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Sufism: The Whirling Dervish and the Divine
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This literature review "Sufism: The Whirling Dervish and the Divine" discusses the nature of Sufism and the way in which the practice of the Whirling Dervish provides a solemn, yet celebratory experience in which the initiate is able to transcend themselves and commune with God.... Religion, mysticism and modern Arabic literature.... The Zahir is the law under which the faith of Islam is practiced....
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A Journey Into the Deaf World by Harlan Lane
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Deaf artists present various types of visual arts, theatre and literature designed for hearing and Deaf education and enjoyment.... However, I had never assumed that because I was not aware of these things that these people should be restricted by law, denied individual freedoms granted the average hearing citizen or that they were less capable than I of determining what was best for themselves and their children....
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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?William Faulkner's Rose for Emily and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis: A Comparative View: A Textbook for Student of Comparative literature.... Even in this absurd universe where this whole event takes place adaptability is still the law. ... This essay analyzes the novel of Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"....
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Politics and Race in Classical Hollywood: Lumets 12 Angry Men 1957
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literature Film Quarterly, 14(2), 112-121. ... People want to think that despite the existence of indifference and biases, some people can sway others to uphold their personal responsibility to the law and their fellow human beings (Cunningham 1986, p.... The author of this paper "Politics and Race in Classical Hollywood: Lumet's 12 Angry Men 1957" discusses the political, realistic aspects....
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Modern Architectural Designs and Features in Construction Industry
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In fact, the law requires that one should conduct one's business in a manner that does not put members of the public at risk.... ccording to the Kosovan law on construction, which is the current legislation that guides construction activities around the globe, every construction firm should put up a fence and proper signals during the site preparations (Djokoto & Dadzie, 2013)....
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Critical Analysis of Winner-Take-All Politics Book by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
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The author examines 'Winner-Take-All Politics' book by Jacob S.... Hacker and Paul Pierson which presents an exploration for the most important factor responsible for the dramatic increase in the economic disparity between the majority of the Americans and the top richest 1%.... ... ... The author's of the book takes up the ideas expressed by such people and attempt to extrapolate them into the current American economy....
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Stage Theories of Growth in the Context of Business Development
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Setting financial incentives for performance, conducting periodic reviews and audits, and establishing the accountability structures for job roles improves firm growth.... This paper ''Business Growth Model'' tells us that Greiner (1972) described a business growth model which highlights six specific stages that a firm moves through to achieve growth....
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Feasibility and Strategies for Entering the UK Market
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This could very well be a viable strategy for initial market entry especially when creating direct marketing literature informing consumers of the growing strategic presence of Qizini as it transitions from a mobile business to an established in-store business for long-term competitive prowess....
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Lean Six Sigma Thinking
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(2008) Conceptualization of Total Six Sigma Function Deployment through literature snapshots.... The author of the paper "Lean Six Sigma Thinking" will begin with the statement that Six Sigma represents a management approach to business that was developed by the Motorola Corporation that holds the trademark to the phrase and concept (Hayes, 2004)....
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to literature and Art.... They also once lived with Baby Suggs, Sethe's mother-in-law and the woman who taught Sethe how to live again after escaping slavery.... The paper 'Beloved by Toni Morrison' presents simple-seeming, the straightforward sentence actually which turns very complicated once one truly considers its meaning in the context of the story just read....
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Falling Down Movie
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As the owner takes De-fens into the backroom the viewer sees De-fens clear uneasiness at the Nazi literature and the owner's racism.... ?? Family law Quarterly, Fall ... The paper "Falling Down Movie" highlights that De-fens journey through the city is symbolic of these tensions and the violent way he takes out his aggression is a way for viewers to vicariously identify with him and resolve some of their own tensions....
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Strategy of Dr. McGraw
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McGraw explains in the Life law #8 that “we teach people how to treat us rather than complain about, how people treat you (p.... The prominence of Life law is reinforced with the strong impacts of choices we make to follow up in life.... Negligence of the life law means a disastrous turn of degradation of life, so everyone needs to decide and name what he wants.... What life law opts for us is the best thing to which we are emotionally and courageously attached....
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Aztecs, Mayans and Incas
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This literature review "Aztecs, Mayans and Incas" focuses on the Aztecs, Mayans, and the Incas that are the ancient empires that existed a long time ago.... There were very definite guidelines on how the people in the society were to dress and anyone who broke the law of dressing faced a death sentence (Baquedano and Zabé 63). ... he children and mostly the sons of the nobles went to separate schools where they learned the advanced subjects like law, engineering and writing....
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Swiss Limiting Clause
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The paper "Swiss Limiting Clause" is a great example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... The limiting clause is an easy said than done deed, the Swiss government is under serge to implement the quota law that the people voted for without dismantling it functional business relationship with the European Union.... The Swiss government is now appealing for a polite gesture on this vital law by the 28 members of the European Union....
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Inequality for All
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This essay describes that one of the reasons as to why the economic inequality is widening as from the documentary is the fact that the government of the United States of America is focusing on making the economy grow instead of distributing it.... ... ... ... Since the 1970s the United States of America has been noticing a rapid increase in economic inequality....
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Training Development for Postal Inspectors
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The paper "Training Development for Postal Inspectors" is a wonderful example of a literature review on human resources.... urthermore, to protect the services provided to the people, a federal law enforcement arm named The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) was institutionalised.... ostal inspectors are the agents of the federal law, who investigate the illegal matters in order to maintain the integrity and security of the postal services....
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The Story of Robert Peary's Adventures
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Filled with hair-breadth escapes from disaster and haunting evocations of life in the Arctic, this classic of exploration literature reveals Henson as the true hero of the journey, one who had been forced to accept a lower status because of his race.... In the paper 'The Story of Robert Peary's Adventures' the author analyzes the story, which portrays the experience of Matthew Henson, who traveled to the Arctic with Robert E....
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Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys
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In the paper 'Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys' the author looks at the novel that deals with the idea of duality.... One theme that stood out, was the way that Humphreys dealt with role reversal.... She essentially took male stereotypical personality traits and projected them onto the female character Grace....
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The Color of Water and Being Human
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James McBride's book is thought-provoking and an important contribution to literature.... The book The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James Mc Bride, shows how a human being's identity does not and should not depend on race; we are all citizens of the same planet....
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The World Is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth
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In the paper 'The World Is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth' the author analyzes a sonnet composed by William Wordsworth.... Wordsworth has in a very simple manner conveyed a very relevant and important message to mankind.... Wordsworth, in the poem, speaks about mankind losing connection with nature....
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The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot
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The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is a perfect example of Modernist literature because it brings into question the ways of life that are accepted by society, offering a different way of seeing things and in turn a different way of living.... This paper discovers modernism in poetry....
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Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury
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In the paper 'Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury' the author analyzes the two main characters Guy Montag and Mildred Montag of the book Fahrenheit 451.... They have been married ten years and Guy Montag is facing a life crisis which causes him to question his discontentment with his life, work, and marriage....
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Testimony and Trope in Frankenstein
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In the essay 'Testimony and Trope in Frankenstein' the author analyzes the world's famous creation that made a contribution to all generations.... Behind the fame, lies a great story of Victor Frankenstein.... He was famous as a scientist (Forsstrom), creator of the world-known 'monster' of the century....
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Vocation by John Robert Lee
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In the essay 'Vocation by John Robert Lee' the author presents the essential relationship between a poet and a priest in the celebrated poem 'Vocation', in which Robert Lee describes a man delivering a sermon with his uplifted wrists and fingers plucking outward.... ... ... ... This poem, included in the collection Vocation and other Poems, is an essential example of how the effectiveness of the poetic devices used in the poem can successfully highlight the central themes of the poem....
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Book Response
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He criticized the writings by Mathew, Luke, John, and Mark as not genuinely historical accounts of the life of Jesus, but a mere anecdotal literature bereft of an account on his education, economic status, and thought.... Course Date Religion and Theology Every human being is a man of reason and this right can be best exercised if he or she respects the divergence and variegation of opinions....
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Philip II
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Philip II YOUR LAST NAME HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 12/04/13 Philip II is one of the most influential rulers in the history of Europe.... After the extravagant tenure of Hitler and Napoleon who are the most significant and prominent figures in world history.... ... ... ... When the era of these great leaders ended then came Philip II to power that revolutionized Spain completely....
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The Stories by Guy de Maupassant
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This book review "The Stories by Guy de Maupassant" focuses on The Necklace, one of the most popular stories written by Guy De Maupassant and The Jewels that expresses the semblance of love where a loving wife dies and leaves her husband in a destitute manner.... ... ... ... The content provided within these stories is also enough for the author to be able to express the feelings, through the characters that have been woven within the tales....
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Two Old Women report, by Velma Wallis
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At the same time, folk tales and myths, symbolic of the oral tradition of literature, provide ample importance to the problems faced by the elderly people.... Two Old Women report, by Velma Wallis Worldwide, the problems faced by the elderly people within their private and public domains are considered as important....
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
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In 1962, John Steinbeck received a Nobel Prize for literature.... Title: Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck Authors Name Date Course Code Institutional affiliation Introduction: John Steinbeck is the author of the book “Travel with Charley: In search of America....
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Democracy in America by Alexis DeTocqueville and Roughing it by Mark Twain
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Tocqueville, Alexis De.... ?Democracy in America.... Trans.... Harvey Claflin Mansfield.... Chicago: University of Chicago, 2000.... Bibliographhy, Index.... Democracy in America is one of the foremost works of sociology and political science from the nineteenth century.... It was composed while De Tocqueville was touring America studying the American penal system....
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The Interesting Narratives
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The Interesting Narratives Whatever information is available regarding Olaudah Equiano has been attained from his autobiography.... He was born in Africa, in 1745 and by the age of around 10 or 11 he experienced kidnapping and enslavement together with his sister.... ... ... ... He was also shipped across the Middle Passage to the West Indies, and later on to a Virginia plantation....
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Medea and Ramayana
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Date: Medea and Ramayana (Ancient World) World literature Their generic form and conventions as related to or even as outcomes of their social, religious and political milieus OR a demonstration of the historical development of the genre Medea is a very old Greek myth revolving around the life of Medea who was from a royal family with her grandfather being the god of the sun and her father being the king....
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A Rose for Emily: a Victim of the Society
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'Faulkner's most famous, most popular, and most anthologized short story, 'A Rose for Emily' evokes the terms Southern gothic and grotesque, two types of literature in which the general tone is one of gloom, terror, and understated violence.... In the essay 'A Rose for Emily: a Victim of the Society' the author focuses on a very touching short story....
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Los Vendidos by Louis Valdez
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To get into a humorous mode in any work of literature, the author need not create special clowns.... Though such a character serves some purpose from the point of view of entertainment of the audience, the real humor and satire are the ones between the interactions between the different characters on issues related to their day to day lives....
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Research Paper
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International Journal of English and literature, 3 (3), 60-70.... Through the theory one can easily understand the concept of consciousness and how the mind and the body function in tandem to make the body function consciously as a.... ... ... This paper will assess the basics of the Freud theory as described in the selected five articles and the contribution of the same to human consciousness. ...
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
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The paper "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" describes еhe story Huck Finn being taken by Widow Douglas and Miss Watson with an aim of reforming him.... Huck then starts going to school despite his negative perception for where he lived.... He is kidnapped by his father who abuses him.... ... ...
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Maya angelou''s I know why the caged bird sings
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Hearing how her voice provides her literature really changes the meaning of novel's name.... It's hard to perceive Maya Angelous I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings novel without constant reminding somewhere on the backyard of my consciousness that I'm reading a true story, autobiography of a great woman from 20th century whose fate is already a fascinating novel by....
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The Last of the Mohicans
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It remains down in history and literature as a massacre, but contemporary studies have suggested it was not the "horrid scene of slaughter and blood" that eyewitnesses described or the film portrays.... In the film, it was in 1757, and America got caught in the midst of the renowned French - Indian War....
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Humor Analysis of Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman
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The paper "Humor Analysis of Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman" claims humor is an element of literature and can be used differently for different purposes.... This is an analysis of 'Love is a Fallacy' using some of the elements from Roberts and Zweig, to understand the role of humor in the story....
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Quality Matrix in Terms of Software Quality Management
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ost of the video quality metrics standards that have been proposed in the literature make one assumption that there is availability of reference signal that is undistorted.... This paper "Quality Matrix in Terms of Software Quality Management" will look at the features of new video quality metrics and how they are used to the well-known Hypothetical Reference Circuits (HRC) like video compression standards, bit-error transmissions, and packet losses....
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Faith and Freedom Religious Liberty in America by Marvin E. Frankel
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e cites cases where the law forbade nonsectarian silent prayers in public schools, the striking down of Florida ordinances outlawing Santeria's animal sacrifices, and the act of preventing Jews from creating a separate school district within the purview of its religious community....
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Harrison Bergeron
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The present paper 'Harrison Bergeron' witnesses disparities in terms of economies, culture and profession but plots akin to Harrison Bergeron emerged to portray equality amongst individuals corresponding to the nature on its inhabitants and equality imposition by law.... Harrison Bergeron The present epoch witnesses disparities in terms of economies, culture and profession but plots (year, 2081) akin to Harrison Bergeron emerged to portray equality amongst individuals corresponding to the nature on its inhabitants and equality imposition by law....
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Terrorism report
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The reason is law and order can be chaotic in a country that does not have solid leadership.... Two conclusions the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) Report reached were terrorism incidents occur under political unrest or in middle to lower income countries.... Terrorism incidents occur less frequently in countries with stable governments....
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Reading Summary
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It focuses on profitability but faces such challenges resistance to change and conflict with law and ethics.... The writer's position is that a conflict exists on interest of stakeholders to business organizations and managers should play an active role in balancing the interests, through the management for stakeholders' approach, to ensure sustainability of their respective....
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Reading Summary
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It is all about what makes money or follows the law.... If the maximum amount of people are pleased, the company is a success.... Gustafson determined good by the less amount of pain.... Seven factors, according to Gustafson, to determine pleasure/lack of pain were.... ... ... Pleasure was defined through higher and lower senses. ...
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Cognitive Science and Behavior Analysis: Operant Conditioning
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Operant conditioning is a complex behavioral concept introduced by Skinner based on Thorndike's law of effect.... The main goal of the review "Cognitive Science and Behavior Analysis: Operant Conditioning" is to provide a discussion concerning a psychological concept aimed toward reinforcement of complex behavior developed by Skinner....
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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And by doing so, literature has once again managed to use the said kinship to analyze society and promote social change.... In the paper 'Little Women by Louisa May Alcott,' the author explores the relationship between a mother and a daughter, and the way each deals with the other in light of societal changes....
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Dembski's Intelligent Design
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embski uses examples from current literature and theoretical studies in order to illustrate his opinion and prove his position.... The essay "Intelligent Design" by W, Dembski analyzes and evaluates the role of human intelligence in object creation and intelligent cause.... The author uses a question-answer structure of the discussion which helps Dembski appeal to readies and involve them in the analysis....
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Islamic Fundamentalism
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An immigrant, like thousands others, Parvez, the Pakistani taxi driver, arrives in London for a better life.... Set in East London, Hanif Kureishi's, My Son the Fanatic, is a short story that deals with religious and social conflicts between two distinctly different cultures and countries and brings about the rift in a father-son relation, each of whom represents the opposing forces....
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Christian Worldview in the Golden Compass Movie
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This paper tells that movie "The Golden Compass" tries to prompt children to look at all forms of authority (including religion) critically.... In the rational-secular world view being celebrated by the creators of the film, the truth will always hold a primacy and superiority over power structures....
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