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Funeral (I) Pg.13 Szymborska depicts the stages of a funeral to portray the reality within it. By describing the procession and steps of a funeral, it easily leads to a celebration of their own lives. The concept of death is easily incomprehensible. But, the hope that arises to the funeral, leads to their own reflection of death. The permanent state of death is avoided through the existence of new memorials or bridges for loved ones. Nonetheless, we still go on living not considering the fact…

Child poverty is major factor that 's costing New Zealand millions each year. It is in the media often and conversation on the issue brings up the topics such as its effects on a child 's well being, education and how to tackle it. This paper seeks to address the following questions, what are definitions of poverty, how and what was is poverty measured and the challenges or tension that poverty poses. This paper will also critically examine poverty and how education is hindered, how it affects…

In such a way, she could expand her business, but, what was even more important, Coco Chanel changed the philosophy of women’s wear. To put it more precisely, her new design and new wear made women confident of the fact that they were supposed to dress for themselves but not for their men. In fact, it was a revolutionary philosophy for France as well as the entire world at the epoch of World War I, when the dominance of men was unchallengeable, while the development of feminism was still…

As you consume bottled water, you are also taking the risk to get cancer and various reproductive damages. Human body need water, it is our biological needs. However, people choose to drink bottled water is just for them to meet their secondary needs. If you could choose between bottled water and drink water fresh out from the tap, I believe you would go for bottled water. No doubt that our body needs water to survive. In US, most of the people have the access to tap water, but there is a large…

With her best friend Ann Stoker she would also hang around the Fleet at Portsmouth and Southsea. (A photograph of the two, both inexplicably in boiler suits, shows a hefty young Monica not displayed to best advantage next to the more petite Ann.) They had to avoid her brother Bunny if he was in port and likewise her Uncle Gerald, brother of Henry, who was captain of the battleship Repulse. With another friend she used to drive up to Oxford and Cambridge, a wind-up gramophone in the back of her…

One of the most infamous prisons in history strategically sits in the San Francisco Bay about 1.25 miles offshore from the city. Alcatraz was home to many notorious convicts and now not just San Francisco’s most popular tourist attraction but the most popular in the country. Before “The Rock” was a prison, it has a very eventful past that makes it such an interesting and appealing island. It was avoided and utilized by the Native Americans, and was the most prominent fortress on the west coast…

The Serpent Aiden jumped into the shallow water and grabbed the rope. He pulled long and hard as the small boat scraped against the shore. “McLaughlin! Watch the rocks!” His father, Tadgh yelled down to him from where he stood on the bow. The shore was littered with jagged stones, even though Ireland was mainly grassy. The sky was grey, and it was starting to rain more heavily than the drizzle that took up most of the voyage. Aiden's red-brown hair was sopping and falling into his eyes, making…

Excited for the adventure to come she crawled down the tunnel that, to her surprise, opened right into her own living room. Now though it looked like her real living room, everything was brighter and had a more welcoming atmosphere. Coraline was lured by the smell of real home cooking when she discovered her mother in the kitchen. Pullman said, “When she discovers a sinister woman there, who looks a little like her mother but has eyes that are big black buttons, the matter-of-factness of the…

It was an unusually cold day for Berlin in June. The year was 2014. The girl walked north from Potsdamer Platz towards Shonëberger Straße, passing a small piece of The Wall that was left standing, ironically juxtaposed against the high-rising Kolhoff Tower immediately behind it. The wall was crumbling and popping with political graffiti. Behind it, the tower was made almost entirely of glass, looking futuristic as it loomed atop the city skyline. This kind of contrast was not unusual in Berlin.…

(Pic COVER) MOUSE AND DRAGON By IAN T. WALKER (pic TITLE PAGE) These fourteen children’s stories first appeared in “Lilly and Ian, Mouse and Dragon” which was published by Partridge, Singapore in 2015. That book was inspired by the author’s love of a Chinese woman called Lilly. Of this collection the author writes, “I showed other stories I had written to a publisher in China and he said they did…