1. Summary: The Joke is a short story written by Roddy Doyle. The story is told by an omniscient narrator‚ and it is told from the male protagonist’s point of view. The story is about a nameless man who is trying to find the point of his thoughts. He remembers how his marriage used to be and how his wife would sit on his lap‚ how they would watch the TV together. But now he claims that if he leaves his wife‚ his wife would not care. He does not know what has happened to this marriage or partnership
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‘The Hobbit’ is a beautiful story written by J.R.R Tolkien‚ and is full of happy‚ emotional quotes and lovely characters. Tolkien gives detailed descriptions of his characters using humour and often captures his young readers’ attention with short poems. For example‚ he begins his story with the sentence ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…’ and continues it‚ which then becomes a legend! Tolkien has spun a fascinating tale with adventure involving dragons‚ magicians‚ hobbits‚ dwarves and
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Was Appeasement a ‘Mistake’? H/W 07.03.13 There are many arguments for and against appeasement before WW2. Appeasement was a policy between Britain‚ France and Germany. The policy meant that the allies would give Germany what they wanted as long as they didn’t start a war or cause trouble. The Dictionary definition of appeasement is: (Government‚ Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace. Many people now
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This question has been floating around the air for years now‚ The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945 of August 6. This devastating bomb killed around 135‚00. There was also a second bomb that hit Nagasaki on August 9th that killed approximately 50‚000. But the question remained was this necessary? In my opinion YES! Dropping the bomb was very necessary‚ it was also reasonable considering the fact that US lost a total of more than 418‚000 both military and innocent civilians
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Was Manet an Impressionist? Outline the arguments for and against‚ providing and discussing specific examples to support the two arguments. Give your opinion‚ with reasons. Édouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the marginal figures associated with Impressionism. Impressionism is defined by the the online Oxford dictionary as‚ "a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s‚ characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment‚ especially in terms of
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That was Then‚ This is now I read the book "That was then‚ This is now." The main character is Bryon. He is an average guy that likes girls. His girlfriend is Cathy. She has a little brother who is twelve. His nickname is M&M because he always eats them. Bryon’s best friend is Mark. Mark lives with Bryon and Bryon’s mom. Mark’s parents always fought. His dad killed his mom then killed himself. Mark is a person who dose not follow the laws. He steals things like candy and things at the drugstore
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appeasement was a mistake and some suggest that appeasement wasn’t a mistake. Create a table with two headings - ‘A mistake’ and ‘Not a mistake’. Write each argument in the correct column. - Germany deserved a fair deal - Germany treated too harshly at Versailles‚ so were only being given their rightful land. - Germany was growing stronger - Allowed Germany to grow stronger meant it would be far more difficult to defeat. - The British people had to want war - In 1938‚ public opinion was against war
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aboard the H.M.S Beagle. In the article‚ Quammen talks about theory and explains what it is. He states that Darwinism was just a theory. In the article he talks about how “45% of responding U.S. adults agreed that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last ten thousand years” (Quammen‚ 1). Quammen then begins to present the evidence that Darwin was correct in some of his theories but not all of them. He does this by stating what Darwin based most of his beliefs
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WAS DARWIN WRONG? An insight of Darwin’s theory of evolution 20th November 2013 Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who studied variation in animals and plants on a five year voyage around the world in the 19th century. He was born in 1809 and died in 1882‚ during his lifetime he managed to present his findings in his book‚ “On the Origin of Species”. Darwin’s findings caused a lot of controversy during his time and the present day‚ they were seen as conflicting with religious beliefs about
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the path towards their destinies‚ they are ultimately unable to dictate the course of fate. “Muse‚ how it all began. Why was Juno outraged? What could would the Queen of gods with all her power? Why did she force a man‚ so famous for his devotion‚ to brave rounds of hardship‚ bear such trials?” (Page 47 Line 10) In Book 1‚ it talks about how Juno Queen of the Gods was angered when a Trojan man‚ Paris‚ did not choose her as the fairest of the goddesses. She became even more determined to do
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