“A Distant Episode” written by Paul Bowles recalls the story of a professor who is captured by the Reguibats‚ a nomad tribe. As the story began‚ it focused on the professor and his journey to find an old friend; however it took a turn when the professor was turned over to the tribe. This short story has similar aspects when comparing it to The Heart of Darkness‚ by Joseph Conrad. The ideas of cultural imperialism‚ the climax and the idea of people going insane are resembled in both pieces of literature
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Reading Journal – Paul Bowles’ and “A Distant Episode” Setting is crucial in this story. Even though Bowles doesn’t explicitly say which country the professor is in‚ we can assume he is in the Middle East by his mention of traveling to the “warm country” (403). We can also safely assume that the professor is a linguist that specializes in Arabic. I was struck by the satire of this story. The Professor‚ a specialist in languages has his tongue pulled out so he will never speak again. “The man swiftly
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A Distant Mirror: The “Calamitous” 14th Century Barbara Tuchman’s A Distant Mirror is about as entertaining as a history book can get or should be. Tuchman is a captivating storyteller and the quality of her history of France in the 14th century speaks for itself as the book has remained in print after 25 years. Famous for her engaging‚ narrative style that makes history flow like a thrilling novel‚ Tuchman presents a comprehensive review of 14th century Europe (via France‚ the dominant European
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Phan 1 Christine Phan Dr. deGravelles Block 1 12 December‚ 2012 Desire and Satisfaction in "The Kugelmass Episode" In "The Kugelmass Episode‚" Woody Allen describes Kugelmass using indirect characterizations of how he risks his marriage and career because of his deep desire for a freelance affair with an outside lover‚ which represents Kugelmass ’ inability to differentiate right from wrong. This demonstrates humanity and their innate characteristics. The author uses Kugelmass‚ who is quick
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Plot Summary (The Kugelmass Episode) "The Kugelmass Episode" opens with Kugelmass‚ a middle-aged‚ unhappily married humanities professor seeking the advice of his analyst‚ Dr. Mandel. He is bored with his life‚ and he needs to have an affair. His analyst disagrees‚ however‚ telling him "there is no overnight cure" for his troubles‚ adding that he is "an analyst‚ not a magician." Kugelmass then seeks out a magician to help him solve his problem. A few weeks later‚ he gets a call from The Great
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difficulties‚ particularly for those readers who aren’t familiar with the period in which this tale was created. One more specific passage from this poem that presents an obstacle is the "Finnsburg Episode." We begin to lose our understanding once the poet introduces us to the notion that the "Finnsburg Episode" is an offering to heroic Beowulf. It is apparently a custom to tell stories and sing songs at celebratory gatherings in this age. In our own modern way‚ it still is‚ which I think helps us empathize
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Mae Ann M. de Leon IndustrialEngineer []CAREER EPISODE 1 1 Introduction CE1.1Project Name : Embroidery Production Expansion (Capacity Planning) Chronology : August 2010 ± Present Position : Deputy Manager - Planning Name of the Organisation : WestPoint Home (Bahrain) W.L.L. Location : South Alba Industrial Area‚ Askar‚ Kingdom of Bahrain Ba ckground CE1.2 Currently‚ our company owns 5 embroidery machines. In addition to thesecapacities‚ we still source more than 100% of our
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List of Ouran High School Host Club chapters From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search [->0][->1] [->2][->3]The cover of the first volume of the Ouran High School Host Club[->4] manga released by Hakusensha[->5] on August 5‚ 2003. Ouran High School Host Club[->6] is a Japanese manga[->7] series written and illustrated by Bisco Hatori[->8]. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka‚ a scholarship student to the exclusive Ouran High School‚ and through an accident‚ is forced
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LAST NAME: FIRST NAME: MIDDLE NAME CAREER EPISODE No.1 PIRANHA HANGAR BASE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Place in Colombia INTRODUCTION 1. This first episode is based on my experience as Project and Quality control Manager for the project related to th construction of two piranha hangar base. This project was executed by XXX‚ the Company which I worked for‚ and the Contractor was the ZZZ. This construction project took place from August 2004 to August 2005. BACKGROUND 2. The main scope of this project
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Connie Wilson-Prewitt Mr. Pyda MWF 10-10:50 3/8/13 In the story The Kugelmass Episode‚ Woody Allen takes the reader on an exciting journey through time and literature that keeps you begging for more. Professor Kugelmass is a middle-aged teacher at City College in New York City. He seems to be unfulfilled and bored with his life as a whole. The real world is far too drab for his liking and so he sets out to change his life but ultimately ends up turning his world upside down. Allen uses colorful
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