...A Passage to India E. M. Forster Online Information For the online version of BookRags' A Passage to India Premium Study Guide, including complete copyright information, please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide−passageindia/ Copyright Information ©2000−2007 BookRags, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale's For Students Series: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction, Author Biography, Plot Summary, Characters, Themes, Style, Historical Context, Critical Overview, Criticism and Critical Essays, Media Adaptations, Topics for Further Study, Compare &Contrast, What Do I Read Next?, For Further Study, and Sources. ©1998−2002; ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns", "Thematic Overview", "Techniques", "Literary Precedents", "Key Questions", "Related Titles", "Adaptations", "Related Web Sites". © 1994−2005, by Walton Beacham. The following sections, if they exist, are offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults: "About the Author", "Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". © 1994−2005, by Walton Beacham. All other...
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...Qinyi Li October 12, 2014 EH 300-04 McDonald’s 741 Plummer Road Huntsville, AL 35806 November 21, 2014 Mr. Allen 301 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35899 Subject: Information about McDonald’s Dear Mr. Allen: I am an international student who comes from China. I really interested in American jobs and I want to stay in America in the future. In our last conversation, I asked you which place is good for UAH finance graduates students to work, you told me to reaserch a company that I am interested in. So I researched a company which is Mcdonald’s, and I provide you relevant information about McDonald’s in this report. I hope it is useful to you. The information below is divided into specific topics-including the company history, mission statement and values, products and services, McDonald’s in China, Trainning System and Checking and Supervision. I am so happy that i can provide to this useful report to you, so you can suggest finance graduates to join a good, local company. McDonald’s McDonald’s is the large multinational chain restaurant, founded in the United States in 1940. It has thirty thousands stores in the world. McDonald’s main selling are hamburgers, french fries, fried chicken, soda, iced, salads, fruit and other fast food. Richard McDonald and Morris McDonald founded the “Dick and Mac McDonald” restaurant in San Bernardino of California in 1940, this restaurant is the prototype of McDonald’s restaurants...
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...SUMMARY: ADELA (early 20’s) arrives in the Indian city of Chandrapore in the company of MRS MOORE, her fiancé RONNY’s elderly mother. Ronny, who is the City Magistrate and a prominent member of the tradition-bound British community, looks askance at the enthusiastic Adela’s curiosity about the local customs and people. She and Mrs Moore make friends with DR AZIZ, a handsome widower, and FIELDING, the outspoken principal of the British college. Aziz invites his new friends on a picnic expedition to view the famous Marabar caves in the hills outside the city. He goes to extravagant lengths to impress them, including the hiring of an elephant, but the day ends in chaos when Adela claims to have been assaulted in one of the caves by Dr Aziz. She is rushed back to Chandrapore as Aziz is arrested and thrown into jail to await trial. Certain that his friend is innocent, Fielding joins Aziz’s friends in an attempt to exonerate him but they are met with resistance at every turn by the irate British community, who close ranks around Adela. A strong case is built against Aziz and his defence becomes a rallying point for the burgeoning Independence Movement. Mrs Moore, who wants no part of the proceedings, leaves the city and dies in her railway carriage. With the future of the British Raj at stake, all eyes are on Chandrapore as the trial opens. As Adela is being led through the specifics of the fateful day, she backs down and refuses to name Aziz as her assailant, claiming that he is...
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...Multiculturalism in „A Passage to India” written by E. M. Forster in 1924 Author: - Born in London 1879 as member of the upper middle class - Education at private schools and later King’s college in Cambridge - Famous Edwardian Novelist, Essayist, Biographer, Story Writer, Travel Writer concerned with restrictions placed on personal freedoms - Agnostic, liberal humanist and social critic, with a strong belief in friendship - Themes: homosexuality (“Maurice”), class and cultural differences (“Howards End”) - Journeys to various countries in Europe and to India Summary: - Set in Indian city of Chandrapore several decades before Indian Independence (early 20th century) - Two British women travel to India; one is the mother (Mrs. Moore) of a British official and the other (Adela Quested) intends to marry him - They and Mr. Fielding, a British school principal become friends at a tea party with Aziz, a young Muslim doctor, who is delighted to find English interested in a real friendship - They decide to go on a trip to the “Marabar Caves”: due to misunderstandings and general confusion the outcome of this expedition is, that Adela decides not to marry the British official and she accuses Aziz to have raped her in the caves - Fielding, confident about Aziz’ innocence supports him during the trial, that flares up racial tensions; Adela ultimately admits that she has been mistaken and Aziz is set free - In the end, Aziz states to Fielding, that their friendship...
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...Module 1 ~ Critical Thinking “MTV’s Passage to India” is a case study that concentrates on an American based corporation in MTV that moves into India to reduce costs and expand their product into the global market. There are other “giants” in the media industry that are mentioned that have made the same transition all with the same goal as MTV, to create an economy of scale and have their costs fall and their output increase. Even though the goal, if achieved, would be an advantage in the media market, there are some disadvantages to making this transition and there are challenges as well. Taking a foreign assignment in a global economy, would be a new challenge that would be bring about conflict if it were not approached and handled in the correct way. Furthermore, a foreign assignment would become a harder situation if an ethnocentric attitude were to be present by the person being assigned. Taking a foreign assignment in a global economy would require patience, innovation, assimilation, understanding, apathy, and a true understanding of the culture and the people that reside in the country that the assignment is in. Being successful requires promoting products and services that are of interest in that particular country and are in demand in that particular economy. There are cultural values and differences that have to be understood to truly understand what would be of valuable that a company could offer in a foreign country. This learning and understanding would require...
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...hat precisely makes a story classic ? The vast majority depict a story to be exemplary when it has stood the test of time. In my perspective , I believe a story is a classic when it practice a particular influence on people, or when it serve as a standard for writing and it is to be looked upon as of the highest class over time. In this paper, I would focus on what part of Orwell's exposition Shooting an Elephant makes it a work of art. Moreover, I would introduce one book related novel called A Passage to India by E.M Forster and a musical composition by Bob Dylan entitled Rolling Stone. which I would be contending on why these authors and artist works are worthy of being consider classic and on the off chance that they can be considered similarly great. George Orwell is best prominent for his last two books, the anti-powerful, controlling government works Animal Farm and 1984. He was an exceptionally adroit and experienced writer . Among his most puissant essays is the 1931 self- portraying essay Shooting an Elephant, which Orwell reflects on his experience as a police officer in pioneer Burma. Shooting an Elephant can be identified as one of the most classical essays in the English language. It is an extraordinarily composed article and a dynamite for a topic of portrayal. Throughout the essay, Orwell develops his proposition on the impacts of colonialism on the general population who are abused as well on the general population abuse individuals, also. The...
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...long time now. The trend of rising prices in India has, in time, aroused dismay, consternation and anger. It has been witnessed that with the passage of time, the rich have become richer and the poor still poorer. In spite of a bad agricultural year, it is not scarcity that is troubling people so much as the continuing erosion of their purchasing power. Hence, we are nowhere near the goal of an egalitarian society which we had set out to achieve. Essay on Inflation in India (Problem of rising prices) On March 18, 2015 By Ajit Sen Category: National Issues of India This article discusses the inflation, the current situation, the causes and the means to control inflation in India. Inflation in India Inflation refers to the rise in the price of goods and fall in the value of money. Inflation refers to the problem of rising prices. The problem has been with us for a long time now. The trend of rising prices in India has, in time, aroused dismay, consternation and anger. It has been witnessed that with the passage of time, the rich have become richer and the poor still poorer. In spite of a bad agricultural year, it is not scarcity that is troubling people so much as the continuing erosion of their purchasing power. Hence, we are nowhere near the goal of an egalitarian society which we had set out to achieve.. Current situation The current rate of inflation is alarming. The rapidly increasing prices in India has been a topic of discussion at all levels...
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...Graphene: the future of Automobiles Vinod Gupta School of Management IIT Kharagpur Submitted in partial fulfilment of Management Information Systems Course (BM61014) to Dr. Prithwis Mukherjee at VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur Submitted by : Mayank Mohan 10BM60048 Page | 0 CONTENTS TOPIC Page No ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION TO SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPLIT CYCLE ENGINE OTHER SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY: TOUR ENGINE GRAPHENE : THE MATERIAL FOR THE FUTURE AUTOMOBILES FUTURE OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN INDIA HURDLES TO SPLIT CYCLE TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION REFERENCES 1 2 3 8 9 10 13 15 16 Page | 1 ABSTRACT Split Cycle Engine and Graphene : the future of Automobiles The Split-Cycle Engine functions by dividing (or splitting) the four strokes of the Otto cycle over a paired combination of one compression cylinder and one power cylinder. Gas is compressed in the compression cylinder and transferred to the power cylinder through a gas passage. Graphene is a 2-dimensional network of carbon atoms. These carbon atoms are bound within the plane by strong bonds into a honeycomb array comprised of six-membered rings. This paper describes that how combining these two may lead to a sustainable future by tackling problems like low mileage and low efficiency of automobile engines leading to low consumption of fossil fuels . Page | 2 Introduction to Split Cycle Technology The Split-Cycle Engine was originally conceived by Mr. Carmelo J. Scuderi. Computer...
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...The state is defined as a political organism, which unites and co-ordinates social forces according to precise rules. There were two types of states prevailing in ancient India. Kingdom or monarchies enjoyed immense popularity and were the most prevalent form of government in ancient India. They are defined as a state having a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in one individual, who is the head of the state, the king. A republic on the other hand is referred to as state in which the supreme power rests in the people and their representatives or officers, as opposed to one governed by a king or similar ruler; a commonwealth. Although while classifying a system as republic, we must keep in mind that a republic need not always be democratic as was the case in ancient India where power vested not in the whole body of citizens but in a small aristocratic class. Thus Sparta, Athence, Rome, Medieval Venice have all been described as republics though none of them possessed that full democratic character which is now considered the distinguishing feature of a republic. Speculation regarding the origin of kingship occurs in the Vedic literature. Aitareya Brahmana refers to war between the devas(gods) and danavas(demons) in which gods were repeatedly defeated. The gods then realized the reason for their defeat was the absence of a leader to lead them while their counterparts had one, the king. They decided to try this experiment, elected a king in either Indra...
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...American Oriental Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the American Oriental Society. http://www.jstor.org THE YOUNG WIFE AND HER HUSBAND'S BROTHER: RGVEDA 10.40.2 AND 10.85.44 M. B. EMENEAU and B. A. VAN NOOTEN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Textual problems are presented by devikdmd in the marriage verses RV 10.85.44 and AV 14.2.1718; problems of interpretation are presented by these verses and also by the occurrence of devf- in RV 10.40.2. These problems we hope we have solved, or at least eased, by consideration of the social structure involved in the niyoga institution described in the smrti texts, the similar custom seen in many communities in present-day North India, and the related 'jesting relationship' described for roughly the same communities (and others). Chronological problems are discussed, especially the establishment of a chronology for the semantic development of devi-/devara- from 'husband's brother' to 'husband's younger brother'. THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLEamount of scholarly discussion over a period measurable in millennia about the terms devr'- and niyoga- that are involved in the Vedic verses of the title and in their interpretation. Our handbooks read, on the whole, as if the problems had been...
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...difficult, and often risky, to develop. In order to maintain unity and authority, British men identified with one another and supported the discrimination of colonized men. Exceptions to this social routine are evident with characters from Mangal Pandey: The Rising, A Passage to India, and My Beautiful Laundrette. In Mangal Pandey, Pandey and Officer Gordon develop a unique relationship that is often tested by the lack of respect for Indian customs by the British. A Passage to India shows the relationship between Dr. Aziz and Mr. Fielding, which demonstrates the complications of maintaining English identity without succumbing to the exploitation of Indians. A homosexual relationship between Omar and Johnny during the Thatcher Era in Britain is shown in My Beautiful Laundrette. Although the first two films are set in colonized India, they both draw parallels to the difficulties of having a biracial male relationship during post-colonial England. My Beautiful Laundrette also uses the most fascinating cinematic craft to portray male bonding by using unique camera angles and shots in combination with a relevant soundtrack. Based on historical events, Mangal Pandey encompasses a pivotal period for British presence in India. It is vital to understand the strategy of the British in order to analyze a relationship between a British officer and an Indian male. The British acknowledged that they were outnumbered by Indians and used sepoys, or Indian men under British military authority,...
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...way or the other. According to Crapo (2013), a careful study of these cultures reveals that although there are some fundamental differences in the practices, sometimes it is common to find some similarities. In this study, I will focus on comparing the rites of passage between two communities in different countries. Each culture has its own rites of passage and its unique ways of celebrating such events. Some of these practices may have been restructured due to globalization and modernization that is turning the world into a global village. However, many communities still maintain their traditional heritage, preferring to continue with these practices despite the changes brought about by globalization. In this study, I will compare and contrast the cultural rites of passage among the Egyptians and that of the Hindus. I will be confirming even although these two cultures differ in their rites of passage practices, they also share a number of cultural values. Hindus have been able to maintain their cultural practices despite the changes that are taking place in the global world. Although they have embraced modernization, they have been able to maintain most of their cultural practices not only in their home country in India, but also in various other parts of the world where they live (Rinehart, 2004). On the other hand, the Egyptians have maintained their heritage within their country. Most of the Egyptians that travel to other countries, especially the West, are always easily converted...
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...energy (Wang, Dong & Lassoie 2014). The energy production by using water flow can be obtained by construction of dams and formation of reservoirs on the specific areas on healthy rivers. While, construction of these hydro power plants acquires huge land and transformation of river flows. The purpose of this report is to investigate the serious problems caused by hydropower plants and suggest possible solutions to these. Firstly, this report will describe two significant problems associated with hydropower plant development which are relocation of inhabitants and damage on aquatic species. Secondly, the report suggests that resettlement program is potential solution to manage the impacts of forced displacement and the development of passage system can manage the harm on aquatic species. Finally this report concludes by proposing recommendations which hydroelectric enterprises, social activists and local authorities working for development must implement in order to lessen the effects of hydroelectricity projects. 2. Problems with hydro power Two major problems associated with hydroelectricity are relocation of inhabitants and damage on aquatic species. Development of dams and reservoirs severely affect human life and aquatic species. 2.1 Relocation of inhabitants The social impact associated with construction of hydropower plants is relocation of inhabitants. For the production of hydroelectricity,...
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...without a joint’. This line conveys to the reader the boat and crews current location, it being the Thames, but also where they are going. This is stated by the words ‘The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway’, telling the reader that they are using it as a waterway, a passage to the sea, and then ocean. This is further conveyed by the fact Conrad writes “the seas and sky were welded together without a joint’. When you see the sea and sky appear to join together, it means you are looking into the horizon. Often, people look into the horizon on the start of a long journey, in anticipation of the new experiences they are going to face, so this line could indicate his excitement he now holds, because of what he will see. Secondly, throughout this opening passage, there is a constant theme of exploration. Firstly, the sheer fact they are on a ‘cruising yawl’ indicates that they are going to explore foreign lands, as ships were the form of travel of choice in that time, especially as planes were not really operational, so the most convenient way to cross the seas would have been a ship. Later on in the passage, Joseph Conrad writes ‘The tidal current runs to and fro in its unceasing service, crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest or to the battles of the sea. It had known and served all the men of...
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