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    In “The Bass‚ the River and Sheila Mant” the narrator’s name is not revealed‚ and said to be he is fourteen years old. During the summer he develops a crush on Sheila Mant who have rented a large cottage next to theirs. Sheila is seventeen and the middle daughter. The narrator is enchanted by Sheila and her family and wishes to be invited to their parties which the narrators mother finds loud. He often gazes at her when she is sunbathing and knows her body language very well. He swims laps almost

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    outflow and major effects of each. The two branches of the Autonomic Nervous System are the sympathetic division and the parasympathetic division. The main process of the sympathetic division is to stimulate the fight-or-flight response in the body‚ which means it is in charge of stimulates actions. In the sympathetic system‚ epinephrine and norepinephrine are the main neurotransmitter. In the sympathetic system‚ there are two neurons involved in transmission and they are the pre-ganglion and post-ganglion

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    Sympathetic Antonio In Hector Tobar’s novel‚ The Tattooed Soldier‚ many of the characters experience unpleasant situations. These include homelessness‚ joblessness‚ and murder. These unpleasant situations lead to negativity in their lives‚ and this negativity can evoke feelings of sympathy. Of all the characters in Tobar’s novel‚ I believe Antonio deserves the greatest amount of sympathy because he lives a life of constant despair and is often treated unfairly‚ which is like a trap from which he

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    various ways withing in the Birling family. At the beginning of the play‚ Priestley creates his tension by changing the colour of the lighting. The start is a ’low and intimate pink’ which could suggest a hidden tension within the family home. After the inspector arrives the lighting changes to a ’bright‚ harsh white light’ which makes the family look like they are in the spotlight of a police interrogation. This shows that there is tension at the heart of the Birling family as it may be hidden to

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    ‘distressed’ by his realisation of his part in Eva Smith’s/Daisy Renton’s life and death. Mrs Birling however remains entirely untouched by the Inspector’s questioning and she refuses to see how Eva’s death can have followed as a consequence of her actions. There are many similarities and differences between Mrs Birling and Geralds reaction to interrogation. This is the first similarity I notice‚ both mrs Birling and Gerald tried to deny that they knew Eva/ Daisy Renton as at first Gerald initially pretends

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    Hidden From History: 300 years of women’s oppression and the fight against it Sheila Rowbotham (Pluto Press‚ 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA‚ 1973‚ ISBN-0904383563‚ 182pp‚ £14.99) While there had been a great deal of history written about men’s activities in wars‚ courts‚ politics‚ diplomacy and business‚ little research had focused on the history of women before the First World War. Sheila Rowbotham‚ in her study of women in Britain set out to examine the “hidden history” of the struggle of women

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    Do you think Mrs Birling is presented as having done something worse than the others ? An inspector calls is a play written in 1945 about a much different time period 1912. It is based on a working class family who act as if they were upper class. Each member of the family displays some of the seven deadly sins as we find out as the inspector questions them all. Due to the fact they all display more than one of the sins I will therefor look into weather Mrs Birling is presented as having done

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    Brumley home of the Birlings‚ a prosperous industrial family in the North Midlands. This play circles around responsibility‚ showing us‚ the audiences that each character in the play has a part of responsibility for Eva Smith’s death‚ everyone of them is responsible‚ except for the Inspector of course. Priestly uses the Inspector as a symbol of Social Responsibility‚ Inspector is the character that knows everything and sees whats going to happen‚ but still questions these other characters‚ leading to two

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    Scenario One: First Day on the Job Sheila felt ready to get to work after her one day job orientation for new employees. When she got to work‚ however‚ she was shocked. She was not prepared for the fast pace‚ sophistication and skill level found in her new department. By noon that day‚ Sheila felt like she was not cut out for the job. She felt underskilled and under prepared to meet her department’s challenges. On her way to the company cafeteria one of her co-workers‚ Tammy‚ caught up with her

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    How does Priestley present Mr Birling in Act one? The play‚ by J.B Priestley‚ was set in 1912 because the author wanted to give an audience a better understanding of the contrast in social class and hierarchy‚ which was split into Upper‚ Middle and working class‚ compared to what they had in 1945‚ when the play was written. Additionally‚ by setting it during The Edwardian era‚ the assemblage is able to observe the domineering Capitalistic views which is the heart of Arthur Birling’s philosophy.

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