Writing a short story is an art. I have been wondering what distinguishes an excellent story from an ordinary one and I have come to conclusion that the key is the ending of a story. There are many stories with predictable endings. These stories do not surprise a reader because he can very well predict what the ending will be based on the main character’s acts. Nevertheless, there are few stories with unpredictable endings. One of them is “The Necklace” written by Guy De Maupassant. The ending of this
LEADERSHIP IN THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN The nine principles of war provide general guidance for conducting war and military operations, The Principles are the enduring bedrock of Army doctrine. The nine principles of war are Mass, Objective, Offensive, Surprise, Economy of Force, Maneuver, Unity of Command, Security, and Simplicity (Army, 2008). Erwin Rommel was one of Germany’s most respected military leaders in World War Two and he played a part in two very significant battles during the war at El Alamein
wilderness is full of pleasant surprises and should be nothing to be afraid of. The television can intrigue us about the wilderness however; experiencing it is a new level of sensation. It is free and unstructured sense of fun, and is a tool to get people of all ages to experience something a lot larger than them ; which also is a part of them. The things that only the wilderness can teach us. “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our
wild one. Oh boy. Throughout her novels, Evanovich uses high-speed comic mayhem so drastically on her characters to emphasize her breezy dialogue and plots. However in Four to Score, there just might be a theme represented by the book: “Life is full of surprises”. As a bounty hunter in her novels, not only does Evanovich build up the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, to be sassy and with class, but with a
Apart is full of hidden meanings. This book is full of metaphors, irony, and similes. In this blog I will analyze irony, and also give an overview of the book. There is a variation in the types of irony used by Achebe in this book. The first type of irony I’m going to analyze is tragic irony. After Okonkwo is exhiled he is visited by his friend Obierika. Obierika has been taking care of Okonkwo’s finances and when Okonkwo begins to thank him Obierika replies with a statement full of tragic
The Hurt Man - by Wendell Berry Revelation - sometimes you experience remarkable things in life which imprint themselves your mind forever. Revelations give an insight and these events try to give us the true meaning of life. Suddenly they appear. Or maybe they will never appear. These are unique moments where the revelation changes your life and turns you into a new person. Are revelations really that important to a person? And when does it happen - and why does it happen? Mat Feltner is a
There were really no surprises but they way they switched the categories could become tricky. If you were trying to respond quickly, you could easily hit the wrong button. They would give you two categories one on the left and one on the right; then they would take the one on the left and put it on the right and the one on the right would be put on the left. I missed one or two of them because I forgot that they had been switched but other than that I didn’t have any surprises. The test was easily
from Viet Nam, I was really surprise about almost everything because I'd never been to any country outside of Viet Nam, and America was also very different from my country. America is nation of diversity race, so I saw many people with different skin colors and speaking different languages. On the way home, the view was complete strange to me. The streets were very large with many overpasses, the houses were too big with full conveniences... Many, many things made me surprise about American. But one
Branagh puts together a great adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet as he stays fairly true to the text and makes it look absolutely authentic by having it filmed in Denmark at the magnificent Blenheim palace. Although this movie is quite long, it is full of surprises and will surely keep you interested with its compelling plot. The cinematography in this film at points is very good, however at points the scenes look poor and appear absolutely fake. Unlike most movies, this movie is shot in remarkable 65mm
joined the war on December.7th, 1941. This is was the day after the Japanese conducted a surprise attack attacked Pearl Harbor, an American naval base located in Oahu, Hawaii. After the surprise attack on pearl harbor America joined the war and out of all the countries in the world they unleashed their fury in an attempt to ‘end the war’, by dropping an atomic bomb, a weapon of mass destruction on a city full of civilians killing 90,000-166,000 people, half of which died in the first day, the rest
Anybody like sleeping beauty when they were little? Well, then as you know the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. She sleeps for 100 years until a prince arrives and kisses her awake, they fall in love and surprise, surprise live happily ever after. To be honest with you, the original story isn’t quite as sweet. Sleeping beauty is put to sleep because of prophesy rather than a curse. The prince isn’t the one who wakes her up with a kiss, the king sees she is sleeping
15. What came as a surprise in this book? Why? Genuine Fraud was very suspenseful and surprising. The whole book came twist after twist. It was full of surprises. As everything started to unravel you would learn more and more surprising things. However what I found most surprising was how she lied almost the whole time. The whole background story was a lie almost everything you thought you learned about her throughout the story was false or twisted. I found this surprising because although I have
it’s not that much over so I don’t mind. * * * The Omnivore’s Dilemma—A Pleasant (?) Surprise I wondered why you put the question mark until I read the last paragraph—nice touch James Student DeVry University The Omnivore’s Dilemma—A Pleasant (?)Surprise I read a lot, both fiction and nonfiction. When I read fiction, I want to be taken to another place, to suspend my own life for a while and become immersed in some other. Sometimes the further removed it is from my own, the
simplifies modern life. ARGUMENT FOR: Topic Sentence: Technology simplifies modern life. ARGUMENT AGAINST: Topic Sentence: Technology simplifies modern life. Supporting Ideas: 1. Technology is uninformative 2. Technology makes people happy. 3. Technology is time consuming Supporting Ideas: 1. Technology brings news as they happen 2. Technology is the major source of information 3. Technology Provides entertainment value Task 2 Technology simplifies modern life 2.1. Introduction:
to stare reality in the face, and move on with life. Some peoples’ safe havens may be to run to movies, music, or their luxuries to escape the rigors of true life. Everyone wants to think they are superior to whatever their time is invested in. Sometimes when things do not go exactly as planned people feel like their whole life is over, or everything they have lived for was for nothing. How they deal with that can determine the rest of their life. As the Revolutionary Road unfolds we see how
The life of a fighter pilot today is full of stress, quick decisions, loads of technology, and near-death experiences. This is pretty much the same lifestyle of British fighter pilots during World War II. There is one exception however, today’s fighter jets are jets and have a lot more complicated technology in them. On the other hand, the fighter planes on the early 1940s were pretty advanced for their time. The Battle of Britain was the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German
The most interesting topic among the chapter that I found was the section on: Life expectancy of men vs. women; and it's relation to sex ratio. I have always admired this subject as it pertains to me. Being a female, should I be concerned that I may someday outlive my husband? Or should I be obliged that I am the species that get's more time? Within finding the answer to those self-questions, I thought I might do some research to help obtain my answer. First I took a look into
handicapped but he has an outlook on life through innocent eyes. According to Robert Ebert, famous movie critic for the Chicago Sun Times, Forest Gump “is more of a meditation on our times, as seen through the eyes of a man who lacks cynicism and takes things for exactly what they are.” In the movie Forest (Tom Hanks) is not only challenged boy with an IQ of 75 but he also stands out in society due to the fact that he wears braces on his legs. But Forest is full of surprises by going to college on a football
Bridge” written by Ambrose Bierce is a work of fiction due to the fact it is a narrative short story that deals with an event and characters that are not real but rather born in the imagination of Bierce. It is a story whose characters, plot, and surprise ending came from the experiences of war that Bierce learned by living them. In this work Bierce pushes the reader to expand their mind in an attempt to take a deeper look into the human experience. This work falls into place in the Realism movement
“Life as a Series of Words” In Alberto Manguel’s essay “Reading Ourselves and the World Around Us” he describes as a boy his experience with learning to read. His first experiences were with others reading to him, or telling him what things meant, not just words but signs and symbols and pictures as well. He felt this to be very enlightening at first but soon realized that he was not experiencing the full depth of what could be felt if only he could decipher these things on his own without other