name is Jon and she is the main character of the short story “Pool”. Darla seems very confused about feelings and relationships. She seems very modest and shy, for example about showing herself in bathing clothes: ““ A little later” she said, knowing that she wouldn’t, that she hated others seeing her in her swimsuit.” ( p. 9 l. 60-62) She is thin and always keeps an eye on here weight, she drinks light soda. She describes candy and snacks as packs of chemicals. You also hear about Jon taking
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benefits of the action that I think should be taken, based on the two ethical perspectives that were discussed. Jon recently found out that Selma has been taking money without ringing up the sale. She has been using the money as incentives or bonuses for her employees. This is agiants the company’s conduct policy as she is stealing from the company and causes some serious issues for Jon because he is up for a promotion. If the higher ups were to find this out would raise questions as to Jon’s qualifications
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Maria Mortensen Yellow 1) The short story, Yellow, by Peter Carty is called Yellow because the main character, Jon, thinks that he is Yellow, a coward. He is forty years old, and is a second-string writer for a London listings magazine. Jon has completely lost faith in himself. But is he a coward? He is sent on the scuba-dive course because no one else from his work would go, he has problems with his girlfriend, and he is an alcoholic. Ones first thought is that he is lazy, a bit of a failure
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meeting between Jamel and Mat Jon, Jamel’s reaction and expressions make him to be suspicious that he is doing something wrong and trying intentionally to cover it up from others knowing, especially his Pak Long, Mat Jon. We can see that Jamel looked very worry and nervous. He even trying hard to look confident, in order to not want his uncle to be monitoring the business closely and do not want his uncle to know what exactly happen in the business. Moreover, when Mat Jon question to Jamel the problem
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emptiness of the unknown. Through the experiences of the main character, Jon a second-string writer of a magazine in London, Peter Carty reveals human nature under pressure, whether it is in the deep blue sea or in the face of suppressed reality factors. The story is set in Egypt as we hear in the first sentence: “Welcome to Egypt! Welcome to Egypt.” And Jon, the protagonist, is the only person the reader gets to know. Jon is on a business trip to Egypt where he is going to write an article.
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Analysis of Corey Campbell, “Pool”, a short story, 2009 The short story, Pool, is written in 2009 by the author, Corey Campbell. We follow our main character, Darla, who is in a relationship with a man by the name Jon. The story plays out at the house of Trevor and Mandy, who are married. Darla is a very humble woman. There are various scenarios to prove this. (Line 73) ”Sorry(...)I did not mean to disturb you”, (line 123) ”It’s OK, I can sit out”. There are many more. The night before,
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the future. And that’s eventually what they did. Online gaming has become big business, and it’s no surprise that business structures, problems, and approaches would follow. As co-founders and co-captains of the CanBro Gaming team, Terry Cole and Jon Cheung wanted to make sure they would not lose control of the corporation once they created one. But they also wanted to attract new capital and interest new stakeholders in their venture. So near the start of 2014, they set up CanBro Gaming Incorporated
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boyfriend is Jon, they have been together just under a year. Darla and Jon's relationship seems good on the outside, but on the inside, Darla knows that the relationship won't last, which actually is the thing she likes the most about him. Jon touch her in a gentle way, and ask her if she is okay. This makes him look like a good partner, but he also pushes her to do things she doesn't want to, like when she doesn't want to swim. "Jon said, "Yeah, Darla, don't be shy. (...) Darla gave Jon a look and
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PRACTICE LISTENING TEST ONE Narrator: Listening Test One. This is a practice listening test which resembles the International English Language Testing System Listening Test. The test consists of four sections. Answer the questions as you listen to the recording. Note that the recording is played once only. Please turn to Section 1. Section 1 Narrator: Section 1. George and Lisa are overseas students studying in Britain. They are returning home for the summer holidays. Look at the Example and Questions
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repeatedly ignored Uncle Jon’s messages to clean up and continued to play with the train tracks and the trains. I went up to her and asked her, “What was Uncle Jon’s message?” She ignored me and kept playing. Uncle Jon repeated the message and she continued to play. I asked her, “Did Uncle Jon say to cleanup or play? She responded with, “Play.” I said, “No, he said to cleanup.” Another friend who was also playing with the tracks began helping to clean up. E. finally put two pieces of track away.
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