The bet After reading the bet by chekhovs one can see through the young mans decisions the cost of capital punishment versus life imprisonment as both equally immoral In my beliefs and views of the young mans decision was the value of human life money teaches life lessons and the lack of courage to endure reality The story begins with a heated debate between a banker and many clever men on capital punishment versus life imprisonment The host of the gathering was the banker who started the debat
The Little Prince Published in 1943 The Little Prince is a fantasy about a pilot stranded in the Sahara who meets a small boy from another planet The boy who refers to himself as a prince is on a quest for knowledge The little prince asks questions of the pilot and tells the pilot of life on his own very small planet This story is told in a simple fashion as childrens stories typically are but it is not really a childrens story It is a story of a grown up who has almost forgotten what is import
Poor Communication can create conflict In Kate Grenvilles The Secret River poor communication is the major cause of many conflicts found throughout the text The inability to verbally communicate in the areas of knowledge values and laws led to conflicts of misunderstanding frustration and violence Misunderstanding of body language in the areas of appearance customs and technology led to conflicts of violence and abuse Most of these conflicts finally resulted in people having a feeling of immens
Plot summary The protagonist a boy called Paul Crabbe is taught piano by his teacher or maestro Eduard Keller Paul does not like his teacher at first but by the end of the novel has grown to appreciate him dearly Paul learns the limits of his own musical ability through Keller but he also grows to understand himself and Keller enough to write the novel Additionally he has a loving relationship with his sweetheart Rosie This book deals with the main idea of contrasts as well as other themes Cont
How does the narrative structure of Maestro enhance the readers understanding of the text In Peter Goldsworthys self reflexive narrative Maestro there is clear link between the structure of the text and a musical piece It is episodic with different movements akin to an extended piece of music and the length of each section gets shorter and shorter as the text progresses Also throughout the novel we see changes from the narrative voice with it being a younger Paul Crabbe an adult version or the
How does priestly use the inspector as a dramatic device An Inspector Calls written and created by J B Priestly the play is based on trust and responsibility taking responsibility for your own actions That actions people take can be wrong and lead to bad things happening The play is written and set just before World War 1 in an upper class family At the beginning of the play Mr Birling is having a celebration engagement party for his daughter Sheila who is to be married to Gerald To Mr Birling
In order to establish how J B Priestley communicates his message within An Inspector Calls we must first establish what is the central message within the play The central theme that Priestley is trying to communicate is very similar to that which Dickens communicates in A Christmas Carol in which a series of ghosts appear to show Scrooge the error of his ways Marleys ghost tells Scrooge that he has been cast into purgatory for eternity because he has concentrated too much on business and profit
Explore the ways in which Priestley communicates his message in An Inspector Calls In order to establish how J B Priestley communicates his message within An Inspector Calls we must first establish what is the central message within the play The central theme that Priestley is trying to communicate is very similar to that which Dickens communicates in A Christmas Carol in which a series of ghosts appear to show Scrooge the error of his ways Marleys ghost tells Scrooge that he has been cast into
An Inspector Calls was written by JB Priestly in 1912 JB Priestly aimed the play to show the huge social inequality between the rich and the poor Priestly uses dramatic methods e g shows how powerful the inspector is as he can say little and get a lot back from the Birling family in the play to emphasize the huge impact he has on the house JB Priestly uses the inspector as the main dramatic source of the play by making out he is all knowing and kind of a god like figure He is used to convey Pri
Character Development Prince Hal is a like a messed up rubix cube Hes all mixed up and it takes the right twist and turns and manipulations to get all the color suites to match Hes on the same wavelength as you but yet he is dupping you and really kinner than you think when it comes to schememing and pulling the wool over your eyes At the end of this transformation you see that the apple really doesnt fall far from the tree it actually stays pretty close to the trunk of it Watching Hal and how