Middle finger

their personality traits of egocentricity, denial, and naivety; hence, the personality traits show some of the attitudes of wealthy people towards the poor. Firstly, Mr. Birling, the father of the Birlings, reveals his attitude towards the lower and middle class society through his egocentric character. Before Inspector Goole interrogates Mr. Birling, Mr. Birling attempts to intimidate the Inspector by babbling about his prestigious position as “an alderman for years- and [being] Lord Mayor two…

Growing up, we learned more about what not to do than what we need to do. I was born into a middle-class family. I went to a private school in a bus that was attacked twice in a year. We would not go out that much unless it was necessary. There was no such thing as going to a park for a walk or went outside to eat with your friends. Mostly we would…

Originally Bilbo does not enjoy adventures, but as the story goes on Bilbo develops into a hero as he defies the stereotypical lifestyle associated with his family, discovers the forces that motivate his actions, and works to unite the different races of Middle-Earth. At the beginning of the story Bilbo lives a very exquisite, peaceful lifestyle, he enjoys smoking his pipe, reading,…

In the film, “Sean’s Story”, Sean Begg is an 8 year old boy with Down Syndrome. Him and his parents had been enduring a seven year fight to have Sean placed in a regular public school. Previously, he was enrolled in a contained classroom in a school for children with disabilities. Throughout the film, audiences are able to observe the controversial experiences Sean and his family withstood as well as compare his new life in a general education classroom to his former life in a special education…

Marvin Trachtenberg, “Suger’s Miracles, Branner’s Bourges: Reflections on “Gothic Architecture” as Medieval Modernism”, Gesta, 39.2 (2000)m 183-205. In his article, Marvin Trachtenberg aims to redefine our understanding of words like “modern” and “historicism” in regards to Gothic architecture. To prove his point, he uses Suger’s St. Denis along with Bourges Cathedral as examples, but he begins with a lengthy investigation into the language we use to describe Gothic architecture, including the…

to get Oriental spices to aid in meat curing. “Europeans … wanted to establish a direct sea-route to the Far East so that they could buy directly from China, India, and the East Indies.” If they managed to buy directly, the hefty price markup the Middle Eastern middlemen charged would be avoided and the merchants could save valuable money. The explorers hoped by traveling the Northwest and Northeast Passage, their hopes would be fulfilled. They failed in this mission to find a passageway but…

POLITICAL SITUATION OF INDIA DURING ANGLO-FRENCH WAR The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. Bahadur Shah I succeeded him. However, there was a significant decline in the central control over the empire during the tenure of Jahandar Shah and later emperors. In the mean time, Nizam-ul-Mulk established Hyderabad as an independent kingdom. After his death, his son: Nasir Jung and his grandson: Muzaffar Jung started to fight against each other for the throne, which gave an opportunity to French…

Think about a typically three year old, maybe a younger sister or cousin. Most toddlers are happy-go-luck. They blissfully run around unaware of the world around them. Small children are seen as innocent, and that they must be protected from the corrupt and sinful world around them. Young children are the center of attention, and people migrate towards them. The picturesque three year old has a mom, a dad and maybe an older or younger sibling. Pearl is doing regarded as having any of the…

The magical night on halloween One day in school me and my best friends Kiana and Mariana Invited to a Halloween party at a kid's house who is really wealthy and popular. Kiana has been my best friend since like 2nd grade so has Mariana, Kiana looks Looked She was really really nice girl she was so pretty she had long curly hair and her hair was brown with blonde/ombre highlight. Mariana was a really really nice girl And she was really pretty she had black roots kind of reddish brownish blonde…

“ The English Language Teacher’s Secret” by Catherine Lim is a story focuses on Miss Ponniah who had been deeply in love once, during her twenties and still in the state of excitement towards her memorable love story between her and Dr. Chellam. Throughout the whole story, Catherine Lim employs various stylistics devices. For the three paragraphs of the excerpt which I have chosen, the sentence structure is not complex but these sentences are long with segmented and the frequent usage of…