Our Country Our Country‚ the Union of Myanmar‚ is known as the land of golden pagodas. Myanmar is surrounded by big countries like China in the north and India and Bengladish to the west. Thailand and laos lie to the east of Myanmar and the south is the east of Myanmar and the south is the sea. Its area is about 676553 square kilometers‚ and it is the second largest country in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Although it is still a developing country‚ we can say it has good neighbours‚ great
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Summer Reading Assignment 2012 A. Top Five Quotes 1. “’I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s
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1. During this period‚ advances in travel and communication begin to demystify the west. Through developments like the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad‚ people no longer had to rely on fiction to inform them about the west. They could hear first-hand accounts from people they trust or even travel there themselves with much less hardship than there was previously. With this increased access‚ authors no longer had to satisfy audiences’ expectations about the west; instead‚ they could be
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Developing countries Mortality strata The mortality strata method classifies countries based on statistics for child and adult mortality. Data on child mortality is arranged into three groups: very low‚ low and high. Adult mortality is then used to break the low and high child mortality groups down further giving the strata. STRATA CHILD MORTALITY ADULT MORTALITY COUNTRIES A Very low Very low Australia‚ Canada‚ USA B Low Low China‚ Mexico ‚ Indonesia C Low High Russia
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Chase Tidmore Intro To Lit Analyst Ms. Sheperis 10/20/11 Irony Within “The Gift of the Magi” “Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it‚ but cherished by those who do”‚ Soren Kierkegaard knew what he was talking about when he said these famous words. “The Gift of the Magi”‚ written by William Sidney Porter‚ often known by his pen name O. Henry. It is a short story depicting literary elements of irony‚ romance‚ and Porter’s sense of twist endings‚ and is all about a
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ROLE OF IRONIES IN OEDIPUS REX Oedipus Rex is one of the best tragedies. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself; in other words‚ the story must be realistic and narrow in focus. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers. Irony: Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. In Oedipus Rex‚ ironies play a vital
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Period 2 2/4/10 Francophone Countries Underdeveloped countries are those at the very bottom of the global economy‚ with widespread extreme poverty and dire living conditions. They usually have little or no infrastructure or reliable health care and other social services. Many have experienced long-term political unrest in the form of civil war or armed conflict with other nations‚ or have been subject to unstable governments‚ dictatorships‚ and corruption. In addition‚ they may frequently suffer
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ESSAY: LIVING IN THE COUNTRY Living in the country has always been considered the healthiest and most relaxing choice one can make. The beauty of the land‚ open and friendly neighbours‚ genuine relationships‚ the tranquil pace of country life are some of the most attractive images that come to people´s minds when they feel tired of the pressures of city life. However‚ the dreams of moving away to a distant and quiet farm house are many times abandoned‚ especially by young people‚ when they come to
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wheat-bearing acres‚ Herds and horses and mules: while the other’s portion Is but his daily bread‚ clothes for his back‚ Shoes for his feet and a fair wife and child with a span of years to share their lives together” -solon Pg. 44 “to the mass of the people I gave the power they needed‚ neither degrading them‚ nor giving them too much reign: for those who already possessed great power and wealth. I saw to it that their interests were not harmed. I stood guard with a broad shield before both parties and
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“Bleachers” “You either loved Eddie Rack or you hated him.” This was a quote said by Needly Crenshaw. In the novel “Bleachers” when Paul and Needly were sitting in the bleachers talking about their life’s and old playing days. In this novel “Bleachers” was about old teammates that went and sat in the bleachers waiting for the dying lights that meant the coach had passed away. But‚ while sitting in the bleachers they talked about their old playing days and memories with Coach Rake. The Puritans would
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