IT was the festival of spring. From the wintry shades of narrow lanes and alleys emerged a gaily clad humanity. Some walked‚ some rode on horses‚ others sat‚ being carried in bamboo and bullock carts. One little boy ran between his father’s legs‚ brimming over with life and laughter. 1. The Lost Child A child goes to a fair with his parents. He is happy and excited and wants the sweets and toys displayed there. But his parents don’t buy them for him. Why then does he refuse when someone
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In a Grove Akutagawa‚ Ryūnosuke (Translator: Takashi Kojima) Published: 1922 Categorie(s): Fiction‚ Mystery & Detective‚ Psychological‚ Short Stories Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3682435/In-a-Grove-byRyunosuke-Akutagawa 1 About Akutagawa: 芥川 龍之介（あくたがわ りゅうのすけ、1892年3月1日 - 1927年7月24 日）は、日本の小?家。号は澄江堂主人、俳号は我鬼を用いた。 その作 品の多くは短編で、「芋粥」「藪の中」「地獄?」「?車」など、『今昔 物語集』『宇治拾遺物語』などの古典から題材をとったものが多い。 「蜘蛛の糸」「杜子春」など、童話も書いた。 1927年7月24日未明、友 人にあてた遺書に「唯ぼんやりした不安」との理由を残し、服毒自殺。 35?という年?であった。後に、芥川の業績を記念して菊池
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Bondoc‚ Cris Vincent A. 11-20-08 HUM15-A4 Prof. Bantay In a Grove One cannot get a conclusion from the story because every character says one thing that is refuted by another. For instance‚ Masago said that Takehiro was repulsed by her after the rape. In Takehiro’s version‚ Takehiro was furious at his wife because of what happened‚ while Tajomaru said that the samurai still loved her wife as he was ready to fight to the death for her. Another was the strange character who took
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In A Grove There are different types of points of view in fiction. In the story‚ “In A Grove” by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa‚ a high police commissioner investigates a recent murder. The police commissioner gathers different testimonies from six different people. Each one of those testimonies has inconsistencies about the details of the murder. Different points of view were shown in the story. A woodcutter was first to be questioned. His testimony states that he found the dead body in the woods‚ about
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people (on purpose). Symbols: The pool by the river is the place where Lennie and George’s story begins and ends. It is a safe sanctuary to meet and a place free from society‚ where Lennie and George can be themselves. What happens in the grove stays in the grove. This is where the story is born and where the dream farm and Lennie meet their end. The bunkhouse represents the spot where conflict is most evident. Cruelty‚ violence‚ jealousy‚ and suspicion all arise here. Crooks’s room represents
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The story opens with the account of a woodcutter who has found a man’s body in the woods. The woodcutter reports that man died of a single sword stroke to the chest‚ and that the trampled leaves around the body showed there had been a violent struggle‚ but otherwise lacked any significant evidence as to what actually happened. There were no weapons nearby‚ and no horses—only a single piece of rope‚ a comb and a lot of blood. The next account is delivered by a traveling Buddhist priest. He says
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Yoko Kawashima Watkins wrote her personal truth of the struggles she had experience in her autobiographical novel‚ So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Her novel gives the reader a first person account of the brutalities of war through the eyes of an innocent 12 year old Yoko Watkins. The clear and simple style of the novel draws the reader’s sympathy in favor of Yoko Watkins and her family as they escape the harsh Korean War. Yoko Watkins intention is writing the book was to share here survival story and
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The Fear of a Nation and the Bravery Within: Devil in the Grove It was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who famously said‚ “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”. There was a deep-seated irrational fear in Lake County‚ Florida in 1949 four black boys accused of raping a 17-year-old girl. White supremacists obsessed over controlling the black race‚ and protecting the “flower of southern womanhood”. While blacks feared for their lives. And with the influential but extremely courageous help
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years. Using the information provided from their forecasted financials‚ by 2015 Pacific Grove will reach a 55% ratio of interest/bearing debt to total assets and their equity multiplier will be 2.77. (See Exhibit 1) Depending on how stringent the bank is this may not be quick enough of a timeline or progressive enough of a plan. If they want these figures lowered to the required levels by 2012 then Pacific Grove must do something more aggressive reduce interest bearing debt levels. The company should
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Cocoanut Grove: Examining an American Tragedy As a Failure of Fire Prevention Policy and Practice Andres Velasco Eastern Kentucky University This paper was prepared for FSE 101 Fire Prevention‚ taught by Professor Sobaski. Cocoanut Grove: Examining an American Tragedy as a Failure of Fire Prevention Policy and Practice On November 28‚ 1942‚ approximately 1000 people packed into three main rooms of a two-level nightclub at 17 Piedmont Street in Boston‚ Massachusetts.
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