Fellow (post doctoral) -- Been a National and an Asian Tennis champion. She has addressed audiences at the American, British, European, Indian Universities, Corporate and Civil Society groups. She is a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (also called the Asian Nobel Prize), and several other national and international decorations, Dr. Bedi has a biography, I Dare, anchors radio and television shows and is a columnist with leading newspapers and magazines. She is the founder of
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Maya Angelou, born April 4th 1928, grew up with a lot of challenges she had to face in life. At a young age, her parents’ marriage was broken and she was forced to live with her grandmother. While living with her grandmother, she was faced with prejudice and racial discrimination. A few years later her father popped up in her life and sent her to live with her mother, where a couple of years went by and she was being abused by her mother’s boyfriend. Maya told her family and that man was put in jail
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By 2154, humans have severely depleted Earth's natural resources. The Resources Development Administration (RDA) mines for a valuable mineral – unobtanium – on Pandora, a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system.[12] Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot tall (3.0 m), blue-skinned, sapient humanoids[34] who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa. To explore Pandora's
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Analyse how symbolism was used to highlight the purpose of the visual or oral text(s). In the film The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont, symbolism was used to highlight the importance of holding onto hope. Darabont's use of different symbols at different points in the film educates the viewer in the importance of holding onto hope. "Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies". Shawshank Prison was represented as a place of hopelessness at the
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Alexie RR#1 Superman and Me written by Sherman Alexie. This is a short story explaining on how he grew up teaching himself how to read at three years old with his family on an Indian reservation in Washington State. It was hard for him and his family both of his parents working minimum wage jobs and receiving government assistance. He still managed to fight through all this and make it in life as an author. This is intended to reach to the other young Indians still living on Indian reservations
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Good Will Hunting: A Protagonist’s Path to Physiological Fulfillment and What That Teaches Viewers About Success Introduction Good Will Hunting is the touching story of a young man’s struggle to transcend his Dickensian childhood, to discover his place in the world, and to achieve intimacy with others. On some levels the story and the plot of Good Will Hunting, conveys a very fundamental messages to the viewer; that we are all products of our environments and made up of the vast experiences
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My Idol If people say about music industry, K-Pop will be the big one that go viral and worldwide. They also have huge fans based in Korea and international. It’s the reason why i found a cute girl with short hair through her first music album since then, 9 years, she still be my idol and my inspiration. Stephanie Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young credited under the stage name Tiffany, is an American vocalist and performing artist, dynamic in South Korea. She is an individual from Girls' Generation
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Fitzgerald first sets the scene as the reader learns that it is through the 'summer nights' and it's his 'neighbour'. This encourages the reader to grasp a setting before the writer goes on. Additionally, we learn that the neighbour has 'blue gardens'. The use of the adjective 'blue' forms imagery that is much more vivid and allows the reader to form a clear image of how his 'neighbours house' must look. In addition, the writer describes the 'men and girls' that came and went as 'moths'. This
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The Power of Freedom “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” (Martin Luther King Jr.). Just like Martin Luther King Jr. said people who faced oppression couldn’t wait around expecting to be given freedom. Instead, in order to earn it, they would need to fight and demand for it. The same ideas are portrayed through the writing of a fellow activist, Maya Angelou. In “I know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou, the idea of freedom is explained
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since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated as a “semi-autobiographical” novel by V. S. Naipaul set in wartime Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Naipaul wrote it while employed at the BBC. Miguel Street won the 1961 Somerset Maugham Award. Narrative Structure and Style Analysis A. The whole story is separated in 17 disconnected episodes, each one starts a new beginning and a temporary end, focusing on one major character. B. The story is written primarily in the first person, with
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