No Country for Old Men

still got out-houses, even in the city." "Mom, Mrs Lovell at the church was in England during the war, for Pete´s sake. She spent most of her time in a tube station." "What about food?" asked my mother, "Should I bring some with me? Mrs Lovell says it´s hard to get fresh fruit." 4~. "Mom, you´re coming to London, not trekking through Katmandu." Americans tome to Britain because it is still, for many of us, the motherland. Britain gave us our language; many of our ideas of literature and culture;

Hero in Everyday Life The definition of a hero is someone who risks their life for what they believe in. Whether it be for a good cause or a bad one, if they fight for their opinion, there is a piece of heroism in them. The epics, The Odyssey and The Iliad have heroic villains and good heroes who do the right thing. Men or women, children or old people, there is a hero in every story who makes a person think about their actions. In The Iliad, there are many possible heroes. Agamemnon, the leader

The United States is the most lawless nation on the globe. No subject has attracted more attention and caused more serious discussion. This discussion concerned much more than the causes of lawbreaking, for participants used the issue of criminality to grapple with some of the most troubling cultural dilemmas of their time. The criminal served as an important cultural resource for men and women working to understand and shape the structure of their society and place of the individual within it

US is linked to the immigration. US created as asylum of a refuge for all the people that were poor, persecuted, etc. ->for a long time the US practiced an open door policy: they welcomed all the people who wanted to go. 19th: They started restricting, limiting immigration with a few law, measure: • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) • Literacy Test (1917) • National Origins Act (1924) • The Quota Act: each country was given a certain quota of immigration, a certain percentage

37 millions of euro) to improve the production line. In 2002, Lutosa takes into account the sustainable development. The company buy different machinery more ecological in association with Electrabel. In 2003, Lutosa celebrated its 25 years old and continued its conquest around the world. In September 2007, the actual manager sold all shares to Pinguin Company. The company became, since 2009, SA penguin Lutosa Foods. III. Description of the company Designation | Corporate

forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome face" (p. 3).  Plastered all over London, posters of Big Brother and Party slogans "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," and "Ignorance is Strength," constantly remind citizens that their country, Oceania, belongs to the omnipotent, omnipresent Party and that citizens must obey Party rules or face the Thought Police. Upon reaching his apartment, Winston cautiously begins to write in his new diary.  The telescreen in his apartment can see

revolution in France” in 1790. For a better understanding we need to talk about Edmund Burke’s Reflection and more generally: is way of thinking. Despite the fact that Burke was a philosopher of the 18th century he didn’t agreed with the age of reason created by his compeers. Burke was more attached by old beliefs like prejudice. That’s why for burke the revolution in France is doomed. He believes in prejudice to guide (control) the people through the following ages. For him prejudices allow the nation

innovations which permited the creation of the factory system and throug the factory system marked the start of economic specialization. Factors of success: men/ machines/ money/ means of communication/ mentalities. MEN -demographic change -the dvpmt of the population was one of the basic factors of growth - if there were no men, there was no one to work on the machines -the growth was partly due to the decline in the death rate but mostly to the increase in the birth rate. -the population of great

of fifteen as he falls in love with an older woman whereas in Lolita Humbert Humbert is obsessed with none other than Lolita. When fifteen year old Michael Berg is struck down by hepatitis, he is helped home by Frau Schmitz (who he then knows as Hanna), a stranger from a nearby neighborhood. When he recovers, he visits her with flowers to thank her for assisting him. He is fascinated by her even though she happens to be more than twice his age, and on their third encounter they begin having an affair

She had started with an apology, for she had been tired even though it was only half past ten at that point, but she had planned to leave before eleven. Old Minnie Lennox was a ledgendary character in Old Greenwich, too frail to break an egg but strong enough to have lasted this long, and nobody dared ask just how long she had lasted. Centuries seemed appropriate when you looked at the skin on her hands. She coughed dryily. Most of the kids from round the block had come to the farewell party that