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    building sewage and dirty water from the streets. Overflows destroy fish habitats and worsen navigation. Plastic bottles have increasingly become an issue due to the fad of consuming bottle water rather than tap. It is mostly inaccurate for city dwellers to believe that tap water is unsafe. In fact‚ studies have shown that most tap water is as pure as bottle water‚ particularly in

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    increasing each day and most of car owners are workers. Most of the workers tend use their own cars in order to go their jobs. Therefore‚ especially during rush hours there occurs a terrible traffic on roads. Due to the fact that city dwellers are disturbed and the fact makes dwellers fed up with their cities. Secondly‚ megacities have many people from each economic class. People who are poor and extremely rich both have to live close. Because of the fact that poor people who see rich people and want to be

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    ‘old and new’ where historic spa buildings blend with the contemporary design of the New Royal Bath. By day and by night‚ you can now bathe in Britain’s only naturally warm‚ mineral-rich waters including the indoor Minerva Bath and the open-air rooftop pool with spectacular views over the city of Bath. Additionally‚ you can refresh your senses in the aroma steam rooms and choose from over 40 spa treatments and packages.  According to legend‚ Prince Bladud‚ who had contracted leprosy‚ was cured

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    perceptions of the rape. Likewise‚ domestic violence against women increased in the homes‚ especially in the tenement dwellings of urban New Yorkers. Cases of severe beatings and murder were often‚ usually caused by drunkenness on behalf of either the man or the woman. The majority of the experiences of the lower-class female work force was bleak‚ but there were a few‚ and very minor‚ exceptions. One such exception can be found within the youthful work force of the Eastern side of New York‚ on

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    instance‚ the people chained within the dark cave is a symbol for the world we currently reside in (or was resided in)‚ and the chains represent each one of us‚ who are either knowingly or unknowingly chained to the material world. The shadows the cave dwellers saw is a metaphor for both perception and illusion. For example‚ what one person perceives as reality and the truth (e.g. the shadows in the cave)‚ is nothing but a mere illusion‚ even though they perceive it to be the truest reality. Essentially

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    assigned international responsibilities upon joining TCT‚ she has never worked abroad. She currently is unmarried‚ speaks Hindi‚ and her parents are first-generation immigrants from India now living in the United States. The fourth candidate‚ Ravi Desai‚ 33‚ has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management and currently

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    harsh landscape when describing the setting of ‘The drovers Wife’ using repetition and imagery. The anonymous “gaunt‚ sun-browned bush woman” is deliberately characterised as a stoic and courageous folk‚ representing the personalities of the bush dwellers. Their tenacity is shown through the harsh and rugged environment of which the women endures as well as mothering “four ragged‚ dried-up-looking children”. The mothers archetypical bush experiences are drawn through the use of anecdotes of which

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    In the film Raise the Red Lantern‚ by Chinese director Zhang Yimou (1991‚ Zhang Yimou)‚ we are shown the story of Songlian and her experiences as the new fourth wife of her master. The struggle between tradition and modernity as well as femininity versus masculinity is prominent in the film as Songlian is thrown into the Chen family compound‚ fully governed in Confucian tradition‚ and the capitalist democratic competition between the wives and Songlian’s rebellion to tradition causes many problems

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    Desai from his article‚ “Whither Home: Asia/America Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art.” He says “Fundamentally‚ they no longer have the choice of belonging to one place‚ one culture‚ or one country. Their sense of ‘home’ is no longer equated with an unqualified sense of belonging” (Desai‚ 367). Desai says that because of these issues many question their existence‚ their belonging‚ and have ongoing

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    Where I Come From In “Where I Come From”‚ poet Elizabeth Brewster portrays the differences lifestyles between city-dwellers and country-dwellers‚ with a clear bias towards the latter. Brewster also expresses her belief that people are defined by the place they live in. Vivid imagery‚ structure‚ and poetic devices‚ are used by Brewster to convey the contrasts between city and country life. Vivid imagery‚ created by Brewster‚ conveys the contrasting elements of city and country life. In the first stanza

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