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    decades ago. Sometimes‚ cultural differences cause cultural shocks when the particular situation is not familiar in his or her mother country. Cultural difference may occur between countries but cultural shock occurs between different cultural area such as oriental and western culture. That is the reason why international students and settlers from other cultural area feel uncomfortable. Moreover‚ this uncomfortable feelings caused by cultural shock is the reason of several health problems of international

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    heart problem. “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to that would belong to her absolutely” (page 1-2). This shows that she finally managed to overcome the loss and look into the future and what it holds for her. It seems to be a very prosperous and positive future according to her. She now has the liberty she has been seeking for during her marriage and is free to do anything she desires now that her husband has passed.

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    from Lucy: A Novel‚ by Jamaica Kincaid the narrator dramatizes the conflict between her desire to escape and her fear of the unknown. In the new situation she finds herself in‚ the narrator finds herself confronting an unknown environment‚ an unknown future‚ and unknown emotions. All of these question marks in her life force the narrator to instead reflect inward into her own sense of self and question her most basic perceptions of her place in the world. Ultimately‚ these factors come together for her

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    science fiction movie released September 28‚ 2012. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as (present) young Joe‚ Bruce Willis as (future) old Joe‚ Emily Blunt as Sara‚ Paul Dano as Seth‚ Noah Segan as Kid Blue‚ Piper Perabo as Suzie‚ and Jeff Daniels as Abe. Directed and written by Rian Johnson and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern. The story starts out in the not so distant future of Kansas City. The year is 2044 and the United States is at a poor state‚ crime and poverty are at a maximum rise. In

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    experiences they have when they first come to live in the U.S. All of those people have something in common about their experiences in a new culture; all of them experiences culture shock in some ways. Dr. Robert Kohls‚ the Executive Director of Washington International Center‚ describes a state of being in a culture shock as “when you realize by living in a new culture that your own values are being brought into question.” He farther states that when individuals step into another culture‚ they begin

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    Culture Shock Essay The United States of America is a country in which many people from all over the world come to live together. Unlike Canada‚ which is a multicultural country‚ it is a melting pot since each person brings his/her own peculiarity to enrich the culture of this country. But this melting pot process is not always without problems. When people from other countries come to America‚ they may experience some form of culture shock. Culture

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    English Commentary Footnote on the future – James Thurber James Thurber’s “Footnote on the future” is a first person limited narrative written as an account of the author on the topic of science and the future. The piece is written with the aim of entertaining the reader; many elements in it – comedy‚ colloquial and conversatonal language‚ irony‚ personification and unusual imagery - reflect this unified effect. It is important to remember that although the author criticises scientists‚ himself

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    Personal Response to Children of Men The film Children of Men made me feel a range of emotions. Fear‚ dread and shock were some of my reactions to the various scenes in the film. The whole idea of this dystopian society seemed so realistic and possible that I felt fear for the potential our society has to slowly evolve into a similar situation. Alfonso Cuaron used cinematography and sound to increase suspense and tension‚ which created fear as well. A commonly used aspect of cinematography

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    Shell shock is an expression instituted in World War I to portray the kind of PTSD many fighters were distressed with amid the war (before PTSD itself was a term). The property term for shell shock is PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). Post-traumatic stress syndrome is the result of soldiers going into war and having a difficult time dealing with the realities of life. Sometimes they might hear a gunshot and it reminds them of being in the war zone. Sometimes they might see the color red like

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    Peterson starts off the book by mentioning a character who works as a flight attendant named Angela Dupre. On her first day‚ while she was standing by for an unknown aircraft to land‚ she experienced a shock which she never had before. When she entered the aircraft‚ she realized the plane was full of thirty-six babies without no other adults on board. "She stepped forward‚ peering at all of them. Thirty-six seats on this plane‚ and every single one of them was full. Each seat contained a baby"(Peterson

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