John le Carré: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold This book is a spy story‚ about bluffs between the British Secret Service and the German Democratic Republic. I found it very difficult to understand. The stroy occurs during the Cold War‚ in the 1950s and 1960s. The main character is Alec Leamas‚ a british agent in charge of East German espionage. He is recalled to the Circus‚ because there are no agents left. Control asks him to ’stay in the cold’. That means one last mission for
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Internet‚ telling how the advent of each sparked a revolution in our culture‚ and‚ in the case of the internet‚ in the way we think‚ going on to say that “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a jet ski.” (Carr‚ 7) due to his interactions with the internet. He provides a story that could give an answer to the question we’ve been asking. How is the exponential increase of information that we process in all forms of media affecting the way we live? In
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Patrick Carr was not a politician‚ or a general‚ or anything of much influence. He was a common working man. Although he became important to the American Revolution post-death. More importantly‚ where‚ when‚ and by whom he was killed. Also what he said in the few days before he passed on. Patrick Carr was born between 1739 and 1740. He was an Irish journeyman and apprentice to “Mr. Field‚ a ‘leather-breeches-maker’” ‘material made by tanning animal skin - short pants that end at the knee - maker’
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The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and produced by Simon Channing-Williams . The screen script by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carre novel by the same name. The movie is the narrative of Justin Quayle‚ a British diplomat in Kenya‚ who seeks to find the truth behind his wife’s murder . The movie‚ set in the 1990’s‚ begins almost with the murder‚ however‚ with the use of flashbacks one is given a glimpse of the life the couple had before the ending
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In answering the question‚ "What is History?" E.H. Carr reasons that history is dependent on the views and opinions of historians. History is "a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts‚ an unending dialogue between the present and the past." His essay examines some interesting points in regards to history and whether much of it is actual truth or simply an interpretation of the facts set before the historian. Carr compares the writings of Acton and Sir George Clark
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Globalization & Technology We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives‚ when we are at school‚ work‚ or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows. To begin with‚ Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed by
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involve for the future that will come and perhaps our society is not involve enough in developing new technologies rather than being user of technologies‚ which in some strange way of thinking being only user of computer technology is the same point that Carr mention. Perhaps our distraction by our computer technologies is one of the reason we lost our focus‚ may be Carr’s sense is right‚ our brain neural circuitry is changing‚ and
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Our world is rapidly progressing into a vibrant technological era. The internet and computer took the world by storm‚ and now Apple and Google are a vital part of every country. We can now access information in ten seconds that would of taken us days 20 years ago. Technology has been integrated into a majority of schooling systems‚ allowing students to be more successful in their classes. Without the internet‚ student would learn half of what they would learn without them. Knowledge and wisdom
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Summary on article by David Carr «A TV Schedule in the Hands of Whoever Holds the Remote» How to choose the right channel with appreciable programs and allow yourself to switch off the problems of daily routine in the armchair? The truthful and really worthy answer on this question is hiding in the article by David Carr opened to the fans of the time-wasters in front of their TV’s in The New York Times‚ which is also devoted television problem of 21st century. Taking to consideration that
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discover thousands of sites with information relevant to their desired topic. Although having information at your fingertips is convenient and fast‚ it has stripped the millennials ability of elaborate reading and analysis of a lengthy narrative. Carr claims that the internet has been "chipping away" (Source 4) at millennial’s concentration. Brainwashing them into becoming dependent on the web for the entirety of our information‚ whether it be for educational information or even for a simple question
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