Authors can describe characters in many different ways. The author of “The Open Window” uses direct characterization‚ indirect characterization‚ and motivation to describe Vera and Mr. Nuttel. To begin‚ one way authors describe characters is to use direct characterization. This describes what a character is like. Saki describes Vera as self-possessed‚ curious‚and talkative. According to Saki‚ Vera is “...a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen.” Describing Vera as self-possessed is
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In the story‚ Reginald was a fictitious character created by Saki. Trying to look deeper‚ the name‚ Reginald‚ can actually mean ‘king’. In the first sentence‚ “ ‘Never‚’ wrote Reginald to his most darling friend‚ ‘be a pioneer. It’s the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion.’ ” this sentence actually means it is better to stay in middle and keep silent. Being Christians were banned in that era‚ they were being killed. This sentence in the story is very ironic. Reginald was a teenager who was
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story‚ “The Interlopers”‚ written by Saki‚ demonstrates that nature is not a force to reckon with. The theme is evident through the forest lands where the main character Ulrich Van Gradwitz searches for Georg Znaeym as “He wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth...listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for sight and sound for the marauders” (Saki 34). The setting that Saki creates in the story highlights the
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A Dangerous Open Window: Social Networking Sites Melanie Delsart LING 290 Ms. Corrine Spencer November 12‚ 2010 Abstract Social networking sites are dangerous possibilities for adults and teenagers. There is a new terminology to learn and also new decisions to make. The actions possible to embrace yourself include online dating‚ illegal actions such as hacking‚ virtual shoplifting‚ piracy‚ fraud‚ and also cyber-bullying or cyber-stalking/harassment. These are the main reasons why developing
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through the symbol of the open window. When Mrs. Mallard learns of her husband’s death‚ she initially reacts in a manner in which one would assume a grieving wife would respond. “She wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment‚ in her sister’s arms.” (Chopin 556). However‚ once she retreats to her bedroom‚ she finds herself overcome with a much more invigorating feeling as she begins to whisper “free‚ free‚ free!”. When Mrs. Mallard entered her room‚ Chopin describes an open window next to a very comfortable
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“ The Interloper”- Analysis Ever experienced that feeling of fear or dread while rambling through the forest? That creeping on the neck and hair-raising on the arms would not be a foreign sensation to the reader as Saki uses third person point of view‚ mood and setting to add a fearsome aura to the theme of the story‚ “The Interloper”. The point of view greatly influences the plot by creating a feeling of the here and now. The reader is in this place at this time! By using this angle‚ the
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narrator knows the characters action and some of Nuttel’s senses and thoughts‚ however he doesn’t know all of the character’s feelings. The narrator doesn’t tell us what is in Vera’s mind when she tells Nuttel and her family a tale. In analyzing "The Open Window" we should not dismiss sight of the fact that this is a funny story. None of the
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“The Interlopers” is a short story written by Saki‚ this story is the tale of two men who are battling a long fought property war. The feud has gone on for many generation‚ and does not look like it will end until one of the men is dead. One day the two men are both in the same prized woods. One man‚ Ulrich is looking for the other‚ Georg. When they do find each other‚ an unfortunate event occurs‚ and it looks like they will be stuck for awhile. While they are trapped‚ they think they hear their
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbgioh_the-lumber-room-by-hector-hugh-munr_creation The Lumber Room Saki THE children were to be driven‚ as a special treat‚ to the sands at Jagborough. Nicholas was not to be of the party; he was in disgrace. Only that morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread-and-milk on the seemingly frivolous ground that there was a frog in it. Older and wiser and better people had told him that there could not possibly be a frog in his bread-and-milk and that he
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Windows XP Analysis Windows XP was produced by Microsoft and released on August 24th‚ 2001 (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Wikipedia (2012) stated‚ Windows XP “was the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel.” Windows XP offers functions other previous versions do not‚ making it a popular operating system. It is the first version with product activation to diminish copying the software illegally. Microsoft XP was named “Whistler”‚ in its conception
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