Experiencing a situation through the author’s words is every reader’s pursuit. Fear‚ panic and excitement are some of the reactions generated from reading horror stories. To get such reactions‚ authors use certain stylistic devices. Bram stoker’s “Dracula’s guest”‚ is penned around suspense‚ mystery and fear. This is pronounced by the author’s use of Johann’s narrative‚ “Walpurgis nacht”‚ the horses‚ background voices and the climatic changes. The horses “throwing up their heads and sniffing the air suspiciously”
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impression the guest would experience would be from the moment they enter the hotel. The next unforgettable experience would be the room they would be staying at; it could make or break the guests’ impression of the hotel. Basically‚ if the Housekeeping did not do a good job in cleaning the room or if the Front Office ‘accidently’ assigned a ‘dirty’ room to them; the impact on the hotel image would be drastically affected. The key topics which would be discussed are the impact on the guest cycle and
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Choices & Control Charlene Carpenter January 27‚ 2013 CHOICES & CONTROL Choices are not irrevocable….they can be remade. ~Julie Riebe Choices and the control you have on them‚ help in improving one’s personal outlook. The beautiful thing about choices are that we can remake them‚ so that they can fit in with our lives‚ goals and the outcomes we expect from those choices. We also have the control‚ and no one else in making the right choices‚ by what we
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* Albert Camus. Born Nov 7‚ 1913‚ in French colonial Algeria. * His father was killed in World War I‚ at the Battle of the Marne. * He lived with his mother‚ and brother sharing a two-bedroom apartment with his grandmother and a paralysed uncle. * He attended the University of Algiers‚ supporting his education by working odd jobs. However‚ he was forced to drop out of school due to ill-health. * The poverty and illness he experienced as a youth greatly influenced his writing.
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“No matter how hard life is‚ one has to hope for happiness. Sorrows and failures are to be accepted as milestones towards success.” To our guest speaker __________________‚ school administrators and officials‚ teachers‚ parents‚ classmates‚ fellow students‚ guests‚ ladies and gentlemen a pleasant (morning or afternoon). Today is a happy day for all of us. It is a day of celebration as we students of this school finish our elementary education. It is not a simple accomplishment. All of us know how
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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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In the story “The Stranger” by Albert Camus there are many theme that are shown throughout the whole book. Themes of the books can be absurdity of life‚ relationships‚ and indifference and passivity. The main character also known as Meursault is in the heart of all of these themes. From Meursault’s perspective he believes that the world is meaningless‚ this can be the absurdity of life. Absurdity of life is shown throughout the book. From the beginning from the beginning Meursault thinks that the
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The Stranger by Albert Camus is without a doubt one of the most iconic French novels to be released. The story begins with main character Meursault being introduced as someone with emotional indifference and lack of care for daily life. From there‚ readers get to see different sides of his character through interactions with various characters. Like most literary pieces‚ these small characters help contribute to the major character’s development. One of these characters in the book is one of his
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Algiers. There Meursault played in the water with Marie‚ “swimming smoothly and breathing easily.” (Camus 51). He told Masson‚ Raymond’s friend and owner of the beach house‚ it was nice‚ referring to him laying on his stomach on the sand with his face on
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painstakingly considered the exact ingredients to add to their work‚ and in what quantities. Nothing is added without a purpose‚ so if something reoccurs in a book‚ beyond the mundane circumstances‚ chances are‚ there is a weighty purpose. In Albert Camus’ The Stranger
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