GREGORIO C. BRILLANTES Gregorio C. Brillantes is a native of Camiling‚ Tarlac. He obtained his Litt. B. degree in the Ateneo de Manila University. He is a Palanca Award Hall of Famer and a multi-awarded fiction writer. He is one of the Philippines most popular writers in English. He often writes about individuals under thirty‚ adolescent or post adolescent ones who struggle with alienation from family‚ society and from themselves. His earlier collection of short stories earned him the title
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Arthur Dimmesdale is the pastor of this small puritan town‚ who has a secret affair with this girl named Hester Prynne. Hester gets pregnant and is publicly shamed in front of everyone in the town. Dimmesdale decides not to come out and tell everyone that he is her lover‚ by not doing this Dimmesdale causes himself great emotional pain. Most people just inferred that Dimmesdale would never do anything like this and didn’t even think to question him. Unlike Ms. Prynne who confronts her guilt and shame
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Model analysis of stylistic devices in an excerpt of Brian Clarke’s "Whose life is it anyway?"(p. 28‚ 10 30‚18) General remarks the conversation is held in a very witty style. Both sides think carefully about how to react and the impacts their remarks might have. Ken wants to provoke Dr Scott with sexual allusions to make her think about his situation Dr Scott tries to remain professional. She wants to avoid to hurt him. Neither does she want to end up being hurt herself. She is a position
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The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives because of its contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development‚ particularly their impact on poverty reduction‚ employment generation and social integration. Three main objectives to this declaration are increasing awareness‚ promoting growth‚ and establishing appropriate policies. These three objectives are what have helped save millions of dollars on energy consumption and renewable resources
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The title is the first sign of a "rule breaking" poem‚ the lower case letters. This poem has no deep meaning but only one of deep desire for some-one. It is quite a childish poem as it uses only very simple words‚ is ungrammatical and uses childish rhymes. It also does not use grammatically correct words such as "wanna". It is very informal‚ like what someone would say in a serenade to a person. This poem has a very strong central message with very little deep meaning. The central message is desire
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Module C Response Good Afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. The existence of conflicting perspectives in society can only be enriching. Today‚ I will present to you how the representation of conflicting perspectives in textual forms creates a mirror to our society. This mirror reflects societal imperfections‚ the major‚ on which we will focus today‚ being obsession. This issue has been particularly documented in the turbulent relationship between poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath and the literary works
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Axia College Material Appendix C Clarifying Personal Values Each of you will be faced with numerous moral and ethical dilemmas throughout your career. To be prepared to make these ethical decisions‚ it is helpful to clarify your personal values‚ and morals before you are faced with an ethical dilemma. Review the following list of values and create a list of the five values most important to you in making decisions. acceptance accomplishment adventure ambition assertiveness
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Working Capital Financing Preferences: The Case of Mauritian Manufacturing SMEs Kesseven Padachi*; C. Howorth1 and M. S. Narasimhan2 *School of Business‚ Management and Finance University of Technology‚ Mauritius La Tour Koenig‚ Pointe – aux – Sables‚ Mauritius kpadachi@utm.intnet.mu ABSTRACT This paper investigates the approach to working capital finance among the small to medium sized Mauritian manufacturing firms‚ using a survey based approach and case studies. Finance has been cited as the
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Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy of the 1692 witch trials‚ “The Crucible”‚ uses its Salem setting as a microcosm of society under pressure. The frightening rise of hysteria‚ accusations and vengeance brings out the very best and worst in Miller’s characters. The message of the play is that communities contain both good and bad elements. This is most clearly manifested in the symbolism of the crucible itself‚ and the characterisations of John Proctor‚ and Thomas Putnam. The presence of good and bad
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Arthur ‘boo’ radley At the start of the novel ‘boo’ is described as a “malevolent phantom”. Boo is never seen outside the house. ”phantom” shows us that harper lee wants to hint that boo haunts his house like a ghost would. The fact that “phantom” is used and ghost isn’t means that the reader is meant to think that boo is evil. This is backed up by the word “malevolent” showing that boo wishes to harm others something only a “phantom” would do. This idea of Boo being a “phantom” is further enforced
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