THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL The Business School HKU SPACE Level 6 Examination 1 August 2010 Current Issues in Finance Date : 1 August 2010 Time Allowed : 2 hours Answer THREE questions – At least ONE question from each section. Standard calculators (non-programmable) may be used. Tables are attached. Do not open or turn over this exam paper‚ or start to write anything until told to by the Invigilator. Starting to write before permitted to do so may be seen as an attempt to
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Roy Kim May 10‚ 2013 Winston: A Hero or Coward? The main protagonist in fictional books or films is often labeled as a hero. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ the plot follows a man named Winston who is trying to rebel against the totalitarian government called Ingsoc. Ingsoc‚ also known as the Party‚ defeats Winston and because he is defeated he does not remain a hero in the reader’s eyes. Winston’s lack of cunning‚ lack of courage‚ and lack of effort to defeat the Party shows that he does not fit
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1984 Ministry of Truth Essay I think that too much control by the state creates a dystopian world where no one is truly alive‚ or human. The whole story of 1984 expresses that idea: control. By having control‚ you have power‚ which is the main goal of the party. In this essay‚ I will express how the Party tries to gain control through the Ministry of Truth by three means: education‚ news‚ entertainment and the fine arts. The Ministry of Truth weakens the people through education‚ especially
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Government Controling Ways In the Novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ Orwell depicts the theme of psycological control. Some examples in the novel of psycological control was doublethink‚ two minute hate‚ and room 101. First‚ one of the examples of the theme psycological control was that people were not allowed to doublethink. Doublethink is when one hold two different ideas on ones mind. "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in ones mind by holding two contradictory beliefs
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The AntiHero In the book 1984‚ I believe that Winston is a perfect example of an antihero. At first glance he doesn’t seem like it in the least‚ but he is. He has many flaws‚ physical and mental concerning the ulcer in his leg and how he crumples under pressure. He seems fairly normal as a middle age man who sits at home in his small flat‚ what makes him special is his brains. He is insanely clever‚ smart‚ and quite an observer. Throughout reading this novel so far‚ I have come to notice that
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Is there Privacy? In 1984 George Orwell describes how no matter where you go in Oceania there is a telescreen right there watching you. Everything you do say or sometimes even think‚ Big Brother will know. 1984 was written in 1949 and Orwell hinted at technology which never even existed. Perhaps he saw it coming because of how popular the television was becoming. There are many ideas in this novel that Orwell predicts. Some came true in 1984‚ some did not‚ but today in United
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Oppression Through Grammar Dina Sayed 1-4 The novel 1984 by George Orwell highlights how the government uses multiple different tools in order to oppress their citizens‚ one of them being grammar and language. The concept of “Newspeak” is made to completely erase the ability to form rebellious and contrasting ideologies to the Party. The ultimate goal of Newspeak is to ensure even the possibility of rebellious thought is impossible since there are no words to formulate it. By forcing Newspeak
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Past Simple FORM [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Examples: • You called Debbie. • Did you call Debbie? • You did not call Debbie. Complete List of Simple Past Forms USE 1 Completed Action in the Past [pic] Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: • I saw a movie yesterday.
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Edexcel A2 Chemistry Questions and Answers Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Unit 4 Rates‚ equilibria and further organic chemistry Multiple-choice questions ..............................................................................7 Structured questions . . . . . . . . . . . .
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In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Winston Smith feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the ruling Party of London‚ which prohibits free thought‚ sex‚ and any expression of individuality. The people of his nation‚ Oceania‚ are watched every minute of every day by "Big Brother"‚ an omniscient leader who can only be seen on "telescreens‚" but never in real life. Winston illegally purchases a diary in which to write his criminal thoughts‚ and becomes fixated on a powerful Party member named
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