PART IV. A VOYAGE TO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOUYHNHNMS. CHAPTER I. [The author sets out as captain of a ship. His men conspire against him‚ confine him a long time to his cabin‚ and set him on shore in an unknown land. He travels up into the country. The Yahoos‚ a strange sort of animal‚ described. The author meets two Houyhnhnms.] 1.1 I continued at home with my wife and children about five months‚ in a very happy condition‚ if I could have learned the lesson of knowing when I was well. I left my poor
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Responsibility Jonathan Swift cleverly illustrates a very “humble” solution to the crisis in Ireland in his personal essay‚ “A Modest Proposal.” His voice urges annoyance and frustration‚ evoking a tone of sarcasm. Through the use of cynical language‚ he creates an intense and informative response. He uses language to create imagery which he intends to elicit a response of shock and moral responsibility. His intention is to mock Ireland and the economic crisis they have got themselves in. Swift appropriately
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that anyone can become a celebrity. In this interview‚ 52 year old Jonathan Ross is the chat host. He uses un-scripted interview techniques to try and unveil secrets from the celebrity on his show; in this case it is Lady Gaga. She was born in New York 26 years ago and possesses a regular New York accent. Whereas‚ British hot Jonathan Ross has an estuary English accent. I am going to focus on a transcript taken from “Jonathan Ross live with Lady Gaga” the aim of this is to analyse the language
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introduction of their book Benjamin Franklin‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ and the Representation of American Culture‚ “It is difficult‚ if not impossible to‚ think of two more widely studied colonial figures than Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards. As Franklin and Edwards have been studied individually over generations‚ so also have they been looked at together” (Oberg and Stout 3). Through their influential writing and critical evaluations of how to improve oneself‚ Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin both encompass
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Taylor Swift is a very popular solo singer. She is well known in the teenage era of pop music. Taylor used to sing country music when she first started‚ but she eventually got into more pop as she got older. Taylor is also known for writing her own music‚ which she has been doing for over eleven years. Swift broke out into the music world at the age of sixteen when she wrote a song about Tim McGraw. Taylor’s grandmother who was an opera singer‚ was an early influence. However‚ she soon discovered
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L’Ingenu by Voltaire The book L’Ingenu by Voltaire is bursting with corruption of the soul. Lying‚ manipulating‚ and bribery are the center of religion‚ politics‚ and social society. These issues are expressed very harshly by Voltaire in this book. Voltaire ties to enlighten the people of his day by shedding light on these issues and start a changing in the world. Along with religion‚ he focuses upon political‚ social‚ and cultural factors to describe how he feels about the 18th Century
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is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Voltaire‚ George Orwell and Charles Dickens used satire to provide a humorous perspective to the social‚ political and ideological views of their times. Candide by Voltaire‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ and Hard Times by Charles Dickens are very successful in using satire to show the flaws of each era ’s current views. Voltaire‚ Orwell‚ and Dickens use different forms of satire to make their points. Voltaire and Dickens are very extreme with their depiction
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Context Paper Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977 in Washington D.C. Foer is the middle son in a Jewish family. His mom was the daughter of a holocaust survivor and his dad was a lawyer. Growing up‚ Jonathan was always a little bit different. At the age of 8‚ he was injured in a classroom chemical accident that spiraled into a breakdown lasting about 3 years. During this time he wanted nothing more than to be “out of his own skin.” Foer was inspired to start writing after he started his freshman
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Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” (The New York Times‚ 2011) is an essay written by Jonathan Franzen. The essay is basically about the effect of what technological progress is doing to the modern society. Jonathan Franzen is not against technology but he is against what it has done to the technology users. He thinks the progress has turned the youth into narcissists: “But if you consider this in human terms‚ and you imagine a person defined by a
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personal attitudes. One of the most influential women in today’s pop culture is Taylor Swift‚ a country artist. Plenty of singers including Taylor Swift use music videos to promote themselves by conveying themes and opinions the audience can relate to. Swift’s music video‚ “Bad Blood‚” was released on May 17‚ 2015. Swift premiered “Bad Blood” in the opening of the Billboard Music Awards. The music video shows Swift and her close friends including Selena Gomez‚ Karlie Kloss‚ Lena Dunham‚ Zendaya‚ Kimdrick
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