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    Hemingway’s Trauma Writing in “In Another Country” Ernest Hemingway‚ one of the most outstanding American writers‚ wins worldwide reputation not merely because of his gifted writings but also for his adventurous and life. He has participated in the two World Wars and the Spanish civil war‚ which provides much raw source for his works. As a critic comments that “his war experience proved so shattering and nightmarish that his life and writings were permanently affected” (Chang Yaoxin 226)

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    family. Religious and does not allow kids to visit grand-papa very often since he is a pagan. Contribute a lot to the community and work hard to against the government and tell the truth through newspaper “Standard”. (Exposes negative aspects of society). Highly praised/respectively——In fact‚ he control ppl’s thoughts as same as colonialism did on the country. * Aunty Ifeoma: Independent‚ open minded‚ positive‚ brave and against unfair/ inappropriate treatment on Kambili and Jaja or school

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    A retrieved reformation analysis Set in the American Midwest during the early 1900s‚ “A Retrieved Reformation” concerns the surprising fate of Jimmy Valentine‚ a skilled young safecracker who returns to society after he is paroled from prison. The story begins at the prison shortly before Jimmy Valentine if set free; the majority of the narrative occurs in Elmore‚ a small backwoods town in Arkansas where he settles. Major characters include Jimmy Valentine; Mike Dolan‚ his partner in crime; detective

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    Gramerrian’s Furnel” he portraits that man’s soul is immortal and that no effort made on this earth will be wasted. Browning’s use of the grotesque links him to novelist Charles Dickens‚ who filled his fiction with people from all strata of society‚ including the aristocracy and the very poor. Like Dickens‚ Browning created characters who were capable of great evil. The early poem “Porphyria’s Lover” (1836) begins with the lover describing the arrival of Porphyria‚ then it quickly descends

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    OLE MAS IN TRINIDAD The festival dates back to the 18th century‚ and the influx of French Catholic planters – both white and free coloured – their slaves‚ and free blacks in the 1780s. The white and free coloured both staged elaborate masquerade balls at Christmas and as a “farewell to the flesh” before the Catholic Lenten season‚ with each group mimicking the other in their masking and entertainment. The West African slaves of these planters as well as free coloureds had their own masking traditions

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    Tradition of the Dynasties After feasting and much noodle-slurping‚ the birthday grab begins. The tradition of the birthday grab comes from dynastic times. On the first birthday‚ a set of items are placed before the birthday child so that the child may pick whatever he or she fancies. Whatever item the child picks and successfully gives to his or her parents may be an indication of the child’s future career. I have just read you an interesting example of some Chinese rites of passage traditions

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    The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Last night‚ I finished reading "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. Ok‚ I know you can’t believe I only read it now‚ everyone already said that to me‚ and looked at me in that weird way as if I was living on Mars for the last few years. But well‚ I only got to read it now‚ and I totally loved it. A friend of mine told me a few days ago when I started reading "The Alchemist" that it was the kind of book that would either change your life or change your conception of

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    Understanding through The arts Leonardo Z. Legaspi. O. P. * Discussion of the type (Non-fiction) Essay – it explains the impression or point of view of the author. Formal Essay – it has a serious and important topic. This essay (Understanding through the arts) is the foreword to a special issue of Unitas‚ a U.S.T. journal dealing with the subject of the search for national identity through the arts. * Explanation or synopsis We are today going through a crucial but exciting

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    What is a trade union? An organization whose membership consists of workers and union leaders‚ united to protect and promote their common interests. The principal purposes of a labor union are to negotiate wages and working condition terms‚ regulate relations between workers its members and the employer‚ take collective action to enforce the terms of collective bargaining‚ raise new demands on behalf of its members‚ and help settle their grievances. A trade union may be: A company union that represents interests

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    Hemingway’s modernist style of storytelling requires an impersonal narrator. The narrator describes the scene‚ and interjects small actions into the dialogue‚ but remains a facilitator for the reader to concentrate on the dialogue and the action of the story. The narrator in this story seems to tell the story as if it were a video clip‚ a nameless railway station somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid‚ ghostly white hills‚ a faceless waitress and an anonymous couple. The use of this narrator makes

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