The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester tells the story of how one of the most prolific contributors to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary did his work from an unexpected place: the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane in Crawthorn‚ Berkshire. Dr. William Chester Minor was born in New Haven‚ Connecticut. He seemed a fairly normal boy‚ giving little hint of the complications that would later arise. Soon after his birth his family moved to the island of Ceylon‚ but when Minor
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surprisingly some warm engagements with the South sometimes. The crisis now escalates and the North even claims to have nukes. Yet to our knowledge such ‘Madman Diplomacy’ does have some rational political implications. Under shrewd calculations the North breaks the regional order and plays its own way to maximize its national interests. We will interpret the ‘Madman Diplomacy’ as a dominant strategy of the North to deal with hard-line US policy. The general pattern of such diplomacy can be observed: seeking
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Introduction "A Madman’s Diary" is China ’s first modern short story. The author Lu Xun has been well respected and regarded as one of the most well-known political figures in China (Goldman 446-461). Lu Xun has been praised as the warrior against traditional culture and feudal system. Unique narrative structure "A Madman’s Diary" is very special in its narrative structure. Its setup is very different from the traditional narration in that it avoids the use of classical Chinese. Furthermore
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Anne has just turned thirteen‚ and she lists the birthday presents which she has received‚ including the diary‚ which she says is "possibly the nicest of all." She then gives us a brief description of her personal history‚ mentioning her birth in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ the family‚ their emigration to Holland after Hitler’s rise to power and his persecution of the Jews in Germany‚ the Nazi occupation of Holland‚ among the Nazis’ occupation of other European countries‚ plus the various‚ severe restrictions
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her she was just writing in her diary like she always did. The Diary of Anne Frank tells Anne’s story while she was in hiding from Nazi oppression with her family during World War Two. The diary is admired by so many people because of it’s purity and abundance of raw emotions. The purpose of The Diary of Anne Frank was for Anne’s enjoyment at first‚ she explains that she wouldn’t have been able to survive without writing in her diary. Little did Anne know that her diary would someday be cherished and
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The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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Me and a Madman In the Diary of a Genius‚ Salvador Dali remarked‚ “there is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad" This statement brings up the essence of what qualifies an individual as mad. Madness is a condition prescribed by society‚ a label attributed to an individual from an outside perspective. An individual can never truly be diagnosed as mad. Madness‚ insanity‚ is a completely mental condition and because there is no way to fully follow‚ understand‚ or know how that
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Genetic Counselor Decision-Making Two parents‚ Jenny and Bob Miller‚ are both well educated and rich. They have two children‚ James and Andrew‚ who are both stricken with muscular dystrophy. The prognosis is that their muscular systems will gradually deteriorate‚ resulting in an early death. Yet the advances of medicine hold out the promise of a possible cure in the foreseeable future with gene therapy. Closer to hand is the possibility that embryonic muscle cells from normal individuals might
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Title? Tommy The outside of the Hardenbrook was beautiful with its perfect gleaming hull‚ white cloth sails and the ship’s 50 cannons to protect against pirates. This ship was pride of the Dutch navy envied by all. That said you should never judge the book by its cover‚ everyone on this ship is horrible‚ from the dirty captain to the ugly stowaways hoping to escape the horrors of Sint Maarten. My only possessions were the cheap clothes on my back and the two pearl earrings on my ears. I used to
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Diary of a Madman‚ published in 1918‚ was written by Lu Xun‚ pen name of Zhou Shuren‚ who was considered the most important Chinese Modernist writer. The Daydreams of a Drunk Woman‚ was published in 1960 with a collection of other short stories called Family Ties‚ written by Clarice Lispector‚ who went to law-school‚ and worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. Both of these writers portray a rather dark story‚ one that focuses on a central character who’s view on the society around
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