in September of 1993 introduced FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Together the two work to uncover the truth behind unsolved cases that defy normal investigation‚ the cases that the government has buried or ignored‚ labeling them the "x-files." The two agents are wonderful examples of modernism and post-modernism world views. First in order to understand the reasons Scully and Mulder portray the two world views‚ we must understand what modernism and post-modernism mean. Modernism was the
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Interpreter of Maladies Mr. and Mrs. Das‚ Indian Americans visiting the country of their heritage‚ hire middle-aged tour guide Mr. Kapasi as their driver for the day as they tour. Mr. Kapasi notes the parents’ immaturity. Mr. and Mrs. Das look and act young to the point of childishness‚ go by their first names when talking to their children‚ Ronny‚ Bobby‚ and Tina‚ and seem selfishly indifferent to the kids. On their trip‚ when her husband and children get out of the car to sightsee‚ Mrs. Das sits
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Britain after Two World Wars There was a country once called “the empire on which the sun never sets”‚ and it used to be the most powerful countries in the world. It’s the Britain. Britain plays an extremely important role of the world in the modern history. It used to take the lead carrying out Bourgeois Revolution and have the original Industrial Revolution. After two world wars‚ especially the World War II‚ this old-fashion empire gradually goes downhill. Finally and eventually‚ it has
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Through the tension caused by the Treaty of Versailles‚ the rise of dictators and appeasement World War Two was the inevitable. The events of World War One played a large role in the course of World War Two. The most important factor to consider is the Treaty of Versailles. Essentially the Treaty of Versailles got the fire for World War Two started. Together France and Britain harshly punished Germany for World War One through the Treaty of Versailles. Most of the main points of the treaty were punishment
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World War II: Causes‚ and Affects In the history of the world there are many occurrences that have changed life and the world‚ as we know it. The history of conflicts in the world is just as long as the histories of man have bee recorded. From the beginning the human species survived off of conflict (between various predators and the environment) and has been nourished by the fruits of war since before the rise of the Roman Empire. World conquest has been the goal of many great generals and a
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word by word‚ while speaking a different language at home. Immigrant students struggle between two worlds‚ their countries and America‚ trying their best to adapt the new language and culture‚ and at the same time maintaining their own. When foreign students first set foot on America soil‚ they will notice countless of customs and slang that seems natural to Americans’ eyes. Feeling surprise and interest will probably be the first reaction. Just as a baby new to the world‚ full of curiosity‚ the newcomers
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“Living in Two Worlds” by Marcus Mabry is a short story in which he writes about the discomfort he experiences traveling between the two worlds of poverty at home and richness at Stanford. Mabry goes to school with a full scholarship and lives a pretty decent life while his family live in poverty in New Jersey. Some of the things that the author compares are geographical differences between the two world‚ social differences‚ and his guilt feeling toward his family. The author writes about geographical
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majority of the novel‚ yet this tension was in the makings even before his birth. Ashoke and Ashima being immigrants set Gogol up to live in two different cultures‚ American and Bengali. Many children of immigrants may feel like Gogol‚ having one foot in each world. Gogol framed his struggle with cultural identity through something tangible‚ his name. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel‚ The Namesake‚ Gogol’s struggle with cultural identity is exposed most greatly by the name others call him and his reaction
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Task #1 : Analyse the impacts of at least two urban dynamics operating in a large city of the developed world. Sydney is a world city that currently has urban dynamics operating in it. Sydney is located on the coast in the South-East quadrant of Australia. Urban Decay and Renewal is clearly evident in Pyrmont – Ultimo‚ a suburb located with in a kilometre from the CBD. Rhodes ‚ further to the north west of Pyrmont‚ is also under going Urban Decay and Renewal. The silicon corridor is an area
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World War II brought death and destruction upon the world. On the other hand‚ it also opened doors for pioneering developments that commonly occur during such situations of high adversity. Some of the most important advancements took place in the field of medicine when the world was embroiled in World War II. As Dr. Ralph Major states‚ "An army is a vast laboratory of medical research where disease and injuries are seen on a far larger scale than in peacetime. Many improvements in the treatment of
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