Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day gives an eloquent treatment of the issue of how a stoic English butler’s unemotional reaction to the emotional world around him is damaging and painful‚ and how he resolves to make the best of the “remains of the day”—the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture—that of the stiff upper lip‚ no show of emotion‚ and repression of personal opinion—and the no-holds-barred
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Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates all men and women‚ who have died in military service for the United States. Memorial Day has become less of an occasion of remembrance. Today‚ many communities celebrate the observance of this holiday by organizing parades and official ceremonies that honor those that have fallen. Americans also honor soldiers by visiting cemeteries and national monuments and other memorials by placing flowers and flags on graves. Others honor the
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Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent preacher of the gospel. However‚ she felt discouraged by so many people who attended church only on Sunday and thought
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Earth Day Some people who talk about the environment talk about it as though it involved only a question of clean air and clean water. The environment involves the whole broad spectrum of man’s relationship to all other living creatures‚ including other human beings. It involves the environment in its broadest and deepest sense. It involves the environment of the ghetto which is the worst environment‚ where the worst pollution‚ the worst noise‚ the worst housing‚ the worst situation in this country
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"The Remains of the Day"‚ winner of the 1989 Booker Prize‚ was written by Kazuo Ishiguro in 1989. Ishiguro had a typical English education with an immersion in Japanese culture. His fictions are remarked as “deal[ing] broadly with themes of self-deception‚ truth and the clash of public and private images of his characters”. In the Remains of the Day‚ he gives an eloquent dissection on the narrowed life of a stoic English butler who has spent thirty years in service at Darlington Hall‚ devoting everything
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Labour Day On the first Monday of September every year‚ America positiveshonours pauses to honor its workers and the contributions they make to our nation’s strengths strength and prosperity. The notion thatworks its work is valued‚ and even noble‚ dates to the ancients. " Seest thou a man diligent in his labor? " the Book of Proverbs asks‚ . "He shows stands shall stand before Kings. " In the United States‚ the belief goes back well over a century. As a holiday‚ the Labour Labor Day celebration
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Jennifer Glasper English 3036 Monday‚ March 6‚ 2012 Professor: E. Chou Malgudi Days‚ R. K Narayan The tasks take one short story by Narayan that you have read and show that it has literary traits it has in common with other short stories by Narayan. In most of these short stories we can see that the theme is an important idea of the author. The themes that are seen throughout most of the stories written by R.K. Narayan are adversities‚ difficulties and overcoming those difficulties
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Earth Day Earth Day is an annual holiday‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. In 2013 the day is 43 years old. It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network‚[1] and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.[2] In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ the date proposed was March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature’s equipoise was later sanctioned in
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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of Labor Day For other Labor Day information‚ visit our Labor Day 2011 page. Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day‚ the first Monday in September‚ is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength‚ prosperity‚ and well-being of our country. Founder of Labor Day More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance
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