Even today, in some places, we all know that no matter what happen, there will still be this gap between the Christians and Muslims; well this is still true in some few places. Come to think of it that both parties praised only the same God. Why can’t they just be at peace? Well maybe …
The play refund is full of humor which deals with an extraordinarily ludicrous situation. The main character in the play is Wasserkopf. He is forty years old. He could not get any employment and wherever he went the people told him that he is fit for nothing and nothing worth while he has learnt when …
Summary of “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María” by Judith Ortiz Cofer In her essay, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María,” Judith Ortiz Cofer presents some of the stereotypes Americans hold about Latinas. Cofer narrates some occurrences that she went through …
The priests, Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were jailed in Fort Santiago before they were tried for rebellion. Priests both regular and secular were allowed to see them. Each one of them had a confessor. During the trial, the government failed to prove convincingly that the accused were really connected with the January mutiny. The governor-general …
Summary of Rachel Carson’s “A Fable for Tomorrow” Rachel Carson’s article, “A Fable for Tomorrow,” is one of the essays contained in her book, Silent Spring, which was published in 1962. It is basically a story about a fictional land abundant in natural resources, vegetation, and various animals which was eventually destroyed by humans. …
Paine wrote his pamphlet Common Sense to convince the struggling colonists that succession from the British monarchy was not only inevitable, but also Justified, and that It was time for the people of the American colonies to rise up against the British control. At this time the American Revolution had been In progress for about …
This is a summary on the poem “Kalahandi” by Jagannath Prasad Das. We don’t need road maps or helicopters to go to Kalahandi because wherever there is hunger there is Kalahandi. It hasn’t rained at Kalahandi and there is not a single plant to eat. The whole village is like a graveyard. The ground is …
Today I can only offer you Chitra, the daughter of a king” and to this Arjuna Tagore is known for his aesthetic and pantheistic attitude and his spiritually inclined mind. The source for this play is Mahabharata – an episode from Arjuna’s life during his vanvaas (forest life exile). This small episode is made beautiful …
Rizal left Hong Kong on board of the Oceanic. an American soft-shell clam on his manner to Japan which was “The Land of Cherry Blossoms” . He arrived in Yokohama and stayed for one twenty-four hours in Grand Hotel. Then he went to Tokyo and stayed at the Tokyo Hotel. He stayed with Juan Perez …
SUMMARY OF LAUGH AND BE MERRY The poet, John masefield suggests that we should have a positive attitude in life. Life is short so we must enjoy the fruits of happiness. Every moment of our life should be enjoyed and cheered. The god created the moon and the stars for the pleasure of human being. …
Legends on the net by Jan Fernback, he argues that the oral cultural has been changed from past to contemporary. He says that, orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today, in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of …
Introduction- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This quote by Nelson Mandela signifies the importance of education in ones life. “Coming Into Language” is a brilliantly written autobiography of Jimmy Santiago Baca, written by himself during his time in prison. Irony is one of the most important …
In A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner introduces the idea of seven different intelligences, combating the idea of contemporary intelligence. Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual’s intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training. In his words, “It is …
In “Spanglish Spoken Here”, the author, Janice Castro, shows readers how Spanglish is using widely across the United State. She gives many examples showing that Spanglish is used by all ages of people across the state like Manhattan, Miami and Los Angeles. The author states, “Spanglish is common linguistic currency” (Castro, ¶2). Spanglish is commonly …
“The Richer, the Poorer”, written by Dorothy West is the story of two women, and the way they viewed money and how it affected their life. Lottie was the wise sister who had always been conscious of the money troubles her family suffered and this made her determined to have enough money to be able …
A Summary of “Newfoundlandese If You Please,” Diane Mooney captures the diverse language of the Newfoundlanders in her essay “Newfoundlanse, If You Please”. She explains how the language has evolved and the different way of speaking in all the communities of Newfoundland. The Southern part of the Island is mostly predominant by the Catholic-Irish and …
Imagined Communities The concept of nationalism, according to Benedict Anderson, has never been deeply discussed. There has never been a great thinker treating this concept as thoroughly as other concepts. Anderson suggests that one should not think of nationalism as an ideology like “fascism” or “liberalism”, but to relate it with “kinship” and “religion” in …
In this narrative Byers successfully uses several literary techniques to describe his past in Washington D. C. And his time at the Monuments, I believe that he does this in a good manner and I agree faith most to everything he states In the story Byers describes his time at each individual monument in D. …
If you are learning English because you intend to travel in England and wish to be understood there, do not try to speak English perfectly because if you do, no one will understand you. . .. Though there is no such thing as perfectly correct English, there is presentable English which we call ‘Good English’, …
LO – 1.1: Summarise key aspects of legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own role and responsibilities LO – 1.3: Evaluate own role and responsibilities in Lifelong Learning Sector Data Protection Act 1998 “The Act is to protect the rights and privacy of individuals, and to ensure that data about them are …
Alan The story is told by Alan who is also the central character in the novel. Most of it is told by the older Alan in flashback. Through-out the novel the servants and villagers refer to him as ‘Master Alan’ although he is a child, this has to do with the social climate at the …
The presence of black men is the harbinger of black stereotypes and severe racial discrimination. This issue has caused trouble throughout history, regardless of what period it once again arose to a hotly debated public issue before being pushed aside provisionally. However, one must not blame such an unfortunate population for the troubles that have …
The essay “Universality of the Folklore” is an excerpt from Stith Thompson’s book, The Folktale, a text which tackles the subject of folk tales around the world, their importance to societies and the various types of tales that exist. Thompson is America’s foremost scholar in folklore, having devoted most of his professional life in …
In her essay “How I Wrote the Moth Essay—and Why”, Annie Dillard explains how she wrote the first essay “Form Holy the Firm” and tells us the reason why she decided to write it. She concludes the wisdom on writing and expresses her attitude towards the personal writing. Annie Dillard had detailed journals descripting how …
