Triumph Short stories are a way to escape everyday life without taking all day or week to read the story. They are mainly based on fictional characters and can vary in length. As defined by Dictionary of Literary Terms‚ a short story is “a relatively short narrative which is designed to produce a single dominant effect and which contains the element of drama. A short story concentrates on a single character in a single situation at a single moment” (343). Like novels‚ short stories are made up of
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Sarah Cole: A Type Of Love Story In the story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story”‚ the author‚ Russell Banks tells us a story about a man named Ron who meets a woman named Sarah. It tells a story about a high class man meeting an underclass woman. In the story Ron speaks of Sarah as if she’s kind of a low life‚ saying she was unattractive and the homeliest woman he had ever met. At the same time he kind of ends up with this girl regardless of all the things he said‚ in a way he considered her his
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Lewis English 1A 3 October 2012 Opposite ends of the same stick In “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” by Russell Banks‚ the main character Ron believing himself to be so much more above the woman he once dated because of his great looks. Ron was a successful lawyer in the state of New Hampshire when he met a woman named Sarah Cole. Except there was a catch—Sarah Cole was the most homely woman Ron had ever seen. Despite that‚ Ron and Sarah eventually engage in a relationship that would soon take a turn
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English 331 19 July 2010 Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story The short story‚ “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” by Russell Banks is raved as one of his most famous. A story told most in the first person‚ describes the sudden beginning and end of the relationship between Ron and Sarah. Ron‚ the main character‚ narrates the story from his memory of ten years earlier. Ron provides the reader with a very vivid image of how different he and Sarah truly are. So vivid in fact‚ the reader can
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Have you ever thought about people in different social classes being in a relationship? “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story”‚ Sarah is in the lower class and Ron is in the middle to upper class. There are many people that think peoople in different social classes should not be together. Sarah Cole is a hard working woman working at Rumford Press packing TV Guides. One can tell that she doesn’t have it easy. She is a single mother of three kids who lives in a rundown apartment complex. Ron describes
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Interpretation of “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story” Ron‚ an attractive lawyer from Concord‚ New Hampshire‚ recounts the summer encounters between himself and a woman named Sarah Cole. Throughout the story Ron mentions the “homely” nature of Sarah. In other words‚ he places heavy emphasis on her unattractive appearance and yet he finds himself utterly enticed by Sarah. Unable to avoid her‚ some sort of relationship develops between the two. Throughout Ron’s recollection of Sarah Cole‚ he mentions his
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Types of Banks. Commercial banks differ from investment banks.Most financial consumers think of “the bank” as a place to keep liquid financial resources‚ such as checking accounts and savings accounts. A consumer may have personal accounts at acommercial bank. The commercial bank’s primary business involves taking in financial assets as deposits then lending these assets to other customers at a rate of interest. The interest rate the bank charges on loansand revolving lines of credit or other credit
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Banking: F209 A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies‚ banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking‚
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Bloomberry Resorts Corporation is a public company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange that develops tourist facilities‚ casino entertainment‚ and hotel and amusement-themed projects.Bloomberry Resorts Corporation’s competitive strength is a highly professional and experienced management team that has built successful businesses in the Philippines and the global gaming sector. The company’s primary shareholder is Mr. Enrique Razon‚ Jr.‚ one of the Philippines’ most prominent businessmen and the
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Playwright The play Phaedra’s Love‚ by Sarah Kane‚ takes the classic Greek tragedy‚ Phaedra‚ and retells it in a modern-day setting. The play‚ which features incredibly violent and visceral scenes of sex‚ brutality‚ rape‚ and murder‚ is reflective of Sarah Kane’s writing style. Kane’s plays are known for being disturbingly violent and visual. As a playwright‚ Kane seeks to show rather than tell‚ taking inspiration from such playwrights as Edward Bond‚ Samuel Beckett‚ Howard Brenton‚ and
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