Plot Summary The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird revolves around main character Scout Finch. She lives with her father‚ Atticus‚ and brother‚ Jem. Atticus is a widow‚ and Scout has no mother. The family resides in a fictional Alabama town called Maycomb‚ which is in the grips of the great depression. Even though many in the town are struggling‚ Atticus is a lawyer with a strong work ethic and a good client base‚ so the Finch family is doing pretty well - at least when compared to many of the other
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I. EXTRACTS BASED QUESTIONS Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow : 1. “I am going back to my grandmother. My lawyer will communicate with you later ?” (a) Who speaks the above lines ? (b) Why is she going back to her grandmother ? (c) What effect does the above extract have on the listener ? 2. “Well‚ I was not in a position to contradict Jenkins.” (a) Why was the narrator not in a position to contradict Jenkins ? (b) Who was Jenkins ? (c) What had Jenkins
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Plot in The Alchemist The four obstacles are presented to us in the early pages of the introduction. The first obstacle: we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. The second obstacle: love. The third obstacle: fear of the defeats we will meet on the path. Finally the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream of which we fought for all our lives. We find the first obstacle Santiago faces in page 9‚ where Santiago mentions to his father at a early age that
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Shady plot What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer :Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence
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In September 1939‚ Władysław Szpilman‚ a Polish-Jewish pianist‚ plays on radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland at the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory‚ Szpilman rejoices with family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. But Germany defeats Poland quickly and its troops enter Warsaw‚ where life for Jews deteriorates as the Nazi authorities prevent them from working or owning businesses and force
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Othello begins on a street in Venice‚ in the midst of an argument between Roderigo‚ a rich man‚ and Iago. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona. But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello‚ a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign. Iago says he hates Othello‚ who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier Michael Cassio. Unseen‚ Iago and Roderigo cry out to Brabanzio that his daughter
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Question 4c By introducing an additional pole 1/(s+alpha) to the system‚ The original transfer function G(s) has a DC gain of 1 and the additional pole has a DC gain of 1/alpha. Therefore‚ the new transfer function G1(s) has a DC gain of 1/alpha The DC gain of the new transfer function = 1/alpha . DC gain Is obtained by applying the final value theorem where limit of s goes to 0. Final value theorem can be applied as it is a stable system. Therefore the system has a larger DC gain when alpha
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Supply chain of Betel Leaf: Preface: In perspective of supply chain of betel leaf‚ this paper has been showed the supply chain of betel leaf within the sylhet city. At the very beginning we discussed regarding betel leaf such as vernacular name‚ Bangladeshi’s betel leaf‚ area of cultivation‚ its varieties etc. So this part will show the Inventory process‚ Transportation‚ Location and Distribution process of betel leaf within the sylhet city. Description: The betel leaf is known as Paan in Assamese/Urdu/Hindi/Odia/Bengali
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many of us don’t want Mr. Poison Leaf to declare that the world’s salvation comes from whims‚ irrationality‚ and delusions. Still‚ we feel a prodigious pressure to smile‚ to be nice‚ and not to object to his batty criticisms. Mr. Leaf likes to argue that public opinion is a reliable indicator of what’s true and what isn’t. Even if there were a faint glimmer of truth in that argument‚ it would be extremely faint. The truth is that many people are worried that Mr. Leaf will use both overt and covert
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123 Spruce St‚ Apt 35 Philadelphia PA 19103 Gayle L. McDowell (555) 555-1212 gayle@careercup.com Employment Software Engineer‚ Intern Apple Computer Summer 2004 iChat AV Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75% by implementing prediction algorithm. Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database. Redesigned chat file format and implemented
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