Kevin Yuan 2014年10月16日 “What the hell you looking at mate? Have we ever met before? You started this! ” An outrageous yell from the liquor store passed all the way across the street. Jimmy is trying to pick up a fight with a boy half the size of his and not even one fourth the age of his. Jimmy lacks patience and gets mad very easily. He is turning 69 next Saturday and he is still a mad man as he had always been. Jimmy lives in a shack by himself an hour away from the town. No one knows how long
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In the story‚ “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ the only point of view used by the author is the dramatic or objective point of view. In this point of view‚ the narrator is an unidentified speaker who reports things in great detail‚ even though the narrator does not play a role in the story. By using such point of view‚ Jackson builds an aura of uncertainty that endures until the dramatic ending of the story. From the beginning of the story‚ the knowledge about the lottery is revealed only by the
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It was a challenge for me to understand and follow the flow of events in the film “The Big Short”‚ but it kept me interested throughout the whole 130 minutes. The movie is based on the economic crisis of the 2007-2008 that was caused by an unstable housing market of the USA. It is adopted from the book “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis‚ which was published in 2010. The movie starts with a Dr. Michael Burry‚ who decodes the housing market in the USA to find out that there
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short sales and “naked short” sales(裸卖空) The difference between short sales and “naked” short sales is that in “naked” short sales investors fail to deliver securities on due‚ while in short sales the delivery and selling are almost simultaneous (T+3). Short Sales1 (SEC definition) A short sale is the sale of a stock that an investor does not own or a sale which is consummated by the delivery of a stock borrowed by‚ or for the account of‚ the investor. Short sales are normally settled by the delivery
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Temaswati Vilakati Lit 155- C11 Prof. Elizabeth Davies Unit 2 Portfolio: Fiction Assignment 1: Best Short-Short Story The short-short story “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros is the best one amongst all the stories. “Mericans” is not as long as the other stories; moreover‚ the way this story is told makes it easy and enjoyable to read. Everyone pays more attention when a child speaks even if they are ranting about something not so important. The tone in which “Mericans” is narrated‚ the style Sandra
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also helps to sell the security which is not owned by the investor. Margin trading‚ therefore‚ is used in both long & short position. Long position refers to buying of security own share in an expectation of drastically or dramatically price increase. But short position refers to selling of own security or short selling of others security‚ which are not owned by the investor (i.e. short seller). In order to use margin trading‚ investor opens margin account in the brokerage house and deposits minimum
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What is a short story? A short story is a work of fiction which is often written in prose but it can also be written as a narrative. A short story in narrative form tends to focus on one moment in time in comparison to the works of a fiction such as novels and novella’s. The definition of a short story based upon length‚ style and genre is determined by the individual author’s preference. Short stories are less complex than novel. Generally a short story focuses on one incident‚ has a single
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Title: Story Of An Hour Author: Kate Chopin I. On The Elements / Literary Concepts The short story Story Of An Hour is all about the series of emotions that the protagonist‚ Mrs. Mallard showed to the readers. With the kind of plot of this short story‚ it actually refers to the moments that Mrs. Mallard knew that all this time‚ her husband was alive. For the symbol‚ I like the title of this short story because it actually symbolizes the "time" where Mrs. Mallard died with "joy." And with that
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What Is a Short Story? Short Stories are very interesting to read and can have many different meanings. Usually just one plot or theme‚ but can carry much more significance to reader than given credit for. Short stories are one of the most distinguished types of literature there is. Since they are different‚ they fall into a genre that implies certain expected conventions or traits. A short story is a fictional read which can be exciting because it usually is not going to bore you to death‚ and
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Definition of the short story 1st definition: A short story is a “short piece of fiction aiming at unity of characterization‚ theme and effect. 2nd definition: The authors of the modern English short story “no longer attempt to make daily life more entertaining by inventing exotic plots. Instead‚ modern short story writers have tended to base their narratives on their own experience; here the focus is much more on the less spectacular aspects of life‚ on the significance underlying what is
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