question asked by Mark Baker. Memories as known and presented by these people tend to have their flaws and gaps. Memory fades over time whereas the written facts are always present. History is more reliable? “HISTORY brings with it memories…”as ‘The Fiftieth Gate’ states. In other words history evokes and prompts the vanishing memory. Just as Joe was provoked to be reminded of his ghastly past by the specific questions on gas chambers asked‚“…people went in but not out…one way…” the only description delivered
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memoir‚ ”The Fiftieth Gate” and the thread like idea of the images below‚ memory is depicted as the panacea that enriches history as it provides diverse individual perspectives on the historical event of the holocaust. However‚ the biography also adduces the complications that memory might suffer‚ thereby revealing the inadequate omniscience of history. Baker envisages the conception of interweaving memories on elucidating historical evidence. In Gate 38‚ the fairy tale quality of this gate symbolises
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America is known to most people as the land of opportunity or the land of the free. But what does it really mean to be an American? Living in America means that people can live with the luxuries of being an American and also living with what is known as the American dream. The American dream is what help to build America today and also it helped to shape to what it means to be an American. Being an American means living among people that come from all over the world‚ having the freedom and the title
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All individuals hate being lied to. We are always on a quest to find the truth. How do we discover what is real and what is illusion? We look for documented evidence of course‚ but this alone is not enough. We also need to discover eyewitness testimony and crave to find individuals whose memories will unlock the door to the mystery that lies before us. It is the memories of others that add substance to evidence‚ that fill in the blanks that cannot be captured on paper. Our legal system relies heavily
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As addressed by David Nye in American Technological Sublime‚ the Golden Gate Bridge represents a goal for America and an America’s “idea about itself.” The bridge itself is a spectacle‚ which reflects American people’s dream of technological advances. The fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the bridge was very well-responded by the mass public‚ proving that American people respect American advances as well as they respect
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“COPY THIS” by Jessica Zafra Does anyone else find it funny that people who make much more money than we do are appealing to us not to deprive them of their income? You have the nerve to charge me Php450 for a CD that is being sold on the street for Php30‚ and you expect my sympathy? The campaign against pirated software‚ CDs‚ VCDs‚ audio-and videocasettes‚ would have us believe that piracy is our problem. Really? How is shelling out Php100 for a disc that contains Php50‚000 worth of software
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satiable level of truth creates compelling and unexpected insights into the past as assumptions that have previously been thought as true and views can change when face with uncertainty (or challenged by evidence). Mark Baker’s biographical novel The Fiftieth Gate highlights his confrontation with the terror of his parents’ childhood. Similarly‚ ‘Big Fish’ composed by Tim Burton which explores the strained relationship between a father and son both express the ways both history and memory generate compelling
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the 10‚000 Hour Rule is untrue because of the countless other skills that can be mastered in less time. Bradley systematically explains each example Gladwell used as a basis for his rule‚ ranging from the Beatles’ practice time to mentioning Bill Gates and his story of becoming a computer wizard. He continues by saying that the reason most do not achieve mastery can be attributed to the time it would take to reach 10‚000 hours‚ "about 90 minutes of practice every day for 20 years". Bradley then provides
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spherical‚ and he knew that there are 360 degrees in a circle. So he divided 360 by the angle he had measured‚ 7.2. The result? His angle was one fiftieth of a full circle. He then deduced that the distance from His angle was one fiftieth of a full circle. He then deduced that the distance from Syene to Alexandria‚ or 5‚000 stadia‚ must be equal to one fiftieth of the circumference of the earth. By multiplying 50 by 5‚000‚ Eratosthenes came up with 250‚000 stadia as the circumference of the earth.
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Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers are intertwined from the very beginning of their entrance into the league. Both the Penguins and the Flyers became part of the next wave of teams to enter the NHL in 1967‚ and both teams are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary this year. On February 8th‚ 1966‚ the Penguins paid today’s equivalent of $18.7 million to become part of the NHL‚ and on April 4th‚ 1966 the Flyers held a contest to determine a team name after a complicated history to bring hockey
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