Turn-pike‚ has reached his seventieth birthday and is ready to retire. Mr. Road has no formal training in finance but has saved his money and invested carefully.Mr. Road owns his home—the mortgage is paid off—and does not want to move. He is a widower‚ and he wants to bequeath the house and any remaining assets to his daughter.He has accumulated savings of $180‚000‚ conservatively invested. The investments are yielding 9% interest. Mr. Road also has $12‚000 in a savings account at 5% interest. He wants
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his wife Mrs Bixby) and 5 secondary characters (Colonel‚ Wilkins‚ the taxi-driver‚ the pawnbroker and miss Pulteney). Main characters Cyril Bixby was small‚ neat and bony‚ he had a narrow nose and a slightly prognathous jaw. He wore Edwardian jackets with high lapels and six buttons down the front and narrow stovepipe trousers‚ and his wife thought he looked ridiculous in this outfit. He was a dentist that lived in a smallish apartment somewhere in New York City with his wife Mrs. Bixby. At
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Mrs. Birling Molly Caitlin Ellie Mrs. Birling is the wife of Arthur Birling and is the mother to Sheila and Eric. There are some important aspects to the character‚ which we will look into today. These are: What Mrs. Birling represents‚ the difference between the generations‚ her relationships with her husband and Inspector Goole‚ her presence on stage and our reaction to her as an audience. Mrs. Birling is a typical upper class woman‚ who behaves‚ as she would be expected to. Women were considered
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Alone in a dark city street Module 3 Flick... the ragged street lights rapidly went out on by one. The darkness enclosed on him as heavy clouds covered the eerie moon. When he looked over his shoulder‚ all he could see was the whites of eyes and the rustling of cats in the wheely bins. Suddenly‚ police sirens wailed past. He crouched down in the silent gloom‚ and waves of sick terror swept over him. He nervously repeated‚"stay clam‚ stay calm"‚ as his heart was palpitating. He glanced again and
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The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street strings together the author’s beliefs and personal experiences and jam-packs them all into a great book. It is about a young gir named Esperanza goring up in an impoverished area. In the book both the Alicia and Esperanza believe that education and writing is a way to better life. Through these characters Cisneros shows that education offers a kind of freedome. The House
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In the book Paul Street Boys one of the main characters‚ Nemecsek‚ who is a member of the Paul Street gang‚ could definitely be considered a Christ-figure‚ despite his status as an underdog. A Christ figure is a literary device‚ a particular way of shaping an important character in a novel. He (or she) may not match in every instance to the biblical image of Jesus‚ but bears enough of the characteristics to suggest the relationship. They go through suffering and in the end sacrifice themselves for
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According to an American novelist Richard Bach‚ he stated “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood‚ but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” It explains the bonds between the parents and their children are important that needs to be nurtured with effort and time or major problems may occur and bonds may weaken within the family. With the Hadley family‚ the relationship between the children‚ Peter and Wendy‚ and their biological parents‚ George and Lydia are weak because the
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Illegal Street Racing At least once a week‚ we hear on the news about someone dying as a result of illegal street racing. Sometimes‚ it’s the driver or passenger of the car that is racing who gets killed‚ but often times its innocent bystanders or drivers of other cars who are killed by the reckless teens who engage in a highly dangerous activity. First of all‚ what is illegal street racing‚ think "Fast and the Furious"‚ and second‚ what can be done to stop this from happening or at least reduce
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affected the outcomes and designs of street art‚ which intersect with each other in many ways. These graffiti designs show the opinions and beliefs of the artists and how politics and society affected their environments and outlooks‚ they often become iconic to certain areas. The writing of Lewisohn argues how the street art stands for territorialism and bravado. Yet behind the pretty colours and designs lie a meaning‚ a story‚ an opinion to be heard. Graffiti and street art is so widely known and aggressive
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2007 18th Street Gang The 18th Street Gang is one of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles County. There membership has been estimated to be around 20‚000. Most members in this gang are Mexican and Chicano but they are one of the few gangs that have broken racial boundaries. They allow almost any race to join the gang. (Delaney‚ 2006) Because of their openness to other races the gang membership grew rapidly. An estimated 60% of the gang is made up of illegal immigrants. ("18th Street Gang"‚ 2007)
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