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    “Chamber of Isolation”. It can be hard for loved ones to breach that chamber just to get your attention‚ and when they do are you really listening‚ or paying attention to what they are saying? The same thing can happen

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    Isolation Isolation is prevalent in all three texts. In The Virgin Suicides‚ Mrs. Lisbon believes she is protecting her daughters from the dangers of the world by isolating them from the dangers of civilisation. However‚ the real dangers are in the home as the Lisbon girls seem to become mentally unstable with the lack of normality and human interaction outside of their own family. Keith Whilite states that “Cecilia’s suicide may be the first indicator that something is unstable in the Lisbon house”

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    Men What would you do if you no one talked to you or lost your last friend? In Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck in 1937‚ this happens. This novella is about a man‚ George and his mentally challenged friend‚ Lennie that looks for work during the Great Depression.The author forms isolation through the character’s struggle to be wanted and included as a person. In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck Crooks‚ Curley’s wife‚ and Candy are three characters that are declared as

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    In the novel‚ Ender’s Game written in 1977 by Orson Scott Card a futuristic story reveals the anguish during the struggle for survival. In chapter four to five‚ Ender faces the isolation‚ which is caused by Graff on purpose‚ however he has learned a lesson from Graff that in this world the one he can really rely on is himself. Later on he unfolds his progress that he modifies the isolated situation. As a result‚ Ender’s developing self-reliance is setting up his mind to be strong enough to face the

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    the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness in the opening pages of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’?’ In the opening of the ‘wide Sargasso sea’‚ Jean Rhys automatically gives the reader a nascent impression of isolation and madness. This quote‚ ‘too young for him they thought’‚ foreshadows the isolation of the family from the society‚ it clearly shows that Antoinette’s family are segregated. The quote ‘one calm evening he shot his dog‚ swam out to sea and was gone forever’‚ tells us the

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    Wuthering Heights‚ by Emily Bronte‚ is set in the detached Yorkshire moors during the early nineteenth century and depicts the lives of two contrasting families. Because Wuthering Heights was written during the Romanticism movement‚ many characteristics of the movement are reflected by the novel. The characters’ reasons for becoming isolated are universal and can be connected to situations found in modern music. Bronte reveals universal aspects of the human condition by highlighting the manner in

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    An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich their feelings of belonging and acceptance‚ however feelings of insecurity can lead to isolation and rejection limiting the experience of belonging. The concept of belonging is feeling connected to another individual‚ group‚ place or object that evokes positive emotions within oneself. In contrast‚ not belonging leads to feelings of alienation due to a lack of understanding‚ separation or when forced to embrace unfamiliarity

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    Group 5   Daniel Lee‚ Ulrica Ong‚ Kiri Halsted    How  far was  the  success  of  the nationalist movements  in  SEA  dependent on  the personalities of their leader?    The success  of the  nationalist movements was widely due to the personalities  of  their  leaders‚  the conservative  and  religious natures  of  the leaders  as  well  as  the  charisma  of  the  leaders.  Nationalist  movements  refer  to  movements  which  aim  to  preserve  a  nation’s  identity‚  tradition‚  culture  or  language

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    ISOLATION OF GLUTEN FROM WHEAT FLOUR AND ITS COLOR REACTION IN DIFFERENT QUALITATIVE TESTS Abstract: Gluten is isolated from wheat flour by washing it with water‚ dissolving the flour’s water soluble components and therefore separating gluten from it. The isolated gluten was then used in different qualitative colour reaction tests. These tests determine what amino acids are present in a protein‚ in this case gluten. Introduction: Proteins are large biological molecules that are made up of amino

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    In the science fiction novel The Chrysalids‚ written by John Wyndham‚ the theme of isolation is displayed through the social‚ psychological‚ and geographical aspects of the book. Xenophobia is also a key factor contributing to the isolation between the different groups within the population. Social isolation is made clear with the separation between the "Norm" people and the mutants. The Norm shun those who possess mutant like qualities or abilities‚ and choose to isolate them in the community

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