Literary Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Though the family lived a simple yet proud life in the Notch of the White Hills‚ they were not immune to the vanity the stranger brought to their cozy cottage they caught his disease of fame and paid dearly. The story began on a cold September night in a dangerous area in New England as a cheerful family set around their hearth to enjoy their solitude of their inner circle. As the wind roared outside‚ a stranger‚ a young man came to
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One September night a family had gathered round their hearth‚ and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams‚ the dry cones of the pine‚ and the splintered ruins of great trees that had come crashing down the precipice. Up the chimney roared the fire‚ and brightened the room with its broad blaze. The faces of the father and mother had a sober gladness; the children laughed; the eldest daughter was the image of Happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother‚ who sat knitting in the warmest
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Sample Reflection Journal Entry Lani Akamai Lesson 1.1 One of the new understandings I made this week about a shared literacy lesson with my class is that they really enjoy poetry. Before I read the poem Covers to them‚ we discussed the new words and concepts. As they talked about what they already know about covers and the different types of covers there are‚ I found out their background knowledge. The next step was to read the poem to them. We then read it as a group. After several more
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A young traveler stops for the night with a family that lives in a "notch" next to a mountain. They make friendly conversation‚ interrupted once by the sound of a wagon carrying other travelers who pause but do not go inside‚ continuing on with their journey and then by the sound of rocks falling from the slope. The father reassures the visitor that rockfalls happen regularly without causing harm‚ but that the family has a "safe place" to go in the event of a serious collapse. The group carries
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All of us have certain ambitions. Ambitious people are passion people‚ who do not speak‚ but drive to their goals. Ambitions people are not dreamers‚ they are realists with the goals. Dreamers are just persons with hopes and no plan; otherwise person with ambition has motivation and a plan to achieve a goal. Everyone have different ambitious in life‚ they depends on people’s background. Ambition is the best quality that person can have‚ is something makes us to work hard‚ it change lives. From the
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“Ambitious girl‚ I’d rather you tell me to hit you later Because you gotta finish a paper‚ Than to be in my face asking for a Rozay cup.” - Wale Not many young people worry about brains now a days‚ it’s more about beauty and outward appearance to try to fit it in. Most teenagers just want to have fun‚ party‚ and hang out with their friends. Focusing on school‚ setting goals‚ and being ambitious seems to be the last thing on a lot of teens’ minds. Being a girl that loves attention and
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Albert Camus: The Guest 1. Existentialism: Sartre and Camus are the two most important French Existentialists. 2. Do not believe that there is any “essential nature” 3. Believe that our “nature” is constructed by the choices that we make 4. Absurdism: The belief that our desire for meaning is greater than the capacity of the universe to produce meaning. 5. There is no inherent meaning in the world 6. We warp the non-sense of the universe into a meaningful material reality
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Sandra Newton Dr.Kay English 102 22 April 2013 The Guest “The Guest” is a short story about a schoolteacher who refuses to take sides in the colonial conflict in Algeria. The short story was written by Albert Camus‚ winning author‚ journalist and philosopher. The short story was first published in 1957. The story takes place in Algeria with two men climbing a rocky slope. Daru is a schoolmaster‚ who also lives in the school house. There is no school when it is a blizzard; all the
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How do the writers present the narrator of the poem‚ Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as being disturbed? 1. It also mentions the beauty of the poisons and the death and how the narrator wants to see the woman painfully die in front of her husband. This links to Macbeth as they find the preparation of the persons death as well as the final act of killing them‚ a big thrill. The idea of pain and terror excites them and they feel that what they are doing is for the ’greater good’ of themselves so to say
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Room and revenue management Utmost Hotel‚ similar to its name‚ the hotel aims to serve our guests with our five-star services which let the guests indulge in this utmost experience during their stay in the hotel. This luxurious hotel is located on a hilltop where this strategic location enables our guests to enjoy spectacular night view of the whole city‚ feeling as if the city is just under their feet. Our hotel is also a great place for bird-watching and this attracts many bird-lovers to pay
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