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    Heather Scott Professor Sevart English Composition 101 11-21-12 Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle‚ author of Hound of the Baskervilles‚ was born on May 22‚ 1859‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. The Doyle’s were a prosperous Irish-Catholic family‚ who had a prominent position in the world of Art. Charles Altamont Doyle‚ Arthur’s father‚ a chronic alcoholic‚ was the only member of his family‚ who apart from fathering a brilliant son‚ never accomplished anything of note. There was little money in the family

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    stocks to David. As Whitney was doing health care and environment stocks‚ he hired Brian Doyle to do high technology industry stocks. He also hired Rachel Kindred who was in venture capital business and had become a general partner herself. Lately he had also interviewed Donald Fisk‚ a previous high tech portfolio manager and Mary Robinson a health care stocks specialist. Analysis: B1: As David Hired Doyle without consulting anyone in the office and not even Whitney‚ He proved incompatible with

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    Some say love makes the world go around. The most evident theme in a majority of stories is love in all its beauty‚ along with its shortcomings. “The Cheater’s Guide To Love” features a main character that struggles with finding love again after ruining his first. Similar‚ in “Love is Blind and Deaf‚” the couple‚ Adam and Eve‚ ruin the peaceful love between themselves and constantly chases after what once was. In contrast‚ the short story “Leap” discovers the beautiful truth of love after witnessing

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    methods of Characterization to develop and describe characters in their story by using the narration and the thoughts of other participants to show how the character looks‚ behaves‚ and sounds. In The Hound of the Baskervilles‚ author‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle utilizes Characterization to bring to life the antagonist of the story‚ Mr. Jack Stapleton. Normally‚ an author uses physical appearance to intimate the personality of the character. In Doyle’s book‚ the narrator describes Mr. Jack Stapleton’s physical

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    have a strong impact on the community they are serving in. An undeniable similarity shared by soldiers and policemen is that they are serving the country and keeping it safe. Regardless of the task‚ it is in some way benefitting the country. Brian Doyle‚ in The Knock‚ wrote about his friend’s job‚ “A friend has two jobs in our town: policeman and soldier. In both‚ he is the guy who knocks on the doors to tell mothers and fathers‚ wives and husbands that their son or daughter‚ wife or husband is dead

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    as C. Auguste Dupin After reading two famous amateur detective stories by Edgar Allan Poe and two by Arthur Conan Doyle‚ I found myself questioning the originality of Doyle’s stories as compared to Poe’s stories. The stories in question are "The Purloined Letter" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Poe and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Doyle. All four of these stories had very exciting story lines and had very interesting mysterious aspects . Since the Poe stories

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    The main idea of Brian Doyle‚ “Joyas Voladoras” is how life can be beautiful and tragic simultaneously. “ Consider for a moment those hummingbirds who did not open their eyes again today. . . each the most amazing thing you have never seen‚ each thunderous wild heart the size of an infant’s fingernail‚ each mad heart silent‚ a brilliant music stilled.” In this line‚ Brian Doyle uses metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole‚ and parallelism to contrast the beauty and fragility of life. The mention of

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    parents didn’t want him. We realize that a mental hospital maybe able to change some people‚ but others simply can’t avoid what the heads tell them is right. Karl did what he felt was right for that little boy Frank and his momma Linda. Some argue Doyle was the one who was being bullied‚ it’s clear to Karl that his life will end the sameway it

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    early 20th Century‚ a new genre emerged into mainstream literature: mystery‚ and with it rose two malicious murderers‚ one fictitious and the other regrettably real. Stapleton‚ the vengeful antagonist of The Hounds of the Baskervilles by Sir Conan Doyle‚ and Jack the Ripper‚ a real-life serial killer whose story swept Victorian Era England‚ have many similarities as well as many differences including their time period‚ motives‚ and the manner in which they slaughtered their victims. The two malevolent

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    on the Seahawk. In the book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi‚ Charlotte Doyle changes greatly. Charlotte learns to stand up for herself in many ways. Furthermore‚ Charlotte does many daring things on her voyage to Rhode Island. Also‚ Charlotte learns to be tough. Charlotte Doyle changes in many ways threw out her voyage on the Seahawk. During Charlotte Doyle’s ride on the Seahawk‚ she learns how to be tough. Charlotte Doyle learns to be tough in many ways. For one‚ Charlotte tackles

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