When it was written in 1925‚ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes‚ by Anita Loos was heralded as a tremendous novel. It was seen as cutting edge and insightful‚ yet somewhat risqué in its portrayal of Lorelei Lee and her escapades. I can see how this may have been thought at that time‚ seeing as how women were looked at in such a different way then they are currently. The fact that a women with as little know-how as Lorelei can manipulate men the way that she does‚ leaves no question as to who is the superior
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The graphic novel‚ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen‚ by Alan Moore‚ takes place in Brittan starting in 1898. The work takes characters from other novels and uses their past and personality in one novel. The character in the league are‚ Captain Nemo‚ Miss Mina Murray‚ Allen Quaterman‚ Henry Jekyll‚ Edward Hyde‚ Hawley Griffin‚ Champion Bond‚ and C. Auguste Dupin. During this time period‚ the industrial revolution was taking place. Cities were being built up‚ people were moving from farms
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Today is very important learning languages because they will open many opportunities for the future. In my opinion learning languages is very important. Know many languages is very important for the communication with peoples the others countries for read books‚ leaflets in other languages .Knowing another language leads us to understand other lifestyle and so we understand better the mode of being and thinking of other peoples. Learning many languages is hard but is very compensator. I like to
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in today’s context of a globalized singapore‚ many people are concerned with building up our economy . what many people dont realise is that conserving out environment is just as important to our economy . yes our economic growth is important to sustain our economy ‚ but only to a limited extent . we need to conserve our environment because they are vanishing fast ! is our government doing enough ? or rather ‚ can they do more ? we believe that the government can do more to conserve our environment
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Literature - (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) - is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The word literature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech "arts and letters" and "man of letters." - may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ as well as on original imagination‚ such as polemical
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The third dimension[edit] Alpha Waves had players bounce on platforms in 3D as early as 1990. The term 3D platformer usually refers to games that feature gameplay in three dimensions and polygonal 3D graphics. Games that have 3D gameplay but 2D graphics are usually included under the umbrella of isometric platformers‚ while those that have 3D graphics but gameplay on a 2D plane are called 2.5D‚ as they are a blend of 2D and 3D. The first attempts to bring platform games into 3D used 2D graphics
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First slide- Welcome to the Bedaira Jungle. Hello everybody. Imagine‚ if your plane crashed in the Jungle‚ what would you do for survival? There aren’t another people‚ buildings and …of course cars in the Jungle. There are only poisonous animals and insects and you. How do you survive in the Jungle?.. Слайд Welcome to the Bendaira jungle. Second slide- Contents First‚ We will explain just about Bedaira jungle. Second‚ Items Thirdly‚ Choisen And fourth‚ how to survive. It is very‚ very
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ is fictional story that deals with a very real and shocking reality associated with turn of the century American immigrants. It is a story of a Lithuanian man‚ Jurgis Rudkus‚ who comes to America in search of the “dream” with his new fiancee and her family. In their search‚ they actually find something totally different from the American dream. What they discover is a world of corruption‚ injustice‚ and poverty. The lives of immigrants
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In Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle‚ published in 1906‚ a sense of injustice towards the working class and need for socialism is present. Sinclair intended to illustrate the vast majority of immigrants in Chicago at the turn of the century; providing details and examples of abuses in the meatpacking industry merely as a means of demonstrating their troubles. After the publication of The Jungle‚ Sinclair stated‚ "I aimed for the public’s heart‚ and by accident I hit it in the stomach." He used those words
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The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence‚ Honor‚ and Manhood in the Union Army by Lorien Foote In the year 1861‚ the Civil War erupted throughout the United States. After four long gruesome years‚ the Union Army enlisted a total number of 2‚893‚304 northern soldiers. In The Gentlemen and the Roughs‚ Lorien Foote sheds light on northern conceptions of violence‚ honor‚ and manhood. Foote argues that the Union army originated by dividing class and social status‚ fighting a war for
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