tracks Jack down and calls him one night asking him why he has not been attending the support group meetings. Jack is not in the mood to talk to her so he hangs up. One day‚ Detective Stern calls Jack to inform him that his apartment was not blown up by accident. It exploded from planted-homemade dynamite. Detective Stern believes that Jack is a suspect and should inform him if he leaves
Premium Family World War II World War I
favorite metaphor in the book is‚ “The very law that condemned her---a giant of stern features‚ but with vigor to support‚ as well as to annihilate‚ in his iron arm---had held her up through the terrible ordeal of her ignominy” (Hawthorne 91). At first‚ I didn’t quite go far enough in my analysis of the passage; but when I delved deeper‚ I found that he is slyly comparing the Puritan settlement to this “great giant with stern features.”
Premium Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Short story
they are not the type to mess around. To answer the question‚ yes‚ I do believe that the female police officer used good command presence during her encounter with the intoxicated man for a number of reasons‚ the first being because 1) she was very stern and looked the man in the eyes the entire time; 2) she did not back down from the man when he told her “excuse me. I’m talking to you‚” the police officer let him know who is in charge immediately following his comment by telling him she is the one
Premium Police Police brutality Police officer
enterprise‚ he gains a contact in Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley)‚ a functionary in the local Judenrat (Jewish Council) who has contacts with the now underground Jewish business community in the ghetto. They loan him the money for the factory in return for a small share of products produced (for trade on the black market). Opening the factory‚ Schindler pleases the Nazis and enjoys his new-found wealth and status as "Herr Direktor‚" while Stern handles all administration. Stern suggests Schindler hire Jews instead
Premium Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany
From Accuracy vs. Fluency to Accuracy plus Fluency. Putting too much effort on learning grammatical rules may impact on natural acquisition of speech. The brain may develop an excessive monitor in the mind that would interrupt the learning process. Stern (1991) shares Nakagawa’s opinion and also suggests that from learners perspective this approach may be demotivating and boring. On the other hand without accuracy the language‚ no matter how fluent‚ will never be correct without learning some grammar
Premium Grammar Language Linguistics
poem is the tone that the author uses. I think there are two different tones that she is portraying‚ a sad tone and a stern tone. At the beginning when she is talking about the man holding is dead wife in his arms the tone seems sad. Then it changes when she is talking about the love and chivalry he is showing as well. I imagine her talking about the man’s courage in a very stern tone of voice. The last element that I noticed is symbolism and I think there were a few symbols. She says that
Premium Literature Poetry Symbol
The strange man then said‚ “why of course‚ infact there is one near here called Wal-mart!” So the piggy bolted to work but when he got there. A man who looked like the boss and brawny in a tux strolling down towards the piggy with a somewhat stern look on his face. The boss screamed at the piggy‚ “leave my establishment or you’ll
Premium English-language films William Golding Pig
has to step up and lead. A leader should have many noble traits. In the book Ralph is elected leader‚ in the beginning he was not much of a standout but later in the book we found Ralph has great leadership skills: he tries to keep the peace‚ was stern when he needed to be‚ and held everyone accountable for their work. There are several instances in the story where Ralph‚ the leader‚ goes against the majority. Ralph tries to put thought behind the things he does‚ much like Piggy. Piggy showed this
Premium English-language films William Golding Leadership
untouchable and seems to be the reason why the Autobots survive. Leader‚ stern‚ inspirational‚ and wise are the definition of the chief character archetype. Optimus Prime did just these three things. He was the dynamic leader giving orders to all the Autobots and providing someone to look up to for inspiration when team morale is down. Prime was also the source of wisdom always knowing what to do not losing composure and remaining stern (Transformers). There are additional archetypes to Optimus Prime
Premium Earth Archetype
When in a group or a mob‚ people tend to act differently: stronger‚ stern‚ bigger than if they were to be there without the people around them. All the other people around them help hide their weakness‚ but sometimes those people are weak on the inside‚ and can be easily made insecure. Groups usually try to back each other up to make the target feel smaller and weaker‚ but sometimes they can be easily defeated. In the book “To Kill a Mocking Bird” on example of a group of people is when Calpurnia
Premium African American Race Black people