[pic] International Affairs Book Review Name: Daniel Martín Carvajal Book: “The Shackled Continent” 1. What are the key themes of the book and what is the author’s opinion on them? The Shackled Continent is a lively‚ engaging and ultimately hopeful book about Saharan Africa written by Robert Guest. The author analyses the question why Africa still is so poor and reflects the problems in this region like poverty‚ disease‚ war‚ corruption... and it is enlivened by the stories and
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changing society‚ one’s background is everlasting. As people grow older and make their own decisions‚ they find themselves faced with the perplexity of escaping their past lifestyle and customs‚ but they will ultimately carry them throughout their life. Jhumpa Lahiri’s “My Two Lives‚” the excerpt from Alan Ehrenhalt’s The Lost City‚ and N. Scott Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” take different approaches to develop the plot‚ but they are all connected by a universal theme: the eternal presence of ancestry
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Instructors’ name Course Date Is colonialism to blame for Africa’s underdevelopment? By a broad definition‚ colonization is said to be the encroachment and consequent takeover of the sovereignty of another country. A greater part of the African continent suffered colonization which had its fair share of both positive and negative impacts. Development on the other hand can generally be defined as a growth process. Defining development is sometimes very complex‚ difficult and to some extent a contentious
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It is the early 11th century and the Holy Land is controlled by the Seljuk Turks. The Holy Land and Jerusalem is in the middle of three continents as shown in the map below. The Turks not only attacked Christian areas in the Byzantine Empire‚ but they also attacked Christian pilgrims. Unable to defend his land by himself‚ Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus has asked Pope Urban II for help. Post Number 2: As a result to Pope Urban’s decision to help the Byzantine Empire by taking back the Holy
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The Third Level © 1950 by Jack Finney Summary and Analysis Charley‚ a young New York commuter wandering Grand Central station‚ accidently finds a portal that leads to 1894. Seizing the opportunity‚ Charley attempts to escape the rat race by buying a one-way ticket to his childhood town of Galesburg. Not having proper currency for the period‚ he is forced to postpone his plans to escape to the past. Both Charley’s wife and psychiatrist are worried he’s losing his grip on reality. Unable to rediscover
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“This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri is a short story that follows a small period of time in the two characters’ lives. Having known one another for only four months‚ newlyweds Sanjeev and Tanima‚ called Twinkle‚ are finding it difficult to adjust to married life. Both have very different personalities‚ a theme that Lahiri continuously points to throughout the story‚. Their conflict comes to a head when Twinkle begins finding Christian relics all over the house. Sanjeev wants to throw the relics
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Summary Charley’s convinced there are three‚ not just two‚ levels at Grand Central Station. Charley’s psychiatrist‚ and his friends‚ thinks his delusion is a “waking-dream wish fulfillment‚” and like his stamp collection‚ a temporary refuge from a world full of insecurity‚ fear‚ war‚ and worry. Charley explains that one evening while hurrying home‚ he decided to take the subway from Grand Central Station‚ and became lost. He eventually found himself on a strange third level with spittoons on the
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ancient landmass that consisted of the present continents of South America‚ Africa‚ Australia‚ and Antarctica as well as the Indian subcontinent. Gondwanaland is believed to have been intact at least twice‚ about 350 million years ago and about 200 million years ago. The more specific date for the beginning of the separation of the continent Gondwanaland is around 245 to 208 million years ago. Between these two periods all seven of the present-day continents probably formed a single landmass called Pangaea
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The Nazi rise to power brought an end to the Weimar Republic‚ a parliamentary democracy established in Germany after World War I. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor on January 30‚ 1933‚ the Nazi state (also referred to as the Third Reich) quickly became a regime in which Germans enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights. After a suspicious fire in the Reichstag (the German Parliament)‚ on February 28‚ 1933‚ the government issued a decree which suspended constitutional civil rights and
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Third Age – The Golden Years of Adulthood By Stephen F. Barnes‚ Ph.D. San Diego State University The Third Age is now considered by many to be the “golden years” of adulthood. It is generally defined as the span of time between retirement and the beginning of age-imposed physical‚ emotional‚ and cognitive limitations‚ and today would roughly fall between the ages of 65 and 80+. This is a period of adulthood when typically there are fewer responsibilities (e.g.‚ career and family-rearing) than before
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