Reasons for Decline in Reading Habit W. Somerset Maugham said‚ “To acquire the habitof reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost allmiseriesof life.” Reading habithas been a great help in developing knowledge. But today‚ in an age when browsing thenet‚ playing with funky handsets and passing non-stop SMS seem to be the order of the day. The internet boom‚ interactive medium of images‚ TV and thesilver screen fillingthe minds of the modern youth‚ taking majority of their free time
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Charles Strickland One of the best novels by William Somerset Maugham can be considered the novel “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ which describes the fate of a strange creative personality and a great artist at the same time Charles Strickland‚ the prototype of a famous artist of 19th century Paul Gaughen. His talent and genius were recognized only after his death and his work became his posthumous monument commemorating the artist’s extravagance and greatness at the same time. His character‚ views
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THE VERGER by W. Somerset Maugham 1. What is the kind of behaviour of the verger in the first part of the story? Give examples The first part of the story presents the verger as a compliant man‚ anxious to exercise his profession in the best way possible. The care with which he maintains his clothes shows all his hard work and dedication. Still‚ the verger remains a humble and simple man who enjoys the simple pleasures of life‚ like a glass of beer with his dinner. 2. Would you qualify him as an
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British Cuisine Foreigners often say that food in Britain is uninteresting and plain‚ noting fancy‚ it lacks originality and excellence. But British food is not as bad as some people think. There are many enjoyable dishes which can please even a demanding eater. A characteristic feature of British food is the high quality of the ingredients and the simplicity of the way in which they are used. British food is greatly influenced by local agricultural conditions and depends on geography and climate
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Jane Austen is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelists on the strength of her six completed novels. Noted particularly for their sparkling social comedy & accurate vision of human relationships‚ they are still as widely read today all over the world as they have ever been. It goes without saying that “Pride & Prejudice” is the most famous & ever-popular one. To begin with‚ I’d like to stress the point‚ that this particular novel is mainly about people’s relationships
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DANCING written by Susan Hill. The author is known as a British short story writer‚ novelist‚ playwright and critic. Her novels include The Woman in Black‚ The Mist in the Mirror and I’m the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. The extract describes the feelings of guilt and confusion of the main character Esme Fanshow after her mother’s death. The basic theme is the consequence of the attitude of a despotic mother to her caring but infantile daughter after
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UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ENG 105 INTRODUCTION TO PROSE Topic: Analyzing short story’s setting. Submitted To: Niger Afroz Islam Lecturer Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Submitted By: Nafis Kamal Reg. No.: 13116003 First Year First Semester Department of English University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhaka. Date of Submission: July 31‚ 2013 Analyzing short story’s setting. Definition of the Short Story: The short story is a piece of art
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Dicey’s model is challenged in the case of Jackson v Attorney General ‚ where the Hunting Act challenges the sovereignty of Parliament. This shows how Parliament can change its own procedures and how Parliament can determine how future Parliaments legislate. The Parliament Act 1911 changed the length of time it takes to create an Act of Parliament and restricted the power of the House of Lords. If the House of Lords rejected a bill from the Commons three times‚ it would go straight up to Royal
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which attract readers in an extreme method and technique. Most of its readers intend to allocate it into “horror fiction”‚ because there are too many horrible plots and terrified atmosphere that shade its tender emotion to some degree. No one can escape the creepy feeling from the content; however‚ it is just the point that really forges its readers. To take it another way‚ the background of a love story mixed with some description of natural scenery softens the horrible feeling. Every love story
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It is equally terrifying or even a death sentence‚ to know the exact hour when you die. Today‚ however‚ with the development of mechanical respirators‚ electronic pacemakers‚ and other medical technologies‚ it has created the possibility of a greater temporal separation between various system failures. A person may slip into coma or lose consciousness a decade or more before his heart and lungs fail‚ for example. Meanwhile‚ interest in the availability of transplantable organs has provided an incentive
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