The illustrated text “The viewer” by Shaun Tan and Gary Crew tells the story of the curious protagonist‚ Tristan whose obsession with random artefacts lead him to discover a corrupt view master‚ in which depicts horrific events of our own history. The protagonist and responders are lead to make several discoveries in which force a re-evaluation of modern society and their attitude towards the world. The theme of urban disintegration and wastefulness is explored throughout the text. The use of the
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Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean‚ also often called the “The Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. Tourism in Sri Lanka has had its ups and downs. Such things like the civil war is now over‚ but for the past thirty years that the war was ongoing‚ a lot of people feared to travel to Sri Lanka and the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . But despite all these events‚ the tourism in Sri Lanka is still one of the major profit generating industries. Sri Lanka may be a small island‚ but it has a
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large part on the shoulders of women. The Sri Lankan economy’s main foreign exchange earners used to be tea‚ rubber and coconut cultivation for export. Apart from these commercial crops‚ paddy (rice) cultivation has been the mainstay of the rural economy. Women’s labour plays an important role here‚ but in most instances is not taken into account. The traditional economic pattern has completely changed during the last 10-15 years. Remittances from Sri Lankans employed in the Middle Eastern countries
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McDonald Sri Lanka is governed by the Head Office in USA who has total control on all activities in Sri Lanka. Everything from menus to promotions is directed from the US Head Office. Parameters they look at before entering a market include : The fast food culture itself was looked into. That is Mc Donald’s saw that KFC and Pizza Hut were already established in Sri Lanka Way they chose a franchisee are: Mc Donald’s requested for applications and financial stability was looked into. One of
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Even in China‚ English is spoken. You like traveling‚ nothing better than to master a language spoken anywhere in the world. Her trip will undoubtedly be more pleasant and not just a tourist taking pictures and gestures to try to get what he wants. Why English? I guess this is an question where most of us will ask and there’s only one answer for that‚ it is international in its significance .It is taken as a lingua France‚ the common language ‚ for all parts of the world today. It’s the only language
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Even though the Chinese manager in Bluewater company can speak English‚ the manager of Qantas Purchasing Department is always cautious with all business negotiations‚ so the manager called an interpreter. The interpreter has been given some materials about Qantas‚ especially the products they need to order. The interpreting took place in two place‚ the meeting room in the afternoon and the dinner at night. The interpreter
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is essential that everyone is capable of reading‚ writing‚ and communicating in an articulate and organized manner. Unfortunately‚ many American students lack the necessary skills needed for effective communication. It is contradictory that there are so many illiterate students in this current age that many define as ’the age of the information superhighway.’ <br> <br>It seems as though many of America’s students are unaware of the importance of communication and literacy. Clear and effective language
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Over 500 years ago‚ Shakespeare was created and had became very popular. Shakespeare still exists today and is still very popular and is used almost every day in modern day time. I am going to be writing about the differences between shakespeare back then verses modern day Shakespeare and how similar and different they are from each other. Shakespeare is still important to this day and I am going to be talking about it. Shakespeare started in the 1500’s and was created by William Shakespeare. What
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dragon-infested village stating “‘I will go‚’ Ged replied; not from obedience only. Since the night on Roke Knol his desire had turned as much against fame and display…” (Le Guin 107). Here‚ Ged accepts great responsibility while foregoing fame and power‚ which shows his maturation. This demonstrates that he now has no apparent desire or pride. Ged’s evolving maturity‚ wisdom‚ and responsibility is evident as Ged agrees to go on the quest not from obedience‚ but after learning that his pride was what had led to
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Perseverance is a very important value that all individuals we have‚ but unfortunately we all despaired when a goal we have not met and we tend to despair and deserting our ideals‚ so I’ll analyze this great value to understand thoroughly the real meaning of this great value. According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy the value of perseverance means constancy in virtue and maintain consistency to death. But beyond that I think this definition refers to two different but related attitudes
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