Many similarities and differences are found throughout “If” By Rudyard Kipling and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. These include the theme and meaning of the text‚ how the person talking delivered the information‚ and what the message the person was trying to get through. Those are the three things that will be compared and contrasted in this essay. The theme of these two texts share both a common theme and some parts of the theme that are different. For example “If” follows a somewhat make your own
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affordable housing are the principal causes of becoming homeless. Even if a person is working a full time job making minimum wage‚he or she is not able to afford rent required for a home.Another cause of homelessness is due to mental illness or physical disabilities‚ as a result it becomes difficult for people to coexist with other civilians. Which in most cases leads to addictions and causes them to lose their homes and families.Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families
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together. One of the main causes of the fall of Rome was of Roman invasions. As Rome became weaker‚ people saw it as an open door to invade and attack Rome. Some civilizations succeeded invading and attacking Rome such as the Huns. Also‚ when the military became lazy‚ it was easier for people to invade Rome. Another main cause of the fall of Rome was the military weakness. The military began to not wear armor‚ which would cause them to have worse wounds and would cause
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The plague infected Europe with outbreaks beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and was met with many different reactions. These reactions included fear‚ curiosity‚ and even spite. Through these responses and general insecurity from the plague‚ superstitions and other theories formed so people could try to make sense of what was going on. Fear of the plague would be an understandable reaction‚ considering that they had no idea what was going on or how to cure it. Eventually believing that the
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story analysis of Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Have you ever wished that someone had given you a guide on how live the right way? Jamaica Kincaid does just that in her short story‚ Girl. The narrative is presented as a set of life instructions to a girl by her mother to live properly in Antigua in the 1980’s. While the setting of the story is not expressly stated by the author in the narrative‚ the reader is able to understand the culture for which Girl was written. Jamaica Kincaid seems to be the passive
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Air travel in the 60’s was a thing of glamour and it was for the privileged few. It has come a long way since the “Jet set” days of the 60’s. Though air travel has considerably changed in terms of people who fly‚ airport infrastructure and inflight services‚ what with the economic downturn‚ cost cuts and never ending terrorism‚ flying is not what it used to be. Because of the exclusivity of air travel in the 60’s‚ tickets were very expensive‚ so only the rich and famous could afford it. In other
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Cause of The Great War Many have speculated the primary cause of the first world war. Britain‚ Germany‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ France‚ Italy‚ and Serbia all took part in World War One‚ which was set off by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke and his wife. Many ask‚ “What was the unknown‚ very essential cause of World War One?” While there were countless causes of the Great War‚ the three major causes were the alliances between nations‚ imperialism‚ and the arms race. One of the influential causes
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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies of America‚ in 1775. The conflict‚ was about how the colonies felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the Great Britain laws. There are different events that led up to the American Revolution‚ the three discussed in this paper will be the Boston Tea Party‚ the Stamp Act‚ and the Intolerable Acts. The Boston tea party was a protest against taxation. The Intolerable Act was
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the University of Massachusetts‚ “The fire triangle works in that when fuel or flammable materials are heated‚ the energy that is stored inside begins to react with oxygen in the air‚ giving off heat. This ends up creating a vicious cycle‚ which cause the fire to spread. In order to stop the spread of a fire‚ you have to remove one of these elements to break the triangle”(1). The agent‚ carbon dioxide‚ will primarily attack the oxygen side of the triangle. This is done when the carbon dioxide
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The Causes and Effects of Violence Did you know that almost 6 million Jews were estimated killed in the Holocaust? The Holocaust was when men‚ children‚ and women alike were massacred just because of their religion‚ which was Judaism. This is not the first human tragedy that the world has endured this century. Another violent tragedy was when African American’s were being mistreated and persecuted in the United States. This was during the Jim Crow South when black people could not eat at the
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