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    Imaginative Play

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    sychChildren’s Imaginative Play: A Descriptive Psychology Approach Charles Kantor‚ Ph.D. Abstract The significance of children’s imaginative play is presented from the perspective of Descriptive Psychology and in particular Ossorio’s Dramaturgical model of persons. The fluidity of imaginative play‚ the imitation of and creation of social practices and options within play as well as the opportunity to switch roles and act according to reasons of another‚ contribute to the development of judgment.

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    Imaginative Journeys

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    An imaginative journey can be defined as an extension of reality that transcends physical barriers. Through the use of abstract notions and an element of surrealism‚ an imaginative journey can result in distortion of the boundaries between imagination and reality. This type of journey involves readers by drawing on their imagination and can therefore result in the transformation of perceptions and attitudes‚ which may also stimulate a sense of enlightenment for both the characters and the responder

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    Imaginative Journey

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    Imaginative journey refers to movements where the individual does not have to physically travel anywhere. It is a journey of the mind‚ which allows individuals to visit any place they desire or are led to; even those that don’t exist. Imaginative journey can lead to inspiration‚ belief and imagination. However the journey is only a means to an end. This end being: knowledge‚ experience or discoveries made by the individual in the process of the imaginative journey which broadens or heightens the

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    this beautiful country. However one would argue the communist force’s motives. The French wish to protect the people and therefore a succession of these slaughters may force the French into submission and surrender – much like Hiroshima did for the Americans and Japanese. Has humanity not learned from their mistakes? Again with Hiroshima‚ the atomic bomb was a huge development in human warfare‚ although it caused huge casualties‚ somewhere from 90‚000 to 160‚000 were killed. Was it a means to a greater

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    human experiences and as a background to mundane and dramatic events. Landscape may be seen in literal or metaphoric terms. Physical locale influences the way people live their lives and express their emotion‚ and becomes intertwined with their imaginative landscape. In Australia‚ landscape often represents both hardship and good times in person’s lives‚ as well as providing metaphors for their personal characteristics. For example‚ rural people are depicted as “solid as Ayers Rock” during difficult

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    States. ( Domino theory ) Communism was contradictory to American morals such as (... ). They believed that Vietnam would benefit through the Third Force and it would ultimately prevent the downfall of other countries also known as the Domino Theory.

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    Graham Greene’s novel‚ The Quiet American‚ is more than a political statement about whether or not America or any other country for that matter should become involved in the affairs of another country; Greene makes the question human and personal. The novel can be read as a political and moral reflection on the opening stages of the United States’ involvement in Southeast Asia. Therefore‚ Greene’s novel becomes a commentary on the pointlessness of the United States’ later investment of men and material

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    THE QUIET AMERICAN ‘Alden Pyle is dangerous‚ but he does not deserve his ultimate fate.’ Do you agree? In ‘The Quiet American’‚ the Alden Pyle character is exceedingly patriotic to America and somewhat unrealistic in all that he does throughout the film. Pyle seems to be naive in thinking that he will be able to save an entire country‚ Vietnam‚ which at the time was embroiled in an intense battle between the French and communists. He believed that by establishing a third force in the country

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    is rewarded with more wealth‚ authority‚ power and prestige. The Quiet American‚ a novel written in 1955 by British writer Graham Greene‚ demonstrates the negative effects of social class on society. The story is set in Saigon‚ a large city in Vietnam‚ at the end of the first Indochina war and is told from the point of view of a British journalist‚ Thomas Fowler. In its braiding together of a political

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    The Quiet American: Reading Log PART I Chapter 1 Narrator lives in room alone over Rue Catinat Associated with a man named Pyle‚ has met him many times before Phuong- meaning Phoenix waits for Pyle also. She speaks French. Phuong cannot wait in public as the police may pick her up Phuong and Pyle are a couple Phuong was once in a relationship with the narrator Pyle "Had pronounced and aggravated views on what the US was doing for the world" Narrator smokes opium pipes regularly Phuong

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