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    "Gulliver’s Travels" part four is the most revealing and satirical of human nature. Swift challenges the reader to examine the rationale of human beings and to question what is actually considered knowledgeable and important. As part four progresses through each chapter‚ Swift creates an upside down universe for the reader‚ as well as Gulliver‚ to examine‚ forcing both the reader and Gulliver to either compare themselves to the Houyhnhnms or to the Yahoos. The transformation Gulliver undergoes from

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    Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver goes on four different journeys in Gulliver’s Travels. All four journeys bring new perspectives to Gulliver’s life and new opportunities for satirizing the ways of England. The first journey is to Lilliput‚ where Gulliver is huge and the Lilliput are small. The king’s faction‚ the Small-Endians believe that boiled eggs should be broken at the small end while the rebel Big- Endians believe the opposite. Some of the Big- Endians have escaped to the neighboring country

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    In part one of the book‚ Gulliver travels to the island of Lilliput. As Gulliver sails to the country of Lilliput‚ which is a land of small people‚ he is ship wrecked and comes across people who represent quite the opposite of what he is. Upon arriving mysteriously on Lilliput‚ Gulliver was tied down and his weapons were taken away. To his surprise the people who captured him were only six inches tall‚ which to him was a relief because he didn’t feel threatened by them. The Lilliputians did not come

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    Executive summary 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Booming industry Indian travel and tourism experienced a boom during 2004. There was a surge in arrivals and departures as well as robust expansion in domestic tourism. After growing by 15% in 2003‚ the number of incoming arrivals rose by a hefty 22% in 2004 over 2003. Not surprisingly‚ incoming tourism receipts also rose sharply by about 16% in 2003 and 32% during 2004. Strong government support The strong support provided by the government played an

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    Objectives 1 Methodology 1 Background to Travel Agencies 1 Definition 1 Context – The background of Travel Agents 1 Types of travel agents 2 Data collection 2 Literature review 2 Analysis of the data collection 3 Strengths 3 Weaknesses 4 Opportunities 5 Threats 5 Suggestions/Recommendations 7 Conclusion 8 References 10 Introduction Aim This report hopes to examine the impact of online booking websites on traditional High Street travel agencies. It was decided to research

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    Betrayal from all Sides in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko Trust is the basis of all human collaboration; without it‚ our world wouldn’t exist as we know it. Infants start learning to trust as soon as they open their eyes. Children develop based on their environment and are sometimes programmed to trusting everyone around them. This often occurs when children spend a lot of time at home and are not exposed to outsiders. In the case of Aphra Behn’s OroonokoOroonoko is a prince and as a result is taken

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    INTRODUCTION Travel Literature is travel writing of literary value. This genre is also called ‘Travel Record Literature’. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-culture or transnational in focus‚ or may involve travel to different regions within the same country. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered travel literature. Literary

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    "The Rover" and "Oroonoko". Not only is it emphasized in the plots‚ but also in the written characters as well. In "The Rover"‚ Aphra Behn criticizes the idea of arranged marriages which is not stereotypical of women‚ who were supposed to be longing for marriage proposals from any man of high status. She also depicts romance through prostitution‚ virginity while giving her female characters a louder voice. In "Oroonoko" on the other hand‚ is known to be a heroic romance. Oroonoko and Imoinda’s relationship

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    Task 1 Conduct desk research Consider the air travel industry’s environment‚ conduct research on the main forces in the macro environment facing air travel industry companies. Based on your research prepare a report. Your report should cover the following information a)Background of the research Industry Specific Metrics Aircraft Utilization: The most basic metric for an airline is aircraft utilization. This is a measure of the average number of hours that each aircraft is flying in each 24

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    “Pride in Control” In the book Gulliver’s Travel‚ the theme pride is presented between Book 1 and Book 2. Pride enables one to credit themselves as being prime to others. Despite how tiny the Lilliputian are they seem to seize control over Gulliver. The Lilliputians are gratified to have Gulliver as abducted‚ what they do not come to mind is their army would not be an army without Gulliver and his backbone for being an immense man compared to them. An example of the Lilliputians not putting their

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