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    Ramsha Ashraf Proses 19 October 2012 An Imitative Narrative in Mathew Arnold’s Work as a Reflection of Victorian thought and beliefs. The main streams constituting modern European and American thought‚ as imperialism‚ empiricism‚ rationalism‚ utilitarianism‚ racism and pragmatism‚ commenced from the Enlightenment and the prodigious series of changes following French and American Revolutions‚ and also ongoing Industrial Revolution. Historians as Thomas Hobsbawm has remarked that

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    found that in relation to women what men found most attractive were large eyes‚ small eyes and a small chin‚ whereas for men‚ women looked for square jaws‚ small eyes and thin lips in terms of attraction. Several studies in the 1960s presented the zeitgeist of social psychology research into attraction. Walster et al. (1966) did a study testing the matching hypothesis (where you’re most likely attracted to someone who is on a similar level of attractiveness to one’s self) where he advertised a ‘computer

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    The search for an identity - a sense of self- is a life-long journey and a great dilemma. It is an undeniable fact that our identities are formed by where we are – whether it be the physical location or a passage in time. The child of the 21st century will be very different to that of the 18th or 19th century. The same can be said about our physical location- it is impossible to compare the identities of a child growing up in a privileged western society to that of the Middle East or Africa. However

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    Martin Luther King – a Non-Violent "Extremist" Compared to the various factions of the civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King Jr. is not an extremist; however‚ in response to being labeled an extremist by "fellow clergimen"‚ King considers himself an extremist of love and equality (King 1). In his letter written from the Birmingham Jail‚ King argues in favor of non- violence‚ placing his extremism in the context of religion‚ history and sociology. His ideology is the only outlet for a positive

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    Entertainment‚ 2008. Blood Diamond. Dir. Edward Zwick. DVD. Burbank‚ CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video‚ 2007. Congo. Dir. Frank Marshall. Writ. Michael Crichton. Hollywood‚ Calif.: Paramount Pictures‚ ©1995. Earth. Dir. Deepa Metha. DVD. Canada: Zeitgeist

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    Why is Curley’s wife never given a personal name? Names have been an important facet of society for as long as Homo sapiens have existed. A name is defined as “a word or symbol used in logic to designate an entity.” In Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck teaches a lesson about the nature of human existence and shows how grim and isolated people become without hope. Steinbeck neglects to address Curley’s wife’s character by name in order to emphasize her position as a literary element and provide commentary

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    Module 5 - Case The revolutionary impacts of IT ITM434 - Bus. Ethics and Soc. Issues in Cmptng Google is by any standards a huge corporation‚ generating in 2009‚ annual revenue of $23‚651‚000‚000. At its core is its search engine‚ which processes over a million search requests every day. It is globally involved in the advanced development and application of multinational public cloud computing‚ Internet search and advertising technologies and its declared mission from the outset has been

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    Wages of Guilt‚ was written by Ian Buruma and published in 1994. The author takes a subject rarely discussed or analysed and examines it in great depth. While much is written historically about war it is mostly the epic battles that have been fought‚ the great ideas that were fought over and the effect of war on civilians during the war itself‚ almost always from the victors point of view. The main focus of the book is on the varying responses to the horrors perpetrated by both the Japanese and

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    English 101 September 6‚ 2012 Zombies in Popular Culture We were surrounded. From atop the walls of the dingy apartment building we were taking refuge in‚ we could hear the muffled moans and groans coming from the streets below‚ as those creatures‚ zombies‚ meandered around‚ aimlessly. No‚ not aimless. They were after something. Us. They craved human flesh‚ and had insatiable appetites. There were only 4 of us left‚ of the 20 that had originally fled as the school was overrun by those things.

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    It’s a scorching summer day‚ and four neighborhood boys are trying to beat the heat by lounging in the shade near a junkyard’s water pump with a refreshing drink. As they cool off‚ they listlessly toss little rocks into an old tin can a few feet away‚ and fill the empty air with idle speculation over whether or not Mickey Mouse Club cast member Annette Funicello has started to develop breasts. Enjoying this brief interlude of nothingness‚ one boy happily sighs: "This is a really good time." The dated

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