Commentary “A Piece of Cake” “A Piece of Cake” is the third short story of Roald Dahl’s collection Over to you published in 1946. The collection deals with Royal Air Force pilots or civilians who participate in World War II. The story deals in a first part‚ with an unknown first-person narrator who doesn’t remember his accident well. Before the latter happens‚ he and Peter‚ his fellow pilot plan to head towards Mersah Matruh. As they prepare to fly off‚ an airman warns them to be careful
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THE WALRUS • MARCH 2OII lltSIHilliiKHIIIIIIIIIillHIIIiniltli BOOKS Crímínou8 Minds A new wave ofcrime writers is exploring Canada’s darken corners BY RICHARD POPLAK ILLUSTRATION BY JACK DYLAN BOOKS DISCUSSED IN THIS ESSAY: and beaver-shaped shortbread. Rush espies the young Rosalind Canon‚ CanLit Wunderkind of the moment. She is flush with a Dickie nom‚ a considerable book advance‚ and the adulation of the culturocracy. Why not me? whines Rush‚ borrowing the italics Stephen King made
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Book review on “The good Girl” by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann The novel‚ The Good Girl‚ is another amazing and emotional book by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann. This fiction book is filled with drama and a touch of romance. The main character is Lindsay whose life has changed dramatically especially after the death of her brother‚ Mark. To cope with all her problems and to keep her family together she becomes the “good girl”. She is a good student‚ good friend and the good daughter. But when the pressure
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have bodies and minds. With our bodies‚ we eat‚ talk‚ breathe‚ move and touch the world. With our minds‚ we think‚ understand‚ memorize‚ desire and create ideas. Modern science can well explain what goes on in our bodies as a result of biomechanical and electrochemical interactions. But what about our minds? It seems that thoughts are not substances; they have no shapes or weights and cannot be touched. It is always controversial that whether our minds are immaterial souls or our minds are brains.
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able to compare 2 authors. These authors are Roald Dahl who wrote the Landlady‚ and Edgar Allen Poe‚ who wrote the Tell - Tale Heart. Roald Dahl wrote stories with humor and dark humor. Edgar Allen Poe wrote horror stories. Roald Dahl had a funny and darkly funny impression on his audience‚ while Edgar Allen Poe had a frightening impression to his audience. Edgar Allen Poe and Roald Dahl have similar lives‚ but differentiate in the way they write. Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He was sent
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short stories and film adaptations are sometimes known for their differences and adjusted storylines. Such is the case with Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of “Lamb to Slaughter” and Roald Dahl’s story version. When analyzing the two‚ Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of “Lamb To Slaughter” is better than Roald Dahl’s story version. Hitchcock’s version provides the viewer deeper details about the characters and the plot. Whereas Dahl’s version takes on what appears to be somewhat of a progressively
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Red soils develop in a warm‚ temperate‚ wet climate under deciduous forests and have thin organic and mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on red layer made of iron oxide(ferric oxide). Red soils generally form from iron-rich sediments. They are usually poor growing soils‚ low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate. These soils are developed on old crystalline rocks under moderate to heavy rainfall conditions. They are deficient in phosphoric acid‚ organic matter
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Do not Disgrace Sir.M.Vishvesraiah. At the portals of S.K.S.J Technological institute‚ Bangalore‚ our seniors had warned us that‚ we should pay our respects to Mokshagundum‚ everyday to get total moksha from the rigors of professional education. Having not known which fearsome God ‚it was‚ we had spent some early anxious days until‚ we found out that‚ he is none other than our professor and vice-principal‚ a soft spoken and scholarly Mokshagundum Krishnamurthy‚the nephew & heir to sir M
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In the book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys the main character Lina and her family are captured by the NKVD. The NKVD is the Russian secret service. The NKVD took them to a farm where they lived for a while in relative comfort before the NKVD told them to sign some “confession papers” which state they agree they are criminals‚ agree to a sentence of 25 years hard labor‚ and will pay a fine of 200 rubles a year for every family member‚ including children. After they sign‚ there are special
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A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind Matthew A. Killingsworth* and Daniel T. Gilbert nlike other animals‚ human beings spend a lot of time thinking about what is not going on around them‚ contemplating events that happened in the past‚ might happen in the future‚ or will never happen at all. Indeed‚ “stimulus-independent thought” or “mind wandering” appears to be the brain’s default mode of operation (1–3). Although this ability is a remarkable evolutionary achievement that allows people to learn
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