The city planners * Magaret Atwood - Canadian poet * Purpose: question the planners about the fake perfection * Criticism of the system * Emotion tone: emotionless‚ calm (beginning)‚ materialistic‚ depressing‚ fear‚ sorrow‚ monotonous‚ disillusion‚ sarcastic‚ mocking‚ anger * Theme: man vs nature * images about human hand in nature. – even nature is controlled by humans * society is blinded by this perfect order. * Nature will assert its dominance over man again
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the Ways in Which the City Planners & the Planners Powerfully Convey the Negative Impact of the City Planning Upon the Environment? In‚ both‚ City Planners and Planners‚ the concept of the redesigning of personality‚ past‚ and environment as a whole‚ is very much a theme – ‘so history is new again’ – and‚ indeed‚ thought of in a negative light. Through this idea‚ both Kim Cheng and Atwood explore whether nature will‚ conclusively‚ be a stronger force than the planners and‚ essentially‚ an artificial
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The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood In this poem‚ the poet attacks the sterile uniformity of residential suburbs. Notice that she never mentions people. ‘What offends us is the sanities’ Sanity is defined as being reasonable and of sound mind; she is referring to ‘pedantic houses’‚ sanitary trees’ and things that she considers to be overly controlled or constructed. She does not approve. In stanza 2‚ she lists ‘certain things’ that give momentary access to the landscape…’ The images
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The poem ‘The Planners’ by Boey Kim Cheng mentions the city structure and shows that perfection‚ uniformity and control over nature are the main concepts in this city plan. The wish for perfection and uniformity of the planners in the poem highlights another theme which is the control over nature. The aim of the powerful planners is to change the country they live in the way they want. Therfore‚ they want to have the power and potential to control the thoughts of people. The planners referred in the
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What is the difference between motivators and hygiene factors and motivators? Answer: Hygiene factors are the factors which should provided to any employee and they are the primary ones in order to fulfill their needs. They are very necessary so that the employee is able to obtain the other needs in his or her being. These are the factors which can be also regarded to as those of physiological needs in Abraham Maslow’s hierachy of needs. On the other hand‚ motivational factors are those factors
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Both poems use the word Planners in their titles and both deal with cities as their topic‚ focussing on the structures and organization of urban spaces. Kim Cheng uses the third person ‘they’ to create a sense of distance - of us and them‚ whereas Atwood uses the inclusive ‘we’‚ to suggest that this experience of cities is one that we can all relate to and share. Her attitude - and the narratorial tone of the poem - seems negative. She uses words like ‘offends us’‚ ‘discouraged’‚ ‘avoidance’‚ ‘sickness
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Event Planning To start with an event planner is a person whose profession is the planning of social events‚ as parties and fundraisers. To be an event planner you need to have patience because not everything you do will turn out the way you want it to. If you want to have a successful event‚ brainstorming is the key. To be an event planner you need to have developed some of the following skills; verbal and written communications‚ organization and time management‚ project management and multi-tasking
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THE CITY PLANNERS By Margaret Atwood Background Born in Canada in 1939‚ Margaret Atwood is an author‚ poet‚ critic‚ and essayist‚ feminist and social campaigner. Best known as a novelist‚ she is also an award-winning poetess. "The City-Planners” is critical of the monotony and false beauty of modern cities‚ suburbs and its architecture. The poem views modern life as empty‚ artificial‚ and its inhabitants as robotic and lacking in spirit. Analysis i. Main Subject The main theme is the poet’s
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