classes. She is irritated when Mr Birling makes the social gaffe of praising the cook in front of Gerald and later is very dismissive of Eva‚ saying "Girls of that class." • She has the least respect for the Inspector of all the characters. She tries - unsuccessfully - to intimidate him and force him to leave‚ then lies to him when she claims that she does not recognise the photograph that he shows her. • She sees Sheila and Eric still as "children" and speaks patronisingly to them. • She
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Speak Up (Exemplification) Have you ever just stood by when someone else was being picked on? Sometimes you just don’t have the courage to stand up for that person. I’ve experienced many situations in which I’ve ignored or simply have been too scared to speak up against. For example‚ when I was in grade school‚ I encountered a bully picking on one of the new kids and I could have said something to stop him. Just anything at all‚ but I didn’t. I walked away because I was too scared to stop
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Black Elk Speaks Black Elk Speaks is an autobiography of a Sioux Indian that shared his story to author John Neihardt. As you read through this novel it becomes clear that Black Elk gave Neihardt the gift of his life’s narrative‚ including the visions he had and some of the Sioux rituals he had performed. Black Elk tells a story about his family‚ his tribe‚ his people‚ and the circle of life. But most of all Black Elk speaks about his life and his spiritual journey. This is a story of a Lakota
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Mrs Midas by Carol Ann Duffy Mrs Midas by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem written in the perspective of Mrs Midas‚ telling the story about her husband wishing selfishly for everything he touched to turn to gold. The poet used many great poetic techniques to portray interesting characters throughout the poem. This poem is a retelling of an old myth Carol Ann Duffy puts a spin on it by changing the perspective and adding different parts to the story of Midas. Duffy uses many similes and metaphors
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According to Dr. Michael Posner‚ Bilingual epileptic patients can lose the capability to speak one language during a seizure‚ while retaining the other one. The operational definition (the meaning of the question being observed) of "losing the capability to speak" is unclear. If Dr. Posner meant the definition to be how we execute speech‚ then there was damage to the patients Broca’s area. Broca’s area is in the frontal lobe‚ and is responsible for the production of speech. So if this is true
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Silly Mrs. Bennet? I beg to differ… It has been alluded to by many scholars that Mrs. Bennet is simply a figment of Jane Austen’s comical imagination. That she is‚ simply put‚ a silly character. In order for us to agree or disagree with these scholars‚ we must first decide the make up of a silly character. If it is merely the fact that we can laugh at her‚ mock her nuances and ridicule her as we get to know her‚ then the Bennet mother fits the bill perfectly. She is after all‚ a narrow-minded and
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The Negro Speaks Of Rivers Proud to have endured some of the most powerful challenges mankind has ever witnessed‚ he Negro spirit has grown through time with its people. In Langston Hughes’s poem‚ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers‚” the speaker uses devices such as anaphora and allusion to convey pride in the Negro spirit. The anaphora present in the poem is seen in phrases such as‚ “I bathed‚” (4) “I built‚” (5) “I looked‚” (6) and “I heard” (7). Each of these phrases has a declarative feeling‚ in
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Learning to Speak a Second Language How to speak fluently in less time — whether in an established school or in independent study. Lynn Lundquist Public Domain Public Domain Statement This book is not copyright protected. Our purpose in offering this popular book to publishers without cost is to advertise the Spoken English Learned Quickly language course on our www.FreeEnglishNow.com website. Publication of this book helps us advertise. This book may be translated into other languages. The
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’Mr Bleaney’ ’Mr Bleaney’ by Philip Larkin is a poem which describes a person in an interesting way. The poem is about a man who rents a very small‚ basic bed-sit. While living in this room‚ the persona learns about the previous tenant’s‚ Mr Bleaney‚ life‚ and how the basic and empty room reflects his personality. The persona’s unspoken thoughts gives the reader a clear insight to Mr Bleaney’s monotonous life and the sort of man he was. By the end of the poem‚ the persona realises that by accepting
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Mr Pip Revision Notes Context Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands. Australian company builds in Panguna‚ Papua New Guinea on the island of Bougainville. Islanders had no benefit from this. Very little of earnings were given to island workers. ‘Wontok’ system of redskins taking jobs‚ elbowing locals out of jobs Devastates ecology of the area. Affects locals who rely on nature. Water undrinkable Killed plants and animals Destroyed rainforests Social injustice
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