Theodore Roosevelt was an energetic and progressive President with big goals for our nation. In his “Message to Congress” in 1901‚ he explained the difference between good and bad trusts‚ saying that good trusts were good for the public while bad ones were led by selfish executives (pg. 123). He stated that big business was created naturally‚ and he gave credit to the “captains of industry” who led the nation into an industrial era (pg. 123). Roosevelt warned against hastily striking at big business
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The Age of Exploration: The Message behind Words The Age of Exploration marked the start of European colonization and also represents several different discoveries of the world. “The Beautiful and Green Land” by Christopher Columbus is writing a letter to the treasurer of Spain in an effort to report his findings of the exploration‚ but also to explain why the land he found is valuable. “The Horrors of Conquest” by Bartholome speaks of the awful treatment of the Indians. The mindless bloodshed
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The tone and message that the authors of “Inside Out and Back Again” and “Forgotten Ship” are trying to convey is that Saigon falling was very serious. To begin in the poem “Saigon is Gone” Ha says that‚ “People run and scream‚ Communists!” ( Page:68). This shows that many people were afraid of the Communists which were taking over the south‚ so if they heard a loud sound or saw someone they would think it’s a Communist. People wouldn’t have been this afraid if the war wasn’t serious. Another reason
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The story Everyday Use written by Alice Walker led me to feel disappointed to see that people cannot embrace their heritage and ancestors. The message of the story is to show that one’s heritage helps to define who you are as a person and most importantly‚ one should not be ashamed of their origin. The protagonist of the story Dee was a very selfish girl who did not care for her family and their situation. Her family does not live in the best lifestyle‚ but they manage with the few things they do
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The Rime of Life (3 Messages from “Rime”) Immortality is a story like any other. Meaning everybody dies eventually. Though‚ before death‚ there is life. To live life‚ people need to learn. In Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ Samuel Taylor Coleridge teaches some important lessons that many people have learned‚ will learn‚ or need to learn. One of the lessons Coleridge has placed in his poetic story is that people have more regrets the older they get. With every mistake made‚ either the person
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was shaken up and the impact upon society was profound. In the 1960s‚ media theorist Marshall McLuhan came up with a few key theories which are still put in to use today. The main outline of his theory was that the medium is more important than the message. For example: a newspaper and the concept of newspaper report was more important than the actual story it was reporting. As technology has advanced‚ he believes we have come to inhabit a ‘global village’ (Hodkinson Pg 22) with the various communication
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The poem ‘Siren Song’ may be believed to indicate an alluring woman who has no morals. This could be alluded to‚ as the term ‘siren’ might be highlighting a feigning and insincere female trying to manipulate a man. On one hand‚ the poem could be interpreted as one‚ which subtly complains about women in general‚ as Atwood claims that the song ‘forces men to leap’. Through generalizing ‘men’‚ the poet naturally separates the two genders in order to convey that no one man is individual‚ similarly to
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Each year on World Teachers’ Day‚ we take special timeout to recognize the priceless contribution our teachers continue to make in transforming our country. The educationists captured it aptly when they stated that teachers are “… attractive models who advertise‚ by their very being- that learning does produce wondrous results”. Everytime I move around everyday‚ I see the efforts of our teachers at work‚ playing a vital role in our communities. No matter what the situation or circumstances‚ whether
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aspires for Malaysia to become the center of educational excellence both regionally and internationally and the country currently hosts some 40‚000 foreign students and this number is expected to grow to 95‚000 by 2010. Being new in the business of recruiting foreign students‚ Malaysian government has to be realistic in analyzing its potential by looking at the strength and weaknesses that Malaysia has. Economic and political stability is one plus factor but Malaysia is still at its early stage in terms
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Explain what you consider to be the message of ’Death of a Salesman’‚ explain how and why Miller conveys that message My interpretation of the message within ’Death of a salesman’ is that the play makes a mockery of the American Dream‚ American society and of the capitalist insanity of these times. Also it highlights parts of life and raises issues that are still relevant today such as lack of work‚ affairs and family life. We receive the message for the most part through Willy Loman and the Loman
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