After reading many novels throughout my life I would place‚ The Shadow Lines‚ by Amitav Ghosh‚ in my top 10 list. The novel is based on the narrator who was English educated but Indian born. The narrator illustrates and shares his views of foreign countries which he has never been to with other characters in the novel. Even though the narrator is English educated his values‚ ethics‚ and culture is more Indian than an American. Many of us now notice that when a person migrates from one country
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of the most influential thinkers in world history formed contrasting ideas on the concept of the soul. On one hand‚ Plato’s idea of the soul was created based on his theory of forms‚ as illustrated through a conceptual apparatus called “The Divided Line”. In this diagram‚ concepts of the absolute‚ such as the essence of absolute good‚ come from forms and ideas‚ which are eventually processed into the physical world as images in our minds. These images can then once again be manipulated into forms
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The movie I chose was “Walk the Line”. The biography chronicles the early lives of Johnny and June Carter Cash and the struggles they dealt with in their personal lives and careers. Johnny (or J.R. as he was originally named) was one of Ray and Carrie Cash’s seven children and grew up on a poor cotton farm in rural Arkansas. As the movie begins‚ it introduces the viewer to Johnny’s mother‚ who taught him to sing gospel songs‚ his father‚ who was a heavy drinker and verbally abusive at times to
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Each individual develops feelings throughout their lifetime‚ whether it’s love for your family‚ or your soul mate. Sometimes feelings take time to develop. Family is always going to be family; Blood is thicker than water‚ no matter what happens they will always be there for you. Over the years‚ we learn to love our parents for a great number of reasons; they provide us with support in whatever we choose to do. They also provide your necessities to live‚ they teach you the basics of life while teaching
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Deforestation Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. Deforestation occurs around the world‚ though tropical rainforests are particularly targeted. Countries with significant deforestation currently or in the recent past include Brazil‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo and other parts of Africa‚ and parts of Eastern Europe‚ according to UNEP collaborating
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How effective is the author at capturing the reader’s attention in the first few chapters of the novel? The novel goes immediately into an unfamiliar‚ unexplained world‚ using unfamiliar terms like “Handmaid‚” “Angel‚” and “Commander” that only comes to make sense as the story progresses. In this novel‚ Margaret Atwood tells more than the story of Offred
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How I became a bookworm My sophomore year‚ around April I started reading "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins. I only got somewhere around the 100th page and then stopped reading‚ because I was always busy with school work. we read a book in class called "Looking for Alaska"‚ I truly enjoyed reading it‚ that is when I started slowly getting more interested in reading. When school ended for the summer‚ I had to take summer school‚ and for my English class I had to read a book and give a presentation over it
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Lecture Two The nature of the rules - the underlying patterns (rules) of language are not obvious - we have unconscious knowledge of patterns and rules of our own language If a linguist identifies a sentence as "grammatical" this means that the sentence conforms to the hypothesized rules of the mental grammar When a linguist uses the word "Grammar" they mean: mental grammar: is in our (individual) heads - shared by speakers if a language‚ with some variation‚= linguistic competence - a
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Comparison and contrast are thought processes we go through constantly in everyday life. When we compare two things‚ we show how they are similar; when we contrast two things‚ we show how they are different. We may compare or contrast two brand-name products ( for example‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola)‚ two television shows‚ two cars‚ two teachers‚ two jobs‚ two friends‚ or two possible solutions to a problem we are facing. The purpose of comparing or contrasting is to understand each of the two things more
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A man is spoilt for choices when it comes to food and fruit. A casual look-in at the fruit section in the mall will give you the impression that you have a wide variety of fruit choices. But in reality‚ the abundance of mother nature’s bounty far exceeds the sampling you see in the mall or in the fruit market. The world is full of fruits that will stagger you in its size‚ shape and colors. Here are 16 exotic fruits that will challenge your imagination and make you salivate. Ackee or Ackee apple
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