Educational Trip to UP Diliman and PHILVOCS On February 20‚ 2014 we‚ the 4th year students of BS Civil Engineering students of Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) had an educational trip on Laboratory of Civil Engineering department of UP Diliman and PHILVOCS. The purpose of this trip is to gain useful and helpful informations about our course‚ to learn how to use and operate laboratory equipment used in the field of Civil Engineering. The first part of the trip was on UP Diliman
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Cooking Up the Perfect Argument There are hundreds of different genres of writing that exist today. Each of those subcategories has certain characteristics that would make it either a good or bad piece of writing. When it comes to opinionated writing‚ there are several underlying elements that dictate how influential an author is if he or she uses them correctly. However‚ you must also know how to recognize these traits to be an informed reader. Ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are three distinct
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Unreliable Narrators in Poe’s Annabel Lee and The Tell Tale Heart Something happens when we as readers start to sense that there is a case of an unreliable narrator – we stop reading the story and start reading the narrator or writer. This can make the story more complicated‚ confusing‚ and ultimately thrilling‚ specifically in the case of the famous poet Edgar Allan Poe. In Poe’s Annabel Lee and Tell Tale Heart‚ he gives us reason to doubt the sanity and truthfulness of his narrators. The deeper
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Johnny Lai 07659563 Narrator is the person (perspective) which is chosen by the author to tell the story (literary work‚ movie‚ play‚ verbal account‚ etc.) to the readers (audiences). Traditionally‚ the narrator is supposed to be reliable‚ since he/she/it is the only connection between the readers and the fiction world. But occasionally‚ authors would use unreliable narrator to be the perspective of their story. The concept of the unreliable narrator (as opposed to "author") became more important
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Commit Suicide is one of the serious social issues in the world. Nowadays‚ suicide rate in Malaysia is become higher and higher. According to The STAR online‚ Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that the ratio of suicides was 1.3 for every 100‚000 people from 2007 to 2010‚ but it added that it could be higher. Cases of commit suicide are increasing every year. The majority people who commit suicide were aged between from 24 to 44‚ which is productive age group. From the research‚ we could
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Chickamauga In the story Chickamauga Ambrose Bierce uses the narrator to tell the story through the eyes of the boy. The reader gets to know the protagonist through the narrator who the author uses to reveal some of the characters directly through disturbing details and others indirectly by describing the reaction of the character to certain situations. The boy in the story is the protagonist. The author introduces you to the boy in the begining of the story. Biecre lets you know the boy is
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John Proctor is a flawed man. How‚ in spite of this‚ does Arthur Miller develop his character so that we admire him more and more as the play progresses? John Proctor‚ throughout the play‚ undergoes a personal dilemma. He earns our respect during the play by making some moral choices. Towards the end of the play he follows the courage of his convictions but ironically has to play the ultimate price. Miller introduces a complex character. John Proctor‚ in the directors notes‚ comes across as
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Prompt: Who is the most sympathetic character in The Great Gatsby? Why? In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ it’s all about parties‚ females‚ and romance. It’s also about life and reality because most of the things that are happening in modern life happened in the book. The most sympathetic character in The Great Gatsby is Nick because of the way he gets treated‚ because of the way he tries to help out the people in the story‚ and because of the way he was there for Gatsby. Nick is the most sympathetic
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everything in the past has a connection to the future in some way. Before they got out of the time travel machine‚ Travis clearly explained why they take so many precautions to prevent the change in the future and what can happen in they change something. Then Travis went on to say‚ “A little error here would multiply in sixty million years‚ all out of proportion”(Bradbury 4). How if you make one little mistake that doesn’t seem like a big deal‚ the problem will only grow bigger over time. If they were
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Reason why people commit suicide A suicide attempt is a clear that something is gravely wrong in a person’s life. No matter the race or age of the person and how rich or poor they are. It is true about the suicidal persons have a mental and emotional disorder. In general‚ people try to kill themselves because of severe depression. It is always accompanied by a pervasive sense of suffering as well as the belief that escape from it is hopeless. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severely
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