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The three day blow *Ernest Hemingway “The three day blow” is an analogy between Nick’s mental pressure and the blow of winter wind. Nick and Bill are main characters. When the rain stopped, Nick turned into the road, which went through the orchard. Because of the wind’s blow, the fruits had been fallen and base trees looked like skeletons. The road led Nick onto the top of the hill to a cottage with the porch from which smoke was coming out of the chimney. Bill came out to welcome Nick. They went inside and founds that Bill’s father was absent because he had gone hunting. They sat in front of the hearth (fire lace), started drinking Whisky, and continued it until they become intoxicated. When thy started their talks, it seemed as if they were conducting conversation in a high plane. In a funny mood, they talked about baseball and their favorite players. They also talked about books, novels and their favorite writers like Walpole and Chesterson. According to Bill’s father opening ne...

Unchopping a tree Unchopping a tree *W. S. Marwin In this essay, W. S. Marwin gives instructions for repairing a tree that has been chopped down. It means unchopping is impossible. W. S. Marwin instructs us to beginning unchopping by joining leaves to their respective twigs to their respective branches. If the tree has a hollow trunk, the nests of birds, hives of bees and insects, and their hoards of nuts and food must be reassembled, spider webs must be weaved again. Any damage done to the neighbowring trees must also be repaired. Now the tree is ready on the ground. In the second step, the tree must be erected on its stump without grinding its base into the ground. While putting the tackle into the place, no damage to other trees should be corrected later. The tree trunk should be fixed up by using fabricated glues. Sawdust and small bits of broken wood should be put back into the respective places. After giving instructions, the essayist asks us, “Is beauty a natural thi...

Important Long (Derivations) Questions in Physics Grade XII Hey NEB students, we've collected all the derivations in one place for you from Physics Grade XII. We ensure that you will get good marks on board examination after practice in these questions. MUST READ We provided the list of long questions (derivations) only. You can easily find the solution in your text book. Important questions are marked as bold text. Equation of Progressive wave Principle of superposition and equation of stationary wave Newton's formula for velocity of sound in air and Laplace correction Closed Organ Pipe Open organ pipe Resonance Air Column tube Velocity of transverse wave in stretched string ...

The loving mother The plot is set in Japan and the story is about a dead mother who would like to rescue her child. One stormy winter night, Shoji Sakota was preparing his annual business reports in his pharmacy. At around midnight, he heard a knock on the door. Disregarding the knock, he continued his work but when he heard two more knocks, he became conscious. Thinking that someone might be in emergency, he unlocked the door. To his surprise, a thin women appeared in front of him. The women had worn kimono, she had very strange eyes and her skin was abnormally light. When Sakota let her in, she asked for an ame (candy) for her baby and disappeared in the darkness. The next two nights the same women made regular trips at the same time for the same thing. Her strange appearance at night for an ordinary demand surprised Sakota. In order to make further inquiry about the mysterious women, Mr. Sakota invited his photographer friend to take photos of her. After developing the film, the...

Fear *A story from Mexico Armando Gonzalez visited a bank in Mexico City to take out 50,000 pesos. It had taken him 20years to save this money and he was going to buy a new house with it. In the bank Armando became very nervous. He was sure people wanted to rob him. He was so nervous that he put his hat on backwards. Armando caught a bus to go home. A man whom he had seen in the bank also got on the bus. Armando saw this man talking to three boys. Armando panicked. He stopped the bus and jumped out. The three boys also got off the bus. So, Armando began to run. He fell over and the boys came up to him. Armando was very frightened, but soon he found out that the three boys were students. They followed him to see if he needed any help. EXPLANATION OF THE STORY This is not a supernatural story because these are no ghosts or spirits in the story. It is a thriller based on the human fear of a nervous man.

The house call *A story from Germany This is another supernatural story of a spirit. The plot is set in Germany and the major characters in the story are Dr. Emil Braun and a little girl. On a Christmas evening, a small girl of six or seven appeared at the doctor’s door to make s house call. She told the doctor’s wife with courtesy that her mother was seriously sick and needed immediate medical treatment. In spite of being tired and hungry the doctor made up his mind to visit her mother on the late evening. The little girl walked ahead to show the way and the doctor followed her. The doctor had a desire to approach the girl to ask a few quotations about her mother but the girl walked faster and kept herself away from the doctor. Finally, the girl led the doctor to an old tall tenement house. They stood at the top of the building and the girl pointed at the dark doorway where her mother had been. The doctor had no idea when she disappeared. At the first glance the doctor recognized ...

The Recurring Dream A story from England The plot is set in England. The main character is Kimberly Clark. She is a young and pretty women who lives in London and works in a large company. She is font of dancing and making friends. Kim has a problem, however, she sees a mysterious dream about an unfamiliar person and place every night. The dream is really discomforting for her. In her dream, Kim stands on a country road. She goes along a lane with a white fence and a hedge on each side. At the end of the lane on the top of a little hill, she sees a small white cottage with green shutters. She enters the house and in one of the rooms, she sees and old man with white hair and beard sleeping in bed. When Kim approaches his bed, the old man wakes up. Before she tries to talk to him, she wakes up and finds herself in the bed. Kim shares her problem with her roommate Janet. In order to unchain from the dream, one day Kim and Janet plan to set out to Jane...