"The Answer is No" Historical content is not necessary for the reader to understand the short story "the Answer is No" by Naguib Mahfouz. It is possible to understand the theme of the story without knowing the author’s background or the story’s historical context. "The Answer is No" is about a fourteen year old girl who gets sexually assaulted by her new tutor who is of the same age as her father. The tutor tries to convince her to marry him in exchange for her education at a prestigious College
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’How does Auden tell the story in Miss Gee?’ I think Auden tells the story in Miss Gee in a way which makes you so engaged it feels disturbing to read about Miss Gee’s life and death. The poem on the whole is very short‚ representing the fact that Miss Gee’s life seems insignificant. Auden starts off the poem by saying "Let me tell you a little story". This is already implying that Miss Gee and her life story will probably perceived as insignificant by the reader‚ which is representative of
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How does Tenneyson tell the story in Lady Of Shallot? The genre of the poem at the beginning creates a fairy story/myth theme for the reader to base an idea on hoe the rest of the poem will flow‚ however as the poem goes on we see a more sad and lonely theme. In part 1 of the poem the setting is described as a rural and beautiful retreat and gives the reader a feeling of summer‚ although as part 1 goes on so does the change of setting. In part 4 we see the setting as confusion for the Lady of
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4? Chapter 4 develops the character of Gatsby and questions the reliability of Nick as a narrator. Fitzgerald reveals two different sides of Jay Gatsby and hints at Gatsby’s criminal doings as Gatsby takes Nick to meet some of his questionable acquaintances. Additionally‚ Nick and Jordan’s relationship is introduced and developed. Fitzgerald also employs the use of cinematic cuts which create the effect that the events of the chapter are real. Fitzgerald
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How does Rossetti tell the story in lines 1-84 of The Convent Threshold? The convent threshold is a story about a female who is talking to her lover‚ asking him to repent along with her but also about her struggle to repent herself. This gives us the indication that they have both sinned‚ so maybe had some kind of sexual relationship with each other. The title of the poem indicates that she is going into a convent however indications within the poem make us question whether or not she is on her
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an important simile‚ as O’Brien uses it to talk about true war stories by comparing the war and the peace. There is not an actual way to tell either one truly. When talking about them‚ everything will be true‚ yet everything said will also be a lie. This idea represented in this simile plays a significant part in O’Brien’s stories as he tells many war stories‚ but never tries to make the reader believe that everything in these stories are true or false. He leaves it to the reader; the reader can believe
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Browning uses a number of different narrative techniques to tell the story in Porphyria’s Lover. The poem is written in first person‚ in past tense‚ from the perspective of our narrator who is unnamed but as the title suggests is “Porphyria’s Lover”. This means that the telling of events is not completely reliable and can be assumed to be biased. The narrator’s first line of speech‚ “I listened heart fit to break” suggests he is waiting for someone‚ maybe even longing. Browning structured this
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HOW DOES FITZGERALD TELL THE STORY IN CHAPTER 9? In the Great Gatsby‚ the last chapter of the novel is told two years later still from the perspective of Nick. Nick is writing two years later after the events with Gatsby‚ showing that a considerable amount of time has passed between its occurrence yet it is still fresh in Nick’s mind. The fact that Nick is still reminiscing about Gatsby and has written a book about him highlights the huge impact that Gatsby has had on Nick’s life. The strong
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Team A Ratio Analysis Memo Liquidity Ratios section Current Ratio A company must consider current ratios when determining the Liquidity ratios; this is because a current ratio is used to determine what the company liquidity and their ability to pay the companies short term debts back. The current ratios are figured out by talking the company’s current assists and dividing them by their current liabilities. In order to become a ratio it must be taken by x: 1‚ x is the current assets for every dollar
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Dickinson Poetry Analysis Tell all the Truth but tell it slant is one of Dickinson’s poems. In this poem‚ she is telling us to tell the truth in a way that would not hurt someone. In line one‚ “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-”. She tells us that we should tell the truth‚ but we should twisted it a little or tell half of the truth. According to line two‚ “Success in Circuit lies”. In this line‚ she believes that we should not directly tell the truth‚ but to circle around it‚ then the truth
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