LOOKING BACK ON EIGHTY YEARS By William Somerset Maugham In my long life I have seen many changes in our habits and customs. The world I entered when at the age of eighteen I became a medical student was a world that knew nothing of planes‚ motor-cars‚ movies‚ radio or telephone. When I was still at school a lecturer came to Canterbury and showed us boys a new machine which reproduced the human voice. It was the first gramophone. The world I entered was a world that warmed itself with
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The text under consideration is the short story “The Escape” written by a famous English writer Somerset Maugham. The plot of the story is quite simple‚ though interesting. The protagonist of the story is a young‚ clever‚ well-mannered man rolling in money – Roger Charing. He’s such a gentleman to his fingertips‚ that once he so graciously managed to get rid of a woman‚ that nobody even noticed. He‚ our impeccable man‚ falls in love with Ruth Barlow‚ an unfortunate woman who was twice a widow
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Seminar 3 1. Categorial functional properties The categorial functional properties of the noun are determined by its semantic properties. The most characteristic substantive function of the noun is that of the subject in the sentence‚ since the referent of the subject is the person or thing immediately named. The function of the object in the sentence is also typical of the noun as the substance word. Other syntactic functions‚ i.e. attributive‚ adverbial‚ and even predicative‚ although performed
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Ulanskaya Ann AK-091 W. Somerset Maugham. “The Unconquered” Essay I have read a novel “The Unconquered” written by W. Somerset Maugham. This was the first novel of this writer‚ which made me cry. It’s very strong‚ in my opinion. Maugham’s special ambiguity is seen more clear in this novel because it is impossible to understand who was write and who was wrong; who acted more horrible‚ the blind drunk German soldier committed violation of a young girl or that girl killed the innocent child
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thread that I sought to explore this year was escape. This subject caught my attention because of how escape comes in many forms and varies from person to person. Personally‚ I tend to escape by daydreaming‚ sleeping‚ or turning to my hobbies in order to take a mental break from my responsibilities‚ as a refresher‚ or as a way to relieve stress. However‚ my escape leaves my responsibilities behind and results in procrastination. Because I have experienced escape personally‚ I thought that it would be rather
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The Great Escape In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde tells a story about the escape from the socially acceptable and expected life of men and women. This story istold through the lives of two pairs of romantic lovers. Wilde has two ways of representing a form of escape for both men and women; the men traditionally have more social freedom then women‚ so it is easier for them to create a physical escape from the life they do not want to primarily lead. However‚ women do not have the
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Escape flees to sharper-looking better-handling life 7/7/2013 My daughter‚ a devoted Jeep Liberty girl who fell in love with the bug-eyed generation‚ was disappointed when Liberty evolved into a bigger‚ boxier model. No surprise that the boxier Escape - some called it the mini-Expedition - never appealed to her much‚ either. Perhaps I’ll introduce her to the completely redesigned 2013 Ford Escape‚ which went the other way and dropped the boxy look for a leaner‚ sleeker crossover-like stature
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Sweet Escape Rebirth‚ healing‚ awakening- These are the words that mirror a flower that blooms in mud. In order for its petals to greet the warmth of the sun‚ a lotus flower must begin its life buried beneath mud and filth. Fragile and little it uses its own strength to press on through the sludge so that it can live within the water. With time and patience‚ it’ll soon reach the surface feeling the sun shine on it. As its buds begin to grow‚ the flower will then finally burst into full bloom. Same
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25 February 2013 A Realistic Escape “I am no bird;” mentioned Jane Austen‚ “and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Women’s yearning for individual independence has been prominent in every period of history. Over time‚ women have felt the need to be recognised more and more as individuals with qualities and capabilities that contribute to society in ways outside of the home and traditional occupations. Stories written in the Realism period‚ such as A Pair
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A Narrow Escape This is a true story. It is the story of our narrow escape from sudden death. My brother who is handicapped & myself went to Dadar in Mumbai to visit an Aunt. She lived very near the beach. I was just 15 then & my brother 5. We loved going to the beach but normally always went with our mother or elder sister. On our way back‚ temptation got the better of us & we came up with the great idea of walking along the beach instead of taking the taxi back home. If we walked along
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