Cal by Bernard MacLaverty Cal by Bernard MacLaverty tells us the tragic story about a young‚ unemployed Catholic named Cal Maclusky. He lives in Northern Ireland in an ulster where mostly Protestants live and is the son of a stubborn widowed abattoir man who refuses to leave his home even though their house had been firebomb threatened several times. Cal’s life is tough and trouble always seems to find him‚ his mother died when he was eight‚ Protestants give him a hard time and as if that wasn’t
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Set in an island during the festive season of Christmas‚ Bernard MacLaverty’s compelling short story ‘Remote’ portrays the effects of mental‚ emotional and social isolation a helpless elderly woman faces and struggles with through exceptional characterisation. Through the use of a variety of techniques‚ MacLaverty creates a realistic and convincing character through his presentation of the central theme of isolation. A notable characteristic of the woman‚ as created by the author‚ is slightly mad
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“Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty For Cal‚ some of the choices are devastatingly simple - he can work in the abattoir that nauseates him or he can join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster‚ Cal is a haunting love story in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Plot Summary Cal is a teenager growing up during the troubles of Northern Ireland. He lives with his father Shamie
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In Bernard Mac Laverty’s novel Cal‚ the author sheds light on the conflict in Northern Ireland through a nineteen year old Catholic named Cal. This ideological war has devastating and detrimental effects on all involved especially Cal. Cal is a victim of this war as he is thrown into it and expected to react. As this violent war is surrounding Cal‚ he is also facing another type of conflict: an internal one. This internal conflict is a result of Cal’s psychological well being and results in self
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Violence and Sexuality in Cal Bernard Mac Laverty’s novel‚ Cal‚ tells the story of how nineteen-year-old Cal McCluskey fall in love with a Catholic widow‚ Marcella Morton. As later turns out‚ Marcella’s husband was a RUC reserve police man whom Cal earlier helped to murder by being the getaway driver for Crilly‚ the IRA hitman. Their love remains unattainable mainly because of Cal’s involvement in the murder‚ although he never tells Marcella the truth‚ the novel ends with Cal’s arrest. Throughout
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“Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty Key Quotes (in reverse) Central Concerns: the effect of sectarianism on the individual AND guilt (these are also connected) “The next morning‚ Christmas Eve‚ almost as if he expected it‚ the police arrived to arrest him and he stood in a dead-man’s Y-fronts listening to the charge‚ grateful that at last someone was going to beat him to within an inch of his life” CONTEXT This is the last paragraph of the novel. Crilly and Skeffington will have informed the police
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Dollar General Case Study Analysis Background J.L. Turner and son Cal Turner founded Dollar General in 1939 as a wholesale dry goods retailer. They quickly changed their business to retail and opened their first dollar store in Kentucky‚ 1955. The company went public 14 years later and eventually Cal took over as president in 1977 and then became chairman in 1989. With the foundation of the company starting from a father and son‚ it is no wonder why Dollar General has a strong family culture.
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The Great Cal Ripken Jr In the book My Story by Cal Ripken Jr and Mike Bryan‚ it shares the stories of the great Cal Ripken Jr. Cal Ripken is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Cal played on the Baltimore Orioles from 1981-2001 and was nicknamed Iron Man. The book talks about his successful life and the obsticals that he had to pass to get to being a Major Leaguer. Cal Ripken Jr was born on August 24‚ 1960 in Havre De Grace and was raised in Aberdeen Maryland
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CALL CENTER A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for the purpose of receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. An inbound call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outbound call centers are operated for telemarketing‚ solicitation of charitable or political donations and debt collection. In addition to a call centre‚ collective handling of letters‚ faxes‚ live chat‚ and e-mails
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Managers should be allowed to manage earnings Our position is that managers should be allowed to manage earnings . 1) Our first argument is that managers and Investors share the same goal of the company ‚which is to keep their revenue and income growth rate constant and smooth . Consider the fact that many ventures or small companies go out of their business every day‚ if they are successful‚ they do in usually one fiscal year. Some of the failure might be due to the state of nature ‚ future
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