Why Do We Read Literature? First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with
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the society by distributing food packets for these people. She was responsible in doing her work and exhibited effective teamwork with her classmates to ensure that the tasks assigned to them were completed smoothly. Li Yin displayed humility in her willingness to give back to the society and helping the less privileged by accepting the task to be accomplished with an open mind and an open heart‚ showing her compassion and care for the needy people. She was able to overcome the monotony of the work
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Many people read and enjoy R.L. Stine books such as the goosebumps series and the fear street series. Even though many people love to read R.L. Stine books some of his books are still banned. Many parents have agreed that these books are not appropriate for children of certain age levels. When it comes down to it‚ it is the parents’ choice on what their child reads‚ but that doesn’t mean the book should be banned so that no child can read it without going to a place where the book isn’t banned. This
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Section B: continuous writing (question 2) When scaling throughout the sizeable globe we could easily come to a conclusion that people in this modernized era are encountering vast number of problems. The problem I would like to emphasize about is something that will definitely leave a negative impact towards oneself and the country when the individual failed to notice its growth and development in their own body. Perhaps it would even be the downfall of a country’s economical
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Why do some people prefer small towns over a big city? Some may think that big cities are intimidating and some may say small towns aren’t interesting at all .I the have been to small towns numerous times before and feel a little more sense of security ‚ a cleaner environment and friendlier people. In a big city its hard to be the town gossip or have the best hospitality than others but ‚ there are pros and cons to each side of a story and I got opinions from long time small town woman and read numerous
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Almost anywhere that you go in America or even the world‚ the people have heard of William Shakespeare. His name is probably one of the most common ones in our society today‚ and has been since his time. But has anyone ever raised the question why? Why do we‚ as a society‚ read William Shakespeare’s plays? The answer is a simple one and that is to have a common knowledge in our societies. So many diverse groups of people can be brought together with Shakespeare’s plays‚ for discussions
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The company has its corporate headquarters in Buenos Aires and a central manufacturing facility about 200 miles away. Since the manufacturing facility is so remote‚ it does not receive the attention or the support from the staff that the other units do. The president of Brawn is concerned about whether proper permits have been issued for new construction work being done to handle industrial waste at the facility. In addition‚ he wants to be sure that all occupational safety laws and environmental
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Title E-books or print books: which do you prefer? Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present the some basic aspects of e-book and print book. The methodology of this paper is using the bibliography and the statistics attempts to give some specific analysis about e-book and print book as a whole. The study found a much higher use of e-book over print book‚ and the trend of personal preference is not only restricted to the group of students but the whole younger generation. The result of this
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How far do magazines or television programmes aimed at young people in Singapore have a positive effect? Presently‚ the youths in Singapore are transforming themselves to adapt to the ever changing surroundings of this new era as a result of the influence of media. The media plays a huge role in the lives of youth which in this case‚ are the magazines and televisions. This in particular‚ can have an effect both mentally and physically. Thus‚ I feel that magazines and television programmes aimed
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in Finland‚ and he had ten hours in front of him. ’I’ve got a book and my newspaper‚’ he thought. ’And there’s a good restaurant on the train. And then I’ve got two weeks’ holiday with my Finnish friends in Oulu.’ There weren’t many people on the train‚ and nobody came into Mr Harris’s carriage. He was happy about that. Most people on the train slept through the night‚ but Mr Harris liked to look out of the window‚ and to read and think. After dinner in the restaurant Mr Harris came back
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