The Boarding House A Socio-political Commentary on James Joyce’s Ireland “The Boarding House” is a typically oriented short story in the James Joyce style beginning with a recollection of the characters backgrounds. In this story‚ Mrs. Mooney escapes a troubled marriage from her drunk and abusive husband and opens a boarding house. Her son and daughter‚ Jack and Polly‚ work in the boarding house with her where she rules with a heavy hand and is referred to as ‘The Madam.’ As Joyce leads us
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A deeper understanding of disruption and identity emerges from considering the parallels between Frankenstein and Blade Runner [copy this essay and you die >:( Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner are both social commentaries that reiterate the zeitgeist of their era; exploring parallel anxieties concerning the disruption of the human condition‚ the human condition being the meaningful interaction between humanity and the world around. Both composers raise this as the salient
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Film Analysis and Commentary: Black Hawk Down Somalia has been experiencing a civil war ever since Dictator Mohammed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. Mohammad Farah Aidid emerged as a leader and relatively quickly‚ and genocide began almost immediately. By 1993‚ it was estimated over 300‚000 Somalis had died‚ while over 900‚000 had fled to neighboring countries. After several years of sending food and monetary aid‚ which was intercepted by Aidid supporters‚ President Bush announced the US would be
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The opening excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ “The Great Gatsby” in chapter four puts emphasis on Gatsby’s mysterious character and listing all the name of the wealthiest people that were invited to Gatsby’s party that “summer” (9). In the first part of the passage‚ the guests invited to the party are described as shallow for having no knowledge about Gatsby but only taking advantages from the party. It shows that the guests lack moral compassion and a subtle care for Gatsby‚ spreading rumors about
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A Zombie is a Slave Forever by Amy Wilentz (eyabut) Three main issues comprise the article: awareness‚ freedom and sensitivity. Historical tools were employed to tell the story of the zombie concept. The author patently drew the subject of awareness by making the majority of the article’s body very informative and narrative. This manner gave the impression that the author aimed to educate the readers with the subject. The image of zombies was shifted into a different light‚ a story the
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Nick Carraway contributes to the Great Gatsby as the unbiased narrator. The tragic love story of 1922 is accounted through Nick’s eyes‚ with Nick serving as an observer of the relationship between the characters‚ in particular Gatsby and Daisy’s‚ the main lovers of the story. Nick’s retrospective view of the story emphasizes his dynamic character as his thoughts and perceptions of the characters display his loyalty towards Gatsby‚ and justice and honesty towards the judgement of events‚ though it
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The extract form the book ‘The Rainbow’ by D. H. Lawrence is taken from chapter 1. In the extract the writer explores the theme of human relationships and particularly the one between a man and a woman. He describes the wavery nature of love and fear of uncertainty through a third person narrative of Brangwen’s experience with a woman. The writer lays great stress on the ambivalent characteristics of such relationships and reflects this in the body of the prose. Lawrence is deeply concerned with
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James trost Per 3/4 La Category 2 In the book I was reading their were these two characters named Tito and Gus. Tito and gus were best friends since kindergardon. Gus was really funny and had alot of street smarts. In one part of the after Titos brother got shot Tito came home after school and gus followed him when tito went inside their was gang tagging all over the walls and someone was in his house. So tito went and hid under his bed. Then someone pulled him out and draged him outside and
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The poem “Father To Son” speaks about a father‚ the speaker‚ who complains about how he does not understand his own child despite living together since the time of his son’s birth. As the title might suggest‚ the poem encompasses the feelings the father has towards his son‚ hence the title makes it look like the poem is a letter from father to son‚ conveying the father’s feelings. The purpose of this poem is to inform readers that it is indeed a tragic thing to be unable to have a close relationship
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Rhetoric is the art of effective and persuasive language. Good rhetoric is structured upon the modes of persuasion; ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ which takes into account the relationship between the speaker‚ audience and subject (subject statement). This will be demonstrated by analysing the rhetorical techniques being skilfully utilized in Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech‚ ’The keynote Address to the Beijing World Conference on women". Aung‚ the leader of the National League of Democracy in Burma and globally
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