Meursault‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ receives a telegram telling him that his mother has died. She had been living in an old persons’ home in Marengo‚ outside of Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for two days’ leave from work to attend the funeral. His boss grudgingly grants the request‚ and makes Meursault feel almost guilty for asking. Meursault catches the two o’clock bus to Marengo‚ and sleeps for nearly the entire trip. When Meursault arrives‚ he meets with the director of the old
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what is meant by Global Village. The late Marshal McLuhan‚ a media and communication theorist‚ coined the term‚ “global village” in 1964 to describe the phenomenon of the world’s culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive technological advances that allow for instantaneous sharing of culture (Harris 2007). The term itself simple suggest that a global village refers to the act of virtually transforming the world into a village. This implies a hypothetical
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Describe and evaluate two theories of maintenance of relationships. Thibaut and Kelly proposed the social exchange theory. This claims that social behaviour is due to the result of an exchange process. This is where an individual attempts to maximise their own rewards and minimise their costs. The exchange process alters when an individual receives rewards from others; they feel the urge to return this favour. Rewards are those exchanges that are categorised as being pleasurable and gratifying
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02) - Explain why the Conservative Party won the General Election of 1959 – (12 marks) WW2 made a huge dent in Britain’s economic capability in terms of international trade and the fact that half of our factories had been converted to build military equipment. Not long before the General Election the economy had begun to pick up. At the time Labour was a significantly divided party with the Gaitskillites and the Bevanites meaning some support of voters was lost through lack of assurance that the
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To what extent can the period of Conservative dominance between 1951 and 1964 be viewed as ‘Thirteen Wasted Years’? (45 marks) Turn these parts into questions and sub questions – note that you do not need to cover every single sub-point in your plan or final answer. You may decide that there are other sub-points that you wish to use instead and‚ if relevant‚ then you can do so. Quotes from historians Introduction: do not need to answer the question Conclusion: do not repeat what already
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"Rashomon‚" features a once-proud imperial gate‚ now in ruins‚ full of dead bodies and a shriveled old woman desecrating the dead in order to survive by selling wigs. The unnamed servant protagonist uses the old woman’s moral relativism against her‚ robbing her of perhaps her only possession‚ her robe‚ as he bounds into the night into a life of crime. Setting has a profound relationship to character and plot here. A meditation on good and evil‚ on desperation and hypocrisy -- tells of a servant
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There has been recent discussions of trigger warnings‚ a controversial issue has been whether it protects students or take away freedom of speech. Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that people can do or say‚ without any intent‚ which will end up offending other people. Students are starting to use the word “trigger warnings”‚ a word that first appeared on blogs and other online forums to alert people of content that contain sexual assault (Wilson). Universities are using them more
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Do you agree with the view that the Suez Crisis of 1956-57 did no damage to the fortunes of the Conservative party? The Suez Crisis which was aided by the French and Israelis wasn’t just a disaster for the Conservative party but Britain as a whole as it created lots of problems and tension internationally especially with the USA. To a certain extent the Conservative party did take some damage although the sources point out some other arguments which suggest it wasn’t just them who suffered.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Author | URL | Retrieved | Skwirk | http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-t_s-14_u-116_t-316/the-impact-of-the-war/nsw/history/australia-in-the-vietnam-war-era | 13/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/ | 13/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/public-opinion/index.php | 14/7 | Vietnam War Commemoration | http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/conscription/save-our-sons.php | 14/7 | Shrine | http://www.shrine.org
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English‚ GCSE Racism/Prejudice: SAM. Then don’t say he’s my boss HALLY: He’s a white man and that’s good enough for you Friendship: The episode at the end of the book when Hally leaves and Willie goes up to Sam in order to distract him therefore he starts to bring up other subjects and they start to dance together. Disability: HALLY: Do you want to know what is really wrong with your lovely little dream‚ Sam? It’s not just that we are all bad dancers. That does happen to be perfectly
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