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have rhythm and is choppy to read making it difficult to yet telling a story of racial bias through confrontation as in her line, “If they wave newspapers in your face and shout, stay calm. Remember everything they learned. Offer to take them to the library” (Majaj 2009). Whereas the poems are of overcoming bias, one recommends rising above the injustice the other confront it verbally with the…

When writing a paper for any class a writer would take in their life they will encounter having to do research. Finding information for a topic is not as simple as searching a topic and finding the easiest available. There is a level of complexity to finding appropriate and reliable sources that will be accepted by any professor. Primary sources, although are sometimes harder to find, are a great place to get information because of the simple fact that they are guaranteed to be reliable and…

Discuss Thomas Gnosticism. What did it mean to be a Thomas Christian? How was that different from Johannine or Pauline Christianity ? Include a broad description of the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Thomas the Contender, and the Acts of Thomas , pointing to their similarity and differences Gospel of Thomas According to class lecture notes on November 17th 2016 , The Gospel of Thomas can be set during the early part…

Academic writings are fundamental to expanding and solidifying knowledge and understanding. Axiomatic to the objective nature of the writing is the existence of persuasive source material acting to support the argument put forth. For this purpose, critical evaluation of sources should be meticulously undertaken so as to ensure a strong and competent argument has been assembled. The sources themselves can take on many different forms depending on the discipline being examined and written in,…

Rhetoric, it has been around since before ancient Greece and it is one of the most important components of literature and communication, yet many people have no understanding of it, or even what it is. This may be due to the fact that rhetoric has deep and complicated concepts with so many different perspectives to look at it, or because it is in essence actually so simple. Creating a concrete definition of rhetoric would be extremely difficult because of the many different meanings it has…

Information Technology has evolved to be a driving force for any organisation. I wish to combine technical and business knowledge immaculately in order to provide the technological edge to the organisation. Hence, emerge as a pioneer in IT Management. Furthermore, I covet to mentor, assist and empower more women in IT industry Having spent 3 years, thriving in a competitive, customer focused Airline domain, I have developed strong technical skills and learnt some Management methodologies.…

Long-term objectives Professional Objective My professional or career objectives include attaining the level of IT Vice President in a Fortune 50 company within five years. In particular, I want to lead international IT operations for a transnational company. To achieve this, I need to maintain an ‘exceeding’ rating on my annual performance reviews. Financial objective As an IT Vice President, I want to earn $250,000 per year, with a 40% annual bonus, and a 40% stock options grant.…

About one hundred and fifty-five years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave “The Gettysburg Address” on a blood soaked battlefield in Pennsylvania (Brown). “The Gettysburg Address” was first verbalized months after the battle of Gettysburg at a service to dedicate the opening of the national cemetery (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Lincoln’s Address was spoken to the citizens and soldiers of the union in the wake of the second invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee (The Battle of Gettysburg Facts…

The picture of persuasion Vladimir Nabokov paints throughout Lolita cues the reader through its language, stylistic devices of repetition, metaphor and alliteration. This passage is no exception as the readers is thrown into a pool of ambiguity, left to their own devices and the seduction of Humbert Humbert to discern what is right or wrong? Worthy of forgiveness? Is Charlotte’s death Humbert’s fault? There are no clear answers and this is precisely what makes good literature what makes Lo lee…

In Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov writes about the filthy relationship between Lolita, a young girl, and Humbert Humbert, her pedophilic stepfather, and the lasting effect it has on both of them. Nabokov adopts a shameful tone in order to convey unhealthy obsession can cause major changes in one’s perception of reality. This excerpt demonstrates that this novel uses first person narrator. This author uses this narrator to reveal the theme that unhealthy obsession can cause major changes in one’s…