sense of nostalgia in responders; "My father’s dream was to sit in the sun with the old men...lighting candles in a wind-swept church...sit in the sun of sepia photographs". Then‚ the truth is slowly revealed‚ often through the form of letter excerpts from her mother; "She didn’t recognise her sisters...winded by the force of time. Finally‚ there is the final sharp contrasting image; "It was all McDonalds’ and pigeon shit". This continues on throughout the text‚ each time emotions and nostalgia is induced
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Volkswagen‚ the privatization of mining‚ and the year of 1999 contextualized the rapid change occurring in the fast-growing Chinese economy started near the end of last century. It was nostalgic to me. Yet in watching the first part of the film so the nostalgia soon wore off. My dad had his first car in 1996‚ also a red Volkswagen‚ as if it was yesterday. I was inevitably nostalgic‚ however‚
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some critics failed to recognize in respect to the seemingly cookie-cutter characters‚ was the undeniable similarities between audience members and the people in the film. Atticus Finch‚ a widowed considerably wealthy white lawyer‚ was able to pull reluctant audiences in by being the ideal father figure. His spunky daughter Scout was both lovable and endearing. She forms her own opinions throughout the film with the guidance of her accepting father. Atticus also has an equally charming son Jeremy‚ referred
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Poverty in Pakistan Abstract: Poverty is Pakistan’s biggest problem which today’s Pakistan facing‚ it is interconnected with several elements which are having direct or indirect relationship with poverty. This paper is an effort to find out and discuss the elements related to poverty and it is a contribution from author to do something for his country and same time for the rest of world. Poverty in Pakistan does not affect people of Pakistan only but it has an effect on rest of world as well. Today
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the assassination of the President. The rise of toxic pollution and sexually transmitted diseases has “caused widespread sterility and a decline of Caucasian births” (Cengage). The state is now ruled by a dominant male regime and is founded on fundamentalist biblical principles. There is also a social hierarchy which is specifically designed to promote controlled reproduction. In other words‚ women have become vessels whose main purpose in this society is for procreation. Women who are fertile and
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the protests worked in collaboration to provide the necessary organization and leadership to the Islamic movements. In Egypt and Tunisia‚ the religious leaders were supportive of the protests. In Syria on the other hand‚ the religious leaders were reluctant to support the revolts. They condemned the protests and stood in support of the government of the day. The religious leaders feared that had they taken a stand against the government it would boomerang on them (Esposito‚ 2015: Syria‚
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often conjures images of a wooden puppet‚ lies‚ a growing nose‚ a whale‚ and occasionally the fairy. If you had asked me the same question a month ago I would have responded similarly‚ however‚ now The Adventures of Pinocchio invokes a sense of nostalgia for myself‚ accompanied by memories of the trial and tribulations of childhood and adolescence. This is because the story of “Pinocchio” is not just another fairy tales with a simple moral‚ “Pinocchio” is rather a tale with a wealth of valuable morals
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I have learned a great deal from this class in a short amount of time‚ but one of the most interesting things studied would have to be the 1920’s. Not only did the United States become the wealthiest nation in the world during this era‚ but some major social changes took place during this time. Consumerism grew during the 1920’s due to products being made more obtainable. Henry Ford’s assembly line contributed greatly to this. Each worker was given a specific task to do on the assembly line‚ and
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The Raven analysis draft The Raven is a poem‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ who through gothic and mysterious themes tells a story of nostalgia‚ loneliness‚ grief and death. The reason for all his despair is because of his lost love‚ Lenore. Poe uses alliteration and rhyme to captivate the reader‚ setting the poem into a rhythmical pattern. He does this from the very first paragraph; “Once upon a midnight dreary‚ while I pondered weak and weary‚ Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten
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“Three Dumpsters full”‚ my mom sighed as we began the tedious journey home from my grandparents’ house in New York. We had been there for a week‚ which was longer than we had planned; all we had intended to do was clear out their garage‚ perhaps look at some old photo albums and laugh at my mother’s haircut or my uncle’s horrifying fashion sense. However‚ we had sorely underestimated the amount of items they had accumulated over the years. They had a two-story garage‚ which (unbeknownst to anyone
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