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- 4071: Heart Of Darkness
- ... Marlow, along with a few of his comrades, cruising aboard the Nellie, a traditional sailboat. On the boat, Marlow begins to tell of his experiences in the Congo. Conrad uses Marlow to reveal all the personal thoughts and emotions that he wants to portray while Marlow goes on this "voyage of a lifetime". Marlow begins his voyage as an ordinary English sailor who is traveling to the African Congo on a ... He lies to her. He does something he utterly detests. This is the event that convinces the reader of Marlow's uptaking of a middle position. He does look inside himself and use his own personal ability to judge this event. He does what Kurtz had told him. Despite his abhorrence of lies, he judges this situation and decides that it was right to lie. However, he is different from Kurtz ...
- 4072: Human Rights In Kuwait
- ... equal cooperation between public and private sectors aiming to achieve economic development and a better standard of living for its citizens. The constitution allocated a full chapter that deals with rights and public duties, guaranteeing personal freedom, freedom of religion, press and gathering, and the right to education and work. Article 6 states that Kuwait is a democratically ruled nation. Article 7 states that freedom and fairness are the basic principles ... security and opportunities by the nation’s government. Article 29 states that all people are equal in their responsibilities and public duty without indifference due to race, sex, language or religion. Article 30 states that personal freedom is guranteed. Article 35 provides for freedom of religions. Article 43 deals with the freedom to establish non governmental organizations on national basis using peaceful means adopted by law. Article 80 states that a ...
- 4073: Byblis and Myrrha
- ... her feeling and decides that “urged on by love, indeed [she] can. Or if [her] shame won’t let [her] speak, [she] can still write a secret letter” (310). Byblis questions her own love by writing, indicating that this love is not strong enough to motivate an oral confession. Myrrha ends her speech wondering how she is not afraid of the Sisters, the Furies (Alecto, Tisiphonus, and Maguera), who appear wretched ... her speech with a more upbeat tone. She provides concrete support to act out her passions almost immediately. After weighing the pros and cons of her predicament, Byblis boldly decides to pursue her desires by writing a letter to Caunus. She has progressed from a desire to die rather than see this relationship in daylight to a desire to act on her heart’s passion and reveal he feelings to her ...
- 4074: How Successfully From 1945 To
- ... circumstances for the Republican's intolerance. He then had to resist the intolerance to prevent it becoming too extreme. The difference was that Truman was intolerant for altruistic reasons, whereas the Republicans were intolerant for personal advantage. Truman's intolerance had a reasoning behind it, whereas the Republicans used every situation to try and damage Truman. Truman did try to resist racism, but he couldn't achieve much because of the ... within American politics and make his views known. In conclusion, Truman did not resist the forces of intolerance in American society very successfully, but this was due to factors outside his control, rather than his personal beliefs.
- 4075: How Social Tensions Led To Wit
- ... lay behind the particular cases discussed in the book. However, in order to really interpret the structure of witchcraft, it is important to consider that social tensions (most likely a dispute or argument) combined with personal or familial bad luck, were the root of all these occurrences. In New England, the term “witch” in New England served as identification used for punishment, revenge, or both. For the most part, townspeople used ... think) that maybe it was his fault and that he misplaced the knives. This demonstrates that Hugh was charged of witchcraft based on suspicion, mistrust and past history of being accused. Social tensions combined with personal or familial bad luck, were the foundation of witchcraft. Social tensions that led to witchcraft accusations would later become heightened, as spite and revenge increased within the community and it inhabitants. In the case of ...
- 4076: Shooting An Elephant: Inner Conflict
- ... s dictum went, that "when one man is imprisoned unjustly, the only place for a just man is prison." But Orwell's own thoughts went much further than that: "he was not talking about the personal guilt or innocence of the imprisoned and downtrodded Burmese, but of their needless suffering under a system of despotism and alien rule." Stealthily, Orwell was much against British Colonialism and was for the Burmese. In ... while in Burma, but conflict was also displayed in the outside world too. While in Burma, it was unbearable for Orwell to tough out the extreme hostility and dislike, even though it oly took the personal form of spitting and tripping. Whenever it appeared secure to do so, he was an evident aim and ws bagered. For example, when he was tripped by a clever Burman while playing football, the referee ...
- 4077: Heart Of Darkness
- ... the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel-it is above all, to make you see.(Conrad 1897) Knowing that Conrad was a novelist who lived in his work, writing about the experiences were as if he were writing about himself. "Every novel contains an element of autobiography-and this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only explain himself in his creations."(Kimbrough,158) The story is written as seen through Marlow ...
- 4078: Hong Kong Transferring Hands
- ... has provided him a way to remove any obstacles. The Basic Law states that the Chief Executive has the power, “to decide, in light of security and vital public welfare, whether government officials or other personal in charge of government affairs will testify,” in court proceedings. Thereby, sidestepping legal actions against his administration. The Basic Law also gives the Chief Executive the option of dissolving the Legislative Council, if the council ... it remaining columnist to tone down the rhetoric. Another change in Hong Kong’s government according to Dutton is that information may not be disseminated without government authorization, if it relates to government operations, government personal, international organizations, or even crimes and special investigations carried out under statutory warrants. Almost anything from plane crashes to fires may be with held from the media. During the last year privacy laws have been ...
- 4079: Dust Over The City
- ... matter what the circumstances, young, old, rich, poor, white, or black; you can be here today and gone tommorrow. It is very evident at the beginning of the poem that the author is coming from personal expierence. The author speaks of how her younger sister passed away and how heartbroken their mother was. Now it seems she is faced with her first born possibly dying in an untimely manner. Instead of ... loved ones. One can never know how another feels when a loving member of his/her family passes in an unforseen way, even if it has happened to him/her. Grief and sadness are very personal and subjective feelings. The poem touches on relating to the agony of death and getting the reader to feel empathy, that is a very difficult thing to do. The reader cannot imagine how the author ...
- 4080: Holocaust 9
- ... flare up and take hold. Consequently if in need of help, a survivor may not take the hand of someone there to help, in fear it may be a Nazi trick and a sign of personal weakness. The ridicule the survivors suffered made them paranoid and unable to place trust in any one. Accordingly, survivors feel that when they accept your help, they show their personal weaknesses and are opening themselves up to be persecuted. They also feel as if tainted by the Holocaust they no longer belong. Likewise, they feel feared and hated by others, hence, they feel distrust in ...
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