1½ packs of cigarettes per day. His wife has been encouraging Mr. Lamont to stop‚ but he has not showed any interest in quitting. Laura‚ the registered nurse‚ takes Mr. Lamont to an examination room. Laura asks him about his overall health‚ and he tells her about a nagging cough and how he sometimes feels short of breath. He then denies any other health problems. Laura takes Mr. Lamont’s vital signs and gets the following results: blood pressure 156/94 mm Hg‚ temperature 99.8 °F orally‚ apical pulse
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Point of View in “The Garden-Party” “The Garden-Party” by Katherine Mansfield can easily be classified as a coming of age tale for the main character and narrator‚ Laura Sheridan. The ending of the story leaves the reader with many more questions than answers. This is mainly because Laura herself is unable to put into words what she has learned from her new experience with death. “She stopped‚ she looked at her brother. ‘Isn’t life‚’ she stammered‚ ‘Isn’t life –’ But what life was she couldn’t
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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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became known as a “detective fiction” genre‚ which had people rushing to get the next print of the series. It was also popular because it included it’s unique characters Laura Farlie‚ Marian Halcombe‚ and Anne Catherick. These three characters each portrayed the role of women during the Victorian society in different ways. Laura‚ for example‚ is a quiet‚ soft spoken woman who is under the influence by the men around her and is marrying a man whom she does not love. Marian‚ is a strong‚ independent
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Race In Zora Neale Hurston ’s‚ "The Conscience of the Court"‚ it is clearly shown that Laura Lee Kimble has at least some awareness of the impact of class and gender in her life. But she does not recognize race and racism as factors that shape her environment and determine her individual identity. For Laura Lee Kimble it is people of color who live racially structured lives. Race is described as body type‚ ancestry‚ cultural differences‚ biological subspecies‚ actual social stratification and the
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her parents. In Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party‚” Laura battles an on-going internal conflict regarding sense of self and struggles to maintain her compassionate nature because of negligent parents. Celia’s father‚ Jack Scott‚ was a loving parent who cared deeply for his children. The families happiness was at the top of his priority list. In contrast‚ Mr.Sheridan does not provide adequate parental care for his daughter Laura and is often absent from family interactions. A loving‚ supportive
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Theme of Escape in The Glass Menagerie In The Glass Menagerie‚ Tennessee Williams uses the theme of escape to help drive the play forward. None of the characters are capable of living in the real world. Laura‚ Amanda‚ Tom and Jim use various methods to escape the brutalities of life. Laura retreats into a world of glass animals and old records. Amanda is obsessed with living in her past. Tom escapes into his world of poetry writing and movies. Jim also reverts to his past and remembers the days
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root cause of the Wingfield’s household problems. Laura has to go to business school against her will which she eventually drops out of since it was not what she liked. Tom is forced to work a job he does not want to do and yet he still does it due to Amanda’s desire to be able to help the family‚ and Amanda’s privileged past creates an overly optimistic fantasy for her future. This leads to expectations that are too high for Tom and Laura‚ since
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the life of Laura. Laura grew up with a medical problem that included wearing braces on her legs. Laura felt different and outside the norm for other children. Her fragile body made her to become shy and private. Her only solace would be the collection of fragile glass animals. The oldest of her collection was the unicorn. The unicorn a beautiful and majestic creature‚ still having the visible "deformity" of the horn. The unicorn just did not quite fit in with the other horses. As Laura had the "deformity"
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Issue of the Client Laura‚ 47- years old‚ reported having chronic feelings of dissatisfaction with her life along with recurrent periods of major depression. The mood associated major depression that she experiences include sad mood‚ loss of interest‚ difficulties sleeping‚ fatigue‚ and self- criticism. Laura also stated that she experiences anxiety in a number of social environments for fear of having nothing to say‚ coming across as boring‚ socially inept‚ and other will then reject her. Her
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