The Planners Boey Kim Cheng Andrew Annear and Edward Scrimgeour Biographical details • Boey Kim Cheng was born in Singapore in 1965. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees in English Literature from the National University of Singapore. • Worked for some time in America as a probation officer • Disillusioned with the state of literary and cultural politics in Singapore‚ Boey left for Sydney with his wife in 1996. • in Australia‚ Boey completed his Ph.D. studies
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Scene 1 The curtain opens to reveal the narrator‚ sitting at the base of a tree. The stage is lit up but a spotlight still shines on him/her. Narrator Many stories are told‚ and are being told‚ in many places‚ in many lands‚ at different times. (Narrator stands up and starts walking around stage talking to the audience and slowly roundaboutly making his/her way to the front and side of the stage) But one story no matter how rebuked‚ old‚ or disclaimed remains relevant even in this day and age.
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2012 Expository essay Essay topic: Urban Planners visions Thesis statement: the urban planners such as Jane Jacobs and Daniel Burnham decided to approach the solution with eyes on the street‚ separate work places and specific residential zone. Safe cities are related by their design‚ besides they provide a sense of security those who inhabit there. According to the urban planners‚ there are several proposal and different manners to design safe cities such as crime prevention‚ rape theft and vandalism
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Margaret Atwood – ‘Spotty-Handed Villainesses’ ________________________________________ 1. Atwood uses a personal anecdote of herself as a child‚ and then her daughter‚ which becomes an intriguing motif throughout her speech 2. Atwood frequently adopts an ironic tone in order to appeal to both Logos and Pathos. She uses logic (Logos) to undermine logic (appealing to Pathos) and this can be shown in the paradoxical line ‘We con-artists do tell the truth’. Overall this paradoxical voice and polyvocal
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story “Happy Endings”‚ Margaret Atwood uses different literary techniques that can alter the interpretation of the story’s theme. The story starts off with a generic “fairy tale” ending in which a husband and a wife live a happy life together and eventually die. However‚ as the story progresses‚ Atwood’s style and tone makes the alternate scenarios of John and Mary give off a sense of uncertainty of what main ideas she is trying to convey. Good opening and thesis. Atwood displays her feelings about
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Margaret Sanger (1879 – 1966)‚ Birth control Margaret Sanger was born as Margaret Louisa Higgins on the 14th of September 1879 in New York. She was one of the 11 children born to Catholic working-class Irish American family. Her mother went through the 18 pregnancies (11 live birth and 7 miscarriages) in 22 years so that means that every 1.2 year she got pregnant. She died at the age of 40 (some sources say at 50) of tuberculosis and cervical cancer. The family lived on poverty because of father’s
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In the book The Penelopiad‚ Margret Atwood gives the 12 hanged maids a voice throughout the novel. She tells the story of the odyssey and Penelope’s voice is powerful while also truthful and honest throughout the story. There is a reason and a purpose of why Margret Attwood chooses to give the maids a voice and let them be heard. In the story‚ Margret Atwood talks and discusses the maids for a specific reason. I believe that she thinks that the maids had no voice‚ they are all females‚ and there
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STEP | DOCUMENTS | Key bullet point phrases from each document in group that support your thesis. | GROUP 1 TITLE:Negative | 7‚6‚4‚11‚ 2 | Doc 7 talks about how workers lack clothing‚ food‚ furniture‚ and bed. This protester also talks how people don’t appreciate the people who physically and morally work.Doc 6 talks about how the laborers have diseases caused by animal carcass and vegetable substances and how the adult population is short-lived‚ reckless‚ and intemperate.Doc 4 talks about people
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is a good planner‚ heartless‚ and a good talker. Due to the fact that Montresor is a good planner he is able to make all the preparations needed so he can murder Fortunato. Before planning to kill Fortunato‚ Montresor makes sure everything is ready which shows he is a good planner. “I busied myself among the pile of bones. Throwing them aside I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar” ( p.3‚ li 170-171). The analysis of Montresor’s actions show that he is a good planner. It is clear
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IBISWorld)‚ the wedding business is a key revenue contributor to a diverse mix of local businesses. Weddings are customized‚ and therefore not prone to efficiency‚ and they often occur on an irregular timeline. In the face of rising demands for wedding planners‚ it is important to investigate one of the wedding businesses here in our country. While businesses normally experiences threats‚ the study was conducted to determine the solution of the business in responding to those threats. In lieu to that‚ this
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