The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood In this poem‚ the poet attacks the sterile uniformity of residential suburbs. Notice that she never mentions people. ‘What offends us is the sanities’ Sanity is defined as being reasonable and of sound mind; she is referring to ‘pedantic houses’‚ sanitary trees’ and things that she considers to be overly controlled or constructed. She does not approve. In stanza 2‚ she lists ‘certain things’ that give momentary access to the landscape…’ The images
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The poem ‘The Planners’ by Boey Kim Cheng mentions the city structure and shows that perfection‚ uniformity and control over nature are the main concepts in this city plan. The wish for perfection and uniformity of the planners in the poem highlights another theme which is the control over nature. The aim of the powerful planners is to change the country they live in the way they want. Therfore‚ they want to have the power and potential to control the thoughts of people. The planners referred in the
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The Brand Marketing of Halal Products: The Way Forward Patrick Low Kim Cheng* A timely paper‚ through literature review and research method of interviewing 34 respondents‚ the author examines the brand marketing strategies—applying 4Ps (Price‚ Product‚ Promotion and Place) and other strategic options—of Halal products with reference to Halal companies in Brunei Darussalam‚ marketing their Halal products to the region‚ if not to the world. Introduction Islamic branding is taking a centerpiece
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Both poems use the word Planners in their titles and both deal with cities as their topic‚ focussing on the structures and organization of urban spaces. Kim Cheng uses the third person ‘they’ to create a sense of distance - of us and them‚ whereas Atwood uses the inclusive ‘we’‚ to suggest that this experience of cities is one that we can all relate to and share. Her attitude - and the narratorial tone of the poem - seems negative. She uses words like ‘offends us’‚ ‘discouraged’‚ ‘avoidance’‚ ‘sickness
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What is the difference between motivators and hygiene factors and motivators? Answer: Hygiene factors are the factors which should provided to any employee and they are the primary ones in order to fulfill their needs. They are very necessary so that the employee is able to obtain the other needs in his or her being. These are the factors which can be also regarded to as those of physiological needs in Abraham Maslow’s hierachy of needs. On the other hand‚ motivational factors are those factors
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The City Planners and The Planners comparison sheet - Atwood’s poem is rich with irony (humour) and linguistic inventiveness/ fun with words. It is written in her trademark free verse style‚ with little structure or formality. - Her “us” is not a strong blank narrator because her situations are specific experiences and not general enough for all people to relate to. The poem also reflects her personal views‚ which are also too specific (“HS” and “TC” are stronger blank narrators because they
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DASEIN DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1 ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: BEE CHENG HIANG NAME: ONG YING NEE CLASS: DGD 133 / 2-5 SUBJECT: MARKETING STUDIES Executive Summary Operation management (OM) is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. These activities creating goods and services take place in all organizations‚ especially for manufacturing firms. It is important to a manager to understand to OM and apply
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The Poems analysed are: The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood and The Planners‚ Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology‚ but may be interesting for unseen poetry too. Question Set How do these poets use language and structure to get across their theme? I wrote this in about half an hour. Both poems are very similar‚ and have the same topic - City Planning - as shown in their titles. Structurally‚ they are different though‚ and the tone differs in places. I’ve
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Role and Purpose This is an introductory course on financial planning and a course that has been recognized by the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong (IFPHK) as a substitute for Module One in its education program (i.e.‚ those who have passed this course will not be required to take Module One of the education program for Certified Financial Planners). It contributes to the achievement of BBA Programme Outcomes by enabling students to understand‚ analyze and apply the elements and steps
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In his poem Boey Kim Cheng presents the modern environment we live in by showing how nature gets suppressed by ever-growing concrete jungles. He shows the nonstop continuing of the building by repetition of "They build" in the first stanza. He emphasizes it by separating the first two "They build" with the last one by an enjambment‚ which creates an impression of the relentlessness of building and how unstoppable it is. He puts a final emphasize to this idea by creating a contrast at the end of the
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