"I have read 200 pages [of Ulysses] so far‚" Virginia Woolf writes in her diary for 16 August 1922‚ and reports that she has been "amused‚ stimulated‚ charmed[‚] interested ... to the end of the Cemetery scene." As "Hades" gives way to "Aeolus‚" however‚ and the novel of character and private sensibility yields to a farrago of styles‚ she is "puzzled‚ bored‚ irritated‚ & disillusioned"--by no grand master of language‚ in her characterization‚ but "by a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples
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appeasement had been a total failure.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. I agree that the policy of appeasement had been a failure but to a certain extent. This is because‚ appeasement had failed to curb Hitler’s appetite for power or land. In fact‚ what appeasement had done was it encouraged Hitler to demand for more and to go back on his words. Even though he had promised to stop‚ this was not to be. He took over Poland 6 months after he got the last territory that he had promised- Sudetenland
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Reflection: “Mary Had a Little Ham”/ “The Snow Queen” “Mary Had a Little Ham” is the story of a barnyard pig that wants to be a Broadway star and eventually brings his dream to realization‚ thanks to a little girl at the barn named Mary who believes in him. He sings a lot about how he wants to leave his home‚ and “get out of the slop.” His two pig siblings doubt him and mock him until he is successful‚ then they suddenly love him. It reminded me of Rudolph’s “other reindeer”. Throughout the play
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INTRODUCTION The impact that the Holland Tunnel had on environmental engineering was significant because the generation of a new ventilation system was able to facilitate air quality control within the tunnel while stimulating awareness of the effects air pollution has on human health. The Holland Tunnel was designed to be the longest underwater vehicular tunnel at its time of completion completed in 1927. Consequently‚ the engineers faced the issue of ventilation of exhaust fumes within the tunnel
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In the poem “The World Had Fled” by Rachel Wetzsteon‚ the speaker is literally describing the three phases of love. The first phase is described as that extraordinary moment at the beginning of passionate love when the intensity‚ closeness‚ and fullness of one’s relationship makes everything else in the world that at the same time‚ it makes the world itself disappear. In the second phase‚ the speaker expresses her despair at the passing of that early love stage in which entirely caught up in one
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confessional poems “I had been hungry all these years” and “I gave myself to him” by Emily Dickenson have a unique economy of style which actively challenges these dichotomies in the notion of “belonging”. Moreover Dickenson is contrasted with Annie Proulx’s shocking short story “55 miles to the gas pump” which promotes the view that geographic and social isolation‚ taken to extremes‚ can result in destructive and macabre outcomes.
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History Essay: Explain the impacts the Vietnam War had on soldiers. The Vietnam was a war like no other and the nature of the fighting in this war had great impacts on the soldiers. At this time‚ communism was seen as a great threat‚ especially by Western countries‚ and so extreme emphasis was placed on the domino theory that when one country falls to communism‚ others would follow and that forward defence would be the only solution to this issue. Also during this time‚ Vietnam was artificially
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Two years ago we had to move. To me it was a huge change in my life‚ it wasn’t gonna be the same once we were gone. All the memories would be left behind and we would make new ones. When I found out we would have to move I was upset. We had worked so hard to make that house look how we wanted it to. We built things that we hoped would stay there for a while‚ but when we were told we had to move everything we built we wouldn’t be able to take with us. I could feel an empty feeling in my stomach when
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I think that George had to kill Lennie. I think this because Lennie depends upon George and would not be able to fend for himself. Over the duration of the book‚ George is seen in quite an apparent way as Lennie’s guardian. He often tells Lennie what to do in tough situations so that Lennie won’t mess things up. ‘You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?’ On this occasion George even threatens Lennie violently. George and Lennie have a remarkable relationship because
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Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? There had been a series of failures that led to the destruction of international peace by 1939. The cause for world war two was because of the invasion of Poland by Germany. Britain and France agreed that after the Munich pact‚ if Germany were to invade Poland ‚ they would start a war against Hitler. However Hitler could have been stopped a long time before the invasion of Poland however due to the international peace failures he did not stop and
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