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    Graham Greene The life of Graham Greene began on October 2, 1904 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, in England where he was born into a family of six (“Graham Greene: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center”). His full name was Henry Graham Greene (“Graham Greene (British Author)”).He was the fourth oldest in the family. As a child, suffered from bullying and dislike for school. (“Graham Greene Biography”)His father was in charge of the school that he attended which could have had

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    Townsend (1979) created a deprivation index to measure the extent of poverty in the UK. Characteristics % of population 1 Has not had a week’s holiday away from home in last 12 months 53.6 2 Adults only. Has not had a relative or friend to the home for a meal or snack in the last four weeks 33.4 3 Adults only. Has not been out in the last four weeks to a relative or friend for a meal or snack 45.1 4 Children only (under 15). Has not had a friend to play or to

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    Throughout the centuries of economic theories, there have always been major disagreements amongst economists. Each believing their theory provides a better explanation or solution to the economic situations the globe finds itself in. The anomaly to these disagreements is the theory, first introduced by Adam Smith, which states that international free trade is in the best interest of the trading countries and the ever globalizing world as a whole. This essay shall compare the views of the great economists;

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    After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley was an English fiction and non-fiction writer, novelist and critic. Besides novels he published travel books, histories, poems, plays, and essays on philosophy, arts, sociology, religion and morāls He was a humanist, pacifist and satirist. He was interested in spiritual subjects as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. His lifelong preoccupation with the negative and positive impacts of science and technology life makes

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    Alexander John Greenslade, Stepney, London, 1885. I was born to Lord John Greenslade and Lady Mary Capelle. In my early years, me and my kin took residency in Millbank road; walking distance from both the Palace of Westminster and Buckingham Palace. We lived in a white bricked mansion: five stories tall; a small porters lodge just outside the front door; white and gold incrusted foyer centred around a carpeted marble staircase, a glittering chandelier hanging from The Creation of Adam on the ceiling

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    “Brave New World is a classic, it is a dystopian novel similar in theme to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four”(Aiman.A, 2012). Brave New World revolves around the idea of totalitarianism and is set in a futuristic world where a combination of science and pleasure form a rather feudalistic society. This idea of totalitarianism is achieved through test tube babies, and hypnotism, resulting in a pre-ordained caste system consisting of intelligent humans suited to the highest positions and conversely

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    The “household” in Richard III and Arden of Faversham: Mosby and the duke of Gloucester’s struggle for power Table of contents 1. Introduction: the concept of household and the overthrown of established authority in the plays Richard III and Arden of Faversham..............................3 2. Reasons to overcome the established power......................................................3 3. Strategies to overthrow the status quo 3.1. Lies and deceit..........................

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