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    location may present us with the perception that we either belong or not belong however‚ it is the connections that we form with people in places‚ memories of previous places and ones response to experiences within places that heightens ones sense of belonging or alienation. The concept of belonging through connections with people‚ experiences and memories in certain places is explored in the texts Romulus my Father a memoir by Raimond Gaita and Oranges and Sunshine directed by Jim Loach. It is not a connection

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    interpret and manage archaeological heritage places. It is used to conveying interpretive themes and messages to visitors as well as utilized to keep them far away from vulnerable and fragile features. However‚ to be an effective interpretive and communicative technique‚ this signage must be flowed out from a comprehensive planning framework of a particular place. Its chief aim should be interpreting tangible and intangible cultural values of that place by making them more understandable‚ thematic

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    to the United Nations‚ Antigua is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere‚ with a GDP per capita of $13‚731 and a growth rate of -7.2%. Many books have been written to address this problem‚ and one of the most notable ones is A Small Place‚ written by Jamaica Kincaid. By examining the book through the new criticism‚ psychological‚ and marxist lens‚ readers are able to fully understand her fearless writing style that helps expose many of the problems that have arisen from white colonialism

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    The book A Small Place written by Jamaica Kincaid is recognized by a number of scholars highlighting how the material exposes readers to the past and present culture of the narrator’s native country Antigua‚ corruption in the Antiguan government‚ English colonialism and etc. However‚ one should take notice that Kincaid speaking in the second person in different sessions of the book represents and creates a connection between the tourist and the reader. The term "you" refers to the tourist/travelers

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    A Beautiful Mind “A Beautiful Mind” by Ron Howard is a drama film which is based on the life of John Nash. Nash is considered to be a genius and is a brilliant mathematician who suffers from schizophrenia. In the beginning of the movie John Nash starts his career off at Princeton University and he slowly moves into new positions. About halfway through the movie‚ John begins to realize that some of the people he has met are just illusions in his mind. Throughout the film‚ Ron Howard uses numerous

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    and other elements would change in the passage or text. At the start of Kincaid’s "A Small Place‚" the apparent audience were tourists‚ but by the end of the passage‚ the audience changed to the English colonist‚ therefore‚ throughout the passage‚ the blame for why Antigua has changed dramatically is because of the English colonist‚ not the 20th century tourist; while Byerman’s article “Anger in A Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid’s Cultural Critique of Antigua” states the blame for the change is due to

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    | PLACES OF ARTICULATION The active articulator usually moves in order to make the constriction. The passive articulator usually just sits there and gets approached. A sound’s place of articulation is usually named by using the Latin adjective for the active articulator (ending with an "o") followed by the Latin adjective for the passive articulator. For example‚ a sound where the tongue tip (the "apex") approaches or touches the upper teeth is called an "apico-dental". Most of the common

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    “The Power of Place” is a compelling novel about where you are in the world matters because contrary to popular belief; it isn’t as flat and interconnected with opportunities as we may think. Harm de Blij does a spectacular job explaining how this world is a rough terrain with numerous borders that close off many people from having new lives and chances. He explains that the world is separated with one massive boundary (core and periphery) where the rich mostly reside in the core and the poor reside

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    My Beautiful Place Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong era? I ask this because I know I do. The place that I consider beautiful is America‚ but please bear with me for a second and let me explain. I’m not talking about the America built on people who are famous for just being famous or the obese population produced by Mc Donald’s‚ I’m not even referring to the weather (yes I’m still bitter about the excuse of a “summer” we get in Ireland). To me America isn’t beautiful anymore but

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    “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” This short story is a part of a book written by William Saroyan that centers on Aram‚ a nine-year-old boy from the Garoghlanian family. The Garoghlanian family is a tribe of Armenian descent that has immigrated to California. In this tribe they value honesty above all else “most important of all‚ though‚ we were famous four our honesty” (p.160). Aram and his cousin Mourad went on an adventure during a summer season; it emphasized the tribe’s behavior

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