TOP 10 CZECH WRITERS 1) Karel Čapek (1890 – 1938) * writer‚ journalist‚ playwright‚ translator and photographer * born in Malé Svatoňovice * studied at Charles University * editor in magazines Národní listy‚ Lidové noviny‚ Nebojsa * died of pneumonia * work: R. U. R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots (robots are manufactured‚ they make revolt‚ kill almost all people‚ but they cannot manufacture themselves‚ so they want the last human to discover the process of their manufacturing)
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“The Writer” by Richard Wilbur uses many types of sound patterns‚ figurative language‚ and tone to create the theme of the poem as well as connect with the reader. The Speaker is a father who is having a flashback in relation to the clicks of his daughter’s typewriter clicks. The typewriter clicks are being compared to the Starling bird trying to fly‚ sporadically batting it’s wings. The sound patterns in this poem are slightly difficult to understand‚ but they make all the difference. The sound
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Freedoms in the nineteenth century Women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans in the nineteenth century did not have many freedoms. For women most men thought they were helpless and could not do most things that men would be able to do.This caused the men of the household to do the man work such as‚ go to work and come home expecting their every wish to be granted. On the other hand the woman had to clean‚ take care of the children and cook. Woman were essentially confined to the house and did
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A Long Walk to Freedom • This extract is an autobiography by Nelson Mandela talking about the transition from a small undemanding child to a contributing factor in society. The writer engages our sympathy by effective use of vocabulary‚ various linguistic techniques and through his nostalgic tone. In the title‚ ‘Long Walk to Freedom‚’ the long‚ drawn out vowels like ‘ee’ and ‘o’ reflects the struggles and difficulties in this exhausting walk. Even the word ‘walk’ co notates to the‚ strive for
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Do I consider myself a writer? Yes. Do I consider myself a good writer? maybe. There are many instances in life when we as international college students‚ think we are not capable of doing certain things. For me writing was one of them‚ until I decided to become a filmmaker. Many people might think filmmakers just need a camera and lights to make a movie. However‚ writing is one of the most important parts of filmmaking--surprised? The first step of the filmmaking process is writing a script
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The definition of freedom depends entirely on how the phrase “freedom from…” ends. Perhaps a most straightforward understanding of freedom is the laissez-faire emphasis on limiting the power of government to interfere in economic and social matters. In this state of absolute freedom‚ however‚ inequalities exist between people‚ so that freedom from a controlling government does not imply individuals’ freedom of contract‚ movement‚ legal protection‚ equal rights through citizenship‚ or political voice
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2. We as human being we have different thoughts of meaning of the freedom. There are a group of people which think that freedom is about doing whatever they want‚ and the other group which think that freedom is not to be guided with their way of think or the way they should talk. Now days we can see that almost all people in the society looking for the absolute freedom without understanding what is the concept actually means‚ for example we can see every day that there are
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1. Get Started: Emergency Tips Is your short story assignment due tomorrow morning? These emergency tips may help. Good luck! 1. Who is your protagonist‚ and what does he or she want? (The athlete who wants her team to win the big game and the car crash victim who wants to survive are not unique or interesting enough.) 2. When the story begins‚ what morally significant actions has he or she already taken towards that goal? (“Morally significant” doesn’t mean your protagonist has to be
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Limitations of Freedom of Expression Freedom of Expression One of the significant features of a democratic country is the existence of civil rights being exercised by the citizens. These rights include the freedom of speech. The freedom of the people to voice out their opinion on a particular issue is necessary in shaping the society and in forming policies that would govern them. In addition‚ freedom of expression is the means by which the government will know the need and grievances
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topic. Referring back to the research‚ I believe I used references that were relatively recent in either the publishing or editing date. Considering these things‚ I believe that I have wrote a strong paper that can be used to show my strengths as a writer. Despite my strengths‚ there are most definitely some weaknesses that were found throughout the areas of the paper that I could have improved on.
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