Anastasia Semenovskaya 3264/1 Presentation of the book “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. 1. My choice. 2. About the author. 3. The novel. 4. Plot. 5. Personal observations of characters. 6. My opinion. 1. The book I have chosen to describe is “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. I didn’t even think for a moment‚ when I got a task to make a presentation of a book‚ because it is my favourite masterpiece. First I read it 3 years ago. I started when I was in the plane and
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her to wear dresses. Jennie Hodgers was a soldier in the Civil War that dressed as a man to join. She is one of the most famous woman soldiers in the history of the war. Jennie was brave because even though she was a woman‚ she never once was wound in her 3-year of enlistment. Secondly‚ she was persistent in all her jobs she had and keeping her secret safe. Lastly‚ she was daring because she was one of the first women to enter the war and to take that risk. Jennie was brave because even
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Board Essay Task Mark could never imagine that this telephone call could change his life forever. “Whenever I think about what happened‚ I always think that it is a miracle that changed my life. It’s like my accidental destiny!” Mark said. Twenty years ago‚ when Mark was a twenty-five-year-old man‚ he was still living in a garret of one of the oldest building in New York City. He used to work as an effective worker of a small chocolate factory. He specialized in making the confectionery from chocolate
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STUDY GUIDE: Preeclampsia 1. Define the following: Preeclampsia: Eclampsia: 1. In the chart below‚ contrast the physiologic changes of a normal pregnancy with those of a patient with pregnancy induced hypertension. Physiologic Change Normal Pregnancy Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Peripheral Vascular Resistance Role of Thromboxane Role of Prostacyclin Maternal Vasodialtion Plasma Volume Nitric oxide Renal perfusion Glomerular
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in the hallway properly causing the severe injury of Sally Smith? I believe Larry Landlord fell below the standard of care in this case. To the reasons set forth below: According the rule of reasonable person under the standard of care‚ I can definitely foresee the injury coming. Her injury could have prevented if the landlord has maintained the fire alarm on the first floor. Due to the malfunction of fire alarm on the first floor‚ Smith realized the fire after it started on the first floor ten
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The patients name today is Jane Smith‚ as seen in figure 1. Jane is a 36-year-old waitress who currently has both anemia and asthma. Patient has a sister and a brother who suffer from PTSD and Asthma respectively. Jane has come in after waiting out her symptoms for two weeks‚ due to her mother’s funeral and a busy work schedule. Symptoms include; excessive sweating‚ hallucinations‚ insomnia‚ and tremors‚ which are all affecting her working ability. Her mother’s family has medical history of Fatal
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Samantha Smith slipped and fell on shampoo that had spilled in the health and beauty department of the grocery store in question. Ms. Smith had suffered a broken hip from the incident and is going to be spending the next few months in physical therapy. Ms. Smith has no health insurance and is a single mother of a 2 year old boy. After our complaints were filed in the courts; the grocery store alleges that Ms. Smith had a duty herself to avoid the spillage‚ but was too distracted by her young son
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Legal Research In an attempt to win a case it is important to have all the information that pertains to your case. Not only are primary sources of information important but secondary sources are just as important. These sources are easy to read and understand and they can help win a case. In our case Samantha Smith had an accident in a retail store where she slipped on shampoo that had leaked from the bottle and suffered a broken hip. In her suite against the store Samantha claims the store
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applies to any weakness or predisposition of the plaintiff to a particular injury or illness regardless of the defendant’s knowledge. An illustration of this rule can be found in the following case which are; Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd (1962) and Robinson v Post office (1974) 1 WLR 1176. The case of Smith v Leech Brain is about a galvanizer who is the plaintiff’s husband and work at the defendant’s company. His job is to lift articles into a tank of a molten metal via a crane. The plaintiff’s husband
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FACULTY OF ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY Academic year 2009-2010 Ethnicity in Theodore Dreiser‟s Jennie Gerhardt Dissertation to achieve the degree of Master in English and Dutch Language and Literature by Jorn Strubbe Promotor: Dr. M. Boyden Acknowledgments Theodore Dreiser led a very turbulent‚ albeit interesting‚ life and to be able to study an aspect of his writing – the ethnicity that is or is not to be found in his work – has truly been a pleasure. This dissertation would not be what it
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