Difference in Memory MAHUA SARKAR Sociology‚ Binghamton University‚ SUNY Everyone lives in a story . . . because stories are all there is to live in‚ it was just a question of which one you chose . . . (Amitav Ghosh‚ The Shadow Lines)1 INTRODUCTION The study of popular memory is necessarily relational. It involves the exploration of two sets of relations: (1) that between dominant memory and oppositional forms across the public field‚ including academic productions; and (2) the relation between
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Summer Reading Response This summer I read “The Shadow of the Wind” written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon‚ a spanish author‚ which tells the story of Daniel Sempere and his journey to undercover one of the most literary mysteries in all of Barcelona. The tale begins just after the Spanish Civil War‚ with Daniel’s father transporting him to the Cemetery of Forgotten books‚ where he is to pick one book and swear to protect it forever. Daniel chooses The Shadow of the Wind and instantly falls in love with it
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Ben-Hur The story of Ben-Hur occurs in parallel with the story of Christ and the greater politics of the Roman Empire. As a result‚ the character of Judah Ben-Hur is forced to move about the ancient world in his quest for revenge and redemption due to a simple accident being punished in an unjust way. Dualities are set up between Judah and Messala‚ as well as Judah and Christ that reflect the ideology of the narrative. The climactic chariot race highlights the differences and similarities between
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Ben and Me Narrative Me and Ben were from Warsaw‚ Poland. We were two of the lucky ones who actually survived WWII. Now‚ I’m sure you’d think as being kids‚ we wouldn’t have really done too much to try and fight the war‚ but we did. And‚ we didn’t do it alone neither‚ we had the help of one of the best partisan groups out there. “What’s going on‚ why are they doing this?” Ben asked. “I don’t know‚ let’s go and see‚” I interjected. “Okay‚ let’s go‚” Ben agreed. “Who are these people?” I questioned
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Ben Shapiro’s intended audience are those already on his side. It’s very unlikely that he is also intending to target the opponents as he vilifies them at first sentence and the usual way to convince someone to switch sides is to first find a middle ground‚ he doesn’t. You can see the way he vilifies his opposition by the word choice he uses and the quotes. “They say that so long as the representative votes the right way on the issues‚ they can murder dogs in the backyard or allegedly molest young
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The Ben & Jerry Short Story Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Name: Jonathan Burnett Class: TTH 12:30 Date: Thursday‚ April 17‚ 2008 Title: The Ben & Jerry Short Story General Purpose: to inform about Ben & Jerry Specific Purpose: to get the audience to think about how interesting this topic is Central Idea: Ben & Jerry Main Points of Body: 1. How Ben & Jerry met 2. How they started their business 3. How they contribute to the betterment of society Method of Organization: chronological
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Rose Cohen’s “Out of the Shadow discusses about a Russian Jew who immigrated to the U.S. for equality and opportunities. She provides her personal aspect of immigration in the late 1800s. It also addresses the effects of rapid growth of industry‚ population‚ role of women in the social and economic system and also the complications of religion and society in America. However our other textbook “Give me Liberty” by Eric Foner has a lot of similarities to Out of the Shadow‚ Foner talked about many
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In the title‚ Shadow of a Vampire‚ you already see foreshadow for what the movie will be about; vampires and shadows come to mind and the movie do focus on those aspects‚ but what comes to mind for me‚ is a new kind of monster‚ a monster described as just a “shadow of a Vampire”. In this movie‚ you are not only introduced to a Vampire‚ whom later on you have feelings similar to pity for him‚ you are also introduced to this man‚ just a human man‚ who wants to make a film all about Nosferatu. But with
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sand we remember them forever. Ben Carson always mentions that his mother helped shaped his life‚ as well as his family‚ students‚ teachers‚ his strong belief in god‚ and his love for books helped shaped his future. Throughout middle school‚ high school and college these key influences would lead him to what he has become today. In chapter seven Ben Carson mentions during his second half of his sophomore year he joined ROTC mainly because of his brother Curtis. Ben Carson saw his brothers uniform
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Ben Ohau Lodge provides a unique product and services of an exclusive vacation in order to fulfill its customers’ needs for one of a kind vacation that is private‚ safe‚ exclusive‚ entertaining‚ relaxing and undisturbed. Its customer’s type includes the rich and famous ranging from presidents‚ princes‚ celebrities‚ and business executives from all over the world. This customer market segment possesses special characteristics and can be described in several different dimensions. Those dimensions can
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