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Strengths and weaknesses of time management
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It keeps raining, like someone is pouring down buckets of water from a sullen sky, vehemently and intermittently. Jessie had found herself sheltering beneath a rainbow-colored awning of a doughnut store, trying her best to press herself against the glass front of the store in order to stymie the raindrops casting towards her. When the downpour continues to show its power for more than one hour and Jessie knew that she can't make it home under this condition, she starts to get agitated, like a cat on a hot tin roof, watching edgily into the street. It doesn't take too long for Jessie to start blaming herself for being stuck in that time-consuming and futile situation. But how can she blame herself when that stupid mess is not her fault. She had anticipated that the rain was absolutely coming and did nothing but walking hurriedly from her office toward Main Street to her home. As she turned to the corner …show more content…
After finishing, she glanced at her wrist-watch and found out the survey deed had taken 15 minutes of her time. Now she was deeply in repentant. When she walked away from that man, it was her curious forcing her to turn her head round and look at him one more time. It's when he stopped another women to ask her filling out the probably same survey for him. But this time, unfortunately, this women didn't say anything, just slightly her hand as a gesture of rejection, as if she just viewed him as a fly buzzing around her and all she needs is a simple . Jessie turned back and kept walking, pondering why she can't act decisively like that women. "It is just my habit being nice with people and that the least thing I want to change," she sighed. But that habit of being nice had delivered Jessie to this situation, getting stuck with the rain and doing nothing. She loathed the "doing-nothing" phrase so much because it is not her habit not having anything to do for such a period of
Purvis wanted Jessie to toughen up so he would survive living on the Moonlight, which he achieved by treating Jessie as an adult, not like an infant. Purvis taught Jessie not to whine and which warned him not to show his concern towards the slaves. By being firm with Jessie, Purvis proves that he has Jessie’s best interests at heart and is looking out for him. Jessie realised Purvis's attitude towards him was Purvis’s way to show how much he cared about Jessie. Telling Jessie not to show concern towards the slaves and not to whine about his situation is evidence that Purvis and Jessie’s friendship was not sweet but instead helped by developing a friendship built on
...lth declined. Unlike Prynne, Melinda is not indifferent to her fellow companion; instead, she is silent with thoughts and opinions of her companions. Anderson used Melinda’s reactions to the dejection and how deceit, despair, and dejection coincide to allow the readers feel as though Melinda was sitting next to them in class or walking pass them in the store.
And when it became clear to us that things were bad, the rest of the world still lacked comprehension.. We don’t see our own vulnerability until we’re standing knee-deep in mud in our basements” (Knufken 510-512). Her frustration about the desensitization of disasters and people’s reaction towards them is portrayed through statements such as this one. A different form of frustration is also noticed when she claims that she “wanted to help, but the rain wouldn’t stop. All I could do, all any of us could do was watch and wait, watch and wait"(Knufken 510-512). Her tone of frustration at this point is due to her reflection upon the inability which she had to help, her powerlessness and the lack of ability which all of the victims of this disaster had. This tone continues throughout most of the essay as she compares disasters such as this flood, to being another face in the crowd of headlines. She furthers this frustration by stating that “today alone, I read in the news that 260,000 people had to evacuate Kyoto due to a typhoon. In Washington’s Navy Yard, someone murdered 13 people with a gun. There’s the new episode of “Breaking Bad” and the threat of war in Syria. every headline screams to be first in line. Everything is a crisis” (Knufken
"She would, through habit, have yielded to his desire; not with any sense of submission or obedience to his compelling wishes, but unthinki...
In the beginning of the story, a violent rainstorm rages outside. Rain falls hard and lightning strikes on a cold, windy night. By the end of the story, the weather is warmer and the storm has cleared, leaving only puddles in the banks of the streets.
She continues in this sequel to talk about the abuse she faced and the dysfunction that surrounded her life as a child and as a teen, and the ‘empty space’ in which she lived in as a result. She talks about the multiple personalities she was exhibiting, the rebellious “Willie” and the kind “Carol”; as well as hearing noises and her sensory problems. In this book, the author puts more emphasis on the “consciousness” and “awareness” and how important that was for her therapeutic process. She could not just be on “auto-pilot” and act normal; the road to recovery was filled with self-awareness and the need to process all the pieces of the puzzle—often with the guidance and assistance of her therapist. She had a need to analyze the abstract concept of emotions as well as feelings and thoughts. Connecting with others who go through what she did was also integral to her
Have you ever dreamt of your dream house? Have you ever wanted to invest in the stock market? Have you ever dreamt of winning a large sum of money in a short time? If so, I strongly advise you to read the short story ‘Paper’. In the story, Tay Soon and his wife dreamt of owning a big house so they tried their best to collect their money to buy it. As the stock market was growing interest at that time, they decided to invest some money in the market so as to pay their house. Luckily, they won the money for their house in the market. However, they were so greedy that they continued investing in the market. The market crash came and they lost all their money. Because Tay Soon could not accept it, he went mad. Finally, the madness drove him to death and his mother decided to build a paper house which he had dreamt before. In ‘Paper’, Catherine Lim uses irony to admonish people not to be greedy; otherwise, a person may lose his life and family.
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The day seemed to drag on as the rain poured down. I could hear the pitter patter of each individual raindrop saying loser, no one loves you. My outlook on life was bleak. I yearned to be home, in my bed where no one could judge me for having a rough day. Pessimism was my automatic system.
In the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, the protagonist, Maggie Johnson, is the only character seemingly unaffected by the torment of her hostile upbringing; however, as the story progresses, she becomes more aware of her indigent environment and becomes a proxy for the negative effect the Bowery has on its victims. Maggie's increasing desire to abandon her home diminishes her individualism and self-reliance. Additionally, Crane highlights the different ways in which characters are affected by and deal with their hostile environments. Anticipating an escape from this environment and a revision of her fate, Maggie turns to Pete; however, Maggie’s refusal to acknowledge that her problems are unalterable unfortunately results
The short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman focuses on a young woman’s psychological downfall and her fascination with the wallpaper within the house she and her husband are living in. The woman begins to believe that the wallpaper is coming alive, which leads her to become confused with reality and fantasy. Gilman selects the crazed woman as the narrator of the story. Furthermore, Gilman uses first person point of view to effectively convey the woman’s emotions and feelings during her mental decline.
Differences and Similarities of Short Stories In this essay I will be comparing the differences and similarities of four short stories I have read, , 'The Signalman', The Red Room', 'The Man with the Twisted Lip' and 'The Withered Arm' also I will be looking at how the writers have created an atmosphere. The four stories are all of mystery and try to keep the reader gripped until the end, all have areas in which there is suspense. In 'The Signalman' Charles Dickens keeps the reader in suspense because when the ghost visits the signal man you don't really know who the haunting warning is for. In 'The Red Room' H.G. Wells keeps the reader in suspense because when the ghost is sighted it is never really described. In 'The Man with the Twisted Lip' Arthur Conan Doyle keeps the reader in suspense by not actually telling if it is a murder on just disappearance.
...t, I always assumed that rain was simply a type of weather. To me, the word rain was used as a clarification to help viewers understand. However, rain is so much more than just a clarification on the weather channel. Rain is associated with several emotions ranging from cleansing to depression, love to anger, and life to death. Sometimes I wonder if life would be better without rain; there wouldn’t be as many natural disasters or frequent reminders of depression. But then I imagine not being able to feel renewal and love, or see the effects rain has on life; suddenly, I realize that the positive effects of rain far outweigh the negatives. As you see the majestic rain gracefully floating down, recognize the simple beauty and importance in rain. Uncover those feelings you’ve been burying within you for so long; expose the emotions you’ve been hiding and feel free.
From the two short stories you have read what do we learn about what it was like for American black people to live in Americain the 1950s? From the two short stories; The Gold Cadillac by M.D. Taylor and 1955 by Alice Walker, both set in 1950s America and both written by black female writers we learn about the segregation, racism and poverty of 1950s black America. Both these stories are set in the deep south of America. The gold Cadillac is about a young black girl who knows nothing about racism and discovers it for the first time as she travels with her family into the Deep South in a gold Cadillac. 1955 is written from the point of view of a black woman who has experienced the racism her whole life.
The traditional short story is a genre of a prose. It is a fiction work that presents a world in the moment of an unexpected change. The traditional short story obeys some rules, such as the unexpected change and major events with detail. The modern short story is a revolution which is based on the traditional short story. In other words, if the traditional short story is in the first floor, the modern short story is in the second floor. Therefore, the modern short story still obeys some rules that the traditional short story obeys, and breaks some rules that the traditional short story obeys. One rule that the modern short story still uses is the unexpected change. The rules broken by the modern short story are that the major events are not detailed, and that the border between the real world and the fiction world. This paper first talks about the unexcepted change and uses the examples of “Eveline” and “The Open Window.” Then, this paper talks about major events with detail, and uses the examples of “Lottery,” “The Open Window” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” Finally, this paper talks about the meta-literary and the border between the real world and the fiction