Mr. know all William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham’s style is clear-cut and elegant. The attitude of the novelist to his character seems mostly to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. The author often thought upon the problems of relationship
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that can help you get ready for the Summative Assessment on Thursday. 1. First‚ go into this site: http://www.allthetests.com/quiz29/quiz/1305962385/Mr-Know-All-content-quiz and do the quiz on Mr. Know All. Use a dictionary for words you don’t know. 2. Now‚ read the following summary and analysis of Mr. Know All. An analysis of Mr Know All written by William Somerset Maugham The story takes place in international waters on an ocean going liner sailing from San Fracisco‚ U.S.A to Yokohama
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analysis THE STORY Mr. Know- All is a story with a moral lesson. The subject is simple. A rich Britishmerchant of Oriental origin‚ called Mr. Kelada‚ meets a group of Westerners on a shipsailing across the Pacific Ocean. His cabin-mate‚ a British citizen who is the nameless narrator of the story‚ dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However‚ at theend of the pride and reputation to save an American ladys marriage.As a result‚ he earns the respect of the narrator.story Mr. Kelada‚ the Levantine
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Literature review: Mr. Know all: Hots: * Explaining patterns – didn’t keep his mouth shut. Mr. Kelada is a busy person. He can never assay he’s wrong‚ he has to win every argument. When he admits he made a mistake we’re totally surprise as he breaks his pattern. It’s going against everything we thought about him. He doesn’t follow his pattern. * Inference – the end‚ the look at the lady’s face when she think’s Mr. K is going to tell she’s a cheater. When she gives the envelope through the
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Mr. Know-All – Literary analysis THE STORY Mr. Know- All is a story with a moral lesson. The subject is simple. A rich Britishmerchant of Oriental origin‚ called Mr. Kelada‚ meets a group of Westerners on a shipsailing across the Pacific Ocean. His cabin-mate‚ a British citizen who is the namelessnarrator of the story‚ dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However‚ at theend of the story Mr. Kelada‚ the Levantine jeweller‚ proves to be a real gentlemanwhen he sacrifices his own pride
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3. In the second paragraph the speaker says that he doesn ’t like Mr. Kelada. What doesn ’t he like about him? 4. When Mr. Kelada introduces himself to the narrator‚ the narrator says that he "asked if he was right in thinking my name was so and so." Why doesn ’t the narrator bother to tell us his own name? 5. In the conversation that follows this introduction‚ the narrator is surprised to find out that Mr. Kelada is English. Why is he so surprised? Why does the writer describe
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Mr. Know-All is a story about Mr. Kelada‚ origin Oriental‚ and his cabin-mate‚ a British citizen who is the nameless narrator of the story‚ dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However‚ at the end of the story Mr. Kelada proves to be a real gentleman when he sacrifices his own pride and reputation to save an American lady’s marriage. We will analyze some literal devices’s aspects of this story such as symbolism‚ imagery and irony. The first aspect is symbolism‚ a symbol is an image of
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Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham This story deals with prejudice‚ hasty judgements and stereotypes. The story examines the relationships that develop when people are confined to a ship (which is a small sample of society) for an extended period of time. The writer criticizes the racial prejudices and snobbish attitude of the British people. He tries to show why people are disliked and prejudiced against and at the same time makes the reader look closely at the character of the narrator‚ who
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citizen of the British colonies‚ interferes in other people’s lives. He is dogmatic and thinks that he knows everything better than anybody else‚ he is certain that you are as glad to see him as he is glad to see you. He argues a lot and always has something to say‚ runs everything‚ conducts the auction‚ collects money for prizes at the sports‚ organizes the concerts and arranges a ball. All these annoy the passengers and the narrator‚ but Mr.Kelada doesn’t want to annoy them‚ he has good intentions
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