...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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...Tavis Smiley, “MLK: A Call to Conscience,” Tavis explored Martin Luther King’s stand against the Vietnam War and the influence of his legacy today. Tavis reached out to scholars, associates and personal friends of Dr. King who gave personal accounts of their feelings toward MLK and his movements. These events will also be supported by evidence from two other films, “Eyes on the Prize: Episode 4” which profiled MLK’s last year prior to his assassination, and “The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.” which provided additional details in regard to the FBI’s potential conspiracy against Dr. King. This film was chosen as my main source for analysis due to a personal connection with how I relate to Dr. King and his convictions for what he believes in. Just as Dr. King described Americans becoming complacent to the injustices of justice in his speech, we also tend to become complacent about why we celebrate this brilliant leader’s life. His drive and determination should be modeled by every American citizen, especially by those in successive generations who have been denied their dreams. I also intend to highlight why his ideology could live and thrive in today’s policy. The central message of this documentary builds on when Dr. King gave his speech, “A Call to Conscience” April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. As Vincent Harding, a close friend and author of this speech would explain the one thing that never changed during rewrites was where and why...
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...Throughout history there have been many people who helped shape the nation. Individuals who shook the very foundations of beliefs that people had. People who helped create change for the better. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) and Cesar Chavez were both servant leaders who contributed immensely to their respective causes. MLK was born in January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was a civil rights activist (Carson Clayborn). Chavez was born in March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona and was an immigrant workers rights activist (Cesar Chavez). MLK came from a religious home, his father was a baptist minister. MLK went to MoreHouse College from 1944 to 1948 and later went to Boston University where he began his doctoral studies in systematic theology in 1951. Chavez was raised in poverty in a family of immigrant farm workers, his family...
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...our own opinion on who has the best philosophy. We have Martin Luther King who believes that peace is the answer and Malcolm X who believes that violence is the answer. I have always thought that Martin Luther King had the best philosophy. Three reason why I think this is every time you kill someone it creates a much bigger problem for you, Martin Luther King solved many things with peace, and he believed in integration. Although Malcolm had a great philosophy, I thought his was a little too violent and I think that you should only use violence for self defense. I think that Martin Luther King (MLK) had a better...
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...nation. Gandhi with his homeland of India from British rule and MLK with the nation of America. Many figures have compared to two but no one has ever attempted to pit these two legends against each other and not in the form of a rap battle. Well, ERB can claim to be the first. With the melodic rhymes and catchy hook. Who exactly won this battle of civil greats, in my esteemed opinion, it would be the Mahatma. Gandhi case presentation and his flow was too beastly for MLK in this battle. First and foremost, in the battle Gandhi states that MLK should “you should jot down my ideas…….plagiarize his whole verse” (ERB).; Mahatma was referencing the fact that MLK followed his ideology. Although, it can be said that he did in fact use some of the ideals of Gandhi, MLK did not use fasting as a way of protest. MLK, himself has stated that Mahatma was a driving influencing in his way of fighting for civil justice but again, he did not steal his ideals like Gandhi claims. Furthermore, Gandhi goes on to state that MLK should leave his ideas at the door like the real Martin Luther (ERB).. Martin Luther gained his fame for nailing his complaints against the Catholic Church in the 14th century, at the time the church would sell indulgences or a way for people to buy their salvation. Gandhi attempts to belittle MLK with the first saying he is a plagiarist then make a play on his name by using the Martin Luther who came before him. In MLK response verse, He states that “he will make Gandhi eat his...
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...speech towards everyone who is a part of the Puritan village and also those who are not. To sway the audience, Edwards uses a wrathful and intimidating tone. Jonathan Edwards believed that if you did not give your life to God then you would face God’s wrath. Edwards uses imagery and metaphors to persuade his audience to join the Puritan movement. Edwards, undoubtedly, uses imagery to persuade and affect his audience. Multiple times throughout his speech Edwards attempts to intimidate the audience using negative imagery. An example of this is, “There are black clouds of God’s wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder;” (Edwards). Edwards uses negative imagery to intimidate his audience to give their lives to God. He is telling his audience that God can strike his wrath at any point in time, which almost forces people to give themselves to God. Edwards paints a vivid image using thunder and clouds to scare the people and portray God as a...
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...Martin Luther King Jr.ʻs (MLK) “Letter from Birmingham Jail” explore the insights of racial segregation in a new perspective. Furthermore, MLK includes supporting details relevant to the Civil Rights Timeline (CRT) in his letter to further support his perspective on racial segregation. Therefore, I will further explain the relevance of these rights and how MLK was able to input them into his beautifully compiled letter. First and foremost, one Civil Right that MLK used from the CRT in his letter was the Supreme Courtʻs decision to make school segregation unconstitutional. This civil right can be shown in “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” on paragraph 7, where it states “the Supreme Courtʻs decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public...
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...Jr. was one of the greatest leaders in the civil rights movement, if not the greatest. About a century after slavery was abolished there was still segregation for African Americans, and MLK was not going to stand for that. He did a lot of work to help get the segregation laws removed. One way he did this was by using his amazing talent of public speaking and using logos and pathos. There are many different ways he used logos and pathos. Dr. Martin Luther King did a great job of using pathos in his letter while in Birmingham jail and in his “I Have a Dream” speech. As he stated, “It was illegal to aid and comfort a jew in Hitler’s Germany. Even so I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers” (MLK, 278). He would have helped the jewish people even though he could’ve gotten in a lot of trouble, this shows how he felt that he could change horrible things, which would arouse emotions. “When you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who...
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...MLK Argument Essay Lubna Al Sindy Period 5 4/26/17 Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16, 1963 in order to respond and address the judgements made by the white clergymen. In his letter, Martin Luther King, Jr. claims that privileged groups are unlikely to give up their privileges voluntarily. He also argues the concept of mob mentality and how groups tend to become more immoral than individuals. I agree with MLKs’ claim because if privileged groups gave up their privileges voluntarily, a revolution would not be necessary. If that had been the case, privileged groups would have given up their privileges without the need of MLKs’ actions. The fact that MLK had to...
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...The racism in the united states and where would it lead us in the future. Two people who are famous enough to change the racism in the whole nation. Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X they both have different perspective, but they shared the same goal. There are two differences which are their history and believes, and they shared the same faith. First of all, MLK and Malcolm X they have grown up in a different environment. MLK was very educated because his family could afford to pay for his schooling. In the other hand, Malcolm X grown up in unfavorable environment with barely any education. Although, both of their fathers was murdered which has a strong impact on them. In addition, MLK he believed that violence shouldn’t face with violence, and he would not use the violence even if he was been forced. However, some of MLK believes was related to christian faith. Also, Malcolm X is a muslim who has his own principle, and he believed to defend himself if the police officers try to attack him. Also, there is a famous saying “ by any means necessary”. After discussing the two differences between MLK and Malcolm X, we must not forget to mention some similarities between them. one of the important common things was that both of them have educated wives. However, eventually both of them was assassinated at the same age while they are looking for civil rights. In conclusion, MLK and Malcolm X the fact that they came out from different history and believes, but they share...
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...Linhan Mao Mr. Edwards English 9 H 22 January, 2024. Effects after the MLK Assassination and RFK’s Remarks. The MLK Assassination and the RFK Speech affected the people by banding the people together, and leading the people to protest non-violently for equal rights in honour of MLK and RFK. To start off, we have Robert F. Kennedy’s remarks on the MLK Assassination. Robert F. Kennedy in his STATEMENT ON ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, states “I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight. Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort.” This quote from RFK’s statement on the...
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...what they believed in but each in their own way. Their many different views and beliefs are easily a result of the environment they grew up in and the households they came from. MLK grew up in a middle class family and was well educated, while Malcolm X grew up in an underprivileged environment that was very hostile with poor education. Martin Luther King Jr. was always against violence throughout his entire struggle and he always stood his ground. Most importantly, even though he may have been physically attacked, he never reacted with violence. On the other hand, Malcolm X’s most famous line was “By any Means Necessary” he was willing to do whatever it took to fight against the oppressors, whether it is violent or non-violent. The more we learn about each of these men the more we...
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