Essays on Countryside

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” is one of his easiest to read and, simultaneously, one of his most interesting poems. It covers several themes but the main theme is of aging, and the passing of time. The unhappy speaker muses about his impeding old age, and how this reminds him about the importance of love. Shakespeare uses many literary and stylistic devices to convey and enhance this theme. As the title suggests, the poem is in Shakespearian sonnet form, with fourteen lines and a rhyming scheme. The speaker and setting are inextricably linked and are central to the poem. ...

Having theoretically acquainted with pillow method, I immediately mentioned about current disagreement between me and my mum as regards the location of future vacation. I’ve even smiled ironically to myself, as any method could persuade me that mum’s custom to rest solely in countryside has anything sound in it. Nevertheless, for performing the task required, I’ve decided to follow the pillow method, without any hope for success. The first position, no doubt, looks like clear and the only right: namely, mum is completely wrong, as it’s too unwise to neglect all the world’s beauty ...

In “Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: A Review,” C.S. Lewis famously said: “The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity” (Lewis). The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and The Fellowship of the Ring, are two examples of fantasy novels that support this statement. The former tells the story of some children who are evacuated to the countryside, only to discover the land of Narnia in a wardrobe. The book evokes themes such as good vs. ...

INTRODUCTION

Economical and industrial development are two of the most important elements on the evolutional way for any country and nationality. However, it often happens so that people discover something new and hurl themselves into using it before making throughout estimations of potential risks and hazards. This is especially common if such newly discovered entity (an invention, or mineral, or a way to dig out minerals – this could be anything) is capable of making large sums of money: then there is no particular doubt of this entity becoming incredibly popular and exploited to the extent of being overused. To top ...

Institutionalization of Chinese politics since Deng Xiaoping:

The Chinese state and its relationship to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been by far the most significant factor in determining the level of institutionalization of Chinese politics. Chinese politics was highly shaped during the revolutionary and Maoist periods by the power of the CCP. The CCP’s role in the revolution and its creation of a particular state form highly influenced the state form. The Chinese state under Mao was revolutionary inasmuch as it was primarily focused on class struggle as its primary role. This changed after Mao’s death and the rise of Deng Xiaoping and ...

In their study 2001 study entitled, “The Use of Communication Technologies by Older Adult: Exploring the Benefits from the User’s Perspective”, researchers Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Wendy Rogers and Evan Caylor investigated what, if any, influence advanced communications use, such as e-mail and other internet based communication, had on older adults ranging in age from 65-80 years old (Melenhorst et al., 2001). According to the authors, older adults that used of advanced communications tended to have larger and more active social networks. That is to say, use of advanced communications by older adults produced the same results as with younger ...

Set in the countryside, this painting of the sheep and the lamb gathered around the young girl exposes us to the simplicity that still becomes part of the world of today. Not only does the girl in the painting show concern and love for her animals rather the animals too reciprocate the same feeling by acting playfully with her and also with each other. The brown colors of the bench and of the hay and the sheep and lamb themselves, gives a feeling of autumn, a time when there is very little color in the environment. The use of ...

In 1516 Thomas More published Utopia which described a perfect society situated on an unknown island. This book has become an embodiment of the perfect society from these times to the present. This book was not only a beginning of a new age in evaluating a prototype of the society, but also a new stage in literature. This book is still the most provocative and has a lot of opponents. As a proving example, The Guardian (‘Utopias, past and present: why Thomas More remains astonishingly radical’, 2015) reveals that this book is not a favorite one in Buckingham Palace. ...

China’s Economic Trends

China is an emerging economy with a GDP of $13.98 trillion and a per capita income of $10,165 (2016). The Chinese economy the biggest after U.S.’s by GDP and the largest by purchasing power parity. China is considered a tiger economy because of its rapid economic growth during the past three decades and has recorded an average growth rate of 9.91% between 1979 and 2010. Currently, the economy is growing at an average annual rate of 6.7% (Wildau and Mitchell). In the past few years, China’s market for wine has expanded dramatically. Wine consumption is a ...

Informative Letter

12345 Development Way

Dear Mr. Ray Smith,

We are contacting you in regard of your request to provide additional information on our company, type of services we provide and our service commitments. Being the marketing representative of Countryside Land Care Company, I, Alex McGrasson, cannot but appreciate interest in cooperation with our company as well as time and effort you obviously put into working at the expansion of your business. I do hope you will find all the necessary answers to your questions. Located in San Diego, California, Countryside Land Care Company has been creating unique, custom landscape designs for its customers for ...

A work like Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth is by its very nature orientalist in the Saidian sense Because it was created within the structures of Orientalism as both a genre and as an epistemological category. Buck was born the child of an American missionary in China and spent much of her formative years there. Buck’s early life and experiences as an American and the child of a missionary informed her preconceptions of China, its people, society, and culture. Orientalism in this sense isn’t just a literary genre: an orientalist work is not just, a ...

The Black Death was a plague that flowed over the continents of the world over a period of , but the major outbreak in Europe was a three year time span from 1347 to 13501; there were further resurgences of the epidemic with complete eradication not occurring until the 19th century. Had the initial devastation of demographics been isolated, Europe would probably have recovered fairly quickly. However, repeated surges of decimating epidemics continued to inflict damage for years. For example, England continued to suffer from large numbers of citizen deaths for approximately another 30 years. The population was depleted by ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time Cholera and Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country are two novels that redefined the contours of Latin American and Japanese literature. Kawabata’s writing style and magical realism went on to win him a Nobel Prize in Literature while Marquez became one of the best writers of the 20th century. In both texts by Kawabata and Marquez there is a constant struggle between tradition and modernity. Water is a significant recurring motif in Love in the Time of Cholera inasmuch as it reflects on the struggle of the main characters to balance ...

Nature in city; seed bank; ecosystem and social-urban development.

The terms “ecology” and environment” have different conceptual meanings which often overlap with the concept of “nature” in the context of academic and scientific research and analysis. For instance, ‘Natures and Ecologies’ studies explore the environmental dimensions of ecosystems which includes both physical parameters and biotic attributes of a particular region. The “environment "includes the physical world, the social world of human relations and the built world of human creation. [Ankers 2005] Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" often refers to geology and wildlife. Nature can refer to the general realm of living plants and animals, ...

According to this article, the Arthurs agree with Laura Grey that agritourism is the next big crop for farmers, especially in Colorado. In Colorado, there exists a great prospective to promote agricultural producers and countryside communities by making extra income from customers who are enthusiastic to pay for countryside and agriculturally interconnected practices. According to 2007 Agricultural Census report, it is depicted that 33 million in agritourism revenue was generated by, only, 670 farms out of 37,000 farms. In 2002, the average farm was generating approximately $ 14,000 annually from agritourism and leisure, but their income went up ...

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) was a principal Chinese Marxist theorist and the statesman who led the Chinese communist revolution. Since 1935 and until his death, he was the leader of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). From 1949 to 1959 Mao was the chairman of the People’s Republic of China (Stuart Reynolds Schram). His way to the highest social position in the country was long, complicated and dangerous. Mao Zedong was born in the village of Shaoshan. His father was a former peasant who earned on living with farming and grain dealing. The origin of one of the ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Helen Keller’s The Story of My life

They Story of My Life is an autobiography written by Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor’s degree in arts. Her educational achievement is even more notorious considering that at the beginning of the twentieth century women had limited educational and work opportunities. At 22 and while still a student at Radcliffe College she published her autobiography, The Story of My Life, which had appeared the year before in installment form in the Ladies Home Journal magazine.1 Helen Keller opened the doors to education and opportunity to many blind and disabled people not only in ...

Many critics called the film Sholay (1975) directed by Ramesh Sippy the best film in the history of Bollywood, or the "Film of the Millennium". The critics praise it so much so that several critics insist that "innovation in Hindi films ends with Sholay and that everything after that is repetitious trash" (Banker 55). This picture is a mix of crime thriller with the elements of "Japanese samurai epics and American and Italian Westerns, most obviously The Magnificent Seven (which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai)" (Banker 55). The director involved a number of best Indian actors ...

Passionate Journey is a wordless graphic novel written by Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. Unlike other general comic books, Passionate Journey is composed by images with no colors, hence, offering readers a greater chance to expand their interpretation and give them several variations of the plot. Published after the World War I, the book represents the experiences of an early 20th-century ordinary citizen in a modern city. The book intends to present the ups and downs of common people living int those days, specifically showing their life style in post-war period. In order to highlight the trends of that ...

History of Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow, Hudson River village defies the passage of time and has managed to preserve both its history and natural beauty. The village is known for its fabulous legends and great history and has a wide range of outdoor adventures and activities for the locals and tourists.The Village of Sleepy Hollow belonged to the larger province of the Native American tribe, Weckquaesgeck Indians, who are described as a Mohican Tribe or a Delaware Tribe1. The Sleepy Hollow countryside is made famous by the author Washington Irving. The village is located in the lower Hudson River ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is common knowledge that every well-educated person should know, understand and appreciate music. However, no matter how well aware of various composers and genres people might be, many of us find it difficult to feel it. There are numerous examples of musicians who can technically perform a piece, but when you listen to them playing, you realize that you might as well listen to a robot. Only the emotion behind the melody gives music a truly human feel and makes it a universal human language that will be understood all over the world. Thus, it is extremely important ...

) The text’s author suggests that Charles Darwin, author of the theory of evolution, actually possessed a romantic view of nature. If this so, what do the passages from The Origin of Species on page 212-3 tells us about what Charles Darwin (and Romantics in general) may have thought of nature. Gloria Fiero indeed suggests that Charles Darwin had a romantic view of nature. Before he authored the revolutionary but controversial theory of evolution, he had been exploring South America to the Pacific Ocean for a research on fossil. In his voyage, he had an intimate eye on every ...

Introduction

The formation of the People’s Republic of China by Mao Zedong and his CCP party heralded a new phase of the revolution that started in the early 1950's up to the time Chairman Mao stepped down from as the leader of CCP. The main feature that characterized the revolution was that the rural sector had been placed under collectivization and its ultimate de-collectivization for agricultural production. China experienced two fundamental reforms concerning land in the half period of the twentieth century, where each part of the agrarian reform had two phases in them. The first stage of the ...

Designed by Joseph Paxman in 1851 to accommodate the Great Exhibition that features the technological and cultural advancement from different parts of the world for the enjoyment of the English people (Phillips 14). The architecture of The Crystal Palace was dubbed as the “modern English” since the structure was an unusually simple and the lack of ornamentation, the unity, and functionality of the designs reinforce and stabilized the entire glass roofs and walls covering it and allowing the rays of the sunlight to penetrate within the building (Phillips 24-25). The whole building was also a rejection of traditional materials ...

Introduction

Russia is a super power that lies on the eastern part of Europe. The country is known for its diverse population, economy, climatic patterns and culture. Currently, Russia is a European nation with a very diverse economic setting. However, the major economic sectors found in the country include sale of primary commodities such as oil, gold and timber. It also engages itself in the sale of id raw materials. The country has is also endowed with vast natural resources. For instance, its population is quite developed and well educated and this forms a great industrial base. This plays a ...

Part A--Look up the definitions to, or find some information about, the following

before you start the reading (these can be informal notes): Macadam— Broken stone of even size used in successively compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths, and typically bound with tar or bitumen.

Subsidy—

Flat fare— Robert Moses— Henry Ford— Mass transit— Horse cars— Trolleys-- Hinterland-- FHA— VA--

Mortgage--

Beltway— Red-lining--- Edge city— Lobbying interests-- 1956 Interstate Highway Act--

Part B--Be prepared to answer the following in our class discussion:

Why is Henry Ford such an important figure in this history? Henry Ford made the cars affordable to the millions of people. The new cars cheap and reliable and the assembly lines made the production much faster and more efficient. The ...

Theme 1

Gender and Family In his book, fragments of memory, Hana Mina paints an in depth picture of the despondent early 20th century lives of the people living in the countryside in Syria. He depicts this picture by using his own family as an example. Here, he portrays the abject poverty his family had to endure during the war. For instance, his father seemed like an ideal father. He aimed to provide for his family as a father would. However, nothing he did was ever enough. This generally predicts the plight of the poor. They sweat and toil their lives ...

MANCHESTER

ASSIGNMENT OF tourist destinations 2016 NOVEMBER, GROUP 4 Tourist Destination Introduction There are different modes of traveling and the fastest is through the air. Most of the people prefer to travel through the air because it facilitates them in reaching all parts of the world. A lot of changes has been made from the inception of airplanes and now the customers have an entirely experience, as the airplanes offer several facilities to its customers. Today, aircrafts have become sophisticated, safer, faster, and cheaper. For these reasons, tourism has exploded. In 2013, 3 billion air passengers arrived at various world ...

Introduction

Schindler’s List is a 1993 historical drama film produced and directed by Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg. Considered as one of the best films of the 20th Century, the film revolves around German business named Oskar Schindler who saved many Jewish refugees during the infamous Holocaust by giving them jobs in his many factories. The character of Schindler is played by Liam Neeson. One of the most prominent themes of this film is the theme of denial. The theme of denial is exhibited in the fact that the Jews are in denial of the severity and the absolute the horror ...

In present times, people tend to make difficult choices between city and a countryside. Sometimes, it is rather difficult to make this very choice. This essay is aimed on showing my attitude to both of the options and making a choice.

Both living in a city or a countryside has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, every person is willing to make one’s own decision. In my opinion, living in a city is much better than living in a countryside. Living in a city means that a person will be in the center of cultural events: there are art galleries, cinema and concert halls, and theatres. ...

Postnote Briefing Paper

The Issue: To achieve balance between agricultural intensification associated with production of food and environmental protection.

Objective: Assess the implications of land sparing and agricultural intensification. Develop comprehensive strategy for land and biodiversity protection in the framework of two approaches outlined.

Executive Summary:

The current postnote briefing paper addresses the topical issue of biodiversity protection when effectuating agricultural activity in the UK. For the purposes of the current paper, a conceptual model demonstrating detailed structure of the paper was outlined. Two agricultural approaches were considered: land sparing and agricultural intensification. The two approaches were evaluated; potential costs and benefits of these approaches ...

I. China: Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Xi Jinping was born on June 151953, in Shaanxi Province in northwestern China. His father, Xi Zhongxun, held a number of high-ranking positions in the Chinese government including being appointed to be China’s Vice-Premier in 1958. Unfortunately, after Mao Zedong, called for China’s youth to rebel against the government, Xi and his family were labelled disloyal and persecuted. Over the years, Xi father had developed a network of allies and supporters in Shaanxi Province. Accordingly, this was where Xi was sent when Mao tried to regain ...

The element of nostalgia in the novel

Great Expectations is a novel that is based on elements of nostalgia. The arch typical nostalgic character is the doomed Miss Havisham, who lives in the past and cannot get over the jilting of her suitor – she leaves her crumbling house just as it was all those years ago. Pip longs for his dead parents since he is treated badly by his sister although he finds comfort in the kindly character of Joe Gargery, his sister’s husband. There is also an autobiographical sense of nostalgia coming from Dickens’ himself, especially with the Kent surroundings forming such an important part ...

Based on the nature of countryside people, the story is set to clearly distinguish them from the urban people who are modernized and composed. Connor inputs various characters, Hulga serving as the main character to emphasize on the four sections that the author divides the story into and to show the role of the four central characters. He focuses his main theme on intellectual of country people who end up suffering the same fate no matter the degree of intellect. Basically, the story implies that people are not what they really think they are nor are they what they ...

Ancient literalists can be easily identified with their works and their time. Christopher Marlowe's poem "the Passionate Shepherd to his love” is a classic piece that paints a picture of the English pastoral life applied to a love context. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was an English translator, poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan era (Edgecombe, 42). Marlowe is said to have been so good a poet and dramatist that his exploits are only comparable to those of William Shakespeare. Initially a controversial character, Marlowe later wrote several plays and poems among them the poem titled "the Passionate Shepherd to his love” which uniquely identifies with ...

Lynd Ward developed his masterpiece in the depths of the great depression with his pictorial narrative the Wild Pilgrimage. Wild Pilgrimage is a narrative that portrays a laborer in this case referred to as a protagonist who is fleeing from the frustrations of the countryside to the city. In the narrative the countryside is far from being ideal and the laborer ends up with enemies of his own class whom he has to deal with in the city. The narrative implies individual escape and its rejection and a hint of what might be referred to as a lifestyle of the enslaved. The title of ...

The name of Oscar Wilde is perhaps on the top when it comes to literature messiahs. The literary work in discussion here is Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” that was first premiered in 1895 at St. James’s Theatre in London. The play depicts the setting in London and the countryside in England. All in all, the play is a portrayal of the nineteenth century Victorian society and the writer has written it in the form of a quirky romantic comedy using intelligent and sharp satirical language. John Worthing is the leading character of this play as the ...

Community environmental issues have long been caused by larger organizations taking advantage of communities, often small and downtrodden communities; however, today, many of those communities are fighting back against the larger corporations that are causing environmental havoc within their borders. In the Koch Brothers EXPOSED documentary, the people of Crosset, Arkansas suggest that there is something causing cancer in their community. “It’s a crime,” the preacher of the community says, shaking his head; these people, he suggests, are ill and dying far before their time because the Koch brothers and their associated conglomerates are polluting the water in ...

The national ethos of Americans everywhere is no better represented than by the ever-present, American Dream that has captivated a worldwide imagination since its inception along with the beginning of the Unites States’ existence as a country. For many years, the American Dream has described a world of opportunity in which people of varying cultures and backgrounds enjoy equality in their pursuit of richer, fuller lives. It was this dream that brought the first immigrants to America in the first place, and it was again this dream that gave them the necessary impetus to stay and to improve the conditions of their ...

The advent of urbanization saw the up springing of cities worldwide. In the developed world as well as a third world countries, cities have become synonymous with development. The sights of cities have been suggested to prove how developed a country was in terms of infrastructure. Skyscrapers continue to flower the view of major cities in the world and have been the hallmark of development in the world. Even though these cities sprang up as a result of urbanization, there have been significant concerns as to their continued growth at the expense of the countryside that continued to don shanties instead of ...

In this essay, I will talk about my perspective on the relationship between human and nature in the Symphony No. 6 by Beethoven. In order to support my arguments properly, I will start by listening to the Six Symphony in the interpretation of London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Furthermore, I will divide the work in separate parts, in the same way in which the composer had created it and I will approach each movement separately, by connecting music and the main themes with the relationship between nature and human, by searching elements that are correlated or ...

Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century was dubbed as one of America’s finest poets. Literally, his poems reflect the serene appreciation of quiet living in the countryside, the simple appreciation over small things and the values of life (Fagan, 33). In this paper, I would like to argue that Robert Frost’s poems reflect individuality, despite the gentle poetic words of his poems. Normally, a reader might perceive Frost as an ‘effeminate; due to the quality of his chosen words. Most poets at the time of war use a much stronger voice in order to express ...

Frederick Douglass was the most significant black figure in the nineteenth century America. He emerged from a family of slavery at a plantation in Maryland from 1818 to 1895 and became an influential person in the most controversial and important political and social struggles of his age . He involved in various reforms, including the civil rights, women’s rights and temperance, after demonstrating an unusual courage, eloquence and tenacity in the crusade against slavery. Millie Evans, on the other hand, belonged to North Carolina and described her life under slavery as positive for she witnessed the kindness of her masters. Serving ...

Introduction

The history of American Revolution; that is how the original colonies fought for freedom and broke ranks with the Britain and formed a new nation called the United States of America is well documented and widely known. However, what the African American thought and felt about it is less known. Moreover, their role in the revolution is even lesser known or at least ignored. This paper seeks to establish the blacks’ as well as the whites’ perception of the Revolution, the reality in relation to the ideas and ideals of freedom and to raise a case based on the revolution against ...

How Ordinary Men Became Genocidal Killers in the Holocaust

Introduction The Second World War was a watershed even in the history of the world. Over a period of six years, the War brought to the fore some of the worst excesses of mankind in a purgatory of hate and violence in the form of the Holocaust. The Final Solution, mass extermination of the Jews, left deep scars in the psyche of humanity. While the contours of the Holocaust may have been the product of the skewed brains of Adolf Hitler, the sole blame of the entire saga of mass murder cannot be left at Hitler’s doorstep alone. Millions ...

Abstract

Lucy poems are a series of poems written by William Wordsworth about the girl named Lucy. She is a described as a laidback beauty that lived in the countryside. Her character is important to the poems because she is the main character in each of the poems, and the poems have to be read together in sequence in order to find out more about her. Nature is one of the themes present in each of the poems; therefore, nature holds a certain degree of significance to the Lucy poems. Majorly, nature assists the poet to develop the plot of each poem as well ...

Chapter Ten of Factory Girls

This essay on Factory Girls will focus on the girls’ experience of living in the village. The journey to return home to the village is more difficult than it is for migrants to leave the village. The time to visit home occurs every year during the Winter Lunar new year. Min returns home to her home village. She brings more gifts for her family in her luggage than her possessions. Chinese on travel generate more trash than anywhere else in the world. Migrant workers clogged the railway system during the Winter Lunar New Year. Those who are better off ...

Chapter 5

Demographic transition occurs in four main stages. Stage one is characterized by high birth rates and high death rates. In particular, the birth rate and the death rate as in equilibrium. The stage existed up to 18th century when the demographic changes began to occur. Diseases and famine are the main causes of death. Stage two is characterized by high birthrate with a decline in the death rates. The agricultural practice is improved with public health increasingly becoming better. The population increases. Stage three is characterized by decline in birthrate. The population tends to stabilize. Urbanization, pressure on agriculture, changing ...

The period 1868-1912 is known as the Meiji era. In Japanese, Maiji means ‘the enlightened rule’ Japan developed from a medieval society to a leading economic and military power in Asia. Substantial changes were made in July 1853 when Commodore Matthew Perry ordered Japan to open its ports in order to accommodate American shipping needs. A new form of government was instituted and their new theme reflected in the phrase “fukoku kyohei” (“rich country, strong military”). The three novels written by Soseki Natsume, Japanese author juxtapose with the major themes in most of his novels. In his works he depicts ordinary people ...

Islam in African History

Islam in African History

Introduction: Islam came into Africa through two paths. One from the east and the other from the north. Islam crossed through vast empty spaces when coming from east and north. The Indian Ocean and the deserts of Sahara are often considered barriers. However, they turned out to be the best transmitters of religious influence. If we talk about Islamic influence in Egypt, it got extended in three directions. The Islamic influence spread through the Red Sea to the eastern coastal areas, going through the Nile valley to the Sudan, and across the western ...

American Literature

Choose two characters studied this semester. Do they have similar problems? Look beyond the specific details of their circumstances in order to find the essential common dilemma they face. For example, explain what common issue confronts both Sylvia in “A White Heron” and Carrie in Sister Carrie. Both stories are similar in that they confront similar issues of self-doubt and principle. In Sylvia’s case it is the protection of a bird which she deems to be important for survival. Although she befriends the hunter in the story she cannot seems to bring herself to reveal that she saw a ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

After reading Mao’s own words how ideally communistic were his political views? What role did Mao feel that the arts should play in Communistic China? Are his ideals still in effect in China at the dawn of the 21st Century?

Introduction:

Lin Biao has described Mao Tse-Tung as the greatest Marxist of his era apart from having developed that political philosophy much further due to his innate ‘genius’. Although these words may sound slightly over the top today there is no denying the fact that Mao was really a person of considerable historical importance and a Communist of the old school. ...

Type of poem

The poem On the Death of a Next-door Neighbor by Billy Collins is a Free Verse type of poem. This is so because the poem does not have scheme, rhyme or meter. The poem however bears several literary images such as repetition, a rhetoric question and personification and among others. The poem consists of 8 stanzas each bearing three lines.

Prosody and imagery in the poem

There is ample imagery in the poem. The most prominent literary style used throughout the poem is personification. The poet states “death had blundered once again” (Collins, Stanza 1, line 3). Further ahead, the author continues to personify death stating, “sent his ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

Abstract

The conducted research will be narrating about the bloody revolution, in terms of genocide that took place during the years of 1975-1979 in Cambodia, and was carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime in pursuit of the economic stability and self-reliability of the country. Planned as a peaceful revolution, it rapidly turned to be aggressive and bloody as soon as the Khmer Rouge regime gained power and was able to control and manipulate huge masses of people using fear, tortures, and death as their primary methods, which resulted in the extermination of up to two million people (21 to 24% ...

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The Final Redemption The Final Redemption Once upon on time there was a small village in the countryside located in Angola. It was one of the most blessed villages. Ages ago a group of fisher man found a mask in the countryside, which was later treated as their lucky charm. The mask was very colorful and every hue stood for a particular meaning. Red symbolized power and energy, green was for the natural beauty of the village, and white for peace. The concept behind the black color was that the mask was a savior of all anticipated torments and problems that could ...

The debate about which is better between rural and urban life elicits mixed reactions among many people. Insights given by Adam Smith may partly settle this old debate. Adam Smith considers country life to be more precious than town life on several accounts. For instance, smith argues that it makes economic sense for people to invest more in the rural areas than in the urban areas due to lesser risks on their investments, and the fact that they can control their land. For this reason, smith argues that, it is more beneficial to invest one’s capital on land ...

The Color of Paradise, was a foreign movie directed by Majid Majidi in 1998, shows a young blind kid's involvements with God, his family, and community as a whole (Majidi). The director manages to succeed in reasonably and realistically and display the position of values, practices, cultural principles, and social arrangements of the Middle east and, yet more explicitly, Iran. All through the film, innovative and creative cinematography and audio aids Majidi in representing Iranian and Middle Eastern cultural values. The film was able to shows these values but are not limited to, family structure and the significance and definitive existence of ...