how they look before getting to know them. The messageof the story can perhaps best be summed up in the English proverb: You should not judge a book by its cover. The author of “Mr. Know-All”‚ W Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) was a popular English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. Maugham is said to have been the highest paid author in the world during the 1930s. He travelled extensively‚ and was one of the best known writers of travel stories during the inter-war years. This story‚ which
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The setting: Where? International waters on an ocean-going liner sailing from San Francisco‚ USA‚ to Yokohama‚ Japan‚ on the Pacific ocean. When? Post-World war I (after 1918). "I did not like Mr. Kelada” - Why? Before their first meeting: His name (Max Kelada) – not English‚ indicates middle-eastern origin (“I should have looked upon it with less dismay if my fellow passenger’s name had been Smith or Brown”). The look of his luggage – too many labels on the suitcases‚ the
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The ant and the grasshopper by W. S. Maugham The aim of the following paper is to analyze a story by Mark Twain called A Curious Dream. We propose in this paper firstly‚ to analyze characters‚ theme and point of view; secondly‚ the author’s style and thirdly‚ the author’s beliefs. Firstly‚ Characters The participants in the story are: the author‚ John Baxter Copmanhurst (the skeleton). The author in the story is the narrator presented with the subject pronoun “I”; he is the one who describes
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Mr. Know-All – Literary analysis THE STORY Mr. Know-All is a story with a moral lesson. The subject is simple. A rich British merchant of Oriental origin‚ named Mr. Kelada‚ meets a group of Westerners on a ship sailing across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Yokohama. His cabin-mate‚ a British citizen who is the nameless narrator of the story‚ dislikes Mr. Kelada even before he sees him. However‚ at the end of the story Mr. Kelada‚ the Levantine jeweler‚ proves to be a real gentleman
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Somerset Maugham "Louise" I could never understand why Louise bothered with me. She disliked me and I knew that behind my back she seldom lost the opportunity of saying a disagreeable thing about me. She had too much delicacy ever to make a direct statement‚ but with a hint and a sigh and a little gesture of her beautiful hands she was able to make her meaning plain. It was true that we had known one another almost intimately for five and twenty years‚ but it was impossible for me to believe
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“with a round red face from which shone small‚ dark and very bright eyes “ to give the description of a nervous‚ unconfident and passive person‚ but a man who wants to change its life. He likes Spain for “sunshine there‚ and there`s good wine‚ and there`s colour‚ and there`s air you can breathe.” And also the narrator likes Spain saying the it is a place where you can lead “ a wonderful life”
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Personality Profile: A Beautiful Monster Damon Salvatore‚ a paradox of all things devastatingly horrible and strikingly beautiful. In the television series‚ The Vampire Diaries‚ Damon Salvatore continuously battles between the complexities of being a hero and a villain. Of all the characters on the show’s landscape‚ Damon is without a doubt the most fascinating and the most complicated. His demonic tendencies‚ full of bloodlust‚ juxtaposes with a bone-deep sorrow that is saturated in his own history
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W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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SHC 34 Principles For Implementing Duty Of Care In Health And Social Care Or Children And Young Peoples Settings. Duty Of Care What It Means To Have A Duty Of Care? A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could potentially harm others. For example if the children are doing P.E. and playing on apparatus you will need to make sure that all the equipment is set up right and is safe for
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Jeffrey Rivet "I’M NOT SCARED" DIRECTOR: Gabriel Salvatores: Salvatores‚ A Writer‚ actor‚ and director. Born on July 30th‚ 1950 In naples. He moved to Milan and started his career as a theatre director in 1972. For most of the 70’s and the 80’s he directed everything that was shown at Elf’s Theater. His popularity among italians was growing immensely. His style of directing was classified as Avant Garde or "cutting edge". A style that i think he has continued to use today. As a director
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