suicide will not be helpful. If during your existence you cannot do something about it‚ how much more when you’re dead? It is but more helpful if we recognize our absurd condition and react against it – that’s the victory that the author stresses “The lucidity that was to constitute his torture at the same time crowns his victory”. We will be victorious in a way that even at the tragic moments of the futility‚ we still tend to fight and turn
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Greece did not receive contributions from Egypt. Lefkowitz has “offered the public a pablum history which ignores or distorts the substantial evidence of African influence on Greece in the ancient writings of Aetius‚ Strabo‚ Plato‚ Homer‚ Herodotus‚ Diogenes‚ Plutarch‚
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A conversation with Anita Desai‚ and some notes on her work [Statutory warning: long‚ bifurcated post – some thoughts on Anita Desai’s writing followed by a Q&A. Apologies in case there’s some overlapping between the two elements. I wrote it as a flowing piece - a profile-cum-interview - for Business Standard Weekend but since there isn’t a word-constraint here I prefer to spread it out and play with the format.] Long before the publication of Midnight’s Children brought alive new possibilities
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“I’d put up a hairy new route on the Mooses Tooth‚ and pulled off a solo ascent of the devils thumb that involved spending three weeks on a remote ice cap‚”(Krakauer 27-28). Into Thin Air is a tragic account of one man’s journey up the great summit of Everest. The former climber and now journalist is sent on mission that would change his life. Team members die‚ storms hit‚ oxygen is low‚ will they survive? (About ½ do survive) Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the book Into Thin Air‚ successfully used
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SOME PHRASES‚ WHICH MAY BE HELPFUL WHILE PREPARING THE ANALYSIS 1. INTRODUCTORY PHRASES The text under analysis/study is taken from the novel ... belonging to the pen of ...‚ the famous/ well-known/ celebrated/ popular writer. He belongs to the brilliant school of critical realism/romanticism/modernism‚ etc The author is the master of psychological analysis. His works are marked by a deep penetration into the soul of man/keen observation of characters In his work the author
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Igor Stravinsky: The Great Composer The things that come to mind when thinking about Igor Stravinsky‚ is the contribution he did for the musical industry and the many lives he’s changed just but doing that. If one were to study the truths and countless attributes about Stravinsky‚ we will most definitely learn many things in the process. Unfortunately now a days‚ many are unfamiliar with this great composer. Even in his home town‚ people are forgetting. They may forget his face‚ but it is impossible
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the society for it signifies man position in the society. And it is a sign of freedom. Aristotle once wrote‚ "Educated men are as much superior to uneducated as the living are to the dead." Epictetus declared‚ "Only the educated are free."And Diogenes felt that "Education is a controlling grace to the young‚ consolation to the old wealth to the poor and ornament to the rich." It is crystal clear that the benefits of education are quite endless. Although there is a discrepancy until now whether
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I have always been and will always be utterly concerned with Brazilian Education. As a student‚ teacher and coordinator of various schools and educational groups‚ I can safely say that I have a robust background in the Brazilian system of Education. Now I believe it is time to further my knowledge in International Education‚ so that I can be a leader in this field implementing meaningful social changes in my country in the short run. In this essay‚ I will briefly write about my experience as a teacher
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the 3 little girls have grown up and Gemma is near death. Shana and Silvia have returned to visit and even though they are sad‚ they have no patience and are more worried about themselves than they are about their grandmother. In the last moment of lucidity‚ Gemma tells Becca “I am Briar Rose” and charges her with the final palace. Chapter 3 “The angel of death”‚ the bad fairy... the one in black with the big black boots and silver eagles on her hat. This is the metaphor for the NAZI’s. The SS who
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PL4S111 Example: Critical Review of a Journal Article Article: Carroll‚ J. (2002). Play Therapy: the children’s views‚ Child and Family Social Work‚ 7‚ pg 177-187 This article is recent‚ published within a peer-reviewed journal. The author-conducted research is empirical‚ qualitative and phenomenologically designed‚ uniquely enabling children to describe their play therapy experiences and identify factors that influence these experiences. The article’s title clarifies the project’s purpose of eliciting
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