LITERATURE NOTES Beka lamb and the Chrysalids: Compare and contrast the novels in terms of prejudice and society: The Themes of beka lamb and the chrysalids are very simiiar especially when you look at the role of women in society and social prejudice. In Beka Lamb women are the ones who are seen as the care givers and the ones to take care of the home. The majority of them do not work and even having an education for the lower class is untold or unheard of. In The Chrysalids women are seen
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Knowing common language is essential for communicating effectively with others. A group of people living in one place or community often speak in one language to ensure that these individuals are able to understand each other. Some countries have become distinct from other countries due to the unique language that is commonly used by its inhabitants. Some nations’ states have declared a national language in their constitution and there are others that did not‚ especially those countries that have
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In the story Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Emerson uses aspects of figurative language that are compelling. This language is established when Emerson compares roses to the present. In the text it says‚ “These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.” People are obsessed with the past that they typically neglect the present. Society is referenced because we compare the past to the present‚ even when
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Language is the basis for human interaction. Created at an unknown specified time eons ago‚ it is a critical component to communication. Language can be used to shape minds‚ which is exactly the case for the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale‚ authored by Margaret Atwood. Atwood manipulates language to show that it is used to oppress women‚ which causes a dysfunctional society. To start‚ Atwood’s female characters develop an inferiority complex on how they are viewed. Main character Offred
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Language as a tool and language as a reality Language‚ as a system of acquiring and using complex structures of communication‚ is distinguished between two components in theory of knowledge; language as a tool and language as reality. There are several manners in which language is used as a tool and in which aids cognition; one is memory augmentation‚ in which language allows the environment as an extra-cranial memory store such as physical materials capable of systematically storing large
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gender affects language use: Text G is a conversation between three young males. There are no females in this conversation to show how the two different genders use language‚ but you can look at the way the males use language. However you cannot really generalize about males‚ as these males are all young friends who are probably quite similar. One of Robin Lakoffs theories was that women use ‘empty adjectives’ a lot more than men. However‚ in this conversation‚ these males do use these‚ for example
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(i) After how many seconds did the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide finish? (ii) How many moles of oxygen were produced at the end of the decomposition? [At room temperature and pressure one mole of oxygen occupies 24000 cm3.] (iii) Use your answer to (ii) to calculate the concentration‚ in mol/dm3‚ of the 50.0 cm3 of aqueous hydrogen peroxide used in the experiment. Q3. Nickel is a transition element. It is manufactured in a four-stage process from nickel (II) sulphide‚ NiS. • Stage
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This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which
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The biggest employer in Grand Junction‚ Colorado isn’t the ski industry‚ or the wineries that have sprouted up over the last dozen or so years. Surprisingly‚ it’s the local school district. Dennis Lamb was a teacher in the district’s Career Center. On a February evening in 1991 Dennis and his co-workers attended a vocational award banquet In the convention center in downtown Grand Junction. Afterwards as they walked to their cars in an underground parking lot there was a deafening explosion. The
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On October 19th we arrived in Maui‚ Hawaii. We were set to have a great time! We could not wait to begin our adventure on exploring the island. We knew that it would be great so we set off to a place called But‚ we had know idea that we would witness something horrific. We had heard a lot about this place that was supposably a great place to snorkel. As a result‚ on October 21st we had decided to go to the slaughterhouse. At this place you can see many moray eels and beautiful tropical fish
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