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    Stolen Generation

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    This essay has two different parts, the chosen event and aspect will be about Indigenous Australian history of Stolen Generation. It will have answers to, What is Stolen Generation? why have Indigenous children been removed from their families? Also by analysing the nature of the effects and impacts of the event in practice of Indigenous Australians. Children from the Indigenous Australian background has been through so much traumatic events, that educators must have an understanding of these…

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    Authors use many techniques to create and develop themes in their novels, in their respective genres. Junot Diaz weaves a unique blend of genres together including historical narrative, traditional realism, and science fiction in order to capture his and many others’ experiences as immigrants, especially Dominicans, in America. Diaz’s unique identity and literary voice is a pivotal element of his body of work. In his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Diaz…

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    Dickinson’s uses long sentences in the poem that are fragmented by the use of capital letters and hyphens. The disjointed sentences give the poem a “brusque tone” (Piñero and Guijarro). This brusque tone suggested by Piñero and Guijarro is interesting when compared to the idea of death in the poem. Death is normally seen as a peaceful end to life experienced…

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    rant against Regan and Cornwall when they refuse to see him upon his arrival to their castle. As a whole, the delivery of the dialogue in this passage is consistent with Lear’s state of mind. The sentences are more like phrases and punctuated with hyphens, which creates an unsteady rhythm if read aloud or performed. This is seen when he states, “The King would speak with Cornwall, the dear father would…

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    “Remember, it’s an in-between space. neither here nor there. It is dangerous.” (Badami 110) Diasporas overtly or covertly are always burdened with the pangs of nostalgia and regret that results from a ‘hyphenated identity’. This ambiguous identity fails to clearly demarcate the place in which diasporas can settle themselves and look at the things and relate to them. The term ‘diaspora’ has never been approached with a universal, conventional idea but is always seen with different…

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    Themes In The Gilded Age

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    occurs simply as a result of wanting to become rich for some reason or another. Silas states, “A better day is—is coming. Never lose sight of the Tennessee Land! Be wary. There is wealth stored up for you there—wealth that is boundless!” (page 71). The authors show how materialistic and wealth-oriented much of society was, and, with how the Hawkins ended up with little from the land in the end, how futile this lust for wealth was. Another major theme would be corruption in politics. In addition…

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    should be proud, of being Americans. Surely we can feel pride simultaneously in our heritage and the nation that made our success possible. So, yes, I’m proud of my Indian roots and heritage, but I’m American, plain and simple, not “some country” hyphen “American.” Backgrounds and stories, whether are we here as first generation immigrants or our ancestors came here generations ago, we should all be bound by a strong and powerful commonality – a faith that should be immovable based on all the…

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    Stylistic Analysis of Allama Iqbal’s Shikwa Back ground: According to Bassnett and Gundy (1993) “Literature is a high pint of language practice; debatable it makes the best skill a language user can express. Anyone who wants to obtain a thoughtful knowledge of language that goes away from the useful will read literary texts in that language.” Usually, literature is look upon to be the privilege of definite people who are capable with certain ability and understanding literature. Literature is…

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