Mr. know all William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. Maugham’s style is clear-cut and elegant. The attitude of the novelist to his character seems mostly to be cynically sarcastic. A play upon contrasts and contradictions lies at the basis of Maugham’s sarcastic method in portraying his characters. The author often thought upon the problems of relationship
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Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham This story deals with prejudice‚ hasty judgements and stereotypes. The story examines the relationships that develop when people are confined to a ship (which is a small sample of society) for an extended period of time. The writer criticizes the racial prejudices and snobbish attitude of the British people. He tries to show why people are disliked and prejudiced against and at the same time makes the reader look closely at the character of the narrator‚ who
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B. It helped me understand the personalities of the narrator and Max Kelada according to the background information. The narrator was originally from Britain. Max Kelada probably came from one of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea from Turkey to Egypt. The British Empire considered the citizens who lived in British colonies as inferior citizens. The attitude that the British used towards the citizens of the British colonies seems like the approach of the narrator‚ he didn’t respect
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development of drugs in this area is costly‚ requiring Genzyme to charge outrageous sums of money for treatment. For example‚ Cerezyme costs $50-200K per year per patient‚ an amount of money that is often well beyond the reach of patients suffering from Gaucher. To bridge the gap between the cost of Cerezyme and the patient’s ability to pay‚ Genzyme has to rely on government agencies to shoulder the cost for its citizens. Understanding that government subsidies are crucial to realizing any profit
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in Buddhist teaching is interconnectedness. It discards the notion that people hierarchically are above all other beings. People tend to forget that the world is interconnected and that once we exploit our resources they are gone. As humans control the earth and do with as they please they can an in many cases unintentionally destroy the earth and its natural resources. One environmental issue caused by human impact is the overfishing of the Bluefin Tuna to the point where it has been placed on the
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From Here to Economy accomplishes what it sets out to do‚ explain economics in a clear easy to read manner. The author‚ Todd Buchholz develops the readers interest and understanding that there are many factors that drive the economy‚ as well as showing the reader that their lives affect the economy affects and vice versa. Economies run in cycles from good to bad. Business drives the economy‚ and profit drives business. When profits are up‚ business ’s hire employees‚ increase capital spending‚ and
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From a sociological perspective‚ explanation for criminality is found in two levels which are the subculture and the structural explanations. The sociological explanations emphasize aspects of societal arrangements that are external to the actor and compelling. A sociological explanation is concerned with how the structure of a society‚ institutional practices or its persisting cultural themes affect the conduct of its members. Individual differences are denied or ignored‚ and the explanation of
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“They left all the weak ones here” In section 4 of the novel “of mice and men”‚ George and the ranchers have left the “weak ones” at the ranch and gone into town. Although Curley’s wife is the one who refers to them as the “weak ones”‚ she herself is included in this group. The theme which is emphasised in this section is the overriding theme that humanity is small and fragile in comparison with the forces that control our lives. Steinbeck shows great compassion to this group of people‚ he describes
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