The best advice I ever got about reading came from the critic and scholar Louis Menand. Back in 2005‚ I spent six months in Boston and‚ for the fun of it‚ sat in on a lit seminar he was teaching at Harvard. The week we were to read Gertrude Stein’s notoriously challenging Tender Buttons‚ one student raised her hand and asked—bravely‚ I thought—if Menand had any advice about how best to approach it. In response‚ he offered up the closest thing to a beatific smile I have ever seen on the face of a
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Dear Ms Valenti‚ I am writing to you regarding your article for the Guardian entitled ‘Feminists Don’t Hate Men. But It Wouldn’t Matter If We Did’. In it you explain why misandry has no real effect on men whereas misogyny can be fatal‚ and you go on justify so called “ironic misandry” as simply a joke made by frustrated feminists. However‚ I believe that your argument is undermined by your disregard for the effects of ‘man-hating’‚ your simplistic approach to the issue and the inherent contradiction
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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah My Topic is about any Leader‚ so In this world there are many leaders. We know most of them‚ but my speech is about “Quaid-e-Azam”. He was a Great politician and statesman of 20th century. He was generally known as the father of state of Pakistan. He was the leader of The Muslim League and served as the first Governor General of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam was his official names.His real name is Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Quaid-e-Azam (“The Great Leader”) and
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Free Speech “Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speech”. From the nation’s dawn freedom of speech has been an important right. Many examples of free speech include people being allowed to protest wars to people disagreeing what type of ice cream is best; free speech allows us to be a democracy. The debate lies between the values of free speech and autonomy against utilitarianism and unity. The absolution of free speech under current federal judicial precedence is necessary for
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The death that was caused because of pure hatred. Where the consequences of hate were suffered. This is the theme of a play written by William Shakespeare. A play so heart wrenching and mind shattering. This play is about two families strife‚ and star crossed lovers. One of the families‚ the Capulets had a 14 year old daughter Juliet of whom they wanted to marry a man named paris. Yet young Juliet finds herself taken with the son of the enemy Romeo Montague. The two wanted nothing more than each
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In the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ by William Shakespeare‚ according to a number of characters‚ there is a prominent aura revolving around the themes of love and hate. It is understandable that during the latter part of the play‚ Shylocks daughter‚ Jessica‚ contradicting her father Shylock‚ is in love with a Christian man named Lorenzo‚ a friend of Bassanio’s‚ whom takes Jessica from her father’s home and escapes to Belmont with her. On the other hand however‚ it is clear that within majority of
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Globalization‚ Culture‚ and Diversity The impact of the growing film industry It is no secret that the growth in mass media has greatly increased globalization. Advancements in technology allow us to connect with the world in ways we couldn’t before. This globalization has greatly impacted our views on cultural understanding and diversity. Before the internet‚ people had very limited knowledge of other cultures. However‚ with the expansion of mass media‚ people can now‚ not only‚ know
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I had asked the question‚ why did Hitler hate Jews? Being really curious I researched this question and while being in the process of researching I had other questions circulate through my mind such as what was the result of Hitler’s hatred‚ how it affected Germany‚ economic impact and what the Jews had went through. People had the idea of antisemitism ingrained in their head since they were little children‚ the outcome of this left some ideas in their head such as Jews want to defile or destroy
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Languages are‚ of course‚ one of the prime tools of cultural expression. So it should not surprise us to discover that the decline of indigenous cultures is also having a serious effect on the languages of the world. Indeed‚ an indigenous language disappears every two weeks. It is estimated that by the end of the 21st century‚ 5‚500 of the current 6‚000 languages now spoken will simply be as dead as Ancient Greek and Latin. Behind each language is a culture‚ the expressive richness of a living tongue
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Why I hate Britney was an article written by the‚ Nisey Williams at the time when she wrote this article‚ Nisey was a senior at the University of Austin. According to Miss Nisey Williams‚ Britney Spears in early 2000s were the most extremely or shockingly bad influence on the young girls as an icon or idol. More over Miss Nisey believes that in 2002 Britney Spears was the most famous and influential character or artist‚ however she accept this as a true fact that‚ Britney was famous because of her
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