Jack Kerouac although he preferred being called Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac was born on the 12th March 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts and died on the 21 October 1969. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. His books cover topics like Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. In 1969, at age 47, Kerouac died from an...
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Storytelling is simply the art of delivering information to someone by telling a story with different agendas. Some people tell stories to teach the cultural norms of a specific group while others narrate stories to teach values and ethics to promote ethical conduct. It is through this way that knowledge is passed from one person to another. The story revolves around generations. Storytelling comes in various forms during delivery for instance, as oral traditions, which is most common and told...
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The Study of Poetry is one of the quality works of Matthew Arnold and is taken into consideration one of the quality in English literary complaints. He wrote this essay at a time whilst one-of-a-kind critics have been speaking in opposition to literature. The touchstone approach enables readers to recognize the distinction between proper and terrible literary piece. In this approach, a reader, with a purpose to recognize the great of a literary piece, have to absorb works of amazing...
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What is the most terrifying and thought provoking topic? Some people would say death within a heartbeat. Death is unknown, sudden, and perhaps lonely. It’s unnerving because death can come with a great extent of emotions like grief, anger, and loneliness. Christina Rossetti was an English poet in the Victorian age who was known for her themes of death and strong emotions in her poetry. The poem “Echo,” published in 1862, contains lots of imagery and symbolism that reference the...
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During the first session of the seminar How to study culture, I was expecting to do the usual assignments and maybe prepare texts in order to be able to participate actively in the next session, but I was taught better. I quickly realized that the seminar was completely different to my initial prospects and could was much more interesting compared to other seminars which I had already attended during my master program at Giessen University. I still remember quite well...
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The process of reading like a writer is very helpful for readers, especially college students. Basically, reading and writing always have an intimate relationship, the more reading skills that readers have, the better they apply in their own writing. There are a variety types of reading, but the method of reading like a writer is one of the best ways to approach and understand deeply the certain writings. In Bunn’s essay, there are obviously some differences between normal reading and...
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According to Fuller, “ The moon landing hoax” happened forty-nine years ago. NASA broadcasted the moon landing in 1969 and in 1972. When it was over, millions of people thought it was just a hoax. Therefore Conspiracy Theorists have been collecting some evidence that might prove that the moon landing was counterfeit. Many people question the moon landing and have Conspiracy theories because they have evidence, and details, and hope to prove NASA wrong. People hold onto moon landing conspiracies...
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The Underground Man and Meursault share the goal of ensuring that they lead authentic lives, lives free from the expectations and confines of society and themselves. However, each undergo a different process to reach this objective. The Underground Man believed he would achieve his authentic self by rebelling against the deterministic laws of nature. That is, he believed that meaningful existence would be created by intentionally going against the general assumption that humans do what is most advantageous to them....
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In Chartism from Carlyle, it deals with the conditions of the working class in England at that time. He also questions the “laissez-faire” policy that Adam Smith advocates in England. According to him, there is a social, political division between the upper class and the working class. These two classes have different interests and the struggle is the expression of these discrepancies: “For, as is well said, all battle is a misunderstanding; did the parties know one another, the battle...
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This painting to me says a lot about the middle-class people going back home after work, tired and weary. How most of them are unprepared for the unexpected rain with shared umbrellas or makeshift jackets to cover their head from the downpour. Taking the cover of their face as to not lose sight of what is ahead. I would view myself in this scene as I have faced this experience once and with no other choice but to accept the...
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Imagine a girl who is prettier, smarter, and more charming than you. She can talk to other people easily, be the favourite child, and is even more feminine than you. Arrgh! Isn’t it irritating? Don’t you want to push them, strangle them, or even kill them? Whoa, that elevated quickly, didn’t it? Without even knowing ourselves, jealousy can steer us into taking immoral decisions, just so we can satisfy our own insecurities. “A reader lives a thousand lives before he...
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The previous paper discussed whether women taking front-line roles in terrorist organisations is a form of progression against gender-based violence, or a form of regression as it perpetuates the oppression of women by terrorist groups. I hypothesised that terrorist groups capitalise on gender inequalities, making women canvas’ for the articulation of their personal political or religious agendas. I additionally concluded that most women are coerced into participating in terrorist organisations due to political or economic reasons and propaganda emanated by...
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Researchers from the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute published a paper that may explain the mysterious gap in the size of planets outside the solar system. Planets between 1.5 and 2 times the radius of the earth are extremely rare. This new study suggests that the reason may be that a slightly larger planet (called mini-Neptune) loses its atmosphere over time and gradually shrinks into a 'super-Earth' whose size is only slightly larger than our own planet...
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The thought that great historical monuments should be preserved has its roots in the preservation of the history and beauty expressed by the monuments, but the underlying reasons are often overlooked. In “The Lovely Stones,” writer Christopher Hitchens puts forth a detailed argument that the original Parthenon sculptures should be returned to Greece. Doing so, he employs a variety of rhetorical devices, including enumeration of historical facts, hypothetical situations and examples, and wordplay. Hitchens’s deft use of enumeration begins with...
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The very mysterious and mind-boggling pyramids in Egypt are obviously one of the many reasons tourists dream of visiting the African(Egypt) country. Subsequently there are seven known and recorded wonders of the world today, with which the mysterious pyramids of Giza(Egypt) obtains the top or first spot. Personally one can say that these ancient structures are very impressive and wonderful on the eye as well as their era of construction is quite intriguing since no sophisticated technologies were a available...
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Treasure Island, a quintessential time-out novel with the truly recommended virtually sincerely useful recommended resource of Robert Louis Stevenson, serialized in the journal Young Folks from October 1881 to January 1882 under the title The Sea-Cook; or, Treasure Island and posted in e e book structure in 1883. Although no longer the first about pirates, Treasure Island is seen with the in truth in actuality useful surely truly simply advisable influenced recommended actually beneficial useful aid of acquainted hooked up...
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Research Methods 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Albert Szent-Györgyi once said, “discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.” Research is a discovery of things – and to discover community is to know its background through research. Research is essential especially in the field of Psychology. Research is both utilized and an essential tool for Community Psychology. Through research and its methodology, we can measure programs contextually. Research plays an important...
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The short story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury is about a group of people who time travel millions of years into the past to hunt a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The company, known as “Time Safari, Inc,” has a strict set of rules that involve the dangers of time traveling. As simple as the rules are, they have a severe impact if not followed properly. Simply stepping on a bug in the past could drastically change the future. “A Sound...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs History Performance-enhancing drugs have been used since the Greek Olympic games around 776-393 BC. Some forms of drugs that athletes would use included herbal mixes, wine potions, and hallucinogens (History of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports). According to a timeline Roman gladiators used stimulants and hallucinogens to prevent fatigue and injury (History of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports). The gladiators would use these drugs during chariot races to make their horses faster. The gladiators themselves would also...
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Growing up I didn’t realize how slightly different my family was to the ideal American family. Not until people would point it out, but we had our version of the American dream. We were a Salvadorian rooted family living in a predominantly white area so growing up I often faced a lot of self-hatred believing my culture and language were different from the “norm.” The pupusas my mom would pack for lunch would seem strange or even disgusting to those...
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Which is worse? To build 17 years of life and leave it behind for a year, or to build one year of life and leave it behind forever? A year ago, I had to make the biggest decision of my life. I had to choose between staying home and finishing high school earlier with all my friends or taking a risk and following my heart to an exchange year in America. It was always my number one dream to come...
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Sankranti Festival celebrates for three days in South India. Bhogi is the first of them. Bhogi Dhanurmas - the last day. There is a saying that Goddevi, born as part of Bhudevi, who fasts for Dhanurma, incarnates as the wife of Srirannat, is called Bhogi. The festival of Gods is the first day of Pongal that is known as Bhogi which celebrates in memory of Indra, the 'God of the Clouds and the Rain.' Indra is worshiped for the prosperity...
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Finding the courage to overcome obstacles in our lives often molds us into the people we become. One of my largest and most recent setbacks has changed my perspective on life, it taught me how to deal with disappointment, and face my problems. Eight months ago I failed my driver’s test after it had been postponed a handful of times. While this might seem like a minor inconvenience to many, obtaining my driver’s license felt like a lifeline to me....
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Introduction After understanding what commerce is and how the goods are made available to the consumers. What then is the importance of Commerce? The following are some of the importance of Commerce 1. Commerce tries to satisfy increasing human wants Human wants are never ending. They can be classified as 'Basic wants' and 'Secondary wants'. Commerce has made distribution and movement of goods possible from one part of the world to the other. Today we can buy anything produced anywhere...
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PICOT question: For nurses working in psychiatric hospitals (P) how does formulation and implementation of security policies (I) compare to workplace education (C) minimize workplace violence cases in their practice period (T)? Evidence-based solution The best solution for workplace violence for nurses in the psychiatric setting is the formulation of policies by the hospitals. The hospital administration, nurses, and staff tend to see violence as an acceptable part of their work which should not be the case. This has resulted...
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Wafa Idris was the first Palestinian female suicide bomber who was twenty-seven when she killed herself along with two Israelis in Jerusalem, 2002. She had strapped on ten kilograms of explosives to her body, without any questions. This act of terror signified the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis increasing to new extents, leaving both the Arabic speaking world, and the West in immense shock. Many other women such as Dalel el Moughrabi and Leila Khaled participated greatly in defense and...
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Charles Lamb and Francis Bacon hold prestigious positions in the list of English essayists. Bacon is referred to as the ‘Father of English Essays’ while Lamb is called as ‘Prince of English Essayists’. Though, their essays bear uniqueness in themes and style owing to their different literary ages yet in a few places their manners implicitly overlap. Bacon belonged to the Renaissance age which is why we see rationalism, wit, and impersonal argumentations predominant in his essays. Bacon belonged to...
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The allegory in the Lord of the Flies is reflective of its author William Golding's experiences. After a failed attempt at an author during childhood, Golding took to bullying as an outlet and said that he enjoyed hurting other people. Though he failed as an author during adolescence during adulthood he published his critically acclaimed novel Lord of the Flies. The novel explores the savage side of human nature as boys, free from the constraints of society, are turned against...
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In 1898, the United States defeated Spain and ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and, most importantly, the Philippines. While there was much debate going on about if the Philippines should be annexed or not, many political groups began forming to express their opinions on the matter. Eventually it became known to the Filipino people that the United States was intent on colonizing and controlling them. The Filipino people had been oppressed by Spain since 1896 and did not want to be...
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Totalitarianism is a form of government that exercises complete political, economic, social, cultural, and spiritual control over its subjects. A charismatic leader, or dictator, who controls the one allowable political party, usually heads it. This form of rule requires complete subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state. People are made dependent on the wishes and whims of the political party and its leader. The governments of Italy & Nazi Germany was an example of a Fascist,...
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