The Decline of the West A. Write an essay in which you analyse and interpret Hanif Kureishi’s short story “The Decline of the West”. Part of your essay must focus on the short story’s point of view and on the title. The western world keeps becoming richer and more focused on materialistic improvement. This happens at the expense of gratitude and respect for fellow human beings‚ and maybe particularly at the expense of a happy family life. In “The Decline of the West”‚ Hanif Kureishi gives an example
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language (Urdu/Hindi) which devoloped during its time. The 300 years the mughals ruled undoubtedly influenced the way India is. Just the way the mughal rule is very important to the way India is‚ its decline is also. Mainly because of the space left by its decline the british came. The reason of decline can be classified in three categories 1. Ecnomic 2. Millatry 3. Politic/Administrative which are linked together. Ecnomic: The mughal goverment took taxes from all the country using the jagirdar
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The Decline of the West “The world of the post 9/11 era‚ used interminably by politicians and psychologists‚ was “security”‚ and the more the country had appeared to be policed by men in fluorescent jackets with “Security” stamped on the back‚ the more afraid Mike felt. “ 1 and this development is not only on that turf‚ Couse the post 2000s has provided us whit gang violence on the street‚ kids playing games that can disturb there sense of reality and much more. Mike lives in the upper-class
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Gilgamesh’s Transformation The Epic of Gilgamesh is an enlightening story that is filled with knowledge and wisdom that can teach everyone . Gilgamesh shows a great change from the beginning of the epic to the end‚ which can teach us all a lesson about life and death‚ and more importantly about our lives and how we should or shouldn’t live our lives. At the beginning of the story we see Gilgamesh as someone who thinks he is better than everyone‚ who treats his people unkindly and who uses people
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The Decline of the Whales Whales are the largest living mammals in the world. “Whale lifespans are about 40-100 years” says John Corbett from the Marine Life Museum. (1) Scientist have concluded that whales are intelligent creatures because they have their own language in which they communicate‚ it is called echolocation. Whales have intricate social behaviours and live in social groups just like humans do. So it is fair to say
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A: Decline of the West Hanif Kureishi´s short story “Decline of the West” was first published in 2010‚ in London. It deals with the financial crisis in 2007-2008 and about a fired banker and his family. The capitalistic world was doing well. People where earning‚ and spending money like there was no tomorrow. The banks where stable‚ and could lend money to people who wanted to build bigger houses or drive the newest car – just any new and expensive material stuff people couldn’t “live without”
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The Decline of the West Analysis and interpretation In the year 2008 a huge and comprehensive financial crisis began. For some people it had almost invisible consequences‚ and for others it transformed their everyday life completely. Being used to making and spending money without having to worry about one’s economics‚ a firing can put the world upside down and force a family into a less materialistic life‚ which they are not at all comfortable with. That’s exactly what the protagonist‚ Mike
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The Decline of the Union Unions were created with the everyday worker in mind‚ an opposite to the previous mindset where the employer ruled his employee and the employee had no recourse. Unions helped pave the way for many of the current rights we have in place for American workers today; such as the length of the workday and weekly hours‚ child labor laws‚ minimum salary requirements‚ workers compensation and safe working conditions. With so much advancement in the American workforce because
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The Decline of the West - Hanif Kureishi Financial collapses changes the way of living for millions of people all over the world. In the short story “The Decline of the West” written by Hanif Kureishi in 2010‚ Mike and his family are represented as victims of the 2008 financial crisis (also known as the Global Financial Crisis). Mike and his family lives in a materialistic world in the modern western capitalistic society‚ to which they have lost the regularly known family values as for example
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