The short pieces Monday and Tuesday by Virginia Woolf and A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway are both proper examples of Modernist writing. Generally‚ the two stories contain very ambiguous‚ or seemingly non-existent‚ themes‚ which complement their pieces. The authors both achieve this by not really having an obvious protagonist‚ having this character be without motive or a subjective opinion of their situation‚ and finishing the piece with unresolved ending and meaning. Virginia Woolf’s
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On August 5‚ 2012 at 10:25 am‚ a deadly shooting killed six Sikhs because they were mistaken for Muslims. The reason was because the shooter‚ Wade Michael Page‚ wanted revenge against the Muslims for the attack earlier in 2012 and thought that Muslims and Sikhs were part of the same religion; by there are actually multiple differences between Sikhs and Muslims. The three main differences in Sikhs and Muslims are the religion‚ the language and the apparel. Even though both Islam and
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As we would expect there are some differences‚ between these two sculptures. The fact that Augusta is male and Hatshepsut is female. Hatshepsut 1479-58 B.C.E is an enormous granite kneeling sculpture of female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. She assumes the authority of the king and creates a home of ecology around her kingship that described her as a divine birth‚ the way the oracle predicted that she would be come king. She ruled Egypt for more then two decades‚ she also commission a number of temples and
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The stories “The Sniper” and “Cranes” are two very similar but yet different stories. “The Sniper‚” was written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ the story is about a republican sniper trying to get out of a civil war ‚in Ireland‚ in the end the sniper succeeds in sniping the enemies sniper but learns it’s his brother. “Cranes‚” is written by Hwang Sunwōn and is about a man‚ named Sōngsam‚ and his old pal‚ Tōkche‚ heading to the jail‚ and on there way cranes appear and Sōngsam lets Tōkche go. But the one story
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The movie Gattaca is about a family that has one boy to start off their family. His name is Vincent and he is supposed to die around the age of 30. He has many things going wrong within his body and is really sick. During the next 5 years‚ the parents give birth to another baby‚ but the difference between these two boys is that the new baby named Anton is specially programed to be the best of the two parents. These two boys are always competitive with one another and its just a matter of events to
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My home country of Peru is a very distinct place. Peru is a place of rich culture and beautiful people. However‚ Peru has had long battles in various points in history. In 1532‚ Peru was conquered by Spain‚ led by Francisco Pizarro. Peru also experienced interactions with the United States of America‚ following its independence from Spain. Under Spain and then in connection with the United States the estate of the country had similarities and differences. Some aspects improved‚ worsened or remained
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and all sorts of other terrible things. They were criticized for being druggies and partiers and unreasonable for not liking their parents’ jazz music. My mom said quite frankly “I liked it as a kid‚ but I grew up and realized that it sounded like sh*t”. They find it funny that I love the music they listen to. As later boomers they were growing up in the time of hot pants and disco clothes‚ where men wore heels and ladies wore jeans for the first time in history. With so many people in and around their
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Booker T. Vs. W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois were both prominent figures in the African American Community following radical reconstruction. Although they were both very powerful members of the African American community‚ they held polar opposite views. Booker T. believed that if Blacks formed a strong work force and became essential to the Southern economy‚ that whites would have no choice but to give equal rights and equal respect to them. W.E.B. DuBois on the other
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Compare/Contrast Compare/Contrast Greece & Rome Compare/Contrast Page 1 “And what he greatly thought‚ he nobly dared.” Homer “Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.” Virgil Not all roads lead to it and it most
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and is brutally flogged as a deserter. After witnessing a horrific battle‚ he manages to escape and travels to Holland. Long story short he ends up traversing the world looking for his one and only love Cunegonde‚ ending up as far as the mythical city of El Dorado. Where everything is in a state of utopian society‚ a. He‚ along with his companion‚ Cacambo and Pangloss‚ all wind up buying a farm in Turkey and spend their lives working the
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