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need a correction PLEASE
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00 I know this is a lot of text...but please please please would you check this??! 02 br
00 This would be soooooooooo nice! 02 br
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00 Within the Short Story “…“, a change in the character of a woman in her fifties is presented. 02 br
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00 Mrs. P., a 52-year-old affluent, seems to be a socially adaptable and involved person. She has made a lot of new friends, despite the short time she has lived in Abinger. 02 br
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00 In addition, the female protagonist can be characterized as provocative and superficial (l.3), since she enjoys presenting herself in a sensational car, which at the same time shall accentuate her status. 02 br
00 The fact that she doesn’t like to have children, may identify her as a self-engrossed person who isn’t able to sense altruistic love and feelings for another human being, nor for her husband. Furthermore, Mrs. P. reveals that this is the first time that she is in control of her own life. In other words, she is confronted with new opportunities which were occlusive to her in her former life. This leads her to exhaust and enjoy every moment in her own way and to forget that before she was an unsatisfied person with a static, boring and pessimistic (l.18) life. 02 br
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00 Her new optimistic and vital attitude is shown by the fact that she learns to drive by the age of 50. This indicates that before she was anxious and unmotivated. 02 br
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00 In contrast to this development stand her relationship with her husband which seems to have degraded. Describing that she used to undertake activities “with Charles in their salad days”, she now haven’t got anything in common with him. Quite the contrary, as her independence on money and status may be the only reasons for achieving this relationship. In fact she hides her problems (l.3, l.40) in order to sustain an acceptable to perfect image of herself within the society. 02 br
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00 An aspect that may not have changed over the years is her naive and spoiled position as she is used that things are done by themselves and that life should not offer her any negative aspect. 02 br
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00 A helping activity is her shopping which serves as a therapy that deflects her from reality. 0-
00 I know this is a lot of text...but please please please would you check this??! 02 br
00 This would be soooooooooo nice! 02 br
00 Thank you very very much! 02 br
02 br
02 br
00 Within the Short Story “…“, a change in the character of a woman in her fifties is presented. 02 br
02 br
00 . 02 br
02 br
00 Mrs. P., a 52-year-old affluent, seems to be a socially adaptable and involved person. She has made a lot of new friends, despite the short time she has lived in Abinger. 02 br
02 br
00 In addition, the female protagonist can be characterized as provocative and superficial (l.3), since she enjoys presenting herself in a sensational car, which at the same time shall accentuate her status. 02 br
00 The fact that she doesn’t like to have children, may identify her as a self-engrossed person who isn’t able to sense altruistic love and feelings for another human being, nor for her husband. Furthermore, Mrs. P. reveals that this is the first time that she is in control of her own life. In other words, she is confronted with new opportunities which were occlusive to her in her former life. This leads her to exhaust and enjoy every moment in her own way and to forget that before she was an unsatisfied person with a static, boring and pessimistic (l.18) life. 02 br
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00 Her new optimistic and vital attitude is shown by the fact that she learns to drive by the age of 50. This indicates that before she was anxious and unmotivated. 02 br
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00 In contrast to this development stand her relationship with her husband which seems to have degraded. Describing that she used to undertake activities “with Charles in their salad days”, she now haven’t got anything in common with him. Quite the contrary, as her independence on money and status may be the only reasons for achieving this relationship. In fact she hides her problems (l.3, l.40) in order to sustain an acceptable to perfect image of herself within the society. 02 br
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00 An aspect that may not have changed over the years is her naive and spoiled position as she is used that things are done by themselves and that life should not offer her any negative aspect. 02 br
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00 A helping activity is her shopping which serves as a therapy that deflects her from reality. 0-
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0 Some amendments in bold. The pink words need replacing as they are not appropriate for the context. 02 br 02 br 00 Mrs.
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- The pink words need replacing as they are not appropriate for the context.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Mrs.
- , a 52-year-old 01 font 00 affluent (affluent is not a noun) 02 font 00 , seems to be a socially adaptable and involved person.
- 3), since she enjoys 01 font 00 presenting 02 font 00 herself in a 01 font 00 sensational 02 font 00 car, which at the same 01 b 00 time accentuates 02 b 00 her status.
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0 Some amendments in bold. The pink words need replacing as they are not appropriate for the context. 02 br
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00 Mrs. P., a 52-year-old 01 font 00 affluent (affluent is not a noun) 02 font 00 , seems to be a socially adaptable and involved person. She has made a lot of new friends, despite the short time she has lived in Abinger. 02 br
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00 Mrs. P., a 52-year-old 01 font 00 affluent (affluent is not a noun) 02 font 00 , seems to be a socially adaptable and involved person. She has made a lot of new friends, despite the short time she has lived in Abinger. 02 br
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