place in Chicago during the Gilded Age. Larson transports readers to a moment in American history that shows the splendor of imagination evident at the time‚ and the violence and poverty that surrounded it. This story is one of good and evil. Daniel Burnham‚ the brilliant architect responsible for the grandeur and construction of The World’s Fair nicknamed the White City‚ versus H.H. Holmes‚ the morally deprived serial killer who used the Black City image of Chicago as a playground for
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Lesson – 8 Novels‚ Society and History Multiple Choice Questions Q.1: - What is an ‘Epistolary novel’? (a) Novel written in the serious of letters. (b) Novel based on a biographical account (c) Novels written in poetic verse (d) None of these. Q.2: - It is truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. The above lines have been illustrated from the novel – (a) Pride and Prejudice (b) Mayor of caster bridge (c) Pamela (d) Treasure Island
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is the riveting account of the first modern serial killer of the 19th century in America. Published in 2003‚ Larson carefully and accurately creates a connecting plot of two very different characters. The first character introduced in the book is Daniel Burnham. Burnham is the architect who builds the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. He faces many challenges in his journey to construct the most incredible World’s Fair the world has ever seen. After the death of Burnham’s partner‚ John Root‚ he must
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world?” “Which want to destroy it? As far as I know‚ no one specifically wants to destroy the world.” “And yet you do destroy it‚ each of you. Each of you contribute daily to the destruction of the world.” (Quinn‚ pp. 25). Through the composition of Daniel Quinn‚ “Ishmael”‚ it is clearly illustrated that through the daily actions and practices of the humankind‚ humans are irresponsibly exploiting the supplies that mother nature had been providing. From his experience from being ambushed out of the jungle
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English: General Instructions 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1(Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question.) Write a composition (350 400 words) on any one of the following:a. Imagine a situation in which a character from your favourite book comes alive. Write an imaginary account of a
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Ishmael The theoretical perspective I plan to use when evaluating the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is the structural / functionalist perspective because it evaluates the subjects that are valued highly in Ishmael. The structural / functionalist perspective consists of a sociological paradigm that all aspects of social life have different levels that enable everyone within the system to find stability‚ order and meaning. Ishmael taught me a lot about the way society is and how Takers and Leavers
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Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink. Riverhead Books‚ 2009 In Drive‚ Pink compellingly challenges the old assumptions about how to “motivate” people and repair the mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Humans have evolved and so has their motivational factors. Societies‚ like computers have operating systems and needs constant upgrades. In primitive stages‚ survival and biological needs motivated us (Motivation version 1.0). As society became
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Of American novels that engage with the topic of mental disability‚ few are more popular than Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for Algernon. Such popularity seems based on a simplistic reading of the novel where the mentally disabled are objects of good-natured compassion. A more thorough reading of how Charlie Gordon is presented‚ however‚ leads to the conclusion that mental disability is the embodiment of death in the novel. Readers are first taught to pity the pre-operative Charlie‚ but once they come to
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ideal date of death‚ which would naturally cause controversy between many people. Through his experiences‚ outlook of the world‚ and statistics‚ Emanuel came up with the number 75‚ which he defends resolutely. In “Pursuing a Peaceful Death”‚ author Daniel Callahan takes death very seriously and how people should die. He talks about different ways death can lose its meaning and what it means to have a peaceful death. Edward Tenner‚ author of
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efficient market hypothesis. Behavioral Finance makes certain assumptions‚ few of them are - 1. Aversion to Loss Investors are strongly averse to risk and will only take them if expected returns are high and compensate them for the risk. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky came up with a study on how people react to risk called the Prospect Theory. The theory outlines how individuals react differently in undertaking risk for gains and when they concern losses. Kahneman explains this with
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