LAST weekend I found myself in Singapore invited to participate in a conference on Asian Interfaith Dialogue sponsored by the Research Center on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) and the World Bank Post Conflict Fund. When I accepted the invitation I wondered what a Filipino historian could contribute to a discussion on contemporary education‚ religion‚ development and social cohesion. When I found myself on a panel with the grandson of Rabindranath Tagore‚ I realized the need for some historical
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1.0 Introduction In today’s world‚ there are many sport figures one can look up to. We have chosen the best of the best in the tennis world‚ Novak Djokovic. Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Despite being the underdog during his early years as a professional tennis player‚ he is now the best professional tennis player overtaking the previous king of tennis Rafael Nadal. Ever since the age of four
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Tuna Fishing with the Walrus The surrealist movement began in the 1920s‚ and many of its artists continued to do work well into the sixties and seventies. The most famous of these surrealists was Salvador Dali. In 1967‚ Dali painted what was regarded as one of his last masterpieces entitled Tuna Fishing. In the same year‚ the song “I am the Walrus” was written by the Beatles as a response to a fan letter they recieved. At this time in American history there existed a considerable resentment towards
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The surrealism movement began in the early 1920s during World War I and II. Surrealism was a movement of art and literature aiming to express the subconscious mind by using dream like images (Dewitte). One of the early artists during this movement was Pablo Picasso. His painting‚ “Two Women in Front of a Window”‚ is an excellent example of surrealism and it also contains elements of cubism. In contrast‚ Philippe de Champaigne’s piece “The Repentant Magdalen”‚ was painted during the Middle ages and
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A Brief Account on Andre Lefevere’s Manipulation Theory By moizhao| April 2013 Zoom In Zoom Out Page 1 of 6 A Brief Account on Andre Lefevere’s Manipulation Theory Abstract: In 1990s‚there was a wave breakthrough in translation theory made by Andre Lefevere and Susan Bassnett. They went beyond the word-to-word or text level in translation studies and developed it to culture studies‚ later termed by Mary SnellHornby as ‘cultural turn’. This article mainly deals with one kind
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In "The Fat Girl‚" Andre Dubus presents the struggles of Louise‚ a girl who at age nine begins eating secretly in reaction to her mother closely controlling her food intake to manage her weight gain. In high school‚ this behavior grows into "…a ritual of deceit and pleasure…"
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Murder can be justifiable‚ but it can not be used to justify a character. “Killings” is a short story written by Andre Dubus‚ centers on the character Matt Fowler who is seeking resolution after the murder of his youngest son‚ Frank. The story evolves around the development of Matt’s character‚ as well as others such as his wife Ruth‚ and Frank’s murderer Richard Strout. Fueled by vengeance‚ Matt commits premeditated murder on Richard Strout in order to bring peace and resolution to the murder of
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House of Tragedy The novel entitled‚ House of Sand and Fog was written by Andre Dubus III and is based around the Behrani family who fled from their native country of Iran after the Iranian revolution. They found themselves in America living in an apartment way too expensive for their income. This forces Massoud Behrani to find a job without much training outside of the military this becomes difficult. Behrani takes two jobs one as a trash collector and the other as a convenience store clerk‚ both
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mother about how much he missed seeing her and his fear of being rejected by her‚ in the time before his death. The theme of this story is to live life everyday with no regrets. Throughout the symbols and references you begin to understand the life of Andre. The white balloon represents letting go and leaving a young man in peace. The silence of his mother shows that she never accepted his sexual preference. While Hamlet references the struggles of his everyday life. The white balloon in the play Andre’s
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In my father was a writer memoir‚ Andre Dubus III was young when events in his life starts to mold him. Starting early moving to different places having three other siblings and one parent that was a captain in the military. At the time his father was depressed and didn’t enjoy being a captain in the military in Andre’s eyes. After Andre granddad passed away it was an instant change in the family. Andre dad retired from being a commander in the marines. In Andre’s eyes‚ his daddy became happier‚
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