Miranda Lucas L.A. Per. 2 June 5th‚ 2012 Social Commentary in Literature Characters in pieces of literature are often influenced by the societies that they live in‚ and many authors do this to comment on certain social ideas. The story‚ “The Bass‚ the River and Shelia Mant”‚ the author focuses on how people in society should be able to take pride in who they really are and not feel the pressure to be something they are not. The author of “The Handsomest Drowned Man” wrote this story to show
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Lanark: Prose Commentary 1 Lanark Prose Commentary Retno Widyanti This extract from Lanark ‚written by Alasdair Gray‚ is a highly evocative piece of narrative prose. Set within a church in Lenzies‚ Glasgow‚ the excerpt illustrates the loss of love and theloss of self-belief which are inextricably intertwined for the character Duncan Thaw. Writtenin a post-modern style‚ it is also representative of the subjectivity of perception and its abilityto change with the passage of time. Duncan is forced
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attending a speech given by Sir William Blackstone‚ Jeremy Bentham “found the grand and fundamental fault of the Commentaries to be Blackstone’s antipathy to reform.” (Duignan 2011). He penned his first book called “A Fragment on Government: Being an Examination of What is Delivered‚ on the Subject of Government in General‚ in the Introduction to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries” in 1776. He went on to publish economic essays‚ where he stated that everyone knew what was best for themselves
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Commentary Sincerity When we hear the word sincerity‚ what is our first impression of the word? According to dictionaries this word is defined as freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness. However‚ if we put it in our own simple words‚ the best definition to the term would probably be being true to what you say. It isn’t enough to tell someone what’s pleasing to hear‚ but the truth plays an important factor in sincerity as well. Why
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with an -ire‚ -ice‚ or -ate rhyme. Each line contains either four or eight syllables. Each line can be read naturally as iambic‚ although this is not strictly necessary for several lines. Frost employs strong enjambment in line 7to great effect. Commentary An extremely compact little lyric‚ “Fire and Ice” combines humor‚ fury‚ detachment‚ forthrightness‚ and reserve in an airtight package. Not a syllable is wasted. The aim is aphorism—the slaying of the elusive Truth-beast with one unerring stroke
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Initiation by Sylvia Plath – Commentary In the short story‚ Initiation‚ Sylvia Plath exemplifies the idea that freedom‚ independence‚ and acceptance can only be achieved when one learns to overcome the desire to fit in with the ideals of society. Through the character Millicent and the many uses of devices‚ Plath demonstrates that through the acceptance of our imperfections and flaws‚ one learns the beauty of individuality. The point in the story when Millicent meets the small man from the
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Economics Commentary U.S. Employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high‚ offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession. The Labor Department’s much anticipated report‚ released Friday the 4th of April‚ showed a net loss of 80‚000 jobs last month. That marks the third straight month that jobs have fallen - the longest period of decline since early 2003. Now having acknowledged that the US is in a recession
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Comparative Commentary The two texts ‘Daddy‚ what did you do in the war against pollution?’ (text 2a‚ written in 1995) and ‘Stay Cool’ (text 2b‚ also written in 1995) are both dealing with the problem of global warming. While text 2a is an advertisement and text 2b is an excerpt from an editorial in the magazine ‘The Economist’‚ the texts are both for mass communication; the texts are available for everyone. I will analyse these two pieces in terms of content‚ point of view‚ structure and imagery
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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY – 1 Recently‚ demand for Aluminium has increased (data mentioned in article). Demand is the various quantities of a good a consumer is willing and able to buy at different price levels during a particular time period. The supply of Aluminium is steadily increasing‚ but the demand is likely to overtake supply‚ which is the various quantities of a good a producer is willing and able to produce at different price levels during a particular time period. This surge
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Subject: English Format: Commentary “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark Through rich‚ sensory details with flowing‚ enjambed lines‚ “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner‚ the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions‚ Ruark portrays the ‘blind’ (l. 1) piano tuner in the first lines as a frail‚ vulnerable‚ dependent
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