The Stars My Destination Introduction “...The key turned in the lock of his soul and the door was opened. What emerged expunged the Common Man forever.” The Stars My Destination ~pg 22 Gully Foyle. Uneducated. No skills. No merits. No recommendations. A short description given by the author Alfred Bester of his main character as the stereotypical Common Man of humanity. A man who later motivated himself to become something more than just a ‘mere’ man
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cheerful‚ curious and innocent‚ but soon‚ that all would change. One day‚ at about noon‚ Proserpina went wandering on the seashore with the sea nymphs. Her mother begged Proserpina to stay close to the sea nymphs‚ as they would keep her safe. Despite her mother’s best attempts‚ Proserpina wandered into the fields to pick flowers without the safety of the sea nymphs. One of the shrubs was very beautiful and grew new blossoms upon being looked at. It was so marvelous Proserpina decided to pull the
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simplify and organize society. Classifications make that possible by metaphorically placing all objects in society into boxes so that there can be “knowledge about which thing will be useful at any given moment”(2). Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star in “To Classify Is Human” state that “classification is a spatial‚ temporal‚ or spatio-temporal segmentation of the world” (10). Stereotyping is our way of placing human beings into classification’s metaphorical boxes. Richard Dyer in “The Role of
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Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary‚ Dept.‚ of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically‚ namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature‚ which had been previously harmonized‚ has changed
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The story revolves around an orphan girl named Emily Douglas Bard Star moved to live at the family called" Moray " after the death of her father and the family is in fact her mother ’s family ‚ her mother Juliet dead from a long time ago .. Which in the past was forced to go against the laws and customs of the family for the love of her life ‚ so she decided to leave the family and the marriage of Douglas ‚ who was a journalist ‚ a modest .The family was forced to abandon Juliet and all of its own
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South China Sea dispute has long being discussed and also complicated. Controlling the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is not only claiming the countries’ territory‚ but mainly gaining economic benefits of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These benefits include natural resources: the US Energy Administration estimates that 11 billion barrels (bbl) of oil reserves and 190 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves under the South China Sea. The US Geological
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Attempt to Strive In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago is challenged to fight his way through multiple forces. Him trying to overcome these obstacles are not just because of the threat to his survival. He does it for his own personal content and confidence. All throughout the book‚ the Old Man has to face the power of the Marlin‚ the sharks‚ the ocean‚ and his lack of energy. His peaceful fishing adventure changed to a not so happily ever after ending‚ unfortunately. Without breaking down these
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“The common man is a potential subject for tragedy‚ [but] the one thing a tragic protagonist cannot be is common” (Arthur Miller). In the novella “The Old Man and the Sea”‚ written by Ernest Hemmingway‚ we are introduced to a character‚ Santiago‚ who one could consider to be even lower than the common man. He is a lowly fisherman who has found himself out of luck. With that in mind‚ how could one ever confuse Santiago with being a tragic hero? A tragic hero is normally of noble status and heart and
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the next ones comes up. Like what Ken Lintz said‚ "An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity‚" meaning that overcoming an obstacle can lead to great success in a new opportunity‚ is something that everyone can learn. In The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago is challenged to fight his way through multiple forces. Him trying to overcome these obstacles are not just because of the threat to his survival‚ but also for his own personal content and confidence. All throughout the book‚ the Old Man has
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The Argument for and against Eugenics Eugenics is the applied science which advocates the use of practices armed at improving the genetic composition of a population‚ usually a monkey’s population‚ but in the story Star Trek Space Seed‚ it is practiced on the human population by a group of eccentric scientists. The humans that were produced from the selective breeding process had “five times the strength of a normal human being and five times the intellect”. This led to the Eugenics War which pitted
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