when a person decides to take control of something in his or her life. Whether it be good or bad‚ there will be consequences for every decision one makes. Both “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer‚ and Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie‚ use allegory to show the dangers of wanting and having control. “Once Upon a Time” shows the power and dominance of control through a real-life situation and a fairytale. Gordimer writes about apartheid‚ a situation going on in her life that she is extremely
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The film Black Hawk Down by Ridley Scott is an action packed war drama that supports the theory Americans risked their lives to end the civil war in Somalia‚ East Africa‚ 1993. Many propaganda techniques were utilised throughout this film to put the Americans in the good spotlight for a Western audience. Propaganda is defined as “information‚ of a biased or misleading nature‚ used to promote a political cause or point of view” (Definition of Propaganda‚ 2012). Throughout this film the director has
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Voltaire’s novella‚ Candide‚ uses satire to discuss and criticise philosophical Optimism‚ the prevalent Catholic philosophy during his time period‚ the Enlightenment era. Voltaire himself was known to oppose this theory‚ and employed caricatural figures in his writing‚ such as the characters of Pangloss and Martin‚ to mock the ideas that they stand for. The old woman‚ as a character‚ is not a protagonist nor does she show up particularly frequently in the text‚ but she is significant to the theme
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satire. Have you heard those ridiculously funny jokes about the people out there and wonder if they notice what they’re thinking? Well‚ if you have then you are aware of how the exaggeration and mockery in satire works. Satire is ironic humor to criticize people’s stupidity. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain uses a great amount of satire to point out things or actions in the society‚ government or religion. Pap Huck’s dad is an alcoholic and abusive which lead him to live a miserable
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the poet goes on to commends the darling‚ saying she is more exquisite than the most pleasant summer day‚ yet soon the cool winds of the autumn day will make the flowers fall. He also goes on explaining that summer doesn ’t keep going long and so does one ’s youth. Next‚ he said that sometimes the summer days can be to hot and sometime it will get cloudy‚ then he naturally continues by saying that everything delightful in the end blurs by chance or by nature ’s inexorable changes. Returning to the
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Introduction The profession as a police officer has many requirements one being the use of force. Police work requires this physical skill of police officers because the probability of a police officer requiring the use of force to control a subject is more likely than not. Situations or improper action during a situation can cause an officer or civilian to lose their life when the wrong use of force is applied. Many situations will dictate the amount of force required to control the suspect
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Summer Reading Project Paper By: Haley Wiener The author of Maus‚ Art Spiegelman‚ portrays the different types of people involved in the holocaust in a confusing way. Spiegelman uses animals in the graphic novel to try (and help) the reader understand relationships‚ feelings‚ and situations more deeply. The author uses mice as Jews‚ the Germans as cats‚ the Poles as pigs‚ the Americans as dogs‚ the French as frogs‚ the Swedes by reindeers‚ the British by fish‚ and the Romani people as gypsy moths
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Shakespeare was able to indirectly express thoughts and questions on religion‚ in a way to make the audience think and question themselves. In the play Hamlet‚ the Ghost is used as a figure of God and religion. Is the ghost really Hamlet’s father? Does it come from heaven or from hell? As Catholic believe in purgatory‚ which means that spirits are between heaven and hell until judgement is called‚ while protestants believe that the dead go immediately to
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he trusts Iago entirely‚ not showing any signs of wanting to further investigate on the case. Thirdly‚ when Iago reveals to Othello of his suspicion that Desdemona is cheating on him‚ it leads Othello to question the reason for his race‚ “And yet how
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(Aristophanes). This is a direct correlation of how a woman was thought of in Ancient Greece. In its simplest terms‚ the Lysistrata is a tale that centers around an Athenian woman named Lysistrata and her comrades who have taken control of the Acropolis in Athens. They are protesting against the endless wars that men are fighting and refuse their husbands sex unless they cease their battles. This revolutionary due to the views of women at the time and how little dominance women had. The woman faced a
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