One night 15-year-old Christopher Boone discovers that someone killed his neighbour’s dog‚ Wellington. Upon this discovery‚ Christopher as a first person narrator decides to write a murder mystery novel‚ recounting how he solved the case. Although it’s not directly stated‚ the narrator’s text implies that he has an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s Syndrome. We can infer this because he displays traits of the disorder. For example‚ it’s difficult for him to understand social norms such as
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v While online dating eliminates the romantic encounters between couples‚ it provides people with a chance to explore their potential partners with quick assessments. An online dating website will show the users of each other’s important information‚ such as their favorite food‚ music‚ their background and etc. Therefore‚ it saves people time to meet with total strangers everyday‚ but rather with a person who has already shown similar tastes or interests. Nevertheless‚ a coin always has two
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characters that are also narrators throughout the story of Frankenstein. Many may ask if there is a difference or not between them. I would say yes. The 3 narrators are Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ and the monster. They all played different parts throughout the story. In which‚ each part was unique and important to the part they played. Also‚ throughout the narrators you got different views and perspectives that helped show the personalities of each character. The primary narrator throughout Frankenstein
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The main character and narrator of “A & P”‚ Sammy‚ is quite the people-watcher. He has developed acute observational skills‚ and uses them to observe people in excruciating detail and give us‚ the readers‚ a strong sense of what the environment of the A & P supermarket was like on the eventful day of the story. Sammy’s descriptions give us an idea of what he believes lies beneath the surface of the other characters. However‚ The descriptions do not merely tell us about the people encountered in the
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REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Why did Nick Leeson sell numerous short straddles for each long futures contract he bought? When Nick Leeson was being promoted on the Singapore branch of the Barings bank‚ the strategy of the bank was to reduce the risk exposure by using a combination of one short straddle (combination of put / call) and for one long future. Since Nick Leeson used to be a specialist on Future contracts on Nikkei 225 and Japanese 10 years bond and was sure this market would arise. So
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fading love and growing estranged. The setting places the narrator in a foreign land‚ whose cultural values have a negative impact on her causing her to fade from blissful love to saddening regret and hurt. Her identity is altered to that of a foreigner as perceived by those around her and this changes her mind set‚ perceiving herself differently‚ as a different person. The most apparent portrayal of the result of the setting on the narrator is the "fading love" experienced between her and her husband
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Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are multiple prominent characters. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives a lot of information on Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Nick‚ Tom‚ Mrytle‚ Jordan‚ and Mr. Wilson. All these characters are in some way connected to one another. Each of these characters have a uniqueness about them‚ but they also have many similarities. Some of the character traits that are prominent in this book are greed‚ love‚ hope‚ pride‚ ignorance‚ lust‚ lying‚ and trust. Gatsby and Nick are two very different
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existence of Ligeia starts to come develop as the narrator starts fixating on her erratic learning‚ rare beauty‚ and the care for language. The narrator describes the first encounter with Ligeia in Germany‚ in which he states‚” Yet I know that I met her most frequently in some large‚ old‚ decaying city near the Rhine.” (Belasco‚ Johnson pg. 1021). The narrator states he think he meets her in Germany‚ in which he states he doesn’t remember much. The narrator demonstrates hallucinations and an altered
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of her youth and insecurity‚ the narrator is unable to understand why Maxim chooses to marry her. As she learns more and more about Rebecca‚ she begins to compare herself to Maxim’s first wife‚ who seemed to be far more beautiful‚ elegant‚ and sophisticated than she could ever hope to be. The narrator’s preoccupation with Rebecca develops to the point that she concludes that Maxim is still in love with her. With this revelation‚ the conflict between the narrator and the memory of Rebecca becomes
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Crossing Some fathers take their sons out on camping trips to create a closer bond. These trips are cozy and relaxing and are done under safe circumstances. Most fathers would never dream of taking their sons out on dangerous trips‚ which is not the case in Mark Slouka’s short story‚ Crossing‚ which was published in 2009. It’s a nerve racking story about a father who takes his little son on a survival trip in a forest‚ which turns out bad. It
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