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    Female characters are portrayed as males The short fictions written in the Tang Dynasty emphasize the strength and the independence of the female characters‚ specifically their male-like personalities and behaviors. In Chen Xuanyou’s “The Departed Spirit‚” Shen Jiji’s “Miss Ren‚ or The Fox Lady‚” and Yuan Zhen’s “The Story of Yingying‚” the female protagonists are depicted as male characters in three ways. First‚ their external and internal intelligence make them different from conventional

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    An event planner is a planner who plans events such as festivals‚ ceremony’s‚ competitions‚ parties‚ concerts and conventions. Event planning involves establishing dates‚ and alternate dates‚ reserving event sites‚ and coordinating transportation. Event planning also includes developing a theme for the event‚ arranging speakers and arranging the decoration‚ table‚ chairs‚ tents etc. This career deals with a lot of communication. Being an event planer you are faced with deadlines and communicating

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    The Aunt’s Story - SAC Patrick White’s controversial novel‚ The Aunt’s Story is the odyssey of spinster‚ Theodora Goodman and her journey to self discovery. Comprised of three sections‚ each representing a different part of her journey we‚ as the reader‚ follow Theodora Goodman as she travels to France‚ America and finally to a state of understanding and self discovery. Dense‚ unconventional and complex as it is‚ it is no wonder The Aunt’s Story has been so widely and so harshly critiqued. The

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    Codes and conventions: In the short story what’s a Bum Mom‚ Kathleen Rockwell uses several convincing techniques to carry out the guiding question on civility. One accurate is metaphors‚ in the short story the author Kathleen Rockwell describes the scene in the story were they see a homeless women out the bus window. “She stopped at a wastebasket and retrieved a large discarded sketch book. She flipped through it until she found a blank page. Standing on the corner of sixth and 14th‚ she reached

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    In the essay “The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo‚ the narrator takes the reader on his personal journey to find a satisfactory way to respond to another’s suffering. This story follows the basic plot structure of a monomyth: the separation‚ the struggle and initiation and the return and reintegration. In the beginning of the essay “The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo‚ the narrator is in the separation stage of the monomyth. He is called to adventure when the young junior executive joins him

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    Examine how cultural context is established in two of the texts on your comparative course When examining the topic of cultural context‚ one must become immersed in the world of the texts under discussion. The historical and geographical setting of a work creates a world that the characters can credibly inhabit. They are influenced and shaped by the customs‚ moral values and social structures of that society. The cultural environment created offers the reader a context in which to explore thematic

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    1 / 3 Isabel Chang Period 2 Mrs. Bowley November 13‚ 2013 Fallen Angels Essay Fallen Angels‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ tells the fictional story of a young man named Richie Perry and his struggles throughout the Vietnam War. The war takes place in Vietnam‚ where North Vietnam is trying to “unify” the country under communism‚ while South Vietnam believed they were under attack from communists and preferred to stay separated. The United States involved itself in the war because our leaders were

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    Chemical and Biological Weapons are Your FriendsAs we go on our daily lives‚ terrorists are buying and developing dangerous and hazardous biological and chemical weapons to obliterate us. They do not care who they harm; their mission is to cause terror‚ to spread chaos‚ to engulf the world in anarchy. They want to know that they are making people terminally ill and sick. They will be enjoying a job well done while your skin is covered with excruciating painful blisters‚ or while you tell your loved

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    From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Signed 17 June 1999 Location Geneva Effective 19 November 2000 Condition 2 ratifications Parties 174[1] Depositary Director-General of the International Labour Office Languages French and English The Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst

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    The New York Convention at Age 50: A Primer on the International Regime for Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards By Stephanie Cohen The United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention” or the “Convention”)1 is a strong incentive to choose arbitration as a means of international dispute resolution. The Convention eliminates some of the uncertainties of transnational business by providing a uniform legal framework for the enforcement

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