...THE WASTE LAND In brief, The Waste Land is a 433-line modernist poem by T. S Eliot published in 1922. It has been called “one of the most important poems of the 20th century.” Despite the poem’s obscurity which it shifts between satire and prophecy, its abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, its elegiac but intimidating summoning up of a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures has made the poem to be a familiar touchstone of modern literature. The poem has been written in five parts. The five parts of The Waste Land are titled “The Burial of the Dead”, “A Game of Chess”, “The Fire Sermon”, “Death by Water”, and “What the Thunder Said”. The Waste Land is an allusive and complex poem. As such, it is subject to a variety of interpretations, and no two critics agree completely on its meaning. It may be interpreted on three levels: the person, the society, and the human race. The personal interpretation seeks to reveal Eliot's feelings and intentions in writing the poem. At the society level, a critic looks for the meaning of the poem in relation to the society for which it was written. Finally, the human level extends the societal level to include all human societies past, present, and future (Thompson, 1963). The question of literary value is complex. We must distinguish, first of all, between the importance of literature in our lives and the importance of any specific text. Literature defines and creates our world. In poems, plays, novels...
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...Javed 1 Talha Javed Professor Cagidemetrio 13th March 2015 Paper 2 Psychological Subtexts in Kanafani’s Men in the Sun Ghassan Kanafani’s novel, Rijal fi al-Shams, translated by Kilpatrick as Men in the Sun, is a work that has a realist, relatively straightforward storyline but is deeply complex in its various interpretations and profound symbolism. Though the text is brief, it conveys influential messages and thus it is renowned as an exemplar of Palestinian fiction, and considered “among the best in Arabic literature” (Kilpatrick 12). Through its plot, Men in the Sun illustrates the plight of Palestinians and the psychological subtexts of the novel act as focal points of Kanafani’s writing. Through analysis of symbolism and several distinctive interpretations of the story, this paper seeks to underscore the important subtexts related with the journey of the characters that are embedded within Men in the Sun. The story of Men in the Sun presents a disaster that ends with three tragic deaths. It describes an incomplete journey in which three men attempt to cross the desert between Basra and Kuwait. The three men are from different generations: the old man Abu Qais and the young man Asaad and the young boy Marwan. Travelling from the refugee camps, where the three men stay, to Kuwait is a central motivation for the main characters who are smuggled in a water tanker. These three men moved to Basra to cross the frontier into Kuwait, with the help of a guide. The main aim of...
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...existed their for thousands of years. (ADD MORE) A significant theme of Kinzer’s Nature’s Return is a history of people working against nature. Kinzer argues that this monograph will “study the detail of human disturbance and forest dynamics at park over past 3000 years (Kinzer, ). However, in this regard Nature’s Return falls short. Kinzer relies heavily on maps and other visual sources and the historical interpretation is spotty at best. His has very little evidence of pre-settlement interaction with the land, often using “was though to” and “might have” to introduce themes of Native American land use among others. Kinzer’s articulation of Plantation agriculture is more fully formulated because he has a more well rounded source base. He successfully illustrates the importance of crops like indigo, cotton, corn, and cotton in the region and the prevalence of livestock on these farms. Kinzer only briefly mentions the use of slaves on these plantations, and important aspect that could have been further pursued. Kinzer begins to effectively show how human intervention effects the land at this time. The creation of the floodplains became a commonality when native vegetation was frequently stripped for growing crops. The Congaree floodplains also saw its fair share of natural disasters. Kinzer sites the Great Yazoo Freshet in 1796 as disastrous to the area but also later down the road, Hurricane Gracie of 1959. Kinzer’s conclusion underscores the fact that the breadth of the evidence...
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...Looking at another play, King Lear, we are able to see characters that have very real traits. King Lear himself is a good example of the type of characters Shakespeare creates. Being an old man, King Lear decides to give away his land, splitting it equally between his three daughters. This can be seen as a very wise thing to do, being able to understand that as one becomes older, their time on this earth draws close to ending. Thus, by giving away his land to his daughters, he is setting up the future for them while he still can. However, King Lear doesn’t only have noble traits, as he is also very prideful. He is unable to look past the fact that one of his daughters, Cordelia, doesn’t shower him in praises and extol his virtues like his other two daughters. He sees this as an affront to him and banishes her. Therefore, he sets into motion the chain of events that bring about his downfall. This depth allows people to actually become invested in the characters. The more people that are invested, the more that people that will discuss why they like or dislike a character, or argue...
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...Analysis of a Flag Burning Case In 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag at a Regan campaign protest. He was subsequently arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison in the Dallas County Criminal Court. Johnson appealed, lost in the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District, but eventually his conviction was overturned by the highest court in the state, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; upon a final appeal, made by the state, the case made its way to the United States Supreme Court. Though the burning of an American flag is frowned upon for obvious reasons, it is difficult to fathom a person being arrested and imprisoned for an expressive act typically protected by the First Amendment which is why this case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The statute in question in this case is 42.09(a)(3) of the Texas Penal Code (1989) which states that “A person commits an offense [of desecration of a venerated object] if he intentionally or knowingly desecrates a state or national flag.” This statute makes it a criminal offense to intentionally disrespect an American flag or any other state or national flags. This statute, like all statutory law, was created by the legislative branch of government. Mr. Johnson eventually won on appeal in the highest court in the state, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Prior to his win, Johnson’s initial appeal was denied by a lower court, the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District. The Fifth District court agreed with the lowest court...
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...ENERGY ANALYSIS (EA) Introduction Energy analysis basically determines the energy implications of actions so that alternatives can be compared in term of their energy consequences. Since many impacts can be interpreted in energy terms and since measurements can be made in uniform energy units, the method can viewed as grand index approach to evaluation. The term energy approach was adopted in 1970s by an international group to refer to work previously call energy accounting, energy budgeting, energy costing and energy system analysis. Three roles that EA can play in evaluation * EA is a comprehensive method which can be used instead of the CBA for evaluating public actions, especially those having significant environmental consequences. * EA should be used as a comprehensive method to evaluate alternative plans for energy conservation and development.’ * EA as an evaluation tool for assessing energy resource implications of energy conservation and development programs and projects. Therefore the three methods can be reduced to EA as a comprehensive evaluation method versus EA as a tool of for measuring limited set of impacts EA as A Comprehensive Methodology The importance of energy as a measure of value is underscored by the view that energy is the most fundamental limiting factor on all human action. NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT ENERGY. All work requires it as a driving force. Odum- in the affair of forests, seas, cities and human beings, the potential energy...
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...had a history of drawing inspiration from native peoples and "playing Indian" that dates back at least to the 18th century. “The controversy surrounding the use of Indian mascots, symbols, and names in American sports has origins that run deep throughout the history of Indian and non-Indian relations (American Indian Issues 1).” Today, the use of Indian mascots is at the center of an argument that touches the emotional hearts and souls of both proponents and opponents. Therefore, (I believe) sport team owners and the franchises themselves have, metaphorically, progressed imperialism upon the Native American philosophy. Native Americans were exploited almost from the moment Europeans arrived on this continent, pushed and shoved off their land for centuries until they were confined to the reservations that are now common across the south and midwestern parts of the United States. Nick Dewitt of the Bleacher Report responded to the issue stating: “It's been a prickly topic for years, even decades. It spans not just every professional sport, but collegiate sports as well. Depending on who you talk to, it's a stain on the organizations it affects or a way of honoring those who came before us (Dewitt 1).” When sports teams and, more importantly, sports team's nicknames and mascots, came into being in the middle and late 1800s, Native American tribal names and symbols were commonly used to represent them. Over the years, this pattern has given us the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks...
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...PHILIPPINE BIODIVERSITY Deforestation Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.[1] Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use. The term deforestation is often misused to describe any activity where all trees in an area are removed.[not in citation given][neutrality is disputed] However in temperate climates, the removal of all trees in an area[not in citation given]—in conformance with sustainable forestry practices—is correctly described as regeneration harvest.[2] In temperate mesic climates, natural regeneration of forest stands often will not occur in the absence of disturbance, whether natural or anthropogenic.[3] Furthermore, biodiversity after regeneration harvest often mimics that found after natural disturbance, including biodiversity loss after naturally occurring rainforest destruction.[4][5] Deforestation occurs for many reasons: trees are cut down to be used or sold as fuel (sometimes in the form of charcoal) or timber, while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock, plantations of commodities and settlements. The removal of trees without sufficient reforestation has resulted in damage to habitat, biodiversity loss and aridity. It has adverse impacts on biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Deforestation has also been used in war to deprive the enemy of cover for its forces and...
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...student (and new lawyer), you will receive legal problems and will be asked to analyze the problem and write up the results of that analysis. The typical vehicle that lawyers use to do this is the legal memorandum. When you write a memorandum, you will make use of the several analytical skills you have been developing. This handout explains the form and content of a legal memorandum. II. PURPOSE OF A MEMORANDUM A legal memorandum is a document written to convey information within a law firm or other organization. It is a written analysis of a legal problem. The memorandum is usually prepared by a junior attorney or by a law clerk for a more senior attorney early in the firm's handling of a legal dispute. The writer analyzes the legal rules that govern the issues raised by that problem and applies those rules to the facts of the case. These memoranda prepare attorneys to advise clients how to proceed, if at all, with prospective business dealings or litigation. The memo must be complete and objective including both the rules and facts that help the client and those that do not. In concludes with a considered opinion of the likely outcome on each issue. The attorneys will then use the memo to understand the issues that the case raises, to advise the client, and to prepare later documents for the case. Office memoranda present an objective analysis of a legal problem for use inside a law firm or legal institution. A business client may have questions about the future conduct...
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...Imperialism There is one particular figure whose name looms large, and whose spectre lingers, in indigenous discussions of encounters with the West: Christopher Columbus. It is not simply that Columbus is identified as the one who started it all, but rather that he has come to represent a huge legacy of suffering and destruction. Columbus ‘names’ that legacy more than any other individual.2 He sets its modern time frame (500 years) and defines the outer limits of that legacy, that is, total destruction.3 But there are other significant figures who symbolize and frame indigenous experiences in other places. In the imperial literature these are the ‘heroes’, the discoverers and adventurers, the ‘fathers’ of colonialism. In the indigenous literature these figures are not so admired; their deeds are definitely not the deeds of wonderful discoverers and conquering heroes. In the South Pacific, for example it is the British explorer James Cook, whose expeditions had a very clear scientific purpose and whose first encounters with indigenous peoples were fastidiously recorded. Hawai’ian academic Haunani Kay Trask’s list of what Cook brought to the Pacific includes: ‘capitalism, Western political ideas (such as predatory individualism) and Christianity. Most destructive of all he brought diseases that ravaged my people until we were but a remnant of what we had been on contact with his pestilent crew.’4 The French are remembered by Tasmanian Aborigine Greg Lehman, ‘not [for] the intellectual...
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...the canal as a mechanism to bolster the country’s economy through increased foreign investment, free-market trade, and the creation of thousands of jobs for Nicaragua’s citizens. Opponents of the canal point to the drastic environmental impacts of the construction, as well as the resulting number of displaced locals, among a number of other concerns as reasons to prevent the project from occurring. Ultimately, the sociopolitical and economic ramifications of the Nicaraguan Canal provide important insight into the roles of globalism, neo-liberal politics, and changing fiscal policy in reshaping contemporary Nicaragua, as well as Latin America as a whole. In The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean, Sanabria offers multiple interpretations of the phenomenon of globalism, suggesting that globalism is “a wide ranging economic and cultural process swiftly connecting in manifold and intricate ways peoples, cultures, and societies through the globe” (Sanabria, 2016). In the context of the Nicaraguan Canal, the effects of globalization are immediately evident in the funding sources for the project. Wang is the head of HKND, a transnational company that is spearheading the proposed construction. Daley touches upon the mystery surrounding the company’s interest in the project, suggesting that HKND’s involvement in the canal may be a product of China’s increasing investment into Latin American countries (Daley, 2016). Alternatively, Daley also cites theories that the endeavor is...
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...Porche Hamilton BSHS 321 Human Service Scenario Analysis Instructor: Julie Murphy ABSTRACT This analysis gives in detail the background, including age and gender of the patient in the evaluation. The details are that the treatment plan must be a clear and concise method to help the patient cope with her significant events. The underlying treatment and diagnosis for this patient are confirmed and may be requested for further treatment and examination. Diagnosis at this time is Major Depressive Disorder, Axis-IV as so stated in DSM-IV. Jennifer Diggs is a twenty six year old African American female soldier. She was raised in a single parent house hold along with her three siblings. Her parents divorced when she was about twelve years old. Jennifer was always pushed around as a child because she was the youngest daughter. She rarely got to go outside during the summer because she has chronic asthma. Her mother is an LPN at a nursing home and her father is a retired Army Veteran and he now lives in Jacksonville, Florida. She has a younger sister that lives with her father and step mother. She used to spend her summers and holidays with her father and step-mother.Her father would take her to Six Flags during her summer breaks and to Disney Land. She has three children, all whom are school age. Jennifer was married, but she is now divorced and is taking on full responsibility of her three children with the absence of their father. Prior to joining the U.S. Army, she had...
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...both the Board members and the federal ministers, to whom they report. The following alternatives were identified for consideration: 1. Invest in renovations in order to proceed with the Bitumen Shipping Project. 2. Divest the Cruise Ship Terminal. 3. Operate a Passenger Ferry. Additionally, the following minor alternatives were identified: 1. Allow a local entrepreneur to build a reception centre in the cruise ship terminal and pay a royalty of 8% of revenue to CLPA. 2. Build a fitness facility in order to reduce sick time. As Kyle Wast, CMA, prepare a report for CLPA’s executive team advising them on the opportunities discussed and addressing any other organizational issues and concerns requiring their attention. Include details of your analysis, support for your recommendations, an action plan to implement those recommendations, and a financial forecast. In undertaking this task, you will need to take into consideration your background knowledge of the organization and industry as well as the additional information provided herein. CICA and CMA Canada joined together January 1, 2013, to create CPA Canada as the national organization to support unification of the Canadian accounting...
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...National fears Advertising PR. Outnumber journalists Historical AND contemporary Connections and challenges Week 2: MEDIA, REPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS Why we analyse media? To see how texts generate meanings and the critical implications thereof Representations have an uneasy relationship with reality Are we looking for accurate representations of reality? NO Language is a culturally specific system of differentiation How can I convey something that is not culturally informed? REPRESENTATIONS RE-PRESENT REALITY E.g. a drawing of a tree Every representation is the result of a decision-making process Editorial decisions shift meanings one way or another CONSIDER THE IMPLICATION OF FRAMING DEVICES – leaving something out CONSIDER SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DECISIONS-MAKING PROCESS E.g. family We form ideas about people/places about which we know little E.g. Tourism Australia adds E.g. What particular moment is in the media Understanding Representations Our familiarity with cultural codes helps us unpack/read texts Cultural codes – culturally CONSTRUCTED: secret things we understand Meanings arise out of context E.g. Green: money, St Patrick’s, environment E.g. MJ: context changes How do we understand meanings? How do texts refer us to specific interpretations? TEXTUAL ANALYSIS Denotation first impression. Most stable, obvious, ‘commonsense’ reading of the text Connotation Second appreciation/associations. Associations that...
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