...fair to sentence him without mercy even when the person demonstrates changes after understanding the mistakes he made. Tsotsi commits crimes that make him guilty, but not 100%. His experience when he was young made him unfamiliar to what was right or wrong. Tsotsi regretted his mistakes and was changing once he comprehended what he had done that was bad. Tsotsi is guilty but deserves alternative sentencing: counseling and community service. According to the book, when Tsotsi's friend, Boston, ask him personal questions, Tsotsi was mad because he didn't know any answers, he...
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...reasonable man and tsotsi both deal with how one faces and deals with his past, therefore the theme “emotional journey” is revealed clearly in characters. In comparing and contrasting the characters of Sean and David (Tsotsi). Write an essay of about 700-800 words to discuss which movie best portrays that. Refer to the uniquely filmic issues such as composition, lighting, sound camera shots and angles to smoothly weave them into your reasoning. 2014 Mulondo Nethengwe English assignment 7/21/2014 How strange, a movie where a bad man becomes better, instead of the other way around “Tsotsi” a film of deep emotional power, considers a young killer whose cold eyes show no emotion, who kills unthinkingly, and who is transformed by the helplessness of a baby. He didn't mean to kidnap the baby, but now that he has it, it looks at him with trust and need, and he is powerless before eyes more demanding than his own. On the other hand, the movie Reasonable man tells a story of a city lawyer who comes across the case of the herd boy from remote, rural Zululand, who killed a one year old baby in the mistaken belief that he was killing an evil spirit known as the tokoloshe. Secrets of Sean from the past were revealed as he tried to help the herd boy, siphon. In such parameters of the two movies the one that best portrays “emotional journey” is that that brought the images to life. The movie that best portrays the theme at hand, which is “emotional journey”, is tsotsi. In comparing the...
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...Reflective Writing (300 words or less) (Turn in one as the cover page to EVERY FINAL writing assignment— not necessary for rough drafts) Your Name: _______Chloe Mballa_____________________________________ Assignment Name: ________Life as Evidence________________________________ 1. What were some of the most important comments made on your last paper or writing assignment, which you attempted to improve or correct here? Instead of chopping off sentences, in order to make the sentences and transitions flow better, I should try to connect ideas. I should bring in the counterarguments in the paragraph itself in order to seem less biased towards the topic. . I should try to be more specific when I globalized my argument. 2. What was especially challenging about the assignment? When you talk about your own life experience, you tend to ramble or repeat the same stuff you already said. This was especially challenging for me because I had to figure out what to include and what not to while still making my point. 3. What did you think was successful about your writing (what did you do well)? I attempted to try to relate the evidence from life to teach my lesson. I also attempted to globalize my argument and be more specific about it. 4. What would you like me to notice and comment on? I would like you to comment on my repetitiveness. Sometimes, I felt that it was too repetitive. Chloe Mballa Professor Fiore ENG100 Section 22 8 December 2014...
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...EWRCFFASC The soft voice of the serpent The Luncheon by William Somerset Maugham Manhood by John Wain Relatives by Chris van Wyk The sisters by Pauline Smith The secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber The secret life of Walter Misty – James Thurber The secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber The Dube Train by Themba Can The Dube Train by Can Themba The coffee-cart girl by Es’kia Mphahlele Important summary of the NOVEL: [pic] [pic] Important to remember! The Setting: This is the background of where and when the...
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...SOUTH AFRICA Contents Colour Blind 2 South Africa’s new underclass: poor whites 4 The Guilt (skyldfølelsen) 5 Tsotsi – film 7 Colour Blind By James Matthews Colour Blind is a short story by James Matthews. The short story is a long conversation between the coloured woman, Stephanie and her black friend, Freda. The conversation mainly contains a discussion about the two women’s status and situation in the town. The main theme in the discussion is whether the two women’s colour of the skin is right or wrong. The colour of the skin is very important in this short story, not only to the two women’s, but for the whole population, because the colour of your skin sends out a signal of your wealth and your position in society, even though it’s far from true. The short story ends up with a big argument between the two women. Setting * The short story takes place in Stephanie’s kitchen in South Africa in a township called Manenberg. Manenberg is a township of Cape Town that was created by the apartheid government for low-income colours families. Style and language * Simple language shot sentences Composition * It is chronological, contains introduction and no flash backs * It is an open ending, because we don’t know what happens next, I will imagine that they aren’t friends anymore, because Stephanie screams “Black bitch” after Freda at the end. Characters Stephanie | Freda | * She is coloured, but not black * She lived in a observatory...
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...Christopher Wallace ENC 1102- 413- Rogers T/R 11:00-12:15 Due Date: 10-11-2012 Once Upon A Time By: Nadine Gordimer There are two separate tales within the premise of this entire story. One of which the author, Nadine Gordimer, introduces by stressing her concerns with no having to write children’s stories as author, though some of her fellow peers highly suggest that Gordimer does do so just because her title as an author in a way requires her to. Immediately she neglects the suggestion for the author feels as though it discredits her abilities as a writer. From this point on the author cleverly introduce the concept of self-imposed slavery through one’s won fear with the two separate story lines within the short story itself. Thus, in doing so, reveals the true internal conflicts between herself and her fake character that is later introduced. At first, the story gives us feedback on Gordimer's personal sense of self. She is described as being a victim of fear that is "neither threatened nor spared" or in this case even understood by Gordimer herself or by her fellow peers. Yet her descriptiveness of her fears is one that people everywhere can relate to. One would assume that her real fear is her obsession with the possible outsider who might come into her house. It turns out that she was fearful of the house itself and itsthe faulty foundation. Her own unwillingness to deal with the foundation of her fears is resolved by calming herself with a bedtime story. The...
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...into crowded ghettos, and terrified by one's past neighbor because the government had decided that people with darker skin were inferior. In the short story “Once Upon A Time”, Nadine Gordimer uses a boy living during the Apartheid to symbolize the need to stay strong in difficult times. An example of this theme is “ [The father] brought the little boy’s tricycle from the garden...once locked… someone might still be able to climb the fence”(14). This shows that the father is worried about burglars and does not want to leave the boy’s toys outside. This supports the theme because even with all of the other precautions he still needs to put the bike inside. Another example of this theme is when the housemaid said, “These were loafers and tsotsis who would… shut her in a cupboard.”(14) The housemaid was afraid to go give other people bread because she thought she would be kidnapped. Logic plays a role in this because she has given them bread before. They are also her own people. These quotes explain how individuals have to stay strong during hard times in order to prevent worse...
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...LAS 45012 Global Issues in the Liberal Arts Video, Observation, And Interview Sources For Breadth Area Essays Films with Global/Multicultural Themes Many of the films listed below can apply to more breadth areas than those noted. Also note that many of the following films are available through rental, and many, including documentaries, may be offered free of charge through your local community library system. Prior to selection, students are encouraged to “google-check” films for interest, suitability, ratings, awards, and for foreign language/subtitle information. Please do not re-view films that you have already seen. Use this opportunity to expand your worldview. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (social/civic or value/meaning) The Way (value/meaning or social/civic) The Help (social/civic or art/expression) Contagion (science/description) The Last Lions (science/description) The Iron Lady (social/civic) Midnight in Paris (art/expression) Inside Job (social/civic) Gasland (science/description) The Ides of March (social/civic or value/meaning) The King’s Speech (social/civic) Invictus (social/civic) Creation (social/civic or value/meaning) Eat, Pray, Love (value/meaning) The Cove (science/description or value/meaning) Moon (science/description or value/meaning) The Hurt Locker (social/civic or value/meaning) In the Valley of Elah (social/civic) Rivers and Tides (art/expression) The 11th Hour (science/description) The Reader (social/civic...
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...The Twitter Case Final for Advanced Business Structures Ivana Paraca April 30, 2013 Table of Contents List of Figures 3 List of Tables 3 Introduction 4 Business Background and Specifications 4 Product and service lines by revenues and profit margin 4 Twitter’s Rise in Revenue 5 Twitter’s products and services 6 Twitter Business Model 7 Geographical distribution of Twitter services 7 Competitor analysis (sales, products and geographical distribution of services) 9 Size of the Marketing and Communication budget of Twitter and that of its competitors 10 Twitter’s Business Strategies 10 Define and characterize the type of control strategy Twitter uses 11 Company Policies 12 Define and characterize the type of change 12 Identify the growth and differentiation policies of the company 13 Twitter and Virtual Teams 15 Innovation and Improvements 16 Wholefoods and Twitter 16 Improvements for stakeholders 17 Conclusion 17 References 19 List of Figures Figure 1: Twitter Ad Revenues Worldwide, 2011-2015 (In millions USD and % change) 6 Figure 2: Global Distribution of Twitter Users 8 Figure 3: Twitter Users Created, 2006-2010 9 Figure 4: Porter's Generic Strategies 11 Figure 5: Twitter's Product Differentiation 14 List of Tables Table 1: Twitters Financials 5 Table 2: Facebook's Marketing and Sales Costs 10 Introduction Without a doubt social media has greatly altered the way people, companies...
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...UCLA | ECONOMICS 106T | FALL 2012 TA: SIWEI KWOK | PROFESSOR BOARD STEVE WU FRANK LEE JEREMY REYNARD Airbnb For all the lone wanderers or people just searching for a “home away from home,” Airbnb has created the perfect solution for renters and providers worldwide. Since its inception in 2008, Airbnb started an innovative community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book a wide variety of accommodations around the world. Airbnb has pioneered a new industry of “collaborative consumption” and peer-to-peer accommodation rentals, which leaves room for the company’s potential growth and worldwide adoption. Airbnb has experienced immense success with over 1 million hosts and travelers, over 10 million nights booked, and over 26,000 cities within 192 countries.1 Despite the substantial growth and potential within this new industry, Airbnb faces several strategic issues moving forward. Airbnb lacks a sustainable competitive advantage, faces a heavy influx of new competitors, and also faces multiple legal and trust issues in the market. Airbnb must determine its direction moving forward or risk losing its competitive position in this emerging industry. Collaborative Consumption Movement Collaborative consumption is a term used to describe the “rapid explosion in traditional methods of sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, and swapping.”2 Also known as a “peerto-peer online marketplace,” this trend has seen immense growth in recent years. This exponential...
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...A CRITICAL SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY A CRITICAL SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY: THE LANGUAGE OF CONFLICT AND COMMITMENT By Laura Holland, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University September 1987 MASTER OF Arts (1987) (English) McMASTER UNIVERSITY Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: A Critical Survey of Contemporary South African Poetry: The Language of Conflict and Commitment AUTHOR: Laura Linda Holland, B.A. (University of Alberta) SUPERVISOR: Dr. Alan Bishop NUMBER OF PAGES: v, 134 ii ABSTRACT The thes is concentrates on South African poetry from 1960 to the present. It closely examines a selection of poems by Breyten Breytenbach, Dennis Brutus, Pascal Gwala, Wopko Jensma, Oswald Mtshali, Arthur Nortje, Cosmo Pieterse, Sipho Sepamla, and Wally Serote, among others. The body of the thesis discusses these poets' contributions to poetry about prison, exile, and township life. The thesis focuses on the struggle between various polical, racial, and cultural groups for hegemony over South Africa's poetic development. Such issues as language, ideology, and censorship are explored insofar as they in! .luence t:ne content and structure of the poetry. This body of poems, sadly, is little studied in North America. The thesis presents an introduction to and a survey of the major tendencies in South African poetry and, in part...
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...ARTICLE Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders Journal of Peace Conflict & Development Issue 11, November 2007 available from www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk ARTICLE The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders By Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler1 1 Celina Del Felice is a PhD student at CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen), University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands (www.ru.nl/cidin). She has experience working with local governments, national and international NGOs, especially on youth and participation issues. Celina is also associated with the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (www.unoy.org) as a policy advisor. Andria Wisler is a PhD candidate in Comparative and International Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. She is currently a lecturer in the Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies at the University of Nevada as well as at the European University Center for Peace Studies in Austria. 1 ARTICLE Celina Del Felice and Andria Wisler The Unexplored Power and Potential of Youth as Peace-builders Journal of Peace Conflict & Development Issue 11, November 2007 available from www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk ABSTRACT Around the world many young people are victims of cultural, direct, and structural violence and become carriers of that violence or perpetration. There is a strong tendency among politicians...
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...Information Systems Dissertation The Impact of Cloud Computing on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Word Count: 12,497 Abstract In recent years a new computing paradigm has emerged: Cloud Computing. Whilst there seem to be an endless number of definitions for this new term, including one by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is nearly 800 words long, nobody seems to be able to settle on a true characterisation of the subject matter. In its simplest form cloud computing can be described as IT-as-a-service. Instead of building your own IT infrastructure to host databases or software, a third party hosts them on their own servers. Companies have access to their data and software over the internet (which in most diagrams is depicted as a cloud). However, is this new paradigm simply a new term for something we are already doing or is it truly going to change the future of IT as we know it? This dissertation investigates the phenomenon commonly known as cloud computing, focussing closely on its impact on small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s), and ultimately attempts to assess the future of cloud computing. The research throughout this paper is based solely on secondary research. No primary research into the topic area has been made. In order to gain a broad view and understanding of the topic various existing papers and studies, on the topic of cloud computing and technology adoption within SME’s, have been studied and critiqued...
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...NaNotechNology applicatioNs for cleaN Water Micro & NaNo TechNologies series editor: Jeremy ramsden Professor of Nanotechnology Microsystems and Nanotechnology Centre, Department of Materials Cranfield University, United Kingdom the aim of this book series is to disseminate the latest developments in small scale technologies with a particular emphasis on accessible and practical content. these books will appeal to engineers from industry, academia and government sectors. for more information about the book series and new book proposals please contact the publisher, Dr. Nigel hollingworth at nhollingworth@williamandrew.com. http://www.williamandrew.com/MNt NaNotechNology applicatioNs for cleaN Water edited by Nora savage Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency and (in alphabetical order) Mamadou Diallo Materials and process simulation center, Division of chemistry and chemical engineering, california institute of technology Jeremiah Duncan Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison anita street Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency and Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign richard sustich N o r w i c h , N Y, U S A copyright © 2009 by William andrew inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying...
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