James Bryce once said‚ “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you carry away from it.” Any good piece of literature should both challenge and enrich you‚ and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is no exception. More than a mundane reiteration of a biblical tale‚ East of Eden explores the enduring issue of man’s battle with sin. Steinbeck wove the story of Cain and Abel into the fabric of the Salinas Valley‚ giving it fresh perspective and proving the battle between good and evil remains relevant
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East and West Rabindranath Tagore I It is not always a profound interest in man that carries travellers nowadays to distant lands. More often it is the facility for rapid movement. For lack of time and for the sake of convenience we generalise and crush our human facts into the packages within the steel trunks that hold our travellers’ reports. Our knowledge of our own countrymen and our feelings about them have slowly and unconsciously grown out of innumerable facts which are full of contradictions
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and ideas among nations in order to make globally acceptable principles. In short‚ globalization is the integration among nations to create something universal. It is an advantage to the world market. However‚ it also serves as a major threat to nationalism. As they say‚ “it makes the world smaller”‚ It may have been unnoticeable but somehow it has slowly eliminated the diversity among different nations. Even so‚ globalization is so beneficial that we cannot afford to deny or disregard it. That’s why
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Description of Country Syria is a country located in the Middle East‚ bordering the Mediterranean Sea‚ between Lebanon and Turkey. The modern nation of Syria did not exist until the 20th century‚ although the idea of Syria has been in existence since at least the time of the Prophet Muhammad. The name “Syria”‚ was first used by the Greeks‚ historically identifying the region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean lying between Egypt and Asia Minor. Greater Syria‚ the larger region (called
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The 20th century was a time of rapid development and innovation all around the world‚ but this competition soon morphed into a form of imperial nationalism in the United States‚ for a country comprised of so much diversity this can quickly became unhealthy as citizens begin determining what is “un-American”. Plays like‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller can offer a new perspective of the damages caused by our people to our people as a result of paranoia. Blaming individuals‚ foreign ideas‚ or other
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Assimilation vs. Nationalism The concept of Black Nationalism refers to the desire of Black Americans to control their own destiny through control of their own political organizations and through the formation and preservation of their own cultural‚ economic and social institutions. In a sense‚ Black Nationalism is almost a religious ideology that emphasizes the ultimate ascendancy of Black Americans over White Americans. Black Nationalism has existed for a long time in the United States‚ and remains
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Nationalism: The Beginning of the End There is a difference between loving one’s country and inflicting your beliefs to other people or country. Believing that one’s country is superior over another or trying to influence another nation to be like yours is nationalism. It is very dangerous and can lead to war between countries. Many countries are and have been affected by nationalism like Australia‚ and Most of Northern Europe. Nationalism is still effective today‚ all over the world and in the
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East/West Characterising Toilet attendant: “this in nothing yet.” “I don’t know if it’s a threat or a boast. This is what they call Berliner Schnaeize –snont. Its attitude; it in your face.” Anna: “I liked the sweeping rouge of words from ‘heartfelt’ to ‘heartsick’. And I liked the order‚ the directness that I imagined in the people.” On the former GDR “….its bewildered people.” “The demonstrators‚ in shock‚ obediently pulled their cards from their wallets. Then they seized the buildings
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Title: Sectarian War: Pakistan’s Sunni-Shia Violence & Its Links to The Middle East. Author: Khaled Ahmed ISBN: 978-0-19-90-6593-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 369 Price: PKR.550 By: Syed Haider Abbas The author of this book is Khaled Ahmed. Khaled Ahmed was in the Pakistan Foreign Service from 1969 to 1978. He left it to become a journalist of distinction in The Pakistan Times. He is a former consulting editor of Daily Times; resident editor of The Frontier Post; joint editor
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Travelling east or west Korea is an East Asian country that is currently divided into two separate sovereign countries‚ North Korea and South Korea. North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s of Korea‚ and South Korea is officially called the Republic of Korea. The population of North Korea and South Korea varies a lot. North Korea has a population of 25 million‚ South Korea has a population of 50 million. In North Korea the largest city Pyongyang has a population of 3‚255‚388
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