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    Jeffrey Guardado Professor Cons-Diller English 103 28 October 2017 Master Narratives and Counter Narratives in a Television Show The Office is a sitcom that talks about the day to day life of office workers in a fictional paper sales company. The Office is a television show that aired on NBC in the years 2005-2013. The company the employers work at is called Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. that takes place in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The boss of the company is named Michael Scott who treats…

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    Charles Dickens novel, Great expectations is an account that centres on the life of one man named Pip, as of the time he was seven years old until he was in his mid-thirties. Pip shows us imperative actions in his life that formed who he became. While developing he acquires a collection of different connections and friends that influence him in his decisions and goals for his life. This is a novel of development ,therefore understanding Pip and his evolution is key in developing an…

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    The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens revolves around the life of a young boy in Victorian era of England named Pip. When Pip is a young boy, he meets the rich and secluded Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham introduces Pip to her young adoptive daughter, named Estella. She raises Estella to not love, for she is intent on saving Estella from heartbreak. While she does this, she also trains her to break the hearts of others, much as her heart was broken by a man in her youth. She eventually…

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    Steven Sharp Mr. Arieas English 10 H p. 3 28 December 2015 Tale Of Two Cities Book 2 Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Dickens suggests that Tellson's bank was quite similar to England in the fact that the citizens of England were punished for trying to improve its laws and customs, which had become more respectable because of this. 2. This implies that he does something malicious outside at night that his wife feels inclined to pray for his sake. 3. Dickens characterizes Jerry and gives the reader a…

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    Nancy is a young detective in the 1940’s and she has solved many mysteries before. It starts out with Nancy trying to find a birthday present for her dad in an anticic store. As she leaves the store she walks into a women who ask her to take her home. Nancy being a nice young lady help the old women get home. She lived in a mansion and had a maid waiting at the door for her arrival. This old women turned out to a queen who had to run away from her country a long time ago. Nancy went out with…

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    sanitary act (1866) through his books 'Little Dorrit' and 'Oliver Twist', and the factory act (1862) through his book Oliver Twist. Charles Dicken had an impact on the Elementary School Act of 1870 through his book 'Nicholas Nickleby' This book shows that Dickens felt very strongly about education, and that everyone deserved it. In 'Nicholas Nickleby’, he wanted to expose the truth about boarding schools, and he wanted the public…

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    Wives and Daughters to middle class experience in a small country town . Her novel thus moves to a kind of domestic realism depicting everyday middle class life . Dickens , however , has retained his dark vision of the English society right up to Oliver Twist , his second novel . Historically speaking , the Victorian Compromise that aims at synthesizing and reconciling , fades away by the 1870's . A sense of disillusionment has been growing . The Victorian have lived through change…

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    administered a kick to Oliver, and entered the shop with a dignified air” (Dickens 26). Oliver doesn’t react anything to it. In this passage, although Noah knows how he feels of being bullied, he looks down Oliver, who is lower than him and treats him like he can abuse him with his strength. By using the binary opposition of good versus evil, Noah’s personality is different from Oliver’s, and the way he thinks that he can control him is a kind of like a bad attitude. Oliver tolerates Noah’s…

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    need all around the world. Kids Can Make A Difference provides international support for finding solutions to inequality and poverty, effectively provides assistance for children and low income families, and could greatly impact Oliver and Nancy in the novel Oliver Twist(By Charles Dickens), if the organization were around in their day. The organization grew larger than…

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    journey is met with numerous hardships; Oliver struggles to find food and a place to live, but luckily he comes across a Jack Dawkins, a funny looking child dressed like an adult. Jack gives Oliver a place to stay and offers him an opportunity to stay with his fellow caretaker Fagin; Oliver is optimistic with this offer and join Fagin. Oliver is admitted to Fagin’s residence, but he is extremely sick for days and is nursed back to health by Fagin; by nursing Oliver back to health, Fagin…

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