...Rawson World Literature Assignment 1 An analysis of the role of minor characters in The Visit and Chronicle of a Death Foretold in establishing a collectivistic or individualistic society. March 13, 2011 Word Count: 1073 Rawson 1 Without any characters; there is no story. Every tale needs a knight in shining armor to save the endangered princess or a misguided hero to meet a tragic end. A protagonist and an antagonist are the most basic of writing conventions and are crucial to the story. It is important; however, to not overlook the roles of minor characters in the plot. For example, Snow White would have been a radically different story without the seven dwarves. This exemplifies how minor characters can drastically influence the outcome of a story in a number of ways. In both Durrenmatt’s The Visit and Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the minor characters have an influential role in determining the fate of the protagonist. These minor characters are used by Durrenmatt and Marquez to establish an individualistic or collectivistic society within their works and by doing so isolate the protagonists and lead them to their deaths. In a collectivistic society, the people tend to view themselves as part of a group and hold the needs of the group over that of the individual. This is the society which Durrenmatt has presented in The Visit. In Durrenmatt’s The Visit, the town of Guellen is populated by minor characters lacking any names. Throughout the play...
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...OP issue & Challenges -Ocean Park was an old and tired brand and no one knew what it stood for. -HK has few scenic endowments hence need to create own attraction which take long time and high investment -Econ dwntn(1997) & SARs(2003) strike in Asia,fell by70%attendance,threat to close down. External environment analysis- PEST Factors Political -in 2009, the Govt of HK tourism board(HKTB) introduce removal of the quota of the Hong Kong Tour Group Scheme of Mainland tourists in 2002 -implementation of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) enables Mainlander to visit HK as free and independent tourists without the need to apply for special visas. Economic As of Feb 12, high inflation rate lead to increase tickets price. From $208 (in 2009) to $280 (in 2012) .Decline in revenue will force OP to increase their retail price to sustain profit. Social -caters tourist from mainlander who are not sophisticated and they require long education campaign - Different market- locals & business group, and international tourist; family oriented Technological -use of latest technology in lighting, music and multimedia special effects, to enhance amazing undersea creatures. Industrial Analysis- Application of Porter’s 5 Forces 1. Threat of entry – very high -the entry barrier is high due to the need to invest large amount of financial resources -required land for a full scale development 2. Bargaining power of supplier (OP) – low -OP known in the industry hence weaken the bargain...
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...positive inmates and conjugal visits. An example of a current problem that keeps growing worse in prisons is the issue of health care and medical problems in prison. The get tough attitude has led to many longer sentences for offenders in prison. This means that there is a larger aging population in prison. This in turn leads to more prisoners who develop health problems while in prison (Muraskin & Roberts, 2009). Health care can be very costly and increases the budget of running prisons. One-third of inmates incarcerated report a chronic medical condition. The most common medical conditions are HIV, hypertension, asthma, arthritis, cervical cancer, and hepatitis (Bingswanger, 2009). Administrators must hire more prison health providers and allocate much of their limited resources toward early detection and management toward health conditions among the inmates (Bingswanger, 2009). Inmates with communicable diseases and in particular HIV must be kept separate from the other inmates. People diagnosed as HIV positive in the prison population is five times higher than in the general population (Calderon, 2006). Segregation reduces harassments of infected prisoners by noninfected inmates and allows prison guards to take proper precautions. The problem of segregation for these inmates brings up human rights violations. Conjugal visits are another current and future problem that prisons have to deal with. Only a handful of states allow conjugal visits and the public generally...
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...policy of conjugal visits. These special visits, allow an inmate and his/her spouse a private visit. They are permitted to engage in sexual intercourse. Often times the visits include family members, such as grandparents or children. The intention for these visits are “designed to help keep families together in an environment that approximates home… and serve as incentives for good behavior, reduce sexual activity among prisoners and strengthen families” (Seversonjan). Nonetheless, recent debates have ensued in state penitentiaries about conjugal visits. For starters, these visits are only allowed to a minority of prisoners who are legally married. Those that aren’t would get jealous about not being able to participate. There are also the dangers of sexually transmitted infections (such as HIV) or unplanned pregnancies. The program is also very expensive, costing the prison and tax payers lots of money. Originally, these visits were used as a bribe in the early 1900’s. Sex was used to push African Americans inmates to work harder in the fields. Still holding true today, conjugal visits are used “more as a way to control inmates than nurture relationships” (Seversonjan). Fifty years ago, during the pre-civil war era, a similar, but harsher system was in effect. Slaves and other minorities were not permitted to marry under US law. Marriage’s regulatory role in the past was denying slave’s matrimony because of marriages symbol of freedom; today the denial of conjugal visits indicates...
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...It was not so long ago that prisoners were fed bread and water and chained up together during the day to perform hard labor. Some even say that we need a return to those days! Nowadays prisons are very different and a variety of programs (some rather strange) have been implemented as jail time moves away from punishment to rehabilitation. This is a selection of ten of those new programs.10 Children in prison 2251494641 8Df45A2F96In the early 1990s the Mexico City government decided it was better for children born in prison to stay with their mothers until they were 6 rather than to be turned over to relatives or foster parents. The children are allowed to leave on weekends and holidays to visit relatives. A debate continues among Mexican academics over whether spending one’s early years in a jail causes mental problems later in life, but for the moment the law says babies must stay with their mothers. In Ohio they are trying a program called The Achieving Baby Care Success program. It began in June 2001. The 12 mothers currently participating live in a special wing of the prison. The babies sleep in identical cribs in their mothers’ cells. Between prison roll calls, mothers take their children to the in-house nursery for scheduled activities.9 Victim Offender Mediation Img 0013 600Victim-offender mediation, or VOM (also called victim-offender dialogue, victim-offender conferencing, victim-offender reconciliation, or restorative justice dialogue), is usually a face-to-face...
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...G.R. No. 118305 February 12, 1998 AYALA INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORP. and ABELARDO MAGSAJO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and SPOUSES ALFREDO & ENCARNACION CHING, respondents. MARTINEZ, J.: Under Article 161 of the Civil Code, what debts and obligations contracted by the husband alone are considered "for the benefit of the conjugal partnership" which are chargeable against the conjugal partnership? Is a surety agreement or an accommodation contract entered into by the husband in favor of his employer within the contemplation of the said provision? These are the issues which we will resolve in this petition for review. The petitioner assails the decision dated April 14, 1994 of the respondent Court of Appeals in "Spouses Alfredo and Encarnacion Ching vs. Ayala Investment and Development Corporation, et. al.," docketed as CA-G.R. CV No. 29632, 1 upholding the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig, Branch 168, which ruled that the conjugal partnership of gains of respondents-spouses Alfredo and Encarnacion Ching is not liable for the payment of the debts secured by respondent-husband Alfredo Ching. A chronology of the essential antecedent facts is necessary for a clear understanding of the case at bar. Philippine Blooming Mills (hereinafter referred to as PBM) obtained a P50,300,000.00 loan from petitioner Ayala Investment and Development Corporation (hereinafter referred to as AIDC). As added security for the credit line extended to PBM, respondent Alfredo...
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...Saturday, June 16, 2007 Concubinage Meaning: Commonly refers to a relationship between a man (usually of higher social status) and a woman, where the man has an “official” wife, and possibly more than one concubine. Concubines had limited rights though any children are acknowledged, though their status is second to that of children born unto the “official” wife. Concubinage was usually an “exclusive” arrangement between two parties. Biblical: With the tolerance of polygamy, a concubine was only defined in terms of her disparity in position or rank with the principal wife. A legitimate spouse, of an inferior social grade or a bondwoman, is often given the appellation of concubine. This term did not invalidate her marriage, it did, however, indicate that she was not equal to her husband in rank, nor did she share in her husband’s property or in the administration of his household. From Genesis 21:9-14, we see that the dismissal of a concubine and of her children was permissible. Ancient Greece: Concubines were permitted in ancient Greece and their children were legitimate if recognized by their fathers. Roman Empire: A concubine was recognized by law in the absence of a legal wife. She was usually from a lower social rank than her husband, and her children, though not considered the equals of those of the legal wife (uxor) were nevertheless termed natural (naturales) to distinguish them from spurious offsprings (spurii). The father of these children was required...
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...Court system Drew Peterson, a former Illinois police officer, was found guilty of murdering with third wife Kathleen Savio (Curry, 2012). Savio was found dead in her dry bathtub back in 2004 and it had originally been deemed an accident (Curry, 2012). However, when his fourth wife Stacy Peterson went missing in 2007, Savio’s death became questionable (Curry, 2012). With her death in question, exhuming and reexamining her body was the next step (Curry, 2012). Now ruling her death as a homicide, Peterson would receive charges of first-degree murder and was facing up to 60 years in prison (Curry, 2012). Ruling Savio’s death as a homicide was no easy task (Curry, 2012). Prosecutors were building this case mainly on hearsay evidence which is typically barred so it was the first case of its kind in Illinois history (Curry, 2012). Made to fit Peterson’s case, “Drew’s Law” was passed to allow hearsay evidence under rare circumstances (Curry, 2012). This case became such a big deal that Lifetime made a movie about it (Curry, 2012). When looking at it, they were relying on statements made by his fourth wife Stacy along with many others as evidence (Curry, 2012). - Friend Kristin Anderson testifying that Savio told her Peterson once warned her at knifepoint, "I could kill you and make it look like an accident." - Stacy Peterson's...
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...Particularly in prison setting, where power and domination are linked, sexual assault is tool inmates use to prove their manhood and dominion over the other inmates. The unisex environment and overcrowding makes for a tense group (Wyatt 2006, 593-594), and somebody has to come out on top. Finding a way to allow inmates to express their masculinity without physical violence is essential. Conjugal visits may be the answer. Not only do they allow for the release of sexual tension, they encourage bonding and positive relationships with family where an inmate can secure his role in the relationship (Wyatt 2006, 597-598). Prisoners will not feel the need to lash out at other inmates if they are getting validation through a healthy, consensual...
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...LOOK IN TO AGIKUYU TRADITIONAL WEDDING…………4 2.1 NJURIO _ (proposal)……………………………………………………4 2.2 KUHADA ITHIGA _ (planting the ‘spear’)............................................5 2.3 RURACIO – (Dowry)…………………………………………………...5 2.3.1 BEHIND THE LESO…………………………………………………..6 2.4 NGURARIO _ (MARRIAGE CEREMONY)………………………………………7 2.4.1 EVE OF THE WEDDING……………………………………………..7 2.4.2 WEDDING DAY………………………………………………………..7 2.4.3 EVENING PARTY…………………………………………………………………..8 3.1 AFTRE THE CELEMONIES ……………………………………………………..8 4.1 TODAYS WORLD……………………………………………………………………..9 5.1 EFFECT OF URBANIZATION AND MODERN CULTURE TO THE RADITIONAL MARRIAGE……………………………………………9 5.2 SEXUALITY AMONG THE KIKUYU………………………………..10 5.2.1 POLYGAMOUS………………………………………………………10 5.2.2 CONJUGAL RELATIONS………………………………………….11 5.3 COME-WE-STAY……………………………………………………..12 6.0 CASESTUDY………………………………………………………………………12 6.1 Are luo Men and Kikuyu Women Compatible, Fidel Vs Veronica…………………12 6.2 INFIDELITY OF KIKUYU WOMEN………………………………………….…13 6.3 LET ALL NO TO WIFE INHERITANCE ……………………………………..……13 7.0 CONCLUTION………………………………………………………………………………13- 14 8.0 REFERENCES………………………………………………………15 THESIS STATEMENT Having being brought up in central Kenya in kikuyu land by my grandmother, my cousin Wanja always wanted to have a traditional Kenyan wedding for my grandmother had made her believe that it was the most precious moment in a woman’s life. She counted herself lucky to have gotten her suitor immediately after her A-level examination. As she...
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...Devoted as she was to her husband, their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more willing to forego for a while” (Chopin 561). This shows the audience that Clarisse is actually relived that her husband does not want her to hurry back home because she is happy without him and she feels like she now has the ability to live like she is a young girl again. I do think that everyone is happy because Calixta and her husband Bobinot can go back to living their lives that they were before the storm and the affair and Calixta is happy that her husband will not find out about her betrayal. Clarisse is happy because she has the ability to stay on her trip longer because her husband does not want her to hurry back...
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...Modern-Day Prison Gangs and How They Operate Angel Ruby March 21, 2013 American River College Modern-Day Prison Gangs and How They Operate There are several different prison gangs currently in power within the prisons today. There is the Mexican Mafia, La Neustra Familia, Black Guerrilla Family, and The Aryan Brotherhood. Though each gang has separate syndicates, these four gangs remain the most influential (A. Ruby, personal interview, March 19, 2013). How these gangs operate depends on the prison they occupy. While each of these gangs was initially created to survive in ethnically segregated situations that is not the case any longer. Currently the aspirations of these gangs have to do with protection, money, and reputation, they are very organized and efficient (A. Ruby personal interview, March 19, 2013). La Nuestra Familia was formed in the mid 1960’s to protect rural Mexican-American inmates from predator gangs, primarily from the urban Mexican-American inmates affiliated with the Mexican Mafia (Gangs OR Us Gang Identification, 1999). They represent northern California and are identified by their tattoos which are normally a dagger or sombrero with the letters “NF”. The NF use to operate through three categories (cat.1, cat.2, etc.). The higher the category you were in, the higher your rank within the gang. They later abolished that structure to try to institute equality inside the gang. They created a “mesa” which was an order of six members (A. Ruby, personal...
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...COHABITATION I - What is Cohabitation Cohabitation is a sexual relationship between a man and a woman prior to marriage. It is an agreement between two individuals, who live together like wedded individuals however without performing any matrimonial ceremony or tying a knot. Cohabitation may be heterosexual or between same genders. Those people who share space or a room are not considered cohabitants. Just those persons, who have taken a vow, either verbally or through mutual understanding to live together and gratify each other’s passionate and sexual yearnings, might be recognized cohabiters. On the other hand, marriage is a legitimate, religious and written agreement between a man and a woman to live together for the rest of their life. Cohabitation and marriage are having their own pros and cons. The modern world, especially, the Western countries are at the top of the list in cohabitation. Some people consider cohabitation superior to marriage, while some individuals hold marriage in extraordinary regard and deem it better than cohabitation. Which is better? Let’s play the devil’s advocate! II - PROS Cohabitation has transformed into a questionable subject nowadays. There are a lot of people who consider cohabitation as their favourite alternative to marriage, while those individuals who have got religious bent of mind consider cohabitation as a sin and act, which may provoke the wrath of God. Nowadays, the majority of individuals favour cohabitation instead of marriage...
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...extended family in times of family crises. -FINCH –found that in working class are areas, the extended family is still common. Her study pf the East End of London found that adults often live only a few streets away from their close relatives and partners- visit regularly- especially if they have daughters. -MASON (1993)- study of Greater Manchester found that over 90% of the sample had given or received financial help from relatives and almost 60% shared a household with an adult relative other than their parents at some point in their lives. The term MODIFIED EXTENDED FAMILY is used to show how the nuclear family and individuals still have ties to extended kin. EVIDENCE THAT THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS NOT DEAD -MCGLONE – found that unemployment, poverty, community care for the elderly and increasing numbers of young people living at home longer, means that there is a need to family mutual support systems. –nuclear families feel a strong sense of obligation towards extended family in times of family crises. -FINCH –found that in working class are areas, the extended family is still common. Her study pf the East End of London found that adults often live only a few streets away from their close relatives and partners- visit regularly- especially if they have daughters. -MASON (1993)- study of Greater Manchester found that over 90% of the sample had given or received financial help from relatives and almost 60% shared a household with an adult relative other than their parents...
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...The Controversy Surrounding Gay Marriage “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” - Declaration of Independence The debate of gay marriage is very complex, due to the many different feelings people express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to homosexuals so they have an alternative that allows gays and lesbians to receive something that compares to the same rights as marriage Finally others believe neither gay marriage nor civil unions should be offered and that any legal union should be available only to heterosexual couples only. These different opinions that are expressed by society’s attitudes towards gay marriage continue to cause great controversy throughout the country. The true meaning of marriage is sharing vows between two people to bind their feelings toward each other forever. Many feel that the sanction should be shared between a man and a woman and if it is opened to homosexuals this will take away from the importance of marriage. According to an article written by Scott Bidstrup, called "Gay Marriage: The Arguments and The Motives," people in our society argue that gay marriage is wrong because marriage is the union between a man and a woman...
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