the butler. Readers will note how Lord Emsworth relies on his butler to put his hat on and to take the cap off his new telescope. Much of the story’s humour derives from the dialogue‚ with even the butler given choice lines. By contrast‚ the head-gardener is given a comic Scottish accent (‘She’s paying’ me twa poon’ a week’). Students should be encouraged to note dialogue and descriptions they find particularly funny‚ and explain why. The comic figure of Lord Emsworth is central to the story. Students
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LEE 1 Silent Trauma: Representing Indian Partition in Subaltern Studies‚ Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India I. Subaltern Studies: Silence of History of Partition and Subaltern In 1947‚ India gained its independence following 350 years of British colonization. At the same time‚ due to the serious communal conflicts that had long existed among the three main communities in India—Hindus‚ Muslims‚ and Sikhs‚ the Independence brought the Partition of India to create two newly independent
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of the boat is compared to Ismay’s personal sinking in the penultimate line‚ “My poor soul screams out in the starlight‚ hear breaks loose and rolls down like a stone.” Again‚ Mahon undermines Ismay’s version of events. Any man still employing a gardener‚ as we learn in the middle section of the poem‚ does not deserve to be considered in the same light as those who perished in an icy sea. His suggestion that he is suffering as much does not carry any weight. By the time I read Ismay’s final word
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What are the ethical teachings of al-Ghazali and how important and relevant are they to contemporary Muslims? Critically discuss. Imam al-Ghazali (d.1111) remains perhaps the most important religious authority in Islam after the first three generations of Muslims. The title‚ ‘Proof of Islam’‚ conferred upon him by the majority of Muslims‚ is a reflection of the complexity of his work‚ which included jurisprudence‚ theology‚ philosophy‚ psychology‚ and mysticism. This essay will demonstrate how al-Ghazali
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During pre-colonial African kinship and inheritance‚ it provided the bases of organization of many African American communities. African American men were recognized for the purpose of inheritance. They also inherited their clan names based on their accomplishments‚ as well as other things when one decease. Land was not owned in many parts of Africa during the pre-colonial period. It was yet held and distributed by African American men. Access to the land by women depended on their obligations or
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Humanizing Morally Reprehensible Characters: Finding Sympathy for Protagonists in “A Rose for Emily” and “The Country Husband” Typically‚ readers have a difficult time rooting for or even sympathizing with characters who engage in behavior which is considered deviant or morally wrong. Two writers who challenge readers to find fallible and immoral characters sympathetic are John Cheever and William Faulkner. In John Cheever’s‚ “The Country Husband”‚ the reader truly sympathizes for Francis Weed
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“Religious language is meaningless” The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal‚ infinite‚ and timeless‚ are accepted. Because these traditional conceptions of God make it difficult to describe him‚ religious language has the potential to be meaningless. Theories of religious language either attempt to demonstrate that such language is meaningless‚ or attempt to show how religious language
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Characterization: Reverend Twycott: Reverend Twycott was the vicar at Gaymead‚ a little village in North Wessex. Following the death of his wife‚ he became aware of Sophy’ s devotion and care for him. Following the sad little accident that left Sophy incapacitated‚ Twycott proposes marriage to her. Twycott has committed what in his eyes was “social suicide” and he moves‚ exchanging the charming Gaymead for dull and drab south of London. The Reverend seems to have had a poor opinion of Sophy as a
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Children learn in a variety of different ways. Over the course of time there have been many different theories as to what it is that launches a child into a world full of knowledge and development. Such theorist like Sigmund Freud‚ Erik Erikson‚ Lev Semenovich Vygotsky‚ Jean Piaget‚ along with many other have long speculated on the how children’s brains develop. The study of how children learn is ever evolving. While some of today’s newest findings may not correspond to these early theories‚ many
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of you. In the fairy tale the “boy” releases the “wild man” from his cage which later leads the boy into the woods to find the real him. The boy finds out he is not a well guarder‚ nor a gardener‚ nor a waitress‚ but a worthy‚ fighting prince. An example from the fairy tale is when the boy was used as a gardener‚ he picked and brought the king’s daughter a wreath of wild field-flowers just for her to smell the pleasing scent but which eventually lead to her giving him an handful of ducats. Another
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