1. Plot Summary: In the first section of the story‚ the narrator‚ a fictive version of Borges himself‚ became aware of the mysterious existence of a country called Uqbar from which he came across in a casual conversation with Borges’s friend‚ Bioy Casares. Casares told Borges that the name Uqbar came from the Anglo-American Cyclopedia‚ which was described as a reprint of the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1902. However‚ the name Uqbar never came up in the Encyclopedia Britannica‚ or in some copies of
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Many people knew of the tomb underneath the Imperial capital of the Han province. It was the reason why such a prosperous city was born in such a desolate place. It was said that a divine treasure lies beyond the door to the tomb. Treasures beyond imagination‚ a crown to rule the world. No one knows where such rumors came about‚ but people put aside their curiosities and yearned for what lies beyond. The number of travelers‚ experts and even merchants who crowded the doors of the tomb grew to
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Jonah Watson Business Law Case Analysis #3 IN YOUR COURT A remedy is the relief provided for an innocent party when the other party has breached the contract. There are two types of remedies; remedies in equity and remedies at law. Remedies in equity are only awarded only if the remedy at law is inadequate. Remedies at law normally award monetary damages Ken‚ the owner of a famous candy store‚ and Sweet‚ Inc. have entered into a contract‚ essentially designating Sweet‚ Inc. as his
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After watching the video about Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)‚ the one of the top-ranking and largest universities in Latin America; I think that there are several advantages and disadvantages of studying at UNAM. To begin with‚ one of the great advantages of it is UNAM is located in one of the most traditional and picturesque neighborhood of Coyoacán in México‚ Distrito Federal‚ where students would enjoy its different kinds of activities‚ events‚ foods‚ and surroundings while they
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and there are some problems which relate to the structure or idea‚ but I think Japan should keep it also after this and the majority of Japanese people might think it is acceptable. So I will write about opponents’ opinion as the first paragraph‚ refutations against opponents’ opinions as the second paragraph‚ supporters’ opinion as the third paragraph and finally‚ a conclusion and my opinion. People who oppose the death penalty say although there are some processes which criminals are judged that
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Psychological Egoism Psychological egoism‚ as a doctrine‚ refers to the notion and ideology that people tend to act and behave in ways that are purposed to fulfill their needs and wishes (Fiester‚ 2012). Generally‚ this point of view endeavors to highlight that most‚ if not all‚ human actions are actuated by rather self-motivated desires that are not easily noticeable. As such‚ it is unequivocal to expound that the proponents of psychological egoism do not advocate or advance for the fact that some
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stupid (p 200). Even though many media critics argue that Power Point‚ Google‚ Twitter and other technologies are turning our brains to mush‚ Steven Pinker firstly puts forwards the arguments of the opponents and then proposed his own arguments and refutations by using logic‚ popular culture‚ and historical and academic examples. In the end‚ Steven Pinker came to a conclusion that the Internet and technologies are “helping us manage‚ search‚ and retrieve our collective intellectual output at different
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The Inferno follows the wanderings of the poet Dante Alighieri’s poem‚ the Divine Comedy‚ which chronicles Dante’s journey to God‚ and is made up of the Inferno (Hell)‚ Purgatorio (Purgatory)‚ and Paradiso (Paradise). The Inferno begins when Dante strays off the rightful and straight path of moral truth and gets lost in a dark wood. He gets attack by three beasts that symbolize different sins. Fortunately‚ he then meets the spirit of the Roman epic poet Virgil. Virgil to the rescue! He’s an appropriate
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people in the United States and no one knew what to expect‚ not even the men trying to reform the new government. As John Jay wrote to George Washington " Our affairs seem to lead to some crisis‚ some revolution something that I cannot foresee or conjecture."(Document G). It shows that a change was desperately needed but no one knew how to make a change large that would hold this new country together and stand the test of time. The Articles of Confederation also affected the young economy of the
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videos‚ it is hard to draw our own picture of the music because those music videos‚ made by other people‚ replace our emotion with false images. Do you want to enjoy and feel music in your own way? Then you’d better not watch music videos. It is my conjecture that only when the producers and artists focus on their music rather than on the visual facet and when music videos are used for
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