Q1) After performing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) Activity‚ I scored 29/30 points taking approximately 8 minutes to complete losing only one point for not realising what the correct date was. We chose to conduct the test in the kitchen of my house as there was no external distractions. Prior to the test‚ I thought it was intimidating as the way it was presented was quite daunting due to the lack of instructions on the actual test. I felt this lead to a bit of confusion of what I was supposed
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Chapter 4 of Lilly‚ Cullen & Ball mainly focuses on Robert Merton and his theories of Anomie and Strain Theories. Merton wanted to theorize the root of social deviance. He did not reject the thoughts of the Chicago school theorists of Sutherland‚ Shaw and McKay‚ but however he did suggest that other factors were involved in such as conditions essential to society and not just in the slums‚ was the center point of the nation’s crime and deviance. He thought the “American Dream”‚ “a message sent
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Doctors of the Holocaust The Holocaust was one of the most inhumane genocides in history. Millions were killed in concentration camps by gas chambers and crematoria; others died in combat trying to fight the Nazi regime. But there were some who died more horrid deaths at the hands of Nazi doctors in the camps. These doctors would perform experiments meant to mutilate and cause intense pain for the victims. Many of the Nazi physicians were captured‚ while others fled before the liberation of camps
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To start‚ nearly everyone in the film Gattaca has been genetically engineered from birth. The main character‚ Vincent‚ is one of the few people that was born without the enhancement which means he has defects such as bad eyesight and a heart condition. He had always wanted to go into space‚ but because of his lack of genetic engineering‚ he isn’t considered suitable for the job. As a way to make his dream possible‚ Vincent takes on a new identity that belonged to an athlete who had become crippled
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Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” is a good example of Magical Realism because it contains characters that live everyday normal lives‚ but seem to live in a fantastic world outside their house doors. An example from the story is when the narrator and Irene have to leave their house and into the fantastic world “You could hear the noises‚ still muffled but louder‚ just behind us. I slammed the grating and we stopped in the vestibule. Now there was nothing to be heard.” This sentence proves that it is
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“It is not so simple as that either. As so frequently would be the case in the future‚ Dexter was unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams.” This quote is from the last paragraph in section one of “Winter Dreams”‚ the small little phrase goes on to set the whole theme of the short story‚ and very early on gives us a look at Dexters desire for wealth‚ beautiful women‚ and a good time. All of which are major components of the American dream as we know it today. Although‚ Dexter seems to contradict
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and imagery‚ which heighten the interest of the viewer. Despite the changes in Parker’s interpretation‚ he surely captures the passion of Othello and later the monster which resides within him‚ the beauty and loyalty of his love Desdemona starred by Irene Jacob in stark contrast with‚ the human manifestation of Satan himself‚ the diabolical‚ Iago‚ portrayed by Kenneth Branagh and the adherent Michael Cassio captured by Nathaniel Parker. Furthermore‚ the set and costumes were equally accomplished which
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Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1857‚ popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision." The case was based on the fact that although he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves‚ they had lived with his slave owner‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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43 A NEW HISTORICIST APPROACH TO JOHN GALSWORTY’S THE FORSYTE SAGA B. Krishnamurthy* Introduction The present paper aims at applying the New Historicist approach to the study of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga. John Galsoworthy is one of the three eminent Edwardian Novelists‚ the others being H.G. Wells and Arnold Bennet. They grew up when socialism was gaining ground among the elite and when the Russian writers with leftist orientation were the most dominant influence. Galsworthy’s sympathy
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Similarly‚ Irene and the unnamed narrator of “House Taken Over” are the last in their family‚ and they know that once they die‚ their home will be sold and nothing will be left. The siblings have everything to lose at any given moment‚ and by the end of the story‚ both do lose everything. These families meet a similar fate at the end of the story. In the Usher siblings’ case‚ the cause is more supernatural‚ while a series of unfortunate events caused the Irene and her brother to be all
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