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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After seeing this house‚ Ila and the narrator qurrel about the importance of radical politics. Ila considers the death of Alan‚ Mike and Dan who raised their voices against war-mongering as sad because they were casualties of a ruthless nationalism. She also thought that Alan and his friends‚ who were witness to the war and the fight against fascism‚ must have been happy as she was in her political activism. The quarrel about courage and political activism continues between Ila and the narrator
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In The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Ghosts‚ both Amitav Ghosh and Shyam Selvadurai‚ critique the emphasis that society puts on geo-political borders by acknowledging that we live in a world that is deeply inter-connected. Spanning different countries and continents‚ both of the novels explore issues of identity and belonging that are unique to the diaspora. This is accomplished through the characterization of a grandmother who is displaced from her homeland due to the Bengal Partition and the struggles
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The narrator of The Great Gatsby was a character by the name of Nick Carraway. In the beginning of the novel‚ Carraway describes himself as being honest‚ as he tells himself “ I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 65). He also keeps his opinions to himself‚ as he thinks “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments” (3)‚ which he had learned from his father. Though he is quiet and seemingly simple‚ Carraway’s goal before being involved with Gatsby was to break away from the
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in the shadow of someone Great‚ it is natural to begin to idolize them. Nick Carraway spent his days gazing at the seemingly fabulous life of his neighbor‚ and became fast friends with him‚ the elusive Jay Gatsby. However‚ friendship was not enough for Nick’s incredibly unstable personality. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway became obsessed with Gatsby to the point of losing himself in the midst of his subconscious effort to become Great‚ like the Gatsby. First‚ Nick viewed
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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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Upon the first glance‚ Drew Grey’s novel “London’s Shadows: the Dark Side of the Victorian City” would appear to be about the unfolding events of the Whitechapel murders in London during the year of 1888‚ but this is not the full purpose of the novel. Drew Grey; a senior lecturer in history of crime at the University of Northampton (The University of Northampton) ‚ applies his knowledge to provide consideration of “the ways in which the killings affected attitudes towards the perceived problems of
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Krista Smith A&P 2530 Unit 8 Case Study 1: Nick’s Story A. Prickling sensation in both feet Weak reflexes Loss of muscle tone Loss of feeling in feet Symptoms both sensory and motor B. The symptoms Nick is describing are likely caused by peripheral nerve damage; Not damage to the CNS. C. Diabetic neuropathies damage peripheral nerves. The component of the reflex that is most likely to be damaged in Nick’s situation would be the patellar reflex and the Achilles reflex. D. The division of the
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Nick Pinto’s zealous article‚ “The Bail Trap” emphasizes how people end up in jail for simply being unable to afford the cost of bail after being tried in court‚ and the effects jail has on the individuals afterwards. Pinto uses the story of Tyrone Tomlin throughout the piece to demonstrate the effects bail has on a person before they are put in to jail‚ while they are in jail‚ and life after jail. Thompsons story shows that though he was innocent but could not afford bail‚ he was still sent to
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