Mr. know all William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham’s style is clear-cut and elegant. The attitude of the novelist to his character seems mostly to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. The author often thought upon the problems of relationship
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The author and the title | Somerset Maugham‚ Louise | Type of text | Short story | Outline of the story | This is a story about woman that told by author‚ who is also main character in the story. It’s about relationship between them and about relationship between the woman and her husbands‚ daughter. | Setting of the story | Enigmatic‚ gloomy‚ sarcastic | Complication | The story has dynamic complication. In the beginning of story Louise is alone‚ but during the story she outlived
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Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham This story deals with prejudice‚ hasty judgements and stereotypes. The story examines the relationships that develop when people are confined to a ship (which is a small sample of society) for an extended period of time. The writer criticizes the racial prejudices and snobbish attitude of the British people. He tries to show why people are disliked and prejudiced against and at the same time makes the reader look closely at the character of the narrator‚ who
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The Force of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham Brief summary Guy‚ an administrator of a small British colonial outpost‚ has lived there for ten years. When he was on holiday in England he met Doris. They married and she returned to the station with him. At first they are very happy but then Doris notices a young Malay woman with three half-caste children hanging around the bungalow and annoying Guy very much. Finally Guy confesses that he had a relationship with the woman and that
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his journey as a World War II pilot. Throughout the novel‚ Dahl exhibits the ability to draw readers in and make them want to read more. His techniques and excellent storytelling skills helped develop this novel into an amazing read. As W. Somerset Maugham once said‚ “There are three rules to writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” This being said‚ one could see that some rules prove to be more crucial than others. Based on this novel‚ three mandatory rules include‚ in-depth
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In « The Ant and the Grasshopper » by W. Somerset Maugham‚ Tom receives a huge inheritance from an old woman he married after years of idling and taking money from his brother George‚ who has always worked very hard. Their way of working and their way of spending money differentiate the two brothers‚ George and Tom. Unlike Tom who is a fun lover‚ George works hard. He embodies the "Protestant work ethic"‚ "[George] had never taken more than a fortnight’s holiday [ ] [and] was in his office every
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The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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Mme Lo(i)Se(l) It: Money Portrayed in “The Necklace” “Money is like a sixth sense‚ and you can’t make use of the other five without it” (Maugham). Mme Loisel thinks she is on the low end of the class because her husband is a ministry clerk. Throughout the story Mme Loisel continuously looks at what she has and thinks it’s not good enough. The short story “The Necklace”‚ by Guy De Maupassant is about greed‚ perception and how Mme Loisel doesn’t feel accepted unless she is to be depicted in a high
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Silk Road. “There in the mist‚ enormous‚ majestic‚ silent and terrible‚ stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily‚ with the indifference of nature herself‚ it crept up the mountain side and slipped down to the depth of the valley.” – W. Somerset Maugham The construction of the wall started during the Qin dynasty at 221 BC. The emperor Qin Shih Huang aimed at protecting china from invaders who regularly attacked Chinese farming villages. The Great wall surrounded the central part of China‚ which was
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Important of Money Management As A College Student Lot of college student are not aware of how important money management for them. Nowdays‚ student spent their money for unnecessary things.Management can be defined as “the act or manner of managing; handling‚ direction‚ or control.”( Dictionary 2010 ).The importance of money management helping student to achieve goals in their life without any difficulty in future.There are a three ways college students can manage their money by having a budget
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