The theme of war. The novel ‘The Quiet American’ written by Graham Greene is the war novel. Saigon‚ 1952‚ is a beautiful‚ exotic‚ and mysterious city caught in the grips of the Vietnamese war of liberation from the French colonial powers. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by its communist
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Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Working through numerous experiments in sound and advancing his father’s work on Visible Speech for deaf people Bell acquired his education.To continue his study about the human voice he opened a workshop. He also did important work in communication for the deaf. Throughout his life he held more than 18 patents. Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone. Through many years of experimentation with sound waves he created
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satire are preset in our world today. A few famous satirists are Jonathan Swift‚ Jon Stewart‚ and Mark Twain and are prime examples of the different ages of satire. Jonathan Swift was an Irishman who wrote satire about the failing condition of his nation. In the time of Swift‚ his nation was suffering from poverty‚ famine and disease‚ all of which‚ he said‚ could be prevented. In his satire titled‚ "A Modest Proposal"‚ Swift explains how
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argument. Some of these methods are more effective at showing others that your way is the right way. Let us take‚ for example‚ two pieces of literature‚ The Declaration of Independence‚ written by Thomas Jefferson‚ and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. Which one has had more of an influence on society? The obvious answer is The Declaration of Independence‚ because it is what we now live our lives by and changed an entire nation. Let’s take a closer look at why I believe the Declaration of Independence
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fascination of the tale lies in the fact that although every phase seems immediately comprehensible‚ the whole subject matter is endlessly complex. The novel offers a clear parody of colonialism and it’s working against what is conventionally known. Swift takes up the different ideas surrounding the working of colonialism and gradually debunks them by offering a reversal of scales. He redirects the tropes of colonial discourse and turns them against the masters in a very adroit manner. And interestingly
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What kind of academy can be called scientific when they try and turn poop into food or extract sunlight from cucumbers. In Gulliver’s Travels‚ by Jonathan Swift‚ Gulliver visits this academy while traveling around the world meeting many different peoples and places. Swift uses satire to criticize different features of eighteenth century England‚ including the royal academy and partisan politics‚ by using different symbols and illusions on all of the islands showing all of the negative aspects of
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Vinny and Joe-Boy are best friends. They live in Hawaii. They have similar and different character traits that Graham Salisbury gives them in the short story “The Ravine”. Vinny and Joe-Boy are different in many ways. Vinny is very fearful and afraid Salisbury writes “ you’re probably stepping right were the dead boy did‚” said Joe-Boy then Vinny walked on the other side of the trail.” but Joe-Boy is fearless he jumped off the ledge. Joe-Boy and Vinny are different in other ways too Joe-boy is
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Alexander Graham Bell‚ we all know him for his revolutionary invention‚ the telephone. But‚ that wasn’t even his original goal. He actually made the discovery on accident. His main goal was to help the deaf speak. His two brothers Melville and Edward sadly died from tuberculosis at young ages. His mother was deaf‚ and that definitely influenced him to study deafness. Many of Bell’s ideas and goals were turned into reality. But the subject he was most passionate about was helping the deaf.
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English Essay on Brighton Rock In Brighton rock it eventually seemed that whole of society is corrupt due to many reasons Firstly‚ “I’m sorry Mrs Arnold. It’s just a waste of time getting fussed like this” this that due to the fact that Ida is a woman she doesn’t seem to know anything. The phrase “I’m sorry” was used to show direct sympathy for her coming to report it but deep down it doesn’t seem to bother them as he is already dead. Secondly‚ “this doctor he knows his stuff?” this is used to
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Both stories have a message that the authors are trying to express through irony and or paradox. The author Narayan compares deception or truth‚ as if it were like the sun‚ where no human can ever look straight at the sun without being blinded by it. Sekar was the main character and he had to go through a few trials of truth; his first one was him having to be truthful about his wife’s terrible‚ culinary dish she had made him. His second trial was to give an honest opinion about his headmaster’s
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