Anders‚ a book critic‚ who experiences one final memory after being shot in the head by bank robbers. The story begins with Anders entering a Bank in the closing hours and criticising the long lines and bad service. Then‚ two bank robbers hold up the bank and end up shooting Anders in the head for his arrogant behavior. Woolf then goes on to explain his last memory as he is dying from his wounds. The bank robbers dialogue is important. The different ways that Wolff depicts the Robber’s dialogue greatly
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and his companions’ leather pouch filled with money‚ but some believe that Robin should have warn the others about the robbers‚ while others believe Robin should not warn the others about the robbers. Robin should warn the others about the robbers for three reasons: to prove himself‚ to be inquisitive‚ and to escape. The first reason Robin should warn the others about the robbers is to prove himself. To Brother Luke and John-go-in-the-Wynd‚ Robin is a crippled‚ incapable child. If Robin can manage
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Life was a bed of roses for the villagers of Kampung Desa until a gang of robbers had fled from a police station near the village recently. They were on the most wanted list by the police since they had harmed victims before. Ever since their getaway‚ there had been abundant of reports involving robbery occurring in Kampung Desa. Most victims were unable to identify the culprits because they were wearing masks. The villagers of Kampung Desa had been warned by the police to stay on guard at all
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this that readers have an insight of what robbers are suggested to be; professional‚ precise and polite. This is indicated through the narrative conventions that the author has provided for readers of what the robbers characteristics has transformed into in this alternative world. An example of this can be seen here‚ ‘Morning madam‚’ he replied affably‚ professionally. ‘This is a robbery.’ (p.7). The use of language in this passage suggests that robbers are polite and are created in the image of
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PRECIS #1: Nathan Barber Santa Margarita Catholic HS 1st Period-John Braithwaite-Instructor Were the Puritans Puritanical? By Carl Degler‚ Stanford University THESIS: Carl Degler‚ in this provocative article‚ takes issue with the popular notion that the Puritans were people who had “the haunting fear that someone‚ somewhere‚ may be happy” as advocated by Mencken‚ Macaulay‚ & Heffner who got it all wrong! They are not repressed sex misfits and bigots‚ but rather‚ keepers of the Victorian
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Therefore‚ as a knight guided by moonlight‚ Falstaff is a dissenter against law and order. This conclusion finds support in his witty tautologies and epithets. Falstaff is invariably aware that Hal will one day become king‚ and when that happens‚ robbers will be honored in England by "Let[ting] us be indulgence Diana’s foresters‚ gentlemen of the shade‚ monions of the moon; and let[ting] men say we be men of good government‚ being governed as the sea is‚ by our novle and chaste mistress the moon
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and on‚ and on. “In my feeble estimation‚ General McClellan‚ with all his laurels‚ sinks into insignificance beside the true heroine of the age‚ the angel of the battlefield.” Dr. James Dunn‚ surgeon at Antietam Battlefield. In 1863‚ Clara Baron travelled to Morris Island to tend to the growing number of sick and wounded soldiers. The wounded were expanding after the failed Union
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Prince Hal appreciates his youth by living a life of stealing and spending much time with his companion of robbers. He also knows that he must become the responsible leader that his father wants him to be. He plans to be mature and impress those who did not believe he can be a responsible king. After he has a conversation with his father‚ the King he makes a goal to prove it to his father that he can be that mature responsible leader his father wishes to see by promises to kill the leader or the
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You’re walking home and you notice the color of the sky‚ gradually getting darker. You pick up your pace and slowly bring your wrist watch up to your face‚ dreading the result. To your horror‚ it is 8:54 PM and you are still 10 minutes away from your home. You quicken your pace‚ remembering the pain you felt when you were beaten last for staying out past curfew. You sprint home and keep your head low‚ the whole time in fear of being caught. This is is unfortunately‚ a life lived by many under strict
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