John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language‚ specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford‚ he also wrote a number of stories‚ including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955). The name “Tolkien” (pron.: Tol-keen; equal stress on both syllables) is believed to be of German origin; Toll-kühn: foolishly brave‚ or stupidly clever - hence the pseudonym “Oxymore” which
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Broken Dreams and Fallen Themes In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald employs the use of characters‚ themes‚ and symbolism to convey the idea of the American Dream and its corruption through the aspects of wealth‚ family‚ and status. In regards to wealth and success‚ Fitzgerald makes clear the growing corruption of the American Dream by using Gatsby himself as a symbol for the corrupted dream throughout the text. In addition‚ when portraying the family the characters in Great Gatsby are used to expose
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DANGOTE CEMENT PLC INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31ST MARCH 2015 DANGOTE CEMENT PLC 31st March 2015 CONTENTS PAGE Independent auditor’s review report i Condensed consolidated and separate statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income ii Condensed consolidated and separate statement of financial position iii Condensed consolidated and separate statement of changes in equity iv - v Condensed consolidated and separate statement of cash flows vi Notes to the condensed consolidated
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Q1. Analyse C. Ayappan’s “Ghost-Speech” as a story of bonds- broken‚ exposed and forged. C. Ayappan’s short-story‚ “Ghost-speech” is suffused with bonds of various kinds‚ at various levels. He very conveniently deploys the technique of magic realism to unveil these bonds as broken‚ exposed and forged. The bonds that pervade this story are correlative bonds of labour‚ caste‚ society and culture; agnatic bonds of relationships‚ lineage and illegitimacy; bonds of love‚ lust and incest; bonds of life
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Broken Homes and Shattered Dreams A family is a group of people living together and functioning as a single household‚ usually consisting of parents and their children. There are many types of families such as nuclear and single-parent. When people think of families‚ they usually think of two parents‚ one male and one female‚ and a child birthed from the mother. This is an example of a nuclear family. Up until recently‚ nuclear families were the majority of types of families in the United States
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acceptance. However‚ at what point does a relationship violate the ethics of humankind‚ where the relationship is indubitably twisted‚ and will remain wrong until the end the symbolic time? Among the unorthodox romantic pairings that are presented in Broken Ground by Jack Hodgins‚ Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King‚ and The Sweet Hereafter directed by Atom Egoyan‚ audience should attempt to
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Infomotions‚ Inc.Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment / Colcord‚ Joanna C. buy from Amazon Author: Colcord‚ Joanna C. Title: Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment Publisher: Project Gutenberg Tag(s): probation; worker; social; social worker; desertion; workers; probation officer; bureau; social workers; court; marriage; case worker; treatment; desertion bureau; wife; case workers; deserter; domestic Contributor(s): Widger‚ David
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Representation of Partition of India in Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man‚ and 1947 Earth. Partition of India‚ which is almost overlooked in traditional historiography with India’s Independence and Birth of Pakistan‚ led to one of the largest and bloodiest migrations in the history of the world. Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man and 1947 Earth are all set in the same time span and portray Partition in quite different ways. Different as in not only different from each other
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Case Analysis – Ratan Tata: Leading the Tata Group into the 21st Century Due: April 16th‚ 2011 In this essay I will discuss Tata’s Motor’s Company and Ratan Tata’s leadership approach on leading the Tata group in the 21st century. Ratan Tata faced benefits as well as challenges to streamlining the business and dealing with the companies he had acquired for more than 50 years. There were more trials during his management span however; he was a leader that served as inspiration and a role model
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these questions‚ several love-story writers often play around with the world of love. They either attempt to provide an explanation for love‚ or use its "unexplainable effect" to create a story. In the story "On Meeting My 100 Percent Woman One Fine April Morning" by Haruki Murakami‚ the author creates a story which attacks the reader’s emotions and experiences in love. Notice that the first description of the "100 percent woman" the narrator provided was‚ "She wasn’t an especially pretty woman." True
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