of Dear America‚ “So Far from Home” “So Far from Home” starts with Mary Driscoll at home in Ireland where her family and neighborhood are poor and hungry. Mary got a letter from her aunt‚ with a ship ticket in it. It meant she could come to America. Her aunt had been there for six years. Aunt Nora earned enough money so Mary’s big sister Kate to come‚ first. Then they earned enough money for Mary to come. They are trying to get the whole family over to start a new life. Mary’s mom thought it would
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Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet‚ novelist‚ author of short stories as well as playwright‚ and it was his comedies which made him famous. In spite of that‚ it looks like his works remain only a reflection of his great mind. He was always fascinated by the public - for his work he needed immediate reaction. Probably he was a better storyteller than writer. Nevertheless‚ Oscar Wilde was a very talented student‚ with great memory. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin and later on in Oxford
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The importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde represents consistent themes throughout the play that relate to problems in everyday life. The play primarily revolves around two men‚ Jack Worthing and Algernon. Both men treasure the women they have always wanted and finally got‚ but soon this perfect love becomes complicated when both are found telling little white lies to get what they want. Wilde uses these two men and their stories to show how one little white lie creates more lies and leads to
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Most heroism deals with promotion of virtue and reproach of vice. Sloughing off from such a hackneyed‚ yet widely used frame of thought‚ the novel ‘The Happy Prince’ (1888) by Oscar Wilde connects heroism with compassion. With a subconscious reminiscent between ‘courage’ and ‘hero’‚ compassion is generally not a primary association with a strong image of a hero. Oscar Wilde however‚ through utilization of ‘the happy prince’ as a mechanism‚ conveys the idea of compassion and sacrifice which consists
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N/A Facts: Koppersmith and his wife Cindy were fighting in their front yard when Cindy tried to go inside. As she tried to enter the house Koppersmith stopped her and a physical dispute ensued. Cindy fell off the porch and into the yard. She died from a skull fractures to the back of her head. In Koppersmith’s statement he told police that him and Cindy were arguing on their front porch when she tried to go inside. Koppersmith tried to stop her by pushing her back. In return she punched him. He
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The Private Movie Co.‚ Inc. v. Pamela Lee Anderson et al. 1. What are the facts? The Private Movie Company (Efraim) sued Pamela Lee Anderson for $4.6 million for walking away from oral and written contracts. The defendant (Anderson) claims to have agreed to the contracts on the stipulation that the script would be revised concerning nudity and simulated sex scenes‚ and upon reading the final script and seeing simulated sex scenes still included‚ walked out. 2. What is the legal issue? The
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Carol and Gary Allen v. Dover Co-Recreational Softball League & a. Strafford No. 2001-457 Briefed by Elizabeth Taylor Submitted: July 26‚ 2002 Opinion Issued: September 30‚ 2002 Basic Facts of the Case: The plaintiffs‚ Carol and Gary allege that on September 13‚ 1998‚ Carol Allen was injured while participating in a recreational softball game‚ while she was running to first base. She was hit in the head by the shortstop of the opposing team. This game was an adult and slow pitch softball
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then. I studied for three years in this school. But I‚ like all other children‚ was hardly fond of the studies at this tender age. 3. Monastic studies Then at the age of ten‚ as if was the custom of every Tibetan family back then‚ I was withdrawn from the school and sent to the near by Drepung Loseling Monastery. It is one of the largest monasteries of Tibet. Truthfully speaking‚ I was quite happy at this transfer as I did not like to study in that school. But my delight did not last long. The studies
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of Medicine and the Director of the Botulism laboratory at the University‚ concluded the hay purchased from Kallestad and fed to the Rothings horses was contaminated with botulism. Rules: Under Martel Const. Inc v. State and Ehly v. Cady foreseeability is a factor in breach of contract claims in Montana. The horses getting botulism was not foreseeable. The hay The Rothings purchase of hay from Kallestad was a transaction in goods‚ so it may be governed by Montana’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
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quality of work I have produced are good enough to be shared online and to their Board of Trustees. I am hoping to be a part of your company because I know that I will learn from you as well as contribute to the company’s future. I would like to start my career in Public Relations because‚ based from what I have heard from my professors is that PR is one of the highest paying jobs. I want to start with PR and may be work there for a year or two and probably start my own Photography firm. I think
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