were crowded into ships and chained to the hold of the ship for months at a time. Many slaves died during the journey due to the unsanitary conditions aboard the ship‚ diseases such as scurvy‚ starvation or malnutrition‚ suffocation‚ and general homesickness. Captains were afraid that slaves would up rise against the crew‚ so they often separated slaves from the same tribes and punished them for talking or singing on the ship. On reaching America‚ the majority of slaves were sold on board ship
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Written Commentary As I walked out one midsummer morning by Laurie Lee The extract given to us was taken from “As I walked Out One Midsummer Morning” written by Laurie Lee in 1969. From the passage we are not able to tell whether we are dealing with a fictional or non-fictional text‚ hence it could be an autobiography‚ however this does not affect my interpretation of it. For this purpose I will assume that it is a non-fictional text‚ because of the memoir like aspect to it. The setting is a
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“ La Seconde France “ The tasty group Not only a bakery. But a French universe that welcomes you. Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section I: BUSINESS DESCRIPTION A. Business Concept B. Industry Analyse C. Business Name D. Why will this concept work? SECTION II: MARKETING PLAN A. Geographic market B. Customer Profile C. Market Penetration D. Promotion SECTION III: MANAGEMENT PLAN A. Human Resources SECTION IV: FINANCIAL PLAN A. Initial Capitalization
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In William Faulkner’s The Reivers‚ every character undergoes their own personal struggles‚ and each makes a choice on how to get through these hard situations. The author believes that humanity possesses the ability to survive and prevail‚ but only a few of the characters in the novel actually end up triumphant while retaining their virtue. There will always be a controversial debate on whether mankind is inherently good or evil‚ whether they endure or prevail. However the characters in the book
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The Vietnam War was on everyone ’s mind in 1960s and 1970s in our country. It was the center of much of America ’s troubles during this time‚ but only the soldier ’s who fought in that war knew the true madness that was Vietnam. Oliver Stone began writing Platoon because the Vietnam War was "a pocket of our history nobody understands." (Schuer t24) Platoon is a movie which should be viewed by everyone‚ not only for its cinematic qualities but for its historic insight as well. Platoon is an Orion
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country? With the rapid development of society‚ people have entered an era of information spreading which makes the world seems smaller. In order to acquire more knowledge‚ more and more people decide to further their study abroad like students who are not using English as a native language may wish to continue their studies and decide to learn English outside their home country or English speakers decide to study in Japan where
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turn out that all of this was only a bad dream‚ and I just had to die to get home again? A nice idea‚ if only he could have believed in it.” (403) This shows the subtle hint of different elements of Dustfinger’s character. His performing‚ his homesickness‚ and his doubt. Which is found in most of her
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Report on the Cultural Adaptation on the PG Students in Middlesex University Executive Summary: When new students attend university in a new culture from their own culture‚ behaviors and expectations change. According to Zhou at el (2008)‚ traditionally researchers thought that culture shock was only about medical conditions. Historical theory has changed to contemporary theory of acculturation. This theory contains of cultural learning‚ stress and coping and social identification. We found
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Prep schools Prep school or preparation schools. Is a school for young kids‚ down to the age of 7-8 years. It is a school where you send your kids‚ so they get smarter or learn to be independent. There are typical some strict rules about seeing their parents. It is often 3 weeks or longer. It is a private owned school where the students also live‚ but I some cases there are also day students. Private schools are in many occasions‚ for the rich. Because of the low teaching level in state schools
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increased from time to time there is a wide gap between the two sexes. Moreover‚ the dismissal rates of female students are greater than males. The major factors that caused female students to be dismissed from the university include harassment‚ homesickness‚ lack of assertiveness training‚ teachers gender insensitivity‚ absence of special support program‚ poor time management‚ anxiety‚ financial problems lack of proper guidance‚ and counseling service and department placement without interest. BACKGROUND
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