The novel‚ Triage‚ by Scott Anderson‚ chronicles war photojournalist Mark Walsh’s experiences as he struggles through the hardships of his occupation and the challenges of daily life. By incorporating themes such as guilt‚ forgiveness‚ the nature of modern war‚ and sense of belonging‚ Anderson is able to link characters and create complex parallel stories while maintaining an appealing plot. When Mark is hit by an artillery shell in Kurdistan his world is turned upside down. He survives but his
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the author to describe what immigrants go through in their country and why immigrants leave their home. Nightsong: city by Brutus‚ the author describes the bad conditions in which people in Africa are living. In Warsan Shire’s “Home” (2015) and Dennis Brutus “Nightsong: city: (1694)‚ both poets employs personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile to illustrate that home is not always a safe place. There is always something that will make you leave home. Both poets uses personification to give a human
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“We are all affected by war in some way‚ however slight” Scott Anderson’s Triage reveals the affects war has on people by linking the characters through war and parallel stories. From a pressured Dr. Talzani operating in a cave in Kurdistan to Mark and Colin who are war photographers and Elena and Diane their partners .As well as a ‘specialist’ war psychiatrist‚ Joaquin Morales. Anderson uses various techniques and symbols to communicate these ideas and writes in a conversational format to incorporate
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of Mental Health‚ and states that 90 percent of all suicide completers demonstrated some type of diagnosible mental disorder. Though‚ his explanation for suicide cases is not limited to the association between mental disorders and suicide rates. Scott Anderson also highlights the impulsive urge behind the suicidal behaviors. He establishes that many people get a sudden urge to kill themselves‚ and the availability of resources at that specific moment either encourages or discourages them. In other
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The novel “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld has an enormous amount of symbolism within thisnovel‚ that people can take from. In the story you are born “ugly” and when you turn 16 yearsold you get an operation to make you a “pretty” and then you get to live in New Pretty Townwith all of the pretties. The Ruins was a place that had depended all on oil‚ and crumbled downwhen they had run out that resource. This city symbolizes how easily things can fall especially ifyou only depend on one thing. Another
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what makes people steal and commit other disgraceful acts. Without this system‚ crime would decrease significantly. People are always associating wealth to money but it doesn’t have to be a negative term. Last year I read a book‚ The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald‚ in which Jay Gatsby becomes rich overnight. Gatsby believed that the “wealth” would help him win the love of his life‚ Daisy. However‚ once he died for Daisy‚ she didn’t even come to his funeral because she was scared of others opinions
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In Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ it takes us hundreds of years into the future to talk about what bad will come to us and in actuality how good we have it now. It talks about the negative side of basically our biggest dreams. It all starts with the young 15 year old Tally in Uglyville‚ and her quest to see her "best friend" Peris. After sneaking into Prettyville Tally encounters a new friend‚ Shay. They share tricks and late night adventures into the forbidden outskirts of town. They
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Estrada‚ Yareli Ms.Kuzma Period 1 3/16/14 Pretties You can’t forget your past even in a bright present. In the novel Pretties‚ Scott Westerfeld discusses the different stages a girl‚ Tally Youngblood (Tally-wa)‚ goes through to become a beautiful woman. Girls are put into “The Uglies” category until they turn 16 which is when “The Specials” submit them into a surgery that transforms their lives. The surgery consist of making them beautiful‚ strong‚ healthy‚ and slowly erasing parts of their
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Scott McCulloch THE STATUE OF LIBERTY The Statue of Liberty is a neoclassical monument that stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbour. It was given as a gift from France in 1886 and has become a world famous icon. The statue is of great political significance‚ symbolising the ideals of the age it was constructed and reflecting the principles of the American Declaration of Independence‚ a constitution that modern America still has as its political compass. It is also architecturally significant
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AND WORKS OF DUNCAN CAMP BELL SCOTT Term Paper submitted to For Course No. ENG 521 During the Second Semester of the MA (CSS) Programme By Prijith P K Institute of English University of Kerala Introduction A diplomat or a civil servant and a literary figure Duncan Campbell Scott‚ famed in both fields‚ but his personal life was not success as much of his career.He is mysterious as the Arctic – the land od mystery and struggle. Scott criticism rnakes a rich and complex
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