that he once wounded an assistant badly. At the beginning of the show‚ his only victims are butterflies and his assistant‚ whom he marks with the master’s wound. Later on he picks out an unknown girl named Laura‚ as a volunteer. When the knife settles‚ people are unsure about wether Laura is dead or not. So the audience leave the show with the feeling of guilt and pleasure. The author has described the characters mostly by physical appearance. A first person plural narrator‚ who represents the
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Vernon have moved on‚ beside that Laura haven’t. In the text‚ Vernon seems to be the one‚ who have the most control over himself and his life. Whereas Laura seems to have mental issues and she isen’t thinking clear. In the short story Reconciliation‚ written by Polly Clark in 2006‚ we meet Laura who is floating between marriage and divorce. She is first-person narrator‚ because we are able to know how she is thinking and feeling‚ even when she dosen’t know it. Laura had a relationship to Vernon for
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support his mother‚ Amanda‚ and sister‚ Laura. Mr. Wingfield‚ Tom and Laura’s father‚ ran off years ago and‚ except for one postcard‚ has not been heard from since. Amanda‚ originally from a genteelSouthern family‚ regales her children frequently with tales of her idyllic youth and the scores of suitors who once pursued her. She is disappointed that Laura‚ who wears a brace on her leg and is painfully shy‚ does not attract any gentlemen callers. She enrolls Laura in a business college‚ hoping that she
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Client Laura Parker is a forty-five year old female who lives in Lacey‚ WA. She is single and a mother to a grown son. Laura is a recovering drug addict; she has been clean now for eight months. She has been diagnosed with schizophrenia‚ anxiety‚ and experiences constant auditory hallucinations. These auditory hallucinations tell her to do cruel things to herself and others. A majority of the acts she is being told to do by the voices are illegal. When the voices are overpowering‚ Laura cannot say
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language of the text is very visualizing‚ especially when it comes to what happens on the streets‚ and when it comes to the pain John‚ Laura’s husband‚ causes Laura‚ our main-character. The author has also used symbols‚ such as the tiger eye Laura possesses‚ the fire‚ and the riot itself. These all show us the emotions Laura experience. Laura used to be an energetic‚ happy girl. She used to have a spirit‚ and was lively and exited. She had a good sense of humor‚ and could always set a room to laughter
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2.3 Laura and the low class neighborhood Laura’s descent into the neighborhood marks her plunge into the truth of working class living conditions. As mentioned before‚ she has little knowledge of the reality of the working class due to her influenced observation of the neighborhood and her isolated upbringing‚ which is distinguished by its negativity (343). Her awareness of the true plight of the lower class emerges when she learns of
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for equal employment opportunity in the workplace. Unfortunately‚ where Laura works‚ the company did not introduce maternity leave for women who have babies. They have to put resignation when they are pregnant‚ which is unfair to Molly. I do not think gender as discrimination‚ which played a part in this selection process. Laura was not discriminated against Ben ’s gender‚ so as to refuse to point him as the receptionist. Laura as the supervisor‚ she was insisted to replace Molly with Amy before the
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Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope can be dangerous. In “Unbroken‚” a novel by Laura Hillenbrand‚ hope is the only thing that doesn’t leave this novel for the main character‚ Louie Zamperini. Every ounce of human strength is tested and the audience sees what makes a human unbreakable. For miles and miles‚ all the American Military airman could see was water. Tangled in fear‚ he was only surviving off of hope. His name was Louie. When Louie was a
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change the outcome of the story‚ I would have allowed Laura and Jim O’Connor to get married. I would have made this change because then Amanda’s problem would have been solved‚ and Laura would have had financial support in the future. Another reason I would have made this change is because Jim O’Connor would have been the ideal man for Laura because he connected with her. He saw past her awkward fondness of a glass animal set. He also got Laura to take pride in herself. Another thing I would change
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Low Visibility The short story ”Low Visibility” involves Laura and her husband John. It is third-person narrated‚ which means that we are following Laura and Johns‚ while we have a full view of Laura’s physical feelings. Laura is John submissive‚ and she has nothing to say at home. Before she met John‚ she was the kind of person who could make a room laugh; she had a good humor‚ lots of energy and a good spirit. But John changed her; from being full of life‚ to a person who barely speaks at home
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