Narrative Strategies and Chronotope of Violence in Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun By Ayodabo J. Sunday Department of English‚ Elizade University‚ Ilara-Mokin‚ Ondo State‚ Nigeria Introduction As an event in a specific time and history‚ the exploration of the Nigerian civil war as a theme in fiction returns us to the focus on memory and its connection to narrative forms. The war happened in 1967-1970 when the South Eastern states‚ led by Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
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19th Century Industrialization Nineteenth Century Industrialization During the second half of the nineteenth century‚ the United States experienced an urban revolution unparalleled in world history up to that point in time. As factories‚ mines‚ and mills sprouted out across the map‚ cities grew up around them. The late nineteenth century‚ declared an economist in 1889‚ was "not only the age of cities‚ but the age of great cities." Between 1860 and 1910‚ the urban population grew from 6 million
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At the end of the Nineteenth Century‚ the American population was growing rapidly. Industrialization was growing and this meant all of the major cities were populating also. After some of the government grants given to the railroad companies‚ 200‚000 miles worth of tracks laid across the country‚ to help settle the west by the year 1900. “From 1877 to 1890‚ both the amount of goods and the number of passengers traveling the rails tripled” (U.S. History chapter18). Agriculture was the first big
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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist on March 14‚ 1879 in the southern German city of Ulm.Einstein developed the general theory of relativity‚Albert Einstein grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Munich. As a child‚ Einstein became fascinated by music ‚mathematics and science.He was one of the two pillars of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics‚ and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
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Republic Act No. 1425‚ popularly known as the Rizal Law‚ directs all public and private schools‚ colleges‚ and universities to include in their curricula courses or subjects on the life‚ works‚ and writings of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ particularly the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The Board of National Education is given the mandate to carry out and enforce the Rizal Law. It was approved on 12 June 1956. Senate bill 438 known as Rizal Bill which was first authored by Senator Claro M. Recto -
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Prior centuries leading up to the 18th were period of time where profit ranked higher percentages rather than sufficiency. In the 16th century profits were 5% where as the sufficiency was the remainder of 95%. As the centuries progressed by the profits began to take over. In the early centuries‚ the mind frame was that one had to survive before one could make a living. Little did the people of the time know if only they were able to survive to the 18th century where change reigned. The American colonists
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In this paper‚ I will explore many aspects of the outbreaks of the witch accusations and witch trials which plagued England and the rest of Europe from approximately 1450 to 1750. Though numerous theories have been provided as to the reasons for these hunts and trials‚ there are three which are the most prevalent‚ and able to support themselves. These three theories are the topics of: gender‚ as a stepping stone towards the oppression of women; social class‚ as a relief of tension and stress formed
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In the Chapter One of the book “Half the Sky‚” published in 2009‚ the authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn mainly argue about modern sex slavery and other nations’ assistance for women education in poor countries. The exigence of this chapter is the fact that sex slavery has worsened and is worsening; the created capitalism‚ the developed transportation and the fear of AIDS make trafficking easier and increase demand for young girls because customers believe young girls would not infect
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More than ever before‚ the 20th century was driven by frequent‚ long-lasting conflicts. While World War I fundamentally changed war itself‚ it did not change the reasons for war. The key factor for warfare was — and is — ideology. Paralleled with the emergence of many new ideologies‚ many conflicts occurred in the 20th century. Because of nationalism‚ zionism‚ and differences between capitalism and communism‚ the 20th century came to be defined by its recurring‚ enduring battles. Nationalism was
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Topic: Century egg Specific Purpose: To introduce what is century egg and the history of it‚ and how to eat it. Thesis Statement: Century egg is complicate to make‚ but easy to eat. Introduction: I. When you hear the name “Century Egg”‚ you must be thinking that the egg has been preserved for a hundred years or even longer. II. Is it edible? III. The answer is of course. IV. Today‚ I’ll talk about a Chinese traditional egg product‚ what it is‚ what is the history of it‚ and how to eat it. Transition:
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