literary genre was Florence (Stevie) Smith. While studying Smith’s poetic works‚ the reader is enabled to enter her world of emotional extremes‚ where the loneliness and appreciation for her few sincere friendships closely reflected her own personal life. Florence Margaret Smith was born September 20‚ 1902‚ in Hull‚ Yorkshire‚ England. She lived with her mother and father only until the age of three‚ when her father left the family. He established himself as a crewman on the White Star Line and
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In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984 both Winston Smith‚ the main character‚ and Julia‚ his love interest‚ rebel against the Party in different ways but Julia’s rebellion is preferable. Julia sleeps around with plenty of men while also being a part of the Junior Anti-Sex League. She has fun while doing this unspeakable act of rebellion that could most likely ruin her life. She reassures Winston of their relationship saying that she has done it “scores of times” and that her affairs are “always with
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Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a traveling show as a dancer and singer. The show featured Pa and Ma Rainey‚ and Smith developed a friendship with Ma. Ma Rainey was Bessie’s mentor and she stayed with her show until 1915. Bessie then joined the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit and gradually built up her own following in the south and along the
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Reality Shows In china: A Road to a More Democratic China or Not? In 2005 up to 400 million viewers‚ nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ‚the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the
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A member of the Illinois legislature once asked Joseph Smith how he was able to govern so many people and keep order among the members of the Mormon church. The man claimed that it had been impossible to do so anywhere else. Joseph Smith replied by saying‚ “I teach them correct principles‚ and they govern themselves.” This statement introduces the idea of self-governance—in other words‚ after learning principles‚ people individually interpret what is taught and then apply it to their lives in
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TALK SHOWS The television talk show is‚ on the face of it‚ a rather strange institution. We pay people to talk for us. Like the soap opera‚ the talk show is an invention of twentieth century broadcasting. It takes a very old form of communication‚ conversation‚ and transforms it into a low cost but highly popular form of information and entertainment through the institutions‚ practices and technologies of television. The talk show did not originate over night‚ at one time‚ or in one place. It
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Diagnosing Septimus Smith Virginia Woolf’s novel‚ Mrs. Dalloway‚ features a severely mentally ill man named Septimus Smith. Throughout the novel the reader glimpses moments of Septimus’s dementia and how his poor frazzled wife‚ Rezia‚ deals with him. Septimus‚ who has returned from the war and met Rezia in Italy on his discharge‚ has a seriously skewed version of reality. He has been through traumatic events during the war‚ including the death of his commanding officer and friend‚ Evans
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George Orwell has many literary aspects to it. The specific ones to be analyzed are the if Winston is a hero‚ nostalgia‚ symbol of paperweight‚ conflict of truth‚ and the family dynamics of 1984. Winston is not the typical hero of the story that saves the people from oppression and tyranny. However‚ Winston isn’t a hero. A hero is supposed to face danger and overcome it through bravery and strength. Winston does not do that‚ quite the opposite is shown on page 286 when in midst of having rats unleashed
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Crichton Smith. Throughout the poem Crichton Smith successfully creates a haunting portrayal of his guilt-laden grief over his mother ’s final years and the role he played in her neglect. This neglect is evident in the vivid image of his mother ’s home combined with her frailty. Crichton Smith adds to this his own role in failing to rescue her and subsequently emphasises the extent to which he is plagued by regret. The poem is divided into three stanzas‚ the first dealing with Smith ’s memories
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Did Smith have a theory of capitalism or was he primarily a critic of mercantilism? Between the 16th and 18th century mercantilism dominated western economics. Mercantilism held a strong belief in the power of large reserves of precious metals‚ primarily gold and silver‚ and encouraged states to maintain large reserves through high tariffs on imported goods. In 1776‚ Scottish philosopher Adam Smith refuted the theory of mercantilism in a criticism entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes
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