I have heard that "A Modest Proposal" is considered one of the finest examples of satire in world literature. Written in the persona of a well-intentioned economist and published in the form of a popular pamphlet‚ the tract argues that the problem of poverty in Ireland can best be remedied by selling the children of the poor as food for the wealthy. This outlandish thesis is a manifestation of Swift’s outrage at what he saw as the scandalous economic and political policies of the Irish and English
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that gave him the faith to remain during the storm? The book‚ Zeitoun‚ answer many of these questions through anecdotes. Dave Eggers uses anachronistic anecdotes to develop characters throughout the story. These stories help describe individual character backgrounds‚ highlight character traits that will become important later and show the healing process after the storm. Anachronistic anecdotes help describe
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TITLE PAGE MULTILINGUALISM IN NIGERIA: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? PREFACE Multilingualism is an issue that has become a subject of discussion in a variety of language related disciplines. Some researchers discuss multilingualism as a sociolinguistic concept through which issues of language contact and the status of the mother tongue can be interrogated. Others see multilingualism as a political matter‚ that is‚ an issue which requires solutions to language problems from the policy makers who are
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Commentary- Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Imtiaz Dharker’s poem describes rain as its blessing to a dry place‚ as the short direct sentences in the first stanza suggests there was no hope on that land: “There never is enough water.” The line shows the desperateness of rain as it sets a negative tone to start the poem. However‚ as the poem progress‚ there was an increase in hope and energy‚ seen from the energetic and positive language such as‚ “rush”‚ “bursts”‚ “crashes” and “roar”. These are
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scientific Discovery — Curse Or Blessing New scientific discovery nearly always brings mankind a blessing. Take electricity for example. Since its discovery‚ it has ushered in an era of countless inventions in close connection with it. Nowadays people can read and write by means of lights instead of candles. Fire is another example of discoveries which made human beings survive in ancient times and generates electricity in modern times. Again‚ minerals such as oil or coal discovered by man have long
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Disney’s The Lion King: Sundiata in Disguise? Over the course of this semester many of the literary works that have been read contained some source of message designed to both teach and improve either the reader or society. Amongst this collection of enlightening literary works‚ there have been a particular few that have illustrated this idea as well as highlighted particular historical facts about a specific civilization. One distinct book that has met both of these general objectives is
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Mobile phones. A blessing or a curse? Mobile phones have had such a large impact in our modern twenty-first century societies‚ that they have become part and parcel of our daily lives. Nowadays‚ it has become the norm in our towns and villages to see people who are busy tapping on their cell phones. Mobile phones have changed the way people communicate. These devices are carried anywhere people go because they are light and easy to carry around‚ such that everyone is constantly in touch with others
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‘The Mobile Phone: A Blessing or a Curse’ from the eighteen hundreds to the present day‚ mankind has made many inventions: the television‚ radio‚ digital watches‚ and more recently home computers. Now‚ in the twenty first century a new invention has become one of the most widely used forms of communication in the world today. This of course is the mobile phone. Although available in the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties it did not become as popular as first expected. Mainly due to the fact
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Technology has brought tremendous change in our lives. Scientists are continuously working to develop new technologies to provide more useful products in order to make our lives easier. We get up from the bed hearing the sweet fm alarm‚ brush our teeth with electric brush. In the mean time the oven heats up our breakfast. We eat food‚ check the weather in phone‚ and watch the daily news to know the most recent news. Then we take our laptop and head to our workplace by car. That is how we usually
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I‚ Robot Isaac Asimov The following entry presents criticism on Asimov’s short story collection I‚ Robot (1950). See also‚ Isaac Asimov Criticism and CLC‚ Volumes 3‚ 9‚19‚ and 26. INTRODUCTION The author of nearly five hundred books in a wide variety of fields and genres‚ Asimov is renowned for his ground-breaking science fiction and for his ability to popularize or‚ as he called it‚ "translate" science for the lay reader. In I‚ Robot (1950)—a collection of nine short stories linked by key characters
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