If I had a choice to live‚ I would prefer to live in Sparta because it has the strong military power. Moreover‚ military strength is very much necessary in order to protect own country from the enemies. In addition to this‚ I would be happy when I got the chance to serve the country as an army. This thought would be 100% fulfilled if I live in the Sparta because joining the army is like a compulsory job there for any eligible candidate. Along with this‚ as per the rule of the Sparta‚ I would get
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Rosa Zhang Santiago 5 4 Oct 2015 The Iron (Fist) of the Circumstance “I Stand Here Ironing”‚ by Tillie Olsen‚ is a story told by an unnamed mother who struggles to balance family and financial stability. The mother retells her experience raising Emily‚ the oldest daughter of the family‚ who faces both emotional and physical hardships such as depression‚ separation from her family‚ and illness. Throughout the story‚ the mother is constantly ironing clothes‚ symbolising her maternal duties that ironically
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First of all‚ the author enables the reader to identify with the narrator by using the literary technique of a first-person narration. This form often includes an interior monologue. Especially this extract of Tillie Olsen’s “I stand here ironing” is partly an interior monologue. The first-person narrator‚ a mum of five children‚ thinks about someone’s offer of help for her oldest daughter. This means the reader gets to know her thoughts and is able to share her feelings‚ perceptions and reflections
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Elisa’s Point of View In the short story‚ “The Chrysanthemums” John Steinbeck tells the story of Elisa Allen living on a ranch in the Salinas Valley with her husband Henry. Elisa is a thirty-five year-old house wife that takes pride in growing chrysanthemums. One day while cutting down last year’s chrysanthemums her husband tells her that he has just sold thirty cattle and is going to take her out to dinner and a movie. After that‚ a traveling tinker stops by her house and offers to fix any pots
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Maryland‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware. Last but not least‚ Southern Colonies consisted of: Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Out of these thirteen colonies‚ I’d want to live in the Massachusetts‚ a colony in the New England section. Massachusetts was a great colony to live in. After all‚ you are guinea pigs. The people who sailed on the Mayflower were very lucky. Even though most of them died‚ the survivors must be strong enough to do anything. Massachusetts was a very
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Spanish Colonization (1521 - 1898) Early Spanish expeditions The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorerFerdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan was killed by natives‚ led by a local
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In Crime and Punishment‚ Dostoevsky illustrates Raskolnikov’s thought process to express his belief that he too is one of the very few who possess the qualities of an extraordinary man who can help aid his community. In Crime and Punishment‚ Dostoevsky illustrates Raskolnikov’s belief that he is one of the very few who possess the qualities of an extraordinary man who can help aid his community by revealing his thought process on the subject. “How can you fail to see the character of the man
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the Approach to Parenting in “I stand here ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker The short stories “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker contain many similarities‚ both authors stress the importance of family and the struggles involved in family dynamics. In each story a mother is showing concern in regards to their relationship with their children due to past and present life obstacles. In the story‚ “I stand here ironing” the mother and narrator
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Point of view is a critical narrative technique that F. Scott Fitzgerald frequently manipulates throughout The Great Gatsby (1925) to manipulate and shape the reader’s response to the various issues explored. Point of view (in fictional writing) is the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. Through the first person and sometimes third person limited retrospective narrative voice of Nick Carraway‚ Fitzgerald invites us to condemn or condone various aspects of “the roaring twenties”
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about performances‚ the Campus will conduct a faculty evaluation. The students are given an evaluation forms to be answered so that the Department Chairmen and even the Campus Executive Director can easily determine where the faculty members lack and what they need to work further. Students play an integral role in the academic life of the university through their participation in the evaluation of the faculty .The proposed project entitled “Computerized Faculty Evaluation System (CFES) for
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