...Ah Q is shown to be both a foolish person—through his self-absorbed obliviousness and his made up “victories” (regardless of how much he is shamed, he claims moral superiority) — and a pitiful character. In 1911 he overheard talks about a revolution, however it was beyond the understanding of ordinary Chinese like Ah Q , who took it as something that wasn’t very dissimilar to burglary. He quickly learns that the old, typically sophisticated aristocrats and the new, educated/wealthy individuals from different countries were working together to take over the revolution and told him to stay away. Toward the end of the short story, he became a victim of the useless revolution and was killed by representatives of the revolution for something he didn’t do (robbery), so that they didn’t have to spend time and energy to find the real...
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...till the very end where everything comes out and it causes hard feelings between some characters and some to come together. “A Doll’s House” is set during the holiday season. The Helmer is in the midst of getting ready for the Christmas season, buying presents and Christmas trees. Christmas and New Year’s celebrate the birth of Jesus and the renewal of the New Year. This is symbolic of the rebirth that the characters go through during the course of the play. Nora is awakened and brought to a realization that her marriage is in some ways, what one might call a sham. She realizes that to her husband she is not another person, not really. She is seen as most women at that time were as a second rate human being, somebody to satisfy man and take care of his needs, as well as help him in reproducing more human beings. She is unable to be her own person as long as she is still bound to her husband because of this she leaves her family. This is Nora’s rebirth. Nora is not the only one that goes through a transformation, or rebirth. Krogstad and Christine also go through a rebirth when these “two shipwrecked people… join forces” (Ibsen) and are able to restart their life. In this new romantic chapter in their life they find a saving grace. Krogstad...
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...Public holidays in China There are currently seven official public holidays in China. There was a major reform in 2008, abolishing the Labour Day Golden Week and adding three traditional Chinese holidays (Qingming Festival, Duanwu Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival). A notable feature of mainland Chinese holidays is that weekends are usually swapped with the weekdays next to the actual holiday to create a long vacation period. January 1 New Year 元旦 Sun 1-Tue 3 January[ 1st day of 1st lunar month Chinese New Year 春节 Sun 22-Sat 28 January] 5th solar term (April 4 or April 5) Qingming Festival 清明节 Mon 2-Wed 4 April May 1 Labor Day 劳动节 Sun 29 April - Tue 1 May 5th day of 5th lunar month Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 Sat June 23 15th day of 8th lunar month Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 Sun September 30 October 1 National Day 国庆节 Mon 1–Wed 3 October Transferred holidays In all these holidays, if the holiday lands on a weekend, the days will be reimbursed after the weekend. The Chinese New Year and National Day holidays are three days long. The week-long holidays on May (Labor) Day and National Day began in 2000, as a measure to increase and encourage holiday spending. The resulting seven-day holidays are called "Golden Weeks" (黄 金周), and have become peak seasons for travel and...
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...Topshop Over the year’s Top shop have sent out the image that allows them to provide a global platform for the new stars to walk down the red carpet in. Topshop is a high street shop within London and is often in the London Fashion Week (LFW) showing off its new line of clothing. Topshop is a high quality, high priced store which are constantly bringing out new clothing ranges to bring in their target market which is young men and women in their 20’s and early 30’s that are fashion forward and always looking for the hottest trends. Currently all the models are representing top shops target market as they are all good looking male and females under the age of 30 who are looking to be the in the newest clothing range. All these models will be what the customers of Topshop will be aspiring to look like. Debenhams Debenhams is a leading international, multi-channel brand with a proud British heritage which trades out of over 240 stores across 27 countries. Debenhams gives its customers around the world a unique and exclusive mix of own brands and international brands. Debenhams has been investing in design for 20 years and more through its exclusive Designers at Debenhams portfolio of brands Debenhams traces its history to 1778 when William Clark established a drapers store at 44 Wigmore Street in London's West End selling expensive fabrics, bonnets, gloves and parasols. In 1813 William Debenhams invested in the firm which then became Clark & Debenhams. The first store...
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...Baisakhi Festival Baisakhi is one of the major festivals of Sikhs and is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm and gaiety in the state of Punjab and all throughout the world where there is a significant Sikh population. For the large farming community of Punjab, Baisakhi Festival marks the time for harvest of rabi crops and they celebrate the day by performing joyful bhangra and gidda dance. For the Sikh community, Baisakhi Festival has tremendous religious significance as it was on a Baisakhi Day in 1699, that Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru laid the foundation of Panth Khalsa-the Order of the Pure Ones. [pic] Date of Baisakhi Baisakhi Festival falls on the first day of Vaisakh month (April-May) according to Nanakshahi or Sikh Calendar. For this reason, Baisakhi is also popularly known as Vaisakhi. According to English calendar, the date of Baisakhi corresponds to April 13 every year and April 14 once in every 36 years. This difference in Baisakhi dates is due to the fact that day of Baisakhi is reckoned according to solar calendar and not the lunar calendar. The auspicious date of Baisakhi is celebrated all over India under different names and different set of rituals and celebrations. Baisakhi date coincides with 'Rongali Bihu' in Assam, 'Naba Barsha' in Bengal, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu and 'Pooram Vishu' in Kerala. Baisakhi Celebrations People of Punjab celebrate the festival of Baisakhi with exuberance and devotion. As the festival has tremendous importance in...
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...hard work and intuition. He is also a best selling uthoer and has unlimited dreams due to his "rgs to riches" background. * Kevin O'Leary AKA Mr. Wonderful. He specializes in education software. He is a self-proclaimed eco-preneur who makes money, but environmentally friendly investments. He loves to take control and has a take-no-prisoners, cost cutting style. * Mark Cuban. He specializes in Media and Sports. HE has exceptional leadership. He works twice s hard as any other person. He is able to make sacrifices. He has strong dedication, honesty and commitment. 2. Pick 3 of the sharks. For each of the three you choose, report on one deal in which they invested. 1. Barbara Corcoran. The entrepreneurs are Erika Welsh and Keeley Tillotson and their product is Wild Squirrel Nut Butter. They have sold thousands of jars on website for a 14k gross and 7k profit. The original deal offered was 50k for 10% stake. The final deal was 50k for 40%. After Shark Tank, the women moved their business to Tualatin Oregon and Tillotson's father Bruce took the CEO position. The company growth furthers as there are currently talks with a distributor that will allow the peanut butter to sell in over 200 stores along the West Coast in the next six months. 2. Mark Cuban. The entrepreneur is Steve Gadlin and his product is I Want to Draw a Cat for You. Before the sharks, Steve had sold over 1200...
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...Success Success can come in many various ways. Many men and women generally interpret success as being affluent in life. The meaning of success is clear, but complex because many people define success differently. The poor, the unpopular, and the popular people have their ways of being successful, while the rich have their own ways of being successful as well. People who are successful in life have a strong passion for their work. According to Oxford Dictionary, success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. In Tom Perrotta’s novel Election, the two main characters, Tracy Flick and Paul Warren, illustrate their differences in their motivation and work ethic when running for student body president. Tracy’s disadvantage makes it harder for her to run for student body president against Paul, who is privileged, for success. In order to be successful, Tracy has to be self-motivated. Motivation is defined as the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something. In the beginning of chapter one, Tracy explains her qualifications when running for president. Her qualifications were listed as, “President of the Junior Class, Treasurer of the SGA, Assistant Editor of The Watchdog, statistician for the basketball team, and star of last year’s musical (Oklahoma!, in case you’re wondering) (Perrotta 8-9). Tracy’s achievements made her qualified to run for student body president as well as portrays her as a great academic student represent of her high school...
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...session, Ssentebe Gwangamujje, abakulembeze, abakungu, distinguished guests, Abazaana n’abasajja ba Kabaka: It is with much pleasure that I join you today for yet another event, the Ttabamiruka 2014. As you all know, the preparation and attendance of this year’s Ttabamiruka has not come without major hurdles. In light of this, I wish to congratulate you, the men and women in attendance today, and salute your leaders for the excellent organization. As we sit here today, we’re all mindful of the empty chairs in this hall which would have been occupied. We know that some of the would be occupants of the empty chairs have long gone okuyiga embogo, others are sick and indisposed; we pray for the health of our colleague -- and our friends. Others have not made it here because ends have failed to meet…..that is all understandable. When the organizers of this event were inviting me Ttabamiruka014, I was informed that this year’s theme was to celebrate Buganda Clan Leaders for their selfless role in upholding the unity of Buagnda. The idea that over fifty Clan Leaders had been invited and that they were indeed going to attend thrilled me. As Muzukulu wa Namwama the possibility of sitting on my Jjaaja’s lap here at Wood Bridge New Jersey excited me most and I declared that Ttabamiruka014 was a must attend for me. However, due to unavoidable circumstances, The Battaka are not yet here with us. All the same I am re-energized by the promise that they will be with us next year …. Truly...
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...teosinte pollen, carried by the wind to other corn like grasses, produced a hybrid whose cultivation helped ensure a stable food supply” (Maxwell 44). With the ability to reproduce food in a single location it was easier for people to settle in certain areas. This provided for a more domesticated way of living and a steady source of nourishment. Corn could be used immediately, dried for later use, the seeds saved to perpetuate the crop, and the inedible parts provided many uses for raw material. Natives went to great lengths to protect their precious crop. They used themselves as living scarecrows to scare off potential predators, banging metal pans and waving cloths, building bonfires, and harboring natural predators. “[Hidatsa] Women and children hoed the fields,...
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...time when the spirits, fairies, goblins and witches come out to join the living. Not so long ago people believed that, and some still do, that the spirit world is closer on the night of Halloween. It is a night when you can talk with your deceased loved ones, find out who is going to die before the next Halloween or find your mate. Though we no longer hold sacrifices to the Lord of the Dead, we still celebrate with a lot of the same traditions that took place hundreds of years ago. Of all the festivals and celebrations that we observe today, few have a tale stranger than Halloween, also known as the eve of Allhallows – or Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day. All Saints’ Day is one of the gloomiest festivals of the church, while at the same time it observes the supernatural ceremonies with which the church has always been at war. This, after all, is the night when ghosts walk and fairies and goblins are astray. (Linton, 1950) Druids held the earliest celebrations in honor of Samhain, Lord of the Dead, whose festival actually fell on November 1. November 1 was also the Celtic New Year’s Day, the beginning of winter and the time known as “the light that loses, the night that wins.”(Linton, 1950 pg. 4) Halloween (Hallowe’en) is one of the world’s oldest holidays still observed around the globe. (History.com) No country has kept the belief of supernatural spirits wandering among the people as much as Ireland. (Kelly, 1919) The period of nightfall...
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...Sixth Union. Fergus documents the historic, worldwide, movement to end social, economic and political injustice for all African people. Fergus introduces that the focus of European colonization in the 17 th century took place in the Caribbean because of the sugar industry. Europeans needed cheap labor and sought African slave labor to be used as chattel on sugar plantations. The atrocities continued for hundreds of years when finally the nation of Jamaica and Haiti fought for the decolonization and physical freedom against exploitation. These wars took place in the late 1700’s. The knowledge of the black man physically fighting in the Caribbean is contrary to the tales of the docile American slave Dispora. Fergus also tells of the Eighty-Year’s Maroon War and a landmark treaty of 1739 which recognized the Maroons as free and sovereign people as rulers over their own territory in the West Indies. The people of the Caribbean did not wait on the benevolence of white and Europeans to end their suffering. The author introduces how Marcus Garvey, between 1910-1920 became an activist and statesman. Garvey, a West Indian and a Maroon by birth came to...
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...PCD vs. Muslim Culture One thing America prides itself on is the freedom it allows its citizens, men and women; the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of choice—the freedom to live. As we have learned through media and even through school, there are cultures that don’t allow the same freedom and opportunity. In my project, I want to discuss gender roles, sexuality and the ways it could affect an individual’s life. In this specific video that I chose, these women are overtly sexy, they appear confident and their words are not words that an oppressive man would approve of, I’m sure. I don’t believe that these ladies are in full control of their actions on stage or their look; I want to see what affects the performance could have on not only American viewers, but Muslim viewers, as well as the performers, themselves. The Pussycat Dolls famous record “Don’t Cha” includes words that could be considered all kinds of things; they could definitely be considered unladylike if put in the wrong hands. In today’s society, women have a different kind of power that some cultures- -and simply some men- -are not accustomed to. “Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? Don't cha? Don't cha? Don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me? Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me? Don't cha? Don't cha?” (Pussycat Dolls) How many guys really like a woman that is that direct and forward? I am fully aware that this...
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...believes women are only meant for supporting roles, but it does not deter Beneatha. While Gatsby and Nick head into the city, Nick describes the city, “Over the great bridge, with the sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money” (Fitzgerald 68). Nick notices everyone is rushing to New York City to indulge the many possibilities and opportunities the city has to offer to help them advance in their aspirations. In an interview, Michelle talks about her parents’ feelings when enrolling her in Whitney Young and says “...they clearly were motivated to give their children the best possible educational opportunity” (Mundy 50). Even though her parents did not know what their children’s dreams should be, they put Michelle in a school with unlimited resources to help foster her dreams. Michelle explains why her brother, Craig Robinson, chooses to go to Princeton over the other offers, stating, “No disrespect to the other schools that were recruiting me, but Wall Street doesn’t happen if I’m not at Princeton sorry” (Mundy 59). Craig Robinson chooses Princeton because he knows he can become a successful businessman with a degree from a school with high standards. Two years after the Phillips Andover Academy debacle, “Banks won a full scholarship to Colgate University, (and, at that time, all-white and all-male) college in Hamilton, New York”...
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...JOAN OF ARC | Joan of Arc has been a Roman Catholic figure analysed and studied for hundreds of years. Her short life is discussed in numerous religious and political texts not only because of her involvement and guidance of the French troops in the Hundred Years’ War but because of the spiritual guidance to lead the troops that she claimed to receive in her visions. Whether Joan is considered a hero, a saint or a visionary woman, her life continues to be of controversy among scholars who still immortalize her with their studies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the various perceptions that attempt to portray Joan of Arc as a venerated and outstanding figure. Part of the analysis will focus on her role as an inspirational woman, the iconography and symbols and the role within religion and political involvement that Joan of Arc continues to influence. Her life and death According to Kevin J. Harty’s article “Joan of Arc’s life may well be the most-documented of anyone who lived before the twentieth-century but as Professor Heimann’s ground-breaking and fascinating study suggests there is still much to be learned about the Maid of Orléans” (Harty 104). Her very short life (1412-31) had a series of events that would be remembered for hundreds of years to follow. At the age of 12, she started seeing visions of saints who would guide her way leading the French troops to end the siege of Orléans. Her visions can be contrasted with the annunciation experienced by the...
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...Each partner must be transparent in their means of communication to support themselves in having a healthy and robust relationship. Ann's means of communication are very blatant and straightforward; this is portrayed when she says “Pay no attention to me. Seven years a farmer's wife—it’s time I was used to staying [home] alone”(Ross, 226). This quote directly shows the lack of censorship between them. This kind of censorship is a benefit to the way they communicate because what one person thinks is directly conveyed to the others half. “Plenty to eat—plenty of wood to keep me warm—what more could a women ask for” (288). This quote highlights the inevitability that Ann wants more from her husband, but he does not realize it. She clearly feels very alienated and alone. This is displayed when John mentions their neighbour Steven, “Ann glanced up sharply then busied herself clearing the table” (289). This should have been a sign to John of Ann’s infatuation with Steven by showing how much Ann wants more out of life than John has been giving her, and for her feelings of loneliness to vanish. Despite the fact that the only thing that Ann likes to tell John is how unhappy she is with his lack of companionship, Ann communicates more than both Gabriella and Liam combined. Benjamin Franklin once said,“Honesty is the best policy”. This quote would...
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