...about a woman who lives in London or a ”Londoner” as she calls it. One day her period comes early as she is walking into the National Portrait Gallery to get warm. She doesn’t have any change for the tampon machine so she asks in the bathroom if anyone has got some change she could borrow. One girl responds. The girl and her brother fled from Uzbekistan, she is now homeless and all of her money can be kept in one pocket. The woman decides to take her out for a cup of tea out of gratefulness for the change she borrowed from her. The girl tells the woman about why she is now in England and how she and her brother are now sleeping on the streets of London every night. At one point the girl starts crying. The woman leaves to get her some napkins, but as she has the napkins in her hand she turns around and leaves the café. The story is written in first-person narration and has a linear structure. The story is reaching towards many well discussed topics such as immigration. In the story we follow a classic “Londoner” who keeps to herself and minds her own business. You can say that she is a very reserved personality (pg. 1 line 1-3). The conflict appears when she “befriends” a refugee from Uzbekistan. The girl is different, and she looks different as well. The woman wants to help her but for some reason something is stopping her. She seems to think that she, as a single mother, she has enough problems already. The woman seems very insecure especially when she says “I was forced to ask...
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...Save as Many as You Ruin George R. R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, had this to say about morality: “We have the angels and the demons inside of us, and our lives are a succession of choices” This short sentence characterises a lot of recent literature which is in many ways the opposite of traditional literature; rather than cantering on the good versus evil paradigm in an outwardly focused narrative; the story in which there is a protagonist who is kind, honest, humble and sincere, and an antagonist who is cruel, dishonest, arrogant and deceitful. Current trends in fiction take a more internal focus; the demons are no longer caricatures that seek to maim and kill for evil reasons but personal thoughts and desires. The short story: “Save as Many as You Ruin”, written in 2007 by Simon Van Booy, explores these themes through the narrative of a father, lover, cheater, widower and liar by the name of Gerard. The story takes place in a snow-swept Manhattan in the middle of a snowstorm: “At the end of each block the sidewalk disappears under a pool of gray ice water.” The weather plays a significant part and is often commented on: “It’s a blizzard now” “Flakes like clumps of fur ripped from winter’s back” The weather serves as a reflection of the main characters dark and sombre thoughts. The main character is Gerard, and what is most identifiable about him is that for every positive trait he has he also has a negative; he is a handsome man: “Gerard is handsome”,...
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...The decline west In the short story of “The Decline west” of Hanif Kureishi, we meet a confused and restless man who’s passed down because of financial crisis and has been fired. They live in a big house on the outskirts of London. He fears the family's reaction of been fired, but he tries to bring the news to his wife Imogen, but she wouldn’t let him introduce a single words about it. The author has made use of third person limited narrator and knows what the main character Mike thinks and feels. Its mikes views we have presented and it’s his emotions and thoughts are passed. Therefore, is the narrator limited, in that sense that he doesn’t know what his wife and children’s thoughts and feelings are. As a reader, we get a personal perspective by Mike’s point of view, since we see everything from his side. Therefore, are we also more likely to have sympathy with him, as we see how his kids treat him as an ungrateful father, rather it’s also because we don’t know their side of the story. From Mike’s point of view, the family seems unreasonable and greedy with the comments and requirements the family express them with, in relation to the guitar. “You promised Billy a guitar (…), so now you have to deliver”. Mike sees himself as the "delivery man" or the “money-maker”, because he feels that he gives and gives but gets nothing in return. He feels the world is evil and unjust. He feels that he is the victim in the house now, as the family is using him. He expresses himself...
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...Shelagh Delaney What do you do if you are a successful career woman with all the money you need and your dream is fulfilled, but one thing is missing: Family. There is only one problem. You are sterile, so what do you do? You abduct your own little brother. You spoil the child and make sure he has what he needs, but is that all it takes to raise a child? What about the childes independence and making a family of his own? How do you cope with the fact that your little brother turns out to be an alcoholic? This is what the protagonist of the short story Abduction is faced with. The short story Abduction takes place in London. An omniscient 3rd person narrator introduces us to the protagonist Ann, who was born and raised in the suburb Manchester. Ann is a well-educated woman, who studied medicine and is specialized in paediatrics. The suburb is not good enough for Ann; she wants the rich eventful life in London. “There is only one place worth living. London.” (p. 1, l. 25). A job opportunity in London occurs, and she moves to Kensington to start a new life as a successful career woman, just the way she wants it. She lives in a high-class society with cultural values. After her settlement she returns to Manchester, with the purpose of abducting her younger brother. Ann takes care of her brother almost as if she is his mother. She nurses him, gives him allowance and finds him a well-paid job. All in all she makes sure he has everything almost by spoiling him, and money is...
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...leader is one who is able to provide a mission, offer motivation, and exude purpose (Hesselbein & Cohen, 1999). The ultimate leader is about the ability to lead followers in a way that provides support, inspiration, and admiration. The following paper will illustrate ultimate leadership with Mohandas Ghandi as the model. Power and influence will be explained as fundamental components of effective leadership. Examples of operative leadership values and traits will be provided. Foundational to leading others is a certain behavior characteristic in the ultimate leader. This paper will explain how followers reacted to Ghandi’s type of leadership, as well as the effects. Ghandi was a spiritual leader of India, yet his leadership penetrated throughout the world. Ghandi, the Ultimate Leader ‘Imitation is the sincerest flattery’ is one of Ghandi’s famous quotes. Honored as the Father of the Nation, Ghandi was a renowned spiritual leader in India and a leading advocate for non-violence. His ability to lead was accomplished using non-violence to achieve his goals. He was an inspirational leader fighting for anti-discrimination. His weapon of choice was his outstanding leadership. His strength shined through innate power and influence, sincere leadership traits, values, and behaviors. Ghandi was known as a man of integrity (Bilgrami, 2001). Ghandi’s innate ability to lead taught the world many valuable lessons. As a transformational leader, Ghandi was able to move...
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...that when someone writes any type of composition they could benefit from using different revision strategies. In 2011, TEFLL Department, Faculty of Foreign Languages published a research study written by Professors Mojgan Rashtchi and Mojdeh Ghandi titled “Writing Revision Strategies: Do they Enhance Writing Ability”. The purpose of Professor Rashtchi and Professor Ghandi study was to investigate whether three types of revision strategies peer revision, self-revision enforced by checklist revision as compared to teacher revision have any significant impact on the writing ability of Iranian EFL (English as Foreign Language) learners. (Rashtchi & Ghandi, 2011) They want to impart that revising is an important part of the writing process and that using different revision strategies help produce better written compositions, communication and critical thinking skills. There are copious flaws with this study in their documented methods, results and analysis. Methods Participants Participants were selected from a sample of eighty Iranian male and female students between the ages of 19-24. All participants were majoring in English translation at Islamic Azad University and were selected based on convenience sampling. (Rashtchi & Ghandi, 2011) Convenience sampling is when researchers choose subjects that are easily attainable. Meaning, researchers cannot control how appropriate the samples will match the characteristics of the greater population it is intended to epitomize...
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...this through his use of illustrating how if we do this, then that will be the result. He also introduces how Dr. King and Ghandi got what they were looking to accomplish done through peace. First, throughout the magazine article Cesar uses pathos to define the outcomes of “If we do this” or “If we do that”, then there will be a result to appeal to his reader’s inner emotions. In paragraph 4, he says, “If we resort to violence, then one two things will happen”, he finishes by explaining the forecast of how the violence will advance and could potentially result in injuries, death, and possible demoralization. By explaining the consequences that could become it redirects his audience to want to try prevent things like above to happen to them as well...
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...figures on social change in our history, we arrive at three of the most recognizable activists known to the world. Firstly, Ghandi was an activist who fought against the British-ruled colonization of his native country of India in the early 20th century. He is famous for his practice of non-violent resistance, and rejection of a hierarchy classed society model. Most of Ghandi’s philosophy’s centered on a belief that human nature is innately good, and that the majority of lasting change could not be achieved through violence but through spiritual force which he believed was far more influential. Ghandi believed in a “Soul force- Satyagraha” as opposed to physical force which he demonstrated through operations of civil disobedience (Chaparian and Cockerton, 160). Ghandi believed his practices could transform the thinking of his foes and turn their hatred into embracement. An example of Ghandi non-resistant protest was the “Salt March” in which Gandhi organized a non-violent march protesting the British Salt Tax which affected a mass majority of marginalized citizens of India. Martin Luther King is another famous social change activist, and he was largely influential during the civil rights movement. King shared many of Gandhi’s beliefs regarding non-violent resistance and spiritual opposition; in fact Dr. King was largely influenced by Gandhi. Dr. King was one of the most inspirational leaders in human history and focused on changing the minds and emotions of his oppressors in...
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...I have been a stay at home mother off and on since my first child was born 16 years ago. I heard constantly that being a stay at home mom is not right. I should be out there working and helping to support my family. A friend of mine has never been unemployed since she was 16. When she went on maternity leave about two years ago, she graduated college with a degree in teaching while on leave. After her six weeks of maternity leave, she found a full-time substitute position at an elementary school which led to a contract the next school year. The same people that ridiculed me for being a stay at home mom then ridiculed her for leaving her child at daycare so she could work. She has a wonderful husband who is involved in every aspect of her and their child’s life. They both spend equal amounts of time being a parent, individually and together. I see no suffering from the child because he does not have a stay at home mom. What I do see is a happy, healthy, well cared for, and loved child who has two very loving and involved parents, just as my children have and are, even though I am a stay at home mom. According to Nancy Chodorow, to have happy, healthy, and well balanced children both parents should be equally responsible for raising their children and both work outside the home. I partially agree with her theory. I agree that both parents should be equally responsible in raising their children, however, I do not agree that in order to raise happy, healthy, and well balanced children...
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...Life: Just Beyond Your Reach “Untouchables” by Mulk Raj Anand was published in 1935 during a period of caste systems, political disturbances and potential changes in India’s future. Anand was one of the first Indian writers to connect Punjabi and Hinduism lifestyle into English for the rest of the world to understand. He wrote about the day in the life of a sweeper and toilet keeper which is the lowest of castes. Sweepers are considered untouchable as they work in a polluted environment and are therefore thought to be contagious to all higher castes. He chose to specifically write about Bakha the oldest son to Lakha as well as his two siblings, younger brother Rakha and sister Sohini, and also includes an honorable mention of his deceased mother. The memoir is on the subject of Bakha and all his trials and tribulations that are associated with the lowest caste from betrayal, humiliation, accusation, racism and even a hint of family incest. While the author is convincing that life as an untouchable is dreadful it is a journal from one person’s point of view that can be bias as well show emotions to exaggerate a situation and promote feelings of sympathy from the reader. Anand attempts to help the Westerner understand life in India, but because it is one sided it may not be historically relevant. Some of the more optimistic themes that Anand attempts to portray are the birthrights or caste levels within each society and how they intertwine with each other. For example...
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...Martin Luther King, Jr. Web Quest 1. When and where was MLK born? Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia 2. What kind of work did his father, Martin Luther King, Senior, do? He is an early leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 3. Did Martin have any brothers or sisters? If so, what were their names? He had an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King. 4. How did Martin do in middle school and high school? Know for public debates, still faced racial discrimination. 5. How old was Martin when he started college? 15 6. Where did MLK give his first sermon? Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta 7. Who did Martin Luther King marry? When was he married? Find an image of his wife. Coretta Scott King 1953–1968 8. What was the SCLC? Why was the SCLC important? How was MLK involved in the SCLC? The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. Its main aim was to advance the cause ofcivil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. From its inception in 1957, its president was Martin Luther King – a post he held until his murder in 1968. 9. What was the Montgomery bus boycott? Find an image of a photo taken during the boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. civil rights movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on...
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...Darkness of the Caste System Namra Wasif 212871570 Essay # 2 Essay Topic 3 India: Life, Culture and the Arts, HUMA2440 Fridays, Khyati Nagar 24/03/2014 The caste system which evolved from Hinduism in India has caused the lower ranked people known as the untouchables to face continuous hardships throughout their lives for many centuries. India achieved its independence as a country in 1947; however, its marginalized groups have yet to obtain such freedom because of continuous discrimination. Although, many social reforms had been initiated by various leaders, yet they had very low levels of impact in the Indian society. This can be seen by examining the strong beliefs of the Hindu religion by its people and by the engraved thinking of complete dominance from upper castes over the lower castes. The social reforms taken by the leaders Jotirao Govindrao Phule and Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar did not have excessive influence in the society due to the people’s powerful beliefs in the Hindu Religion. Firstly, the concept of untouchability created an injudicious barrier between the lower and upper castes. Untouchability has evolved from the caste system which is a social hierarchal structure said to be formed from the sacrifice of the first man created named Purusa. It is believed that by the sacrifice of the Purusa`s head, arms, thighs and feet created the four varanas; Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya’s and Sudra’s respectively. The Brahmins represent pureness...
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...been found to prove this. Ties to social engagement, however, can be found through many religions. Many religious groups view charitable activity such as the giving of alms, and helping those who suffer as something they are obligated to do in order to satisfy their faith, and uphold the principles that go along with it. Some of the most prominent social and political activists of our time were motivated by their faith, and their own interpretations of the sacred doctrine of their Religion. Not so coincidental, many hospitals, social service agencies, and clinics can trace the roots of their foundation back to religious tradition. Religion is not easily defined. Karl Marx once said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature. The heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.” According to Marx, it is by the circulation of false beliefs that religion allows the downtrodden and unfortunate to accept their lot. That statement cannot be proven true or false. What history tells us is Religion can be a powerful force for change that challenges not only social systems but political as well. Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of South Africa, was driven by his religious commitments to take a stand against apartheid in his country. For theists such as Tutu, Religion is not a drug, but a guiding force for social involvement and active resistance...
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...Nonviolent Method Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 and was a great figure when it comes to the issue of the non – violent persistence or civil disobedience. He was born in Porbander in Western India. Ghandi made a huge change to the India and their society during his life; his actions and famous method of nonviolent approach against the British instead of violent one. He believed that method would bring and provoke less negative reaction in the British at that time. Like Mohatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr. was also an advocate and supporter of the same method of passive resistance, which he believed, was the better method at the time and situation. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in January 15, 1929 in Atlanta. He died due to assassination on a hotel balcony on April 4, 1968. Later on in his life, he became the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which had a purpose to provide a new leadership to the movement of Civil Rights which ideology was based on Christianity, whereas the actions and procedures more based on Gandhi; Martin Luther King Jr. practiced Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence. Both Mahatma Gandhi’s and Martin Luther King Jr.’s core belief and the way to attain their goals were pretty similar in a way. Mahatma Gandhi believed that with nonviolent method of fighting with the political or social issues in his times was the best way. He did it through protests for example like the March that inaugurated the Civil Disobedience...
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...introduced it. He was the first to recognize it as a managerial model of leadership, where the highest priority needs of the follower are being served by the servant who is the leader (Greenleaf Center, 2008). This theory is one that is exemplified by the teachings of Jesus Christ in Matthew 10:43 NIV, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.” According to Dierendonck, (2011). one of the attributes of the servant leader is humility. It is an attitude by the servant leader that acknowledges that workers may have more knowledge and experience than they may. I have found that when people are approached in humility, whether in a workplace or community setting, the results are very interesting. People begin to empathize with management and an environment of trust and value emerges. This goes hand in hand with an environment where learning occurs in a give and take manner. I worked in a department where no one, except the executives had been there longer than a few years. Although I was not a manager, I emerged as servant leader by being humble and willing to help other workers attain the knowledge they needed to set them up for success at their job. It was an environment of collaboration and teamwork and resulted in a higher level of interest in the daily tasks as well as a higher level of morale. A year and a half later, I was chosen to be the...
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