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    and affects us all each and every day. Being scared is very influential on today’s people and how they make their decisions. We need fear as an explanation on why some things happen. William Golding uses the island in Lord of the Flies to create a microcosm of society and he uses the children’s imagination

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    HUMANISTIC NURSING THEORY By: MARY JOHN L. RENONG‚ RN August 10‚ 2013 Dr. Loretta Zderad Dr. Josephine Paterson I. BIOGRAPHY Josephine Paterson was born on the 1st of September of 1924 in Freeport‚ New York. Loretta and Josephine spent their early school years during the depression of the 1930’s. Josephine G. Paterson was also learning the role of a nurse as well as work responsibilities during this same time period. She had

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    Texts in Time Texts embody paradigms corresponding to their social‚ economic and historical contexts. The capacity of thematic concepts to transcend time is manifest within Mary Shelley’s 19th century gothic novel Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Blade Runner (1992) as both pose similar existentialist discourses regarding the fate of humanity. As a Romanticist‚ Shelley condemns humanity’s intrusive assumption as creator. Similarly‚ Scott responds to Shelley warning by

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    only a few years before. If Chicago could at least build a fair on par with the Paris fair‚ it would prove to the world that the US was a cultural‚ military and political force to be reckoned with. Because of the fair’s gigantic scale‚ it became a microcosm of the conflicts and the tenor of the times. In effect‚ the fair was the turning point between the old Victorian days and the modern era‚ technologically‚ culturally‚ politically‚ and in the hearts of the people of the US and the world. The United

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    because that this work has special literary power but also because that it reflects several deep conflicts-ethnic conflict and religious conflict. The major plot of this play is related with Antonio and Shylock‚ the relationship between whom is the microcosm of the complex social conflicts in the society at that time. Antonio is a merchant and Christian‚ while Shylock is a Jew who believes in Judaism. Their conflict in the play may result from their different races and different religion beliefs. Shylock

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    In the years leading up to the Civil War the Baptist denomination in the United States fractured because of issues relating to slavery and missionary work‚ and North Carolinians provide a lens with which to look at this dissolution from the southern perspective. Although many northerners and southerners were ambivalent toward splitting their organizations and‚ as a result their resources‚ division was nonetheless the eventual result. The two sections could not reconcile their conflicting priorities

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    How does Bessie Head use symbolism in her novel When rain clouds gather and what effect does it have on the way we read and respond to the story? In the novel When rain clouds gather‚ Bessie Head uses symbolism to express the transition from the harsh life of tribalism‚ to the development of modern day co-operatives and the effect it has on the community. One of the main symbolic images in the text is the recurring theme of When rain clouds gather. This incomplete and open statement refers

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    a hint of an unwelcoming and threatening gesture from the island. The island foreshadows upcoming ominous signs using malicious imagery and words such as ’laughter from the choir who perched like blackbird on crisscross trunks.’ The island is a microcosm of a society with no rules or regulations. The boys find the island inhabited and subsequently there is no central government. The boys quickly begin to tamper with the island’s natural peace‚ the boys try to change something that is already good

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    Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Sharon Maguire’s Bridget Jone’s Diary both portray a microcosm of the beliefs and values of a particular class of British society. Some beliefs and values are shared between both societies‚ however as times change‚ differences are bound to arise. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Austen mainly deals with middle and higher-class society. The Bennets being of a middle class socialize time and again with their own class and higher‚ particularly Elizabeth. Middle and higher

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    story suggests – the population rise spirals out of control. Destruction of Beauty – The story explores how beauty has been lost through overpopulation in the form of the destruction of cathedrals and town halls. The theme is repeated in the microcosm of the apartment when due to the amount of people that enter the apartment. Therefore‚ they had to remove the wardrobe – the symbol of beauty – from the apartment. Tone The tone of the piece can be described pessimistic verging on nihilistic

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