My understanding and appreciation of cultural and contextual considerations shown throughout stylistic choices developed throughout this discussion. When I was reading The Stranger‚ there was a notion of hotness and higher temperatures that Meursault experienced throughout the book. During this discussion‚ one of the leaders pointed out that there was a reoccurring motif of the sun. Right then it clicked for me that the idea of hotness was really a part of the much larger motif‚ the sun and its multiple
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3. Donatism was a Christian sect within the Roman province of Africa that flourished in the fourth and fifth centuries. It had its roots in the social pressures among the long-established Christian community of Roman North Africa (present-day) Algeria and Tunisia‚ during the persecutions of Christians under Diocletian. The Donatists (named for the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus) were members of a schismatic church not in communion with the churches of the Catholic tradition in Late
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In 1971 in Accra‚ Ghana‚ Steve Ewert woke up in a cold sweat. Bugs crawled out his mouth. Fear gripped his very soul. “I’m losing my mind!” he cried repeatedly to his travel companion Dick Russell. What started out as two young Kansas kids setting out to find themselves in late 1970‚ turned to disillusionment and danger. Photographer Ewert and writer Russell traveled across Europe experiencing the continent in Forrest Gump fashion — attending French President Charles De Gaulle’s memorial service
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5. National Defense Act of 1958 and its results 6. Anglo-American relations warm sults tSoviet relations with Poland and Yugoslaviaand ensuing agreements 7. French intransigence following the Suez humiliation 8. De Gaulle d. Algeria and the 4th Republic e. Meeting with General Norstad f. Consequences g. ICBM worries
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Malcolm’s life is a Horatio Alger story with a twist. His is not a "rags to riches" tale‚ but a powerful narrative of self-transformation from petty hustler to internationally known political leader. Born in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ the son of Louise and Earl Little‚ who was a Baptist preacher active in Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association‚ Malcolm‚ along with his siblings‚ experienced dramatic confrontations with racism from childhood. Hooded Klansmen burned their home in
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Globalization: A New Form of Colonization After the Second World War‚ a decolonization process took place - for previously slaved and colonized nations - supposedly ending almost four centuries of slavery and exploitation. It was followed by the end of the cold war and the beginning of a new era: Globalization. Although there is no exact definition of the word globalization‚ some experts believe that “the process of globalization not only includes opening up of world trade‚ development of advanced
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returned to the totalitarianism of the 1930s. 5. What was discussed by the Big Three at Tehran in 1943? In November 1943 the Big Three met in Teheran to discuss the shape of the postwar world. 6. Describe the result of French decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa. French decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa enhanced economic and cultural ties with former colonies. 7. Why was Khrushchev ousted from leadership by Conservative party figures? Conservative party figures ousted Khrushchev from the Soviet leadership
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France’s greatest best sellers since World War II‚ Jean Lart6guy gave the name of "centurion" to the hard-bitten French regular who had survived the Indochina war‚ had learned his Mao Tse-tung the hard way‚ and later had sought to apply his lessons in Algeria or even in mainland France.* Of
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The council had been organized in London in the late 1930s by Max Yergan and Paul Robeson to push decolonization and to educate the general public He resigned in 1934‚ but later returned to the NAACP as director of special research from 1944 to 1948. There‚ too‚ he published his most important historical work‚ Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay toward
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Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev was a self-made man‚ even with his unfortunate and harsh upbringing he still managed to make a name for himself. He became one of the most powerful and influential leaders in Russia‚ simultaneously holding the offices of Premier of the U.S.S.R. and First Secretary of the Communist Party. Strong willed‚ and committed‚ Nikita Khrushchev fought for what he believed in and strived to make his country‚ Russia‚ a better place. Nikita Khrushchev was born in a southern
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