Anil’s Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje. It was first published in 2000 by McClelland and Stewart. Anil’s Ghost follows the life of Anil Tissera‚ a native Sri Lankan who left to study in Britain and then the United States on a scholarship‚ during which time she has become a forensic pathologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil‚ along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena
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Study of Crime Fiction Since the form has never been perfected‚ it has never become fixed. The academians have never got their dead hands on it. It is still fluid‚ still too various for easy classification.(Horsley 1) While Raymond Chandler‚ the author of those words‚ would surely be against the classification attempted here‚ these “dead hands” of mine will attempt to share a study of what has been described as the most widely read type of literature: crime fiction. Crime fiction is the genre
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Anil by Ridjal Noor Themes Dreams of the future Relationships/ Family – the role of each member of the family Culture Childhood Violence Guilt Repression Fear Love Shame Superstitions: Lack of Education? Morality – what is right/wrong Treatment of women Justice Plot A boy‚ Anil‚ lives in Malaysia with his mother & father‚ who is a bully to his family‚ but timid & respectful to his employer‚ the Headman. It is night-time and he is asleep in a hut with his parents. He needs the toilet but doesn’t
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stories of the little girl I saw in a supposedly-deserted hotel hallway‚ the shadowy figure in my bedroom door‚ and the tiny hat-wearing ghost I spotted in my bathroom mirror. She believed in that sort of thing more than I did‚ even if I was the one to experience it all. I was skeptical‚ and I wouldn’t admit to myself that these “ghosts” could be real at all. The ghosts I saw were startling but not scary‚ unsettling but not dangerous. Or‚ at least‚ not dangerous enough that I gave them any second thought
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THEME: ENERGY FOR ALL IN A CHANGING WORLD MAIN CATEGORY: PROJECTS TOPIC: Realising Strtegic /Economc Benefits of Standardisation The development and implementation of concepts‚ doctrines‚ procedures and designs to achieve and maintain the required levels of compatibility‚ interchangeability or commonality in the operational‚ procedural‚ material‚ technical and administrative fields to attain interoperability. WHY STANDARDISATION?????????? The existence of a published standard does not
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A service‚ a ‘way of working’‚ or a profession? A discourse analysis of community education/ community learning and development in Scotland Howard Sercombe‚ Gordon Mackie‚ and Anne Ryan All of University of Strathclyde‚ UK Community based informal education‚ like other practices‚ is fundamentally shaped by the discourses under which it is constituted. In Scotland‚ since 1975‚ the practice has been formally established by government policy as an amalgam of youth work‚ adult education and community
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To what extent does the representation of female agency in a crime novel depend upon the presence of a female detective protagonist? All world societies are gendered; they are structured such that both men and women are expected to fulfil certain cultural roles based on their biological characteristics. For example‚ men are expected to be the providers and protectors and women to bear children and be homemakers. Due to this gendered structure‚ most societies are as equally patriarchal and through-out
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The novel of Harris stands as a signpost of current horror fiction in the development of the serial killer as an antihero. With the creation of arguably the best fictional criminals ever‚ Harris makes reference to his habit of making use of real-life serial murderers and forensics to establish a practical subgenre of the crime thriller. The tones of the chapters vary here‚ which resulted in a diverse and uneven read. The conversation of Lecter discloses his penchant for psychology and the coaching
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the genre of crime writing covers a wide diversity of texts‚ these texts all engage with investigating a crime and associated social and moral issues. Evaluate this statement. Although the crime-writing genre consists of a wide array of subgenres and hybrids‚ these texts all focus on a criminal investigation using this as a platform/vehicle to explore and comment on the values and the social context in which it was composed. In doing so‚ crime fiction texts do not just tell a crime story; they make
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Re: BSHF 101 question paper Answer any two questions in 500 words each. (DCQ) 1. Explain the terms ’Industrial’ and ’Post - industrial’ societies. 20 2. Does the Juvenile Justice Act take care of the problems of the orphaned‚ delinquent and destitute children? 20 3. Discuss some of the key issues of democracy in India. 20 4. What do you understand by the term ’human security’? Discuss. 20 Answer any four question in 250 words each. (MCQ) 5. Highlight key issues in modern administration
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