The Elgin Depot Museum wants more local visitors The American Orient Express‚ a luxury passenger train‚ offered travelers a ‘cruise on wheels’ experience‚ from 1989 to late 2008. Passengers traveled in lavish train cars from the 1940s and 50s‚ and dome cars were added in the mid-2000s allowing passengers to travel in style with panoramic‚ breathtaking views as they traveled throughout North America. Trips ranged from seven to ten days‚ traveling to and through continental destinations such as
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hotel for the next train‚ Poirot bumps into an old friend‚ M. Bouc‚ head of the Wagon Lit. M. Bouc arranges a space for Poirot on the Orient Express. In the dining room of the Tokatlian Hotel‚ Poirot first spots Ratchett and Hector McQueen eating dinner. Poirot know that Ratchett is an evil man and he describes him to M. Bouc as an animal. Poirot board the Orient Express. He is forced to ride in a second-class cabin because the train is unusually full. Ratchett and Hector McQueen are also aboard
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Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot‚ private detective and retired Belgian police officer‚ boards the Taurus Express train to Stamboul (Istanbul). On the train there are two other passengers‚ Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot. The two act as if they are strangers‚ but Poirot observes behavior that suggests that they are not. Poirot is suspicious of the couple. The train arrives in Stamboul and Poirot checks in at the Tokatlian Hotel. As soon as Poirot arrives he receives a telegram summoning
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Title: Murder on the Orient Express Author: Agatha Christie This book is about a detective who boards a train to a have a vacation‚ however one of the passengers were murdered during the night. Therefore‚ Hercule Poirot interviews everyone to try find the murderer. I really enjoyed this book as it got me guessing who the murderer is right way through the book. When I read this book again a found a few clues that I just read over without noticing them. For example‚ Mary Debenham says “Not
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The Law and Jury System in Murder on the Orient Express The law and jury system probably is not something that you would consider important while reading Murder on the Orient Express. You probably wouldn’t even think about it‚ unless you’re thinking about the punishment that the murderer would endure. However at the end of the novel when you find out how much it impacted the novel you would be amazed. The book took place on the Orient Express‚ on the Istanbul-Calais coach where a man was killed
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Andrew Barraj February 27‚ 2013 Representing Islam Paper One Professor Bahoora Flaubert’s Travels in Egypt Although the Orient had a lot to offer‚ Flaubert seemed to only recognize one major theme‚ sex. Europe was not nearly as grotesque as Flaubert suggests about the orient‚ but Egypt definitely had a lot more to offer. As we read Flaubert’ writings to himself‚ family and friends‚ sex is always incorporated in one-way or another. As written in Orientalism‚ by Edward Said‚ Flaubert says
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Merina Henam Term paper: Eurocentrism Then and Now West is considered to be the pioneer of the modern world. West itself considered to be grand‚ superior and pristine than the rest of the world. This notion brings in the concept of Eurocentrism. Though the term was coined much later in the late
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Second Reading Summary The Orient is a place of great riches‚ legend and mystery. To many it seems that so much is already known about this “place”‚ however‚ there are a few questions that have been ever elusive: Where did the idea of ‘the Orient’ come from‚ what exactly defines Orientalism‚ and where is the Orient? Are all of these preconceived notions about the Orient true‚ or is civilization as a whole being duped to believe that this “place” is something it is not? In analyzing Edward Said’s
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the 19th century‚ African colonies were highly appreciated for their wealth and for slave trade by the European powers‚ a relation similar to that of the Asian colonies had with Europe‚ and so in that perspective we can say Africa is part of the Orient. The clash between the imperial powers and Africa eventually led to the submission of the latter and therefore created a particular point of view from where Europeans understood Africa and the relation they had with it. This mode of relating to their
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes is most exemplified in Paquita. Her femininity is desired by many of the characters because she exudes all things associated with the Orient – decadence‚ sensuality‚ indolence‚ femininity‚ and brutality (in her death). These qualities are not part of Western culture as Balzac says‚ “it is only in the Orient that the human race presents a magnificent feature”. Paquita’s lifestyle and appearance exhibits all the qualities that the Western male desires in the Eastern female
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