Open Window‚ the protagonist‚ Framton Nuttel was on a rural retreat as part of his nerve cure. He was greeted by a fifteen year old young lady‚ Vera‚ who in attempt to cure her boredom decided to make up a story about her aunt and uncle. She explains that her aunt‚ Mrs. Sappleton ‚ leaves a window open every day in order for her dead uncles to come back home. In reality they were just on a hunt‚ and when Mrs. Sappleton explained that they were going to return‚ Framton thought she was crazy. When they
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Framton Nuttel‚ an eccentric hypochondriac‚ has moved to the country on his doctor’s advice to effect a cure for a nervous condition from which he suffers. His sister has lived in the area he visits and has given him letters of introduction to his new neighbors. The story concerns his visit to the home of one of these neighbors‚ a Mrs. Sappleton. Mr. Nuttel is first met by Mrs. Sappleton’s niece Vera‚ who entertains him until her aunt is available. Vera‚ apparently bored with her guest‚ is graced
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Both stories have a message that the authors are trying to express through irony and or paradox. The author Narayan compares deception or truth‚ as if it were like the sun‚ where no human can ever look straight at the sun without being blinded by it. Sekar was the main character and he had to go through a few trials of truth; his first one was him having to be truthful about his wife’s terrible‚ culinary dish she had made him. His second trial was to give an honest opinion about his headmaster’s
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The NSA is the United State’s security agency. It has many spying capabilities and many people are worried about them. I personally am not that worried about the NSA. The NSA is keeping the United States safe from foreign aggresors and also protecting domestic terrorism. Edward Snowden‚ a former agenency contractor‚ leaked some information about the NSA and has gotten people upset about their "rights." They have been breaking people’s "rights" since 1952‚ but back then no one was complaining. Whether
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Sometimes a person’s life is not as exciting as they want it to be. People often try to excite their lives through various methods. In the short stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Open Window”‚ both main characters try to stimulate their lives by changing the perception of reality. First‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by author James Thurber tells the reader about a story where a man tries to escape his extremely mundane life with numerous fantasies. For example‚ Walter Mitty’s
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The Open Window Framton Nuttel enters the house of Mrs Sappleton. He is a young man from London suffering from nervous exhaustion‚ and he goes to the country side for some prescribed rest. He decideds to call upon Mrs Sappleton‚ an acquaintance of his sister’s. He is shown to the parlour by Mrs Sappleton’s niece‚ Vera‚ who entertains the man while he awaits the appearance of his host. Vera tells a story‚ the terrible tragedy of Mr Sappleton and his sons. He is told how they went out hunting
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In the beginning Vera meets Framton Nuttel who is trying to overcome a nerves problem. She lies and tells Mr.nuttle that her aunt Mrs.sappleton had a “ great tragedy happened just three years ago” then Vera goes into details saying that “...her husband and two brothers went off for their
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felt that telling a mischievous fantasy to a mental man was funny. The story was about her family that went on shooting trip and never returned‚ but after 3 years they did. Which this seemed really unnatural so it was hard to believe‚ but for Framton Nuttel it wasn’t. Saki utilizes the characters to show how easy it was to influence someone who is not as mentally stable as others. Vera explains the deception of curiosity very well because she knows that what she is telling Frantom isn’t true‚ but
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The Last Spin The Last Spin is a short horizontal surface written by Evan Hunter in 1961. Its written most two boys from rival gangs‚ Tigo and Dave‚ who were picked to settle an argument by playacting russian roulette after a shooting at a candy shop. During the story they started to realise that they actually had a lot in common and gradually became friends. Towards the end they determine to call it quits and go for one last shaft of light but it all ends horribly when Dave dies. The story is
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The open Window sequel‚ by Joseph L.J Rosambert. As the clock hit midnight‚ Mr Framton woke up crying in his sleep. That caused his wife‚ Rosalin‚ to wake up with a jump and unconsciously asked‚ “What happened?” She instantly got off the bed and turned on the lamp. Mr Framton flinched as the dark room was filled with light. “What’s the matter with you?” She asked. “I just had a terrible nightmare.” Mr Framton said under his breath. “Again?” She said in a high tone. “I’m very concerned about
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