As supporters of the environment‚ we strongly believe that a third runway expansion in the Hong Kong International Airport will cause a significant amount of damage to the environment in many ways. The building process of the third runway extension will involve a lot of land reclamation that causes a lot of noise and water pollution that will harm humans and animals’ ecosystems‚ especially the habitat of the Chinese Pink Dolphins. We understand that a third runway may provide Hong Kong with economic
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Modern societies don’t appreciate premarital lovemaking for various reasons. Lovemaking is no more considered an outflow of the natural sexual instincts among human beings. We see it as a necessary obligation to share the romance between married couples and also as a medium to fulfill the social responsibility of giving birth to the next generation/ Sexuality is not an instrument of enjoying lustful pleasure for human beings‚ at least. In premarital sex‚ many a times‚ immature human beings explore
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My sister and I were sitting and waiting. We were finally going to meet our baby sister. What if she did not like us? What if we did not like her? We saw our sister when she came off of the plane. Waving towards her‚ we had the Polaroid that she had sent us in hand. As soon as she passed the gate we ran to each other. All of our hesitations seemed to fade. As we hugged‚ we murmured‚ “Mama‚ Mama.” I stepped back and said‚ “Meimei Jandale‚” which means my little sister has grown up. We were wiping
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presents that they got each other were for the sacrifices that they made. In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” Mathilde and Loisel also faced with a contradiction: they have lost a necklace that Mathilde borrowed from a friend to go to a party. She borrows the necklace because she does not have any shiny jewelry to wear. Mathilde and her husband then go in debt for ten years to pay off the necklace that they bought to replace the one that they lost. They then
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happy because of this. In order for them to be happy‚ they simply thought that they need more money‚ more new stuff‚ or even a perfect life‚ which is out of the question because nobody’s perfect. In this case‚ Guy De Maupassant‚ the author of The Necklace‚ writes about a girl who just doesn’t have the best luck. She would always dream of having the “perfect life”‚ but it never came to her. Although Madame Loisel’s emotions stayed the same‚ she does have a moment where she feels better than everyone
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Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may not have everything‚ but I think they have enough. Matilda is a round character; she is weak‚ because she cannot accept herself for what she is and for what they have. Her view of life is that if she does not have valuable things‚ than she isn’t worth. Living a high class is the fantasy of Matilda. Mr. Loisel is more accepting of his social place in life than Mathilda. He obtains the invitation just for her‚ to make her
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treasure in heaven. Then come‚ follow me.’ But when the young man heard this‚ he went away sad‚ for he had many possessions." Just as the parables that Jesus taught throughout the Gospels had valuable life lessons‚ as does Guy de Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace." The theme of selfish vanity vs. profitable hard work is revealed by Maupassant through Madame Loisel’s internal conflict developed from comparison beginning at a young age. Guy de Maupassant demonstrates that one cannot truly discern how to stand
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In “The Necklace”‚ written by Guy De Maupassant‚ Madame Losiel‚ a main character‚ is seen by readers as an ungrateful human being. As the author develops her character throughout the story‚ many readers can produce many assumptions about Madame Losiel by the way she acts and by the remarks she makes. It is quite obvious that Madame Losiel is miserable with her life. This causes her to have many negative characteristics that many people do not wish to posses. With her pessimistic attitude‚ many readers
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In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ the story revolves on the ideas of greed. A woman thinks that she deserves the best of everything‚ but she marries beneath her. Her husband received an invitation to go to a fancy party. She refuses to go because of lack of suitable formal attire. Her husband gives her his savings and she borrows jewelry from a friend. The couple goes to the party and she is the most beautiful woman there. After arriving home‚ she finds the necklace missing‚ so the couple spend
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The authors of "Raymond’s Run" and "Cathedral"‚ both use a first person point of view in their short stories. In "Raymond’s Run"‚ by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the first person point of view shows how the narrator is dealing with the situations around her and maturing in the process. In "Cathedral"‚ by Raymond Carver‚ the reader can see the change in the narrator’s understanding of the blind man through different situations that happens throughout the story. Both authors have similar purposes in mind when
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