story “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” by Nadine Gordimer. With regards to this short story it is relevant to firstly focus on the main character‚ secondly on the setting and finally on the theme(s). The story is about an Afrikaner farmer named Marais Van der Vyver. One day he is out hunting with his twenty-year-old farmhand‚ Lucas. While they are out hunting‚ Van der Vyver drives over a pothole in the road and the gun‚ which lay beside him in the cab‚ goes off and shoots through the roof and into
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destroyed most of the country’s economy (Ember 1206). North Korea relied heavily on foreign aid from countries like the Japan and the United States (1207). The estimated cost of the war was between 67 billion to 164 billion dollars (Fincher 42). In the late 1900s‚ floods caused a famine and dropped the country’s economy (Ember 1207). Food aid had been provided but not since 2009 (“North” Central). Poverty increased and with the lack of food‚ crime increased (Ember 1207). During the war‚ production of
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title “City of Ember” is good because it is telling a city being underground . Ember means a glowing light that lights up and starts to dies out. An ember can also be the same thing but in buildings when they turn on the lights it is like an ember. Because the city is underground ‚it is very dark. They need electricity to light up the city. An other title for the book can be “Sunless city”could be another title because the city does not have any light from the sun. “Escape from Ember” also can be
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dictator of North Korea in a communist country (“North” News). “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” is North Korea’s official name. (“ North” News). In 1945‚ after Japan surrendered in World War II‚ Korea was divided into North and South Korea (Ember 1204). Many families were separated from loved ones and resources on the land were too (“North” Central). Thousands of Koreans attempt to escape from economic and social problems in North Korea and flee to China (“North” Central). North Korea established
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The Irish had been suffering for centuries‚ which was due to the British control over Ireland. As David Levinson and Melvin Ember point out‚ the British government took away the land from the Irish Catholics and gave it to the Scottish and English people that moved there. The British seized so much land that “by 1750‚ only 5 percent of all Irish land remained in Catholic hands
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Tone and mood are very important features in poetry. In the poem‚ “The Raven‚” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ he uses lots of different types of figurative language to express the mournful tone. To begin‚ alliteration is a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound. To start with‚ in the second stanza‚ Poe states‚ Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow/From my books a surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore (Lines 9-10). First‚ Poe uses alliteration to surcease of Sorrow
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in shock. "I suppose that means your name is Running Brook‚ the princess. Well‚ my father is the king of the Fire Spirits. He gets angry very easily-that’s why he would have disowned me if he saw that shot I took earlier today. My name is Roaring Embers‚ and I don’t think we’re supposed to be in each other’s company." "Nonsense!"‚ Running Brook cried. She kissed him on the cheek. A few years passed‚ and the war between the species raged on. After realizing that their romance was strong‚ they decided
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set of views‚ sometimes combined with actions that reflect the belief that humanity and potentially society is divided into separate groups referred to as “races” and that certain groups possess traits that make them better or worse than others. (Ember) Some are seen as superior‚ and others inferior based solely on superficial markers that should mean very little in todays society. No one should discriminate and least of all on physical characteristics that are uncontrollable. So‚ in my opinion
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Cited: Annis‚ Barbara. "Gender Differences in the Workplace." WITI: Women in Technology International . Ember‚ Carol R.‚ and Melvin Ember. Anthropology: A Brief Introduction. New Jersey: Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ 1992. Podolefsky‚ Aaron‚ and Peter J. Brown. Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader. US: McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 2003.
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Anthony Marais‚ an American author‚ said‚ “From our myopia arose our dystopia.” In his quote‚ Marais is saying that from our lack of imagination‚ came the idea of dystopias‚ which are places where everything is unpleasant or corrupt. Dystopian literature is one of the most popular forms of writing‚ but why are people interested in reading about them? People are interested in reading about dystopias because they tell fascinating stories‚ provide great protagonists who are inspiring to the youth‚
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