inability to act or function in a person‚ organization‚ or place (New Oxford American Dictionary). James Joyce made the conscious decision to flee from Dublin because he felt trapped by society and the routine that existed there. It is clear that in both Araby and An Encounter‚ Joyce really uses his past to his advantage‚ as he tells two stories in which paralysis is a key theme. Each story has it ’s own unique way of demonstrating how paralysis drives the protagonist. Regardless of the plot‚ paralysis manifests
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This has been a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. I’m an absolutely die-hard fan of Sailor Moon‚ and part of that is because it served as my childhood introduction to feminism. That might be a little bit hard to believe‚ considering the super heroines of the show are known for outfits not much more revealing than Wonder Woman’s. Silly outfits aside (you get used to them)‚ this show was absolutely groundbreaking. Its protagonists are 10 realistically flawed‚ individual and talented
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The Maturity of a Boy Passion‚ adolescence‚ foolishness‚ and maturity are the first words that come to one’s mind to describe James Joyce’s short story‚ "Araby." In it‚ he writes about a boy who falls deeply in love with his best friend’s sister‚ who through the story‚ doesn’t seem to notice him or care about him. The boy‚ who has yet to be named‚ lives in a poor and run-down town. During the story‚ certain characters contribute to the boy’s developing sense of maturity‚ and eventually‚ lead
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As the moon orbits around the Earth‚ from its perspective‚ it comes out of nowhere‚ grows in size‚ then shrinks back down to nothing as the month goes on. Whether it’s day or night‚ the phases of the moon can be observed from all around the world. Many people have tried to understand why the moon goes through its phases. Across the world‚ there are many different explanations of why the moon changes‚ but nothing gives us a better explanation than what science has to say about it. The light from
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It’s Friday night and John is trying to decide what to do for the night. He wants to watch a movie‚ but he cannot decide between going to the movies and renting a movie. Have you ever been in this situation? Have you ever thought about the pros and cons of watching a movie at the theater versus the price to rent a movie from your local rental store? If you haven’t given any thought to it‚ then this may be the time to look at some pros and cons of these two different ways of watching movies. Overall
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makes the lines run more quickly/ slowly - affects the poem as a whole - is based on Useful phrases for analysing texts In general: “bedient sich adäquater Mittel der LESERLEITUNG” = Vor-‚ Quer- und Rückverweise‚ e.g.: In the following‚ I’m going to … [= tell your readers what you are about to do] As I said before / in the beginning … (etc.) I will enlarge upon this later / in the next paragraph … (etc.) Concluding one can say / In brief / To put it in a nutshell / From all this follows
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One of the most interesting theories that cannot be observed is the Moon’s magnetic field‚ and why there is not one anymore. Moon rocks Colwell 7 brought back from the Apollo age astronauts shows that at some point the moon did have a magnetic field as strong as the Earth’s at some point. From analyzing the way the rock formed‚ the scientists can determine how long the Moon had a magnetic field. From their research they have discovered that a magnetic field persisted for much longer than it should
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Moon Micro is a small manufacturer of servers in Santa Clara‚ California. Lately‚ the demand for servers has increased‚ and the company needs to find a way to capitalize on the situation. The current plant has reached capacity of 10‚000 units. The two options to capitalize on the situation are to either expand the plant to a capacity of 20‚000 units or outsource the process to Molectron‚ an independent assembler. Expanding the Santa Clara plant would have an annualized fixed cost of $10‚000‚000
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The Effect of Deferred Taxes on Firm Market Value: Evidence from Hong Kong BY GAO Fan 09050353 Accounting Concentration JIANG Wei 09050337 Accounting Concentration An Honors Degree Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong April 2012 Supervisor: Dr. H. K. Daniel Ho Acknowledgement We would like to use this opportunity
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way of green plants. Directly or indirectly‚ it provides us with energy to light and heat our homes and power our machines. For centuries‚ people dreamed of visiting the Moon. These dreams became a reality in the second half of the 20th century. First‚ the United States and the Soviet Union sent unmanned spacecraft to the Moon‚ to photograph its surface and help determine the best sites for landings. Meanwhile‚ manned spacecraft were being launched into orbits around the Earth‚ to give people a
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