ENGLISH REPORT… “THE FATHER” By: Bjornstjerne Bjornson aBorn | 8 December 1832 Kvikne‚ Norway | Died | 26 April 1910 (aged 77) Paris‚ France | Occupation | Poet‚ novelist‚ playwright‚ lyricist | Nationality | Norwegian | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 | •was the son of a Norwegian pastor •was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. •is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen‚ Jonas
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Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs‚ which commonly includes food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live. For much of history‚ poverty was considered largely unavoidable as traditional modes of production were insufficient to give
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Fight Poverty Many people here in the United States‚ are forced to live a life in poverty. Poverty in the United States is getting worse each day and not enough is getting done about it. There are people who want to help the poor‚ but no one knows exactly how to help them. Those who are against poverty agree that something needs to be done‚ but they do not know how to go about getting things done. A primary reason for people not taking action is because of lack of information that is provided
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Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. In the past four decades‚ the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ and Viet Nam. Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles‚ and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across
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Poverty occurs in most parts of the world. Nevertheless‚ the more serious and problematical poverty takes part in the third world and the southern parts of the globe. First of all‚ we have to clearly define the word “poverty”. In a broad sense‚ it means that people within this “poverty” region are poor or have a lower average income per capita than other regions. To a deeper approach‚ we refer “poverty” as people have low educational backgrounds‚ lack of food supplies‚ or people with lower
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with the rising problem of poverty. It is estimated that about 38% of the population live in severe poverty (Poverty Bulletin‚ 2005‚ p.9). According to the poverty reduction strategy for Namibia (1998‚ p.1) Namibia is among the most dualistic countries in the world both geographically and economically. Most of the population is situated in the northern regions of the country‚ where majority of the people depend on agriculture as a means to sustain their lives. Poverty in Namibia‚ is a very serious
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Advanced Writing Final Essay Poverty in Egypt Mostafa Emad 113195 The problem of poverty in the Egyptian society According to El laithy H. (1998)‚ Poverty is defined as a shortage in money that the people cannot afford the basic needs that are food‚ water‚ shelter‚ education and health care. There are about 85 poor country all over the world including Egypt. Egypt is one of the countries that suffer from a high percentage of poverty in the Arab world and in the whole
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Position of Poverty In the world we live in today there are only two kinds of poverty as identified by John Kenneth Galbrith in “The Position of Poverty.” Galbrith made a distinction and labeled the distinction as “case poverty” and “insular poverty.” According to Galbrith case poverty is defined as‚ restricted to an individual and his or her family and often seems to be the caused by alcoholism‚ ignorance‚ mental deficiency‚ discrimination‚ or specific disabilities. Insular poverty on
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Poverty in modern era As many of the people in the world are concerned what to wear‚ what to buy‚ where to go on vacation est. the others continuously are facing the evil‚ so called poverty‚ not knowing if they are going to have lunch in the next day or many of them in the next week. The poverty is not a new problem but it is one of the biggest problems‚ nowadays. On one hand‚ there is rapid development of the technology‚ everyday there are new mobile phones with better and higher performances
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Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. In the past four decades‚ the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ and Viet Nam. Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles‚ and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across
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