Tan Sri Arshad Ayub‚ leader in education. Profile & History Tan Sri Arshad Ayub (84 years) who is one of the foremost educational innovators this country has known. He was the first Director of Institut Teknologi MARA (now UiTM) and led it with courage and vision for one decade from 1965 to 1975. Tan Sri Arshad Ayub is known as the person responsible for the development of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)‚ a university that was established to provide higher education opportunities to better
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The Arrival (2006) by Shaun tan is another example of diasporic memoir that displays an intimate journey of a man attempting to find a home to protect his family by leaving everything behind. Tan believes that perhaps the problem of belonging seems to be beyond any personal issues‚ it is more of an existential question that naturally appears at everybody’s journey ever so often‚ and in a regular basis for some individuals. It particularly brings to the surface the concerns of things not going according
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creature befriended by the persona: which has‚ in itself‚ become a characterisation of the protagonist’s growing acceptance of‚ and by‚ the new society. The persona’s frustration and distress as he arrives in the new country are portrayed through body language‚ size and angles. He is initially unrecognizable in a full-page high-angle image of the tiny migrants‚ with the enormous city in the background. Upon completing tests and being literally labeled by the examiners‚ twelve frames are devoted to his
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Tickets" written by Amy Tan is the representation of liminal characters between two cultures. When talking about Liminal character‚ it means the characters that are in battle in searching for their true identity. People have to search for their true identity because of the difference of cultures they are raised in; being part of two different cultures makes it hard for someone to identify themselves. Therefore‚ the feeling of being confused and lost will always be around. In this case‚ Tan introduces the
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Engl_114_686 January 31‚ 2014 Home Language In the lecture of Amy Tan‚ “Mother Tongue” is described as the way in which language develops from location in which we are raised‚ and unconsciously we adapt our language with each group we socialize with in our lives. Tan describes herself as someone who is “fascinated by language in daily life. There was a specific moment in the text that Tan realizes that she is using different “Englishes” in different social contexts. Tan was giving a speech about her
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The Grammar of Visual Design In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan‚ there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives. A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule‚ petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge‚ dark‚ mysterious
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The Arrival‚ by Shaun Tan‚ is a book that I found to be very interesting. I have never read a book without words before‚ so this was a new experience for me. During the times I read it‚ evaluated it‚ took notes on it‚ and read it again‚ I questioned how something so complex could be a part of children’s literature. I began to ask myself what age group would be able to look at this book and understand the story within. Children’s literature is usually seen as simple‚ straight forward‚ and easy to
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The Rabbits John Marsden & Shaun Tan Name of the text‚ its composer‚ its origin‚ its date and its form The Rabbits is a picture book written by John Marsden and drawn by Shaun Tan published 9/1/2000. Write an explanation of the text‚ mentioning its purpose and audience and showing the relevance of the text to the concept of Belonging or Not Belonging. The rabbits is about the arrival and colonisation of the British and the progression that took place during and
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act on own judgement. Kenneth Culp Davis in Chase‚ E. (1970)‚ succinctly define police discretion thus “A police officer or police agency may be said to exercise discretion whenever effective limits on his‚ or her‚ or its power leave the officer or agency free to make choices among possible courses of action or inaction.” The following are examples: traffic violations is one classic example of police discretion at work‚ when drivers get pulled over for speeding. Sometimes one might get a ticket‚ while
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[1] Simone de Beauvoir’s short story “The Age of Discretion” the career and familial problems of an aging woman‚ who is left unnamed. Her main conflict resides with her son Philippe - he drifts away from the life she desires for him toward that which his wife‚ Irène‚ desires. The narrator is also faced with other troubles‚ such as distrusting her husband and poor reception of her book‚ but these are overshadowed by the main conflict with her son. Beginning at birth‚ Philippe’s life is shaped by his
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