A Famous Place In Our Country Today‚ Pangkor Island is a popular island destination for local and Singapore holiday makers. It gets extremely busy during school and public holidays. One operator on the island reported that approximately 2000 holidaymakers were left without a place to stay on the island during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Of course‚ many people assume that there’s plenty of available rooms on the island and that reservations weren’t necessary. Having said so‚ there are
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Portrayal of Light and Darkness in James Joyce’s “Araby” In James’ story “Araby” the narrator creates an image in the reader’s mind of a dark and dull world where he spends his days playing and becoming infatuated with a friend’s sister. He portrays to us a dull background in order to shows us the “light” in his world of darkness. As the narrator starts his story off he paints a world that is dark by using such words as: blind‚ uninhabited‚ and detached. These words give the reader a sense
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materials and processes required to manufacture candles need to be taken into consideration to determine the impacts on the environment. The most common material used to manufacture candles is paraffin wax. Each candle comes in some type of individual packaging most of the time. Candle wicks are made using various natural fibers‚ such as reeds‚ rushes‚ or cotton. An important refinement in wick technology introduced the plaited wick‚ which burned more than unplaited wicks. Currently‚ twisted or plaited
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Finding Light in the Silent Darkness Around the world‚ many people take the simple things in life for granted. Many people do not realize how they are very fortunate to have that trait or item‚ until it is gone. People are involved in life-changing incidents; others tolerate the tragedies that interfere with their life. Often considered an example of strife is Helen Keller‚ who lost her vision and hearing when she was nineteen months old due to an illness. During her life‚ Keller became an author
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Practice 1 Based on one novel above‚ discuss one of the themes in the story. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer The novel that I choose is The Curse by Lee Su Ann. The story is about the mysterious death of Azreen’s adopted sister‚ Madhuri‚ and how Azreen goes through everything to find out the truth behind the death. The theme that I would like to discuss here is gender stereotyping . In the novel‚ gender stereotyping is presented through how females should behave. This
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gained increasing popularity among consumers‚ as these are commonly perceived as “safe” in comparison to long-established synthetic repellents although this is sometimes a misconception. There is a need for further standardized studies in order to better evaluate repellent compounds and develop new products that offer high repellency as well as good consumer safety. This paper presents a summary of recent information on testing‚ efficacy and safety of plant-based repellents as well as promising new
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Though this is the case‚ diethylamine is a stronger base than aniline because of the benzene ring attached to it. The benzene ring is electron withdrawing making it a stronger acid (and weaker base) than the electron- donating ethyl groups that are weaker acid (stronger base). Comparing aniline which is an aromatic amine and benzyl amine‚ which is an aliphatic amine‚ benzyl amine or aliphatic amines in general are stronger bases than aromatic amines. Also‚ it is because in aniline‚ the lone pair
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HelloooEducation and money are both important things. They are essential to support our life. People may think money is the most important thing in our life. But in my opinion‚ education comes first than money. They don’t know behind the power of education which makes money as an illusion. Nowadays‚ people look at money as it is the root of life like you will not be able to survive without money. They are desperate to find money which they think money is the most important thing in the world
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the poor so they can achieve success‚ even if it means destroying others lives. On the other hand‚ the poor are those who battle to survive among the rich and live their lives to help others. They are open minded and always wanting to give more than what they have. moral character of the rich and the poor and thus they don’t help each other mutually in obstacles they each have to face. Poor people are filled with hope and the desire to help others that are in need of help. They are consumed
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’The Curse’; by Andre Dubus is about Mitchell Hayes‚ a forty-nine year old bartender who is witness to a rape. The rape occurs right before closing when five bikers rape a young woman while holding Mitchell at bay. After the rape‚ Mitchell is distraught over his decision of not making a stronger attempt to help the girl. Police‚ family and friends try to comfort Mitchell by telling him he made the right decision. However‚ he continues to feel guilt and self-doubt over whether or not he could have
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