The Unknown Citizen "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden‚ is a commentary on government and the materialism of modern man. The poem is written in the form of an obituary inscribed on a monument built by the government in commemoration of an average‚ upstanding‚ and decent community member. Throughout the passage‚ the speaker lists facts about the citizen’s life which he believes prove that the deceased was a valuable person. In actuality these facts represent nothing more than the socially accepted
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* Biological Citizens: All those citizenship projects that have linked their conception of citizens to beliefs about the biological existence of human beings‚ as individuals‚ men and women‚ families‚ lineages‚ communities‚ populations‚ races and species. * We live in a society surrounded by Multiculturalism‚ where nations can no longer be seen as a cultural or religious unity‚ nor is citizenship based on trying to create a single national identity. * Biological beliefs‚ implicitly or
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Jonathan Diaz 1-29-13 The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision stated that corporations‚ like people‚ have a right to free speech‚ and that the spending money in campaigns is a form of expression‚ so the result was that it took down regulations against corporations spending money on advertisements directly for and against candidates. The court did not act accordingly to Rawls because I will argue that his concept of restrictions and regulations placed on liberties‚ so that everyone has
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Unknown Citizen : W.H. Auden - Summary and Critical Analysis | The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden is a satiric poem. It describes an average citizen in a government-controlled state. In many big cities‚ there is a monument to the Unknown Soldier that stands for the thousands of unknown soldiers who die for their country. The title of Auden’s poem parodies this. | | The citizen to whom the monument has been built has been found to be without any fault. He was a saint not because he searched
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Should countries encourage tourism? Nowadays‚ it is almost a routine‚ that people every year go to holidays. Often they travel to the places abroad‚ and also it should be mentioned‚ that these places are in most cases popular and well-known. In sprite of the fact that these places are popular‚ the countries still promote them and want more people to come. This occurs on the grounds that tourism is very important for the economy of “host” country but not in all cases for the citizens. As the result
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Does the best hero make a good citizen? I do not believe so. For instance‚ Achilles may be known as the best warrior‚ but his actions don’t reflect any good citizenship. In my opinion‚ Achilles’ actions have been petty and immature. This all starts with Agamemnon taking Briseis and Achilles being mad and removing himself from war until further notice. I think that a good citizen should be one that is selfless and willing to do things for the greater good‚ even if it means sacrificing a little bit
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Pacheco Ms. Shelton Enc 1101 16 February 2012 What is a Global Citizen? The concept of what defines a global citizen varies‚ for people have their own opinions and say about how they see an ideal one as. Kwame Appiah wrote Cosmopoltianism‚ and in his opinion‚ a global citizen is seen as one who sees no division within themselves and “others”; that it is necessary to agree with one another to behave morally. The view of an ideal global citizen has been altered for centuries‚ and in every culture
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Supply Chain Strategy‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Tom McLoughlin‚ VP WW Planning‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Paul Hamilton‚ Sr. VP of Supply Chain‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Transforming Production Sourcing at PBG Page 2 Contents Executive Summary Introduction Overview Framework Project Details Results Conclusion References 2 3 4 6 9 13 15 16 Executive Summary This case study details a two-year implementation starting in 2005 during which the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) Supply Chain Strategy team transformed
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Who am I? What will people think of me? These are two important questions that will effect my future. The chapter of my highschool life is coming to an end and soon I will begin a whole new one. Being students at St. Thomas Academy‚ much is given to us. Mr. Ziebarth calling us “pansy-ass prima donnas” may actually be true‚ but after this year‚ the “country club” is over. I’ll be off by myself‚ and my best assets are the qualities and virtues that I have learned and experienced over the past 18 years
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"The Unknown Citizen" is an occasional poem. That is to say‚ it is a poem written to mark a specific occasion or event. The occasion is indicated in the lines contained in parenthesis that precede the body of the poem. As these lines indicate‚ the poem is a written monument that functions like a cenotaph: it commemorates a fallen man whose identity is unknown. However‚ unlike the soldier who falls in a battle of war‚ the battle this individual appears to be unwittingly a part of is a social battle
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