* "North Richmond Street‚ being blind‚ was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end‚ detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street‚ conscious of decent lives within them‚ gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces. The former tenant of our house‚ a priest‚ had died in the back drawing room. Air‚ musty from having been long enclosed‚ hung in all
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to look after small children. (taking) 4. Mary eats very little so as not to gain weight. (put) 5. It was such bad news that Susan suddenly began to cry. (burst) 6. Whose suitcase is this? (belong) 7. Do you have a good relationship with your neighbours? (get) 8. I found this film quite disappointing. (let) 9. The book was not as good as he had hoped. (come) 10. He has had numerous operations. (operated) 11. I haven’t decided yet whether to go to the party or not. (made) 12. A lot of pupils
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S5 Critical Essay Peer-assessment Intro 1 Racism is a prominent social issue in society today and occurs all over the world. I have recently read a short story by Alexander Reid and he carefully uses characterisation‚ language‚ key incidents and symbolism to portray this to us. Intro 2 This short story ‘A Warm Golden Brown’ by Alexander Reid makes a strong point about direct and broad scope of racism. He shows that direct racism from the little boy’s mother to his friend comes through and
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3.4 The Catholic Church’s View on Mercy and Compassion Pope Francis teaches in his apostolic letter Misericordiae Vultus – ‘Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy’‚ that Patience and mercy are two words which often go together in the Old Testament to describe God’s nature. His being merciful is concretely demonstrated in his many actions throughout the history of salvation where his goodness prevails over punishment and destruction. ‘He forgives all your iniquity‚ he heals all your diseases
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throughout a little town in Pennsylvania‚ which is near Philadelphia. The significance of the setting towards the story relates to the town being small and unknown‚ in retrospect it should have been a safe place for a young adult to grow up in. Your neighbours were treated like family and you would never have expected a tragedy such as this to occur in a little unknown town. The setting of the novel shows us that the worst things can happen when we least expect it and to the people who least deserve it
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of innovation or change. Joe Keller is certainly someone who does not really fit in despite his desperate attempts to do so. There are comments throughout the play about how he has tried to win the favour of his neighbours since his successful appeal. He believes he has won his neighbours over but other characters’ comments suggest otherwise. Keller is on the "outskirts" of society‚ just as his house is on the outskirts of town. The time set in the play is in August‚ the high point of summer
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Seamus Heaney ‘Mid-Term Break’ The main theme of ‘Mid-Term Break’ is the tragedy of the death of a young child‚ whose life ‘break[s]’ when he is only four years old; this tragedy also ‘break[s]’ the lives of others‚ specifically the child’s parents and brother. The tone of the poem is very sombre‚ as it explores the manifold ways in which lives are broken and shattered by death. In literal terms‚ the title refers to the ‘Mid-term Break’ of a school vacation; in this sense it is highly
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and move on. The opening of part four is when the theme of war is at its strongest‚ Olanna is stressed and in despair‚ in a moment of weakness‚ finally she speaks her mind after learning Baby has lice‚ “It must be those dirty neighbours you play with‚ those dirty neighbours!”‚ this outburst is quite out of character‚ even Baby looked at her “as if she no longer recognized her”‚ this emphasizes the importance of this characteristic leap Olanna has took‚ from this point forth‚ her outlook is expressed
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“DROP YOUR WEAPONS! THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING BEFORE WE SHOOT YOU!” The officers prepared to shoot Edward. The neighbours came out‚ shocked at what Edward has done. “No! No! He has scissors as hands!” Marge‚ one of the neighbours hesitantly explained.
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of Lords 1932 relating to a case of a “snail” found in ginger beer sold to a customer” ). He said that: "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who‚ then‚ in the law is my neighbour? The answer seems to be persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question
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