a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and for our English class‚ we are required to create an Anthology. This project is connected to the book because each piece needs a theme that the book also contains. My Anthology is heavily centered around identity and how your identity is what you want it to be. I chose this theme because I could easily relate to the main character’s struggles between choosing his culture and choosing himself. My illustrated cover is a picture that I took when we drove to
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Introduction of European Union The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries working together to improve life for their citizens and to build a better world. In just half a century it has delivered peace and prosperity in Europe‚ a single currency and a frontier-free ’single market ’ where people‚ goods‚ services and capital can move around freely. It has become a major trading bloc‚ and a world leader in fields such as environmental protection and development aid. The European Union
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of ministers‚ Covil Service & Cabinet Secretary Legislative Branch – functions & organization Legislative structure- upper & lower house Judiciary Branch – functions & organization Requirement of Administrative reforms Some unknown facts about Indian Government A government is a body that has the authority to make and enforce laws within a civil‚ corporate‚ religious‚ academic‚ or other organization or group. In its broadest sense‚ "to govern" means to administer or supervise‚ whether over a
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Reasons the Europeans Were Victorious The European explorers were able were able to defeat the Native Americans and overpower the West Africans was due to many proximate and ultimate factors that granted the Europeans the advantage. The proximate factors that helped the Europeans were their guns‚ germs‚ and steel. The Europeans had built immunity to many of the diseases and germs that they had been exposed to over the years while in Europe. But the Native Americans had never seen such diseases
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The Causes of the Indian Mutiny The Indian Mutiny (also known as the first war of independence) had many factors‚ forces and events which contributed to it’s cause‚ some of which include cultural‚ religious and the political forces and also the Einfield Riffle. The changes in culture that the British had made in India‚ created a lot of discontent and there was a lot of anti-British feelings that were growing amongst the landlords. Many people believed that the advent of the steamships were the
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European Union became a very successful organization helping countries recover after wars as well as boost their economy and standard of living. At first the goals of the European Union where to unite fighting neighbours‚ now it is about uniting all European countries to preserve their culture and become a one big “family”. Looking at the quality of life in Europe I believe that the European Organisation has successfully achieved more than the goals that they have set. Rich countries set examples
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went up marginally to 4.8% during the quarter through March 2013‚ from about 4.7% in the previous quarter. The government has forecasted a growth of 6.1%-6.7% for the year 2013-14‚ whilst the RBI expects the same to be at 5.7%. The independence-era Indian economy (from 1947 to 1991) was based on a mixed economy combining features of capitalism and socialism‚ resulting in an inward-looking‚ interventionist policies and import-substituting economy that failed to take advantage of the post-war expansion
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Indian writing in English Raja Rammohan Ray was the first Indian to effectively express himself in black and white through English though he was initiated to the language when he was in his teens. Thereafter Vivekananda showed his perfect masterly over the language through his evocative prose‚ which made the west sit up and take notice of the greatness of Hinduism. Tagore also had written some poems in English. However‚ there is no denying the fact that Indian writings in English were extremely
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African Imperialism stated in the 1880s. Before european imperialism in Africa‚ there were thousands of different tribes‚ nations; cultures and languages. Also that there were different ethnic groups often in conflict. The reason why the European imperialism africa was to spread Christianity they wanted everyone to be Christianly. Another reason why they imperialism Africa was to abolition slavery and because because of the natural resource that there were in Africa like rubber‚ gold and other materials
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relationship between Europe and Asia was very important when it came to trading. The major turning point for Europe was the introduction of it to the Americas. As more explorers came over to the new world‚ the idea of colonizing it became very dominant. As individuals took the risk and started up settlements‚ they became faced with the indigenous peoples of this area of the world. The contact between these two cultures was critical to the survival of the European settlers. The indigenous peoples taught them
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