‘Great expectations’ Having read ‘Great Expectations’ how effective is the opening chapter? Discuss the methods Dickens used to ensure his readers continuing interest. ‘Great Expectations’ tells the story of Pip‚ a young orphaned boy from a poor background who has the ambition to become a gentleman. Which he is given by a mystery benefactor to become the man he has always wanted to. We travel with Pip on his journey to become a gentle which in turn is a voyage of self discovery as he learns that
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Question 1 Write a short summary of the facts of the case-.i.e.‚ what happened to the spelunkers The facts of the case from judge Truepenny‚C.J. The case of the Speluncean Explorers came about after five members of the Speluncean Society became trapped in a cave they were exploring after a landslide .this event occurred in May‚4299 in the Central Plateau of this Commonwealth. After they failed to return home their families notified the Secretary of the Society‚ who then sent a rescue team to
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After the slaughter of Gerard Duval‚ Paul’s conscience seemed to have completely drained and the murder has changed him emotionally‚ but he is later supplied with sympathy. When Paul was ordered to observe furtively upon the position and movement of his belligerent enemy‚ but Paul departs in trepidation and was suddenly surprised when an unknown being crawls into Paul’s shell hole; as a result‚ Paul continuously stabs the unknown being. As Paul remains in the shell hole with the soldier‚ he experiences
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Therefore‚ the propaganda and advertising denoting in this context establish sympathy to an unchangeable society. Furthermore‚ the horrid life status of these individuals swells the sympathy accounted for this society. An example of this is when Winston enters Mrs. Parsons’ flat and he notices “The usual boiled-cabbage smell‚ common to the whole building… everything had a battered‚
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to gain sympathy from him and help draw in his attention. He also uses the word “sir” to exemplify Jefferson’s authority and knowledge‚ such that he states in his last paragraph “Sir‚ I suppose that your knowledge of the situation […] is too extensive to need a recital here.” With this statement‚ Thomas Jefferson is convinced of Banneker’s credibility and reconsiders the current situation of slavery. Banneker’s tone in his letter is one of sympathy. He expresses his tone of sympathy with the
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Human relationship has been indicated nursing ethical value with traits of mutual respect trust‚ reliance that are accompanied by patients confidentiality‚ privacy it can be verbal/ nonverbal‚ defined through having honesty in words and practice sympathy‚ mutual understanding‚ courtesy‚ friendliness Individual and professional competency
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dome good thus without good there can be no evil and without evil there can be no good. Evil was once described to me as ‘The inability to feel sympathy’ and at first I agreed with this analogy but upon further thought and deliberation I decided that it was not entirely true‚ for if evil is the inability to feel sympathy then that makes all acts of sympathy good. However‚ that analogy would make an act‚ one that almost the entire world agrees is purely evil‚ an act of good. The act in question is the
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do not care or even notice killing a toad while mowing a lawn‚ but some do. In Richard Wilbur’s poem‚ "The Death of a Toad"‚ the speaker runs over and kills a toad while mowing his lawn and feels great distress for his action. The speaker shows sympathy for the amphibian as he describes the peaceful scene of the toad’s fatal injury and his last minutes alive. Wilbur uses the formal elements of structure and syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery to help convey the speaker’s sadness towards the death of a
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the rising. Although initially unpopular‚ after the executions of the leaders‚ huge sympathy was garnered for those who took part in the rising. Sinn Fein gained widespread popularity on the back of this swell for the Risings participants. The execution of Connolly‚ who was shot in a chair because he was so badly injured and Plunkett‚ who married his childhood sweetheart prior to his execution‚ inspired sympathy especially.) = 8 (In 1918‚ Lloyd George attempted to introduce conscription in Ireland
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genuine and appropriate and necessary--and they’re in the far corners of the world starving until their skin stretches across their bones and they don’t have the energy‚ the will‚ or the wherewithal to cry out anymore. You may think of them with a deep sympathy‚ or a gut-wrenching pang of guilt‚ or a simple understanding of their plight. The moment you stop being faced with whatever causes that guilt‚ these children slip your mind. They may not be in your thoughts‚ but they’re still starving until the deadly
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