“LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed
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What would you say to a foreigner moving to your home country? Belgium: Belgium is separated into three very different regions: Flanders‚ Wallonia and Brussels. There is a very big disparity in terms of wealth and demographics between those regions as well as some significant regional tensions. Major political conflicts often appear and I would definitely avoid speaking about it with Belgians‚ unless one is very acquainted with his interlocutor. For the same reason‚ I would additionally
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“The Halo That Would Not Light” by Lucie Brock-Broido is a poem about death and the idea of growing up and maturing. It is not uncommon to hear an adult say that “adults are just over-grown children‚” and this is the idea I believe‚ this poem refers to. The terms “raptor‚” and “scarab” are both related to ancient times‚ one with the era of dinosaurs and one with the time of the ancient Egyptians. Although children often love dinosaurs and also enjoy the idea of lost treasure the Egyptians left‚
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In Felisa Roger’s article How I Learned to Love Football‚ Roger discussed how her dislike for sports changed all together with when she had a reason to care about it more. She provided a great background when explaining why she changed her mind about disliking sports‚ and used a great variety of detail while explaining it. She talked about how as she was growing up she had a strong dislike of all sports. She talked about how she was never good at playing any sports in gym class and always hated
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You never get a second chance at a first impression. Whether it is good or bad‚ that first impression sticks with someone forever. That is also true for fictional characters. In Maggie Mitchell’s short story‚ “It Would Be Different If‚” Nikki’s immature nature serves to underscore the theme that living in a fantasy life can be safer than living in reality. In the story we enter the world of a love story gone wrong in the eyes of the character Nikki. She lives in a broken past and a false reality
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the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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In the short story “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro the structure of the plot and the conflict work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127)
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limited: The story is told from the viewpoint of one person in the story; A stream of consciousness; the uninterrupted thoughts in a character. First person: The author disappears into one of the characters who tells the story in first person; I. Objective: The narrator disappears into a kind of roving sound camera. This camera can go anywhere but can record only what is seen and heard. Theme: The theme should be expressible in the form of a statement with a subject and a predicate
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anything you would like to change about your life? Why? “An action causes a reaction”‚ states the famous Newton’s third law of motion. This is in fact‚ very true‚ not only just in Science‚ but in our everyday life as well. Therefore‚ there are consequences for every action that we have ever taken. The big question here‚ though‚ is just—do I regret some of the things I have done and the decisions that I have made when I realised the consequences? I do‚ for like any other human being‚ I am not perfect
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In the literature How I live Now by Meg Rosoff shows how humans deal with emotions like Daisy’s depression and family relationships between Daisy and Piper that are established. Piper and Daisy and the rest of the foster family were sent to a barn. They were there for a few days then a chaotic battle started outside one night. Piper and Daisy were taken out of the barn. They were provided with food and supplies by one of the soldiers. The girls set a mission to go back to their original home. Piper
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