TMA04: The Invention Of Tradition. How selective did Irish Nationalists have to be to establish continuity with the national past? The Invention of Tradition as described by Hobsbawm and Ranger‚ “Is taken to mean a set of practices‚ normally governed by overtly or tacitly accepted rules and of ritual or symbolic nature‚ which seek to inculcate certain values as norms of behaviour by reputation.” (E. Hobsbawm‚ T Ranger‚ 1983. p.3) The concept of tradition is the passing down of practices
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I believe that the recruitment poster‚ “Will You Fight Now?”‚ is the strongest recruitment poster. I think this because I believe that it sends the strongest message to someone who reads it. I have several reasons to think this‚ and I will show you my reasons in the upcoming paragraphs. The poster‚ “Will you fight now?”‚ shows that everyone is terrified that the Germans will invade America. It uses scare tactics to persuade men who are capable of fighting to go and fight for their country.
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How does Harper Lee use the symbol of the mockingbird? According to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” So‚ mockingbirds are harmless‚ innocent creatures‚ and killing them is wrong‚ because they don’t hurt anyone. The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. After all it only sings for us to hear its music‚ they don’t bother us or harm us. So‚ to kill a mockingbird is a sin because you destroy innocence. Throughout the book‚ a number of characters
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At the time of writing Murmuring Judges‚ the whole of Britain was under the terrifying cloud of the IRA. With bombings going off in both England and Ireland‚ people on both sides feared for their lives. In the eyes of most English people‚ the Irish were seen as terrorists or‚ at the very least‚ co-conspirators. Therefore‚ Hare saw it as crucial that he set the victim of the play as an Irishman‚ with the middle-England judiciary being the abusers. As we see in Act 1 Scene 4‚ Gerard McKinnon is being
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The foundation of the Irish Free State from 1918-1922 occurred during the same period where many other European countries were trying to gain freedom. Whilst Ireland was had different ways of gaining independence‚ the country’s course was similar to other countries fights for freedom. The Irish State had their own reasons for wanting their independence‚ however these reasons mimicked many other countries during the period‚ both in and out of the British Empire. The events that happened in Ireland
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when the colonies became the United States of America as a whole. Given that slavery was spread out across multiple colonies and states in the United States‚ it is safe to assume there was a great similarity and difference in slavery between the northern and southern regions. Slaves were treated as property‚ though their owners may have been more abusive in the South due to their needs for a higher quantity of workers to grow crops while other slaves in the North were more taken care of. They were
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illustrate the dynamic brilliance of the Northern Lights. When she describes wintertime in her hometown‚ Laurence writes‚ “[...] the Northern Lights flaring across the sky like the scrawled signature of God.” (Laurence 24). The use of “flaring” indicates brief and bright motion‚ since it is often used to describe fireworks and flares. A firework is a striking image of moving colour against a night sky‚ and creates a similar spectacle to that of the Northern Lights‚ especially since both are seen after
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the Northern colonies for religious reasons when he “vowed to purge England of all radical Protestant reformers” (Davidson‚ et al 85). When the Pilgrims sailed the Mayflower in 1620‚ an error in navigation led them far north to New England‚ rather than the South. A second wave of Puritans led to the formation of the Massachusetts Bay colony and the growth of other Northern colonies. While the early settlers were all looking for new experiences‚ different types of people populated the Northern and
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mid 1800’s and since the early days of the United States’‚ different ways of life existed in the northern and southern portions of the country. -Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops and relied on slave
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THE MEANING OF “DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT” Devolution of government means the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state at a sub-national level such as a regional local or state level (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Devolution is normally used interchangeably with the term decentralization. Decentralization‚ according to the Constitution of Kenya‚ entail sharing of political‚ administrative and fiscal responsibilities between the national and the county governments. Administrative
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