Importance of subaltern literature- a teleological approach Dear and Rev. Father Principal‚ respected staff‚ my beloved students‚ friends‚ ladies and gentlemen. I feel a bit circumscribed in to stand before you to deliver this keynote address. I feel so‚ because I am not a literature student‚ nor am I in any way connected to literary world except as a lay person who loves literature and its richness in bringing out human emotions‚ values‚ and worldviews. But at the same time‚ I am honored to be
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In the novel No Man’s Land‚ Kevin Major sends a variation of themes to his reader relating to the outcomes of war. One theme that is projected in this novel is “War time is a time which requires great strength of character”. Throughout the novel‚ many of the characters face difficult situations which develop fear and uncertainty within the character. It is times like these in which the reader truly sees the character’s internal strengths shine through. Such strengths as determination
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Hamlet: Response To Literature Taking place in Elsinore‚ Denmark Hamlet by Williams Shakespeare is a remarkable play where love and madness co-exist in an all-out war between family and friends. For many years‚ literature scholars have viewed Hamlet’s themes in many ways and forms. I intend to view Hamlet’s themes as well to come to a better understanding of the play. In order to fully analyze this I intend to explore family‚ love‚ madness and the center of the whole play…death. By carefully considering
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How much is too much? With gas prices soaring‚ the housing market crumbling‚ poverty rates rising‚ and the country sinking into more debt by the day‚ money is on a lot of people’s minds right now. Millions of people are struggling to put food on the table while celebrities are signing multi-million dollar contracts for movies and sports. Many entertainment and sports personalities have very high incomes‚ while most people in "ordinary" professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only
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Bones In The Waste Land English Literature Essay In the movie Spiderman 2 (2004)‚ Peter Parker‚ aka Spiderman‚ gets in to a conversation with Dr. Otto Octavious‚ the scientist‚ who later morphs into the super villain Doc Ock. Dr. Octavious tells Peter about his fiancée‚ a literature student‚ when they met in college and how she attempted to learn science for his sake and how he tried to learn literature for hers. She was more successful and he less‚ as he explains to Peter‚ “She was studying T
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Humans have always utilized lands and the resources‚ found in them‚ in times past and in this present time for the enhancement of that standard of living to the extent that this land use has degenerated so badly‚ and that is considered a problem (Cieslewicz‚ 2000). The use of land and the resources that they contain has led to the alteration of land cover‚ affected the ecosystems where the lands are found (Kharel‚ 2010). The increased intensity of practices and
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How does the ocean effect the climate on land? The oceans play a huge role in the climate zones we see on land. Even the area that are nowhere close the the oceans are still effected by the ocean. The oceans act as a heater to the world because of them absorbing insolation rays from the sun. The is a result of land temperature altering faster than the oceans does. However‚ the land still absorbs some insolation but cannot maintain the same heat for as long as the ocean. Especially the tropical
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place wherein man lives; it is his dwelling place. Man and the environment has a significant connection which entails that man cannot be detached from it‚ because his awareness and knowledge about things are both gained from his experiences that take place within his surroundings. Consequently‚ man tries to settle himself in his environment‚ both social and physical approaches‚ in order live life effectively and productively. Man and the social environment. A quality that distinguishes man from other
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her to death. For this reason the reader can infer that something inconveniently awful occurred since there is a very sudden shift in their friendship that caused not only their total isolation‚ but also‚ feelings of anger and resentment. The author does this to emphasize a sense of interest‚ charm and curiosity as a hook to capture the reader’s attention from the beginning to build up the plot in the story. Equally‚ later on in the book‚ there is a shocking event when Melinda gets trapped
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Independent Novel Study Assignment: No Mans Land By Kevin Major Kelvin Jiang Ms.Hurst December 13‚2012 No Man’s land Paragraph The last line of the story is “He did not want to leave the spot‚ but after a time he got to his feet and found the way to the aid post off St.johns road”(251 Major) (1)No Man’s Land by Kevin Major takes place during the Battle of Somme and is about a a few soldiers that were sent overseas and were in the Canadian regiment that participated in
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