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    The Mitakshara did not permit individual alienations by the coparceners. The Smritikars also did not seem to confer on a coparcener power of alienation over his undivided interest in the joint family property. However‚ the textual authority is very scanty. The law of coparcener’s power of alienation is product of judicial legislation. The first inroad was made when it was held that a personal money decree against a coparcener could be executed against his undivided interest in joint property. Some

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    : PC - 10 University : DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY Broad Field of Research : Fiction (Indian English Literature) Title : The Theme of Alienation in the Novels of Arun Joshi. Name of the Supervisor: Dr. R. Gandhi Subramanian. M.A.‚ M. Phil.‚ Ph.D.‚ THE THEME OF ALIENATION IN THE NOVELS OF ARUN JOSHI INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE: AN INTRODUCTION Literature has said something always fascinating. It is to man’s advantage that

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    Apart Feeling unwanted is a universal human experience. It makes for a great theme for literature since it can reach a broad spectrum of people. Alienation is a terrible experience for people. They lose their since of belonging in doing so they lose their identity that they have built up and become lost in a place that was once their home. Although alienation is a traumatic experience for anyone to go though‚ it also provides an enriching experience for the reader to learn from. In Things Fall Apart

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    Literature has been used to tackle a variety of social and political topics. The topic of alienation‚ especially when it comes to minorities‚ played a part in Joy Kogawa’s Obasan. She was able to reveal Canada’s prejudice against Japanese Canadians and values of White supremacy through the alienation of its main character‚ Naomi Nakane. Naomi’s first encounter with the distancing effect of alienation occurs when she is still a child. During school‚ one of her classmates tells her‚ “All the

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    John Rawl said‚ “the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.” Justice policies or principles‚ is a very important concept that is embedded within our society. There are different rules and regulations among different cultures as well as it being practiced and experienced differently‚ but for the most part‚ there is a lot of similarities universally. The goal in the end‚ or what it seems like‚ is to try to be successful‚ and try to be “just” while doing so. In the readings we

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    section‚ I will use this theory to explain how we are bodies‚ our bodies as our point of contact‚ and the concept of habituation in functional perfection. Later I will discuss the concepts of alienation and

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    "A" for Alienation Alienation is a common theme in all writing; however‚ in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ never has alienation been so vividly accounted. The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne‚ a woman who commits adultery against her husband named Roger Chillingworth‚ with the local reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale; the result is a strange child named Pearl. The plot thickens as the mistress and the reverend strive to keep their sin a secret‚ and as Chillingworth appears

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    the past few years‚ I’ve been feeling depressed. Of course I self-diagnosed with depression‚ but if I were to get checked‚ I’m very sure I would get diagnosed with depression. That’s how bad it was. I’ve felt this way because I’ve been having an existential crisis. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where did we‚ as humans‚ come from? What is my purpose here on this earth? These are questions I have struggled to answer. Only with my low self-esteem‚ these factors have impaired me to the point where I

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    The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income

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    Alienation and Loneliness in “The Yellow Wallpaper” In the story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the narrator talks about several things: She feels she is sick and her brother and husband do not believe her‚ her husband moved her to a deserted house and keeps her isolated‚ he controls her every move‚ and she feels that she has no companionship. All of these things contribute to the theme of alienation and loneliness in this story. The Narrator is convinced she is

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