Matthew Cayce Instructor Susanna Holmes Honors Composition II 26 April 2006 Brave New World: Utopia? When one envisions a utopian society‚ religion‚ the prevailing presence of social class segregation‚ and abusive drug use are not typically part of such a surreal picture. These attributes of society‚ which are generally the leading causes of discontent among its members‚ are more so the flaws an idealist would stray from in concocting such hypothesis for a more "perfect" world; not so for Aldous
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The “African-ness” of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe In Achebe’s Things Fall Apart‚ the African culture is depicted by following the life of Okonkwo‚ a rather customary and conventional African villager. Achebe wanted to write a novel that portrays accurately the African society in the mid to late 1800s in Nigeria‚ at the time the novel is set. As a child‚ Achebe spoke the Ibo language‚ but he was raised in a Christian home. Achebe used the knowledge he gained from the African life to put
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Marx’s belief that capitalism brings about segregation in social class. According to him‚ the relationship between the workers and the capitalists are basically hostile. It is primarily attributed to the people’s diverse and conflicting interests. The proverb‚ “One man’s loss is another man’s gain” is relevant to the worker-capitalist relationship. For instance‚ low wage means a worker can only afford to buy necessities. On the other hand‚ an owner can use the profits he earns (for the work made by the
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harsh men are fools. They react out of anger and in Proverbs 18:2 it says‚ “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding‚ but only in expressing his [own] opinion” (English Standard Version). This meaning that they don’t enjoy other opinions or even the opinion of God‚ but are selfish in their thoughts and expressing their thought to others. The bible states that they are quick to anger (Proverbs 12:16 NLT) and that they rejoice in evil (Proverbs 2:14). A harsh man can also be described in these ways
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Chinua Achebe in his fiction novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ highlights the importance of kinship and respect as he details Ibo festivities. To highlight these important factors that hold the Ibo people together‚ Achebe provides details and proverbs that are communication through the main character‚ Okonkwo. As Okonkwo holds a feast and invites his fellow kinsmen to celebrate with him‚ Achebe explains the reason why kinship is necessary. When Okonkwo states that “[He] cannot continue to live on the bank
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harsh. The topic of our second presentation is about the proverb ‘Every Cloud has a silver lining’. This proverb means in every bad situation there a positive aspect on it. It is also an encouragement to a person who faced some difficulties in life and is unable to see any positive way out. In other words‚ there is always a positive aspect of something no matte how bad‚ difficult or painful the situation may seem. How can these proverb be related with the cross cultural differences is when people
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translated without a problem‚ but in the case of a word joke the essence is mostly lost in translation. Proverbs are hard to translate literally as well. The article ˝The Perception of Proverbiality“ published in 1984 by Shirley Arora says that typical stylistic features of proverbs are alliterations‚ parallelisms‚ rhymes and ellipses. All these stylistic devices are the reason why proverbs are likely to be lost in translation. Either they are grammatically not possible to exist in another language
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SOME OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF LEXICOLOGY 1 lexicology is the study of words-their menanigs and relationships. * English vocabulary is one of the most extensive amongst the world’s lang.contains an immense number of words of forerign origin. * lexicology has to study the etymology of word‚e.g.their origin‚ their development and function * And English is lang.which had changed a lot in a short period of time * So‚ lexicology has to deal with all the changes in grammar and the vocabulary
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you can come up with alternative ideas/ interpretations of the topic. “Make Hay while the Sun Shines” This is a well known proverb. What it means is that you should make the best use of the situation. Hay cannot be made in the dark when there is no light available‚ but can only be made in the daytime when the sun is shining and the day is bright and clear. Hence the proverb basically means that you should make the most of any opportunity that you get. Sometimes‚ during Extempores‚ it is a good
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It is important to live by the proverb “when he has to‚ the devil eats flies” which can be shown through Anne Frank’s survival of the holocaust‚ the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ the book known as “Vampire Mountain” from the Cirque Du Freak series‚ and finally the events of September 11th‚ 2001. Anne Frank shows the proverb “When he has to‚ the devil eats flies” which‚ coincidentally‚ originated in germany‚ when she uses an office and warehouse as a hiding place‚ dies of disease‚ and must live with
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