remind people you are‚ you aren’t.” Those are my favorite quotations from the Iron Lady‚ former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher‚ who died on the 8th of April‚ 2013. She understood that leadership is not about titles or photo ops or posturing. True leadership is about authenticity‚ standing up for principles‚ even in the face of strong opposition. To her admirers‚ Margaret Thatcher was an iconic national heroine who ended Britain’s post-World War II cycle of decline. Her angry critics saw
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In the novel‚ In The Skin Of A Lion‚ by Michael Ondaatje‚ Patrick Lewis is put through events and has certain expectations placed on him that greatly affect his perception and his method of handling situations that he is placed in. Patrick Lewis is always expected to be compassionate and affectionate towards others no matter what the situation‚ this leads him making some dramatic decisions in the book. He grew up in a very isolated area which always made him an immigrant towards wherever he went
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Margaret Thatcher (Her Life as Prime Minister of Britain) Margaret Thatcher can be considered as one of the most prolific leaders of our time. She was Britain’s first and only woman Prime Minister‚ thus far. She was the longest serving Prime Minister Britain had in the 20th century. Thatcher’s stern‚ no-nonsense approach in the leadership of her government earned her the nickname‚ "The Iron Lady." She certainly lived up to the name‚ because she took Britain through a revolutionary change;
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The Loons Piquette Tonnerre the daughter of Lazarus had a history of regularly visiting at the hospital where Ewen makes a living. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis and her bone began to flare up again as the chapter begins. Vanessa’s father plans to bring Piquette on the family’s summer break to Diamond Lake but the dilemma in this plan was that Beth and Grandfather Macleod did not agree. “Oh dear‚ I’ll bet anything she has nits in her hair” (Beth. page 107) “Ewen‚ if that half-breed youngster
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stories." This also directly relates to the Epic of Gilgamesh which is the first recorded myth The book’s title is from a direct quote of the myth. "I will let my hair grow long for your sake‚ and I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion" This emphasises the need of a story teller who must reveal the errors and flaws of the world which is directly represented by Patrick. Characters Patrick- Is used as a
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“Atwood presents us with heroines who suffer victimization but who are not finally defeated” How far do you agree with this view of Atwood’s presentation of Elaine thus far in the novel? Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye explores the life of the female protagonist Elaine‚ and her struggle to move on from her difficult and disturbing past. As a heroine who suffers victimization‚ to say Elaine was not effected harshly by these circumstances would be untrue. The victimisation and bullying Elaine received
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Summary and Analysis PrintPDFCite. “This Is a Photograph of Me‚” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood‚ presents a speaker who begins by promising to show us a photograph of herself. Later‚ however‚ we learn that the speaker has died from having drowned in the lake the photograph depicts. The poem begins with a title that is a crucial part of the text. Unlike many poems‚ where the title has little effect on the work’s meaning‚ here the title is essential to a total understanding of the whole
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A00116258 Angry Fathers Mel Lazarus‚ writer of Angry Fathers‚ showed by describing his relationship between him and his father‚ as he recalled an incident that happened when he was 9 years old‚ back in 1938‚ when corporal punishment was most used to correct bad behavior‚ “They’ll live‚ don’t worry “‚ was the common idea‚ that event marked his relationship and trust with his father for life. Lazarus’ family stayed at a boarding house in Catskills for the summer during school vacations‚ and he
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__Lady Lazarus__ Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus is an incredible metaphor of rebirth; the whole idea of a new life from death. Plath throughout her life was suicidal and many of her most famous works revolve around the ideas of death being a new beginning and a way of escaping enslavement from many various factors that bind us to life. There is nothing different about this poem from all of Plath’s other works. She as always represents her life troubles through a worldly event in this case the Holocaust
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Thatcherism– It’s all about Leadership Margaret Thatcher-Style She led from the heart and embodied an ideological world view that shaped every decision she made. Her “Thatcherism” was rooted in her belief about the kind of leadership needed to save her country from economic collapse and preserve the freedoms she saw as fundamental to the British people. During years of immense challenge‚ she served as both captain and rudder‚ steering and steadying the ship of state on the course she saw as vital
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