The Analysis of the Text “Up The Down Staircase” 1. The extract called «Up the down staircase» is written by Bel Kaufman‚ who is an American professor and writer. She is best known for this novel. The semi-autobiographical novel is about an idealistic young teacher. 2. The subject matter of this extract is school life. 3. The events happen in the middle of the 20th century‚ in the US Public School The plot is developed on the basis of the conflict between different sets of values.
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The United States Constitution clearly states that all men are equal and are entitled to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness ("The Constitution of the United States‚" Amendment 5)‚ but somewhere along the way many people turned astray and thus homophobia was formed. The belief that love should only exist between man and woman is very much alive causing dispute across the nation. Should we really judge each other on our own personal desires? At some point we must stop focusing so deeply on
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blood to sustain life. This zoophagous behavior‚ as Dr. Seward calls it‚ becomes more and more intense as Count Dracula’s presence in England continues. By July 20th‚ Renfield graduated from consuming small insects to eating an entire colony of sparrows raw. As the main characters become aware of Dracula’s intentions in England‚ Renfield’s behavior becomes more
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tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air‚ In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly‚ and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. (115‚ 5) By saying these things‚ it is very evident that she feels like this is a new beginning for her in life. Also another very important case of symbolism is when she says‚ “She said it over and over under her breath:
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sixteen hours a day in horrible conditions. Victorian writers were more worried about social difficulties‚ unlike Romantics writers. In the opening lines of the first stanza‚ Browning asks “Do ye hear the children weeping‚ O my brother / Ere the sparrow comes with years?” (1-2). I believe that Browning is asking this question to the male owners of the factories that are careless about the conditions of the factories. By using the word ‘brother’ I assume that Browning is questioning why the male dominated
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describing the chair in front of the open window‚ she explains with critical detail. Through the open window‚ Louise can see "the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life." "The delicious breath of rain was in the air." "countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves" (Clugston‚ The Story of an Hour‚ Kate Chopin‚ 2010). The author sets a more positive atmosphere when describing what Louise sees from the window after hearing news of her husband’s untimely death. Figurative
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fascination with mollusks drew him to the local museum of natural history‚ where he stared at specimens for hours on end. When he was eleven years old and attending Neuchatel Latin high school‚ Piaget wrote a short scientific paper on the albino sparrow. By the time he was a teen‚ his papers on mollusks were being widely published. After high school‚ Piaget went on to study zoology at the University of Neuchatel‚ and received his Ph.D. in natural sciences in 1918. He spent a semester studying psychology
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of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly‚ and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." 8. What kind of relationships do the Mallards have? Is Brently Mallard unkind to Louise Mallard‚ or is there some other reason for her saying "free‚ free‚ free!" when she hears of his death? How does she
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Question 4: In which ways and to what extent does the cultural context affect recruitment‚ selection and performance management? Different groups of potential employees‚ different cultures and different methods for recruitment‚ selection and performance management. Organizational cultures emerge within the context of broader cultural contexts such as national or ethnic groupings. But what is culture‚ Hofstede (1967) argues: culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members
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Applying Todorov’s and Propp’s narrative theories to the opening scenes of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. In this essay I will be discussing the theories of Tzvetan Todorov and Vladimir Propp and how they have been applied to the opening scenes of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. Todorov’s theory states that most films/cartoons/stories all follow this same pattern: they start off in equilibrium‚ there is disruption of the equilibrium‚ this disruption is then acknowledged and an attempt is made to restore
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