Week 1: Short Story Reading Poison by Roald Dahl The short story Poison by Roald Dahl is set in India when it is still under the British rule. In this story the theme is represented by Harry‚ who thinks that the krait has crawled on his stomach and has made Timber call a doctor for help to solve the situation. The entire time I was reading the story‚ I thought that the main conflict is between the Harry‚ Timber‚ Dr. Ganderbai and the krait on Harry’s stomach. But in the last few paragraphs‚ I realize
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meticulously searches the streets to find the necklace which doesn’t turn up and have to work hard to pay it off not knowing that the necklace is of little value. Contrariwise‚ in O. Henry’s short fiction “The gift of the Magi‚” the characters Jim and Della selflessly use the little wealth they have to buy each other a gift for christmas and then soon come to find out that their gifts were useless. At the end they see that their actions weren’t worth it and could’ve been avoided. The theme that these
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It allows people to create their own opinion. The image and the multimodal video used to support Pico Iyer’s argument gives off two sides of globalization‚ along with the multimodal video to depict globalization. Pico Iyer’s essay uses the image to focus on the good side of globalization‚ whereas the multimodal video supports the bad side of globalization because of the visuals that are used. Pico Iyer views that the world is attaining a level of globalization that was only dreamt about. He talks
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Now‚ Shakespeare was a famous playwright of the time and it seemed logical for him to express his ideologies through his popular plays to comment on his society. Shakespeare was able to use scenes such as the Brutus vs. Antony orations to stress the conflicting ideals between truth and propaganda‚ as well as their effects on society. Shakespeare captures Brutus’s honesty when he states “I honour him; but as he was ambitious‚ I slew him” through his use of prose within the speech
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Compare and Contrast In “A Doll’s House” Torvald Helmer and Nora start out to seem as a happy married couple with three young children. In the beginning Nora is seen as woman who cares about her children and her husband but someone who also cares greatly about money. Torvald is seen as a man who is important in the society. Nora was portrayed as a very caring wife when it is revealed that she borrowed money illegally from Krogstad to fund the trip to Italy to try and save her husband life because
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finds it hard to trust Lesra’s white friends‚ since the real reason for his being in prison is the malevolence of Della Pesca‚ a detective who framed him for the murders. The group discover that they are dealing with a case in which tainted evidence is firmly buried in the past. Many key witnesses are long dead‚ and some of the remaining players‚ like corrupt racist detective Della Pesca‚ who want to ensure it stays closed. Eventually the three amateur sleuths triumph‚ as Federal Court Judge Sarokin
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September 11‚ 2001‚ two planes crash into the World Trade Center‚ people diving out windows to their deaths‚ a plane crashes into the Pentagon‚ hijackers overtaken by passengers and crash the plane into a field in Pennsylvania. December 2003‚ mass graves uncovered in Iraq‚ compliments of Saddam Husayn. May‚ 2004‚ a web page shows terrorists cutting off the head of Nick Berg. August 2004‚ over 350 children are executed by terrorists in a school in Russia. Democracy is being threatened by enigmatic
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Major Characters On Christmas Eve‚ a young married woman named Della has cut and sold her long‚ beautiful hair to earn the rest of the money she needs for her husband’s Christmas present: a platinum chain for his treasured watch. When her husband‚ Jim‚ returns to their apartment‚ he is shocked to see her hair gone; he has sold his watch to buy her a pair of tortoise-shell combs for her long hair. Touched by his thoughtfulness‚ Della assures him that her hair will grow back and she gives him the watch
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can also give you insight one what will happen in a story kind of like foreshadowing. Like in the book The Gift of Magi the two characters Della and Jim are very poor and what to give each other Christmas presents. So unknowingly to each other they both sell one of there most prized possessions to get the money. Jim sells his watch to buy Della a comb‚ yet Della sells her hair to buy Jim a new chain for his watch. You can
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Analysis of Caius Cassius Character Caius Cassius plays one of the most important roles in William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Julius Caesar”‚ which is centred round the assassination of the Roman dictator. The driving force behind the conspiracy is Cassius though there are others who are unhappy with the state of affairs under the prevailing system. Yet‚ they do not take an active part in the design to get rid of powerful Caesar. So‚ it is not incorrect to state that the chief protagonist of the assassination
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