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    in addition to his mother tongue. Victor got a little education in a small school. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he got a little education in a small and where he also became infatuated with books and literature. By the time he was fifteen‚ he had already submitted one poem to a contest sponsored by the prestigious French Academy. There he learnt much from an old soldier‚ General Lahorie‚ who‚ obnoxious to Napoleon for the share he had taken in Moreau’s

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    opinion of the main character Neddy‚ because they cannot see his actual thought processes. This point of view gives a tremendous impact to the story. It is one of the most important literary elements Cheever uses to accomplish an outstanding piece of literature. Cheever successfully focuses reader’s attention on exactly the detail‚ opinion‚ and emotion the he wants to emphasize by manipulating third person point of view of in his short story. For example “Had you gone for a

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    CARLOS PALANCA MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) was established in 1950. The heirs of Don Carlos Palanca‚ Sr. found it most fitting to commemorate his memory through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. The Palanca Awards aims to help develop Philippine Literature by: 1. Providing incentives for writers to craft their most outstanding literary works. 2. Being a treasury of the Philippine’s literary

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    future work of business travel agencies Nevmerzhitskaya‚ Julia Master’s Thesis Degree Program of Tourism 2013 Abstract Date of presentation Degree programme Author or authors Julia Nevmerzhitskaya Title of the thesis Scenarios of the future work of business travel agencies Group or year of entry YMA11 Number of pages and appendices 68 + 2 Supervisor(s) Jarmo Ritalahti This study focused on the future work of travel agencies in the business travel segment. It aimed at

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    The Open Boat" Sections 1-3 The story opens in the month of January with the oft-quoted line: “None of them knew the color of the sky” (Crane 57). “Them” means four individuals who are aboard a dinghy‚ having been shipwrecked: the captain with an injured arm‚ the correspondent‚ the cook‚ and Billie‚ the oiler. Except for Billie‚ the rest of the characters remain unnamed. The oiler and the correspondent row the dinghy‚ while the captain provides directions and the cook bails water out of the boat

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    Satire in Gulliver’s Travels Satire is a literary genre of Greek origin (satyr)‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚ or ridicule. Although satire is usually meant to be funny‚ its purpose is often irony or sarcasm‚ ideally with the intent of shaming individuals‚ religion‚ and communities themselves‚ into improvement. In Gulliver’s Travels‚ satire is shown through narration‚ setting‚ character‚ and plot. Jonathan Swift uses utopia and dystopia as elements of setting‚ and

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    Research Proposal The Analyses of Gulliver’s Travels MA Zhaoxi 41104018 Class 1101 English Department December 21‚ 2013 *The Reason Why I Choose the Topic Firstly‚ the story is very intriguing and full of imagination; both adults and children are attracted by its plot. For instance‚ when Gulliver went to the Lilliput‚ he became a giant in Lilliputians’ eyes. He was trapped by them and attacked by the spear which is as the same size as needles. Feeling threaten was disappeared‚ the

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    Del Rosario HNCA III-01 * What is Literature? * writings in which expression and form‚ in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest‚ are characteristic or essential features‚ as poetry‚ novels‚ history‚ biography‚ and essays. * Generic Classification * Prose * the ordinary form of spoken or written language‚ without metrical structure‚ as distinguished from poetry or verse. * Fiction * the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration

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    philosophypages.com/ph/kant.htm" Immanuel Kant answers the question in the first sentence of the essay: “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.” He argues that the immaturity is self-inflicted not from a lack of understanding‚ but from the lack of courage to use one’s reason‚ intellect‚ and wisdom without the guidance of another. He exclaims that the motto of enlightenment is “Sapere aude”! – Dare to be wise! The German word Unmündigkeit means not having attained age of majority

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    RE-WRITING THE COLONIAL DISCOURSE Written by: Nouha Mahjoubi Supervised by: Professor Beltaif The world’s structure today is tightly linked to the historical development and events. One of the most noticeable historical processes is colonization. The British Empire was one of the greatest imperialist powers. It is through colonization that the Western world is gaining a kind of prominence and domination in the world. The influence of colonization may not be very obvious nowadays as the concrete

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