In the excerpt from Ann Petry’s The Street‚ Lutie Johnson’s resistance to the city and the surrounding area of 110th street is shown through explicit imagery and personification of the wind. Petry is able to establish the obstacles of understanding a new place that may seem dark and harsh. . Petry again personifies the wind“fingering its way along the curb” and trying to discourage the people walking along the street” to further show the constant chaos that exists within the Urban
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the journey of the Three Kings (or magi as mentioned above)to the birthplace of Jesus. the poem elaborates on the difficulties of travel‚ including grumpy camels‚ wishing for home (home being warm and full of girls and servants)‚ fires going out‚ unfriendly and expensive towns‚ and a distinct lack of places to sleep. The speaker notes that the Magi preferred to just travel all night for these reasons‚ and that through their travels‚ a little voice in their heads kept suggesting that maybe this whole
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How does Miller use representations of speech and other dramatic techniques to present the character of Kate in this extract and in one other extract in the play? Section from the start of act 3 to the stage direction – “Jim exits to driveway” To beginact 3‚ Arthur Miller uses dramatic stage directions to set the scene. These stage directions present the character of Kate in a deranged way. It says that she is rocking “ceaselessly” in a chair. The use of the adverb “ceaselessly” suggests that
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The story that I will be sharing to better understand the Status Deviance Theory is a story when my co-worker Rick was hired as a personal trainer at the World gym in Wantagh‚ New York‚ where I work. For the past four years Rick had been a personal trainer at two other gyms around the area of Wantagh as well as World gym’s main competitor Equinox gym. The head personal trainer‚ Martin was the manager of all World gym’s personal trainers and with this position came the duty of hiring new trainers
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“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Mohandas Gandhi The world can be a very unfriendly place. Not everyone has good intentions at heart and not everyone wants to do “good.” On the contrary‚ there are many good people who make a mistake every now and then. That person is not a bad person‚ it is just part of our human nature. An ugly aspect of the human race is the act of revenge. Revenge occurs because of the inability to forgive. We‚ as humans‚ often lack the virtue of forgiveness
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straight-forward all-business service‚ it may attract people who do not have a lot of time and just want to get in and get with as little hastle as possible. However‚ the same company may drive other people away‚ because the company may appear to be unfriendly. The best customer service is to give the customer exactly what they want exactly when they want it. Unfortunatly‚ that might not be the best option for the business if everyone wants stuff for free. The company must do their best to find the
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We were put on trucks and taken to a larger village where we spent the night in the yard of a house. Between August 9–13‚ 1944‚ we were herded into different compounds on meadows at various places around Rennes and then to a collection camp at Ste. Mère-Église. We received daily two or three U.S. C rations. On the evening of August 13‚ we were brought to the coast and crossed the English Channel in a tank transport ship. We arrived at what may have been Portsmouth‚ and then transported by train to
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that in a village. A city has banks‚ cinema theaters‚ parks‚ golf courses‚ sports stadiums‚ clubs‚ hostels and shopping malls. The behavior of people in a city is different from that of the people in a village. People in a city are generally unfriendly and they maintain distant from others. The people in villages on the other hand are warm-hearted and friendly. Villagers receive you well where as city-dwellers tend to be within doors. People in villages are very helpful in nature whereas people
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Owing to being over-peopled‚ Britain’s main cities all have a number of people living on the streets. Life must be extremely hard for these people and one effect of such a lifestyle is that drug abuse and crime rates rise. Cities are environmentally unfriendly places. This is because light‚ heat‚ travel and food must all be supplied artificially as one is removed from nature. Hence‚ the greater the population‚ the more natural resources are burnt up and‚ consequently‚ the more pollution is created. A
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Bilbo Baggins Very hobbit-ish. The hobbit values and norms are deeply burned into his mind‚ and he can hardly handle the thought of going elsewhere than the shire. Furthermore he is friendly‚ as long as people don’t challenge him - then he becomes unfriendly. Peaceful‚ fine manners‚ civilized‚ tries to avoid "abnormality". His past: his "Took" side‚ repressions‚ adventures - abnormal hobbit life. Impressed by Gandalf’s work. Characterization of Gandalf Adventurous‚ mysterious‚ wise -> Knows more
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