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    The Silence

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    Silence has the meaning: the state of being forgotten; oblivion. In the novel Silence by Shusaku Endo‚ that is type of silence that gave the book its title. The silence is created by God’s absence in Father Rodrigues’‚ the main character‚ life and experience in Japan. As Rodrigues lives in Japan in search of his former teacher‚ he goes through inner turmoil as he questions God’s decision to remain silent while His people are being tortured for keeping their faith in Him. Silence by Shusaku Endo

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    Silence by Shusaku Endo The story of Silence is one that stirs up emotional torment within readers. Although it is not poetically sound at times and may seem choppy due to cross-cultural translation‚ Silence conveys a message like no other to its readers. Silence in short detail‚ tracks the missionary trek of Sebastião Rodrigues‚ an appointed Portuguese Jesuit‚ and his partner Francisco Garrpe as they embark to guide the Japanese Christians towards an ‘authentic Christian status’. All the meanwhile

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    Silence, a Politics

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    Macmillan Ltd 1470-8914/03 $15.00 www.palgrave-journals.com/cpt Silence: A Politics Kennan Ferguson1 Department of Government and International Affairs‚ University of South Florida‚ 4202 East Fowler Avenue‚ SOC 107‚ Tampa‚ FL 33620-8100‚ USA E-mail: kennan@luna.cas.usf.edu This article investigates the unfamiliar political implications of silence. Generally regarded as simply a lack of speech imposed upon the powerless‚ silence is thereby positioned as inimical to politics. In a normatively

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    Silence suppression Silence suppression is achieved by recognizing the lack of speech through a speech processing mechanism called voice activity detection (VAD) which dynamically monitors background noise and sets a corresponding speech detection threshold. This technique is also known as speech activity detection (SAD). Silence suppression is a way to save bandwidth when conducting voice communications‚ or at least audio communications‚ over the Internet; it’s an advantage for businesses‚ especially

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    Introduction of sound. As the scene opens no music is played‚ only the rusty dish is rolling on the ground‚ and then the camels create a noise so sharp and vulgar then the insects start to buzz‚ suddenly the car arrives and the wheels make a sound over the fence wire causing a harsh sound similar to an alarm. This sparks a fast paced drum beat musical introduction which mimics the racing heart of Molly‚ Gracie and Daisy and their mum as they are running away from the constable’s car. The sounds cause a sense

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    Figures of Speech in "The Tiger" by William Blake In the poem "The Tiger"‚ the author‚ William Blake‚ is describing one of the most powerful and beautiful creatures and praising God’s work in the process by using symbols and different figures of speech. The figures of speech that are used are alliteration‚ metaphor‚ and anaphora. By using these certain figures of speech‚ Blake brings the focus to those things that he is so in awe of. Now‚ Just to give a quick background to the author‚ we go

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    “abomination.” How was he able to see the Jews being murdered and thrown out of their homes without feeling a bit of remorse? It seemed he had made his heart become like a hard cold stone. Being silent is taking away your freedom of speech. It takes away more than freedom of speech‚ it also stops people from expressing what they feel. Hitler did more than kill millions of Jews; he took their liberty and most importantly their freedom of expressing themselves. Hitler had everything planned out and organized

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    Examples of figures of speech in romantic poems In the poem “Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth ‚ “ the anchor of my purest thought” in line 109‚ the author uses a metaphor comparing the idea that nature makes the speaker feels safe and the role of memory and imagination as something pure. In the poem “Ozymandias” by Pershy Bissy Shelley‚ The hand that mock ’d them and the heart that fed in line 8‚ it is an instance of Synecdoche and Alliteration. The hand that mock ’d them makes reference

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    Set in a recognizable yet crumbling Los Angeles‚ Butler’s “Speech Sounds” does not belong to the category of “hard” science fiction that includes fantastic machinery; the “technology” that the story investigates is human language‚ and more importantly human communication. In the short story‚ the consequences of language impairment are the loss of intellectual abilities‚ constant misunderstandings‚ murderous jealousy‚ violence‚ and the dissolution of society. In the first passage of the prompt‚ the

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    The Silence of the Lambs

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    Good vs. Evil‚ Detective vs. Criminal. Everyday man is weighed down with the matter of whether to do good or to do evil. Even though society constantly persuades us to be moral‚ nevertheless‚ evil still lurks. In the movie “The Silence of the Lambs” directed by Jonathan Demme‚ Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Jame Gumb play the role of evil. Where there is evil‚ there is good therefore‚ Clarice Starling and Jack Crawford play the role of good. Society typically teaches us that good always defeats evil

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