Attack by Siegfried Sassoon; Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen; Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson; No More Hiroshima’s by James Kirkup Compare and contrast the attitudes to conflict shown in three or four of these poems‚ pointing out how the poets use language to explore their ideas and emotions. Two of the poems listed above‚ attack and anthem for doomed youth are to do with things that happened during world war 1. Both Wilfrid Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were involved
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Lewis was writing his Christianity-fused novels‚ he was struggling with his own faith. Lewis was born in 1898 and grew up in a family of Protestants in Belfast‚ Ireland. He and his family were members of the Church of Ireland‚ and Lewis grew up learning about God. However‚ in 1908‚ Lewis lost his mother to cancer and lost his father to grief. The death of his mother convinced the young boy that the God he
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These aspects help to express the theme of the poem‚ which is the cruelty of war and human suffering. Firstly‚ the poet uses language to bring out the overall glum mood of the poem. In the first stanza‚ cumulative listing is used with the line “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.” This overwhelms the reader with the immense number of places where war is common‚ bringing about a sense of gloominess and wide spread depression. Furthermore‚ by using the phrase “Something is happening”‚ the poet captivates
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Kevin Driggers‚ movie review “Titanic” The movie “Titanic” takes place in 1912 and is based on the wreckage of the ship‚ and a love story. Rose is the main character of the movie; Rose is the fiancé of Cal‚ Cal’s father owns a big business in Pittsburgh. Rose’s mother wants her to marry Cal for his money. Rose didn’t want to marry Cal‚ so in the beginning she is about to commit suicide when she meets Jack. Cal then shows up and questions both of them and Rose makes up a story‚ she says she wanted
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Jamie Pressley The Irish Home Rule Question At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century the greatest question stressed among British and Irish politics was the issue of Irish home rule. Home rule is the principle or practice of selfgovernment in the internal affairs of a dependent country or other political unit. Self government for Ireland was the goal of the Irish Nationalists from 1870 to 1920. The Irish demanded that the governance of Ireland be returned from Westminster to a
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went to Marlborough House Boarding School until November 1882‚ when her father’s business was losing money so they couldn’t afford to send her and her two brothers to boarding school‚ but she continued her education at a private finishing school in Belfast‚ Ireland and‚ eventually‚ her family couldn’t sustain her going to any school so she had to stay home and tutor her little siblings. One day after church‚ she and her two oldest brother decided to help a homeless woman‚ as they were helping her‚
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Serviced accommodation means a service is provided with an overnight stay‚ food‚ and cleaning service. This accommodation would be provided within a hotel‚ guest houses and B&B’s. An example of a serviced hotel is the Culloden in Belfast this is a hotel which is run by a group known as the Hastings group‚ whereas there will be other hotels and B&B’s that will be independently ran such as the Curran court in Larne. The bigger hotels which may be part of a group will provide more services
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conferences run by some schools in Europe and the USA has improved my debating skills‚ public speaking and helped me to cultivate the habit of researching as well as negotiating. These qualities are essential in the study and practise of law. In the Belfast 2001 MUN conference my delegation received the ’Commended Delegation’ award due to our hardwork and team effort. With my reputation as a morally upright student‚ I was appointed to the highly responsible post of Anglican Chapel Prefect
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. Potato crops were the best option for Irish people because potatoes provide lots of nutrients and the crops were easy to grow in Irish lands due to their adaptability in almost any surface. However‚ the dependency on potatoes started to be dangerous when a new potato disease commonly known as potato blight affected the crops year after year in the 1840’s. This disease caused the loss of great part of the crops until the end of the decade‚ but especially in the year 1847‚ called the black forty-seven
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C.S. Lewis According to author‚ scholar‚ and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis‚ “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles‚ but to irrigate deserts” (this is what Lewis said when he wrote The Abolition of a Man). By this‚ he says a teacher should not change what his students know‚ but guide them in areas of weakness. He learned this technique throughout his life. **SEGWAY** As a child‚ Lewis was a Christian. Then he became an atheist at the age of 15 because he lost his way and was
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