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    The White Umbrella

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    The White Umbrella The narrator of the story The White Umbrella is about a girl who doesn’t like the way her family does things. The narrator has not yet found herself. After showing how insecure she is she is‚ something happens in her life for her to realize that she does not need everything in life to get noticed. She then realizes that the most important thing in life is family and she realizes how important her family is. The narrator in the White Umbrella is a young Chinese girl. After

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    The Three Little Pigs Roald Dahl The animal I really dig‚ Above all others is the pig. Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever‚ Pigs are courteous. However‚ Now and then‚ to break this rule‚ One meets a pig who is a fool. What‚ for example‚ would you say‚ If strolling through the woods one day‚ Right there in front of you you saw A pig who’d built his house of STRAW? The Wolf who saw it licked his lips‚ And said‚ ’That pig has had his chips.’  ’Little pig‚ little pig‚ let me come in!’ ’No‚ no‚ by the

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    Umbrella Revolution

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    The 2014 Hong Kong protests‚ also referred to as the Umbrella Revolution‚ began in September 2014 when anti-government advocates in Hong Kong protested outside the government headquarters and occupied several major city intersections after the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress(NPCSC) announced its decision on proposed electoral reform.[5]Instead of allowing civil nominations‚ the NPCSC made it clear that a 1200-member nominating committee‚ which would remain nominated by the business

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    The Umbrella Revolution

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    Chung Man Him 14218194 Topic: Observation of the Practice of Local and Global news of “Umbrella Revolution” The Umbrella Revolution has been a hit issue no matter in Hong Kong or around the globe. News of the Umbrella Revolution has been widely reported in different counties recently. From my observation‚ I found that the news value‚ selection criteria and perspectives are different among newspapers from local and global news agencies. In the following‚ I am going to analyze the differences

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    Roald Dahl’s life was almost as fantastic as his books. Dahl’s patterns in his life are much like the patterns in his novels. He made a clear connection with the tragedies that his characters are faced with. One theme that is apparent in most of Dahl’s work is the use of cruelty by authority figures on the weak and powerless. Dahl with humor turns this cruelty to be more of a positive‚ amusing aspect‚ rather than a negative traumatizing one that he himself was forced to overcome. Tragedy in the family

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    The White Umbrella

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    The narrator of The White Umbrella‚ a girl who seems to not like the way her family goes about things. She seems like she has not found herself yet. She does not like her mom having to work. She wants to fit in with all the other people her age instead of just showing herself. She thinks that she needs extra things like the other kids to let her self show. After showing her insecurity‚ something happens for her to realize that she does not need extra things in life for her to show herself. She then

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    Poe Vs Dahl

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    Edgar Allan Poe and Roald Dahl both have different writing styles‚ but they also have some similarities. For instance both of the authors have a unique‚ dark way of writing stories. Both authors wrote some of their stories based on their childhood which in some cases was good and at other times was bad. The two authors both use similes when they write to make it more suspenseful for the reader and to explain the events in the story in a more detailed fashion. Poe and Dahl also use a great deal of

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    The White Umbrella

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    The White Umbrella The narrator of The White Umbrella is ashamed of her mom because she works. Throughout the story‚ she begins to have a different perspective of her mom. In the end of The White Umbrella‚ she respects her mom and realizes that her mom likes to have a job. One of the things that helps her to realize that is she sees how much she loves working. Her mom says on page 332‚ ““A promotion already!” she said finally.” Her mom likes her job. The narrator learns that she loves her mom

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    The Umbrella Movement

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    The Umbrella Movement‚ also known as Umbrella Revolution‚ began in September 2014. After China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress‚ also known as NPCSC‚ announced its decision on the proposed electoral reform of Hong Kong. NPCSC made it clear that civil nomination is disallowed. The two student activist groups‚ Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism‚ began protesting outside the government headquarters on 22 September 2014 against the NPCSC’s decision. In the evening

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    Dahl "On Democracy"

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    to be recognized as fully democratic. These criteria involve all citizens having equal and satisfactory opportunities to participate in the steering of policy. To realize all of these criteria would mean that it has achieved ‘ideal’ democracy‚ but Dahl concedes that it is not practical to expect a perfect democracy given the realities of the world we live in. The criteria are: 1) Equal and effective participation in stating one’s views and preferences in regard to policy 2) Equal and effective

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