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    References: Adolphs‚ S.‚ Carter‚ R.‚ 2003‚ And she’s like it’s terrible‚ like: Spoken Discourse‚ Grammar and Corpus Analysis‚ International Journal of English Studies Biber‚ D.‚ Conrad‚ S.‚ Leech‚ G.‚ 2002‚ Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English‚ Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited Brazil‚ D.‚ 1995‚ A Grammar of speech. Oxford: Oxford University Press Carter R.‚ McCarthy m.‚ 2006‚ Cambridge Grammar of

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    also got the feeling that he had already learned the best of what his teachers had to teach but it still wasn’t enough. He still wasn’t satisfied. “Tomorrow morning‚ my friend Siddhartha is going to join the Samanas. He is going to become Samana” (Hesse‚ 9). . Samanas are monks who go around begging for food and they are known for their spirituality. Siddhartha thinks of joining the Samanas as he wanted to become spiritually knowledgeable and get rid of the “self”‚ which is a sense of greed and jealousy

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    Society is produced. Siddhartha found himself at odds with Society because of the differing demographics of each Society he knew. Taking into account all he had learned from the Samanas‚ the “child people” (Hesse 57)‚ and others led him to feel “so forsaken by all wisdom that he sought death” (Hesse 79). Likewise‚ it is not considered traditionally acceptable for people to walk around museums with their electronics out. Sree Sreenivasan‚ former curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ says that the

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    one man seems nonsense to another” (Hesse 145). Siddhartha has ideas‚ just as everyone else does‚ but he does not believe in limiting others’ thoughts; in fact‚ he does not believe it is possible. By the end of his journey‚ he is accepting of all people‚ regardless of whether or not he shares their experiences. When living alongside other people‚ he “[does] not understand or share their thoughts and views‚ but he share[s] with them life’s urges and desires” (Hesse 130). Siddhartha has his own views

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    References: Biber‚ D. and Conrad‚ s. (2004) ‘Corpus–based comparisons of registers’ in Coffin‚C. et al. Applying English Grammar : Functional and Corpus Approaches ‚ London‚ Arnold

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    Siddhartha Analysis

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    Although Siddhartha’s view of the world and the world’s view of him changes vastly throughout the novel‚ Siddhartha’s core personality and behaviors remain unchanged. Siddhartha has three main views of the world in the novel. The first is when he leaves his home on a journey of self-discovery with his friend Govinda. The second is during his time with Kamala and Kamaswami as a wealthy merchant. Lastly‚ the third is during his time with Vasudeva‚ his son and the river. At the beginning of the

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    after his awakening. He wants to get through the river. River is like a wall which separate his old life and his new life. During his journey on the river‚ the ferryman has said to him “I have learned that from the river too; everything come back.” (Hesse 49). Those words are the foreshadowing of his returning to the river‚ the ferryman knows he will come back

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    obsession with thinness in our society has caused young women to feel fat or obese‚ even if they are of healthy weight. Now‚ being thin‚ which is perceived as one and the same with self-discipline‚ is the preferred aspiration. Mitchell (1990) said that young women are expected to be attractive and domestic in traditional feminine roles‚ also to be independent and to seek vocational parity with men (p. 5 and 6). There is much evidence to suggest that there is a cultural preoccupation with thinness in our

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    "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse Herman Hesse describes knowledge in Siddhartha as something that can only be obtained through self-discoveries and experiences. Throughout Siddhartha’s learning experiences he denounces teachers and their ways of teaching. Hesse traces Siddhartha’s enlightenment through his own experiences and through the people he meets along his journey. Siddhartha’s quest of the Self is developed by three major events including his meeting with Buddha‚ his attempted suicide‚ and his

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    Steppenwolf Analysis

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    “As for others and the world around him he never ceased in his heroic and earnest endeavor to love them‚ to be just to them‚ to do them no harm‚ for the love of his neighbor was as deeply in him as the hatred of himself […]” (Hesse 11). | This passage demonstrates essential characteristics of the modern period. Man may hate himself‚ but in his weakened state will desperately try to make connections with the people he surrounds himself with. D.H. Lawrence exemplifies this; “We all want to be absolute

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