In Mrs. Miniver‚ a novel of about 300 pages‚ Jan Struther writes about the simple and fulfilling life of Kay Miniver and her family as they go through the struggles of WWII. Struther shows Mrs. Miniver’s optimism and vitality despite the effects of the war on her family. A narrator‚ who watches the family through dialogue between the family and other characters‚ tells the novel. Mrs. Miniver is often alone admiring something and commenting to herself. Her spirit and good will are shown in events
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body. Kali then enjoys her victory by dancing across the battle field‚ prancing on the corpses of her slain. (David R. Kinsley 118-119) Kali is the goddess of wrath and vengeance‚ also the patron goddess of Mr. Bhowmicks’ family in the short story A Father written by Bharati Mukherje in 1985. Mr. Bhowmick is a Hindu Indian who migrated from Ranchi‚ Bihar India to Detroit Michigan. Most Americans‚ especially in the 80’s‚ did not have much understanding of Hinduism‚ and still do not today. This could
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make up life‚ but sometimes decisions includes the betrayal of a family member‚ the value of religion‚ yourself‚ or the betrayal of the others. In the book Mister Pip‚ Matilda’s mum stole the only copy of great expectations because she did not like Mr. Watts’s teachings. Matilda’s mum‚ a very religious woman believed that the book ruined her children’s beliefs‚ when Matilda confessed to believing in Pip but not in the devil. In doing such things‚ Matilda’s mother did not realize what she had given
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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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“Benjamin‚ you will never be young again‚ sew a few oats while you can.” (Mr. Robinson) The Graduate‚ a coming of age film that hardly can be considered traditional‚ but at the same time relates to every being that has experienced puberty‚ thus‚ finding manhood or womanhood. Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson are the main characters designed for the audience‚ both young and old‚ and facing this ever revolving passion to be one or the other. The trials and tribulation takes the viewer on a journey through
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In Mrs. Dalloway‚ the modernist writer Virginia Woolf undermines the usual conventions of prior prose fiction by adopting an innovative approach to time. She contrasts the objective external time and subjective internal time that structure the plot of the one-day novel. In fact‚ the story takes place on a single day in June and‚ by the use of two important techniques‚ namely the stream of consciousness mode of narration and the interior mono-logue‚ the reader is constantly flowing from the present
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Q3: An economic consultant advises a firm which is a monopolist in the production stage of an industry. He argues that this firm should take over the firm(s) at the successive retail stage. Explain the circumstances under which such a takeover raises the profits of the monopoly producer. Also‚ discuss why vertical integration might not increase the profits of the producer. It is commonly believed that vertical integration is an attempt to create monopoly and to seek rents. Monopoly theories of
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