Captive of a G-string: An Analysis of literary techniques in Nicola Barker’s short story “G-String” Nicola Barker’s short story “G-string” relates the troubles of a middle-aged woman with her self-confidence‚ how she fails to achieve the respect and admiration she seeks from her boyfriend Mr. Kip‚ as well as how she struggles to attain a certain idea of herself as a modern woman by wearing a G-string. With a humorous tone and use of the G-string as a symbol‚ Barker allows us to follow her protagonist
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The Iron-Carbon Diagram There are two iron-carbon equilibrium diagrams: - stable iron-graphite Fe-Gr - metastable iron-cementite Fe-Fe3C The stable condition usually takes a very long time to develop. The metastable diagram is of more interest. Fe3C iron carbide called cementite because it is hard. Following phases exist on Fe-Fe3C diagram: - liquid solution of iron and carbon (L) - ferrite ( ) – an interstitial solid solution of carbon in Fe (bcc). At room temperature ferrite is ductile but
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Standard Oil Trust Standard Oil Trust John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 in New York. He was among one of the richest people in the world. He formed the Standard Oil Trust in 1863‚ by 1868 the company had been established in Ohio‚ at that time it was one of the largest oil refineries in the world. The Standard Oil Company grew to dominate the oil industry and became one of the first big trusts in the United
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to tell all you know? Guy de Maupassant’s character‚ Hauchcome‚ in "A Piece of String"‚ is the type of character who needs everybody to agree with him to validate his opinion. Because of his need to be validated by others‚ Hauchcome makes his situation worse. Hauchcome is accused of picking up a pocketbook and is taken to the mayor to be questioned. In the beginning of the story‚ Hauchcome picks up a piece of string and doesn’t want to be seen committing such a frugal act. He knows that a neighbor
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Metals and Rusting Iron Alquero Rollon Title “ The Effect of Various Metal Activity (Zinc (Zn)‚ Magnesium (Mg)‚ and Copper (Cu)) in the Color of Rainwater and Amount of Rust in the Iron Nail “ Hypothesis If the type of metal that has the highest activity will be used ‚ then there will be the least amount of rust found in the nail and the color of the rainwater would be the lightest. Independent Variable • Types of metals used in wrapping Title: “ The Effect of Various Metal Activity (Zinc
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Iron Curtain Context: • 2nd WW left only 2 Great Powers standing in any strength (US & Soviet Union) • US emerged physically unscathed from war‚ economy stronger than ever‚ quickly demobilized‚ possessed atomic bomb • Soviet Union devasted by war‚ 20 mil of population persisted‚ but still formidable military power (4 mill soldiers under arms & still formidable military power & in control of population & territories in central/eastern Europe) • Became common speaking of 2 as superpowers
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trend. Eat your heart out Vera Wang. Shakespeare has crafted a lasting masterpiece featuring distrusting Prince Hamlet struggling to find a trustful confidant‚ ironically surrounded by distrustful characters. Hamlet poses thought-provoking philosophical questions‚ a key one being ‘who can I trust?’ Just trust me. We’ve all heard that before. My dear friend Chloe assured me I looked great in that dress. I did not. I spent the whole night self-conscious and feeling lied to. I don’t trust her style advice
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the Word Trust A paper submitted to Webber International University in partial fulfillment For the Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration By: Maura Matter Date: February 11‚ 2013 Course: English 111-3 Semester: Spring 2013 Instructor: Dr. Pat Nickell Word Count: 777 When you think of a very special quality everyone should have‚ trust is the first thing that comes to my mind. Being able to trust someone is very important. We have to trust people in our lives every single
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The bureaucracy‚ congressmen‚ and lobbyist have a mutual beneficial relationship known as “Iron Triangles.” These three groups work together to not only benefit themselves but each other all at once. Iron triangles operate in a constant motion. Powerful‚ wealthy‚ and dominant people make up the iron triangle within our government. While working together to get what they want‚ they also challenge the power of the congress to pass the policies and laws most beneficial to them. The congress is the
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profiling when there is no probably cause; racial profiling is when law enforcement targets someone due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ or their national origin. Our law enforcement and government have a tendency to use what’s known as the iron triangle. The iron triangle is a cooperative relationship between different government ranked officials but they also will benefit from a law or regulation. In a news article a woman who was minding her own business was requested off a plane‚ cuffed‚ strip searched
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