In Bernard Mac Laverty’s novel Cal‚ the author sheds light on the conflict in Northern Ireland through a nineteen year old Catholic named Cal. This ideological war has devastating and detrimental effects on all involved especially Cal. Cal is a victim of this war as he is thrown into it and expected to react. As this violent war is surrounding Cal‚ he is also facing another type of conflict: an internal one. This internal conflict is a result of Cal’s psychological well being and results in self
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“I have found it!” he said‚ waving the twig in triumph. “Oh‚ its perfect. Thank you Bernard. It is so nice to have someone around to help me build this nest.” “Well‚ it’s no problem‚” he said‚ handing her the twig‚ “I think I quite enjoy nest building‚ its rather like a scavenger hunt‚ isn’t?” “Oh quite‚ quite indeed‚” she chirped. “Do you think they will like the nest?” “I would imagine so. I like it. But‚ who are they?” “My chicks‚” she said with pride. “Ah” he replied‚ understanding dawning
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore‚ all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw When I first read this‚ I immediately thought that this goes back to a classical debate of being ideal against being practical. To challenge the status quo. But do we really have to be unreasonable in order to achieve progress? Being reasonable implies practicality which denotes steadiness and soundness
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Bernard McGrane believes that as sociologists they have to think scientifically which means without any bias or personal preference. For instance‚ when we are think about necessity of legalizing casinos in NYC‚ we cannot have any answer influenced by personal experience like lost money there or personal preference like I don’t like gambling. We have to think objectively without any personal emotion. As to culture shock from anthropology‚ it is a individual get in to a new society which has totally
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The paper “The Self and The Future” is written by Bernard Williams. It depicts two very similar cases and stirs a discussion between whether the psychological continuity theory or bodily continuity theory is more relevant when it comes to our personal identity. Psychological continuity is a view that is based on the principle that our personal identity is associated with our thoughts and memories. Bodily continuity theory is a view that as long as we have the same body‚ we are the same person. Throughout
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itself‚ through which Tschumi proposes an architecture of difference and opposition rather than synthesis and totality. Narrative techniques—be they pictorial or cinematic—evoke the ability of fiction to produce an alternative form of critique. Bernard Tschumi was already widely known for his theoretical drawings and written texts‚ like The Manhattan Transcripts developed in the late 1970s‚ in which he transcribed aspects normally removed from conventional architectural representation‚ like the
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The Prison – Bernard Malamud Theme : Twenty nine year old Tommy Castelli‚ who was Tony as a boy is now a man who is defeated in life‚ his main aim in life was to get out of the slum he grew up in. Life does not work that way for him and he ends up trapped in an unfulfilling way of life. A 10 year old girl is caught by him stealing from his shop and then he decides to save her life by showing her the right way so that she does not end up having a futile and banal life like his own. He makes a few
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Bernie Banton was a passionate and courageous campaigner whose life was taken away from him all in a blink of an eye. Bernard Douglas Banton or as he was known as –Bernie was born in the year 1946 in Sydney. Banton worked as an employee at the Camellia plant of Australian building products giant James Hardie & co Pty Ltd from 1968 to 1974. He was a lathe operator who shaped blocks of asbestos for the use of power stations and pipe sections. Before I go on any further‚ you might want to know what
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executives involved but also the auditing firm Ernst & Young was suspected but not prosecuted because of lack of evidence. The fraud was uncovered when the firm was forced into bankruptcy. This was the largest bankruptcy in US history. The Bernie Madoff Scandal in 2008. Investors were tricked out of $4.8 billion through the largest Ponzi scheme in history. There were no profits and returns to investors were paid from the investors own money or the money of other investors. Bernie Madoff’s accountants
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Character development is a crucial part of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ and while there are many captivating characters‚ one that stands out is Bernard‚ a scholarly boy who is the son of Willy’s two boys. Bernad is unique due to the way his personality and characteristics are very similar during the present and the flashbacks in the play. When Bernard is introduced‚ he is brazen as a hard-working intellectual that is pushing Biff to study for his test. Not only is he smart‚ but he also shows that
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