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    Democratic Country

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    A democratic country aims to have an accountable government that serve the best interests of the people it is governing. The UK is a liberal democracy which ensures that citizens should be able to influence governmental decisions made. But how far is the UK democratic? An element of Britain’s governmental system is that there is no written constitution. This means that‚ theoretically‚ the government are free to pass any legislation as long as they have the majority in parliament which could be easily

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    Written by Victor Hugo after the French Revolution‚ Les Misérables is a story that examines the many levels of social injustice in nineteenth-century France. Its protagonist‚ Jean Valjean‚ is central to the understanding of this injustice. Sentenced to 19 years in prison for committing a petty crime‚ Valjean comes to observe the law as an arbitrary force lacking in compassion and equality. However‚ Valjean’s view is fanatically contradicted by Inspector Javert‚ a man whose commitment to the law

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    References: Maslow‚ A. H. (1943) A theory of motivation. Psychological Review 50(4) 370-396. Murray‚ H.A. (1938). Explorations in personality NY: Oxford University Press Nelson‚ R. J‚ Smith‚ D.J. (1993). Achievement-related beliefs of college students with disabilities. Eastern Washington University. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability

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    Country Husband

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    Conformity in “The Country Husband” is what causes Francis Weed’s behavior to change Webster’s dictionary defines conformity as: action in accordance with some specified standard or authority‚ conformity to social custom. In “The Country Husband” Francis Weed had a brush with death‚ he then returned home to a less than enthusiastic greeting from his family. All Francis wants to do is tell them about his plane crash experience. This is not the greeting he gets from his family unfortunately. Francis

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    Country Lover's

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    Forbidden Love in South Africa By: Charity Duren ENG125: Introduction to Literature (GSH1106D) In structor: Benjamin Daw February 11‚ 2011 The reading assignment that intersted me was “Country Lovers” A story about fobidden love on a South African farm by Nadine Gordimer (1975). This story interested me because the main character was a well to do white man‚ Paulus‚ who fell in love with a black slave girl‚ Thebedi. Paulus provided Thebedir with gifts as they grew up together. Paulus

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    There are sites of nature that amaze‚ startle and leave you gasping for breath— and then there are awesome creations like Château de Chillon‚ that force you to glare at them without batting your eyelids while being transported into a new world. Standing imperiously on the banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland‚ the castle of Chillon proves to be arguably the best preserved medieval fortification in all of Europe. One that will remain etched in your memory forever. Image by  HYPERLINK "http://www

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    North Country

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    Many stereotypes of women were depicted in the movie North Country. The first major one that I notice was when the main character was talking to her childhood friend after washing her hair. He friend told her that she worked at the town mine. The main character automatically asked her if she was a secretary there. This is a large stereotype that has affected women for a long time. Many people assume that the job a woman would be working in a male environment such as mining must be as a secretary

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    Rise to Fame Chad Le Clos

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    be lots of athletic debuts‚ one of them will be a fellow South African Chad Le Clos. He will be competing in his first ever Olympics at the age of twenty and hopes to make history and bring gold home to South Africa. Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos was born in Durban South Africa April 12th 1992. He is representing South Africa in the 2012 Olympics for swimming‚ he is twenty and Is the oldest child of Bert and Geraldine le Clos. He graduated from Westville Boys high school In 2010 at the age of eighteen

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    Country Lovers

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    Country Lovers The river is the place to be yourself‚ there are no rules. Thebedi and Paulus can be together at the river. At the river-bed there is nice plants‚ with stinkwood and Cape willow trees. In line 69 the text says that Thededi and Paulus not are afraid of each other. They are not afraid of each other while they are sitting at the river. The difference between the river and the farmhouse is that at the farmhouse they have to be “afraid” of each other. They cant show that they

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    The Victorian era’s patriarchal ideals rooted on fear of female empowerment influenced Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s lesbian vampire novella‚ Carmilla. The social ambience created by patriarchy at the time limited women to be objects of desire to be owned and controlled by men. In hopes of defying this social construct Le Fanu creates Carmilla‚ a vampire who feeds on and loves other women. Her independence from and disregard for the patriarchy challenges male kinship. The novella Carmilla is an attempt

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