Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction & non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biography‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such
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POINT OF PARITY AND POINT OF DIFFERENCE These can be utilized in the positioning (marketing)[->0] of a brand[->1] for competitive advantage[->2] via brand/product[->3]. In essence: Points-of-difference[->4] (PODs) – Attributes or benefits consumers[->5] strongly associate with a brand‚ positively evaluate and believe they could not find to the same extent with a competing brand i.e. points where you are claiming superiority or exclusiveness over other products in the category. Points-of-parity
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incidents that have happened from nations that have been ruled by a dictatorship. War‚ revolutions‚ and disdain for social hierarchies are all products of the previously mentioned societies. Human beings like to have control over their own life; however‚ some groups of individuals do not have the mental capacity to make sound decisions on their own. The contemporary United States is society run on a form of Democracy; yet‚ people in this society are still disdainful and strive for a perfect world. The flaws
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but her mother is repelled from this masculine performance. Therefore‚ she has to make adult decisions on her own and mature quickly. In “A&P”‚ a young ’19 year old’(Updike 157) adult named Sammy‚ is a cashier at a supermarket and is forced to make some quick impulsive decisions. These two young adults have varied paths in which they mature by the right of passage. In these two short stories‚ two young adults are forced to make spontaneous decisions in their own situations and significant truths are
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stories overlap and intertwine‚ to illustrate this D’Aguiar has used an overwhelming tone of sadness and despair to emphasise the negative feelings that society created. Whitechapel’s narrative focuses on the symbolism of seeing; the reason for this is to give the reader a sense of the extent to which society enforced its beliefs upon people and how much it effected them. Whitechapel has lived a very long time and has finally realized the truth about his enslavement and the extent to
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Apply the functionalist point of view to the phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong and evaluate its explanation. The recent female juvenile gang problem has sparked off public concerns in Hong Kong‚ because they are more rampant in the newly-developed towns such as Tseung Kwan O‚ Tin Shui Wai and Tai Po. Comparing with the figures of girls joining gangs by Dr.T.W.Lo in 2001 and by the Federation in 2005‚ the trend of girls’s participation in gangs is increasing. In the following‚ the
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might have already covered the finer aspects of the project/credit appraisal i.e. from the selection of the project to preparation of projected financials and evaluation of the project from the angle of acceptability‚ more importantly the following points : 1. Commercial ‚ financial‚ technical viability of the project proposed‚ 2. Compliance with the laws of the land‚ guidelines of the various regulatory authorities 3. Funding pattern. 4. Primary and Collateral security cover available‚ etc. 5. financial
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The film Divergent directed by Neil Burger is set in a dystopian future‚ in a country which is divided into five factions‚ Abnegation (the selfless)‚ Candor (the honest)‚ Dauntless (the brave)‚ Amity (the peaceful) and Erudite (the intelligent). Each managed in an attempt to form a utopian society. At the age of sixteen children of the factions must choose a faction to which they will now be apart of for the rest of their life. A character that changes throughout the film is strong willed sixteen
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Thomas More believe in a perfect world in which everybody lived in harmony and peace‚ such as Utopia. He wrote about Utopia to identify the dystopian issues he saw and wanted to fix. Dystopia is the complete opposite of utopia; bad and unpleasant. “It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality of tomorrow. Utopias are conceived by optimistic logic‚ which regards constant social and political progress as the ultimate goal of human endeavor;
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Jayna Kovel World Theatre Greg Justice 07 November 2013 The View Unnerving. That’s the only way to describe walking into a dimply lit black box theatre to realize that the actor you have come to watch…is watching you. He’s acting‚ yes‚ but the whole premise of “The View” could not have been more clearly stated as we sat down to the crackle and pop of white noise in the background. In the tiny theatre‚ I couldn’t have been more than ten feet from what we were soon to learn was the main character
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