There is one scene in Günther Grass’s ‘The Tin Drum’ (1999‚ 338–-339) that makes for a great preamble to this chapter’s discussion of the will-to-not-know‚ the name under which I condense the mechanisms that allow the bourgeois to remain unmoved by the spectacle of violence. During Bebra theatrical troupe’s wartime tour of the Normandy Atlantic Wall line of German defence‚ Oskar‚ Grass’ main hero‚ and his fiancée compose a little sarcastic poem that sums up the situation of the German soldiers and
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Scott Peck‚ author of The Different Drum: Community and Making Peace‚ describes community as "people living together in both freedom and love." Communities cannot be formed around people (individualists) who are busy satisfying their own needs first and who are not willing to work hard to make love work. Upon entering this class I realized that a community is not an automatic thing. It does not just appear out of thin air. A group must work together to build bonds between each other. The community
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Thomas Paine‚ “The Crisis: No. 1” Read “Literature Focus: Analyzing Essays” (page 152-153). Read: “Meet Thomas Paine” on page 154. Read: “Background” on page 154. Read: “from: The Crisis‚ No. 1‚” pages 155-157. ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. 1. Re-read the first paragraph (page 155). Paine refers to two kinds of American soldiers: The first is the “summer soldier” or “sunshine patriot.” The second is identified by the phrase “he that stands it now.” How would
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which distinctive ecologies can develop along routeways (10 marks) Routeways such as roads‚ railways and canals can provide habitats for many species of plant and insect life because they often act as protected areas in which ecological succession can occur. There are several ways in which this can happen. One way in which ecologies can develop along routeways is that plant seeds‚ e.g. Oxford ragwort or buddleia‚ that have become windborne can be transported along by cars or trains and are often planted
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Although the patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. changed in the way items were traded and the amount of items traded‚ its continuities stayed relatively the same as it relates to the trade of goods to and from Asia and Europe‚ all of which led to a global connection of trade goods and active worldwide commerce. In the beginning of this period‚ around 200 BCE the Silk Road was just developing and China was in control as the route opened up to the west. Technologies
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To our love one And above all to our Almighty God This humble work is dedicated The Researcher Abstract The Status of Drum and Glockenspiel Corps in municipality of Boac was documented in this study. Social‚ Case and Field of Method were employed as data gathering instrument. In the municipality of Boac‚ there are six (6) Drum and Glockenspiel Corps (DGC) in different High Schools. One (1) from Ilaya National High School‚ (1) from Marinduque National High School‚ (1) from
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dispersed. In these areas the wave energy breaking against the cliffs is higher‚ and air and water are compressed into cracks in the rock‚ forcing the rock apart‚ breaking it down. Sediment deposited by waves comes from eroded cliff faces and is moved along the coastline by the waves. This forms an abrasion or cliffed coast. Sediment deposited by rivers is the dominant influence on the amount of sediment located on a coastline.[4] Today riverine deposition at the coast is often blocked by dams and
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Alexandra Torres 8/19/14 P.5 Glimmer of hope seen in Ebola outbreak; Jethro Mullen and Laura Smith-Spark; CNN Health; Tuesday‚ August 19th Much progress was made in the effort to find a possible treatment method for the Ebola virus outbreak in many African countries. The drug is called “ZMapp‚” and medical professionals say victims have shown “very positive signs of recovery.” This is an experimental biopharmaceutical drug that was tested on three American health care workers who
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Writing What You Know: An Exploration of the Autobiographical Nature of Merrily We Roll Along Artists of all kinds — writers‚ painters‚ actors‚ musicians — are encouraged to begin their creative explorations from where they are‚ working with what is familiar to them before discovering what is new. Sondheim‚ though hardly considered an amateur‚ has spent the majority of his career writing intimately about things that he himself admits he is not well-versed in. He was a person who “never even met
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT:- Hawkers along the streets: Problem or convenience? INTRODUCTION/HISTORY:- Across Indian cities‚ the middle class appears to be rising against a group which could also be seen as innocuous‚ commonplace and convenient – the street hawker‚ or someone who vends their goods in a peripatetic manner. It could be an old woman at a street corner with a basket of vegetables or a man selling peanuts or even a more enterprising salesman who has appropriated a pavement with bamboo and
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