Club‚ Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph‚ stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India‚ it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20‚000 (roughly £1‚510‚000 today) from his fellow club members‚ which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by Passepartout‚ he leaves London by train at 8:45 P.M. on Wednesday‚ October 2‚ 1872‚ and thus is due back at the Reform Club at the same
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at the Turn of the 20th Century ***New Technologies improve urban living and a modern mass culture emerges. Reforms in Public education raise literacy rates; African Americans work to end legal discrimination. Advances in science and technology help solve Urban problems‚ including overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions‚ and death*** Section 1: Science and Urban Life: * Urban Planners- Mapped out plans for where buildings and companies would be constructed based on what was around them to
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AUSTRALIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY Life in Australia at the turn of the century was certainly different from the Australia of today. People lived a much simpler (but necessarily easier) life and from this‚ we have developed and advanced. The main discussion points which will make up the content of this essay are gender roles and how it affected both men and women; fashion and how it affected status and profession; and transport & technology and how it impacted daily lives. At the turn of the century
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How people lived in Australia around the turn of the century: * Living in 1900: * There was 3 categories in which how people lived and where they stood: * From lowest to highest it was the working class‚ the middle class and the upper class. * Working class: The lowest category and lived poorly and worked for long amounts for limited amounts of money and resources. * The middle class lay in the middle and was the group of people in society that had bigger better houses on their
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Keep Film around Dear Mr. edward‚ I understand that you feel digital photography is better than film but have you ever given film a chance. You chose to write an article saying that digital was the only way to go. That film is way behind in times and that no one uses it anymore. But if we all thought like you then maybe this statement would be true. But since we don’t film is still widely used by photographers and we should keep film around. My name is Amber Dawson. I am a professional photographer
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“If your partner turns out to be a tyrant.” is the slogan of the Swiss FRAUENZENTRALE CARIOCA STUDIO & CGI campaign. The campaign portrays women with their partner exactly like the well-known historic dictators Saddam Hussein‚ Joseph Stalin and Muammar al-Gaddafi. It is a campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence. This provocative comparison is made because “every two weeks‚ a woman in Switzerland dies as a result of domestic violence.” which is mentioned below the main sentences. I did
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There are many different strategies and behavior traits that you can adapt into your college experience to make a difference in how it turns out. You can not change anything at all and be totally unprepared when college isn’t what you expected it to be‚ or you can adapt. Many students go to college with unrealistic expectations. Some think that college will be exactly like high school‚ while others think that the only point of going to college is to get a better job. This essay is for students that
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Waiting for Godot v The Turn of the Screw Uncertainty is a battle one must tackle on a daily basis; from different brands of bread to war tactics‚ uncertainty affects multiple aspects of everyday life. Unfortunately‚ uncertainty can be one’s greatest downfall‚ as exemplified by the young Prince Hamlet; thus‚ this theme resounds in the two works of literature Waiting for Godot and The Turn of the Screw. The conclusions of both tales leave both the characters and readers uncertain of the events taking
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Life in Fear and Loathing Boo! In Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw‚ the Greene theory is the most plausible explanation of the events. The Governess is the murderer of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel‚ and Quint and Jessel return to haunt Bly. The events result in Mrs. Grose gaining a sense of trepidation around the Governess while her plans to take over Bly are unsuccessful. The Governess has no limits when it comes to getting what she desires. After killing Quint and Jessel‚ the Governess
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Ambiguities of Madness: Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw Henry James developed a polemical novella when he penned The Turn of the Screw in 1898. His twelve installments for Collier’s Weekly permitted extensive access of this ambiguous text to more citizens. This coupled with the magazine’s affordability‚ prompted discussion amongst its readers who debated the twists and turns of the developing tale. As James eloquently unfolded his pot-boiler‚ he literally turned the screw by allowing his readers
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