“Still, I was more afraid to act any other way because they didn’t like that at all”. (Ellison, Invisible Man 1952) Ellison’s Invisible Man represents one of the most significant problems of American society which is racism and the conflict it generates in African American life. The degree of psychological trauma the protagonist of the novel suffered due to the conflicts of double identity and double vision (which are explained in the first chapter of this thesis) is devastating. Throughout...
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Introduction: Whilst modern terrorism is assumed to be the ideology of states like IS, it expands further than that. Modern terrorism is sometimes expressed by those who feel cast away by society and act out of vengeance and hatred. An example of this is the Toronto Van Attack (John Paul Tasker, CBC 2018), which was a major tragedy last year and could be displayed as a direct attack on Canada’s civilization and a threat to civilization as a whole. The...
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Race and prejudice are extremely complex issues in The Bluest Eye. Contrary to the typical image of racism, including white indignity against blacks, The Bluest Eye investigates the issue of prejudice between ethnic minorities. In this book, there are hardly any white characters in Morrison's epic and no important white characters. Though this is true, prejudice stays prevalent and at the center of attention in the book. Since the book includes characters mostly of dark complexion, 'whiteness' still exists on...
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An Argumentative Analysis of the Themes within “The Importance of Being Earnest” Wilde's 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' investigates different themes of adoration and marriage, particularly in Act 1, where marriage in Victorian culture is generally negated as an 'extremely charming state,' rather utilizing different comedic devices, for example, plays on words, ironic statements and reversals to ridicule its ethicalness and profound quality. Wilde presents comedy through the introduction of Victorian perspectives on the usefulness of marriage, deriding it as...
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Despite being written and set around three hundred and fifty years apart, both William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Edible Woman’ are regarded, to varying degrees of popularity, as being landmark texts for the Feminist movement. Atwood herself has noted that ‘there was no woman’s movement in sight when [she] composed the book’. Both authors make profound use of female characters that interact with the institution of marriage, to explore the potential for female social reflexivity...
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A presentation was given about women’s lives in France. Under the Napoleonic code, women had to obey their husbands and had no social status outside of marriage. This gives an insight into Marie’s character and why she is so desperate to marry Meursault who himself is not sure about getting married. In addition, Marie had a se xual relationship with Meursault outside of marriage which was at that time considered wrong and therefore explains why she was humiliated at the...
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Bilbo Baggins is a simplistic sentimental hobbit. However, when a band of devious dwarves and a renowned wizard Gandalf the Grey, arrives at his home with a treasure map in hand, his quiet life is disrupted. Gandalf reminds Bilbo of the stories of orcs, giants, and adventurers being lured into a thrilling adventure. Shortly thereafter, Bilbo was enticed to one of those adventures. Gandalf and 13 rambunctious dwarves devise a plan to use the map to find and steal the...
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Moving from France to Los Angeles was quite a life-changing experience for me. Navigating and adjusting to a completely new culture had a significant impact on who I perceive myself to be. I grew up in the small Provencal town of Saint Remy de Provence, in the South of France. Being raised in such a tight-knit community was a great experience unparalleled by living in a megacity like Los Angeles. I remember stepping out of LAX and feeling like the...
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In the film Fight Club, Edward Norton plays the role of the Narrator, who is a white–collared insomniac. The main character Edward Norton in the film applied himself the Ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. The main character adopted a different character for himself to avoid reality and to live a different easier life in society. The Ego is a defense mechanism in the psychological process that aids a person in overcoming anxiety, unresolved conflict, unresolved desires, and...
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Wilde views honesty as a crucial, underrated societal value and in turn, shows the hypocrisy of those who display contradicting actions in this play. An exemplary quote is that from Cecily stating, “ “I don’t [believe him.] But that does not affect the wonderful beauty of his answer”. In this scene Algernon defends himself and even though Cecily does not believe him she falls into his trap because of mere presentation. It is obscene for any gender to recognize a...
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Investigating Customer Service Learning Aim A: Examine how good customer service leads to a company's growth. Learning Aim B: Investigate the approaches used in the corporate world to enhance customer service. What are the benefits of providing outstanding customer service? It is important to supply excellent customer service because your customers are the backbone of your business and if you do not show respect to them then they will stop supporting you and go and support someone else who offers...
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1. Studying in Britain 1.1 Statistics Studying abroad has proved to have many advantages for both the international student and the host country, especially if we’re considering students coming from lower-income countries of the so-called ‘Global South’. Britain is often one of the most popular destinations when considering studying overseas: it was found that in 2014-2015, 19% of students in the UK came from outside Britain, 14% of whom were international non-EU students (Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2016). Other numbers...
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The excerpt from WEB Du Bois argues that blacks have always been a central force of labor and society even if constantly overlooked and demerited, and with the ending of the Civil War and the emancipation of enslaved blacks these same men and women were now impoverished and uneducated due to oppressive laws and racist ideology. With these people now free but unable to acquire the tools to work, be it knowledge or physical necessities, the United States faces an...
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Divorce has been practiced since the genesis of humanity. Did you know that there are signs that can tell if you will end up in a split with your spouse? Moreover, did you know that you can tell the signs way before the actual annulment of your marriage? Well, read this. Broken families are a norm in this century. Couples seem to gravitate towards the 'need for freedom' when a husband and a wife can no longer accommodate the thought...
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Mr. Mark DeWine, This letter is a request for the discontinuation of capital punishment in the state of Ohio. This argument will focus on three key themes including the human rights perspective, cost analysis, and deterrence. The main argument revolves around the question of whether individuals should have the right to debate about the lives of other people. Capital punishment is one of the most controversial contemporary issues in the world. This type of punishment still exists in modern America...
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Self-awareness is key to being a good person, no matter how the term “good” is defined. Being self-aware allows one to see when they’re straying away from the path they want to take and to correct any behaviors that drove them off in the first place. The story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne explores how a lack of self-awareness can be detrimental. In the story, the main character, Goodman Brown, leaves his wife, Faith, for a night to go...
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This systematic review examines family conflicts and young adults’ behaviors, focuses on distrust and divorce, and affects the nature of these conflicts. Literature review information delivered proves that domestic fights can upsurge the chances of offspring carrying out risky manners. Attachment hurts the genre, and can also affect the success of future relationships. Affirmative results can also make the product of the clan struggle as per capita parting an unpleasant atmosphere or else defending safe affix numbers as a steady...
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The transition of how women are perceived from the 20th century to then, post-modern times is differential and quite arguably, dramatic. In both 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Catcher In The Rye' there is a significant pattern of subversion against stereotypes, specifically women. More specifically, this is shown through the contrast of both female protagonists in 'A Streetcar Named Desire', (Blanche and Stella Dubois), where Blanche depicts herself as a 'Southern Belle' whereas her sister, Blanche is shown as a...
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker strongly portrays the acts of Religion, Domestic violence, and Women/Femininity. Domestic violence shapes every aspect of Celie’s life in The Color Purple; it keeps her isolated and fearful of the world around her. This circumstance drives the plot and paints a reasonable picture of what life may have been similar to inside an African American home. While writing this novel, Alice Walker wanted to showcase the different aspects of racial inequality through herself and...
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The Literature ‘Top Girls’ by Caryl Churchill is shaped by the concern of women in work throughout the play. The concern of ‘roles’ in work that women have been reinforced to take and women climbing the ladder of success in work breaking the gender hierarchy are seen in ‘Top Girls. Also shows us that one woman’s success in society does not bring up the fortune for the rest of the women. Caryl Churchill may make ‘Top Girls’ seem to be...
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What is fake news? There is so much news flying around on TV, Radio, Social Media, etc. and everyone wants us to believe that their news is real news and not fake. So, how do we decide which news is fake and which is not? Katy Steinmetz in her article, “How Your Brain Tricks You into Believing Fake News' argues that everyone falls for fake news. Motion Masters, produced an informational video, “Fake News: Part 1”, to help us to...
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Myers believed that the novel A Passage to India was attacking the 'traditional (and mythical) justification of imperialism', he did not believe that the 'natives' were 'better off under the English domination'. The novel, A Passage to India, is set in the 1920s in Chandrapore (an anglicized spelling of Chandrapur), a district in the North of India. At the time of writing, India was keen to be free of English rule and declare its independence, which it eventually did in...
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The present job environment demands candidates with diversified knowledge scope to handle work dynamics in today’s world (Makki et al., 2015, pg 1007). Makki et al. define career readiness as an intrinsic behavior inculcated in a person through training and how he or she relates to the immediate environment. Most of the world’s population is composed of professionals with a restricted knowledge base as opposed to the management requirement of a vast knowledge base. Integration between leadership competency and know-how...
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The discussion of bias in overall mass media is a difficult one to have, simply because of the huge variety of news organizations and social media, all with their political agendas. Yet despite this inherent difficulty, many Republicans and some Democrats believe that there is a bias in mass media for the political party opposite of their own. Every time Conservatives or Liberals claim a bias in mass media, they are typically selecting one specific anecdote in which a political...
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Mahatma Gandhi believed equality and peace need the complete truth to be achieved. He began to care deeply about this even at a younger age. After he was convicted of lying out of carelessness in school, he began to think that a man of truth needs to be a man of care (Gandhi 13). His care for truth grew as he got older and became more influential as a leader. Not only that, he believed telling the truth had to...
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This section examines the impact of international migration on left-behind children from the perspectives of children, unlike adults. The literature cited in this section used children as informants. The studies provide an alternative perspective concerning how left-behind children experience and deal with parents' migration, with particular emphasis being placed on the children's constructions and narratives in the processes of being left behind. As mentioned earlier, the experiences, feelings, and reactions of children affected by migration are often hidden within predominantly...
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Chapter 1: Why is it Ironic that Kantorek refers to the men as the “Iron Youth”? The Irony in “Iron Youth” Kantorek refers to the men as “Iron Youth” because they are willing to do anything for their country. The “Iron Youth” describes a strong German man, who will fight to protect his country. When the men have read what Kantorek wrote to them, they think, “ Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young?...
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What would it be like to situate Gandhi in today's pragmatic times? Would the Gandhian way of life have any value in this “developed modern civilization,” Gandhi was critical of? This has been shown with a touch of humor in Raj Kumar Hirani’s film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. The movie beautifully answers these questions, by locating Gandhi in popular culture. The movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, strives to revive the values and principles of Mahatma...
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Fiction is a powerful tool with which to express a truth or make a point. A juxtaposition of interconnected external and internal conflicts which affect the characters can be used to emphasize the importance of such a truth. In All Quiet on the Western Front, the author, Erich Maria Remarque, creates such a duality to great effect. Paul, the protagonist of Remarque’s novel, is a German soldier fighting in World War I against the English and French. As the war...
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Texas tends to not restrict an individual’s right, however; the Texas government in the past seemed to always restrict an individual from gambling. The first Texas constitution banned all types of gambling even though many citizens seemed to enjoy the culture of gambling. The Texas ban on gambling was very strict. Any bet on random chance and any form of gambling was part of the definition of illegal gambling. The ban on gambling stayed relatively the same for quite some...
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