all‚ the Hoa Lo prison had been around over a hundred years ago. It was constructed or built by the French arounds 1886‚ when French had the control over Vietnam. Back then‚ “the French called the prison Maison Centrale because it is a traditional euphemism to denote prisons in France” (Ruanyin). Later‚ when the North Vietnamese took over the prison‚ they renamed it to Hoa Lo prison. The name of Hoa Lo basically translated as “Hell’s hole” or “Fiery
Premium Alcatraz Island Federal government of the United States
1 Babylon University Homonymy in English and Arabic: A Contrastive Study By: Lecturer Ahmed Mohammed Ali Abdul Ameer (ME in Methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Department of English College of Education (Safi yil Deen Al-Hilli) University of Babylon Asst. Lecturer Areej As’ad Ja’far Altaie (MA in English Language and Linguistics) Department of English College of Education (Safi yil Deen Al-Hilli) University of Babylon 2010 2 Introduction In fact‚ although
Premium Arabic language Meaning of life Linguistics
Orwell addresses political writing as a form of the writer giving a viewpoint of an event to an audience by using direct language to give an image to an audience. In his collected essay‚ “Why I Write‚” Orwell mentions the fact that all background information that he writes is because he believes that it is not possible for you to “assess a writer’s motives without knowing something of his early development‚” emphasizing the idea that writers use an emotional attachment to their writings. Political
Premium George Orwell Writing Nineteen Eighty-Four
soldiers use humor to compensate for their pain or fear. Soldiers used any tactic to keep their “macho zeal” (O’Brien 646)‚ and not afraid. 15.What expressions do the men use instead of the word “death”? Why might they use these words? What are some euphemisms (other terms) that people use in our culture relating to death? (646) Instead of the word “death‚” they used “Greased” (O’Brien 646)‚ and “Offed‚ lit up‚ zapped while zipping” (O’Brien 646). The soldiers felt as if they were actors‚ and the deaths
Premium English-language films Kiowa Native Americans in the United States
Pseudoreasoning/Informal Fallicies Pseudoreasoning is where a claim is set forth as a reason for believing another claim but that is either logically irrelevant to the truth of the other claim or otherwise fails to provide reasonable support. In this part of the course we are beginning to examine arguments‚ or‚ stated more accurately‚ "would-be arguments‚" where people advance reasons for their beliefs that in fact do not support them. There are two main types of pseudoreasoning: those that appeal
Premium Argument Fallacy Logic
Compare the ways in which Larkin and Abse discuss the subject of death in their poems When the subject of death is addressed by poets Larkin and Abse they imply that death is a certain and predetermined demise to our lives. However through analysing there style of poetic writing‚ readers can appreciate their different attitudes towards death. Larkin appears accepting of death‚ acknowledging fate in a realistic way. Abse however is emotionally impacted and overall unaccepting of the part it plays
Premium Poetry Meaning of life Life
Of Studies: Bacon‚ Francis. Bacon’s “Of Studies” is not written like the typical essay you find today. We are taught that an essay must have an introduction paragraph‚ body paragraphs‚ and a conclusion paragraph‚ but Of Studies has only one. Instead we find a variety of statements about how studies can be used. The first thing he argues is that “Studies serve for delight‚ for ornament‚ and for ability.”‚ and then gives an explanation for each one. There is also quite a bit of parallelism in the
Premium Francis Bacon Writing Scientific method
Power Distance In Dutch culture power distance is not a common behavior. “Acting Normal” is the appreciated standard. Dutch people do not accept hierarchy. Egalitarianism plays an important role in the private as well as business behavior. Employees in a lower positions cannot be treated as a “subordinates” or as inferiors who do everything their boss will tell them. Here the director of the company should say “hello” to the cleaning personal and should be careful with giving them the feeling that
Premium Time Term Dutch people
Chapters 1-4 Essay All commercials appeal to a person using at least one of three ways: logos‚ pathos and ethos. When I think of an ad that displays pathos‚ I think of the disheartening commercial for the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). It is an advertisement that is on TV often whose purpose is getting its audience to support its cause through donations. Because the video shows such resilient emotional appeal‚ it more effectively targets women who tend to be more
Premium The Animals Animal rights Animal welfare
adaptation to male power. Its central feature is attractiveness to men‚ which includes physical appearance‚ suppression of "power"‚ and nurturance of children‚ heterosexuality‚ sexual availability‚ and sociability. Masculinity and femininity are societal euphemisms for male dominance and female subordination. However‚ hegemonic masculinity and subordinate femininity are not conspiracies. Rather‚ they are the result of widely accepted ways of thinking that define male dominance as fair‚ reasonable‚ and in the
Premium Gender Feminism