When we look back to the history of human being in recent 200 years‚ we will be surprising what a huge change modern technology has brought us. Trains and planes enable us to travel to everywhere we want. Internet and televisions communicate news to everyone. New technologies provide us a new standard of living‚ and I state that they are creating a single world culture. Modern technology has shortened the distance between cultures‚ and made the world smaller. People can travel or migrate from
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Virginia Woolf‚ a modernist writer‚ wrote Modern Fiction in which she claims that the traditionalist novelists like H. G. Wells‚ Arnold Bennett and Galsworthy are ‘materialists’. Materialist are writers who believed that the great force that impacts an individual is the environment. On the other hand‚ a modernist writer emphasises on impressionism and subjectivity in writing and how opinions are formed‚ rather than on what is perceived. She also wrote in Modern Fiction her famous quote “Examine for a
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In The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye‚ local artist Sonny Liew explores the history of Singapore through the eyes of protagonist Charlie Chan Hock Chye‚ a comic artist who lives from the Colonial era to post-independence Singapore. Using his under-rated artistic genius‚ Chan depicts Singapore’s transforming landscape through multiple comic strips that allegorize cornerstones of the Republic’s history. With Singapore’s colonial history and evolution into an independent nation-state‚ Singapore’s nationalism
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together. The wondrous dream of the "happily ever after" is one hidden deep in everyone. Although‚ the dreamy‚ vain quest for this perfect life mostly results in pretense‚ lying‚ and ceases in complete unhappiness. In George Meredith’s poem from Modern Love‚ the speaker conveys a kind of love that is very grim. Both characters long to escape their dark marriage. It seems their life together has regretfully been empty and full of pretense. That is shown in the beginning of the poem‚ when she does
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What makes a patriot? People through the ages have carried out both horrible and wonderful acts under the banner of patriotism. How then are we to define it? The concept of patriotism is just as debated and relevant today as it was during the Civil War. If our nation is to survive its current challenges‚ the definition of a true patriot must be clear. So‚ what is true patriotism? Only 57 percent of U.S. citizens over 18 described themselves as either “extremely” or “very” patriotic in a study
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forms are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling‚ music‚ drama‚ dance‚ and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures‚ were supported in royal courts‚ developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry which records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale‚ ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a
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WHAT ARE BANKS AND W H A T D O T H E Y D O? 1 1.1. Introduction1 The term ‘‘banking’’ can be applied to a large range of financial institutions‚ from savings and loans organisations to the large money-centre commercial banks in the USA‚ or from the smallest mutually owned building society to the ‘‘big four’’ shareholder owned banks in the UK. Many European countries have large regional/cooperative banks in addition to three to five universal banks. In Japan‚ the bank with the largest retail
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concepts of political thought‚ being it racial and gender inequality‚ or ideas on how to be a leader with less opposition. In modern politics‚ after a long period of centralized governments‚ the brief trend of gaining freedom and equality has been deteriorating and the creation of an illusion of freedom has slowly replaced the true freedom of speech and thought. In the times of Machievelli‚ governments were centralized under the power of a prince. In his book “The Prince‚” Machiavelli discussed how
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Science‚ Technology and Medicine in Colonial India Interest in the science‚ technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence‚ David Arnold’s wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science‚ technology and medicine in conjunction with
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In Part One of this series we briefly examined modern and contemporary witchcraft‚ discussing some of the major beliefs of this syncretistic movement. The present article will further expound on witchcraft‚ and also critique it from a biblical‚ metaphysical‚ epistemological‚ and ethical basis. It is essential to keep in mind that this movement encompasses a wide range of practices and beliefs. Consequently some of the critiques presented in this article may require some adaptation or modification
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