Although it is one of the shortest stories in the collection‚ What Do We Have In Our Pockets was the story that really stuck out the most to me. In the two pages of the story Etgar Keret provides a vivid look into the sad life and hopes of a man looking for love. The man in the story‚ whose name we never learn‚ caries around with him everywhere he goes‚ an odd assortment consisting of a lighter‚ a cigarette‚ a cough drop‚ a postage stamp‚ a pen‚ and two five shekel coins. People are always asking
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“Tell me a story”. It is not that often to come across a commanding and‚ at the same time‚ demanding story that motivates the reader to really dig deep and go in-depth to truly understand the piece. Such is the nature of Etgar Keret’s “Suddenly‚ a Knock on the Door”. Right off the bat‚ the reader is plunged into the point of view of a writer named Keret who is being held at gunpoint by a Swede eager for a story from the writer. After quite some time‚ the Swede is joined by a pollster and a pizza delivery
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rationally or dogmatically in order to get in touch with our creative side. Using the terms “the room”‚ “the door” and “the determination to shut the door” he maps out an environment‚ which helps him concentrate on his writing. Stephen points out that usually we need to find a comfortable place to write (in his case-his home). The next step is to get rid of all distractions (the shutting of the door) and then to set a certain goal‚ as well as to make sure that it is quite attainable. King believes‚ based
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’The door slammed to be opened again’ The door slammed shut never to be opened again … Nothing can be done now. It all started on a normal Friday morning. I was eating my breakfast: it was cereal whilst I was eating my cereal I started to think about how boring my day was going to be. While I was day dreaming I didn’t realise the time and I was suddenly awaken by my mum saying “Come on you’re going to be late!” I woke up with a start and shoved my shoes on‚ rammed on my coat‚ and ran out of
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near a priority of mine. Innocent white blotches stained my face as blood slowly brought colour back to my façade. I grabbed the cold shiny metal handle and much too roughly pushed it down to me set me free‚ all my body leapt out unwillingly as the door swung wide open uncontrollably‚ releasing me into the pavements merciless lure. My head whipped the grey concrete slabs with an overwhelming impact that destroyed my senses and put me in a deep darkness. I awoke to find a spinning ceiling fun unstably
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Journal of Economics‚ Business‚ and Accountancy Ventura Accreditation No. 110/DIKTI/Kep/2009 Volume 15‚ No. 2‚ August 2012‚ pages 171 – 186 SWOT ANALYSIS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY AT PURABAYA BUS STATION Hening Widi Oetomo Lilis Ardini Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia (STIESIA) Surabaya E-mail: oetomo_hening@stiesiaedu.com Menur Pumpungan Street No. 30‚ Surabaya 60118‚ East Java‚ Indonesia ABSTRACT Gate automation (entrance automation) is a strategic plan that will be
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O for A Door-to-Door Sales The Forgotten Channel CONSUMER T he days are long gone when it was common to find a stranger on your doorstep pushing aluminum siding‚ brushes‚ or encyclopedias. Yet even today‚ Mary Kay’s 1.7 million “beauty consultants” still drive up in their pink cars to demonstrate and sell cosmetics to women in their homes. And in some 70 countries around the world‚ millions of Kirby vacuum cleaners are being sold in households that have just
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why do people travel? you imagine what is life without traveling? Is it possible? Whatever your reason is‚ traveling is a part of people’s life. We all travel. The reason behind that is up to you. There are different reasons why people travels:. 1.) Most People Travel because they want to see their families and friends who live far away. Invitations from families and friends are seldom so you will decide to travel just to see them. 2.) People Travel because they want to see their soul mates
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initiative. In his poem‚ ‘The Door’‚ Miroslav Holub commends us to initiate change by symbolically opening the door. Recognising the importance of change Holub repeats his command several times in the poem‚ ‘Go and open the door’. To inspire us to accept change he lists possibilities you can find on the other side of the door. Magic city is purely imagination. Holub is persisting us to be in a positive mental state once we initiate change. In his poem‚ ‘The Door’‚ Miroslav Holub encourages
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Rivera 1 Rafael Rivera Ms. Rigsby AP English Literature and Composition 11 November 2009 Suddenly‚ I Became Me Suddenly‚ I became me when I was born in the year 1991‚ the Day 9‚ and on the Month of march. I was born in the Florida‚ were my entire family member’s awaited for the arrive of a new son‚ nephew‚ and grandson. There was a wired circumstance surround my birth. The wired circumstance was‚ when the family called me: “The child of the house”‚ which also‚ in the same moment‚ the
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