(The Book and the Swords‚ 2010). Jin Yong used a method called cultural nationalism to write this novel; in this story‚ Jin Yong expresses the cultural nationalism in four ways: Martial Arts‚ Imperial Chinese History‚ Confucianism‚ and religious aspects. First‚ we have to understand what is cultural nationalism; cultural nationalism is actually a small part of nationalism‚ which we can simply understand as culture plus nationalism. Culture is a term that has various meanings (Culture‚ 2010)‚ which most
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Global Warming: Myth or Fact? The Global Warming theory has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Citizens of the world are being encouraged to be more environmentally conscious by others including politicians‚ celebrities‚ and world organizations. The problem with the theory lies in the fact that it has become more and more controversial as it gains publicity and attention. The basic concept behind this theory is that the earth was made with a balance of “greenhouse gasses”
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Grade 10 Canadian History-CPT Nilu Seneviratne Mr. Johnston CHC2D1
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Cynthia Cutshaw Instructor Emily Smith English 1010-027 9 November‚ 2012 Global Warming: Human Activities Global warming is commonly believed as a downfall to our planet and life as many individuals know it on earth. Bill McKibben‚ author of “The Environmental Issue from Hell”‚ states‚ “ When global warming first emerged as a potential crisis in the late 1980’s‚ one academic analyst called it ‘the public problem from hell’”(Mckibben 746). However‚ this only seems a way to scare individuals
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1. Nnamdi Azikiwe was an active advocate of African nationalism and he took many steps to achieve that goal. He is significant for creating the West African Pilot in 1935‚ a news outlet that preached loud words about revolution. He reached those under the educated elite as he failed to shy away from controversial issued with his anticolonial viewpoint. 2. Ras Tafari became the leader of Ethiopia in 1930. He strove the modernize Ethiopia just as his predecessor‚ Menelik‚ did. Ras is significant for
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Global Warming Global Warming is described as the progressive gradual rise of the earth’s surface temperature thought to be caused by the alterations to the greenhouse effect and responsible for changes in global climate patterns. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth’s surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere‚ causing the atmosphere to become warmer. This whole process occurs naturally and has kept the Earth’s temperature about 59 degrees
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Nationalism is the idea of a certain nationality being above all others and that the nationality deserves their own country. Nationalism is once again on rise with situations such as the recent 2016 U.S. election and Brexit‚ which greatly affect the government‚ the public‚ and the economy. Today‚ the rise of nationalism is reminding people of WWII where nationalism was a popular ideology and was displayed all over the world. Nationalism is such an important topic today‚ because it greatly influences
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A Global Language As a Untied States citizen‚ English is the first language of any American citizen. If we add another foregin language to the criteria of our nation‚ The United States would not be a mixed diversity of race anymore. The Ethnicity would be the same‚ but our race would be different. For example‚ The United States of America has been a diverse country with many races such as‚ American‚ African American‚ Hispanic‚ Chinese‚ etc. As the generation ages‚ the country should be open to
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Arguably nationalism has brought many together with the sole interest being the devotion to our nation that binds us together. Nationalism can be seen as the strength behind the success of our nation and has increased productivity‚ it can also be deciphered into being a root of weakness that has caused fault in the unity of society today. There is a good and a bad to every concept that can be examined through historical events‚ for an example nationalism helped aid productivity after the slow fail
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would be like without nationalism and sectionalism. Nationalism and sectionalism have gone back to the 1800’s and continue to go through our country. Two examples of nationalism are the building of roads and canals and the Monroe Doctrine. Each of those brought pride to our country‚ along with bringing the United States together. An act of sectionalism was the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise divided our country. Building roads and canals helped build nationalism through the 1800’s. According
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