Around the World In Eighty Days: Summary The title of the novel‚ Around the World in Eighty Days‚ is pretty much self explanatory. An Englishman‚ Phileas Fogg‚ places a wager that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. The events that occur throughout the novel describe his journey around the world. Phileas Fogg‚ the protagonist‚ was a lonesome person who lived with his paid servant. Mr.Fogg was thought to be rich although no one knew where his riches came from. Jean Passepartout
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Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf Editions. Around the World in 80 Days. Jules Verne. Open Contents Jules Verne. Around the World in 80 Days. About the author Jules Verne (February 8‚ 1828 March 24‚ 1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of the science fiction (scientific romance) genre. Verne was born in Nantes to attorney Pierre Verne and his wife Sophie. The oldest of the family’s five children‚ he spent his early years at home with his parents‚ on a nearby island in the Loire River
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The World Language—English Can you speak English? English is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several countries: including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand‚ and some Caribbean countries. Nowadays‚ many people in the world can communicate with others from different countries in English. For example‚ when a Chinese meets a German‚ they can talk very well as long as both of them can speak English. Also‚ there are more and more young
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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Many Facets of Taboo The World Book Encyclopedia defines Taboo as "an action‚ object‚ person‚ or place forbidden by law or culture."1 An encyclopedia of the occult points out that taboo is found among many other cultures including the ancient Egyptians‚ Jews and others.2 Mary Douglas has analyzed the many facets and interpretations of taboos across various cultures. She points out that the word "taboo" originates from the Polynesian languages meaning a religious
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instruction will play as increasingly elitist role in the field of education? Definition: According to David Crystal (2008)‚ “a language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country.” (P.3) English will play an increasingly elitist role in the education field means that small group of people who use English as their language has a lot of power or advantages based on the education system. If English wants achieve the status of elitist role in the
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Sexuality The Taboo Subject Societies function in a particular way based on the country’s history‚ norms and values; it is sometimes hard to escape from these roots that have influenced our cultural norms. Religious affiliations have played a major role into forming negative impressions of sexuality and sex work. Sexual activity and imagery are considered deviant ‚ even in the modern society that we live; History proves that sex was considered holy ‚ and
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Many styles of cuisine exist in the United States‚ a few foods are considered taboo by most of American culture. In the United States‚ where hundreds of world cultures blend into one society‚ the concept of what foods are taboo and what are simply exotic can be difficult to qualify. Food taboos of the United States differ depending on a person’s cultural background‚ religion and location. [1] Dogs and cats are revered as domestic animals and important parts of many American families‚ these creatures
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Throughout history the people has witness the power of many charismatic leaders around the world. A charismatic leader is an individual who owns some type of characteristics that allows them to win followers‚ respect and support for the individual beliefs or visions. According to Max Weber a German sociologist and the responsible for introducing charisma as a type of leadership‚ he defined charismatic leadership as “resting on devotion to the exceptional sanctity‚ heroism or exemplary character of
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Essay 10/13/12 Throughout history‚ the impoverished community has been known to face many problems and have no say in any aspect of society. The voice of the weak isn’t often heard‚ and it all comes down to one thing: money. The world revolves around money‚ so to speak. Money and power go hand in hand as people of power generally tend to have an abundance of wealth. Since the wealthy have heavy influences on the economy and politics‚ the less fortunate often suffer. Poor people have trouble
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