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    Novel Summary

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    Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description of the pleasure he experiences while on the job one evening. He wears a helmet emblazoned with the numeral 451 (the temperature at which paper burns)‚ a black uniform with a salamander on the arm‚ and a “phoenix disc” on his chest. On his way home from the fire station‚ he feels a sense of nervous anticipation. After suspecting a lingering nearby presence‚ he meets his new

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    Novel Interactine

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    disaster situation and present information about likely outcomes. Describe a design concept for a tangible interactive system that will facilitate such collaborative‚ interactive exploration of the consequences of disaster situations. In your description‚ explain‚ with diagrams if helpful‚ the elements of your design‚ interactive technologies that will be used and the tasks to be supported‚ including appropriate justification. [ 25 marks ] (c) Describe a plan for how an evaluation of such a

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    DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE YEAR V TERM IX TOPICS: 1. Globalization‚ Science and Technology – 12.11.12 – 17.01.13 HOME READING 12.11.12 – 18.11.12 - PLEASURE READING: a book of 200-300 pages. 19.11.12 – 25.11.12 – Bennett Arnold Claribel (p.9); 26.11.12 – 02.12.12 – Boyle Coraghessan Greasy Lake (p.37); R. Bradbury From Stonehenge to Tranquility Base (p.47) 03.12.12 – 09.12.12 –Cheever John The Angel on the Bridge (p.63) 10.12.12 – 16.12.12 – R. Dahl Mrs Bixby and

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    NOVEL CHAPTER Lost in Lies It was the middle of July‚ yet her hands were shaking violently in a cold sweat; her whole body was shivering in fear. A single‚ icy teardrop dripped down her pale cheek and rolled off her long eyelashes as she blinked. Why did he have to go? Blake’s eyes darted back and forth across the empty streets‚ looking for a sign of hope‚ but all she saw were dirty‚ old men smoking in an alleyway by the trash cans. She carefully looked away‚ being sure not to make eye contact

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    dramatic blank verse)‚ was a golden age of drama (especially for the plays of Shakespeare)‚ and inspired a wide variety of splendid prose (from historical chronicles‚ versions of the Holy Scriptures‚ pamphlets‚ and literary criticism to the first English novels). Poetry — and sonnets particularly — became a popular form of writing‚ with Shakespeare and Spenser’s extraordinary works at the forefront of the genre. Both authors heavily influenced the way sonnets would be written in the years to come. Elizabethan

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    QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and

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    Elle: Novel Analysis

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    Elle: A Novel Analysis The Author and his Devises Douglas Glover is a known Canadian author of various fiction works that has capture readers of different nationalities‚ belief and preferences. While there were many other works of Glover such as notes Home from a Prodigal Son‚ The Enamored Knight‚ and novels such as The Life and Times of Captain N and 16 Categories of Desire ‚ Elle‚ a novel based on a true or rather historic figure‚ Marguerite de Roberval‚ on her way to discovering Canada with

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    eyes for there you see many hard years have been suffered from his body. On his head he wears a cap in vivid shades of red and green‚ a stark contrast to the tone of his skin. From beneath his cap protrudes a tuft of hair that seems to have the form of fine strands of hay. He gives the impression that he is dressed for some type of ritual‚ or perhaps is a member of a religious sect; besides the vivid hat he also wears brightly colored clothing of equally vibrant reds and yellows and a long strand of

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    Description of Scientific Interests Environmental Technology and Energy Technology‚ the two strongly connected‚ and very much socially relevant interdisciplinary fields have inspired me a lot right from my school days. My bachelors and masters in the broad fields of Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology & Bio-reaction Engineering‚ respectively‚ have prepared me well enough for pursuing further in the fields of Environmental Technology and Energy Technology. I have been very

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    The Tell-tale Heart Written by Edgar Allan Poe True! Nervous -- very‚ very nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed them. Above all was the sense of hearing. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in the underworld. How‚ then‚ am I mad? Observe how healthily -- how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain. I loved the old man

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