By Sandy English 19 January 2000 Who’s Irish? ‚ by Gish Jen‚ Alfred A. Knopf‚ New York‚ 1999‚ 208 pp.‚ $22.00 Gish Jen has published two well-received novels‚ Typical American (1992) and Mona in the Promised Land (1997)‚ both of which deal with the entry of Chinese immigrants or their families into American life. Who’s Irish? is her first book of short stories. It deals with much the same material‚ and the quality of the eight stories is uneven; two are quite satisfying‚ the rest less so. “Birthmates”
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gruesome and intolerable scenes that may not even be appropriate to discuss. Wilson Owen‚ in transforming the mainstream ideas‚ branches out and discusses the horrific side of war that people would not expect. In “Anthem for Doomed Youth” and “dulce et decorum est‚” Wilson Owen strategically manipulates diction to illustrate the theme of the reality of war‚ and in doing this‚ sheds a light on the dreadful impact that war has. Wilson utilizes strong connotations of words in both of his poems. In “Anthem
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There’s always something odd and intimidating about being a guest at someone’s dinner party. When you walk in‚ the interior looks clean enough to be sold the next day‚ and the hosts are cheerful to an alarming extent. In in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf‚ Edward Albee slowly chips away at this mask from all four characters until all that is finally left at the end of the final act is the revealing‚ truthful pulp of each person. This enormous culturally impactful play (and movie) could never be successfully
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SAMPLE QUESTION TASK Write a report Make a choice Compare the 2 methods Give reasons for choice of one over the other Add any relevant information Methods Insecticides • Advantages Save great quantities of food from pests and diseases before harvest or during storage. Increase crop yield. • • Disadvantages Kills useful insects. Adverse effects on wildlife for many years to come. • Biological control • Using natural predators to control pests. Host resistance
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Through viewing the text All Summer In A Day and the film The Hunger Games‚ it is evident that both Ray Bradbury and Gary Ross used themes to convey a fictional world that criticises the world we live in. A variety of literary techniques were performed to portray this. Setting can be seen through the fictional worlds that both All Summer In A Day and The Hunger Games have illustrated to the audience. Characterisation is used to emphasise the correlation between the protagonists and the people within
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Who’s in Charge? The Jim Davis Case Patty Mathew was required to attend the sales training provided by Jim. This training would really help them in increasing sales of bank services as she didn’t have any sales experience or sales knowledge. Selling services is an important part of business. Before that training Patty was more interested in expense account‚ which she can use for clients rather than on training. She didn’t attend the training and informed that she is sick. The main concern is that
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minimum wage. She works the night shift and would come home tired‚ but yet never shows a sign of stopping. I once told her‚ “Mom‚ why don’t you go to school and learn English so you could find a better job.” She said‚ “If I’m busying trying to learn‚ who’s going to feed you?” And then she added‚ “Don’t worry about me‚ just worry about yourself in school. If you don’t want me to be like me you better do well in school and go to college.” Since then I realized that she doesn’t have the time and opportunity
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In “A Room Of One’s Own” an essay by Virginia Woolf and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” a play by Edward Albee‚ both authors portray individuals‚ mainly women‚ who challenge the established values of their time by breaking conventions of the female role within a patriarchal world. “A Room Of One’s Own” was written in the late 1920’s in a post war period. During this time‚ the first wave of feminism was bringing about social change and feminist activity. Woolf was seen as a key figure in women’s
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Film Analysis of ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?’ The 1960s was an uproarious decade for the Civil Rights Movement. Outlawing discrimination against blacks and women. A generation gap between the elderly and youth served to outwardly divide age groups and cause friction and tension between different views. While the older generation had grown in times when little repercussion against segregation existed‚ the young of the 1960s were far more idealistic by a long shot. Strictly opposed
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Who’s to Blame? There are few pieces of literature that remain timeless and influential throughout the years that can impact and entertain multiple generations of people‚ and the story of Romeo and Juliet is one of these few gems. Set in the Italian city of Verona‚ Romeo and Juliet tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers who cannot be together because of a family feud. The story ends in tragedy with both Romeo and Juliet dying‚ along with other characters in the story. Though there are multiple
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