The story starts in London on Tuesday‚ October 1‚ 1872. Fogg is a rich English gentleman and bachelor living in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row‚ Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth‚ which is £40‚000 (roughly £3‚020‚000 today)‚ Fogg‚ whose countenance is described as "repose in action"‚ lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet‚ James
Premium
Maulana Restanto 1205896 5B Commentary Writing Objective is Impossible in Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl‚ White girl‚ or Halfie)” Nowadays people always said we need to be objective in every activity of daily life‚ including being objective when we want to date a girl. However‚ Junot Diaz depicted in his prose how a guy received suggestions to date a girl in very subjective way. Torstenson (2006) stated this then becomes the crucial irony and driving force of the story‚ and
Premium Social status Race White people
In Mark Twain’s novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain develops the plot into Huck and Jim’s adventures allowing him to weave in his criticism of society. The two main characters‚ Huck and Jim‚ both run from social injustice and both are distrustful of the civilization around them. Huck is considered an uneducated backwards boy‚ constantly under pressure to conform to the "humanized" surroundings of society. Jim a slave‚ is not even considered as a real person‚ but as property. As they
Premium Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Characters Key themes Plot development Reference to context Scene One p1 A lone cellist… to p3 Gellburg No-no… Margaret Hyman- Harry Hymans wife‚ “fair‚ lusty and energetic”‚ informative‚ nosey. She is friendly‚ likes laughing a complete opposite to Gellburg- it makes him uncomfortable Phillip Gelburg- “slender intense man in his late forties”‚ patient‚ secretive‚ dislikes social situations‚ unsympathetic The theme of Gellburgs wife’s illness is introduced‚ and Gellburg indicates he
Premium Jews Judaism Antisemitism
Play boy Of the Western World Plot summary The play is set in County Mayo in a country shebeen or pub. Pegeen Mike is engaged to Shawn Keogh a rich farmer‚ but she is not in love with him. Pegeen’s father Michael James owns the pub‚ and spends his time going to wakes and getting drunk. A young man arrives one evening as Michael James and his two pals Jimmy Farrell and Philly Cullen are about to go off to a wake. This young man calls himself Christy Mahon and claims that he has killed
Premium
THE PLOT EXPOSITION The novel begins by introducing Miles Halter‚ an introverted kid who decides to leave his home and attends Culver Creek in Alabama‚ in order to seek a Great Perhaps. Starting his first year at Culver Creek High School‚ Chip “The Colonel”‚ his roommate gives Miles the nickname of “Pudge”. His acquaintances with the Colonel‚ Alaska Young‚ “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi‚ a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships‚ and together
Premium English-language films Fiction Boarding school
Why is it important to the story? ACT 1‚ scene 3 MACBETH. Your children shall be kings. I think that this is one of the most important scenes in the story because this i where Macbeth gets that idea that he could be king. That idea gives the plot of the story. ! !! !! When Macbeth meets the weird sisters‚ and they tell him their prophecy. ! Act 2 When they find the body of King Duncan‚ and wake the village. !! !! ! !! ACT 3‚ scene 4 Macbeth sends for Banquo and his son to be killed. They
Premium Macbeth Duncan I of Scotland
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT FOR CATHOLICS 1605 THROUGH TO 1620? This essay will discuss the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when a group of catholic noblemen plotted to blow up the English House of Parliament; the target of the plot was King James VI of Scotland and I of England. This essay will focus on how the event impacted Catholics and their treatment in society and law after the event. Primary sources including letters‚ Parliamentary documents and their insight into how the event
Premium James I of England
TIMUN MAS Plots: 1. Mbok Sirni was praying in her house‚ asking God to give her a baby 2. Buto Ijo passed her house and heard her praying 3. Buto Ijo made an agreement to Mbok Sirni and Pak Bejo that he would give them a baby but they must give the child back when she is already 15 4. Mbok Sirni and Pak Bejo was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer 5. The giant then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds and told them to plant it. They
Premium God
Plot Summary: The H.M.S. Bellipotent ship is nearing home after a long voyage‚ when a British general who is in need of men‚ stops the ship. Lieutenant Ratcliffe conscripts one sailor and that sailor is‚ Billy Budd‚ who is willing to serve his country. As he exits‚ he hollers for the Rights of Man by name and says his goodbyes. On the Bellipotent‚ Billy takes over the job of the foretopman. Claggart‚ who is the master of arms‚ has a appearance that is calm‚ but deep down he has evil intentions.
Premium Odyssey Odysseus Trojan War