Upon a Social Issue Fairy tales have always been told to us as children; whether to comfort or entertain us‚ they always seem to be a part of most everyone ’s childhood. When Nadine Gordimer was asked to write a children ’s story‚ she replied with a short story titled "Once Upon A Time". Although the title is characteristic of a fairy tale‚ she leads the tale to an ending that is anything other than " happily ever after." Gordimer distorts the fairy tale by dealing with certain issues rather
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Computers in some form are in almost everything these days. From Toasters to Televisions‚ just about all-electronic things have some form of processor in them. This is a very large change from the way it used to be‚ when a computer that would take up an entire room and weighed tons of pounds has the same amount of power as a scientific calculator. The changes that computers have undergone in the last 40 years have been colossal. So many things have changed from the ENIAC that had very little power
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forces at work do not exist as obviously as we expect them to. Although we may not been acutely aware of the very real‚ the ever-shifting‚ and the forceful tides of social influence‚ though they may not be tangible like firearms or fists‚ their invisible wills spur radical change in the world. One of the most prominent social issues in the United States today and historically has been race‚ and equal treatment
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K.S.EUNICE II M.A.ENGLISH J.JOYS I M.A.ENGLISH GONZAGA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE FOR WOMEN kseunice777@gmail.com SOCIAL ISSUES AND ITS EFFECTS IN MAHESH DATTANI’S “TARA” Mahesh Dattani‚ the writer of the play Tara is an actor‚ playwright‚ dancer‚ director‚ teacher and screenplay writer. Dattani has won prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his play”Final Solutions” and that play deals with Communalism. Mahesh Dattani is a spokesman for all the marginalized people. The play “Tara” was first
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Araby: How the Setting Reinforces the Theme and Characters Joel Lee The setting in "Araby" reinforces the theme and the characters by using imagery of light and darkness. The experiences of the boy in James Joyce’s "Araby" illustrate how people often expect more than ordinary reality can provide and then feel disillusioned and disappointed. The author uses dark and obscure references to make the boy’s reality of living in the gloomy town of Araby more vivid. He uses dark and gloomy references
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Another social justice issue that is brought up in the book is homosexuality. It is not touched on greatly but is has a strong impact on Celia. During the book‚ Celia falls in love with a female lounge singer named Shug Avery. Shug is a very important person to Celia‚ not just because Celia falls in love with her because she helps Celia gain the confidence to stick up for herself and leave Mr. Looking at this scene social work perspective‚ some might believe that Celia fell in love with Shug because
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The Benefits of Social Networking Abstract In the following essay‚ the benefits and consequences of social networking are explained and the different uses of social media are revealed. Websites‚ such as Facebook‚ have grown so popular that they have been created into mobile apps for individuals to use when he or she is unable to access a computer. With the significant increase in the number of its users‚ social networking has become a universal activity with its positive effects outweighing its
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“There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head‚ beliefs so widespread‚ so commonly held‚ that it never occurs to you to question them” (Anthony de Mello). Unhappiness is a prevalent issue in “Araby” by James Joyce and “Write Me Sometime” by Taien Ng-Chan‚ as both protagonists experience it‚ based on many factors leading to it. Both characters misconceive the depth of the relationships they focus on which causes sadness in their lives. Both protagonists also have
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In the story Araby by James Joyce the narrator tells a story about a boy that admires a girl. The boy is depicted in the story of being a boy that has feelings towards a girl in his neighborhood. The story focus on the boy as the main character he wishes to go to the bazaar to buy a gift for this girl. He wants to impress the girl. The boy is transitioning to adulthood by being attracted to girls. The boy gets money from his uncle to look to purchase a gift and the journey begins to get to the bazaar
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Gay Marriage: Social‚ Political and Financial Issue Daniela Chirinos Peralta Pre-Degree Ilene Sova December 14th‚ 2009 The second article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration‚ without distinction of any kind‚ such as race‚ colour‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ political or other opinion‚ national or social origin‚ property‚ birth or other status”. Visibly‚ since 1948‚ when this Declaration
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