differentiated‚ heterogeneous‚ contested spaces even as they are implicated in the construction of common ‘they’. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” tells the story of the Ganguli family over the course of thirty years. The immigrant is constantly struggling with the memories of his homeland and the realities of the new world. This constant struggle is portrayed “The Namesake” as first generation immigrants and their children struggle to find their places in society. The Ganguli parents struggle with adapting
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of two self-portraits (the first was lost‚ presumably destroyed during the war). This one shows Rizal at age 26‚ which was given to his friend Ferdinand Blumentritt. Rizal was a penny-pincher. As chronicled in Ambeth Ocampo’s Rizal Without the Overcoat‚ Rizal was once invited to a New Year’s potluck party where he was assigned to bring champagne. He did not like the idea‚ and throughout the merrymaking‚ he lectured everybody and advised against drinking‚ gambling and womanizing—the key points of
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The way that the all-powerful Lord wants to come to us and meet us blow by blow in wrestling together‚ showing that he is willing to work together into a mutual negotiation even though he has the capacities to do whatever he wants in the first place shows how God wants an active relationship with us. The way that God embodies the form of a man in order to engage in this relationship embodies the way Jesus Christ was fully God yet fully human. Jesus took away the guilt of the world in a way that we
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In daytime‚ hair was frequently made of colored silk or chenille. 15. Knickerbockers a. Sportswear garment‚ cut loose legs and belted into a band that buckled just below the knee‚ 16. Knickers a. Shortened name for Knickerbockers 17. Frock Overcoat a. cut along the same lines as the frock coat but longer 18. Cutaway Coat a. A mans formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back 19. Inverness cape a. A large
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In the late 19th century Russia was in a industrial standstill and its zeitgeist completely skewed compared to the evolution of the rest of the western world. This was mainly due to Russia being so big as well as having a much larger population than the rest of europe and having no government to match the sheer size of the masses. During the end of the 19th century into the 20th‚ the population of Russia was the fastest growing western nation‚ other than the U.S.‚ with their population more than
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how pointless his attempts are to love Gretta. Gabriel’s marriage was clearly suffering from paralysis. When Gabriel enters his aunts’ party‚ "A light fringe of snow lay like a cape on the shoulders of his overcoat and like toecaps on the toes of his galoshes; and‚ as the buttons of his overcoat slipped with a squeaking noise through the snow-stiffened frieze‚ a cold fragrant air from out-of-doors escaped from crevices and folds" (Joyce‚ 606). The snow also symbolized Gabriel’s own emotional isolation
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Colonization caused a fall in many cultures leading to a superiority complex amongst English cultures against others. As shown in Salman Rushdie’s “The Courter”: “‘Your husband‚’ said the first Beatle‚ showing his teeth in a frightening way‚ and raising his voice on notch‚ ‘damaged the goods. Do you hear me‚ Queenie? He damaged the fucking goods.’ ‘Mistaken identity‚ fleas‚’ said Certainly-Mary. ‘Many Indian residents in Waverley House. We are decent ladies; fleas’” (Rushdie‚ 1274) Though the women
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1. The title of the work is La Cattura di Cristo (bacio di Giuda) aka Kiss of Judas‚ The dimensions of the work is 185 x 200 cm the work of art is located at Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel‚ in Padua‚ Italy. The date it was created is 1304-1306 and the art medium used is fresco Painting meaning that painting in which color pigments are mixed solely with water (no binding agent used) and then applied directly onto freshly laid lime-plaster surface. 2. There are 18 people in the foreground
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J. D. Salinger explores the theme of immaturity vs. maturity in The Catcher in the Rye‚ exemplifying this discord through an internal conflict of the narrator Holden Caulfield. Salinger consistently characterizes Caulfield as a teenager rebellious against the common banalities that entail the responsibilities and duties of being an adult in everyday English society. Particularly‚ Salinger articulates Caulfield’s disapproval of the societal expectations of adults through the word “phony” and its respective
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Everyone experiences an event in life of feeling out of place or uncomfortable with a specific surrounding or situation. This feeling occurs in Ashima‚ one of the main characters in the novel‚ The Namesake‚ multiple times. Feeling out of place is common among all people especially with Ashima feeling alone after the death of her husband‚ Ashoke‚ feeling out of place in the hospital while giving birth‚ and when Gogol feels alone with having a name so uncommon and unique. A dramatic change in life
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