created more demand for their produce. In the case of Nigeria‚ Tragedy of the Commons is taking affect. When the oil first sprouted a few people shared the land and it resource. The activities of large oil corporations such as Mobil‚ Chevron‚ Shell‚ Elf‚ Agip etc have raised many concerns and criticisms. A series of repressive and corrupt governments in Nigeria have been supported and maintained by western governments and oil corporations. Seeking the benefits from the fossil fuel that can be exploited
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The Scarlet Letter: Fact or Fiction? Charity Ryan The Scarlet Letter is the book Nathaniel Hawthorne is perhaps most famous for. Set in Puritan New England‚ it is a story of the love between a preacher (Arthur Dimmesdale) and a young woman (Hester Prynne) whose husband is presumed dead. When their encounter produces a child‚ Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” (representing “Adultery”) upon her bosom for the rest of her life‚ as she refuses to give the identity of the child’s
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I think being diesel mechanic will be a great job opportunity for me. I will have to go to college and get certified to be a good diesel mechanic and make sure I learn everything I need to know before I go off on my own. I’ll start off by working in a shop for somebody and then eventually go off and open up my own shop and be my own boss. I’m ready to get my hands dirty and get ready for my great upcoming career. Diesel mechanics can inspect‚ keep up to date on everything‚ and repair diesel engines
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The heroes Hamlet and Edgar‚ from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and King Lear‚ respectively‚ are young aristocrats threatened with overwhelming decisions that hold the fate of their kingdoms in the balance. A ghost claiming to be his late father has just visited Hamlet and accused King Claudius of a murder that Hamlet must avenge‚ while Edgar‚ betrayed by Edmund‚ is now on the run from the law. In order to resolve their dilemmas‚ Hamlet and Edgar each decide to pretend to be mad. The passages in which they
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In Tolkien’s Middle Earth‚ women are generally expected to submit to patriarchal authority. To what extent does Tolkien present women who succeed in subverting this norm? J.R.R. Tolkien’s works have been analysed for decades and have often been criticised for the lack of female characters. Arguably his most cherished publications‚ The Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ in particular has been condemned for the passivity of his relatively few female characters. Having said that however‚ throughout the three
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Heros astonish people and that is another characteristic that Bilbo has. Bilbo has just given the Arkenstone to Bard without Thorin knowing so there weren’t be a war between men‚ elf‚ and dwarves. And Gandalf comes up to him and says. “ ‘Well done! Mr. Baggins!’ he said‚ clapping Bilbo on the back. ‘There is always more about you than anyone expects!’ It was Gandalf.” (271-272) Bilbo is astonishing because he can do things that
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Hopefully my fuzzy memory doesn’t disappoint the reader too terribly‚ but I’ll just come out and admit that I don’t recall many sensory details that go back as far as this particular Christmas story happens to. Now‚ that’s not to say I missed out on the universally appreciated experiences that we learn to recognize as gifts from Winter. Some of them remain more deeply etched across my mind than others‚ like the satisfyingly loud crunching sound of your boots as they stomp the freshly fallen orange
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“The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully” (Evans Hughes‚ Charles). In 1846 the United States and Mexico went to war against each other over disagreements mainly regarding the area of Texas. Mexico claimed the war was to protect its territorial integrity while the United States claimed the war was an act of self defense. In the Just War Theory actions and intentions of warring nations are upheld to a standard of justification. This Theory attempts to provide parameters of acceptable
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Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of economic growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come (sometimes taught as ELF-Environment‚ Local people‚ Future) (Smith‚ Charles; Rees‚ Gareth‚ 1998). People‚ planet & profit In our current situation it seems that ‘we’ in general want the best for ourselves and our children. If our current situation is wealthy and we
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