What woud you do in life if money was not an objective! If money was not an objective I would love to travel the word. These days what we want to do in life is largely dictated by how much we would earn? Because in the end money does matter. But for this case‚ as money is not an issue I would really like to pursue my passion i.e travelling. Travelling is an appealing experience. It’s an ideal way to leave your current life behind to pursue a more relaxing or adventurous break‚ or to live
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for mankind‚ an era that brought warfare to a global scale. This was the first time in known history that countries from across the world allied together to fight one another. During this Great War‚ many new wartime technologies were developed and used. The most prolific and arguably most important of these technologies was the German unterseeboot‚ or U-boat (Harber). World War I was the first time that submarine technology was used on a large scale to participate in naval warfare and their use
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Introduction Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican focuses on island life in the 1950s. In the immediate period leading up to the 1950s‚ Puerto Rico experienced a rapid change in the economic situation of the island. The island began to change from a primarily agricultural economy to one dominated by industry and commerce. Sugar plantations (owned by the wealthy and worked by the poor)‚ cattle ranching‚ and subsistence-level agriculture gave way to a more urban style of living. In the 1930s
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The role of King Francis I in French Renaissance art By the time of France’s King Francis I’s reign‚ patronising arts had become more of an obligation than just a sign of erudition or generosity. Patronage had developed into a type of political behaviour and a way of documenting. In 1515‚ when King Francis I ascended the throne of France‚ the local Renaissance culture was almost at a standstill‚ since Gothic art originated from France and left a grandiose mark on it. The French did not want to let
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using Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s I Will Marry When I Want and Festus Iyayi’s Violence as a case study. The texts have their historical and fictional settings in Kenya and Nigeria respectively. The Marxist theory‚ upon which the socialist realist literature set their canon‚ is that which is characterized with class stratification and struggle. Therefore we see two categories of characters; the Ahab Kioi wa Kanoru‚ Jezebel‚ and the Kiguunda‚ Gicaamba‚ Wangeci‚ Njooki in I Will Marry When I Want and Obofun
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The “I have a dream” speech was a public speech that was performed by the late Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. in an era where African American freedom was very thin. This Speech was spoken by Dr. King almost 40 plus years ago‚ in August of the year 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The main purpose of the “I have a dream speech was to convey the message to the people of justice‚ equality and peace among the violent of the civil rights era. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a
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I’d call her Mary if I was you” (5). This quote depicts the power that Miss Cullinan tries to assert and take away from Margaret and doing so by robbing her of her identity the one thing that was truly hers. It also shows the lengths in which Miss Cullinan will go to assert her corrupted power towards Margaret in retaliatory way for things in which she had no control like her husband leaving. In addition‚ Rodriguez give an example where his name was changed and his power was diminished when he states
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How important was the role of Bismarck in the unification of Germany? It has been said by several historians that the second half of the nineteenth century was the ‘Age of Bismarck.’ In the mid 1800’s Bismarck provided dynamic leadership- a trait which had been lacking during the events of 1848-89. Ian Mitchell stated “Bismarck was everywhere.” However‚ there has been a considerable degree of debate concerning the role of Bismarck in the unification of Germany. Some argue that unification would
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In the online journal “I Was Forced to Fight‚ Now I am Learning to Cry”‚ Walter L Cooper demonstrates from personal experience how‚ in the black culture‚ men strive to fit the mold of masculinity. He teaches us that in the black culture‚ the definition of masculinity is often referred to as being “machismo”. “ This is the idea that a man must hold in their emotion and fight instead. They are taught that showing emotion reflects femininity. Cooper goes on to say how this machismo culture is manifesting
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Monday 11th January 2010 Was religion the only problem James I and Charles I had with Parliament? James I was monarch of England from 1603-25. He was also King James VI of Scotland throughout his reign. The previous Queen‚ Elizabeth I‚ had no children to rule after she died. So her council wanted to know who would be the next monarch. But she could not tell them due to her critical position as she was ill. They then named her cousin‚ James VI of Scotland. She then raised her hand to show that
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