The fist stanza of the poem “If” talks about being true to yourself. There are always people who misjudge you or don’t like or respect you for one reason or the other. It tells you to rise above those obstacles and prove them wrong and yourself right. You should not let others provoke you into doing things which you know are wrong. The second stanza of the poem talks about overcoming obstacles that may come your way and follow your dreams. It tells us to persevere‚ keep going and never give up
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Global impact and burden of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) Motor vehicle accidents killed around 1.24 million deaths last year worldwide‚ (WHO 2013). This trend of motor vehicle accidents is projected to increase to 3rd of the world’s burden of disease (Shanthi Ameratunga‚ Martha Hijar‚ Robyn Norton 2006) from its current position of 10th in top causes of death worldwide just behind diseases like Diabetes 9th‚ Tuberculosis 8th‚ Lung cancers 9th and HIV/AIDS 8th (WHO 2010). This essay aims to investigate
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people have their own unique way of living‚ some live by a code‚ others by a certain motivation. Either way‚ personalities that strongly and passionately follow what they believe are the ones who accomplish happiness in life. The poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling is a poem that offers its readers possible solutions to life’s obstacles. In this piece Rudyard offers inspirational advice on how to handle triumph and disaster. On the other hand‚ Emii Bulls lyrics “Triumph and Disaster‚” present a different view
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Population; A Human Source Or Burden Zawar Hussain The world population milestone that is sparking a global discussion on today’s most pressing environmental‚ health and justice issues‚ Pakistan’s population has continued to grow at break-neck speed. This has put immense pressure on the resources Pakistan has or can generate. Some would argue that every birth produces a consumer. Increasing population is actually a blessing in Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism. So in religious sense its good
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Rudyard Kipling It can be seen in "The Gardener" by Rudyard Kipling that the relationships are very complex. For example Helen Turrell‚ Michael Turrell and the gardeners relationship can be perceived in many different ways. The most likely scenario is that Helen is the mother‚ Michael the son and the gardener is the son resurrected but to determine this each of the characters need to be examined. To establish this theme it is best to look at the three main interpretations‚ Kiplings own history
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major writers is Rudyard Kipling. He is a British novelist and poet who was born in British India in 1865 and died in 1963. Though he lived over thirteen years there‚ the reader finds that his works espouse the imperial ideology and he came to be recognized as a "prophet of the British imperialism"(Orwell 116). And this is well manifested in his poem "The White Man’s Burden" published in 1899. It ideologically justifies the process of colonization and empire naming it a "burden". It urges the colonial
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Richard White’s short story‚ “The Man Who Was Almost a Man‚” portrays the internal struggles of a yearning for power and manhood while also shedding light on the inherent immaturity that accompanies such a forced desire. The protagonist‚ Dave Saunders‚ is an African-American teenager struggling with his desires to be viewed as a man. He works as a field hand for Mr. Hawkins and is teased by the older men who work alongside him. Such ridicule drives Dave to buy a gun after convincing his mother that
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Othello: The Tragedy of a Black Man in a White World When William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Othello around 1603‚ he was writing from the perspective of an individual living during the historical Elizabethan era. The play was set in Venice‚ Italy as was a good number of Shakespeare ’s other works‚ and later Cyprus became the play ’s final setting. The characters themselves attested to a Greek system of language‚ dress‚ and behavior. However‚ Othello ’s several themes and the attitudes
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Dead Man’s Shoes – Essay The short story “Dead Man’s Shoes” (1998) by David Evans is an astonishing view into the life of a rural village in South Africa after the fall of apartheid‚ and of the different attitudes flourishing in the community. The story depicts the life of a rich widow‚ Anne Bezuidenhout‚ who lives alone on an enormous farm with only her black workers to help her. She has many offers of marriage‚ all with something to offer her‚ but she ends up surprising everyone with her choice
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The 1860’s brought hardship between whites and Indians. As our people slowly moved into the tribe’s land‚ no friendship was bound to be created. Little by little‚ we nudged the Indians into a limited area of land where they felt the need to fight back. Included in this retaliation was three massacres. The bloodiest battle according to the rest of the US military that was not murdered‚ was titled the Fetterman Massacre. The last two Massacres took place in territories such as Colorado and Missouri
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