‘Mansfield Park’ (1814) is based on his own studies of ‘orientalism’. This term is defined by Said as a variety of false assumptions /depictions of Eastern people within Western attitudes. This is achieved‚ he argues‚ through the literary discourse provided by post-enlightenment‚ post-colonial American/European (Western) authors. Said draws our attention to an underlying theme of ‘Mansfield Park’‚ which is empire. Said recycles his interpretation of stereotyped Muslims‚ Arabs & Egyptians and applies
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job‚ or power‚ something will draw a line between these groups. The Black Mirror episode “Fifteen Million Merits” focuses on the life of Bing in a society where workers spend their life on stationary bikes to generate power for the world. By biking‚ each worker also earns currency called “merits” which they use to buy basic necessities‚ food‚ and for leisure. When Abi—a new worker—is introduced‚ Bing believes she has what it takes to win “Hot Shot” as a singer. Hot Shot is a talent game show where
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Abraham Lincoln‚ ex-slaves‚ and Susie Taylor‚ all were fighting for different things during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln pledged to forbid slavery in the new states and do nothing about ending slavery in the states where slavery was already existed. When people pressured Lincoln to make freedom one of the outcomes of war‚ he defended his policy. He wanted to save the Union whether it meant saving or destroying slavery. The war aims of the former slave and the black soldiers was different than President
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Chloë Venetia Jackson Explain and Illustrate features a Tolerant Individual may be said to Require Tolerance involves not acting on one’s disaproval of a practice or value that one opposes. This defintion would suggest that a mysoginistic individual who does not believe in femal suffrage is being toletant. The mysoginist may have arguments against that female right eg. being the maternal sex‚ their role is as a houswife therefore‚ political decisions do not concern them. So the individual
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prevailing social standards‚ attitudes‚ practices‚ etc.". When a man conforms he displays obedience towards the regulations of the society into which he has been planted. Harlan Ellison writes of conformity in his epic entitled "’Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman". And it is through his piece that he paints the idea of non-conformism. Ellison implements in media res organization‚ crafts a programmed society‚ interpolates monotonous diction‚ and alludes to Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience" in respect
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Examine the ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed. (24 MARKS) Some sociologists say that childhood is a social construction one of the reasons for this is that childhood seems to differ worldwide between different cultures there has been much research such as investigations into this‚ including separateness between children and adults‚ cultural differences and historical differences. Jane Pilcher speaks about separateness between adults and children. She notes that the
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In his essay‚ The Fairy Tale May Say Best What’s to Be Said‚ Lewis discussed his intentions to incorporate Christian mythology into fantasy works in order to make religion more appealing to the younger generation‚ “I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralyzed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that
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Summary #2 In the article‚ “We all swim together” by Edward Said‚ the topic that is discussed is the war of terror‚ more specifically‚ or rhetorically‚ of the West and Islam‚ but the subject at hand discussed throughout‚ is that no matter what side of the war is being discussed‚ everybody is going through a battle of some sort. Said mentions the September 11th attack‚ and how he remembered after one of his lectures he “interrupted a man” who attacked his ideas about being western‚ yet the man was
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Axia College Material Appendix B Audience-Focused Communication Matrix Use the matrix to complete the information. Write 3-4 sentences for each item. What are some audience characteristics you need to consider? What communication channels would be appropriate and why? What would you do to ensure your message is effective? What are some considerations you must keep in mind given the diversity of the audience? Audience-Focused Communication Audience Audience Characteristics Channels
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The great poet Aristotle once said that Sophocles portrayed men as they ought to be while Euripides portrayed men as they really are. It can be argued that Sophocles did not portray an idealized version of man because his works did have both an antagonist and a protagonist‚ but even the antagonists in Sophocles plays were scrupulous. Furthermore‚ the manner in which Euripides portrays the characters in his plays adheres to a level of psychology unprecedented in his time‚ thus portraying men as they
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