All the Lost Souls

politics : The allies’ forces defeated Japan and the whole political system was changed after 1945 with the implementation of a new constitution, a new fundamental law. This new fundamental law is really a turning point for Japan → the new Japan. Turning point on 1945: implementation of democracy as a ruling political system. Before it used to be an imperialist regime. By the end of the 30’s the imperialist regime was also a military regime. The turning point of 1945 is about the implementation

AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable historians to reconstruct old Paris by analogy. The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics. For what other name could the passer-by give to the Xs and Vs which the horizontal or diagonal timbers traced on the front, outlined by little parallel cracks in the plaster

Fanon’s “Wretched of the Earth” NOT so very long ago, the earth numbered two thousand million inhabitants: five hundred million men, and one thousand five hundred million natives. The former had the Word; the others had the use of it. Between the two there were hired kinglets, overlords and a bourgeoisie, sham from beginning to end, which served as go-betweens. In the colonies the truth stood naked, but the citizens of the mother country preferred it with clothes on: the native had to love

us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way." ~Gloria Gaither~ "The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us." ~Jean Paul Richter~ "A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile!" "Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life." ~Thomas Jefferson~ "You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when

terror hurl the dart? Oh, feeble weapon 'gainst so great a heart! Must courage proved a thousand times in arms Bow to a peril forged by vain alarms? POLY. I know that dreams are born to fade away, And melt in air before the light of day; I know that misty vapours of the night Dissolve and fly before the morning

Surah 1. The Opening 1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 2. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; 3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful; 4. Master of the Day of Judgment. 5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. 6. Show us the straight way, 7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. Surah 2. The Cow 1. A.L.M. 2. This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt

Part 1 Part 1 Chapter  1: The opening lines of 1984 introduce readers to Winston Smith, Orwell's main protagonist, as he returns to his dismal apartment in Victory Mansion on a gritty, cold, early spring afternoon.  As Winston moves through his cabbage-smelling building he barely notices a poster of Big Brother, "an enormous face, more than a meter wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome face" (p. 3).  Plastered all over London, posters of Big

any of the great plays of the classical tradition brings up their strong dependence upon the famous rule of the three unities : a play should consist of a single action or plot, unfolding in one day in a single place. Unity of action, unity of time, unity of place. When we study a play by Shakespeare – or any other playwright in the English tradition, we should bear in mind that it works according to principles that are poles apart from the classical rules: the meaning of a play, and the pleasure

Fitzgeraldʼs eighth chapter, the tide is definitly turning for Gatsby as autumn creeps into the air. In the previous chapter, Tom and Gatsby went face to face and Myrtleʼs brutal death -- for which Gatsby took full responsibility -- while illustrating the characterʼs sincere love for Daisy achieved to put his dream to an end. Nick awakes with a start before dawn with the feeling he needs to warn Gatsby of something immediatly. He finds him at his mansion where Jay waited all night for Daisy to appear

N°4 | | |Book I – The Shimerdas - Chapter XVI | |Mr. Shimerda's funeral | Mr. Shimerda's death is the first turning point in the novel. Importance of religion and Biblical references. Chapter XIV – page 82 Chapter XV – page 84 Willa Cather has chosen this particular section of the book to emphasize the importance of religion