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    Spratly Islands

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    SPRATLY ISLANDS NEWS Every Filipino should be aware of the real score at the Scarborough Shoal‚ as the situation is getting very serious. In a unilateral act of aggression‚ China recently announced that the Spratly Islands‚ Paracel Islands and Maclesfeild Bank would now be administered by its own political entity called Sansha City. The newly formed administrative body calls for the construction of Chinese military barracks in our islands‚ headed by no less than a Senior Colonel from the Chinese

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    Island of Plenty

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    Island of plenty Johnson Montgomery refers to the United States as the island of plenty. We must maintain the island of plenty in a sea of deprivation. In other words he feels Americans must protect the United States and not give away their resources to the outside world. There is overpopulation in the world today. Montgomery had written in “Island of Plenty” “It’s not that there children should have never been born. It is simply that we should have mindlessly tried to cram too many of us into

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    best‚ consider plantation shutters. They have many benefits and look amazing to boot. 8 Reasons Why Plantation Shutters Are Great There is a variety of window coverings for you to choose from‚ and each type has its unique advantages. If you are looking for furnishings that will fit your window perfectly and give it a beautiful and stylish look‚ plantation shutters will be a great choice. Their most important benefits include: 1. Perfect fit. Custom-fit plantation shutters are perfect for complicated

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    The garden motif in Hamlet contributes to characterization and theme. The characters Ophelia and Hamlet both find characterization within the motif‚ and the theme of corruption is depicted through the garden motif. Ophelia is the character most often associated with the garden motif. Flowers and weeds are intimately intertwined with Ophelia’s characterization. Initially‚ the flowers speak to Ophelia’s innocence and purity. In Act I‚ scene iii‚ Laertes seeks to give her advice upon his departure for

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    Penang Island

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    INTRODUCTION Penang Island was founded in 1786 by a multilingual maverick‚ Captain Francis Light of the British colonial firm‚ the East India Company. The Sir Francis Drake of his day‚ Captain Light envisaged his new town as a harbor for China-bound ships in pursuit of tea and opium. Under Captain Light‚ Penang was given duty-free status and new arrivals were allowed to claim as much land as they could clear. According to one story‚ he ended up bombarding it with silver dollars from cannons

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    Treasure Island

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    Log One- Treasure Island starts with a narrative of a young boy‚ Jim. Jim is the son of a tavern keeper. The story begins with a mysterious grumpy pirate named Billy Bones. Billy refuses to pay rent‚ and Jim’s father takes little to no action. Taking this into account‚ it can be deduced that there no law. Jim has been hired by Billy as a look out for a one legged man. Eventually‚ Jim finds someone‚ who‚ although is not the one-legged man of Jim’s nightmares‚ is searching for Billy Bones.

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    Symbols and Motifs By Amber Wang In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ there are many motifs and symbols. According to Dictionary.com (2013)‚ a motif is: “a recurring subject‚ theme‚ idea‚ etc.‚ especially in a literary‚ artistic‚ or musical work.” On the other hand‚ a symbol is‚ according to the same website: “something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something‚ often something immaterial; emblem‚ token‚ or sign.” However‚ unlike motifs‚ it is

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    Island Of Despair

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    seen as an advocacy against political oppression and the violation of human rights. In Island of Despair‚ an Iranian refugee testified to the fact that there was no real difference between being detained at the detention centre and living freely as recognised refugees on Nauru. “We now understand that getting the refugee status does not give us any freedom‚ we have no idea how long we are in for

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    Small island

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    Small Island is structured around four competing narratives each claiming historical truth and experience through shifts in setting and time. Levy’s historical novel is told through a series of extended analepsis that move back and forth between 1924 and 1948 as well as across national borders and cultures. Written more than fifty years after the first Windrush arrival‚ it creates a common narrative of nation and identity in order to understand the experiences of Black people in Post-Colonial Britain

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    Treasure Island In the very first sentence of the novel‚ Jim tells us that he is recounting the story of Treasure Island because Squire Trelawney‚ Dr. Livesey‚ and other gentlemen have asked him to write it down. Stevenson’s choice of Jim as a narrator is noteworthy and unexpected‚ since the adult men have greater life experience‚ education‚ and verbal skills than this young boy has‚ and would seem to be able to bring more perspective to the narrative

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