W.M. Thackeray and "Vanity Fair" William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was born to a prosperous middle-class family in India His father was an English official in Calcutta. After his father’s death‚ when the boy was 3 years old‚ he was brought to England to be educated at school and later at Cambridge University. Being a student‚ William devoted much time to drawing cartoons and writing verses‚ chiefly parodies. He couldn’t bear the scholastic atmosphere of the University‚ and as his ambition
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Alison’s Odyssey In Bechdel’s‚ Fun Home‚ the Odyssey functions as a transitional object for Alison‚ who is undergoing a challenging journey of self-realization. Throughout her memoir she explains how she goes through her own odyssey. She makes many self-discoveries but it is not until she is older that she recognizes that she is in fact a lesbian. Amid her journey she alludes to characters and settings from the epic poem. “One Siren led to another in an intertextual progression.”(207) just like
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Always Fair Life is not always fair. Today it’s not been fair to you. Tomorrow it will be unfair to another person. People take life not being fair in a good way and some take it in an awful way. Everyone is different and treated different. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there are people that face life not being fair at times‚ like Scout‚ Tom Robinson and Calpurnia. Other people on the news and people in the book have also been stuck in situations where life isn’t always fair to them
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part of winter. The worst part may be having to shovel all the snow away. On the other hand‚ I can make huge snow mountains and forts. Making the biggest snow man is another thing I’m good at. Showing my younger brother and sister how to make one is fun too. Also I like to go to the ice skating rink with my friends and practice my ice skating. This reminds me that I’ve always wanted to try snowboarding‚ skiing‚ and bobsledding. But even though‚ just seeing the snow makes me feel like a little kid
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Antibiotics are medications that either kill bacteria or prevent them from spreading. They work only against bacteria‚ not the viruses that cause the majority of sore throats‚ colds‚ sinus infections‚ and bronchitis. Most of the infectious diseases are caused by bacteria. Antibiotics transformed medicine. There are two segments of antibiotics‚ early history and modern history. Antibiotics can be defined as a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of
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Messi In my opinion‚ the best football player is Messi. He plays for Barcelona Football Club. Although his body is not tall‚ but he runs so fast. Last year‚ he become the Spanish league top score. He comes from Argentina. His full name is Lionel Messi. His position is striker. I love him because when i am playing football‚ my position is also srtiker. My dream is playing football with him in a team. JKT 48 My hobby is listen to the music. My favorite music group is JKT 48. In JKT 48‚ there are 26
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Where it all began What is fair trade? Where did it start? Who started it and why? Believe it or not‚ fair trade has been around for a long time. Fair trade is the practice of directly benefiting producers in the developing world by buying straight from them at a guaranteed price. (thefreedictionary.com) Most items that we buy are not made in the U.S‚ their made in different countries and most of the time the producers are getting ripped off. Talking about fair trade for today isn’t the vocal
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e: My Bedroom Well‚ I will try to describe my bedroom‚ although it’s a little bit difficult because it’s a bit chaotic. The first thing you notice when you enter in my room is that is very disorganized. There’s no order‚ I can say that everything has its place in the middle of chaos. To begin‚ the door lock is broken. When you finally enter at the room‚ you can see on the left side of a wall built in wardrobes. There’s where I keep all my clothes. The desk is long and narrow‚ and it has got
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scene that pops into one’s head. Because of the nature of the emergency room and the clientele that require its services‚ humor is not commonly accepted in such a place. Like a funeral home‚ an emergency room is a place where laughter and fun are generally not accepted‚ but unlike a funeral home‚ the ER is a much more stressful environment and requires release of built up tension through humor. Also‚ the workers who work in the emergency room‚ such as doctors‚ nurses‚ and other care providers
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Summer in Florida is hot! It is also very crowded. The beaches are packed. If you are a parent with preteen children‚ then you are headed for a theme park. Watching families try to get through the entry gates is fun - excited and energetic kids‚ parents smiling cautiously. They are thinking about what lies ahead. Move over to the exit points. Here the sights are different - young voices still screaming‚ bodies sweaty in the summer sun‚ clothes sticky from juices and chocolate ice cream. Look at mummy
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