http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/17/martinbright.theobserver Revealed: why evil lurks in us all Study shows that crude loyalty to our social group and blind obedience make tyranny possible anywhere Martin Bright‚ home affairs correspondent The Observer‚ Sunday 17 December 2000 Psychologists have struggled for decades to explain why ordinary people participate in atrocities such as the Nazi Holocaust or the Stalinist purges. Now experiments carried out in Britain reveal that most people
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are exposed to literature in the most stripped down form: picture books and simple texts that are mainly for the sole purpose of teaching the alphabet etc. Although these are not nearly as complex as an 800-page sci-fi novel‚ it is the first step that many take towards the literary world. Progressively‚ as people grow older‚ they explore other genres of books‚ ones that propel them towards curiosity of the subject‚ and the overall book. Reading and being given the keys to the literature world prepares
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Professor Loren Hoekzema English 141-30 17 February 2015 Nature in Literature: Basho and Voltaire Nature plays a huge role in many pieces of literature‚ but especially Basho’s Narrow Road to the Deep North and Voltaire’s Candide. There is a major difference between the two forms of literature and how nature is incorporated into each. This Japanese form of literature has a much lighter tone than that of the European style of literature. You can see a calmer‚ more relaxed intention into the nature that
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badIsaac Asimov. Robert- Isaac Asimov. Test- Theodore Thomas. Mirror ImageLena Coakley. All summer in a dayRay Brad Ben. ‘The Test’ is a Mixture of action stories and realism. The story explores the theme of the ethics of the power of the state to ‘control’ its citizens.-Individual versus state. Short and direct sentences are used to maintain the pace of action (esp. during the accident scene). Story shows how writers are using sentence length to create mood. Short sentences create a sense
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Arabic literature Main article: Arabic literature Main article: Literature of Morocco Ibn Tufail (Abubacer) and Ibn al-Nafis were pioneers of the philosophical novel. Ibn Tufail wrote the first fictional Arabic novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhan (Philosophus Autodidactus) as a response to al-Ghazali ’s The Incoherence of the Philosophers‚ and then Ibn al-Nafis also wrote a novel Theologus Autodidactus as a response to Ibn Tufail ’s Philosophus Autodidactus. Both of these narratives had protagonists(Hayy in Philosophus
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Short history of litrature The purpose of this course is to encourage you to gain an insight into‚ and broad awareness of‚ the development of English literature from its perceived origins in the ninth century until the end of the nineteenth century. Attention will be paid not only to influential writers and movements‚ but to themes such as the influence of Greek mythology‚ religion‚ politics‚ and the rôle of Ireland. Some writers‚ poets and playwrights considered are Langland‚ Chaucer‚ Malory‚ Marlowe
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The Necklace‚ writes about a girl who just doesn’t have the best luck. She would always dream of having the “perfect life”‚ but it never came to her. Although Madame Loisel’s emotions stayed the same‚ she does have a moment where she feels better than everyone else in the world. First‚ the emotion that Madame Loisel shows all the time is sadness and depression. She was the type of person who didn’t take what she had for granted. Madame Loisel always thought that she needed more and that more was better
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Pervading us with an array of highs and lows‚ ranging from anger and sadness‚ to love‚ joy‚ and contentment‚ emotions vividly affect our daily lives. So‚ unequivocally it could be asked‚ "Why do emotions exist?" It is possible that the sole‚ underlying principle of emotions is to create a reaction in people and things in our environment; or perhaps they exist to be our governing channel of communication; or maybe they precisely exist to regulate individual self-confidence and disparage. The theory
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In almost every piece of literature there can be found references to the author’s or the narrator’s culture. Having an understanding of this culture can help one better understand a literary work. Reading a work that contains references to a culture can also spark interest and inspire the reader to learn more about the culture that is represented in the work. One such piece of literature is the poem "Ah Mah‚" written by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. This poem contains many references to Chinese culture that
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LITERATURE CIRCLES FOR STUDYING F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY Overview Literature circles are one way of responding to a text in an active manner. For this type of response‚ you will be place in a group with about four other students. Each student will be responsible for fulfilling a different role within the group on a rotating basis. As work progresses‚ each group member will have an opportunity to participate in most of the roles. Make sure you read the descriptions carefully and fulfill
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