So Much Water So Close to Home By Raymond Carver Raymond Carver 1939-1988 Raymond Carver (United States) is one of the world’s most respected writers of short fiction. The motto for his fiction might be: “I’ve seen some things.” “So Much Water” was adapted to a screen play by Australian Andrew Bovill and then directed in an Australian film by Ray Lawrence (“Jindabyne”). The Story Four buddies – Stuart‚ the husband of the narrator Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams – encounter
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At a moments thought we might say yes yes it is a caring society and yes I do love my neighbour. Who does your neighbour include? It is very easy to love our "respectable" neighbours‚ but do we have the same capacity of love for our "underprivileged" and not so "well off" neighbours? <br> <br>It’s a lovely idea to have all of God’s children‚ black men and white men‚ Jews and Gentiles‚ Protestants and Catholics singing in a voice of equality. However the reality is very difficult to achieve. <br> <br>Some
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The Way We Say What We Say In his book The Stuff of Thought (2007)‚ Steven Pinker states that all humans‚ universally‚ must be careful in the choice of their words in order to convey a specific message while keeping up a particular relationship between the speaker and the listener. In the simplest form‚ people do this for basic politeness. Whether it is asking for someone to pass the salt or asking somebody to donate to a specific cause‚ people phrase their desires in a way to not offend the listener
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received the same response from them all. The overwhelming feeling shared by each individual person showed how I looked in there eyes. Each person‚ as different as they were had said that I am "too nice." This trait does not seem to me as large of an issue as my friends think that it is. Although they say I am "too nice‚" I feel that I am not "nice‚" just pleasant. I do not understand how a person can be "too nice." I never found it a burden on anyone’s personality to be nice. Of course being
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“So much information is now available on the Internet (even if some of it is inaccurate) that intelligence collection in the traditional sense is now no longer necessary”. Do you agree? What kinds of information might or might not be available? As a decision-maker would you agree to give up intelligence sources? Introduction Governments “run “ on information. They need to be constantly aware of what is occurring around them‚ and how this could affect their interests‚ in order to take
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The Executive Branch and the Cabinet Instructions: The following document will serve as notes about the Executive Branch and the Presidential Cabinet. The Executive Branch Basics Who is the head of the Executive Branch of Government in the United States? What is the main duty of the Executive Branch of Government? What are the minimum requirements to be President? What term describes all of the agencies‚ people‚ and procedures that make up the Executive Branch of Government? The 22nd
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The Legislative Branch The legislative branch is the most powerful branch in government. The legislative branch is in charge of making and passing laws. They have the power to override a president’s decision‚ stop laws from being passed‚ and basically control all decisions the governments makes. The legislative branch‚ also called the congress‚ consists of the House of Representatives and the senate. The reason for two houses of congress is to balance out the concerns of smaller but more populated
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While we deal with the challenges of our lives‚ our identities change continuously. Our identity is how we view the world‚ our lives and ourselves. This is shaped by the results of our challenges; either success or failure‚ as well as the groups of people we belong to. Yet there are some aspects of identity that have been naturally given to us such as family‚ religion‚ culture and appearance. Everybody will always have different personalities due to our different experiences. Our identities are
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responsibilities over their production. The Canadians may lose more money because of that than if they stay with the Taiwanese company‚ even if the labor cost is more expensive. 3) What specific cultural suggestions would you make to the Canadians regarding how to do business with the mainland Chinese? Knowing the differences between their culture and the Chinese culture is imperative in this kind of business. For example‚ the Canadians have to adopt a certain conservative approach from the Chinese‚ especially
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within people cause terrible things to happen to innocent people and monsters are mythical compared to monsters within us‚ which are very much a reality. Monsters within a person can do many things to negatively impact that person’s life. While monsters of our world can only harm someone physically. “The monsters within us are far worse than the monsters of our world”. What is your opinion on this? Well mine has been made clear‚ and I hope my explanations help you to understand why. Monsters that
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