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    The Use of Pauses and Silences in the Homecoming Harold Pinter is a British dramatist who was known of his economy and simplicity of diction in his works‚ but some situations in his plays must to be associated with many social and cultural elements in and out the text. For example‚ the vulgar and dirty interaction between the father and his sons is strange for the conservative society in the west before WWII and to the Arab readers who by traditions and religion highly respect their parents

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    School Shootings

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    that have encountered school shootings. America experienced one of the most horrific school shootings of our time. On December 14‚ 2012 Newton‚ Connecticut- Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Adam Lanza (20) killed 27 people (20) children and (6) school staff. Following that shooting the same month and year 2013‚ there were (4) more gun shootings on college campuses. Since the 1700s‚ school shootings have occurred in the United States. There have been over 57 college shootings

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    Elephant Habitat

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    Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous

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    Discuss Bowlby’s work on attachment. Refer to the work of at least one other researcher in your answer. (12 marks) Attachment theory was developed in the 1950’s by psychoanalyst John Bowlby‚ who defined attachment as a ‘lasting psychological connectedness between human beings’. Whilst working with James Robertson in 1952‚ he observed that children experienced intense distress when separated from their mothers and if fed by other caregivers‚ the child’s anxiety did not diminish. This led to his theories

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    Campus Shootings

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    Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Number Date In the recent years‚ the shootings as a result of confrontations that have occurred at U.S colleges and universities have led to heated debates on whether students‚ administrators and professors should be allowed to carry concealed guns or not. Whereas some analysts have continually defended the opinion that guns should be allowed on college and campuses grounds‚ majority have nullified any single idea of having concealed weapons on campuses as

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    George Orwell Classism

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    George Orwell Politics and Classism. Index Introduction. The History of George Orwell. Road to Wigan pier Animal Farm Nineteen eighty-four Conclusion. Introduction In this dissertation my main aim to describe George Orwell and find out what made him tick. Orwell was and is one of the most quoted men who ever lived and in his lifetime wrote such masterpieces as Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)‚ Animal farm (1945) and Road to Wigan Pier (1937). As well as being a novelist‚ Orwell also wrote essays

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    that doesn’t exist? Or can humanity be shut off like a television to such a powerful emotion such as love? George Orwell and Steven Spielberg brought these questions to the forefronts of the minds of millions of people. Through their combined works of 1984 and A.I. they present the question of humanity and our ability to love with the use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and situational irony. George Orwell’s depiction of Party members as animalistic‚ subhuman creatures paints a chilling portrait of our

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    Animal Farm by George Orwell was trying to show the dislike of communism. Because the old form of government end up being quiet similar to the new form. Orwell shows this by getting rid of Mr. Jones for mistreating the animals‚ and overtime Napoleon a pig comes to power‚ the same thing happened but with a different look. George Santayana wrote‚ “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This quote is similar to Orwell’s dislikes and the way he shows it in the book. Both the

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    Throughout his work “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism and condensed metaphors to sensationalize the power‚ yet subtleness of the main theme: happiness. While the title does not blatantly represent the characters pursuit of happiness‚ the simile used in the title does epitomize Hemingway’s writing style as well as the diverse use of symbolism throughout the narrative. Hemingway uses this symbolism to convey the unspoken thoughts and emotions of the characters and the ultimate

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    Shooting Stars

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    Hannah Rose Watson Marr College Standard Grade English Folio: Reading A Critical Evaluation of “Shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy “Shooting Stars‚” by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem that explores the theme of tragedy through the writer’s creation of haunting imagery and tells a story‚ like no other. Using techniques such as imagery‚ enjambment‚ structure and form‚ Duffy invites the reader to contemplate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in World War II and to warn against

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