’ life giving her back her lost identity. Mr. Ames uses control through out the story by isolating his wife from the rest of the world
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Many stories contain foils or an opposing character so that the author can be able to make contrast with the main character and another so it highlights and sharpens their own characteristics. In the story “Astronomers Wife” we see a strong foil between two of the characters because of the protagonist‚ Mrs. Ames‚ who describes both men in very different views through their attitudes towards people‚ work ethics and their different intelligentsia. Another way that Mrs. Ames differs the
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Perspective: Henry is retired but is still a well-connected transportation lobbyist for various clients. One of his clients‚ GUIDEME‚ designed a boat with state of the art automated driving technologies that was sure to take the transportation industry by surprise. Unfortunately the technology necessary required a great deal of funding‚ funding that GUIDEME did not have. So being an influential lobbyist‚ Henry called up a buddy of his who happened to be a Senator for a boat ride. Henry then persuaded
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‘The Devil’s Wife’ ‘The Devil’s Wife’ is a dramatic monologue that is spilt into five parts depicting the thoughts and feelings of Duffy’s adopted persona – Myra Hindley the infamous Moors murderer. Throughout the poem we learn of the events surrounding meeting Brady‚ the murders‚ the trial‚ its aftermath and overall her conscience towards these events whilst serving life in prison. The overall title of the five individual poems – ‘The Devil’s Wife’ – portrays that the adopted persona hasn’t‚
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