Essays on Thumbs

The arrival of the British troops in Boston in the year 1768 was a cause of much unrest between the relations of the Americans and the British. The American soldiers were just as disturbed as the American citizens, who were forced to be kept under control by the British rule. America being a British colony at the time was forced to follow the rules and regulation imposed by the British. The unrest that ensued came from the colonists and the ones who were loyal to the British Parliament. As much as the personal strife between the colonists and the ...

Every picture conveys some meaning. According to Jenna Pack, pictures have power, that is why it is necessary to understand and analyse them. The picture for analyses in made by the campaign called Crisis Relief Singapore. It is apparent that the audience of the picture is those people on social networks who ‘like’ and ‘share’ images on the Internet, and nothing but this. The audience is indicated by the thumbs up sign that is usual for such social network as Facebook. The context of the picture is people in need. The boy in the picture is dying and there ...

Part One

Hector Adjectives Charming - "I want to inhale the perfume of your hand!" (Anouilh 5) Dominating - "Hey!, what do you think you're up to? Have you gone crazy?" (Anouilh 7) Cynical – “(Nudging Peterbono) Yes. Undreamed of - absolutely undreamed of" (Anouilh 19) Money grubbing - "I've a date tonight with a girl who'll be mine before you can say mischief, and who wears over two hundred thousand francs worth of diamonds on her middle finger" (Anouilh 7)

Habitual - "Since it's customary-" (Anouilh 7)

Yearningly - "Your little hand, once more" (Anouilh 5) Possessive – “My beloved. A good two hundred thousand. And not a flaw ...