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    Theme:`War photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that explores the theme of death. In the poem we see the photographer developing images that he had taken from the war‚ as he is processing these images his thoughts and memories come flooding back to him. This poem captures the readers attention bringing them to realization of the hardships and dangerous situations faced by those part of the war. On the other hand‚ this poem focuses on the role of the photographer having a monotonous and realistic

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    ------------------------------------------------- The Wasp’s Nest The Wasp’s Nest by James L Rosenberg describes the struggle of power between the poet and the two birds that are building their nest. The poet uses the wasps and their nest as a symbol to show reality of the humans. Finally‚ at the end the poet realizes that his life too is like that of the wasps and thus starts to sympathize with them. The poet structures the poem in such a way to show the struggle of power between the wasps

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    http://www.thelizlibrary.org/undelete/library/library0061.html The text is a speech “Florence Kelley Speaks Against Child Labor” from Irene Stuber‚ Hot Springs National Park. The intended audience of this speech is the citizens in the United States‚ especially people who are the entrepreneurs of the American industries‚ the US government officials and legislators. Targeted at both genders‚ this speech targets at adults. This is because adults have the ability to voice out and take action against

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    SUBLIMUS DEI The public‚ historical text “Sublimus Dei” promulgated by Paul III Pope during his papal throne the 29th of May of 1537 and addressed to all faithful Christians is a Papal Bull which forbids the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The main idea of this text located in the last paragraph‚ is the enslavement and evangelization of Indians and other peoples. Paul III Pope declares that Indians should be converted to the Christian faith by preaching the word of God

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    the utmost conviction. His intensity is startling for all who witness it‚ and he even goes so far as to defy the gods because of his conviction‚ "...Okonkwo was not the man to stop beating somebody half-way through‚ not even for fear of a goddess" (Achebe 73). In this quote it is stated that he would not go back on his decision even for fear of a goddess. Okonkwo’s actions shows the utmost conviction. Does that make him the worst? I don’t think so‚ because he is a valuable warrior on the battlefield

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    ECONOMICS COMMENTARY Commentary number: 2 Title of extract: Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences Source of extract: Business Standard Date of extract: March 30‚ 2013 Word count: 750 words Date the commentary was written: 1/04/2013 The commentary relates: Candidate name: Sushmi Dey  |  New Delhi  March 30‚ 2013 Govt begins work on 3 more compulsory licences DIPP wants foolproof case on anti-cancer drugs of Roche‚ Bristol-Myers The department

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    the events that lead up to the death of Ezeudu’s son creates an unbiased and unemotional recounting of the events that pushes the reader to determine for himself what he believes is the emotional effect of the events. Sometime during the incident Achebe tells the reader‚ “All was silent‚” (123) a statement clearly lacking any reference to the time in which it took place. What causes a silence is imperative in determining the emotion in the silence‚ but without this the reader is pushed to consider

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    Achebe communicates his personal beliefs on the way Western civilization studies the culture of those thought to be more primitive than their own when he closes his novel with the District Commissioner’s thoughts and book title: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. Despite giving the book’s title “much thought‚” the District Commissioner ends up highlighting the insensitivity and ignorance commonly used by the District Commissioner as well as by the Western civilizations when

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    Furthermore‚ Nick Serpe’s article did not only show social commentary on class‚ the article also argues that TV shows explores bias towards gender in game shows. Serpe mentions‚ “Beauty pageant that collided with a high-stakes Dating Game: women were paraded on stage for a rich man‚ seen only in silhouette‚” (Serpe 269). When Serpe describes this‚ it illustrates that men sees women as lottery to choose from. This kind of show changes the way in which some of these women think‚ due to the fact that

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    religion wasn’t perhaps completely whole‚ that something was left out” (Chinua Achebe). This quote by Chinua Achebe displays the gradual loss of culture detailed in his historical novel‚ Things Fall Apart. Achebe’s novel tells the tragic tale of Okonkwo‚ a well-off leader within the Umuofia tribe. The title of the book refers to not only Okonkwo’s gradual downfall‚ but also post-imperialist Africa at the arrival of the Europeans. Achebe utilizes Okonkwo‚ almost as a human metaphor‚ in order to portray

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