Ghassan Kanafani in: “ The Land of the Sad Orange” Ghassan Kanafani was born in Akka Palestine in 1936 and died‚ as a result of an Israeli bomb planted to his car on 8th July 1972. His Danish wife Annie‚ described the event saying: “…We used to go shopping together every Saturday morning‚ on that day he accompanied his niece Lamees. A few minutes after they left‚ I heard the sound of a huge explosion. I ran but only saw remanence of our exploded small car. Lamees was a few meters away from the spot
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Daniel Ahn The Genius of Walt Whitman One of America’s greatest poets in history‚ Walt Whitman‚ wrote the masterpiece “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” which is a literary masterpiece that showcases sincere and genuine feeling through his facility of words. Whitman utilizes certain words to enhance his diction to create a somber yet hopeful tone and parallelism to create a more melodious elegy that has lasted through the centuries. Whitman uses his diction to create a dark melancholy
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“You men need to tuck away your penises and surrogate penises (guns)‚ because you will never get anywhere with them. Masculinity is a myth and a dead end.” - Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 classic A Clockwork Orange is an interesting beast. The film has been vilified‚ banned‚ condemned on artistic grounds and yet it survives. The film’s hallucinatory visuals depicting a strange‚ narcissistic modernistic society‚ steeped in seventies art deco and harsh‚ contrasting lighting‚ paint a
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and frequent innovations. As a matter o fact‚ after launching the 3G innovation‚ groups as Orange launched the EDGE revolution. Indeed‚ the 3G is characterized by a technology’s standard of mobile phone that is accessible to consumers since 2002. Thus‚ the EDGE revolution permits to complete the 3G innovation in 2005. The debit can reach 384 Kbit/s: this innovation has a real impact on the strategy of Orange and other companies who want to use new technologies to obtain new market shares. b) Social
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William III William of Orange or William III was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland‚ Zeeland‚ Utrecht‚ Gelderland‚ and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland; it is a coincidence that his regal number (III) was the same for both Orange and England. William III was not an absolute ruler because when he ruled over England and Ireland he did
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In the story The Osage Orange Tree‚ there is a character named Evangeline. Throughout the story‚ Evangeline is a loner and does not have many friends. She tries to change this in every way she can. This shows that people will go to great lengths to have friends. In the beginning of the story‚ the main character sells cheap newspapers. The main character meets Evangeline while walking to sell newspapers‚ even though he noticed her at his school before. Evangeline immediately approaches the
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Soto v. Rinzai Zen Buddhism The practice of Zen Buddhism in Japan was developed through Mahayana Buddhism in China and inspired by the travels and teachings of Dogen and Eisai. Dogen who became a well-respected monk‚ founded the Zen Soto school with emphasis on shikantaza. To put it simply‚ Soto schools focus on the art of meditation by just sitting silently without goals or specific intention. Those who have faith that all beings are essentially Buddha practice the art of sitting. Shikantaza is
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The short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto expresses several themes throughout it. A theme is the main idea‚ overall message‚ or lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story. Themes can be about friendship‚ love‚ or anything else that readers can learn a lesson from. There are many themes throughout the story. Some of those themes are never give up‚ don’t pretend to be someone you are not‚ and believe in yourself. The first theme of the story is never give up. The first place that
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is really overwhelming and always creates miracle. Unfortunately‚ there is a gap between dream and reality. Everyone has their dreams. However‚ it is the reality that often hinders the dream from coming true. This is the contrasting situation. In “Orange Crush‚” the author Yiyun Li uses sharp contrast and anecdotes to show the great gap between dream and reality. Fruit Treasure represents a high quality of life in young Yiyun Li’s mind‚ while reality disproves that. Li wishes to live a Tangy life
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Life by Gary Soto‚ his sublime six-year-old self relives his experience when the charm of the forbidden becomes unspeakably desirable. A young saint is put before a path that will ultimately lead him toward his fall from grace. He struggles with the “juices of guilt” as he quickly learns that curiosity is the lust of the mind. To start the writer portrays to the reader his personal morals in a religious aspect by using a paradox. He describes himself as “holy in almost every bone.” Soto coordinates
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