“How many miles to Babylon?” Alec Moore - Narrator Frederick Moore - Father to Alec Mrs. Moore - Mother to Alec Jerry Crowe - Friend to Alec Mrs. Crowe - Mother to Jerry Major Glendinning - Commending Officer to Jerry and Alec in the army. General Points - § Main Theme: Love vs. Hatred § Reflects different stages of Narrator Development - There’s a continuous stream of consciousness‚ no chapters § Ireland § France § Love - of country - passionless love of duty - of power and wealth
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Why do we need a world without paper? Firstly‚ to save our environment‚ i.e our trees‚ our forest‚ animals habitat. Secondly‚ to keep our society green & clean by preventing landfills with waste papers. When computers first entered our lives more than 20 years ago‚ the idea of having electronic communication was born. Soon the Internet and email brought electronic communication into reality. [30a] The arguments for getting rid of paper are even stronger today than in the past. By eliminating paper
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Text Response Good Vs. Evil Good vs. evil is a widely explored theme in Isobelle Carmody’s novel ’The Gathering’. It is most evident in the battle between the Chain and the Kraken‚ however the more sinister‚ subtler acts of evil occur when he attempts to make each member vulnerable by breaching their weaknesses. While the physical examples such as the final battle‚ the murder of The Tod and the violent acts by Buddha and his gang could certainly be classified as evil‚ it is my belief that the
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Every day‚ and I mean every day‚ the world slowly gets a better chance of surviving an epidemic. But every day‚ the world slightly perishes and begins to crumble. And I don’t mean literally crumble. Maybe just a little. But anyways the world starts becoming a bad place to live in. Whether it’s from pollution or foreign matter. But I will be talking about pollution mostly. People pollute every second of the day. I’m serious. And the bad thing is that there may not be a way to stop these people from
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We as Americans love food and slowly but surely we have ended up with an abundant amount of food options as well as huge waistlines. But we have to argue‚ who is to blame for this? Should we be held responsible for our bodies and what we decide to consume or is the food industry responsible for luring us in? This‚ as well as many biological and environmental factors can contribute to the rise of weight problems and obesity. R.A Ames‚ author of "Fast Food Isn’t to Blame"‚ argues that weight difficulties
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want to be sucked into the depths of technology which has consumed the minds of many people. He only wished to live simply as one would have one thousand years ago. Into the wild strongly relates to the concept of belonging in many ways. In May 1990 McCandless graduates from Emory University with high honors. Instead of doing joining the workforce and being ruled by a world filled with laws he chooses to leave the world he has always know and been affiliated to start a new adventure. He does not tell
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Different Types of Text 1. Analytical Exposition Text Definition of Analytical Exposition Exposition is a text that elaborates the writer‘s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important matter. Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition 1. Thesis: Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s position 2. Arguments: Explaining the arguments to support the writer’s position 3. Reiteration: Restating the writer’s position Language
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Many people have their favourite city. I also have my favourite one. It’s called Aberystwyth. It’s on the west coast of Wales. It isn’t big. I was there two years ago. The city is small but very nice. Most part of the town is very old and has got many historical buildings‚ for example the ruins of the castle or the Local Folk Museum. The most interesting and attractive place in the whole town is definitely "The Pier ". It is a massive‚ wooden construction going out towards the sea. That construction
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Your cell phone can kill you. Drivers shouldn’t be able to text and drive because it’s dangerous to everyone if you text and driving‚ you could crash since you’re not focused on the road and you and the person you hit could become seriously injured or DIE. The first reason why cell phones are dangerous is it’s dangerous to everyone if you are texting and driving. In fact in the article “ Parents Share Son’s Fatal Text Message to Warn Against Texting and Driving “ (Parents Share page 137) it
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Is “Maurice” a hopelessly flawed text‚ or a thoughtful adaptation of the novel form to the subject matter and a strong intervention in debates of the time? E.M Forster dedicated his novel “Maurice” to a “happier year”‚ affirming his intention of the novel’s purpose as an insight into the future evolution of sexual desire and relationships‚ leading some to attach significance to the text as a protagonist of controversial debate of the time . Forster delayed publication of Maurice for 57 years
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