Activity 1 I was wondering about the night life here in wellington since it was my first few days in the country. My flat mate (receiver) is from a conservative muslim family who don’t live a night life‚ when I’ve (sender) asked him (channel) about it in more details but he seems less aware of the night life and so I said to him that he’s a “momma’s boy” (noise) of which he wasn’t happy about (massege) and started going bonkers (feedback). Hehe anyways then I had to explain (context) more in details
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Running head: IS FRANKENSTEIN THE MODERN DAY PROMETHEUS? Is Frankenstein the modern day Prometheus? Irvin M. Beacham Jr. ENC 1101 Dr. Gaspar Is Frankenstein the modern day Prometheus? When Mary Shelly wrote her 1818 classic Frankenstein‚ she subtitled it “The Modern Prometheus.” She compared the character of Dr. Victor Frankenstein a highly intelligent scientist to the Greek Titan Prometheus the wisest of the Titans. There are numerous parallels
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A good example of existentialism in a modern-day text is Michael Cunningham’s 1998 novel The Hours‚ which acts as an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway. The Hours follows a day in the life of three different women who each face distinctive circumstances‚ but who’s stories are connected by a shared thread. Although the plots of Sartre’s The Flies and Cunningham’s
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Specialty stores such as “Friendship Stores” selling mostly overseas products‚ Convenience stores such as 7-11 & Family Mart and Local markets wholesale outlets. These days‚ local food market are losing their popularity in China‚ especially in the big cities such as Shanghai‚ Beijing and Guangzhou.(O&L field work‚ 2010) These markets normally only sell fresh vegetables‚ meat‚ seafood etc. from farms. Traditional Convenience stores such as “Mom” & “Pops” located in the
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A modern-day example of Puritanism is Taylor Swift’s recent top hit‚ "Look what you made me do" as it contains negative energy and public punishment‚ which is what Puritanism is about. Nearly of Swift’s songs are similar to Jonathan Edward’s‚ "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God‚" as of the mood and energy. One of the reasons this particular song is an example of Puritanism because of the negativity. In the music video‚ the first scene takes place in a graveyard with Taylor as a Zombie crawling
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striving for the same overall goals. Now that the definition of what it is to be a subculture has been covered‚ a particularly type of subculture is going to be discussed. An example of a subculture is a Goth. Now what is a Goth subculture? Well‚ the modern day Goths began as a subculture in the early 1980s in the United Kingdom‚ they came out of the punk rock subculture itself. In the late 1970s there was
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An archaic word with Germanic origins‚ “rede” means “to give counsel to; advise (someone)”. It also has a secondary definition of “interpret‚ explain”. Deriving from the Old English word rǣd‚ “rede” is also related to the Dutch word ‘raad’‚ meaning “counsel”‚ and the German word ‘rat’‚ meaning “advice”. Though this word is rarely used in modern‚ common conversation‚ It has very significant meaning in certain groups of people. For example‚ often when the word “rede” is recepted‚ one’s initial thoughts
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save his men and get them home. Odysseus is a modern day hero hero. He qualifies for the job because first he is brave‚ cunning‚ and determined. He made smart decisions and knows how to get out of sticky situations. Second he is brave and he is ready for whatever comes his way. Although the ancient greeks consider odysseus a hero epic hero‚ according Modern day to Ethos and Logos he fails to measure by modern standards. Odysseus is not a modern day hero because he tricked his men into thinking that
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Modern Days in Medieval Times The opening of the film A Knight’s Tale starts with the song “We Will Rock You” by Queen takes away from the medieval times of the poem written by Chaucer. The film leaves the history out by using modern day language‚ music‚ dancing‚ and so on. The film starting with this song makes the film humorous with the medieval times being collided with the modern times. While William and his friends are training for the tournament the song in the background is “Low Rider”
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towards the principles of pacifism and peacemaking. If Canada had to conscript its people into war in this modern age‚ the old method would simply be ineffective. Hence‚ Canada should modify its conscription policy in order to best fit this generation.
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